Musial Near 3000 Hit Streak With Home Chance
Stan Musial of the St. Louis Cardinals is one hit shy of 3000 and will likely reach the milestone at home in St. Louis after manager Fred Hutchinson benched him to secure the moment there. Musial stood at 2,999 after a first inning double against the Chicago Cubs as the Cardinals prepared to host the San Francisco Giants.
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Glen Hobbie
Sixth Inning Homer Delivers Clarke County 5 4 Victory
Leroy Tomblin homered in the sixth with Bobby Barr aboard to lift Clarke County High School to a 5-4 win over James Wood in District 10 baseball. Henry Kerns struck out 13 for Clarke, Wendell Dick fanned 10 for JWHS, and Clarke totaled seven errors. Tomblin, Puller, Barr each had two hits as Clarke scored in the first, third and sixth innings. James Wood added a run in the second and had three extra-base hits.
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Leroy Tomblin
Bobby Barr
Clarke County High School
James Wood
Henry Kerns
Clare County
Wendell Dick
Colonels
Tomblin
Puller
Barr
Clarke County
Shockley
Clarke
Idaho Falls Boy Nabs Duck Named Don Ald With Quirky Traits
Jan Carr, 10, of Idaho Falls captures a duck nicknamed Don Ald that dislikes water and follows dogs. The bird’s odd behavior draws local curiosity.
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Idaho Falls
Idaho
Jan Carr
Donald
Senators ride Neil Chrisley homer spree to victory
Neil Chrisley extended his home run streak with his third homer in seven at bats lifting the Washington Senators to a 5-4 win over the Boston Red Sox at Griffith Stadium. The win kept Washington two games behind the league leaders as Dick Hyde earned his third victory in relief.
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Neil Chrisley
Washington
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Nate
Red Sox
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Griffith Sta
Dium
Kansas City
Woody
Chicago White Sox
Chrisley
Nats
Roy Sievers
Fieet Aicie Pearson
Jim Lemon
Dick Hyce
Hal Griggs
Preakness field unchanged by Derby crop eliminations
Nine entries remain for the second Triple Crown leg at Pimlico four days before the race. Gone Fishin and Sir Robby headline a lineup that preserves Derby finalists while others like Martin's Bullah and Staysail fail to improve prospects.
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Preakness
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Baltimore
Pimlico
Belmont
John
Kroeses
Sir Robby
George Lewis’ Martin
Bullah
Withers
Christians Stable
Staysail
League Leaders in American and National Leagues
The Associated Press lists top MLB leaders by 50 or more at bats. Key stats include batting, runs, runs batted in, hits, doubles, triples, home runs, and stolen bases, with leaders such as Cerv, Kuenn, Mays, Musial, Walls, Spahn, and Contenders from multiple clubs across both leagues.
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Associated Press
McDougald
New York
Skowron
Vernon
Cleveland
Cerv
Kansas City
Minoso
Kuenn
Detroit
Jensen
Boston
Carrasquel
Pascual
Washington
Turley
Musial
St. Louis
Mays
San Francisco
Hoak
Cincinnati
Cepeda
Banks
Chicago
Thomas
Pittsburgh
Spencer
Walls
Moryn
Goryl
Ray
Los Angeles
Sauer
T. Taylor
Ashburn
Philadelphia
Robinson
Gilliam
Zimmer
Skinner
Spahn
Milwaukee
Elston
McCormick
San Francisc
Paine
Gomez
Padres
Monzant
Baseball standings and results from Tuesday and Monday games
The standings show New York leading batting with a .722 pace and Washington at .59, with Baltimore and Detroit trailing in the AL. Monday results include Washington 5 Boston 4 and Kansas City 2 Chicago 1 in 11 innings, while Tuesday schedules feature several matchups across leagues and cities.
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Boston
Chicago
Mays Reaches Dodgers Again in Big Week
Willie Mays finally found the Dodgers to be within reach as he homered twice and drove in five in San Francisco’s 12-3 win. The surge came after 22 games with the Giants and a prior slump, lifting the Giants to within a half game of the NL lead. The Dodgers dropped their fourth in a row and fell to the cellar for the first time since 1948.
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Peoples Cleaners A League Champs Crowned By Narrow Margin
Peoples Cleaners A League champions topped Buncutter Tire Co by 77 pins. Team members were Charles Ebert Allen Carter Harold Buckner Jancis Hudson and Mickey Mc Donald as Rudy Rogers led the rival. McDonald earned 583 with Hudson 582 to pace the victors and the squad await the city title game versus Brakeshoe Cafe or Steplynson Grocery.
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Peoples Cleaners
Charles Ebert
Allen Carter
Harold Buckner
Jancis Hudson
Mickey McDonald
Buncutter Tire Co
Rudy Rogers
Brakeshoe Cafe
Steplynson Grocery
McDonald's
Hudson
Richard Buncutter
McDonald
Sonny Cooper
Bill Deavers
Harold Pugh
Buncutter
Francis Hudson
Peo
Ples Cleaners
Junior Rifle Club Scores Announced
Here are the Junior Rifle Club scores for last Friday. Prone, Charlie Beaver, 34. Sitting, Phil Brumback, 43. Kneeling, Lee Brumback, 38. Father and son event: Prone Bill Jenks Jr 45 and his father 39. Kneeling Bill Leatherman Jr 41 and his father W J Leatherman Jr 39.
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Charlie Beaver
Phil Brumback
Lee Brumback
Bill Jenks, Jr
Bill Leatherman, Jr
W. J. Leatherman, Jr
Umpires sought for International Softball Federation group
Virginia players and officials are invited to join the International Federation of Amateur Softball Association Umpires. Write to Hank Wolfe, State Softball Commissioner, 118 Seneca Rd, Richmond 26, Va. Last year there were 155 Virginia members.
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International Federation of Amateur Softball Association
Hank Wolfe
State Softball Commisssioner
Seneca Rd
Richmond
Virginia
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Front Royal, Va
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People Cleaners
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