Reds Lose Sweep as Errors Haunt Reds
New Haven report says Cincinnati, once atop the league with 21 wins in 29 games, tumbled into a losing streak after six losses in seven. A misplayed double play by Virgil Stallcup sparked New York’s 8-2 win, while Cincinnati later blew a 5-1 lead in a 7-6 loss to Don Mueller and the White Sox.
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Wes Westrum
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Stallcup
Thompson
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Howie Fox
Alvin Dark
New York
Cincinnati
Sal Maglie
Joe Adcock
Homer Howell
Lloyd Merriman
Connie Ryan
Maglie
Texas
Boston
Braves
Merchants to Meet Legion Team in Friday Game
Glouster Merchants of the Hocking Valley League face the local American Legion junior squad Friday at 5 p.m. in Glouster. St Louis Cardinals have finished first or second in every season since 1941.
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Hocking Valley League
American Legion
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Baseball scores from yesterday in the American League and others
Boston beats Detroit 6 to 5 while New York defeats St. Louis 6 to 3. Philadelphia trips Cleveland 7 to 6 as Chicago loses to St. Louis 9 to 5. Brooklyn over Chicago 7 to 4, Pittsburgh tops Boston 8 to 4, and Cincinnati falls to New York 2 to 8. In the American Association Columbus 3 Minneapolis 6 and Indianapolis 6 Milwaukee 2.
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St. Louis
Brooklyn
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New York
Chicago
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Detroit
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Red Sox
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Mel Parnell
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Joe DiMaggio
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Baseball Tonight Premier Matchups Across Major Leagues
Today’s slate features Boston at Detroit Kin der facing Trout, New York at St Louis Byrne, Widmar, Philadelphia at Cleveland Shantz Gromek, Washington at Chicago with Hudson Marrero against Pierce Gumpert, and NL games Saint Louis at Brooklyn Boyer vs Van Cuyk, Chicago at Philadelphia Minner vs Simmons. Also Pittsburgh at Boston Chambers vs Saphn. Other Western matchups listed.
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Detrit
Kinder
Trout
New York
St. Louis
Byrne
Widmar
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Shantz
Gromek
Washington
Chicago
Hudson
Marrero
Pierce
Gumpert
Brooklyn
Boyer
van Cuyk
Minner
Simmons
Pittsburgh
Chambers
Saphn
Louisville Regains Association Lead in Walkoff Wins
The Louisville Colonels moved back atop the American Association with 2-0 and 4-3 wins over Kansas City, while Indianapolis beat Milwaukee 6-2. Toledo topped St Paul 4-1 and Columbus beat Minneapolis 3-0 for their seventh straight win. Marlowe five-hit St Paul, Lund hit 14th homer, Lerchen 18th. Krieger improved to 11-3 for Columbus as the Birds shut out Minneapolis. Miggins had two doubles and a single for Columbus.
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Minneapolis
Toledo
St. Paul
Louisville
Kansas City
Indianapolis
Milwaukee
Associated Press
Louisville Colonels
Dick Marlowe
Don Lund
George Lerchen
Morris Martin
Kurt Krieger
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Larry Miggins
Athens Triumphs In Inter City Tennis Match 5 1
Athens defeated Nelsonville 5 to 1 in Wednesday’s inter city tennis meet. Nelsonville’s only win came from Newton and Linton in doubles 6 4 7 5. A return match is scheduled next week in Athens.
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Nelsonville
Charles Newton
Bob Linton
Tom Tolliver
Patterson
Charley Orr
Ralph Nuzum
Curt Coakley
Johnny Keplar
Nuzum
Coakley
Orr
Frank Hartley
Tolliver
Newton
William Warren
Galbreath Increases Buc Stock Holdings
Columbus real estate operator John W. Galbreath now owns 948 additional shares of the Pittsburgh Pirates Baseball Club. He acquired the stock from the estate of his wife Helen Galbreath who died three years ago in a transaction connected to paying estate taxes of 174,432 dollars on her 646,634 dollar estate.
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John W. Galbreath
Columbus Real Estate
Pittsburgh Pirates
Pirates
Helen Galbreath
Galbreath
Dairymen Awarded Forfeit Victory In City League
The Columbus and Southern Ohio Electrics failed to appear for their City League softball game with Low Man’s Dairy and lost by forfeit. Beckley Clothiers face Beasley Mathews at 6 p.m. Thursday.
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Yale to meet nine football opponents in 1950
Yale announces a 1950 football schedule featuring Connecticut Brown Fordham Columbia Cornell Holy Cross Dartmouth Princeton and Harvard. The lineup presents a demanding slate with notable regional rivals.
