Orioles, Senators rally to keep AL first-place race tight
Baltimore defeats Chicago 1 0 in 11 innings while Washington beats Cleveland 7 5 in a pivotal AL clash. New York tops Detroit 3 0 as Kansas City stromps Boston 5 2. Sox cling to lead by slim margin amid a three-way tie risk.
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Baseball Standings and Schedule Snapshot
American League leaders include Chicago Cleveland and New York with Chicago at 63 42 and .600. Yesterday results Washington edge Cleveland 7-5 while Baltimore beat Chicago 2-1 in 11 innings. In the National League Brooklyn leads at 74 34 with Milwaukee next. multiple games and tonight’s schedule listed.
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Softball Doubleheader Here Tonight
The local RC squad, aided by players from the Novick team, hosts the Jet Service Station nine from Fredericksburg in a softball doubleheader at Senseny Park. First game starts at 5 30 p.m. Jesse Donald will pitch in one game and Jim Hockman in the other. The series is a rematch after BC beat Fredericksburg’s Jet squad in both games last month.
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Terwilliger Beaned By Pitched Ball In Cincinnati
In Cincinnati Wayne Terwillizer, New York second baseman, wore a goose-egg lump after being beaned by Johnn Klippstein’s fast ball in last night’s game. The cap liner saved him, and his doctor predicted a short absence, about Sunday or so.
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Babe Zaharias Faces New Cancer Treatment
Galveston Texas reports Babe Didrikson Zaharias, renowned athlete, has a new cancer lesion on the right sacrum. Husband George Zaharias says X ray therapy has begun to ease her pain, with no surgery planned. She previously battled rectal cancer in 1953 and spinal issues this spring.
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Shawnee Bowmen Plan Several Fall Activities
Fans of archery gathered at the local airport Thursday evening to map a program for the coming months. An event at the airport is set for September and an exhibi tion shoot at Rock Enon Scout Camp is planned for August 16 with E Shipe as secretary contact.
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Champ B and M Team Beats O Sullivan 8 to 6
B and M, the national league champions, rallied for five runs in the final inning to defeat O Sullivan 8 to 6. Riley allowed three hits as the winning pitcher, while B and M had six hits and improved to 15 wins and 3 losses. O Sullivan was blanked for the first two frames.
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Thomson misses course record in All-American Golf Tour lead
Peter Thomson failed to break Tam O Shanter's 63 when his spoon shot misfired. He posted a 65 in the first round and a 36 hole total of 136 8 under par to lead by two strokes over Al Mengert and new PGA champion Doug Ford in the $25 000 event at Tam O Shanter.
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Opequon Beats Sunnyside 9 4 In Church League
Opequon defeated Sunnyside 9 to 4 in a church softball game on Thursday. The winners exploded for a 10 run first inning on seven hits led by Catlett the winning pitcher with seven strikeouts. Funkhouser, Catlett and T Driver had three hits each. Boyd walked five times and scored four runs. Sunnyside’s D Baughman led with three of four hits. W Dick added the remaining hit.
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Richmond Warwick Meet in Jr Legion Tournament Finals
Richmond Post 1 and Warwick Post 255 faced off for the State Legion championship after advancing with wins over Covington. Two games were scheduled today with a potential third on Sunday if the series split, the outcome to decide the title.
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Grave Stone Mixes Up 1945 With 1955 Story
OVID Mich A local grave marker misstates death year as 1945 though Charlie Starr lived to 102 in 1955. He had a stone engraved with 1945 to avoid trouble, but the date is ten years off. Starr continued active until giving up his backyard apple tree chinups last year.
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Clock Watcher Hired For Navy Carrier Movie Scene Timing
Orin Benson, a former sailor, took a job with a film crew filming on the U S aircraft carrier Princeton. He was hired to ensure clocks and timing matched for scenes in a movie titled Battle Stations aboard the carrier.
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Record chase: Dukey Snider and Ernie Banks duel Ruth for season home runs
Chicago and Brooklyn stars push ahead of Babe Ruth’s single season mark as Snider and Banks battle for the league lead. In a 10-8 Cubs win at Wrigley, Banks hits his 37th and Snider his 38th as both drivers race toward Ruth’s 60, with three games left in the series pencils in.
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Accident May End Daredevil Driver's Career
The Slo-Mo-Shun V back flipped at about 160 miles an hour during Gold Cup trials, ending the racing run of Lou Fageol of Kent Ohio. Fageol escaped death but suffered probable broken ribs a punctured lung and back injuries. A driver dispute over flying starts followed the incident threatening the final field for racing's world series.
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Winchester Hosts Front Royal Nine in Exhibition Clash
Winchester baseball team suffered errors as they lost 7-5 to Arcola of the Loudoun County League in Purcellville. Barr started and allowed seven runs on five hits before Shiley relieved in the sixth, while Piland earned the win with 11 hits allowed.
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Winchester Edges Arcola Exibition Result 7 5
Winchester loses an exhibition game to Arcola 7 to 5 at Rouss Park with Barr or Judy to start and Dodson catching Windle likely starting for Front Royal Gilliam behind the plate. Winchester sits seventh in the Massanutten League with 5 wins and 16 defeats.
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Novick Shuts Out Republic Oil 2-0 in City League
Novick defeated Republic Oil of Berryville 2-0 behind E. Grim pitching a four-hit shutout. Novick led 1-0 in the first as Messall and Hoover driven in, while Republic stranded several runners including two in the sixth after Baker and Buckner collected two hits for the losers.
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College All Stars Beat Cardinals In Chicago Scrimmage
The College All Stars defeated the Chicago Cardinals 9 to 6 in an exhibition game in Chicago. Notre Dame's Ralph Guglielmi threw a touchdown pass and Ohio State's Tad Weer kicked a game winning field goal in the final quarter. No extra points were attempted.
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Montague Rout Sacred Heart 13-2 In Church League
Montague Avenue surged to a 13-2 victory over Sacred Heart driven by a nine run first inning. B Rinker, J Rinker, D Clark and Hill led with multiple hits as Montague benefited from walks and errors. Sacred Heart replied with a fourth inning homer by Whittle and a homer by J Rinker added later.
Regional Little League Tourney At Front Royal
Charleston Midwestern all stars will represent Virginia and West Virginia at the Front Royal regional tournament in Virginia. They beat South Boston 6-4 to claim the two state title and earn a shot at the Little World Series in Williamsport on August 23. Midwestern scored all runs in the first and third innings. South Boston’s lone highlight was catcher Jimmy Bebber’s homer.
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Port Clinton Boat Explosion Ends Raider Hampton Life
Norwalk Ohio man John R Hampton 28 endured harsh luck across railroads ships and roads. Shot twice in World War II merchant marine service. Suffered a broken back in a railroad job six years earlier and severe burns from a car fire four years later. This month a motor boat exploded near Port Clinton and he died later in a collision while driving.
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