Early Baseball Opener Amid Cold Weather And Local Notables
Local readers witness the second day of the baseball season as sixteen teams play despite frigid temps. Frankie Baumbachoke hits three singles for the Cubs against Cincinnati, while Gus White and Harry Beckley root for Pittsburgh in the opener. Ohio U loses to Marietta, and high school games proceed in sun. Earl Clarke with the Phillies apparatus, and Mike Olasin awaits fatherhood after adopting twins. Arnie Risen helps Rochester reach the NBA final rounds. George Mikan’s ankle hinders Minneapolis in the playoffs.
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Cincinnati
Cleveland
Jonesy Sams
Chicago Cubs
Frankie Baumbchoke
Cincinnati Redlegs
Gus White
Harry Beckley
Athens
Pittsburgh
Crosley Field
Bill Abella
AWL
Chauncey
Nelsonville
Earl Clarke
Mel
Phillies
Baltimore Orioles
Mike Olasin
Roseville
Zanesville
Hamilton
Arnie Risen
Ohio State
Rochester Royals
Syracuse
Minneapolis Lakers
George Mikan
Redlegs Fall to Cubs as Five Errors Costly
Chicago defeats Cincinnati 8 to 3 at Crosley Field amid five Redlegs errors. Dee Fondy drives in four Cubs, including a three run triple, while Andy Pafko adds a homer and two singles. Raffensberger takes the loss and Hitler is credited with the win. Attendance listed as 18 211.
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Chicago
Cincinnati Redlegs
Cubs
Redlegs
Rhinelanders
Cincinnati
Crosley Field
Pirates
Dee Fondy
Andy Pafko
Frankie Baurmholtz
Kenny Raffensberger
Grady Hatton
Fondy
Raffy
Bruins
Pafko
Adams
Eusie Mose
Hatton
Les Kluszewski
Poe
Reffensberger
Byerly
Erautt
Baumholtz
Jeffcoat
Serena
PASEO
Ae Smalley
Rattensberger
Stalleup
RBI
Bauimholtz
Kruszewski
Usher
Pramesa
Wyrostek
Ryan
Adcock
Ter
AA Season Off to Good Start Amid Weather Woes
The American Association opened the 1951 season with strong pitching and power hitting as Kansas City defeated Louisville 3-0 behind Cliff Melton. Indianapolis beat Milwaukee 7-4 with homers by Lloyd Gearheart Frank Kalin and Nanny Fernandez. Toledo beat St. Paul 6-5 as Don Lund belted a three-run homer in the eighth. Attendance lagged, with Minneapolis at Columbus rained out and only 16 658 fans for the day across three games.
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Associated Press
American Association
Minneapolis
Columbus
Cliff Melton
Kansas City
Louisville
Lloyd Gearheart
Frank Kalin
Nanny Fernandez
Indianapolis
Tribe
Milwaukee
Toledo
Madhens
St. Paul
Don Lund
Lund
Hockey final playoffs and other sports roundups
National League Toronto leads Montreal in overtime 2 1 in a best of seven series while Cleveland leads Pittsburgh 8 7 in a seven game set. Willie Pep stops Baby Ortz in Hartford Art Aragon outpoints Harald Jones in Los Angeles. Miami defeats Purdue 7 3 and Indiana beats Xavier 10 6. Lou Gehrig led the Yankees in batting across four noted seasons.
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Toronto
Montreal
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
ST. Louis
Willie Pep
Hartford
Conn
Baby Ortiz
Los Angeles
Art Aragon
Harald Jones
Detroit
Miami
Purdue
Indiana
Xavier
Lemon crafts two hit gem as Indians edge Tigers 2 1
Bob Lemon fires a two hit victory in the Indians opener at Detroit in 37 degree chill. Al Lopez hails the performance as the best he has seen and catcher Jim Hegan praises Lemon fastball. Larry Doby scores the go ahead run on a Lipon error in the ninth. Early Wynn listed to start Wednesday against Dizzy Trout.
