Dodgers protest Braves 5-3 defeat. NL lead at stake
Brooklyn manager Burt Shotton protests the Dodgers 5-3 loss to the Boston Braves, seeking a replay. The defeat, coupled with St Louis 8-2 over Pittsburgh, drops Brooklyn to second place a half game behind the Cardinals. Frick's office may rule on the protest.
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Ford Frick
Frick
Burt Shotton
Brooklyn
Dodgers
Boston Braves
St. Louis
Pittsburgh
Cardinals
Shotton
Eagles Deliver Historic 38-0 Victory Over College All Stars
Philadelphia Eagles rout the 1949 College All-Star team 38 to 0 in Chicago before 93,780 fans. The NFL champions offense and line dominance overwhelmed Oklahoma coach Bud Wilkinson's Stars, with Tom Thompson's passes and Steve Van Buren's ground game fueling a decisive pro win.
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Eagles
Chicago
Philadelphia Eagles
Chicago Cardinals
Collegians
All Stars
Bud Wilkinson
Oklahoma
Stars
Clyde Scott
Arkansas
Eagle
Philadelphians
Steve van Buren
Cliff Patton
van Buren
Russ Craft
Noble Doss
Pete Pihos
Neill Armstrong
Tommy Thompson
Bill Macrides
Thompson
Douglas Speedster
U. of A
Dawson
Philadelphia Pro Eagles
Corpus Christi
Tex
Cat Cagers Plan 25 Game Arizona Schedule
University of Arizona basketball coach Fred Enke announced a 25 game season with new opponents Texas A M Cal Poly Beloit and others. Returning lettermen include Leon Blevins Bob Honea Art Carroll Bruce Lawson Kenny Trout plus guards Leo Johnson Jack Howell George Greene.
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Bill Lucas
Fred Enke
University of Arizona
Wildcat
Texas University
Texas A & M
Cal Poly
Beloit
Enke
Arizona
Wisconsin
Loyola
Los Angeles
Texas A. & M
Link Richmond
Billy Mann
Leon Blevins
Bob Honea
Art Carroll
Bruce Lawson
Kenny Trout
Leo Johnson
Jack Howell
George Greene
Johnson
Jim Dunlap
Paul Penner
Reedley Junior College
San Francisco
Roger Johnson
Frosh
Jim Johnston
Manuel
Tucson
Tenta'v
Flagstaff College
Flagstaff
Texas Western
New Mexico A. & M
Tempe College
Tempe
West Texas State
Marys
Cowa
Pacific Coast
Santa Clara
Phoenix
New Mexico U
Albuquerque
Beate College
el Paso
Texas Tech
Flagstat
Hardin-Simmons
Abilene, Tex
Lubbock, Tex
Canyon, Tex
Florence Leads In Swim Meet
Florence asserts dominance as the Arizona State Senior AAU and diving championships finish. Norman Brown of Phoenix Country Club upset favorites with a 1:20.5 record in the 100-meter breaststroke, while St. Francis Xavier’s medley relay set a new mark. Florence’s men’s team also posted a new record as Florence and St. Francis Xavier lead their respective divisions.
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Phoenix
Norman Brown
Phoenix Country Club
Bill Clemens
Florence
Brown
St. Francis Xavier
Dianne
Darlene Flickenger
Barbara Miller
Larry Monier
Clemans
Bobby Thompson
St. Francis
Navy Pitcher Bill Green Wins 42nd Straight
Navy Softball pitcher Bill Green extended his consecutive win streak to 42 as the Marines defeated Monterey Naval Air Station 12 to 4 in the West Coast Navy softball title game. Green leads the El Toro Marines and earns a berth in the All Navy tournament in San Diego. The report also notes Browns’ 4-1 win over Tigers and Borowy’s 2-0 Phils victory over the Giants in a rain-shortened afternoon game.
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Seattle
Navy
Bill Green
el Toro Marine
Marines
Monterey Naval Air Station
Green
San Diego
Louis Browns
Detroit Tigers
Hank Borowy
Philadelphia Phils
New York Giants
Chicago Cubs
Cincinnati Reds
Idie
Local Southern Arizona softball and baseball tourneys schedule
Saturday events list multiple games at Santa Rita park including Southern Arizona district softball matchups and baseball games at Randolph park. Sunday adds more softball fixtures with times from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. plus cross-park double headers and winners brackets.
