Hocking Valley League collapse alters local baseball plans
The Hocking Valley League faces closure as only four clubs committed for 1952. Albany joins the Ohio Valley Association, reducing HVL members and creating travel concerns. Chauncey Glouster and New Marshfield consider joining Athens for an informal summer league while awaiting new team formation.
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Birds Defeat Loop Leaders In Tight 3-2 Win
Columbus edged Indianapolis 3-2 as Canadian rookie Bill Allen limited the Indians to five hits while fanning nine. Allen drove in the deciding run in the Red Birds victory. Milwaukee moved atop standings with a 4-1 win over Minneapolis. Louisville routed Toledo 18-2 behind Cliff Coggin. St Paul beat Kansas City 8-7 in 10 innings ending a six game skid.
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High School Baseball Card Highlights And Derby Foals
The listing includes Point Pleasant vs Pomeroy, Hamden vs McArthur, Racine vs Middleport and Lancaster vs Logan. Whirlaway, the 1941 Derby winner, is noted as the first American crop of Blenheim foals.
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Blackwell Faces Bruins in Cubs Preview at Crosley Field
Cincinnati pitcher Ewell Blackwell, a 16 game winner last season, is set to start today against Bob Kelly of the Chicago Cubs in a bid to rebound from an early season loss. The Reds split with the Cubs so far this year, with Kenny Raffensberger’s 3-0 win the other Cincinnati victory. Meanwhile Al Lopez worries over uneven Indians fielding as left handers loom in upcoming games against the White Sox and Tigers with several players sidelined or healing.
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Blackie
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al Rosen
Ray Boone
Bob Avila
White Sox
Billy Pierce
Detroit
Teddy Gray
Hal Newhouser
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Jim Hegan
Larry Doby
Charley Horse
Doby
Lopez
Browns
West Coast hurler pitches 12 perfect in loss
Filmer Singleton of the San Francisco Seals hurled 12 innings of no hit no run ball before Sacramento Jews Flores allowed three singles in the 13th. Bill Glynn, Eddie Beckman and Al White each singled for Sacramento as Bockman scored to break the no hit bid.
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Filmer Singleton
San Francisco Seals
Sacramento
Glory
Singleton
Jess Flores
Philadelphia Athletics
Seals
Bill Glynn
Eddie Beckman
al White
Johnny Ostrowski
Bockman
Field Swells to 4000 For 58th Penn Relays
Philadelphia hosts the 58th Penn Relays as 4117 athletes from 506 institutions compete. Michigan’s distance medley quartet, fresh off a 9 56.3 world record, faces strong tests from U S Air Force at Lockbourne led by Mal Whitfield along with Ohio State Villanova Princeton and Yale, against Big Ten speedsters.
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Penn
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U. S. Air Force
Lockbourne
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Mal Whitfield
Ohio State
Villanova
Princeton
Yale
Baseball scores and weathered rainouts from the 11-inning twin bill
National League action features the New York and Boston teams battling 10 innings plus extra runs in a game that ended 8 to 8, with Burdette earning the win and Koslo the loss. In the American League, the Boston and New York clubs played 11 innings ending 8 to 8, with Delock credited the win and Ku tava the loss. Rained out or unscheduled games noted for other teams.
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Spahn
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Cooper
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Lanier
Koslo
Spencer
Westrum
Bos-Torgeson
Lopat
Kutava
Silvera
Houk
McDermott
Delock
White
Bos-White
Baseball Tonight Schedule and Stars From Yesterday
Brooklyn at New York and six other games on today docket with pitchers Labin Maglie Muir and others listed. Yesterday's batting star Sammy White homered and scored in Boston's 3 2 win. Lew Burdette pitched four innings of no run relief for the Braves in a 6 3 10 inning win over the Giants.
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Yanks
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Joe Reichler
Associated Press
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Lou Boudreau
Bobby Sox
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New York Yankees
Boston Braves
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Dom DiMaggio
Kuzava
Jimmy Piersall
Billy Goodman
Ivan Delock
Maurice McDermott
Yankees
Delock
Hank Bauer
DiMaggio
Mickey Mantle
Walker Cooper
Koslo
Leo Durocher
Art Gore
Durocher
Spahn
Willie Mays
Hart ford Queen Bees Top Sunday Card in OVA
The Ohio Valley Association expands to eight teams with Albany Lions joining. Hartford Tigers visit Gal lopolis Queen Bees after a 4-1 opener win over Syracuse. Syracuse heads to Reedsville seeking first victory. Ravenswood Racine idle. Middleport and Ravenswood meet. Albany inactive for now. Lions won last year’s Hocking Valley title and pushed Hartford to three games in 1951 Valley Series.
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Baseball Q&A from 1900s era fan page
Q and A cover bets on team basements, shortest open ing day game in the National League, a record for consecutive walks in an inning, most hits in a season, fair or foul ball rule, Di Maggio brothers middle name, unassisted triple play in World Series, and average attendance at American League night games over the past five seasons.
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Cardinals Owner Faces Federal Court Monday
St. Louis Cardinals owner Fred Saigh, 46, will be arraigned in Federal Court Monday on income tax evasion charges. Indicted for evading $49,620 in taxes from 1946 through 1949, he surrendered yesterday and was released on $2,000 bond. He will appear before Federal Judge Roy W. Harper amid his statement of likely vindication.
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Fred Saigh
St. Louis Cardinals
Saigh
Roy W. Harper
Coonhunters Schedule Field Trials Near Lancaster
The Central Ohio Coonhunters Association will hold a Coon Dog Field Trial on Sunday April 27 on the club grounds five miles northwest of Lancaster. Heats will be senior junior and green, with seniors first then juniors and greens. Herman Wehmeier former Reds pitcher is noted as a Western Hills High School football star.
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Central Ohio Coonhunters Association
Here
Herman Wehmeier
Cincinnati Reds
Cincinnati Western Hills High School
Red Sox sweep Yankees as Braves rally past Giants
Boston's youth corps powers a 3-2 11 inning win over the Yankees to complete a two game sweep. Sammy White delivers the deciding hit while Ed Mathews lifts the Braves past the Giants 6-3 with a 10th inning hit.
Waterloo Jokers T J T Play Today at The Plains
The Athens County Tournament baseball championship between Waterloo and Jacksonville-Trimble is set for 3 p.m. at The Plains. The game, moved from the Ohio University freshman field due to weather, resumes today after yesterday’s postponement.
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Miami
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Waterloo
Jacksonville-Trimble
Athens County
the Plains
Plains Diamond
Nelsonville Eagles form independent baseball club
The Nelsonville Eagles announce an independent baseball team for the coming season with George Garner as manager. Interested independent clubs should contact Garner via the Eagles Club in Nelsonville. Weather permitting, first practice is Sunday at 2 p.m. at City Playground for regular players and hopefuls.
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