Margin tells Tigers lead in pennant race as season winds down
Detroit holds a five game AL edge while Phillies trail in the NL as late season pressure builds. Possible Tigers Indians series could decide the flag with Yankees still in contention. Comments touch on Browns recruiting Tom O Malley, Bearcats prospects, and sports figures like Leo Mogus and Mel Parnell.
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Detroit
Tigers
Phillies
Indians
Yankees
Leo Mogus
Youngstown
Philadelphia Warriors
National Basketball Association
Gus White
Pacific Coast
Frankie Baumholtz
Los Angeles Angels
Bob Lemon
Art Houtteman
Vic Raschi
Boston
Mel Parnell
Red Sox
Yesterday's Results From The Major Leagues
Results show multiple games with notable performances. Lopat and Berra led New York as Philadelphia fell in the first game, while Ford and Berra paced the second game. St Louis and Detroit split, and Chicago defeated Cleveland with decisive scoring. Washington postponed by rain. Cincinnati routed St Louis 38-7, with Wehmeier and Raffensberger earning the win. American Association scores include Columbus over Kansas City 7-4 and Minneapolis over Indianapolis 4-3.
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New York
Philadelphia
Lopat
Berra
Kellner
Guerra
Ford
J. Coleman
Brissie
Tipton
St. Louis
Detroit
Pillette
Marshall
Lollar
Hutchinson
Borowy
Stuart
Robinson
Overmire
Moss
Newhouser
Calvert
Connelly
Swift
Chicago
Cleveland
Wight
Mass
Lemon and Hegan
Pierce
Niarhos
Jareia
Zoldak
Murray
Washington
Boston
Baseball Schedule Across Leagues With Pitchers and Times
National League games list Philadelphia at New York Simmons against Jansen, Brooklyn at Pittsburgh Roe versus Werle, Boston at St Louis Sain against Brecheen. American League includes St Louis at Detroit Widmar versus Trout. Milwaukee at Indianapolis. Kansas City at Louisville. St Paul at Toledo. Minneapolis at Columbus.
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Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Boston
St. Louis
New York
Chicago
Stee
Cincinnati
Aia Ane
Washington
St. Louis Ee
American Association
Minneapolis
Indianapolis
Louisville
St. Paul Ee Ee
Cees Keninmnet
Toledo
Milwaukee
Kansas City
Simmons
Jansen
Pittsburgh
Roe
Werle
Sain
Brecheen
Detroit
Widmar
Trout
St. Paul
Columbus
Baseball season stats round up from league leaders
The chart lists leaders by category with names and team affiliations. Notable tallies include Musial and Kell leading in hits for St. Louis and Detroit respectively, Ashburn and Doerr among top in triples, and Spahn and Lemon delivering high strikeout counts for Boston and Cleveland.
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Musial
St. Louis
Kruns—Torgeson
Boston
Fannis
Philadelphia
Ashburn
Kiner
Pittsburgh
Goodman
Stephens
Kell
Detroit
Doerr
Woodling
New York
Rosen
Cleveland
White Sox edge Cleveland in opener with two run homer
Mary Rickert hit a two run homer lifting the White Sox to a 2-1 victory over Cleveland in the first game of a doubleheader. Bill Wight matched Cleveland’s Bob Lemon in a five hit mound duel for the win.
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Mary Rickert
White Sox
Cleveland
Bill Wight
Bob Lemon
Overmire
Detroit
Browns
Tigers
Marvy Kicker
Wight
Pierce
Gus Zernial
Joe DiMaggio
Eddie Lopat
Eddie Ford
Yankees
A's
Committee to Decide Upon Fit Fighters
Cincinnati UP reports a rating committee formed to determine which Ohio fighters are fit to compete for state titles. Set up at the Ohio State Association of Boxing Commissioners annual meeting, it will rank contenders by weight division and hear suspension appeals brought by boxers.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Ohio State Association of Boxing Commissioners
Scorned southpaws topple pennant contenders in capsized standings
A trio of castoff lefties dominated, with Stubby Overmire beating Detroit and Bill Wight and Billy Pierce guiding Chicago and New York to wins. The Browns and Yankees surged while the Indians and Athletics faltered, reshaping the pennant race amid rain delays and clutch late rallies.