Stella Walsh to End Track Career After Saturday
Stella Walsh a legendary figure in track and field will retire after Saturday night’s National AAU finals in Odessa Texas. The former star who first rose to prominence in 1930 in Texas and later beat Babe Didrikson in the Dallas AAU broad jump has competed for Poland and later became an American citizen. She will conclude her storied career following the weekend’s events.
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Odessa
Tex
Stella Walsh
Walsh
Texas
Dallas
Babe Didrikson
Poland
United States
League Leaders By Associated Press Batting and Pitching
League leaders list from AP shows batting averages with Robinson Brooklyn at .363 and Slaughter St Louis at .333. Runs and RBIs led by Reese Brooklyn 94 and Robinson 90. Robinson 84 RBI for Brooklyn. Pitching leaders note Pollet St Louis 5 3 and Branca Roe Brooklyn 12 4. Strikeouts led by Spanha Boston 9 and Newcombe Brooklyn 9. Williams Boston leads in runs with 111, Joost Philadelphia 101. Williams Boston 142 hits, Williams and Kell tied for doubles with Boston 28/19.
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Associated Press
Robinson
Brooklyn
Slauehter
St. Louis
Reese
Grodoklyn
Gordon
New York
Sauer
Chicago
Rebinser
Pollet
Branca
Roe
Spanha
Boston
Newcombe
Sepaseme
Kell
Denis
Williams
Joost
Eveland
Truocks
Detroit
New Rouser
All Star Clinic Trios Set For Flagstaff Trip
Dawson and fellow high school stars head to Flagstaff for University of Arizona led all star clinic week. Coaches Winslow and Mullenaux will guide attendees with guest speaker Lynn Waldorf while local players join from Tucson Amphi and THS for football and basketball events.
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Gib Dawson
Douglas High School
Bob Winslow
University of Arizona
Flagstaff
Dawson
Arizona
Winslow
Gene Brown
Phoenix Union High
Brown
Carl Mullenaux
Ned Mathews
Don Vosberg
Frank Lancet
Fred Enke
Tom Gibbings
U. of A
Lynn Waldorf
University of California
Bob Svob
Tucsonians
Jason
Red) Greer
Tucson High
George Genung
Amphitheater
Greer
Tucson
Don Rhee
Dave Ewing
Claude Wheeler
Roger Johnson
Jim Turpin
THS
Joe Venuti
Sid Kain
Gerald Wester
Bob Hunter
Amphi
Genung
Whizzer White draws record info requests
Tempe Arizona August 12 A record number of requests for full information on Wilford Whizzer White Arizona State Sun Devil All American halfback candidate are arriving at the college press bureau White earned All Star honors during the past two seasons and is attracting wide attention from college circles.
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Whizzer White
Tempe
Ariz
Wilford
Whizzer) White
Arizona State Sun Devil
College Press Bureau
White
White Leading World Tourney After 2 Rounds
Buck White of Greenwood Mississippi held the 36 hole lead at 135 after a 65 in round two at the Tom O Shanter course. Johnny Palmer at 136 trailed by one stroke, with Lloyd Mangrum and others close as the 72 hole world championship moved into its third round in Chicago. Sam Snead and Ed Furgol tied at 138, while Clayton Heafner Jimmy Demaret and Jim Turnesa sat two back.
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Chicago
Buck White
Tom O'Shanter
White
Greenwood
Miss
Lloyd Mangrum
Mangrum
Clayton Heafner
Charlotte
N. C
Jimmy Demaret
Ojai
Calif
Henry Ranson
St. Andrews
Little Jim Turnesa
Briar Cliff
N. Y
Sam
Tucson Teams Win In Benson Girls Softball Action
In Benson Arizona the 22nd Street Flirts and Telephone Belles of Tucson reached the Benson Invitational semifinals after wins Friday night. The Flirts edged Thatcher 14 11 in eight innings while the Belles beat Corbett Motors 20 7 with 20 hits. The schedule calls for Benson versus Safford Saturday and a Sunday championship final.
