Mid American players drift in slow pro starts and local notes
A batch of Mid-American Conference players begin slow pro careers with small league stats and local shifts. Austin Palmer bats .227 in 19 games for the Superior Blues as a rookie third baseman, Miami teammate Jo Smith struggles at bat, while Johnny Muldovan drops two tough starts before a five hitter against Newark. Al Widmar powers Baltimore’s minor league wins, Earl Clarke returns home from Utica due to family illness, and Ralph Sayre ends injuries while eyeing football practice. VFW in Minnesota launches a junior softball program. Dwight Eddleman signs with the Tri-Cities Black Hawks, and West Virginia schools set early practice dates ahead of Ohio teams.
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Superior Blues
Austin Palmer
Chauncey Seminary
Miami University
Blues
Miami
Jo Smith
Ohio University
Johnny Muldovan
Newark Bears
Baltimore Orioles
Orioles
Bears
al Widmar
St. Louis Browns
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Minnesota
American Legion
Dwight Eddleman
Illinois
Basketball Association of America
Tri-Cities Blackhawks
Ralph Sayre
West Virginia
Ohio River Bend
Hartford
Ralph
Wahama High
White Falcons
Sayre
Falcons
Ohio
Keller and Starcher Reach Tennis Semi finals
Dave Keller defeated Jack Murray 6 3 7 5 to reach the city tennis semi finals. George Starcher advances on a forfeit from Gail Watkins, while Joe Doran beat Fay Simmons 1 6 6 3 6 2 to move toward a semi with Dick Atkinson. Final rounds run Wednesday and Thursday with swim meet delaying tonight’s play.
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Dave Keller
George Starcher
Jack Murray
Gail Watkins
Keller
Murray
Starcher
Watkins
Joe Doran
Fay Simmons
Doran
Dick Atkinson
Milton Brown
Clayton Riley
Atkinson-Doran
Brown-Riley
Hardwares Hold Off Electrics 6-5 In City Softball
The Carpenter Hardwares edge the Electrics 6-5 to win the first game of the City Softball League second round. Key hits by Carl Green Bob Miller and Woody English helped build a early lead, with late drama as Electrics rally came up short after Jim Allen retired the side in the seventh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carpenter Hardwares
Electrics
The
Hardwares
Carl Green
Bob Miller
Woody English
Jack Daft
Bill van Dyke
Jim Allen
Bassford
Bolce
Allen
Calvin
Casey
English
Green
Foster's Body Sent to Omaha for Funeral Arrangements
The body of Vincent Lee Foster 22 a welterweight boxer will be moved to Omaha for funeral services after a fatal car collision near Pipestone Minn Foster had been visiting relatives and had gained ring fame last January by knocking out Tony Pallone of New York Ruth Newcome 18 of Flandreau S D also died in the crash Three other people were injured and are expected to recover
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Pipestone
Minn
Vincent Lee Foster
Omaha
Foster
Tony Pallone
New York
Madison Square Garden
Kansas City
Ruth Newcome
Flandreau, S. D
Pipestone Hospital
National League and American League Standings and Scores
Summary of the latest standings by league with team records and percentages, plus yesterday's results across the NL and AL. Notable games include Indians’ 1-0 win over the Red Sox and Mets, Pirates, and Cubs action with various pitchers and line scores.
Night Baseball Matchups Across The League Schedule
Preseason style listings show multiple night games with pitchers names and records. Washington at Detroit Newhouser, Boston at Chicago Kuzava, New York at Cleveland Reynolds and Lemon, Philadelphia at St. Louis Coleman Fowler against Drews Garver, Cincinnati at New York Fox Jansen, Pittsburgh at Brooklyn Werle Newcombe, Chicago at Philadelphia Leonard Heintzelman, St. Louis Boston Lanier Spahn, plus Toledo Indianapolis Columbus Louisville Minneapolis Milwaukee St Paul Kansas City games listed without results.
