Nellie Fox Night at Comiskey Park Honors Sox Legend
Nellie Fox, the durable second baseman, will receive gifts in pre game ceremonies on Nellie Fox Night at Comiskey Park. Fox, entering his 635th consecutive game for the White Sox, leads the league with 157 hits and a .322 average after 910 games since joining in 1950.
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Baltimore
Thunderbird driver nets trophies in drag racing wins
Dick Peer of 400 Shenandoah Ave. cruises a Thunderbird for fun but keeps his trophies from Old Dominion on Aug. 2 and Lancaster on Aug. 15 with a 315 HP 1959 Chevrolet. An Novick Transfer employee says Peer plans to retire with his two awards.
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Jamaica Track May Become Housing Site
The abandoned Jamaica racetrack in Queens could host the largest cooperative middle income housing project in the United States. The New York City Board of Estimate approved purchasing the 178 acre tract for about 69 million dollars to build 25 fourteen story buildings for 6 350 families with down payments of 600 a room and 23 monthly per room maintenance. The plan from Robert Moses includes two schools garages for 450 cars and extensive outdoor spaces with state financing negotiations pending.
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Hot muggy weather lingers across the nation
The Associated Press reports another hot humid day from the Rockies to the Atlantic Coast with temperatures in the 80s and 90s across the swelter belt. A sticky weekend is expected as night readings stay mostly in the 70s and records are set or challenged in several locations.
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Oilers and Guardsmen Triumph at Senseny Park in Narrow Win
Despite many regulars missing, Headquarters Company of the National Guard upset TACs 10 to 7 at Senseny Park. Republic Oil topped the Mountaineers 12 to 7 as Oilers rallied from early deficit, with key hits by Whitlock Taylor and Fauver. Hockman earned the win for the Oilers as hitters pounded 12 Mountaineer safeties.
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Phillips belts grand slam as Bisons surge past Toronto
Jack Phillips hit his second bases loaded homer in three nights driving in the winning run as the Bisons moved 7½ games up with a 9 6 victory over Toronto. Rochester beat Montreal 3-2. Havana and Columbus lost. Richmond defeated Havana 3-2. Miami triumphed 2-0 behind Jim Archer.
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Slow Pitch Tourney Cancelled This Year
District Slow Pitch Tourna ment Director Sonny Higgs announced this morning that he could not line up a fourth team and the event will not be held here until next year. The slow pitch trend is growing elsewhere in the Old Dominion and across the country.
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Old Dominion
Winchester
Lebaron Leads Skins Against Rams In TV Rivalry
Washington's Redskins meet the Los Angeles Rams at the Cotton Bowl in a national CBS telecast at 10:15 p.m. EST. Eddie Lebaron, last season's passing champion, faces Billy Wade as the Skins and Rams renew a preseason clash and a possible passing duel.
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Double Mystery Coming to Broadway Next Season
New York reports that Edge of the Jungle by Philip Freund is on the Broadway agenda for next season. Freund describes it as a double mystery blending a murder plot with a nearly original sense of religious connotations in a stage drama.
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