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m”? 1-2 teams infill: ‘late 10m; League, split do e rs yuwfly (gugdag) to remain in ma”. "Qgguva poaitionl._ w; graves lost d-l to St. lsasia h m, opener o! a fiublahsader but same back with seven runs ‘hyping; taw-ginnings towln

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mgittsbureh Pirates beat Brook- lyn 1-4 in the nlshlfltl If"! W" hgtothebodgmhtlntheoo-

er. mclnclnnatl Will-PPM Philldolllhll ywidg, 11-8 and 0-2 while Chicago nut New York-e-I in a ainllo ems.

‘St. Louis won the first lame against Boston with two runs ln the ninth. In the second lame. Bob Elliott and Jei! Heath o! Boston blasted ninth-innlni hom- n-s m give the Braves an even sreak. '

mnny Murtsugh hit a grand slam homer in the eighth inning o! the second Dodger-Pirate game to give St. Louis the edge. It was Murteugh’: rirst home run or the season and nut a temporary chill m the red-hot Dodgers. who had won nine out or 11 games since Burt Shotton resumed the man- agerial reins.

The Dodgers. trailing 4-8 in me opener, rallied with {our runs in a big tenth inning, clinuxed by Jackie Robinson's steal home with whet proved to be the win- ning run.

Dwell Blackwell pitched a rive- hltter ior the Reds in their sec- ond game against Philadelphia.

Kent Peterson singlebanded-iy stopped a ninth-inning Phil rally in the first lame by striking out the iinal two batters with the

, bases loaded.

Peterson's double strikeout ieat seine alter he replaced l-lowie For on the Bed mound with one away. two runs in. and the bases lull. The. leit hander struck out

lnchhltter Al Lakemsn and out-

sider ‘Richie Ashburn.

Chicago pounded Ray Poet on the mound with a tour-nan telly h the ‘fourth lnnJn-R. highlighted

by Eddie Waitkus‘ inside-the- art homer with two on, to de- et New York.

Bobby ‘Thomson hit his 12th National League homer for the Giants "end Bill Nicholson wel- looed No. l4 tor the cubs. It also

-was the 200th o! his career.

The Brat Wins y lluebee Race

MOWER-EAL, July Z -(OP)—

e Brat, s three-yeer-old silly the ills o! Mrs. _ George erdy oLToconto, raced to a

' unnlng upset victory in the 94th ginning o! the Quebec King's ate at Blue Bonnets Saturday, defeating Double Brier. the 1 to

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The Bret led all the way to take loam the major share es the O2.- t00 added purse end the guiness donated by the King. The shifty daughter o! Filesteo ‘and wntwirfs held a length adven - over Double Brier at the end of file 1 1-8 mile distance which lie

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LONDON, July 5 -(CP)— The Boston ‘Marathon, course is "a cake walk" compared to ..tbe oiym- plo routehere,‘ in the opinion o! Canada's three long-distance run- ners. ‘lhey say they are sure the winner this year won't cross the lindsh line in lees than 2 1-2 hours. 'l‘he three-Walter Fodorick oi Hamilton, Ont; Gerard Ooto oi Sta. Rosalie. Qua. and Lloyd Evens oi Movitresl-ment over the course Saturday in easy stages and all agreed that it is one oi the toughest o! their careers. . "It is the roughest I've ever hit," said Fedorick. Evans commented only: “The guy who wins thiswiil really have to run."

Cote, who has been covering 22 and 24 rnllesthree tlmseawsck since his arrival in Britain lidays ago, voted a'course at Wolver- hampton. England, “a trifle tough- er" “

The veteran Quebecker won a marathon over the Wolverhampton course in 1945 when he was in Britain with the Canadian Army.

At the end or Saturday's tuli course of 5 miles 385 yards Cote had hlrdl‘ worked up a sweat but his teamm tes, doing the route for hhe first time. were perspiring (ree- ly alter 22 miles. It was their first workout since early July and both said they are confident they will "be up there" on the day of the Olympic Marathon-Aug. '!. '

‘iihe Olympic Marathon record or two hours 29 minutes and 19 seconds set at the Berlin games in .1936 won't be touched. ,in the opinion od the Canadian marathon- m .

me course winds and curves ‘over paved and gravel roads in the North London area and the lest five miles undulates through hilly country which the runners say is “murder! It ig easy at the start with many list stretches end slight inclines. "

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Relays llfvgRufiners . Bring Olympic Torch To London .

IONDON, July U - (L?) -_ Relays oi runners sped the eter- nal ilame oi sportsmanship tow- ard Landon today to lire hiss torch opening the 14th modern Olympic Games‘ next Thursday. Then 5,000 athletes from 6i countries will start competitions in 1'! sports continuing until the closing cerxnony Aug. 14.