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Brooklyn
Loge
Swankonte
Boston
Philadelphia
New York
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Boston Jalen We
Detrolec
Canwiis
Chicago
Washington
LGU
American Ee Ae
St. Pet
Adbuceseeda
Indianapolis
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
Cootuiddus
Wancateeceun
Kansas City
Philadel
Detroit
Kellner
Scheib
Rosar
Guerra
Houtteman
Hutchinson
Stuart
Grissom
Overmire
Trout
Riebe
McDermott
Batts
Garcia
Hogan
Marshall
Page
Byrne
Berra
Wight
Surkent
Wheeler
St. Louis
Brazile
Staley
Wilks
D. Rice
Kennedy
R. Mueller
Blackwell
Erantt
Howell
Bickford
G. Elliott
Barrett
Livingston
Dickson
McCullough
Fitzgerald
Donnelly
Konstanty
Roberts
Rowe
Trinkle
Seminick
Rush
Muncrief
Owen
Hatten
Hittle
Newhouser
Dobson
Kuzava
Reynolds
Lemon
Coleman
Fowler
Drews
Garver
Fox
Jansen
Werle
Newcombe
Leonard
Heintzelman
Lanier
Spahn
American Association
Toledo
Columbus
Louisville
St. Paul
Ask Boxers Be Barred From NYC Bout
Cincinnati Boxing Commission seeks NBA suspension for Ezzard Charles and Gus Lesnevich if their 15 round bout in New York City on August 10 proceeds. The resolution, mailed to the New York Boxing Commission the NBA and managers, cites Charles as NBA world heavyweight champion. The promoter Sam Becker seeks Lesnevich in a Sept. 19 return bout with Joey Maxim for the NBA title. Becker reported a $40,000 loss on the Lesnevich match.
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Cincinnati
Cincinnati Boxing Commission
National Boxing Association
Ezzard Charles
Gus Lesnevich
New York City
New York Boxing Commission
NBA
Charles
Lesnevich
Jersey Joe Walcott
Sam Becker
Joey Maxim
Maxim
Becker
Graziano Wins But Sustains Deep Eye Gash
Rocky Graziano earned his 30th victory with a second round knockout of Joe Agnosta before a 4500 strong Century Stadium crowd in West Springfield Massachusetts. The former middleweight champion suffered a deep cut over his left eye and was expected to be sidelined three to four weeks.
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West Springfield
Mass
Rocky Graziano
Joe Agnosta
Century Stadium
Graziano
Boxing Results From Multiple Cities
A series of bout outcomes: Lester Felton 148 pounds from Detroit defeated Vince Turpin 144 pounds from Canton by points in Dayton. Clyde Bowman 133 pounds of Los Angeles KO’d Lonnie Craft 171 pounds from Phoenix. Jimmy Bibins 1824 from Cleveland KO’d Watson Jones 180 from Los Angeles in Las Vegas. Al Costantino 148 pounds from New York stopped Russell Howard 148 from Brooklyn. John Shirer 215 pounds from Boston outpointed Rusty Payne 145 pounds from Pittsburgh. Bobby Lee 146s from Baltimore defeated Chico Varona 1464 from Havana by points in Philadelphia.
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Dayton
Ohio
Lester Felton
Detroit
Vince Turpin
Canton
Phoenix
Ariz
Clyde Bowman
Los Angeles
Lonnie
Craft
Las Vegas
Nev
Jimmy Bivins
Cleveland
Watson Jones
Brooklyn
al Costantino
New York
Russell Howard
Pittsburgh
John Shirer
Boston
Rusty Payne
Philadelphia
Bobby Lee
Baltimore
Chico Varona
Havana
Baseball season leaders and stats recap
Robinson of Brooklyn leads in runs and RBIs with 75 and 69 while hitting 178. Jones of Philadelphia has 23 doubles and Ennis adds triples. Kiner of Pittsburgh tops home runs. Spahn and Reynolds headline pitching leaders with clean records and high strikeout counts.
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Robinson
Brooklyn
Jones
Philadelphia
Ennis
Sewell
Pittsburgh
Spahn
Boston
Ex skater Miss Esmeralda Dunlap dies in Chicago home
Former world speed skating champion Miss Esmeralda Dunlap aged 49 died at her Chicago residence. She captured the 1919 world crown at Lake Placid New York. More than 500 Dan Patch Trophy Races are planned for the harness racing season to honor the famed early 1900s horse.