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Detroit Tigers
Cleveland Indians
Stubby Overmire
Bill Wight
Billy Pierce
Overmire
Detroit
St. Louis Browns
Tigers
51st Grand American Trapshoot Opens Today
The 51st Grand American trapshoot opens in Vandalia with about 2000 participants and 1.5 million targets scheduled. The week features 1300 targets for competitors including 16 yard, handicap, doubles events, and special races for veterans women juniors and sub juniors. Mercer Tennille won yesterday’s tune up with 199 of 200.
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America
Canada
Canal Zone
Cuba
Bobby Fuchs
Council Bluffs
Dale Smith
Brookville
Ind
Smith
Mercer Tennille
Shreveport
Tennille
Arnold Riegger
Seattle
Wash
John Broughton
Florissent
Morgan West
Uniontown
Broughton
Roger
West
Moselle Cameron
Beverly Hills
Calif
Baseball Jubilee Plans Held Up in 1951
Plans for a Major League baseball jubilee in 1951 are held in abeyance due to the Korean situation. Presidents of the National and American Leagues polled clubs and informed Commissioner Chandler. Tentative plans called for a 150000 dollar expenditure with Steve Hannagan in charge as celebrations were delayed. Next year marks NL 75th anniversary, AL 50th, and AL Junior baseball 25th year.
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Cincinnati CO
Walter Mullery
Mullery
A. B. Chandler
Baseball
Steve Hannagan
Cedarville Football Drills Open August 28
Cedarville football coach Mendell Beattie announced practice starts Monday August 28. Prospective players should attend and last year’s squad are urged to report in good physical condition. The season opener is vs Morehead State College at Mt. Sterling KY on September 9.
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Paul Brown
Cleveland Browns
Otto Graham
Tom O’malley
University of Cinccinnati
Tom
Cincinnati
Sid Gillman
Bearcats
Cedarville
Mendell Beattie
Morehead State College
Mt. Sterling
TV Bid Mounts To $770000 For World Series Rights
Cincinnati report says television rights for the 1950 World Series rose to 770000 dollars with a Monday deadline and no winner announced until the following Tuesday. Gillette matched a 650000 bid by Dumont, and Dumont with Chevrolet is a likely sponsor. the fund distribution favors a central baseball fund and players pension.
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Cincinnati
A. B. Chandler
Chandler
Gillette Safety Razor Company
Dumont Network
Gillette Company
Mutual Broadcasting System
Dumont
Chevrolet
Central Baseball Fund
Players’ Pension Fund
Ohio Team Beaten In Little League Regional
Norwood Highlanders of Ohio fell 5 4 to Kankakee Illinois in the Little League Inc regional semi finals in Cincinnati Ohio. Kankakee then defeated Natchez Mississippi 13 2 in the finals to advance to Williamsport.
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Ohio
Cincinnati
Williamsport
Norwood Highlanders
Kankakee
Ill
Little League, Inc
Natchez
Miss
Third Place Tops For County Boys In Junior Olympics
Athens County sent 14 athletes in four divisions at Berea for the Junior Olympics. The 18 to 14 group finished third in the running high jump, the 18-14 shuttle relay, and the 18-14 440 yard relay. Additional results include a fourth in the 12 and 18 year old 200 yard shuttle relay and fifth in the 12 inch baseball throw.
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Cleveland
Athens County
Berea
Athens
Amateur Golf Champ Seeks Luck in National Amateur
Frank Stranahan, the 1950 National Amateur winner, heads to Minneapolis for the 210-player field opening at the Minneapolis Golf Club. Play runs in six minute intervals with rounds and match play leading to Friday and Saturday finals. Stranahan aims for a “little slam” by adding the National to the British Amateur wins, while Don Finsterwald of Athens, Ohio joins the strong Ohio contingent.
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NEW School
Harvey Ward
William C. Campbell
MacGregor Hunter
Ward
North Carolina
Campbell
West Virginia
Hunter
Willie Hunter
Los Angeles
Minneapolis Golf Club
Minneapolis
Frank Stranahan
Simon
Stranahan
Toleo
Arnold Palmer
Latrobe
Wake Forest
Minneapolis Pads Association Lead Sealed In Twin Sports Flight
The Minneapolis Millers widened their American Association lead to three and a half games by taking two from Indianapolis 13-4 and 5-3 on Sunday. St Paul, 1949 champions, won twice over Louisville. Ed Chandler and Harry Taylor each earned 3-1 wins over the Colonels. Columbus swept Kansas City 7-6 and 4-0 to push a seven game streak. Milwaukee and Toledo split a doubleheader with scores 8-3 and 4-2.
