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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Aug 18, 1950

Page

11

Baseball score summaries from St Louis Cleveland and others

Box score style recap lists numerous games with runs hits and errors from St Louis Cleveland Philadelphia Boston Chicago Detroit New York Washington Cincinnati Chicago Brooklyn New York and the American Association results Columbus Milwaukee Toledo Kansas City Minneapolis Louisville St Paul notes rain postponement and postponed game details as readouts from the day’s action.

Brooklyn New York Palica Edwards Koslo Kramer Callderone American Association Columbus Milwaukee Toledo Kansas City Minneapolis Louisville St. Paul Indianapolis Detroit Cleveland Boston Washington Chicago Philadelphia Louis St Louis Lima Dobson

Baseball and basketball matchups list with team scores

schedule shows Philadelphia at New York Boston at Brooklyn Cincinnati at St Louis Pittsburgh at Chicago and several American League games including St Louis at Detroit Chicago at Cleveland New York at Philadelphia Washington at Boston and a set of listed intercity games in St Paul Minneapolis Kansas City Milwaukee with no outcomes reported.

Philadelphia New York Meyer Hearn Boston Brooklyn Spahn Erskine Cincinnati St. Louiis Ramsdell Lanier Pittsburgh Chicago

Bosox and Dodgers Slip in Standings With Week to Go

Boston and Brooklyn drop further in pennant races as Phils, Reds win. Boston fans a five game win streak at Fenway with a 10-6 victory over the A’s, while Brooklyn splits with Philadelphia. Detroit and Cleveland win as New York loses to Washington, tightening the AL and NL races.

Browns and Colts Play in Ciney Charity Exhibition

In Cincinnati the Cleveland Browns meet the Baltimore Colts in a charity exhibition with Otto Graham starring for Cleveland. Tom O Malley challenges Graham for the quarterback job as four college stars join the Browns for the event sponsored by the Foundation for Boys Inc. Tickets are selling well and a big turnout is hoped to beat last year’s sellout.

Cincinnati Cleveland Browns Baltimore Colts Browns Otto Graham Cleveland Paul Brown Tom O'Malley O'Malley University of Cincinnati Graham Foundation For Boys, Inc Mel Eppinger Ken Carpenter Oregon State Jim Martin Notre Dame John Sandusky Villanova Gordon Soltau Minnesota

Lions Plan Double Celebration in Columbus Oct 15

A Columbus event marks the 30th anniversary of Ohio’s first Lions Clubs founded in 1920 and the completion of an endowment for the Juvenile Braille Magazine. The publication serves 6000 to 7000 blind children, issued from Mt. Healthy. Melvin Jones will attend representing Lions International.

Columbus Ohio Mt. Healthy Cincinnati Melvin Jones Lionism Lions International Chiago

Senators Rally To Beat Yankees In Tight 2-1 Clash

Gil Coan delivered a two run triple in the eighth to lift the Washington Senators over the New York Yankees 2-1. Steve Gromek worked six relief innings holding the St Louis Cardinals to one hit as the Cleveland Indians edged the Cardinals 5-4 in twelve innings.

Gil Coan Senators Yankees Steve Gromek Indians St. Louis Cleveland

Major League Leaders Showcase 1949 Baseball Standouts

Kell of Detroit led with 359 hits and 157 at bats. Stephens of Boston topped runs with 107 and 116 RBIs. Musial of St. Louis posted 361 batting and 146 hits. Kiner of Pittsburgh hit 34 homers. Spahn of Boston and Blackwell of Cincinnati combined for 181 strikeouts.

Kell Detroit Stephens Boston Woodling New York Doerr Rosen Cleveland DiMaggio Lemon Reynolds Trout Musial St. Louis Torgeson Ennis Philadelphia Ashburn Kiner Pittsburgh Jethroe Spahn Blackwell Cincinnati Hiller Chicago

Large Field Seen For Powerboat Regatta

ST. MICHAELS Md The Miles River Yacht Club starts its 29th annual power boat regatta with a two day show and a target field. About 5000 water sport fans are expected to attend as Clifton E Fisher the regatta chairman anticipates up to 50 boats may enter. Entries already received come from New York New Jersey Florida Texas North Carolina Delaware Ohio and Maryland.

