Mitchell Closes On Fain In Tight AL Batting Race
Dale Mitchell of the Cleveland Indians climbs within five points of Ferris Fain in the American League batting race after a 14-for-35 stretch. Fain leads with .337 after recent gains, while Stan Musial tops the National League at .325.
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Ferris Fain
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Athletics
Stan Musial
St. Louis Cardinals
Cincinnati
Ted Kluszewski
Gene Woodling
Boston Red Sox
George Kell
Billy Goodman
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Whitey Lockman
Giants
Brooklyn
Jackie Robinson
Toby Atwell
Frankie Baumholtz
Chicago
Larry Doby
Indians
Philadelphia
Gus Zernial
Hank Sauer
Chicago Cubs
Cocio-Estrada Triumphs 8-6 Over Shamrock Dairy in Rain-Shortened Game
Cocio-Estrada defeated Shamrock Dairy 8-6 at Santa Rita Park to share the Class A-1 city softball league lead with First Baptist after a game cut short by rain. Estrada earned eight runs in four innings. In girls play, Sunshine Girls shutout Cine Plaza Flirts 2-0 on a two-hitter by Grace and Harris.
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Shamrock Dairy
Santa Rita Park
First Baptist
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Estrada
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Cine Plaza Flirts
Cerefina Grace
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Alice Reyna
Mercy Martinez
First Baptist Warriors
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Garcia
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Beazley Wins 16th As Cards Top Dodgers in 10 Innings
Ten years ago rookie Johnny Beazley earned his 16th victory as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Brooklyn Dodgers 2 to 1 in 10 innings to sweep the series.
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St. Louis Cardinals
Brooklyn Dodgers
Cotton Kings Face Fort Leonard Wood In Key Round
Two unbeaten teams meet in the National non pro baseball tournament as Ft Leonard Wood Hilltoppers take on Ft Myer Colonials in the fourth round. Camp Atterbury and Brooke Army Medical Center also remain undefeated as Ft Ord and Ft Dix win to reach the same round. Tonight’s schedule lists Linton Oilers against Birmingham Steelers, Ft Leonard Wood against Ft Myer, and Wichita Boeing Bombers versus Casa Grande with the Cotton Kings at risk of elimination.
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Davis-Monthan Softball Tourney Heads to Semi finals
The Davis Monthan base softball tournament advances to the semifinals with 803rd Air Base Group facing 503rd A&E and 303rd Maintenance meeting 43rd A&E at 5 p.m. Winners play for the championship at 5 p.m. tomorrow. Roy Suzuki and Jerry Garabedian homered for 803rd ABG in a 5-4 win over 43rd AR.
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Upset Features B Softball Meet at Oury Park
In the Class B softball tourney opening at Oury Park yesterday the Salvation Army defeated Class BB champions Motor Supply 8 to 4 with Bob Webster pitching four hits. Savon Spark Plugs beat Eastside Aces 21 to 7 as Jack Branon earned the win and hit two homers. Tonight Sino American Club plays Oury Park Pachucos at 7:30 and Jerry's Ming Rascals face Oury Park Tigers at 9.
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Bob Webster
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Eastside Aces
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Sino American ‘Club
Pachucos
Jerry
Ming Rascals
Boxing Results From Associated Press
In Chicago Billy Noble 134 pounds from Grand Island Nebraska outpoints Cecil Hudson 180 pounds from Milwaukee in eight rounds. In Brooklyn Johnny Bratton 152 pounds of Chicago stopped Irwin Steen 147 pounds of San Diego in three rounds. In Brooklyn Danny Jo Perez 140 pounds of New York outpointed Phil Morizio 139 pounds of New York in eight rounds.
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Chicago
Billy Noble
Grand Island Neb
Cecil Hudson
Milwaukee
Brooklyn
Johnny Bratton
Irwin Steen
San Diego
Danny Jo Perez
New York
Phil Morizio
Raffensberger Tops NL ERA Leaderboard After Shutout
Lefty Ken Raffensberger of the Cincinnati Reds hurled a six hit shutout against the New York Giants and leads the National League with a 2.51 ERA after 208 innings. Bobby Shantz tops the American League with a 1.81 ERA and 22 wins for the Athletics. Drews and Roberts trail Raffensberger in the NL ERA race, with Lees and Hacker also in the top four. Reynolds remains AL ERA leader early, with a 2.19 mark for the Yankees, while Trucks shows a 3.41 ERA after a no hitter.
