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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1954
Page
8
The Yankees sit two games behind Cleveland after a 8-7 win at Boston as Mantle, Bower and Carey homered. In the NL, the Giants pulled ahead of Brooklyn 5-2 as Musial and Cunningham led St Louis to a 2-0 Milwaukee win. Sain shut down Boston in relief, and Cunningham debuted with a 4 RBI game for the Cardinals.
Racine travels to Nelsonville to face the Rockets as first place in the OWL rests on weekend results. Albany hosts New Marshfield and then meets McArthur in a tight fourth place deadlock. Monday features New Marshfield at Racine Reedaville at Middleport and Nelsonville at Athens.
American League standings show Cleveland leading with 48 wins and 22 losses. Chicago and New York closely follow. Friday and Sunday games set with Chicago at Cleveland and Washington at New York among key matchups. Other circuits list New York topping NL, with Brooklyn, Philadelphia and Milwaukee in pursuit. interleague and city matchups noted along with recent results and upcoming games.
Vince Martinez, 25, from Paterson New Jersey, handed veteran Longen a brutal beating to win an unanimous decision in ten rounds. Longen suffered multiple facial injuries including a broken nose and severe swelling. Martinez, previously unranked, climbs toward a higher rating as he targets Kid Gavilan.
The Alamaha NARC contingent reshuffled with Ed Massey taking the wheel of the Plymouth Hudson Hornet from Tim Flock. Buster Whaley moves to the No 21 Hudson, Eddie Martin remains in No 21. Massey won, Martin second, Whaley third at Bowling Green as the late models prepare to race at Athens County Fairgrounds with time trials at 1:00 and the main event at 2:30 pm.
Clarence Beaumont of Pittsburgh is the only National League batting champion who failed to hit a home run during the season. He won the 1902 crown with a . recording details of other leaders across batting runs doubles and pitching. The article lists top performers like Avila and Minoso, Mantle, Musial and Schoendienst with notable stats in runs, RBIs, and hits.
The Girls Want Games column notes the Zanesville High School softball team seeks outside competition. Contact Andy Kobinski at 1058 Wheeling Ave Zanesville or call 2 5312. Also mentions Vic Raschi's major league balks record set May 3 1950 for the Yankees.
Joe Cunningham of the St. Louis Cardinals hit two home runs and drove in four in his second major league game as the Cardinals defeated Milwaukee 9-2. Johnny Sain of the New York Yankees allowed one hit in three innings of relief to earn an 8-7 win over Boston. Also noted is the then-record boxing referee fee of 2500 paid to George W. Blake for the Young Stribling Max Schmeling bout in Cleveland on July 3, 1931.
Nelsonville Admirals under Eugene Edwards play Friday and Sunday at Sundown Park near Myers Crossing Route 33 starting 7 30 p m. Friday hosts Jacksons All Stars of Columbus. The team owns 21 wins and 3 losses with two pitchers leading. Earl McGee is 18 and 3 while Eugene Snyder won 3 of 4 starts.
Milwaukee notes Cincinnati Redlegs move into proximity of the fourth place spot in the National League as a two game set with Atlanta begins. St Louis and Chicago also factor in, with eight of 13 remaining games before the All Star break against Milwaukee and Cincinnati errors cited in an exhibition loss to Indianapolis. Gus Bell and Charlie Harmon homered for Cincinnati.
Thompson pitched and hit for Nyes securing a 5 3 Little League win over the Jaycees. He doubled twice and earned the win, while McPherson led the Dodgers to a 14 5 Pony League victory with three hits as Dodgers plated runs in every inning. Cornwell led theJaycees with two hits in defeat.
Three bettors hit a second highest daily double totaling 1030.80 led by Lewie Jayzoff who paid 16 in race one and Karen M. who paid 56.40 in race two. Bronze Chief, a 4-year-old brown gelding driven by Alva Kochhelser of Portland Indiana, won the seventh race in 2 09 over Count On in a photo finish. Dec McMillan narrowed the gap to Bob Seabrook for harness driving lead by steering Dutch Mary to victory in race four.
Edwards TV defeated Athens Machine Shop 6–4 at Athens High School Field after Davis hit a seventh inning homer with a runner aboard to seal the win. Davis added two doubles and McGee contributed key hits while Weekley and Shumway led the Machinists with two hits apiece.
Orioles catcher Clint Courtney turned an unassisted double play against the Yankees on June 2 in Baltimore. With Irv Noren on third and Bob Grim at the plate, a squeeze bunt attempt on a third strike missed, Noren was tagged out at home, marking only the 38th such play by a catcher in major league history.
Jaroslav Drobny, 32, seeks Wimbledon singles glory against 19 year old Ken Rosewall as top Australian duos Hartwig and Rose meet Patty and Mulloy in doubles. Women rivals Louise Brough and Maureen Connolly clash before finals with Brough seeking repeat title and Connolly aiming to extend dominance.
Babe Zaharias enters the second round of the Women's National Open at Salem Country Club tied for the lead with Claire Doran of Cleveland at par 72. She aims to win, said to be "on to be going from here on in," after a strong start featuring clutch play on the final holes and aggressive iron use. The 6,393 yard course hosts 18 holes today and 36 tomorrow over the three day event.
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