Cowboys Regain Lead with 15-10 Victory Over Miners
The Tucson Cowboys moved back into first place in the Arizona-Texas league by defeating the Bisbee Douglas Miners 15-10. Pinky Vargas homered and Jack Trench added a solo shot for Tucson, while Bisbee Douglas outhit 16-14 but stranded runners with nine walks and four errors. Jim Cahill and Charley Luis contributed key hits as Tucson clinched the top spot with the win and a four-game series set to open tonight.
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Mitch Chernovich
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Lloyd Brown
Jim Byron
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Jim Hughes
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Zaharias Berg Reach Open Finals In Western Open
Babe Zaharias and Patty Berg reach the 36 hole final of the Western Open at Skycrest Country Club in Chicago with Zaharias seeking a fourth title and Berg aiming for a third. Zaharias defeats Dettweiler 6 4 and Berg advances after a 21 hole win over Hanson while Suggs withdraws to rest.
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Chicago
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Patty Berg
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Skycrest Country Club
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Ferndale
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Tiffin
Ohio
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St. Charles
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Atlantic
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Lakewood
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Atlanta
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Peggs Named Head Coach at Gila Junior College
Joe Peggs former University of Arizona tackle has been named head coach at Gila junior college in Thatcher and will report August 20. Football practice begins September 1. He succeeds Gove Allen who resigned for a teaching post at Safford high school. Peggs, pursuing a masters degree, coached the Arizona B squad last fall.
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University of Arizona
Gila Junior College
Thatcher
Gove Allen
Safford High School
Peggs
Arizona
Standings for several baseball leagues remain with few games scheduled
International League results show Baltimore at Montreal postponed, Buffalo 5 3, Jersey City 3 4, Newark 4 3, Rochester 3 5, Toronto 5 2, Syracuse 2. American Association lists St Paul 7, Louisville Indianapolis 9, Milwaukee 8, Toledo 2 10, Minneapolis 1 11, Columbus 5, Kansas City 4. Southern Association notes Atlanta 7, Nashville 3, Mobile 3 2. Only games scheduled.
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Toronto
Syracuse
St. Paul
Southern Association
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Nashville
Mobile
Hughes Leads A T League In Batting Race
Pete Hughes of Phoenix overtook Dan Baich of Globe-Miami for the Arizona-Texas league batting lead through June 21 with .380 to .379. Baich also tops with 15 home runs and 92 RBIs. Pinky Vargas is third at .365, Humberto Barbon at .351, Bill Taylor at .342 with 96 hits and 156 total bases. Lloyd Brown of Tucson paces pitching with 61 wins, Roger Higgins of El Paso has 51. Phoenix leads team batting at .294, Juarez and Tucson follow at .285 and .276. Tucson owns fielding at .953.
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Phoenix
Globe-Miami
Dan Baich
Howe
Hughes
Baich
Tucson
Pinky Vargas
Humberto Barbon
Juarez
Bill Taylor
Lloyd Brown
Roger Higgins
el Paso
Unclear Sporting Memoir Mentions No-Hit Efforts
Fragmentary AP note recalls Carl Derose tossing a perfect no hitter for Kansas City to beat Minneapolis 5 0 in the American Association a year ago and mentions Carl Hubbell losing his first game of the year against the New York Giants five years ago with incomplete details.
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Kansas City
Minneapolis
Carl Hubbell
New York Giants
Giants Dominate Reds as Poat Shuts Out Cincinnati
Yesterday's Stars Pitching Ray Poat allowed only three hits in a 7-0 Giants victory over Cincinnati for his sixth win and third shutout. Tim Rue (unreadable) homered doubled and scored as the Giants rout the Reds 7-0. Ten years ago Carl Hubbell earned his 200th major league win guiding Boston to a 12-3 win over New York.
