Local Baseball Tie Ups With Five Hit Pitcher
The Post 31 team battled to a 6-4 loss after Omega’s righty used a strong seven inning effort with 11 walks to secure the win. Tifton struck for early runs as Thomasville managed five hits and 16 strikeouts while committing errors.
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Ee Aly
Avavuleds
Omega
Saring
Inns Manville
Tifton
Ston Sfeties
Tri
Thomasville Rvin
Gibson
Norman Es Clark
Raines
Babar
Florida Gators face SEC probation without losing eligibility
The Southeastern Conference executive committee placed Florida on probation for two years after a miscommunication over travel payment rules. The committee noted the error was honest and that Florida remains eligible to fulfill regular athletic commitments but cannot participate in postseason football.
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Southeastern Wefence
Floridas
Stte Ks
Gator School
SEC
Florida
Gators
NCAA
Carions
Gainesville
University F Florida
Ath‘letes
University of Florida
Ate
Bob Worriott
Hagge Keeps Lead In LPGA Tourney Despite Penalty
Marlene Hagge carries a two stroke edge into the third round of the LPGA event at Forest Lake Country Club Detroit. She shot 73 for a halfway total of 142 after a two stroke penalty for an unplayable lie. Patty Berg matched Hagge with 73. Betty Jameson moved to third with 72 for 146. Louise Suggs tied for fourth at 148 with Alice Bauer Mickey Wright and Joyce Ziske. Defending champ Rey Hanson stood 152 after a 75.
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Detroit
Marlene Bauer Hagege
Patty Berg
Asheville
N.C
Miss Berg
IPGA
Forest Lake ‘Country Club
Hagge
San
Antonio
Betty Jameson
LPGA
Louise Suggs
Sea Island &4
Alice Bauer
Sarasota
Fla
Mickey Wright
San Diego
Joyce Ziske
Waterford
Wis
Kathey Cornelius
Lake Worth
Miss Jameson
Rey Hanson
Apple Valley
Calif
Davis Breaks World Mark in High Hurdles at AAU Meet
In Bakersfield the 1956 AAU track championships saw Jack Davis of the Navy set a 13.4 second world mark in the high hurdles during a prelim, then finish behind Lee Calhoun who clocked 13.5 for the finals. Bobby Morrow tied the 100 meters world record of 10.2 in prelims and won the final in 10.8. Bobby Truex became the first USC athlete to qualify for the Olympic team by winning the 10,000 meters in 30 minutes 52 seconds.
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Bakersfield
Calif
National Amateur Athletic Union
Jack Davis
University of Southern California
Navy
Abilene Christian
Bobby Morrow
California
Seamon King
Thane Baker
Air Force
Davis
Lee Calhoun
North Carolina College
Joel Shankle
Duke
Dick Altlesay
USC
Bobby Truex
United States
U.S
Los Angles
Dick Hart
Pennsylvania
Gordon McKenzie
New York
Calhoun Beats Willie Vaughn in Overtime Showing
Rory Calhoun, 21, unbeaten with 32 straight wins, knocked out Willie Vaughn in the eighth round at Madison Square Garden. Calhoun, from White Plains, is favored for an August bout with Gene Fullmer or Bobby Boyd and is compared to Rocky Marciano by analyst Charlie Goldman.
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New York
Rory Calhoun
Gene Fullmer
Bobby Boyd
Calhoun
Fullmer
West Jordan
Utah
Sugar Ray Robinson
White Plains
N.Y
Robinson
Willie Vaughn
Los Angeles
Calfioui
Vaughn
Madison ‘Square
Rocky
Thomasville at Valdosta leads busy daily slate
The scoreboard lists today's schedule across several leagues with Thomasville facing Valdosta and Moultrie meeting Brunswick. It also shows American League standings led by New York and Chicago, plus yesterday's results and upcoming games across the National and Southern associations and regional Alabama Florida league.
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Thomasville
Valdosta
Moultrie
Brunswick
Tifton
Fitzgerald
Waycross
Albany
New York
Chicago
Cleveland
Boston
Baltimore
Detroit
Kansas City
Washington
National Aercus Pet
Milwaukee
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Birmingham
Nashville
Atlanta
Chattanooga
Mobile
Memphis
New Orleans
Little Rock
Jacksonville
Columbus
Columbia
Charlotte
Augusta
Savannah
Macon
Knoxville
Alabama
Graceville
Donalsonville
Fort Walton Beach
Crestview
Dothan
Panama City
Barons Rally To Beat Travelers In Extra Innings
The Birmingham Barons rallied from a 6-1 deficit against the Little Rock Travelers, scoring two in the eighth and three in the ninth to force extra innings. They won 7-6 in the tenth as Atlanta edged Memphis 4-3 and Mobile drew with Jetty Bob.
