PGA ChampionshipHone in Oakmont Narrowed to 16 Contenders
Oakmont Pa June 30 AP the 33rd PGA championship reaches a pivotal stage as four days remain with 16 qualifiers left after today’s 36 hole matches The field includes defending champ Chandler Harper Lloyd Mangrum Bam Snead Jim Ferrer Vic Ghezzi Jack Burke and others chasing the title Mangrum leads the money list and his putter is hot while Snead Harper and Mangrum head a slate of potential dark horses in the run for a crown once won by Harper last year.
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Bam Snead
W. Va
Lithe Lloyd Mangrum
Nile
Sam
Mangru
Chandler Harper
Portsmounth
Sneady Mangrum
Jim Ferrer
Vic Ghezzi
Johnny Bulla
Ellsworth Vines
Jack Burke
Houston
Tex
Jackson Bradley
Chicago
Reggie ‘Myles
East Lansing
Mich
Walter Burkemo
Franklin, Mich
Dick Showmaker
Gene Eunes
Cleveland
Jack Harden
el Paso
al ‘Brosch
Garden City
L. S. George
Bolesta
Danville
di. T
Charles Bassler
Catonsville Md
Harper
Rising Young Yount Dick Conway Killed By Thrown Ball
Dick Conway a 19 year old Twin Falls Idaho catcher and Pioneer League home run leader was killed in Ogden Utah during pre game warmups when struck in the chest by a thrown ball. The incident occurred at Jon Affleck Park as fans awaited the Cass C Pioneer League game. An emergency attendant said he died instantly.
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Utah
Richard W
Dick) Conway
Twin Falls
Idaho
Jon Affleck
Conna
Lynn
Mass
Don
Jeep
Americus Rebels Top Moultrie for Lead in Valdosta Tilt
Americus defeats Moultrie 9 to 2 to extend the Rebels lead over Valdosta to one game as Albany beats Cordele 7 to 3 and Waycross edges Tifton 1 to 0. Little Johnny Gerace pitched five strong innings as Americus bats woke for 10 hits. Bubba Weed earned his seventh win for Cordele.
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Americus Rebels
Reds
Moultrie
Valdosta
Brunswick
Dodgers
Albany
Cordele
Waycross
Tifton
Americus
Johnny Gerace
Denver Rikard
George Smith
Bill Murphy
Don Brown
Bubba Weed
Harry Raulerson
Blue Sox
Jake Jacobs
Bledson
Raulerson
Baseball standings and schedule across three leagues
Georgia-Florida League results include Americas 9 Moultrie 2 Waycross 1 Tifton 0 Albany 7 Cordelo 3 with Valdosta at Brunswick postponed by rain. South Atlantic League scores show Columbus 3 Charleston 1 Savannah 6 Macon 0 Jacksonville 4 Augusta 0 Montgomery 1 Columbia 5. Southern Association New Orleans 2 Birmingham 0 in game one and 10 innings in game two. Mobile 2-9, Atlanta 0-0, second game forfeited to Mobile in eighth. National League Philadelphia 3 Brooklyn night, Chicago 6 St Louis 6 tie after nine, New York Boston night postponed, Pittsburgh Cincinnati postponed. American League New York 2 Boston 1 night, Chicago 10 St Louis 3 night, Cleveland 4 Detroit 1 night, Philadelphia 3 11 Washington 2 6 twi-night. Georgia-Florida and regional games listed with Cordelo Albany Moultrie Americus Valdosta Brunswick Waycross Tifton and others. many schedules labeled only.
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For These Hot Days CANADA DAY Ginger Ale and More
A compact transit of beverage items including CANADA DAY Ginger Ale Sparkling Water Birdsey's Concentrated Orange Juice and Lemonade offered for warm weather refreshment.
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Umpire forfeit gives Mobile 9 0 victory over Atlanta
Atlanta's Crackers were shut out in Mobile as umpire in chief Paul Roy forfeited the game after a late eighth inning argument sparked by a collision at the plate and interference by Cracker catcher Roy Jarvis. Bear righty Glenn Cox earlier blanked Atlanta 2-0 behind three hit pitching.
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Mobile
Bear
Glenn Cox
Paul Roy
Roy
Bears
Cox
Don Nicholas
Roy Jarvis
Nicholas
Vincent Johnson
Mobile Register
Dixie Walker
New Orleans
Birmingham Barons
Norm Morton
George Wilson
Pelican
Lee Anthony
Pres- Anthony
Birmingham
Little Rock
Nashville Vols
Travelers
Nashville
Buster Boguskie
Trav
Scooter Koshorek
Memphis Chicks
Chattanooga
Memphis
Ohio State golfers clash for collegiate crown
In Columbus on June 30 AP reports two Ohio State players, Tom Nieporte and Don Johnson, met for a 36 hole National Collegiate championship match after many friendly rounds. Nieporte, a former Cincinnati amateur champion, is described as blond and 22 years old, while Johnson is listed as six foot two, 145 pounds from Columbus.