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Benson
Ariz
22Nd Street Flirts
Telephone Belles of Tucson
Safford
Flirts
Thatcher
Tucson
Thatcher Lassies
Belles
Corbett Motors
Bisbee
Tucson Girls
Motors
Tucson Club Adds Hurler Loust To Cowboys Roster
Gil Loust, a right handed pitcher with a 6 7 record last season for Bakersfield in the California State league, is due to join the Tucson Cowboys Sunday to shore up their weak pitching staff. He recently completed a year in the army after appearing in 22 games for Bakersfield. The Cowboys, after a Friday loss, sit in a third place tie with El Paso Texans and host Phoenix Senators in a four game stand beginning Saturday at 6 15 p m A doubleheader Sunday and a single game Monday follow. Bisbee Douglas starts a three game series Tuesday. Tucson manager Jack Beveridge reports the birth of his eight pound son Bill Jr and that he broadcasts home games on KCNA in addition to duties as business manager and promo man.
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Duke Snider
Brooklyn
Art Gore
Gore
Snider
Braves
Billy Southworth
Shotton
Frick
Dodger- Cardinal
Cardinal
Ron Northey
Beans Reardon
Dodgers
Northey
Reardon
Brooks
Jeff Heath
Tommy Holmes
Gerry Staley
Stan Musial
Joe Garagiola
Staley
Pittsburgh Pirates
Musial
Garagiola
Redbirds
Vern Stephens
Nat Hurlers
Sox
Tommy Byrne
Yankees
Herb Adams
White Sox
Indians
Larry Doby
Virgil Trucks
Gil Loust
Bakersfield
Tucson Cowboys
Loust
Cowboys
el Paso
Texans
Phoenix Senators
Bisbee Douglas
Jack Beveridge
Tucson
Bill Jr
Beveridge
Phoenix
KCNA
Forty-Niners Favored 2-1 To Beat Bills In Exhibition
San Francisco and Buffalo square off at Kezar Stadium as the 49ers hold 2-1 odds after a 28-7 win over the Dons. Buck Shaw plans Norm Standlee Len Eshmont and John Strzykalski to start in the backfield with Frankie Albert at quarterback. Red Dawson lists Jim Still Tex Bumgardner Mutryn and Ollie Cline for Buffalo.
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Buffalo Bills
Kezar Stadium
Los Angeles Dons
Buck Shaw
Norm Standlee
Len Eshmont
John Strzykalski
Frankie Albert
Red Dawson
The
Invaders
Ram Rockies Set For Blue-Gold Tilt
Baylor standout George Gabby Sims and Oregon's Norman Van Brocklin lead Rams intrasquad at Gilmore Stadium Aug 17. Van Brocklin shares QB duties with Jim Hardy on the Blue team, Sims at halfback for the Golds under Clark Shaughnessy.
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Los Angeles
George (Gabby) Sims
Baylor
Norman van Brocklin
Oregon
Clark Shaughnessy
Rockies
Los Angeles Rams
Gilmore Stadium
van Brocklin
Jim Hardy
Joe Stodahar
Sims
George Trafton
Garcia Extends Lead In A T League Bat Race At 2617
Garcia Vincio Garcia of Juarez stays ahead in the A T League batting race with a .377 mark after Aug. 8 games, while Hector Lara of El Paso is second at .362 and Nick Sunseri of Tucson sits third with .352. Garcia also leads in runs 145 and hits 180, with 20 triples and a share of 27 doubles. Clough tops bases and homers, Salvatierra leads RBIs with 114, Mendoza steals 54, and Tony a Phoenix earns his 17th and 18th wins as the top pitcher.
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Vincio Garcia
Juarez
Howe News Bureau
Hector Lara
el Paso
Nick Sunseri
Tucson
Manolo Fortes
Gene Clough
Bisbee-Douglas
Garcia
Clough
Manuel Salvatierra
Ramon Mendoza
Tony
Phoenix
Sarre
Ise
Paso
Globe-Miami
Bisbee-Douglass
Eves
Giobe-Miami
Lillard
TUC
Trower
Phoe
D. Johnson
Church
Torchia
Magalion
Juar
Fracchia
Salvatora
Eastwood
Mendoza
J-E.p
McO
E.P
Tamone
Perez
Ponce
Wilson
TUS
Morales
Abernathie
Graham
Valenzuela
Erickson
Greenwood
Phenix
Peraza
Easo
Bello
Azamar
Melendez
Martinez
E! Paso
Henderson
Fink
Geee
Henry
Dosser
Cohen
Wearne
Dudley
Trujillo
Irish Bob Murphy TKO’s John Garden in San Diego
Irish Bob Murphy, a 169 pound San Diego ex sailor, floored Johnny Garden of Los Angeles with a 4th round TKO at the Coliseum Friday night. Garden was down once in the first, dropped again in the third, then twice in the fourth before referee Frank Rustich stopped the bout. Murphy’s second win over Garcia, whom he previously TKO'd in the fifth here last March.
