Legion Team Beats Bunker Hill 10 to 5 in Northern Virginia League
Legion leads Middletown by a half game after a 10-5 win over Bunker Hill. Rain halted North Mountain vs Stephenson, with a makeup tentatively set for Saturday. White Sox and Clarke County All Stars did not start as scheduled. Harold Fawcett and Leon Pope each pitched four innings, Ha Fawcett tallied three extra-base hits.
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Stranahan Wins British Amateur in St Andrews
Frank Stranahan defeats Dick Chapman 8 and 7 to win the British Amateur title at St Andrews, Scotland. Sammy Snead tops the Colonial National Invitation with 277 over 72 holes in Fort Worth. Patty Berg captures the Women's Eastern Open by one stroke over Babe Zaharias in Newton. Yale men set IC4A records to win the track title in New York. Bill Adams of North Carolina sets new SEC marks in hurdles as conference meet vs Southern. Jersey Joe Walcott defeats Hein Ten Hoff in Mannheim for 10 rounds. National Boxing Association requires defense of Jake LaMotta’s middleweight title within 90 days if he beats Rocky Graziano in Washington.
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Hein Ten Hoff
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Major Leagues Today's and Tomorrow's Baseball Schedule
Major League games list for Brooklyn New York Philadelphia St Louis Cincinnati and Chicago matchups with daily times. Standings show New York leading AL with .706 and Detroit Boston Cleveland Washington Chicago and St Louis trailing. Yesterday results include New York Philadelphia Detroit St Louis Washington Boston Chicago Cleveland and Boston Washington games.
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Softball This Week Schedule Highlights Pairings
Weekly softball slate lists daily matchups with times and field designations. Notable games include Arthur versus Moose at 7 10 on field Plumly versus RC Cola at 8 30, and RC Cola against O Sullivan at 7 10 on Plumly.
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Plumly
RC Cola
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First rotating dial telephone installed in Milwaukee city hall
The first exchange to use a rotating dial type was an interior system in Milwaukee city hall. It was covered by patent 509062 issued on August 20, 1896.
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Clarke High Faces 18-man All Star Squad for Showdown
Clarke County High School defends the Clarke-Frederick Winchester Evening Star League championship tomorrow at 3 30 p m as Clarke faces an 18 man squad from Stonewall Gore Stephens City Gainesboro Middletown and other clubs. Coach Chester Rockwell will start ace pitcher Preston Pitta against Tommy DeHaven of Stonewall. The All Star lineup from Stonewall Gore Stephens City Gainesboro Middletown includes Pitcher Tommy DeHaven Bill Bailey Catcher Warren Thompson First Base Millard Singhast Edward Rogers Second Base Earl Sargent William Palmer Shortstop Charles Coates Third Base Calvin Shirley Outfield Walter Baker Charley Gillespie Lloyd Michael Charles Keckley John Funk and Donald Taylor. Clarke finished the season with nine wins and one loss, narrowly missing the league pennant to Stonewall by a half game.
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Clarke - Frederick Winchester
Clarke
James Wood High
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Preston Pitta
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Stonewall
William “Cotton"” Goforth
Gore
Stephens City
Gainesboro
Middletown
Bill Bailey
Warren Thompson
Thomas Reardon
Millard
Bucky” Singhast
Edward Rogers
All-America game honors honorary captain Claude Climer
Claude Climer of Cleveland Tennessee will serve as Honorary Captain and hold the ball for both teams during the second national High School All-America game in Memphis on August 9. Proceeds go to his scholarship fund exceeding $5,000. The East and West teams feature players from 32 states selected from 500 newspapers and 153 sports casters, with coaches among the interested spectators. The piece also mentions Meyer brothers of Bridgeville Delaware, trainers and drivers in harness racing.
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Claude Climer
Cleveland
Tenn
Memphis
Claude
Phillies seize National lead as Nats edge Red Sox 7 6
Phillies move into first place in the National League by beating the Giants in 11 innings while Boston falls to Washington 7 6. Detroit trims the Yankees twice, and Chicago sweeps Pittsburgh in a doubleheader. Brooklyn loses ground as the Dodgers watch. Phils take half-game lead overall.
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Stanfield Aims for Quadruple Crown at Nationals
New York reports Andy Stanfield Seton Hall star trains for a possible four event victory at the NCAA Championships in Minneapolis next month. Coach Johnny Gibson notes a recovered muscle strain from IC4-A meet. Yale stars Fuchs Frank Wade lead Eli to 42 points as NYU and Michigan State follow. Arizona baseball team bats over .300 in 1950 season.
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Andy Stanfield
Seton Hall College
Minneapolis
Andy
Johnny Gibson
Stanfield
Yale
Jim Fuchs
Vic Frank
George Wade
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