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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1950
Page
10
Baseball notes celebrate extraordinary slugging with record pace across leagues. Highlights include multiple players homering in doubleheaders and a flurry of offense from Ted Beard Walt Dropo Duke Snider and Gus Bell while teams like the Cubs Reds Tigers and Giants post big hits and pivotal wins.
The recap lists game scores and key pitchers for both ends of a doubleheader and multiple other MLB results. It covers the American and National League games with box details including pitchers like Kramer and Raffensberger, Koslo, Hansen, Maglie, and Westrum, plus many teams and scores. The report also includes Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston, Pittsburgh, Brooklyn, St. Louis, Washington, Detroit, Cleveland, and more with run totals and notable pitching lines.
Chris Van Cuyk, Dodgers rookie lefty, threw a seven hitter in his major league debut, guiding Brooklyn to a 10-2 victory over St. Louis. He struck out seven as the Dodgers rolled.
Ex OU star Chet Adams joins the New York Football Yankees as the 10th tackle in the 1950 Collins entry. Adams, veteran NFL and AAC lineman, is 33 and versatile enough to contribute as a scorer and top ball handler as needed. He previously starred at Ohio U and for Cleveland Browns and Packers teams before a stint in Buffalo.
Three NFL clubs begin pre season camps as the league expands with the Browns and 49ers joining the fold and the Colts joining the NFL. The 78 game schedule ends with the title game in mid December featuring Philadelphia and Cleveland in a marquee early season clash.
Sam Snead and Jim Ferrier won the Inverness four-ball event with a 13-match plus-18 tally, earning $15,000 prize money and Snead a $4000 first-place share plus $250 for sub-par scoring and $200 for the driving contest. Haas Hawkins were runner-up with $2400.
Australia routs Canada in Montreal and Denmark shocks Italy to reach the Davis Cup Europe finals. Denmark and Sweden clash for Europe while Mexico beat Cuba to advance. The two zone champions meet at Westchester Country Club Rye for a chance to face the United States in Forest Hills August 25 to 27.
Kell of Detroit led American League batting with .359 and Kell 116 hits. Dropo of Boston and Stephens of Boston tied for 90 runs batted in. Williams of Boston and Rosen of Cleveland led home runs with 25. Spahn led strikeouts for the National League with 113.
Today’s games list doubleheaders and pitchers for numerous matchups including Detroit at Philadelphia Newhouser and Rogovin against Brissie and Wyse, Cleveland at Boston Wynn and Garcia against Dobson and McDermott, Chicago at New York Wight versus Ford, St. Louis at Washington Pillette versus Kuzava, Brooklyn at St. Louis Roe and Bankhead against Staley and Pollet, Philadelphia at Chicago Simmons against Klippstein, Boston at Pittsburgh Sain against Pierre, New York at Cincinnati Kennedy against Wehmeier. American Association standings show Columbus 8 9 and Minneapolis 4 3 with Louisville 8 5 and Milwaukee. Gallipolis gun club trapshoot recap: Jim Mills 49/50, Virgil McCarty 24/25, Paul Eddy France 22/25.
Gallipolis Bees beat Racine 10 to 3 to stretch Ohio Valley Association lead to four games and extend the club’s winning streak to nine. Gene Wetherholt earned his sixth win, Vic Hager contributed, and Racine’s Russell Grimm saw his eight game hitting streak end. Reedsville Hornets routed Hartford 9-0 while Syracuse collapsed 18-1 at Middleport in the late games.
Kirby Highe, Dodgers veteran with 22 wins in 1941, struggled in his Minneapolis debut as the Millers beat Columbus 8-4 in the opener of a twin bill. A four-run sixth inning wove a comeback, but Columbus added three more in the ninth.
Glouster and Lancaster meet in district championship games with Fairfield Post vs Mc Cann-Frederick Post squads. First game 5 p.m. Tuesday at the local field, second in Lancaster Thursday, potential third to be set later. Tournament ends by July 23 with winner advancing to the state tournament in Columbus on July 30.
Athens Eagles snapped a six game slide in the Hocking Valley League by scoring three runs in the ninth to beat Glouster Merchants 10 to 7. Athens trailed 6-3 after three innings but outhit the Merchants 11 to 9 and used late scoring to pull away. Taylor earned the win in relief of Finsterwald as J Roman, Toth, and B Roman handled the Glouster pitching duties.
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