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Newspaper
Anderson Herald
Location
Anderson, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1954
Page
26
Robinson delivered a dramatic late surge to seize the National League lead as Avila held a slim edge in the American League heading into a pivotal matchup.
Acrobatic star Jackie Price will perform at Cincinnati's Crosley Field Friday July 16 between games of the twilight-night doubleheader with the Philadelphia Phillies. The Sportsmen lost 10-4 to the Richmond Mercuries as Ike Weatherly led the Anderson hitters with 3 in 4. R. Hu. E: Elwood boosts past Reformatory 4-3 in 16 innings at Pendleton. Elwood and Hartford City meet next Sunday. Anderson tramples Marion 6-2 in tennis at Marion. Indianapolis Clowns failed to show up last Sunday. Jackie Robinson leads batting race with Musial Jablonski Mueller among leaders. Indians sweep Columbus 9-7 and 4-2. Bishop and Harless win in tennis singles. Baseball excursion tickets for Brooklyn-Cincinnati game sold out fast. Golf results from Anderson Country Club.
Campbell Spreadeagles County Amateur field with brilliant 135 total at half-way mark in 72-hole medal play. Joe Campbell shot 69 Saturday at Pendleton Idlewold and 66 Sunday at Anderson Edgewood to lead by ten over Oscar Melson Jr. at Grandview. Frank Gates to speak at 7 p.m. banquet after tourney closes. Third round set for Anderson Country Club next Saturday.
New York reports indicate major league executives expect little action before the June 15 deadline. Cal Griffith and Vid J suddenly say no deals while Eddie Yost headlines as a possible focal point. Wid Matthews and Ray Hamel echo the sentiment, noting teams prefer standing pat as races stay tight.
Edgewood Men's Golf Club listed winners for the Childes Coal 18 hole mystery tourney ended Sunday night. Placements: 1 John Hiday, 2 C O Davis son, 3 Cecil Goyer, 4 Bill Mills, 5 Ralph Redecap, 6 Wayne Sheley, 7 Harry Ackerman. Also noting a parallel 18 hole event by Rapps Clothing Store starting Sunday for one week. Fort Wayne Pistons sign Dick Rosenthal after Globetrotters stint. he will move from center to forward.
Standings show Brooklyn 7 St Louis 12 in 12 innings and New York 4 Milwaukee 2 in 12. American League scores include Boston 3 5 Detroit 2 4. American Association results list Indianapolis 6 Charleston 2 in 14 innings and Keokuk at Peoria postponed by rain. Tonight’s schedule features Pittsburgh at Cincinnati and several interleague matchups.
The Anderson Kennel Club will hold its annual business meeting at the YMCA at 7 30 p m Wednesday with Gilbert Peart president in charge. The club will elect new officers and board members and plan a picnic social on June 16 at the home of Mr and Mrs Louis Kelley on Ind 67 south of the city. Mr and Mrs Peart will show colored travel slides.
Indianapolis Tech with 116.5 points won the North Central High School Conference all-sports title for the second year in a row. Muncie Central was runner up with 105.5 points, followed by Lafayette, Anderson, Richmond, and others. Anderson’s totals break down to football 10, cross country 8, basketball 12.5, wrestling 5, baseball 21, golf 9.14, tennis 10, and track 17.44. Dean Smith of Marion presided at the meeting after a smorgasbord. Carl Bonge of Anderson HS will attend Manchester College Clinic Friday and the National College Track Clinic at the University of Michigan.
Civic Golf League players have until Wednesday night to complete the first nine hole round at Edgewood Links. Inclement weather forced the extension announced by Ivan Geiger Kiwanis Club general chairman. Next Thursday the Civic golfers will play at Grand View.
Rain washed out the Plants 3-7-4-1 Delco Remy Day League game last night after five innings with the 3-7 nine leading 7 to 3. Claud Craig from Plant 3 hit a two run homer in the second. The game will be replayed Wednesday night. Plants 3-7 and 14 collide this morning in Nite Owl competition.
At Arm scamp speedway eight cars crashed in the main event after Tommy Mullinax spun and slammed the wall then was struck by a rival car. Mullinax likely fractured a collar bone and was taken to St Johns Hospital by Davis and Strider ambulance. Heat winners included Real Carter Elwood Smith Harold Simmons and Melvin Douglas. Simmons won the 13 lap main, with Cloud Douglas DePaolo Hickman Blackburn among top finishers.
The second annual Jaycees City Park meet at South Anderson field saw 31 Anderson Junior Olympics records broken across nearly 60 events. Teams and organizers included Anderson Jaycees, City Parks department, and staff such as Meredyth Delph, Rod Wood, Neal Renner, and Harold Noland. Winners across girls events set new marks in sprints, jumps, throws, and relays, with multiple records noted in 50 and 75 yard dashes, standing broad jumps, and 200 yard shuttle relays. Results will be sent to the AAU in New York for verification and all winners received gold ribbons.
Brooklyn spins 7 5 win over St Louis as Furillo singles in 12th scoring Hodges and Campanella steals home for aninsurance run. Campanella hits eighth homer, Musial blasts 19th to lead NL.
National League figures for the first eight weeks show a starting attendance increase of 307,577 over last year, the league announced Monday in Cincinnati.
Sanders tops in shot put distance 43 feet 7 inches with D Sanders Rex Boys and Dean Richards placing others. 880 yard relay and mile relay show Rex Boys Dean Richards leading their teams to times 1 45 2 and 4 11 5. Other scorers include Robert Glazebrook Ronald Bene fiel Bill Hendrickson and more.
Humes pitched a no-hit no-run game powering Anderson to a 21 to 0 win over Turn Signals at Shadyside Park. Autronic and Emge squads combined heavy hitting with doubles and homers including Humberies Kessler Brown Dearing and Hutchins in a dominant summer run, while earlier PG and Autronic Eye racked up big scores in separate matchups.
City entries for the annual City Championship Softball Tournament must be received by 5 p.m. at Decker's Inc. Pres. Harold Henry announced last night. First round play starts Monday night June 14 at Shadyside Park. Co commissioners Henry and Hal Woods oversee the event with Ellis Hunt as protest board chair. The ten firm 90 minute time limit applies to all games before the semi finals. Emge's is the defending champion.
Autronic Eye erupted for nine runs in the first three innings while Lynch managed three, establishing a solid early lead and controlling the proceedings.
Pendleton Merchants, led by manager Ron Clarke, defeated the Alexandria Aldons 8 to 6 at Falls City Park. Pendleton meets Anderson Sports men next Saturday under Memorial Field floodlights in Madison County. Alexandria held a 6-9 line with errors noted in the late innings.
Cincinnati report says Dale Morey of Martinsville Indiana, an amateur golfer, felt ill with a high fever during the Western Open and dropped out after two rounds. Morey was said to be doing well Monday after the virus infection.
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