Southworth In Comeback Of Season
Billy Southworth leads the Boston Braves back into the pennant race after health troubles. The Braves, in a three-way tie with Philadelphia and St. Louis, rely on Spahn Ain and Vern Bickford as they seek key victories. Other NL and AL results highlight tight battles and notable performances across major teams.
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Associated Press
Billy Southworth
Boston Braves
Billy
Braves
Johnny Cooney
Southworth
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Warren Spahn
Johnny Ain
Vern Bickford
Spahn
Pirates
Pittsurgh
Southpaw
al Brazie
Nos Slaughter
Eddie Miller
del Rice
Brazile
National League and American League Games and Scores
Baseball card reviews multiple NL and AL matchups with line scores. Highlights include St Louis beating Brooklyn 7-5 in St Louis, Philadelphia sweeping Chicago in two games, and Johnny Mize homering twice for the Yankees in a 12-1 win over St Louis amid a pennant race push.
Eastern Stars Edge West In Overtime All-Star Tilt
The injury rid den Eastern All-Stars scored five runs in the bottom of the ninth to beat the Western squad 7 to 6 in the annual Ohio Indiana League All-Star game in Newark.
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Newark
National Hockey League Founded in 1918
The formation of the National Hockey League dates to 1918 marking the creation of a major professional ice hockey league. The league united several Canadian franchises and laid groundwork for future expansion and competition.
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National Hockey League
Indians Trip Dodgers in Little League tilt
The revitalized Indians beat the Dodgers 12 to 6 to move within a game and a half of the Little League lead. Wendell White earned the win with a fifth inning homer as the Tribe, over .500 for the first time this year, collected six hits aided by Dodgers errors and spotty pitching. Joe South had the lone hit in the second, and Helmick Campbell and Gordon Scott drove in runs as the Indians jumped ahead 5-0 early.
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Phillies
Chicago
Cubs
Bill Serena
Paul Milner
Bubba Church
Cincinnati
New York Giants
Virgil Stallcup
Stallcup
Ted Kluszewski
Monte Kennedy
Detroit
Boston
Red Sox
Tigers
Vern Stephen
Big Dawn Mize
New York
St. Louis
Mize
Bob Lemon
Cleveland
Kermit Wahl
Tribe
Philadelphia
Lemon
Washington
Ray Scarborough
Indians
Dodgers
Dodger
Phil Merchant
Jerry Rexroad
Byron Gaskill
Wendell White
Joe South
Helmick
Campbell
Gordon Scott
Tribbe
Merchant
Panthers
South
Texroad
Gaskill
Taylor
Vince DiMaggio Stands Out In National League Strikeout Rates
Vince DiMaggio led the National League in strikeouts in six of nine seasons spanning 1937 to 1945, marking a notable power-for-strikeout trend during this era.
