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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1950
Page
7
The St. Louis Browns halted the Cleveland Indians pennant push with a 4 to 2 victory. Indians faced a tense eighth inning with the bases loaded and no outs as Marshall pitched to key batters.
Gallipolis Bees hold a narrow lead in the Ohio Valley Association as they face Portland in Gallipolis in a two game set. Hartford trips to Syracuse Park for two games while Racine meets Point Pleasant Merchants at Racine. Twin Cities must beat Reedsville twice in a Midport doubleheader to climb past Syracuse as the schedule shifts.
Cincinnati native William C. Spreckelmeier 66, a retired professional show horse handler, collapsed and died of a heart attack in Hamilton Ohio Sunday. He exhibited horses since age 15 and retired after World War II due to ill health.
NEA Service by Gene Sarazen argues proper grip prevents blisters, not gloves. He recalls training with a heavier club, built-up grips, and daily swings to strengthen hands, noting a 24-ounce driver balances better than a standard 14-ounce club. He plans to market a training club for lifelong lessons.
Cleveland rookie third baseman Al Rosen hit his 25th homer of the season to take sole American League lead, passing Ted Williams of the Red Sox in a game against the St. Louis Browns. Dick Kokos added a homer for Cleveland as Roy Sievers drove in a run for the Browns. The Indians won 11,656 fans watched as Rosen tied the game earlier with a fourth inning blast.
Washington Senators topped New York 7 to 2 as Joe DiMaggio, at 35, played first base for the first time in his career without a hit in four at bats. Casey Stengel reshuffled the lineup with Yogi Berra moving to third and Hank Bauer dropping to fifth. Eddie Stewart homered and doubled for Washington as New York slumped to 1-5 on the season.
Cleveland report states Bill Waller resigned as varsity baseball and freshman basketball coach at Western Reserve University to become recreation coordinator for B F Goodrich Co in the Akron area. Waller previously played for Ohio State University. Max Bishop is in his 13th season coaching baseball at the Naval Academy.
Gallipolis fan Lee Clark won the Messenger Major League All-Star contest by accurately naming both starting lineups for the July 11 game at Comiskey Park. Clark receives two tickets to a game of his choice and his selections matched Chicago final vote tallies. The article notes two fans nearly matched, while others misnamed a key outfielder, and Race for the shortstop position proved toughest.
University of Dayton athletic director Harry C. Baujan announced a 28 game basketball schedule for next season, the most ambitious in school history. Sixteen games will be at the new fieldhouse, hosting top teams including Bowling Green, Toledo, Louisville, Tennessee, Xavier, and Arizona State, with a strong early schedule starting December 2. Coach Tom Blackburn期待 tougher opponents and a promising young team led by the Cinderella Kids, as the Flyers plan to build toward a strong 1951-52 campaign.
Boston Braves toppled the Philadelphia Phillies 3 to 1 as the NL first division tightened near the season midpoint. Vern Bickford limited Philly to five hits with a homer by Bob Elliott and two Tommy Holmes doubles backing the Braves. The win pushed Boston within a game and a half of St Louis and kept Brooklyn close behind.
George Kell of the Detroit Tigers leads the American League with a .375 average, ahead of Larry Doby of the Cleveland Indians at .370. Jackie Robinson of the Brooklyn Dodgers tops the National League with a .378 average, 24 points ahead of Stan Musial. Robinson has 93 hits in 246 at bats, nearing the 100-hit mark.
Cincinnati Reds snap long NL cellar spell by beating the Pittsburgh Pirates 8 to 5 at Crosley Field. Ralph Kiner hit two homers to drive his season total to 21 but was fanned to end the game with two on and one out in the ninth. Ted Kluszewski delivered a seventh inning two base hit that put Cincinnati ahead 6 to 4 as Lloyd Merriman set the table with an error and built on by Lowrey and Wyrostek. Ramsdell picked up the win. Dickson took the loss. Attendance 3,405.
National League matchups include Pittsburgh at Cincinnati Brooklyn at New York Boston at Philadelphia Chicago at St. Louis American League games feature Detroit at Chicago St Louis at Cleveland New York at Washington Philadelphia at Boston American Association contests list Columbus at Toledo Louisville at Indianapolis Milwaukee at Kansas City St Paul at Minneapolis and Minneapolis at St Paul during PM hours.
Alvin Dark crushed a 280 foot homer in the 11th inning to give the New York Giants a 3 2 win over the Brooklyn Dodgers. The ball cleared the left field foul screen as Brooklyn's Preacher Roe and Larry Jansen matched zeroes until the dramatic blast. Gene Hermanski Gil Hodges and Hank Thompson also homered for a game filled with long balls and late tension.
Detroit slugged 14 hits including two triples a double and a homer to top Chicago 8 4 before 12710. Vic Wertz opened the scoring with a first inning homer driving in Lipon as Fred Hutchinson earned his ninth win. The win widened Detroit’s lead to four and a half games in the American League.
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