Despite the distress as the post- wer world, this _id the greatest number ever. The Berlin games o! 1N6. last to be held, drew 8,904 from 42 lands.

The newest chapter in the sports drama that began in the hazy wly history o! Greece in we B-C- ‘will be Played in and ground Wembiey Stadium, a West 1,0“. 5°11 do: race track eusterely eon. verted into the shrine oi interna- tional sport.

The Kins will soy: "r proclaim Open the Olympic Games ot 1948, celebrating the fifth Olympiad d the modem era."

“ill-Mimi Ind Buns will sound and hundreds ot pigeons will be released.

Then around the bright», "d Plllmlns‘ track o4 pulverized tile that encircles the emerald mgmd a blond six-loot runner _ chosen’ as‘."the perfect imglishman" _ wi.l race into the stadium to lire the Olympic torch with a flung 5W1" by a 1on8 procession 0i runners from Mt. Olympus in Greece.

The march of athletes, tho mm“ be-hlndlhclr 61 national (lags will follow. Only major missing teams wi.l be Japan and Germany, which were not invited because‘ no gov- ernments exist, and Russia, which has not vet joined the mums- fllmlll Qlympic Committee and get up amateur standards,

Four Members 0f Ball llluh Killed

8'1‘. PAUL, Minn., July a - (AP) — A head-on highway crash and ensuing tire Saturday killed live men, (our oi‘ them members o! the Duluth club oi the North- ern Baseball League. Fourteen other team members were injured, seven critically.

The baseball players were rid-

“ ing in a, Duluth team bus piloted

by the club manager when it and a dry ice truck collided on a rise on the north edge or! the St. Paul city limits.

‘Ilhe bus, hurled onto its aide in the ditch, burst into flames, its gasoline tank punctured.

Authorities credited a passerby with saving the lives o! at least

them from the wreckage. Several were unconscio . All but three o! the is occupants o! the bus were out o! the vehicle when intense heat drove the rescuers away.

The dead:

‘George Troadweil, 4R, Superior, Wis., manager o! the teem. _Jsmes Il- Glealish, St. driver o! the truck. Gerald (Peanuts) Peterson, Proctor, Minn., outfielder. ' Gilbert Kris-die, 19, o! Duluth. who played under the name oi Gilbert Trible, outfielder.

Donald Sohuchmsn, St. Louis, pitcher.

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(By The Associated Press) IONDON. July 25 - A United States reporter, who learned Ar- abic in the Middle East during

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the war, addressed an Iranian Olympic athlete Saturday in halting Arabic.

The Iranlanb reply: "Speak the lingo. I can talk plenty dam Inig- lish."

Tho reporter was astounded. He had already had similar but not so startllm adventures -with e Dane and an Italian.

His natural, inquiry of where they learned this tongue brought the answer: "Loined it tron the Yenl: soles-s.”

Oiliciai languages at tbs Olym- pics are English-the King's pro- per variety-Ilrench, Qenish and German. ‘

Stymle Retired ' From Racing

NEW YORK, July I —(AP)_. Styinle, former $1,500 bfljglu- cmmter plater who became the leading money-winning horas m the world, was retired from racing zétay. ‘Iglmicallyl, the tough old

ve an colectnd exactly 8i..- 500 in his last race.

Hirsch Jacobs. who trained the sturdy ‘seven-year-old chestnut vlmiillsner for his sviis. we. ' Ethel D. Jacobs or wrest Hills, l6‘. Y., said Stymie earlier-est a fractur- ed seaamoid bone in his right fore- foot during‘ the-llonmouth - Park garbdioap satin/dryer Oceaoport,

Stysnls finished fourth and obviously not himself es Bayard Sharp's Tide ‘Ripe won the blon- mouth. Instead o! $1950 first money, he had to settle for what to him was a paltry 8l.l00.es he emerged lam! from the 1 l-bmils event. nut leit his all-time earn-

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Canada's now aircraft oerrler, II. 10.5. Magnificent, will leave ior s shakedovm cruise to the Gull oi St. Lawrence, it was announced tu- "dsy. The "Beagle" arrived here on her maiden voyage tron Ballast about tso months ago.

The announcement came et e civic reception (or Commodore Marcy G. DeWoit, being trans- ferred from command o1 the oar- risr to Pacific coast, and Cmdr. Desmond Pie-rs, executive eliicer.

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RIPLIY, Ne, July I - (AP)- '1'he romance oi this town's on‘! telephone operator was cousins a lot o1 talk today -— but it was all by word oi mouth.

Just before the operator, Mrs. Winifred l-letch, s1. left town, she cut all the wires oi s switchboard she owned. siienei the-OS-hand- crank telephones.

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