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Vince Dimaggio
Baseball season leaders listed by team and stat
Batting Kell Detroit .357 runs Stephens Boston 80 RBIs Stephens Boston 95 hits Kell Detroit 120 doubles Kell Detroit 26 triples Dillinger Philadelphia 9 home runs Rosen Cleveland 27 stolen bases DiMaggio Boston 9 strikeouts Reynolds New York Lemon Cleveland 1 pitching McDermott Boston 51 .833 Lemon Cleveland 144 .778 batting Robinson Brooklyn 357 runs Jones Philadelphia Kiner Pittsburgh 66 RBIs Kiner Pittsburgh 71 hits Furillo Brooklyn 104 doubles Musial St Louis 27 triples Ashburn Philadelphia 7 home runs Kiner Pittsburgh 26 stolen bases Jethroe Boston 24 strikeouts Spahn Boston 122 pitching Miller Philadelphia 81 8389
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Laniel
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Chipman
Klippstein
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Lopat
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Fowler
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Pearce
Milwaukee
Kansas City
Columbus
St. Paul
Toledo
Palica
Landrum
Campanella
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Crandall
Dickson
Law
Walsh
Mueller
Kennedy
Westrum
Fox and
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Roberts
Johnson
Seminick
Minner
Owen
Church
Lopata
Rush
Vandermeer
Schmitz
Leonard
A. Walker
D. Johnson
Starr
Lollar Byrne
Berra
Silvera
Lemon
Benton
Hegan
Shantz
Hooper
Coleman
Tipton
Hutchinson
Stuart
Calvert
White
Robinson
Kinder
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Dobson
Batts
Scarborough
Alama
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Grasso
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Stephens
Dillinger
Rosen
DiMaggio
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McDermott
Kiner
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Musial
Ashburn
Jethroe
Miller
Browns Begin 1949 Training Camp at Bowling Green
Cleveland Browns open their 1949 camp at Bowling Green with 48 hopefuls, 24 veterans and 24 rookies. Key players from last year depart or shift to coaching while Len Ford and other veterans join, and Paul Brown leads a tight, demanding program ahead of the September 16 season opener in Philadelphia.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Browns
Bowling Green
Browns
Lou Saban
Edgar Jones
Ara Parseghian
Ed Sustersic
Les Horvath
Bob Gaudio
Zeke O'Connor
Detroit Lions
Ken Carpenter
Ken Gorgal
Ed Longin
Emerson Cole
Dom Moselle
Jimmy Joe Robinson
Tom O'Malley
Frank O'Pella
Dopey” Phelps
Jim Martin
Jon Sandusky
Temerario
Brown
Dick Gallagher
Gallagher
Santa Clara
Alpha Ni Delta House
Philadelphia
Logan describes German war criminals at Mondorf camp
H Biddle, former Mondorf and Nurnberg prison chief, recounts life inside the Mondorf hotel prison. He details security measures, arrival of Goering and other leaders, and the personal effects seized, including Hermann Goering’s cyanide ampule, jewelry, and uniforms. He notes Goering and Himmler deaths by poison and Eva Braun’s pact with Hitler.
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Logan Kiwanis Club
H. the
Biddle
Mondorf
Nurnberg
Hermann Goering
Field Marshall Kesselring
Seuss Inquart
von Ribbentrop
Henrich Himmler
Kurt DeLuege
Admiral Donetz
Gen
Blaskientz
Les Bains
Europe
Blaskiewitz
Seyss Insquart
Holland
Inquart
Luxembourg
Goering
Marshall Goering
Ford
Himmler
Eva Braun
Hitler
Reichmarshal
Nurnburg
Marshal Kesselring
Kurt DaLuege
Gestapo
William Knapp
Lake Logan
Izaak Walton League
Electrics Top Gascos In City Softball Thriller
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electrics edged the Ohio Fuel Gas squad 13 to 12 in the City Softball League opener for the second half race. Shafer earned the win with a homer and two hits as Electrics rallied with a seven run fourth inning after a 13 run first four frames. Schuyler and Boyer led Gasco with multiple hits and a homer.
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Southern Ohio Electrics
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Electrics
Gasco
Shafer
Wyatt
Armbruster
Gascos
Schuyler
Boyer
Grubb
Chiki
Boles
Diessle
American Blind Golf Tourney Opens Today
AUGUSTA Maine the American blind golf tournament opens today with 14 entrants from the United States and Canada playing by ear and touch at the first tee at 9 a m EST in the 36 hole medal play event. The tournament ends Thursday with observers predicting a winning score near 200. Bill Gilman hosts and is a former runner up with J K Wiley of Los Angeles and Harold Urick of Cleveland in the field.
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Augusta
United States
Bill Gilman
J. K. Wiley
Los Angeles
Harold Urick
Cleveland
Logan Brief Social Notes
A miscellaneous shower was given at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Halstead Lehman Logan Route 3 for Mr. and Mrs. Jack Smith Audrey Lehman. Guests included numerous Lehman and Smith families with prizes won by William Ricketts Mrs. John Lehman and Wilbur Lehman. The couple now reside at 312 Fort Street Nelsonville.