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Ohio State University
Tom Nieporte
Don Johnson
Jimmy Lee Defends Piney Woods Fourth of July Title
Jimmy Lee of Tallahassee prepares to defend his crown at Glen Arven in the Thirty-third annual Fourth of July Invitational. Qualifying rounds for the championship flight are held Sunday as entries approach 200. Regular match play starts Monday with 36 holes for the championship flight and 18 for others, and the four-day event wraps with a Wednesday 36-hole finish and awards.
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Piney Woods
Jimmy Lee
Tallahassee
Lee
Bay Wonder
Orlando
Fla
Don Bisplinghoff
Florida
Heath Varnedee
R. B. Woodall
Sonny Campbell
Jack Collins
Bobby Dunn
Frank Twitty
Camilla
Attendance in GA FLA loop drops slightly in 1951
Valdosta reports attendance near 23,?. Georgia Florida League totals for first 30 home games show a 470 deficit from last year’s 175,135 paid admissions. Americus posts a 96,659 rise to 1950’s 15,707. Tallahassee and others also show varying gains and losses across the circuit.
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Valdosta
W. T. Anderson
Americus
Moultrie
Cordele
Betty Jameson Leads Eastern Open Golf Event at Berkshire
Betty Jameson shot 72 to lead Babe Didrikson Zaharias and Barbara Romack as the 3500 prize Eastern Open at Berkshire Country Club entered day two. The 6397-yard course saw Patricia Berg and Louise Suggs tied at 74, while Carol Deringer and Betsy Rawls also at 74.
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Betty Jameson
Babe Didrikson Zaharias
Barbara Romack
Sacramento
Calif
Berkshire Country Club
Betty
Alice Bauer
Midland
Tex
Betty Manson
Indio
Betsy Rawls
Patty Berg
Carol Deringer
Tiffin
Ohio
Louise Suggs
Carrollton
All-Star Game Lineups To Be Announced Tonight
AP reports that starting lineups for the 1951 All-Star game in Detroit on July 10 will be announced tonight. The vote total nears 4,000,000 with Stan Musial leading at 1,274,816 votes and Nelson Fox second with 1,252,761.
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Detroit
Stan Musial
St. Louis Cardinals
Nelson Fox
Chicago White Sox
Dodgers Loss to Phils Stirring Brooklyn Alarms
Dodgers drop a 3-2 decision to the Philadelphia Phillies as a four and a half game lead shrinks. Ralph Caballero drives in the decisive run with a ninth inning single, Del Wilber adds a two run homer, while Jackie Robinson and Duke Snider hit solo shots. The stretch raises panic of a possible Giants charge before the July 4th series.
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Phils
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Caballero
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Erv Palica
St. Louis
Chicago
Cubs
Jesup Bees Tie For First In Georgia State League
The Jesup Bees moved into a first place tie in the Georgia State League behind Jim Sosebee who doubled twice and singled for a 9-5 win over Fitzgerald. Douglas crushed Dublin Green Sox 11-1 as Jesup climbed to top tier. Hazlehurst-Baxley beat Eastman Dodgers 5-4, Hillman Rhodes delivering a two run homer. Claude Young had three hits for the loser in the third inning.
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Associated Press
MacCrum
Dublin
Parnell Ruark
Claude Young
Hazlehurst
Pennsylvania Kicks On New Row Over Televising Games
The University of Pennsylvania again opposes the NCAA plan to control live football television for 1951, launching a new offensive as the dispute stalls with no side gaining ground. Murray publicized a Justice Department denial of approval for the NCAA AA officials.
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University of Pennsylvania
Ny” Murray
National Collegiate Athletic Association
NCAA
Justice ‘Department
New Local Semi Pro Nine Set to Face Ochlocknee Sunday
Thomasville’s newly organized semi pro baseball team coached by Curtis Gordon will meet Ochlocknee at 3 p.m. Sunday at the VA Domiciliary stadium. The squad, built with merchant donations, has won five of six, with only Moultrie defeating them. Pate will start Sunday, Moore to pitch Monday in Monticello against the Twin River League rivals.
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Curtis Gordon
VA Domiciliary Stadium
Gordon
Moultrie
Monticello
Johnny Pate
David Hagan
John Moore
Bobby Fleetwood
Clifford Dollar
C. J. Rehberg
Glenn Alred
Beaver Eason
Thornton Smith
Brewer Pope
J. P. Atkinson
Pate
Ochlochnee
Moore
Stulb Captures Georgia State Women's Golf Title
Eileen Stulb of Rome defeats Mary Crawford of Americus 2 and 1 to retain the state crown in a rain-delayed final. Morning 80 for Stulb and 80 for Crawford. final 80 for Stulb and 86 for Crawford as both failed to finish the 18th on a drizzly afternoon. Other results include winners in several flights and consolations from Columbus Atlanta and Rome.
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Austa
Eileen Stulb
Mary Crawford
Americus
Miss Stulb
Miss Crawford
Bebe Smith
Columbus
Carol Thomas
Atlanta
C. E. Reading
Lafayette
Jennigs Gordon
Phillies sign Joe Herpin from Benedictine Academy
The Philadelphia Phillies signed 18-year old Joe Herpin, a standout at Benedictine Academy in Savannah. He will report to Wilmington, Delaware for the Interstate League next spring after receiving an undisclosed signing bonus.
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Philadelphia Phillies
Joe Herpin
Benedictine Academy
Herpin
Wilmington
Del
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