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Chicago
Esmeralda Dunlap
Dunlap
Lake Placid
N. Y
Dan Patch
OVA Sets All-Star Doubleheader At Syracuse Park
The Ohio Valley Association announced an all-star baseball doubleheader for next Sunday at Syracuse Park with Meigs County old-timers facing Gallia County stars at 1 30 p m and the OVA outstanding players meeting Syracuse at 2 30 p m Co managers will be Carl Smith and Bert Grimm Coaches include Paul Clifford Darsel Riebel and Tubby Morrison The event finances and inning limits were outlined and all league games Sunday postponed to August 28
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Racine
Syracuse Park
Ohio Valley Association
Pomeroy
Donald C. Wolfe
Meigs County
Gallia County
OVA
Syracuse
Carl Smith
Gallipolis
Bert Grimm
Paul Clifford
Twin Cities
Darsel Riebel
Reedsville
Tubby Morrison
Point Pleasant
Charles “Granddad” Shain
Dale Gilkey
Gallia
Wolfe
Walsh Notches Ath Triumph
Indianapolis beat Columbus 8-6 to cut the American Association lead, as Jim Walsh earned his 7th win despite 11 hits. Kansas City edged the Saints 5-3 behind a late rally, with Jimmy Delsing homering. Louisville toppled Toledo 5-4, and Milwaukee defeated Minneapolis 8-2 with Nick Eteen's grand slam. Howie Moss overtook the RBI lead with 38 as Milwaukee joined pace.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
St. Paul
Columbus
Kansas City
Saints
Indians
Jim Walsh
Tribe
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
Nick Eteen
Howie Moss
RBI
Jack Harshman
The
Millers
Williams and Bolanos finish wind up for Wrigley bout
Champion Williams and challenger En rique Bolanos of Mexico wrap up training in Los Angeles for their light weight title bout set for Thursday night at Wrigley Field.
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Los Angeles
the Williams
Enrique Bolanos
Mexico
Wrigley Field
Indians Rally Pushes Them Toward Yankees Lead
The Indians surged from seventh to challenging the Yankees after an 11 of 47 stretch, aided by Mike Garcia's pitching in a 1-0 win over Boston. The Yankees lost to Chicago while Philadelphia overtook Boston in the standings as Dodgers and Giants won in the NL.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Metkovich
White Sox
New York Yankees
Mike Garcia
Indians
Mickey McDermott
Boston Red Sox
Lupien
Leon Boudreau
Tribe
Athens Junior Legion to Play Four Games in Two Weeks
Coach Fred Swearingen announced four Legion baseball games for Athens Junior Legion. Gallipolis will visit at 6 p.m. today for the first game, the clubs meet again in Nelsonville Friday with a 5 30 p.m. start, Athens travels to Point Pleasant next Tuesday at 4 30 p.m., and Middleport visits Athens Thursday July 28 for the second game while Friday games shift due to weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens Junior Legion
Fred Swearingen
Gallipolis Legionnaires
Gallipolis
Athens
Nelsonville
Point Pleasant
Middleport
Happiness Depends On Inner Qualities Not Location
The piece argues happiness is a personal product, not place dependent, comparing city and farm life. It cites Nelsonville eateries, praises Cecil Shaffer and Colonial Restaurant, and notes figures like Bing Crosby and Bob Hope involved in a failed offshore venture. It ends promoting John Deere gear at Nye Farm Service Center to boost production and save labor.
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Nelsonville
Duncan Hines
Cecil Shaffer
Cecil
the Colonial
Barney Neiman
Paul Betts
Vic Oakley
Elmer Dowler
Ralph Cook
Bing Crosby
Bob Hope
John Deere
NYE Farm Service Center
Stimson and Palmer
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Utica
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Phillies
Keller and Starcher
ParGwares
Ncnceu
PICO
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Glouster, Ohio
Mudepor
Guy Ambassador
Goshen
Ambassador
C. M. Saunders
Rangaway
Harry Pitepatrick
Kiner
DiMaggio
Joost
Stephens
Rbesky
Majeski
Mitchell
Dillinger
Trucks
Walsh
Ath
Charley Harrington
Colonels
Kanss City
Jimmy Delsing
Hank Workman
S. Court
Second Ave
City Loan & Savings CO
Robert Hollingsworth
Friendly
Slice Yanks
Jor Revothiler
Associated Press Sports
Weiter
Charles Lupton
Indiana
Redmen
Yankees
Chicrago
Red Sox
Bach
Boudreau
Jim Hegan
George Methovich
Pred
Steve Souchock
Joe DiMaggio
Philadelphia Athletics
Detroit Tigers
A's
Johnny Groth
Stubby Overmire
Dizzy Trout
Brooklyn Dodgers
St. Louis Cardinals
Chicago Cubs
New York Giants
Redbirds
Letty Joe Hatten
Dodgers
Cubs
Jarkie Robinson
Brock
Tome
Gene Keramanaki
Monte Kennedy
Sid Gordon
Bobby Thomson
Cincinnati Reds
Ewell Blackwell
Eddie Krautz
Heston Braves
Pittsburgh Pirates
Prillies
Jim Konstanty
Murry Dickson
Pirates
Washington Senators
St Louis Browns
Tory
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