Louis Sees Charles as Stronger in Ring Workout
In Pompton Lakes New Jersey on August 5 Joe Louis watched Ezzard Charles through five rounds with sparmates. Charles prepares to defend the NBA heavyweight title next Wednesday against Gus Lesnevich. Louis calls Charles stronger and more confident though he notes Charles’s right hand is slow. Mintz seeks New York recognition for the title ahead of the bout and Charles says he will KO if in range. Louis weighs possible return versus Lesnevich and a postfight exhibition tour looms.
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Ezzard Charles
Gus Lesnevich
Joe Louis
Joe
Chicago
Joel Walcott
Lesnevich
Canada
N. Y
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Jake Mintz
Jake
New York
Koinal Eagle
Eddie Eagan
Ezzard
Gus
Shirley May Seeks Open Waters Channel Swim
Dover England August 5 Shirley May France a 16 year old from Somerset Massachusetts will test open waters of the English Channel with a five mile practice swim outside Dover harbor Saturday. Her training has been confined to harbor waters due to bad weather and her coach Harry Boudakian said the actual crossing cannot occur until next week at the earliest.
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Shirley
France
English Channel
Dover Harbor
Somerset
Mass
Harry Boudakian
Standings from 1920s baseball leagues
International League Newark beat Buffalo 2 to 1 in 10 innings. Montreal and Jersey City heavy winners while Rochester split a twin bill with Baltimore 10th innings loss. Southern Association results include Atlanta edges Memphis 3 1, Birmingham beats Little Rock 3 2, and Nashville losses to Mobile in two games. Texas League Tulsa over Dallas 11 to 6 and Shreveport over San Antonio 7 6. American Association scores Toledo 2 9, Minneapolis 0 5, plus Kansas City over Columbus 3 1 and St Paul over Indianapolis 6 2. Louisville defeats Milwaukee 5 3.
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Jersey City
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Southern Association
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Mobile
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Atlanta
Memphis
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Oklahoma City
Fort Worth
Houston
Beaumont
American Association
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Minneapolis
Kansas City
Columbus
St. Paul
Indianapolis
Louisville
Milwaukee
Boxing outcomes from UPI card mix in Northeast cities
United Press reports in Syracuse, Scranton, Wilkes Barre and New York show several welterweight bouts with Barone beating Yarosz on points in Syracuse, Buffalo over Farrell in Scranton, Engelhardt defeating Menna in Queens, and Small outpointing Daly in New York.
Oaks Fall To PCL 3rd Slot
In the Pacific Coast League action, Hollywood leads by seven games with Sacramento second and Oakland third. Portland Beavers beat Oakland 10 1 as Vince DiBiasi wins after a pitching duel with Milo Candini. Los Angeles pounded San Diego 7 2, aided by six unearned runs in the first inning. At Seattle, Frank Kelleher homered in the eighth to tie 3 3, then Hollywood scored four in the 10th to win 7 3. Ken Holcombe blanks San Francisco 6 0 for Sacramento in his 16th win of the year.
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Sacramento
Oakland
Portland Beavers
Vince DiBiasi
DiBiasi
Milo Candini
Los Angeles
San Diego
Angels
Seattle
Frank Kelleher
The
Stars
Herb Gorman
Gene Handley
Ken Holcombe
San Francisco
Solon
Docusen Set for Non Title Bout with Ike Williams
Bernard Docusen is to fly Friday to Los Angeles to meet Light weight Champion Ike Williams in a 10 round non title bout on August 16.
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Bernard Docusen
Los Angeles
Ike Williams
All Stars Feted and Return to Work
Evanston, Aug 5 The college All Stars were feted at a luncheon with about 1000 guests then resumed daily drills. Head coach Bud Wilkinson planned to stress defense as the team prepares for the Aug 12 game against the Philadelphia Eagles at Soldier Field in Chicago, the 16th annual All-Star clash.
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Bud Wilkinson
Philadelphia Eagles
Chicago
Soldier Field
Dye Eliminated in Fourth Round at Net Nationals
Jimmy Dye of Tucson Arizona was eliminated in the fourth round of the National Junior tennis tournament in Kalamazoo Michigan. He fell to Dick Squires of Bronxville New York 7 5 6 2 and Squires advanced to the quarter finals.