ST. Michaels Miles River

Murray City, Farmers Win Big in Sundown League Showdowns

Murray City Legion and Valley Farms each moved into a share of the league lead in Sundown play. Murray City beat Coon's Lunch 5 to 3 in a game that featured a first‑inning three‑run burst and late-inning scoring, while Valley Farms routed Lowman's Dairy 9 to 1 as they surged with a six‑run third inning.

Nelsonville Murray City Legion Valley Farms Legion Nye Chevies Coon Lowman’s Dairy Nichols Garage Murray City Forbes Campbell Lunchmen Coley Charney Dairymen Williams Merriman Simmons Pancake Hayes Nelson Sikora Hillyer Sorrell Sundown L. Pet Nye Chevrolet Coon’s Nee Valley Farms Poston Station McBee Co Vrank’s

Tri-State softball tourney set at Huntington

The 13th annual Tri-State softball tournament begins at Owens-Illinois Field in Huntington on Friday September 1. Entry blanks are available from State Softball Commissioner W T Bess with a noon August 28 deadline. Forty teams from Ohio Kentucky and local areas competed last year with Huntington Elks Club taking the title.

Huntington W. Va Owens-Illinois W. T. Bess Bess Huntington Publishing Company Ohio Kentucky Huntington Elks Club

Browns Drill Packers 38 7 Despite Phelps Grigg Injuries

Browns overwhelm Green Bay 38 to 7 in Toledo exhibition as Dopey Phelps suffers a slight brain concussion and Chubby Grigg sustains a leg injury. Otto Graham passes for three touchdowns while Rex Bumgardner and Jimmy Joel Robinson star in a high yard game.

Bowling Green Dopey Phelps Chubby Grigg Cleveland Browns Green Bay Packers Toledo Phelps University of Kentucky Grigg Philps Tom O'Malley Packers Browns National Football League Rex Bumgardner Jimmy Joel Robinson Dom Moselle Emerson Cole Bumgardner Buffalo Bills Otto Graham

Haefner Heads Eastern Open Field Lead

Clayton Haefner of Charlotte, 225 pounds, shot 65 to lead the Eastern Open after the first round at Baltimore. He broke the course record of 67 set in 1938 by Cliff Spencer and led by four strokes over Fred Haas Jr., Earl Stewart Jr., Buck White, John Palmer, and Walter Romans. The field will be cut to 60 after 18 holes tomorrow with 72 holes total to decide the winner, pending possible playoff.

Baltimore Clayton Haefner Charlotte N. C Haefner Fred Haas, Jr Claremont Calif Earl Stewart, Jr Dallas Tex Buck White Ormond Beach Fla John Palmer Badin Walter Romans Henry Ransom St. Andrew Iil Tom O’shanter Chicago Tam Lloyd Mangrum Niles, Ill Cary Middlecoff

Marshfield VFW Benefit Game Set for Sunday

New Marshfield VFW baseball team in the Hocking Valley League will face Carbon Hill in a benefit match Sunday at 2:30 p.m. Proceeds go to Frank Ransdell Russell.

New Marshfield VFW Hocking Valley Carbon Hill Frank Ransdell Russell

Miami Invites 37 Men For Practice September First

Miami University coach Woody Hayes invites a squad of 57 players for pre season workouts opening September 1. The group includes 22 lettermen, 28 sophomores and seven 1949 lettermen, with positions spread across centers guards tackles ends halfbacks fullbacks and quarterbacks.

Oxford Woody Hayes Miami University Redskins Miami Bowling Green Cincinnati Xavier Hayes

Record crowd at Roosevelt Raceway opening night

The largest opening night attendance for a mutuel harness track topped 23,371 at Roosevelt Raceway, marking a historic total for the venue’s 1949 debut season.

Roosevelt Raceway

Franklin board appoints James Smith to Franklin High faculty

The Franklin Board of Education appoints James Smith of Hamilton to fill the vacant science and coaching post at Franklin High School. Smith succeeds Raymond Stackhouse who resigned to join Xavier University in Cincinnati.

Franklin Franklin Board of Education James Smith Hamilton Raymond Stackhouse Smith Stackhouse Franklin High School Xavier University Cincinnati

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