Meet Chieftains Sunday in a key South Mountain clash
Martinsburg hosts Winchester at Rous Park in a big South Mountain League matchup. Martinsburg features Chalky Hopkins and Fitz gerald in the top hitting units, while Winchester relies on Hap Sours and pitcher Smallwood to challenge the league leaders. Game time is 2 p.m. with Patton opposing Smallwood.
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Martinsburg
Rous”eens Park
Rebels
Chieftains
Hap Sours
Herb Willis
Spurs
Boonesboro
Reds
Statler
Smallwood
MHS
Jack Patton
Ed Burch
Hopkins
Fitzgerald
Coleman
Patton
Boxing Results from Los Angeles Reno and Salt Lake City
The Associated Press reports boxing results with King defeating Albright in Los Angeles 10 rounds. Fullmer stopped Mortenson in West Jordan after 3. Rischer outpointed Vargas in Richmond over 12. Hall outpointed an opponent in Charlottetown, P E I.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Howard King
Reno
Nev
Bob Albright
West Jordan
Utah
Don Fullmer
Joe Mortenson
Salt Lake City
Richmond
Calif
Roger Rischer
Oakland
Ruben Vargas
Charlottetown
Dick Hall
Boston
Virginia Slow Pitch Tourney Set For Winchester Dates
The Virginia Amateur Softball Association schedules a district slow pitch tournament in Winchester August 23 24 supervised by Jim Hockman. The winner advances to the state tournament in Richmond September 7. Other districts include Roanoke Fieldale Lynchburg Richmond Hampton Portsmouth and Norfolk.
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Virginia Amateur Softball Association
Winchester
Jim Hockman
Richmond
Roanoke
Fieldale
Lynchburg
Hampton
Portsmouth
Norfolk
Buena Vista
Virginia
Toledo
Ohio
Old Dominion
Cleveland
Jimmy
Front Royal Legion Plays Finals Today
Martinsville and Front Royal met at 3 p.m. to decide the Western Zone representative for the state playoffs. Martinsville beat Lynchburg 5-1 and then defeated Front Royal 10-6, marking Front Royal’s only loss in the tourney while Martinsville handed Front Royal its first defeat.
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Lynchburg
American Legion
Martinsville
Front Royal
Northern Virginia
Baseball Standings and Schedules for Today and Tomorrow
The National League leads with St. Louis 59 40 and Brooklyn 58 42 while Cincinnati 56 44 and Philadelphia 56 45 chase. Today Pittsburgh at Chicago 1:30 p m law against Drott. New York at Cincinnati 8 p m Barclay vs Jeffcoat.
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Associated Press
St. Louis
Milwaukee
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
New York
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Law
Drott
Cincinnati, 8 p.m.Barclay
Jeffcoat
p.m.Podres
Conley
P.m. Sanford
Jackson
Major League Leaders in Batting and Pitching This Season
The report lists top players across teams led by Williams Boston with 382 runs and Mantle New York with 4 runs batted in. Sievs Washington tallies 69 hits. Malzone Boston and Fox Chicago lead with 125 doubles. Gardner Baltimore 25 triples. McDougald and Simpson New York 7 homers. Williams Boston 29 homers. Aparicio Chicago 14 stolen bases. Bunning Detroit 133 813 strikeouts. Wynn Cleveland 131. Aaron Milwaukee leads with 339 runs and 77 hits and 30 homers. Aaron Milwaukee 137 hits. Musial St Louis 28 doubles. Mays New York 30 stolen bases and 30 homers. Schmidt St Louis 91 900 strikeouts. Sanford Philadelphia 125.
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Boston
Mantle
New York
Wash'n
Malzone
Fox Chicago
Gardner
Baltimore
McDougald
Simpson
Aparicio
Chio
Bunning
Detroit
Wynn
Cleveland
Aaron
Milwaukee
Balsingame
St. Louis
Musial
Mays
Schmidt
Sanford
Phila
Royal Crown Regains Lead In City Softball League
Royal Crown moved back to first in the City Softball League at Senseng Park with help from Boyce Grocery. Clark pitched well and drove in several runs as Republic Oil fell 5-2. Royal Crown then beat White Brothers 13-7 behind Robertson who had a homer grand slam with Bly Brannon and A Smith driving in runs. White used walks for much of its scoring as Bailey Buckner and Lloyd reached base. Church of Christ faces Stephenson and EUB meets Presbyterian in Church League action with Stephenson and Sunnyside splitting a twin bill with Culpeper tomorrow.
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Senseng Park
Boyce Grocery
Republic ‘Oil
Clark
Jim Hockman
White Brothers
Jess Donald
Robertson
Bly, Brannon
A. Smith
White
Bailey
Buckner
Lloyd
Church of Christ
Stephenson
EUB
Presbyterian
Sunnyside
Culpeper
Eagles Build Peculiar Nests Featuring Odd Castoffs
In historic nests high in crags, eagles have been found with golf balls lightbulbs and fish plugs among the debris. These surprising trash inclusions reveal the birds adapt to available materials and human litter while nesting.
Cardinals surge to NL lead as Musial shines
Stan Musial goes 4 for 4 with two two run homers and Sad Sam Jones fires a six hit shutout to lift the St Louis Cardinals to the top of the National League standings as Milwaukee idle. The old guard and new faces anchor the Redbirds in a pivotal advantage.
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Associated Press
Stan “the Man
Musial
Sam Jones
St. Louis Cardinals
Qhum
Redbirds
Jones
Milwaukee
Giants
Brooklyn
Chicago Cubs
Gil Hodges
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Phils
Workingman Crown Clinched Despite 3 Losses To O'Sullivan
In a make-up tilt, O'Sullivan edged Workingham 8-7 while Workingham had already clinched the league title with a 25-3 win over B&M. Dennis Hinkle pitched a one-hitter for Workingham with 10 strikeouts as Lonnie Brooks had the lone B&M safe hit. O'Sullivan then crushed Dr Pepper 11-3 behind Sledge's two doubles and three hits as the league race concluded.
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B&m
O'Sullivan
Dr. Pepper
Dennis Hinkle
Hinkle
Lonnie Brooks
The
Clothiers
Jack Stinnett
Chris Miller
Sledge
Shanholtz
Boyce
Hall
Johnson
NFL Players Union Wins Recognition From Bell
NFL Commissioner Bert Bell announced at a House Anti trust sub committee hearing that nine clubs approved recognizing and bargaining with the newly formed NFL Players Association. He said failure to recognize would harm the league and the public while owners caution over league bylaws and consent of clubs 10 of 12 could block agreements.
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National Football League Players Union
NFL
Bert Bell
NFL Players Assn
Bell
House Anti-trust
National Football League
Players’ Association
Celler
Keating
Rodino
Patterson Named Fighter of Month in Ring magazine
Floyd Patterson earned Fighter of the Month after a tenth round knockout of Tommy Jackson to retain heavyweight prominence. Eddie Machen climbed to No. 1, Archie Moore dropped from heavyweight list, Alex Miteff rising to No. 10, and Kid Gavilan and Gil Turner reentering welterweight rankings with Ortega and Flanagan affected in the latest Ring Magazine ratings.
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New York
Floyd Patterson
Tommy
Hurricane
Jackson
Eddie Machen
Redding
Calif
Ring Magazine
Archie Moore
Tony Anthony
Alex Miteff
Miteff
Kid Gavilan
Cuba
Gil Turner
Philadelphia
Gavilan
Mexico
Gaspar Ortega
Turner
del Flanagan
St. Paul
Flanagan
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