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Associated Press
Asia
Birmingham Barons
Little Rock
The
Rocks
Atlanta
Memphis
Mobi “Hy Jetty
Bob
Riddle Grabs Lead In G F Bat Race In Georgia Florida League
Albany’s Riddle tops batting with .345, Wellman at .336 and Fitzgerald’s Treadway at .333. Babich leads hits with 75. Wellman also tops total bases 125, homers 12, and RBIs 56. Ryckman 322 in batting, Perez leads runs with 52. Rich 10-2 leads pitching. Valdosta tops team batting at .271. Tifton and Valdosta tie for team fielding at .952.
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Chase Riddle
Albany
Bob
Wellman
Moultrie
Fitzgerald
Rod Treadway
Brunswick
Dick Babich
Valdosta
William Ryckman
Waycross
Joaquin Perez
Babich
Riddle
Tifton
Robert Hunt
Arvie Pilgrim
Bennie Rich
Rich
Thomasville
RBI
Koski
Bwkene
Stopchurch
Tift
Alb
Moul
Treadway
Fitz
Ryckman
Val
Hoenes
Bwk
Adair
Welch
Jackson
Thom
Engel
DeFalco
Palmquist
Pilgrim
Way One
Mixon
Moore
Way
Til
Patriss
McCue
Val Wa
Williams
Pasilla
Fregin
Lowry
Platt
Hunt
Tift Eee É
Maths
Petty
Il Rich
Bwk Og Me
Dustal
Nisawonger
Fleshman
Vroman
Tsaacs
I Grzenda
Hd Haverly
Grazenda
Cahoon
Latham
Justus
Souillard
Way Stone
Fitz Ee Canteemannee
Scott
Miller
Scrogg
Farnsworth
Radzey Ich
Roberts
Moul AH
Brunswick Powers Into Third With Doubleheader Wins
Brunswick's Pirates rebounded from a slow start to sweep a doubleheader and tie for third in the Georgia Florida League. Frank Oceak's Buc cos beat Moultrie 1-0 and 17-3, passing Albany after their losses to Waycross while Waycross and Albany split. Don Whitcomb and Art Devany homered for Brunswick as Gerry Torres tossed five in the nightcap.
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Brunswick
Pirates
Frank Oceak
Buccos
Moultrie
Albany
Waycross
Valdosta
Thomasville
Tigers
Fitzgerald
Tifton
Don Whitcomb
Art Devany
Perry
Gerry Torres
Redlegs
Ron Grissom
Dave Scranton
Grissom
Scranton
John Lowrey
Defending Champs Favored Again In LaGrange Event
In LaGrange Georgia the Coca Cola Swim Club and Fort Lauderdale Swim Association were favored to defend their Southern Peach titles. Fort Lauderdale led girls with 67 points. Lakeside Louisville was second with 25. Cincinnati boys led 38 points before finals. Ft Benning was a surprise second. Six records fell with Stagman posting 1500 free in 20 17.6 and Cincinnati 400 medley relay fastest by 2.4 seconds.
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Ft. Benning
Lort Lauderdale
Greater
Cincinnati
Martin O'Toole
Lakeside
B. Barton
Indianapolis
Paul Wachendorfer
Ponte Vedra Fla
Ragan Extends Lead at Okefenokee Invitational
Waycross golfer Dave Ragan, a Florida student, built a three stroke edge over rival Billy Goodloe in the third round of the Okefenokee Invitational. Ragan shot a 66 for the second straight 7-under par round, following his Southern Intercollegiate title earlier in May.
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Waycross
Dave Ragan
Billy Goodloe
Okefenokee
Daytona Beach
University of Florida
Middleton and Harvard Fall in Pensacola Golf Tourney
In Pensacola Florida Harvard and Middleton lost in the match play downs. Gordon Smith Tr Mobile defeated Harvard 2 and 1 while Harold Ridgely edged Middleton 3 and 2. Both had reached the final cut with earlier morning wins over Pensacola players.