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Detroit
Bob Lemon
Cleveland
Indians
Lemon
al Lopez
Lopez
Jim Hegan
Tribe
Bob Kennedy
Gerry Prid
Tigers
Kennedy
Pridd
Priddy
Hal Newhouser
Johnny Lipon
Larry Doby
Early Wynn
Dizzy Trout
Indians Lose to Detroit in Ninth Inning Setback
Detroit pitchers Newhouser and Lipon hold Cleveland to one run in the final frames as Lemon secures the win. Doby, Priddy and Kennedy contribute on offense while Newhouser suffers the defeat in front of 43,470 at Cleveland.
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Berry
Jenne
Kolloway
Cleveland
Detroit
Newhouser
Lipon
Rbi
Easter
Doby
Priddy
Kenneye Priddy
Kennedy
Ginsberg
Lemon
Passarella
Hurley
Napp
Rene Coxe
PAVE
Spi
Cndiaenn
Ccwancas
Rosen
Ss Berry
je—Mullin
Wwe Kolloway
Keller
Aera Sea
Wertz
Inner Enee
Evers
Owen Ene
Groth
Peae
Lausche declines first ball invite at Cleveland opener
Gov. Frank Lausche will not throw the first ball at Cleveland's home opener to avoid cutting down Mayor Burke or City Director Howley. He joked about the Major League opening and declined comment on a note from Ellis Ryan urging attendance.
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Cleveland
Frank J. Lausche
Indians
Thomas A. Burke
Lee C. Howley
Ellis Ryan
Tribe
Jausche
Bourke
Howley
Ryan
Cincinnati
Lausche
Two Kansas City Players AWOL Before Louisville Opener
Two Kansas City regulars Hank Workman and Roy Nicely vanished two days ago. Parke Carroll, Yankee farm club GM, said they were reported AWOL since arriving in Louisville for last night’s opener. Workman, a .267 hitter last season, would have opened at first base. Nicely, from San Francisco, was to start at short. Both reportedly headed to California to pursue Coast League play.
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Louisville
Kansas City
Blues
Parke Carroll
Yankee
Hank Workman
Roy Nicely
Augusta
Ga. Workman
San Francisco
California
Carroll
Area Hounds Win Prizes at Zaleski Beagle Trials
Four Athens area dogs place in top five at Rac coon Valley Beagle Club trials near Zaleski. Breezewood Judy wins 13 inch all age. Scippo Creek Lady I fourth. Athens County Fritz fifth. 15 inch winner Prince, then My Ra Jack. other placers include Lawn Banker second and Nesha mee Penny third. Trials sanctioned by the American Kennel Club. Top four advance to Winners Stake at Chillicothe May 26-27.
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Zaleski
Athens Area
Raccoon Valley Beagle Club
Breezewood Judy
Harold Burch
Athens
Kenneth Leach
Leachs
Athens County
Charles McDonald
the Plains
Johnson
Prince
Fred Johnson
Lancaster
My Ra Jack
Keith Zimmerman
Albany
Lawn Banker
J. B. Anderson
Circleville
Neshamee Penny
Anderson
Atomic Sadsack
Clyde Welch
Hockland
White
Gallia Academy Adds New Sports Under Coach Gibson
Gallia Academy High School has started two new sports this spring under Coach Wayne Gibson. A tennis match is set with Athens on May 4 at home and May 25 in Athens. A track meet is planned with Mercerville on April 24 at Memorial Field, with possible meets against Nelsonville and Point Pleasant to follow.
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Gallipolis
Gallia Academy High School
Wayne Gibson
Athens
Mercerville
Memorial Field
Nelsonville
Point Peasant
Baseball scores and pitcher lines from a busy schedule
A barrage of box scores and pitching changes across several games. Wight Kind er McDermott and Rosar headline a New York win while Berra and Raschi contribute. Chicago, St Louis, Washington, Philadelphia, Brooklyn, and Pittsburgh players appear in tight matchups with varied innings and final tallies.
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Boston
New York
Wight
Kinder
McDermott
Rosar
Raschi
Berra
Chicago
St. Louis
Pierce
Mass
Garver
Kennedy
Medlinger
Schacht
Johnson
Lollar
Washington
Philadelphia
Marrero
Grasso
Shantz
Martin
Harris
Tipton
Brooklyn
Roberts
Serminick
Pirskine
King
Campanella
Jansen
Westrum
Bickford
Donnelly
St. Claire
Pittsburgh
Poholsky
Habenicht
Wilks
Garagiola
Rice
Dickson
Werle
McCullough
Rookies Debut Brightens Cubs Win 8 3
Dee Fondy homered in his first major league at bat delivering a bases loaded triple and two singles as the Cubs defeated the Redlegs 8 to 3. Vic Raschi restricted the Red Sox to six singles guiding the Yankees to a 5 0 win.