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Reradac
Ween
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Spark
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On Trust and Mafesta Lead Coquette Handicap Field
Inglewood Calif June 26 On Trust and Mafesta both carrying 128 pounds go as favorites in the $15 000 Coquette handicap at Hollywood Park The race is an overnight special paired with the $25 000 Lassie stakes on the same card Cosmopolite a Beau Pere filly should be top choice in the Lassie stakes.
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Mafesta
Hollywood Park
Cosmopolite
Indios and Solons Triumph in A-T League Contests
Juarez Indios rally past Globe-Miami Browns 9 to 8 at Juarez as Fortes and Aguilar homer for Juarez while Masser and Willis homer for Globe-Miami. El Paso Texans beat Phoenix 11 to 5 at Municipal Stadium, with Entwisle win and heavy late hits. Tucson regains first with 15 to 10 over Bisbee-Douglas at Tucson. schedule set for El Paso vs Juarez doubleheader Sunday.
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Bisbee-Douglas
Globe-Miami Browns
Juarez Indios
el Paso
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Municipal Stadium
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Juarez
Indios
Job Masser
Globe- Miami
Dick Willis
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el Paso Texans
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Hughes
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Ray Martinez
Jim Young
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Louis Retires After Knocking Out Walcott in Eleven
New York June 26 Joe Louis the long reigning heavyweight champion announced his retirement after 11 years and three days on top. He defeated Jersey Joe Walcott in the 11th round at Yankee Stadium ending a storied era in boxing. Louis called himself an old man at 34 while Walcott paid tribute to a great fighter both inside and outside the ring.
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Jersey Joe
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Americans Reach Wimbledon Quarterfinals In Four-Man Push
Wimbledon on June 26 saw Americans Falkenburg of Hollywood Budge Party of Los Angeles advance to the quarter finals joining Mulloy of Miami and Brown of San Francisco. Parker was upset by Lennart Bergelin as the day opened before Queen Mary in attendance. Falkenburg defeated Sedgman 6 1 6 2 6 4 in 55 minutes amid nervous center court crowd and several double faults.
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Hollywood
Calif
Budge
Los Angeles
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Australia
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Britain
Gardnar Mulloy
Miami
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San Francisco
Frankie Parker
Lennart Bergelin
Sweden
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Zarza Watches Boxing Hopeful Davey Reach Olympic Goal
Detroit June 26 Lou Zarza assistant Detroit Lions coach watches Chuck Davey as he trains for Olympic boxing. Zarza moved Davey from welterweight to lightweight while coaching at Michigan State. Davey has remained unbeaten in three years of amateur fighting.
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Hogan and Demaret Lead Inverness Best Ball Field
Ben Hogan and Jimmy Demaret pace the Inverness 126-hole classic with a plus seven after 54 holes as they face the hot Harrison and Hamilton pairing who fired three straight 63s and seek to upend the leaders in the $10,650 event.
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E. J
Dutch” Harrison
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Salas scores TKO over Bob Jackson
Laura Salas won a seven round technical knockout over Bobby Jackson at Legion stadium in Hollywood. The Glenwood Springs Colorado lightweight fighter opened another eye cut that has plagued him in recent bouts.
Goodmans Edge Eagles In City A Softball Clash
Goodmans Supply beat the Eagles 9 to 7 to pull within a notch of Steinfelds Shamrocks in the City Softball Class A standings. J A Chastain hit two homers for the Eagles, while John Padelford led Goodmans with 11 hits as George Busby fanned 16 in a high scoring, error plagued game.
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Branca Strikes Again in Brooklyn Victory over Cards
Branca hurled a 3-2 win in Brooklyn over the St Louis Cardinals, improving to nine wins against five losses. He allowed seven hits, fanned six, and walked one as Brooklyn kept pace near the NL top. The Braves and other contenders won or narrowed gaps in pennant races.
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LaBeach and Matson Set Track Records at Alhambra Games
Lloyd LaBeach, who will represent Panama in the Olympics, broke Ralph Metcalfe’s 220 world mark with 21.2 seconds. Ollie Matson of Washington High School ran 440 in 47.8, toppling the national interscholastic record of 48.2 set in 1915. Sirhinnes missed the discus mark by six inches. Ray Cochran won the 440 yard hurdles in 52.4 seconds.