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Halstead Lehman
Logan
Jack Smith
Audrey Lehman
William Ricketts
John Lehman
Wilbur Lehman
William Smith
Ronnie
Skippy
Avanelle Campbell
Sonny
Kay Christian
Lawrence Smith
Fred Smith
Louise
O. L. Hemsworth
Norma Jean
Lester Walker
Clarence, Dale and
Harlan
Ruby Scott
Pat Rutherford
Arlene Horn
Ruby
Sadie Nixon
Waldo Lehman
Judy
Mercie Lehman
Forest Mingus
Wanda
Eugene
Arthur Mingus
Clarence Nixon
Freda
Leora
Herb Smith
Terry Smith
Mr. Smith
Carbon Hill
Paul's Cleaners
Nelsonville
Smith
Godman Shoe Factory
Fort St
Visitors Return Home After Eastern Ohio Trip
James McNamee freight agent for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway resumes duties after a two week vacation in eastern Ohio. He visited Blaine St Clairsville and Byesville with Mrs. McNamee calling on relatives and meeting Dick Quinn in Logan. They visited Sister Cathrine James at Mt Notre Dame Convent Reading. Mrs Ad Edgell of Nelsonville accompanies them.
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N. Market Sr
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Ohio
Blaine
St. Clairsville
Reading
Logan
Mrs. McNamee
Ad Edgell
Nelsonville
Neal Dillon Named To Law Journal Board
Neal Dillon son of Mr and Mrs Samuel H Dillon of W Main Sr Ohio State University law student earned invitation to join the editorial board of the Ohio State University Law Journal Eligibility requires a B average or better Dillon earned a Bachelor of Arts from Ohio University in 1948
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Logan—Neal Dillon
Samuel H. Dillon
W. Main Sr
Ohio State Univesity
Ohio State University Law Journal
Dillon
Ohio University
Logan's Fourth Street Man Treated at Dayton Veterans Hospital
Tom McCutcheon of Fourth Street was taken yesterday to the Veterans Hospital in Dayton for treatment.
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Logan
Tom McCutcheon
Fourth St
Veterans Hospital
Dayton
Automobile Identified As Abandoned wreck on Route 216 linked to Glyndon Isaacs
Sheriff officials confirm the wrecked 1940 convertible found between Murray City and New Straitsville belongs to Glyndon Isaacs of Dayton. The car, missing license plates, wrecked a barbed wire fence and struck a tree after leaving the highway near Forrest Hise residence Sunday evening.
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LOGAN
Murray City
New Straitsville
Sheriff's Department
Glyndon Isaacs
Dayton
Forrest Hise
Isaacs
Hocking County
Hocking Valley Hospital Admits and Births
Walter Houdashelt from McArthur Frank Rada of Logan Mrs Myrtle Sheets and Mrs Mary Kay Terrell both of Logan admitted. A baby boy was born to Mr and Mrs George Karns of Creola. Discharges include Charles Arnold Sr of Logan and Mrs John Smathers of McArthur.
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Walter Houdashelt
McArthur
Frank Rada
Logan
Myrtle Sheets
Mary Kay Terrell
Charles Arnold, Sr
John Smathers
Logan Ponies Win at Hillsboro All Pony Show
Three local ponies finished in the money at the third annual All Pony Show at Hillsboro Fairgrounds. Lady Rhythm ridden by Kay Cannon, Good Natured with Hank Miller, and Smoke Dream with Martha Jean Taylor earned prizes among about 100 ponies from across the United States. The event is sponsored by Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Davis of Hillsboro.
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Hillsboro Fairgrounds
Rhythm
Kay Cannon
A. V. Taylor
Hank Miller
Smoke Dream
Martha Jean Taylor
United States
R. J. Davis
Hillsboro
Wesley Cannon
Kay
Daugher Martha Jane
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