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Dee Fondy
Cubs
Chicago
Redlegs
Vic Raschi
Yankees
Red Sox
Baseball and Sporting Schedule From Today Card
Listed games include Boston at New York, Washington at Philadelphia, Cleveland at Detroit, Chicago at St Louis, Philadelphia at Brooklyn, New York at Boston, plus American Association matchups St Paul at Toledo Minneapolis at Columbus Kansas City at Louisville and Milwaukee at Indianapolis. Start times and pitcher records are shown with mixed accuracy.
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Club L. Pet
Pittsburgh
Leah
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
St. Louis
Boston
Brooklyn
Cincinnat
Cleveland
Annes Ne
Washington
Taylor
Lopat
Kugava
We. Brissie
Detroit
Church
Barons Near Hockey Cup as Cleveland Tops Pittsburgh
Cleveland's Barons moved within one win of the Calder Cup after beating the Pittsburgh Hornets 4 1 to take a 3 2 lead in the seven game series. Wally Hergesheimer set a Calder Cup playoff scoring record with his 11th goal. The series shifts to Cleveland for Game 6 with a potential seventh game.
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Pittsburgh
Cleveland
Barons
Pittsburgh Hornets
Wally Hergesheimer
Hergesheimer
NASCAR Grand National Race Date Set for Canfield
NASCAR announced the 1951 Grand National stock car championship will be held May 30 at Canfield Fairgrounds in the suburb of Youngstown.
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Dover
Tuscarawas, Carroll, Holmes
Coshocton
Baltic
Youngstown
National Association For Stock Car Racing
Nascar
Canfield
Fairgrounds
Connie Mack Sees A's Lose as Scorecard Is Retired
Connie Mack attends the Philadelphia Athletics opener in 1951 as the famed scorecard is retired. He watches Washington Senators win 6 to 1 while former manager Jimmy Dykes runs the club from the dugout. Mack receives a bronze bust and leaves the field afterward smiling at the gesture and the plaque vowing he will live in fans’ hearts.
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Philadelphia
Santa Claus
Connie Mack
Mack
Philadelphia Athletics
Washington Senators
Connie
A's
Jimmy Dykes
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
Eddie Collins
al Simmons
Ty Cobb
Bing MiEter
Jimmy Foxx
Jack Barry
Frank
Homerun) Baker
Bobcat Track Squad Travels to Meet Marshall
Ohio University sends a 25 man squad to Huntington West Virginia for a dual track and field meet with Marshall. Field events start at 3 30 p m with running at 4 00 p m. The Bobcats return to Athens after the meet then travel to Ohio Wesleyan Saturday. Veterans Koester and Reed lead in field events while Canterbury tops the Marshall distance group.
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Ohio University
Huntington
W.va
Marshall
Jim Johnson
Athens
Bobcats
Delaware
Ohio Wesleyan
West Virginia
Sttle
Johnson
Mountaineers
Robert Boucher
WWU
Dave Koester
Bob Reed
Coolville
OU Tossers Weather Postpones Marietta Series
Ohio U baseball was rained out for the fourth straight time as snow and cold forced a postponement of the Marietta game. The doubleheader is rescheduled for Wednesday May 28 at home, while Wren focuses on road tests against Cincinnati and Miami. A practice game with the JV is planned for Wednesday afternoon before roster cuts this week.
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Ohio U
Bob Wren
Marietta
Yankees Clinch 1936 AL Pennant by 19 Percent
The New York Yankees captured the American League pennant in 1936 by finishing 19 percent ahead of the field. This marks a dominant season for the team led by star players and a strong pitching rotation.
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NEW York Yankees
Irish Promote Coach Castignola at Hamilton Catholic High
Castignola named head basketball coach at Hamilton Catholic High School succeeding Harold Mouch. Previously reserve football and basketball coach, Castignola is the youngest on Kentucky's squad at 19.
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Hamilton
Jack Castignola
Hamilton Catholic
Castignola
Harold Mouch
Lindle Castle
Kentucky
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