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San Diego
Calif
U.P
Ray Carson shines in 7-2 win for Railway Carmen
Ray Carson delivered a 2 hit game to spark the Railway Carmen past Baum & Adamson 7-2 in a class B softball tilt at Oury Park. Eddie Felix allowed three hits as the Chamorros defeated Ericson Grocers 3-1. Ernie Basurto gave up four hits in a losing effort. Oury Park Panthers fell 12-4 to the Tucson Raiders in a C league game. Fernando Fimbres earned the win with three allowed runs.
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Ray Carson
Carmen
Baum & Adamson
Oury Park
Eddie Felix
Chamorros
Ericson Grocers
Ernie Basurto
Slinger
Wilson Defeats Bruce Richardson In Hollywood Bout
California’s Jackie Wilson, 146 pounds, wins a 10 round unanimous decision over Toronto’s Bruce Richardson, 150 pounds, in Hollywood. Richardson debuts at main event level but never floors Wilson though he lands strong hooks in rounds three and five. Action peaks in round nine with exchanging hard blows. scoring by the three judges ends Wilson ahead by margins of 4, 6, and 2 points.
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Hollywood
California
Jackie Wilson
Bruce Richardson
Toronto
Wilson
Los Angeles
Richardson
Ion Stadium
Frankie van
Johnny Indrisano
Tommy Herman
Y Weightlifters Picnic at Himmel Park Sunday
The Tucson YMCA weightlifting club will hold a picnic lunch at 11 a.m. Sunday at Himmel Park. John Gibson, president of the Y lifters, announced the event which will include hand balancing acts, softball, and swimming. All interested are welcome to attend.
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Tucson
Himmel Park
John Gibson
Three Softball Tilt Opens Southern Arizona Meet Saturday
Twenty teams compete in a single elimination district softball tournament at Santa Rita Park to reach the state meet in Phoenix on August 25. First round games feature 43rd Communications vs Telephone Numbers, Play-Mor Arcade Raiders vs Pratt Sporting Goods, and Greenwall Druggists vs AIA Wildcats.
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Southern Arizona
Santa Rita Park
Tucson Cowboys
Phoenix Senators
Arizona-Texas Baseball League
Randolph Park
Arcade Raiders
Pratt Sporting Goods
Greenwald Druggists
AIA Wildcats
Stocky
Auto Supply
Eagles
Burt's
KEI Paso
Nogales
Steinfeld Shamrocks
Goodman Supply
Santa Rita
Crossroads Spoilers
Sino-Americans
Davis Monthan Mustangs
Greenwald-Wildcats
Burt
Davis-Monthan Mustangs
VFW
Davis-Monthan
George Busby
Lou McDonald
Roy Laos
D-M
John Pearson
Joe Rowles
Pete Econamakos
Tucson
Polio Foundation
Job
Rainbow Girls
DeMolay
City Swim Meet Planned By Y
Tucson's YMCA announces the first annual city swimming championships to be held September 3 at Himmel Park pool. Open to Old Pueblo girls and boys aged nine to 15, with events in freestyle breaststroke and backstroke and preliminary rounds September 1 2. Ribbons awarded to top three in each event.
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Tucson
YMCA
Himmel Park Pool
City Recreation Department
Old Pueblo
West Congress Street
Himmel Park
Loveless Gardner
Charley Ott
Monty Wilkinson
Don D. Lewis
D. L. Secrist
Clyde Flood
Johnny Barringer
Fred Stofft
Barry Beck
Ed Lamb
David and Goliath Act In Newport Net Meet
Newport R I August 13 A David and Goliath tennis clash marks the Newport Casino tournament with Felecisimo Ampon the 4 foot 11 Filipino facing National champion Dick Gonzales in the semifinals. Ampon outlasted Victor Seizes in a five set 6 3 4 6 4 7 5 victory and Gardner Malloy beat Sam Match to advance against Art Larson for a semifinal spot.
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Newport
R. I
David and Goliath
Felecisimo Ampon
Dick (Pancho) Gonzales
Ampon
Philadelphia
Gardner Malloy
Coral Gables
Fla
Sam Match
San Francisco
Art Larson
San Fram
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