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Jimmy Dye
Tucson
Ariz
Dick Squires
Bronxville
N. Y
Squires
Stars Batting and Pitching Highlights From Thursday’s Games
Bat Mullin of the Tigers delivered an 11th inning single for a 3-2 win over the Yankees after his four hits. Cubs pitcher Johnny Schmitz shut out the Giants 1-0, allowing three hits and ending a six game win streak while no-hits stretched into the seventh.
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Associated Press
Pat Mullin
Tigers
Yankees
Johnny Schmitz
Cubs
Giants
Talbert Faces Flam In Eastern Grass Tennis Bracket
Top seed Billy Talbert of New York meets Herbert Flam of Beverly Hills in Friday quarter finals of the Eastern Grass championships after Thursday rainouts. Upsets included Arthur Larsen and Tiny Ampon advancing, while Doris Hart and Beverly Baker moved into the women’s semifinals with wins over Nancy Morrison and Magda Rurac.
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N. J
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Billy Talbert
New York
Herbert Flam
Beverly Hills
Calif
Talbert-Flam
Arthur Larsen
San Francisco
Tiny Felicissimo Ampon
Philippines
Larsen
Earl Cochell
Ampon
Doris Hart
Nancy Morrison
Palm Beach
Fla
Beverly Baker
Santa Monica
Magda Rurac
Los Angeles
Jacksonville
Patricia Canning Todd
la Jolla
Shirley Fry
Akron
Ohio
Police Quiz Girl Who Wrote DiMaggio Notes
A Bronx girl accused of forging mash notes to Joe DiMaggio was questioned by the Bronx district attorney and released into her father's care. The notes, signed with showgirl Junior Standish, described a fictitious romance and press releases were sent to columnists. DiMaggio had not filed a complaint. The girl appeared irrational during questioning. her name was not revealed.
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U.P
Joe DiMaggio
Bronx
New York Yankees
DiMaggio
Junior Standish
Miss Standish
Francis X. O’brien
League Leaders AMERICAN LEAGUE Batting and Pitching Highlights
The American League stat leaders include DiMaggio batting .345 with 130 hits for Boston and Williams leading in home runs with 26. Dillinger of St. Louis tops in runs, while Reynolds leads American pitching at 11-2 with a 2.46 era and Trucks has 108 strikeouts.
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Pitchingwell
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Spahn
Murphy Favored in Hollywood Boxing Showdown
Hollywood August 5 Murphy Irish Bob Murphy is a strong favorite to beat Jerry Brown of Los Angeles in the headline bout at Legion Stadium. The ex sailor from San Diego has 26 knockouts in 34 pro fights and only two losses and will seek a second win over Brown who was stopped in the fifth round in their first meeting last year.
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Bob Murphy
Jerry Brown
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Homer McGrew
Brown
Murphy
Pair Of Rookies Star For Dons Intrasquad Victory
In Long Beach, Aug 5 two rookie halfbacks led the Los Angeles Dons White squad to a 19 to 10 win over the Blue team. Johnny Donaldson of Georgia and Dixie Howell sparked the offense with passes and runs. Art Hodges scored two White touchdowns, and Walt Clay added a third in the third period. Ben Agajanian booted a 43 yard kick for the Blues. Glenn Dobbs and Len Ford connected on long passes for the Blues, but the White defense held after Dobbs was sidelined by a first half injury.
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U.P
Los Angeles Dons
Johnny Donaldson
Georgia
Mississippi
Dixie Howell
Jimmy Phelan
Art Hodges
Donaldson
Howell
Blues
Dick Wilkins
Glenn Dobbs
Len Ford
Ben Agajanian
Agajanian
Walt Clay
Dobbs
Yankees Blank Indians Before 75,595 Crowd in Cleveland
Three years ago a major league record crowd of 75,595 watched the New York Yankees defeat the Cleveland Indians 2-0 in Cleveland.
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Cleveland Indians
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