Akins calls for Basilio title shot after TKO win
Virgil Akins, aka Honeybear, dominates Vince Martinez to defend the world welterweight crown and eyes a payday with former champion Carmen Basilio. Basilio, watching, weighs a possible third fight with Sugar Ray Robinson as plans remain uncertain. International Boxing Club head Truman Gibson praised Akins as a rising champion. Martinez was stopped in 0:08 of the first round after a brutal sequence.
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Mantle Leads Yankees To 6-5 Win Over Tribe
Mickey Mantle fueled the Yankees 6-5 victory over the Cleveland Indians with two homers and four RBIs including a key bases loaded hit. Bob Turley won to improve to 9-1 as New York stretched its margin atop the AL while Dick Tomek and Bill Skowron contributed the late decisive swing. The Yankees moved Billy Pierce for the AL lead while Mantle raised his season total to 10 homers and a .200 average.
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Local Baseball Scores and Upcoming Games List
Summary of today’s games in Brunswick Dublin Thomasville Albany Waycross and Valdosta with yesterday results Albany 8 Waycross 4 Thomasville 8 Dublin 2 Valdosta 9 and a slate of American League matchups including Baltimore at Washington Detroit at Washington Kansas City at Baltimore Cleveland at New York Chicago at Boston with scattered box scores and standings. Also notes Milwaukee St Louis San Francisco and Chicago Pittsburgh Philadelphia in league listings.
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Baseball Scores and Schedule From Early Season Slates
MLB and minor league style box scores list results from games across cities including Philadelphia at St Louis Pittsburgh at Chicago Milwaukee at Los Angeles Cincinnati at San Francisco and Chicago at Pittsburgh. Standings show Chicago 6 Pittsburgh 1 St Louis 3 Philadelphia 1 Los Angeles 4 Milwaukee 2 Cincinnati 5 San Francisco 4. Southern Association teams Atlanta Birmingham Mobile Little Rock Memphis Nashville Chattanooga New Orleans. New Orleans at Birmingham Mobile at Atlanta Little Rock at Chattanooga Memphis at Nashville. Atlanta 2 Mobile 0 Little Rock 8 Chattanooga 1 Memphis 12 Nashville 4 New Orleans 10 Birmingham 8. South Atlantic League Augusta Savannah Macon Jacksonville Knoxville Charlotte Augusta at Savannah Jacksonville at Knoxville Charlotte at Macon Jacksonville Knoxville Savannah Augusta.
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