Braves Open Big NL Lead With Five-Game Win Streak
Milwaukee's Braves surged to a 34 game edge in the National League, sweeping Cincinnati and St. Louis while edging Brooklyn and Chicago, as Hank Aaron Ed Mathews Wes Covington and Bob Hazle powered 18 hits including four homers. Bob Friend took the loss for Pittsburgh while Duke Snider and Smoky Burgess fueled the Pirates win in a doubleheader. Ted Williams raised his average to .391 as the Yankees fell further in the AL standings.
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Stephenson Dominates With 21 Run Night In Church League
Stephenson pounded Boyce Baptist for 21 runs and 21 hits led by Knight Homer and Triples. Opequon edged Montague 9 2 as matter of standings grows tighter with Senseny Park looming four way tie. D Shirley earned win on four hitter while B White Pyne and others contributed multiple extra base hits.
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Golightly Delivers Two-Hitter as Opequon Defeats Opponent
Grease Golightly pitched a one hitter through 9 1 2 innings while D Clark and R Tinsman produced the only hits for the losers. Opequon benefited from strong defense and balanced hitting, with Boyd K dall Whitacre and Golightly each contributing two hits. The Church League schedule continues as Stephenson looms and August 19 closes the season with city and church league tournaments set for the final two weeks.
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Olson Favored Over McMurtry In Portland Bout
Portland Ore Carl Bobo Olson ex middleweight champion is slight favorite over Pat McMurtry in a scheduled 10 round outdoor heavyweight bout. Olson weighed 187 pounds. McMurtry 1884 pounds with 7-5 odds in Olson's favor on the eve of the fight.
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Bobo Olson
Pat McMurtry
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Olson
San Franciscan
Joey Maxim
Tacoma
Sam Snead Leads Rich Tam Tourney in Chicago
Sam Snead opens the third round with a two stroke edge after a 69 in the Tam Tourney at Chicago. He plus a 65 opening round give him 10 under par 138 at the halfway mark, while Balding is second at 136 and Shelley Mayfield and Mike Souchek at 138.
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Speedway Promises $750 Pot and Big Cars at Winchester
Speed fans will see a 2:30 afternoon program at Winchester Airport Speedway with a $750 purse as 18 Sportsmen last week return for more. Owner Ker mit Batt again features faster cars, with four heats a consolation race and a 25 lap feature. ALTHOUGH BILL NALLY leads the season, Tommy Irvin has won recent events while Lee Stultz vows to challenge the power-glide winner.
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Baseball Standings and Schedule Roundup
Baseball standings and games from the majors with today and tomorrow schedules. Key matchups include Brooklyn at Pittsburgh and Milwaukee at St. Louis with pitchers Drysdale Purkey and Spahn V McDaniel. American League lines show New York Chicago Boston Baltimore Cleveland Detroit Washington Kansas City and results from recent games.
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Major Leaders by the Associated Press Major Whitewash
Major statistics recap from the Associated Press lists batting leaders Williams Mantle and Sievers for runs and hits. It includes divisional leaders Aaron Musial Mays Schmidt Sanford and others with figures across batting doubles triples homers steals and pitching strikeouts.
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Cleveland
Sanford
Phila
Playoffs Begin as Little League Sets Postseason Schedule
The Little League opens playoffs Monday with all teams racing into a multi round format. Workingman faces Kiwanis in the National League opener while O Sullivan meets Rotary in the American League fray.
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Mid-Atlantic Babe Ruth Final Set For Tonight
Bristol pennant bid faces Lyndhurst in Lynchburg after Bristol beat Baltimore 7-3 in semifinals. Lyndhurst edged Clarksburg 4-3 in eight innings, with Billy Montsera delivering a pivotal extra inning game winning double.
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Giants Edge All Stars 22 12 In Rainy Soldier Field
Giants use passing to beat College All Stars 22 to 12 at Soldier Field. Charley Coneriy connected twice with Ken MacAfee for touchdowns while Ben Agajanian added eight points with two field goals and a kickoff. Barnes scored the lone All Star TD.
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Akins Stops Sugar Hart in Eight Rounds
Virgil Akins, 29, from St. Louis, defeated Sugar Hart in Cleveland Public Hall by eighth round TKO. Hart, 21, from Philadelphia, led early rounds but Akins rallied, scoring decisive blows in the seventh and stopping Hart at 49 seconds of the eighth.
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Senate Authorizes Six Million Stadium for Capital
The Senate approved a six million dollar stadium project for Washington to house its professional baseball and football teams. The bill, already passsed by the House, authorizes the armory board to issue six million dollars in bonds over 30 years and to borrow thirty five thousand dollars from the Housing and Home Finance Agency for planning.
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Round Hill Fire Hall committees named at August meeting
Building committees for the Round Hill Fire Hall were named to direct estimates, labor, materials, and site work. Plans call for a 60 by 40 foot brick over block hall on land owned by T N Cather. The first shooting match is set for August 10 at 2 p.m. at Harry Patterson’s farm with rifles of 12 or 16 gauge. The auxiliary hosts a ham supper on August 28. Fire Chief Garland Cather reported five alarms in the past month.
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FE. W. Steele
T. N. Cather
Russell Larrick
Albert Pingley
Garland Cather
Vernon Haines
Kenneth Lewis
Harry Patterson
Gunmen Fail Bid For Freedom With Child Held Hostage
In Canton Ohio three young gunmen seized a farm house near Louisville taking a 9 year old girl as a hostage after robbing a grocery and wounding a policeman. A two hour siege ended with the gunmen surrendering as police used tear gas and the girl remained unharmed.
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Names for the Man in the Moon in lore
The text notes traditions that the man is Cain with a dog and thorn bush and mentions poets who view the man as Endymion the shepherd loved by the Moon Goddess Diana or Selene.
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Vienna and Front Royal in decisive Legion junior final
Vienna and Front Royal meet in a 3:30 p m decisive game of their best-of-five state American Legion junior baseball playoff. A two run homer by Bob Keyes and Mo Hedennemi’s eight-hit effort powered Vienna to a 5 3 victory to even the series at two wins apiece and set the winner for the regional tournament starting Aug 20 at Shelby North Carolina with Virginia Kentucky North Carolina and South Carolina champions.
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Safety of charcoal broilers indoors
A. If used in a fireplace with a regular flue and chimney they may be safely used indoors. These broilers should never be used indoors unless properly vented as they emit large amounts of deadly carbon monoxide gas. Ordinary room ventilation is not sufficient to remove this gas and can cause death.
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