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American Association
Columbus
Kansas City
Minneapolis
Indianapolis
St. Paul
Louisville
Toledo
Milwaukee
Minneapolis Millers
Ed Chandler
Harry Taylor
The
Colonels
Red Birds
Hens
Brewers
Sammy Baugh Passes Redskins To Victory
Sammy Baugh in his 14th pro season led the Washington Redskins to a 31 12 exhibition win over the San Francisco 49ers. He threw two touchdown passes in the third quarter and Washington scored four second half TDs after leading 3 0 at halftime on a Bill Dudley placekick.
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SAN Francisco
Sammy Baugh
Washington Redskins
San Francisco ‘49Ers
Baugh
Skins
49Ers
Bill ‘Dudley
First Division Teams Win Six of Seven in OVA Action
In the Ohio Valley Association first division beat second division as Gallipolis Bees extended their lead to five games. Portland fell 17 to 3 in one game and 33 to 7 in the nightcap while Reedsville and Twin Cities split and Hartford won one game over Syracuse Reds.
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Ohio Valley Association
Gallipolis Bees
Racine
Blues
Point Pleasant
Gallipolis
Portland
Racine Field
Reedsville
Twin Cities
Hartford
Syracuse Reds
Bachtelfield
Bees
Lee
Bucky Walters
Leo Valentine
Johnny Lee
Emiel Thomas
Tommy Wolfe
Paul Clark
Rie Wolfe
Gene Wetherholt
Vicory
Bucs
Gene Pickens
Bob Wien
Virgil Norris
Jack Johnson
Don Cottrill
Beese
Yeager
Riley
Syracuse
Roy Arms
Jim Haggerty
John Curtis Roush
Tigers
Jimmy Layne
Gerald Clarke
Dick Walters
Dick Spencer
Hornets
Twins
Pat Searles
Bus Wolfe
Roy Hannum
Joe Magnotta
Hannum
Bobby Webb
Webb
Dennis Cragg
Browns Romp Over Colts
The Cleveland Browns defeated the Baltimore Colts 34 to 7 in a charity exhibition. Otto Graham and Lou Groza led the Browns with two first-half touchdowns and two field goals, while Bill Stone of Baltimore returned a kickoff for the Colts’ lone score. Groza added two extra points and Soltau contributed a field goal.
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Cincinnati
Cleveland
Otto Graham
Lou Groza
Baltimore
Colts
Browns
Bill Stone
Graham
Groza
Lou
Grossman
Jones
Soltau
O'Malley
Martin Captures Johnson Trophy Race
Dennis Martin of Jackson Michigan won the Louis Johnson Trophy in the Mid East outboard regatta taking two seconds and a third in the free for all. Trailing were Jim Broadus Fredericksburg Virginia with two firsts but did not finish one heat and Milford Harrison Vermilion Ohio with two thirds and a fourth. Edward Garnett Jr Pittsburgh and Bob Ridgeway Uhrichsville Ohio fell in the class C hydro event.
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Marietta
Dennis Martin
Jackson
Mich
Jim Broadus
Fredericksburg
Milford Harrison
Vermilion
Edward Garnett, Jr
Pittsburgh
Bob Ridgeway
Uhrichsville
Field Goal Delivers Steelers 17 14 Win Over Lions
Pittsburgh edges Detroit 17 14 in a pre season game as Joe Geri drills a 16 yard field goal in the second period. Lions debutants Leon Hart and Doak Walker both struggled in their first pro action before a 26 238 crowd.
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Pittsburgh
Joe Geri
Pittsburgh Steelers
Detroit Lions
Steelers
Leon Hart
Notre Dame
Doak Walker
Southern Methodist
Arizona Baseball Averages Near Three Stolen Bases Per Game
During its 25 game 1950 season the University of Arizona baseball team averaged nearly three stolen bases per contest. Ralph Kiner this season is shooting for Pie Traynor's Pittsburgh Pirates record of knocking in 100 or more runs five years in a row.
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University of Arizona
Ralph Kiner
Pie Traynor
Pittsburgh Pirate
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Dutch) Hiller
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