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Ken Raffensberger
Cincinnati Reds
New York Giants
Associated Press
Raffensberger
Redley
Philadelphia
Bobby Shantz
Athletics
Karl Drews
Robin Roberts
Drews
Roberts
Robin
Brooklyn
Billy Lees
Shantz
New York Yankee
Cleveland
Mike Garcia
Billy Pierce
Chicago White Sox
Joe Dobson
Chisox
Virgil
Fire) Trucks
S A Team Edges Alianza In Extra Innings
The Spanish American club beat Alianza 1-0 in 10 innings at Estevan Park as Hoss Carrillo doubled to drive in Gil Salgado for the go ahead run. Frank Castro pitched three hit ball in Howard & Stofft Tigers 11-3 win over Tucson Gas.
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Hoss Carrillo
Gil Salgado
Frank Castro
Howard & Stofft Tigers
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Turco
Trujillo
Valdez and
Herreras
Howard & Stofft
Speedy
Brigman
Castro and Ballesteros
Optimist Meet Opens with Big Hi Corbett Wins
E. R. Heap, Howard & Stofft and Catalina Rotary won opening round games in the first Optimist league tournament at Hi Corbett field. Heap defeated Arizona Transport 10 to 0, Howard & Stofft downed the Optimists 13 to 9, and Catalina Rotary beat Speedway Lanes 24 to 7.
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Howard and Stofft
Major League Baseball game mixed box score notes
Detroit and New York traded a 1 0 win with Trucks earning the victory over Miller. Cleveland topped Washington 7 2 as Lemon pitched well. Philadelphia defeated Chicago 6 3 behind Han. New York beat Cincinnati 3 0 on Raffensberger’s strong relief showing.
National Second Game on a Ha Shhy ee
St Louis pitchers Brazile and D Rice surrender two runs in the first. Moore wins for the visitors with Wade Campanella Haddix and Yuhas each contributing two. Snider and Campanella homer for the home team as Brazile takes the loss.
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Bell Tosses Third No-Hitter in Bristol Ties
Bristol news reports Ron Necciai and Bill Bell, two youths from the Appalachian League, may join the Pittsburgh Pirates. Necciai, 19, starred with 27 strikeouts in a no-hitter before moving up to Burlington and earning a Pirates call. Bell followed with a three no-hitters this year, including a seven inning 4-0 win over Kingsport and a 4-0 blanking of Bluefield. Bell said he was nervous as the latest no-no came.
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Pirates
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Goldsboro
N.C
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Ron
Burlington
Pittsburgh
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Bristol
Bell
Kingsport
Tenn
Bluefield
Johnny Vander Meer
Boston
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Collins Beats Flanagan In 15 Round Boxing Bout
Boston featherweight Tommy Collins outboxed Glen Flanagan of St Paul over 15 rounds to win a decision in front of 11 200 fans. Referee Rawson scored 149 132, Judge Norton 148 140, Judge Santoro 146 140. Collins weighed 124 pounds and impressed with scientific boxing and sharp counters. Flanagan suffered an early cut under the right eye and showed a stubborn game but fell short in points.
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Tommy Collins
Glen Flanagan
Collins
Flanagan
Pinky George
Tormy Rawson
Norton
Joe Santoro
Flana
Coaching changes shake Salt River valley high schools
In Phoenix two coaching staff changes were announced. Tempe high athletic director and basketball coach Chet McNabb will step down from those duties but remain baseball coach. Cecil Miller Jr formerly of the University of Arizona will become basketball coach after completing military service, having previously coached at Benson. Dom Patrone, all Border Conference guard at Arizona State College at Tempe, is named head football coach at Tolleson.
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Salt River Valley
Chet McNabb
Tempe High
Cecil Miller Jr
University of Arizona
Miller
Benson
Dom Patrone
Arizona State College
Tempe
Tolleson
Irvin Returns for Reds With .333 Batting Pace
Monte Irvin back in action after an ankle fracture, collects eight hits in 24 at bats for a .333 average. The outfielder added two safeties off Reds pitcher Ken Raffensberger last night.
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Monte Irvin
Reds
Ken Raffensberger
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