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Pensacola
Fla
Bryant
Harvard
David Middleton
Thomasville
Pensacola Country Club
Gordon
Buddy) Smith Tr
Mobile
Ala
Middleton
Eglin Air Force Base
Harold Ridgely
Smith
Alabama
Ridgely
England
Joe McNeil
Burney Henderson
Esposito's homer lifts White Sox over Yankees in 11th
Sammy Esposito delivered a two run double in the 11th and a bases loaded single in the 12th to power the Chicago White Sox past the New York Yankees 5-4, ending New York's seven game win streak and narrowing the Yankees AL lead to four games. Other results saw Cincinnati's Brooks Lawrence twoshit shutout of Brooklyn and Philadelphia beating St Louis as Pittsburgh rose to fourth.
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ED Wilks
Associated Press
New York
Chicago White Sox
Sammy "Esposito
Sammy
Sox
Yankees
Cleveland
Washington
Boston
Kansas City
Ted
Williams
Altimore
New York Giants
Cincinnati
Brooks Lawrence
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Milwaukee
Fred “Haney
Billy ‘Bruton
Ed Mathews
Ruben Gomez
Ray Crone
Lawrence
Cardinals
Redlegs
Carl Purillo
Jackie— ‘Robinson
Ed Bailey
RBI
Tokie
Sibs
Cats Hit Homer and Four Two Baggers in Easy Win
VALDOSTA Tigers defeated the Thomasville Dodgers 10 to 2. Valdosta blocked by a strong hitting display and extra base hits, including six doubles, as they clinched the first half championship in the Georgia-Florida League split season.
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Valdosta
Tigers
Thomasville Dodgers
Cats
Thomasville
Tiger Hill
Roger Sheppard
Dodgers
Tifton Phillies
Tifton
Phils
Tigers edge Dodgers as Dupon hits 14th homer in league race
Valdosta tops Thomasville 4 1 behind Roger Sheppard two hits and 6 singles for the Dodgers. Dupon belts his 14th homer, tying a Valdosta club record. Thomasville unable to catch up as Koczwara suffers loss. The two teams meet again tonight in Thomasville before a Sunday series with Fitzgerald.
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Valdosta
Dodgers
Tigers
Thomasville
Fitzgerald Athletics
George Pfister
Joe Mathis
Bruce Polk
Slater
Polk
Brunswick
GFA
Moultrie Redlegs
Moultrie
Dodger
Bob Koczwara
Kocezwara
Koczwara
Eric Johnson
Ralph Lawrence
Dupon
Lawrence
Bart Dupon
Buddy Wilson
Ed Palmquist
George Scott
Bob Hurvitz
Columbus Golfer Leads Publinx Qualifying at San Francisco
Gordon Hammond of Columbus topped a 75 71 146 at the Bobby Jones course to lead sectional qualifying for the USGA Publinx in San Francisco. It marks his fifth Publinx qualification, having previously qualified three times in Chicago and once before in Columbus. His family runs a motel in Columbus.
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Atlanta
Gordon Hammond
Columbus
United States Golf Assn. Publinx
San Francisco
Hammond
Publinx
Chicago
Lina Motor Co Demonstration Show With Gas Mileage Prizes
Trucks of all sizes will be displayed and demonstrated by our salesmen and International representatives. Drive a demonstrator with mileage testing equipment and see how many miles per gallon you can get. Prizes awarded to the top three gas mileage earners. Display includes school buses dump trucks pickups diesel trucks and more. June 25 from 1 PM to 9 PM at Lina Motor Co used car lot.
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Metro
Lina Motor Co
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Phecansociated Press
Mark
Walton Beach
Georgia
Eeape c. Valdosta
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YMCA
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Squibb
Curl
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Isaacs
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Whitcomb
LaGrange
Ragan
Times-Enterprise
Esposito
New York Yankees
Little Sammy
Dick ‘Donovan
Bombers
Billy
Martin
Gil McDougald
Copins
Minnie Ménoso
Rip Coleman
Dave Philley
Om Morgan
Coleman
Sherm Lollar
Jim Delsing
Bubba Phillips
Ron Northey
Homer
Abrhpoa Wilson
Glaser
Palmquist, If
DeFalco, Rf
Hurvitz
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Cooke
Sirota
Sheppard
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Wilson
Cross
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Thomasvile
Kocara
Johnson
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Léser—Koczwara
U—Toone
van Rhee
Sing Motors Used Car
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