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Los Angeles Athletic Club
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Ann Curtis Wins AAU 100 Meter Swim Crown in San Diego
Ann Curtis of San Francisco defended the AAU 100-meter freestyle title at the 1948 women’s senior national swimming and diving championships in San Diego finishing three strokes ahead of Brenda Helser of Los Angeles Athletic Club. Nancy Merki Lees of Portland placed third, with Barbara Jensen winning the 300-meter medley.
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San Francisco
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Oakland
Joan Mallory
Suzanne Zimmerman
Los Angeles
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June Stover
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Crystal Plunge
Softball State Draws Top Game
The Elks and Merchants meet at 9 30 p m Thursday for the top class A game of the City Softball league at the 22nd street park. Next week’s schedule lists 6 30 8 00 and 9 30 p m games on Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday and Friday with multiple team matchups each day.
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Tucson Cowboys face Juarez in Arizona-Texas league clash
Saturday night at Randolph Park hosts a 8 p.m. game between the Tucson Cowboys and Juarez in the Arizona-Texas league. A Sunday schedule lists a blind holes tourney at Tucson Country Club and several rifle and pistol shoots at Schnabel range, with trap and mixed doubles events later at the Tucson Trap and Skeet Club and Tucson Country Club.
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Seals Suffer Loss To Oaks In Pacific Coast League
In San Francisco on June 26, the Oakland Oaks beat the San Francisco Seals 6 to 1 as Jack Salveson pitched a two hit game and earned the victory. Casey Stengel, managing the Oaks, traded Damon Hayes for Salveson to boost the pennant chase.
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Vern Kennedy
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Tommy Bridges
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Richie Myers
Tucson Open Lift Meet To Be Held
John Gibson president of the Tucson YMCA weightlifting club received AAU sanction from Dave Matlin to hold the second annual Tucson Open AAU weightlifting championships on July 12. The Tucson Y team includes R D Duncan 123 pounder Frank Perez 132 Gibson Ludwig Kustra 148 Aaron Wander 165 John Grimes 181 and Bill Kitchens heavyweight.
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Tucson Ymca
Dave Matlin
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Tucson
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Johnny Hopp Injury Reported After Line Drive Hit
Three years ago Johnny Hopp of the St. Louis Cardinals showed marked improvement at a Chicago hospital after a head injury from a line drive pitched ball during a game two days earlier.
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Seixas Favored To Win NCAA Tennis Championship
Victor Seixas, top seed and Southern California champion, is favored to win the NCAA intercollegiate tennis title in Los Angeles. He faces Harry Likas of San Francisco in the final after Likas upset Washington’s Jim Brink. Doubles titles see Kovaleski Bartzen of William and Mary meeting Arnold Saul Perez of Southern California. William and Mary lead team standings with five points as North Carolina San Francisco USC UCLA Notre Dame Washington Tulane follow.
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Seixas
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Douglas Internats Triumph Over Bisbee 16-5 in Semi Pro Meet
The Douglas-Agua Prieta Internationals defeated the Bisbee Merchants 16 to 5 at Fifteenth Street Park in a semi pro baseball game to raise funds for the American Legion drum and bugle corps. Montano and Al Ruiz led the attack with multiple hits including a homer for Montano and four for Ruiz as Lievanos and Rivas added key blows.
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Chet Goldberg in East West Tourney
Chet Goldberg of the University of Arizona and Don Keith of Santa Clara will play in the East West best ball exhibition at Stanford. They meet William Pritchard of Knox College and Arthur C. Ellis Jr of Arkansas at 1:00 p.m. The event precedes the NCAA matches opening Monday.
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University of Arizona
Don Keith
University of Santa Clara
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Knox College
Arthur C. Ellis, Jr
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