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Connecticut
Brown
Fordham
Columbia
Cornell
Holy Cross
Dartmouth
Princeton
Harvard
Dodgers edge Cardinals as Russell hits pair
Jim Russell of the Dodgers homered from both sides of the plate in a 7-5 victory over St Louis. Mel Parnell of the Red Sox shut out Detroit on five hits in a 1-0 win.
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Dodgers
St. Louis
Mel Parnell
Red Sox
Detroit
Major League Baseball Seasonal Leaders Show Surges and Records
The list highlights top performers: Robinson and Musial lead batting and runs with 361 and 119 hits respectively. Spanning positions, Kiner, Spahn, and Lemon appear among home runs, RBIs, strikeouts, and pitching wins with standout figures like 28 home runs for Kiner and 82 pitching wins for Miller.
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Brooklyn
Musial
St. Louis
Jones
Philadelphia
Kiner
Pittsburgh
Ashburn
Jethroe
Boston
Spahn
Miller
Evers
Detroit
Stephens
Kell
F Vers
Rosen
Cleveland
Proximity Seeks Cash Record in Sportsman Trot
Proximity, an eight year old trotting mare, competes at Sportsman Park in the $15,000 Sportsman’s Trot aiming to surpass Goldsmith Main’s 1877 money record of $206,462. Proximity has $204,870 and could win $7,500 for first, with Bangaway of Saunders Mills Stables of Toledo also in the field having $74,000 earned last season.
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Sportsman’s Park
Goldsmith Main
Bangaway
Saunders Mills Stables
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Glouster To Represent District At Columbus
Glouster McCann-Frederick Post 414 will represent District 8 in the Ohio State field Columbus junior baseball tourney. The team earned the honor by defeating Lancaster 3 to 2 after a three game series. Lancaster won game one 7 to 6, forcing a decisive rubber game. Glouster won game one 10 to 7.
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McCann-Frederick Post
American Legion
Ohio State Field
Columbus
Lancaster
Marion Red Sox Pitcher John Lacey Drafted for Pre Induction Physical
Marion Ohio Indiana League pitcher John Lacey a 21 year old right hander for the Marion Red Sox received orders to report for a pre induction physical in Somerville Massachusetts his home town. Lacey has pitched eight wins and four losses and his team sits in second place.
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Juedes Named Assistant Professor at Wittenberg College
Springfield report says Clifford B. Juedes was named assistant professor of physical education at Wittenberg College. A former all around athlete at State Teachers College LaCrosse Wisconsin, he will assume the post September 1 and will coach a minor sport at the Lutheran school.
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Wittenberg College
Clifford B. Juedes
Juedes
State Teachers College
LaCrosse
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Lutheran
Mickey Frinzi Shines in Football Baseball and Track
Villanova College star Mickey Frinzi, fleet halfback, starred in football for the Main Line school and also excelled in baseball and track.
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Mickey Frinzi
Villanova
Main Line
Boston Four-Miler Legend Named for Card Game
Boston’s famed four-miler from the 1830s, who won 40 of 45 races, earned his nickname from a card game rather than the city, a fact highlighted in recent sports history notes.
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Boston
Zoldak Relief Hurler Sparks Cleveland Drive in Win
Sad Sam Zoldak earned three relief wins in a week lifting Cleveland toward the AL lead. He rescued Early Wynn against the A's and delivered six shutout innings versus Philadelphia, while Detroit and Boston push the pennant race into a four team scramble.
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Associated Press
Sam Zoldak
San Diego
Cleveland
Zoldak
Hank Greenberg
Tribe
Johnny Berardino
Sam
Hankus
Lou Boudreaux
Philadelphia
Washington
Early Wynn
Mike Garcia
A’s
Garcia
Billy Hitchcock
Ferris Fain
Reds Open East Tour After Home Run Run
Cincinnati Reds under Luke Sewell head east for a two week tour after a standout home stand at Crosley Field. They face Cubs and Cardinals in six games including twilight doubleheaders on Aug 8 11 12 1950 with ticket orders handled by the Reds box office at 307 Vine Street Cincinnati.
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Luke Sewell
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Crosley Field
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Seeded Stars Fall as Southampton Tennis Play Resumes
In Southampton N Y four seeded players were eliminated from the singles draw of the 60th Southampton Invitation. Herb Flam of Beverly Hills Calif led the exits after defeating Ted Schroeder for the National clay courts title. Earl Cochell of San Francisco beat Tony Trabert 6 4 6 4 in a third round match as Trabert had beat August Ganzinpula Jr. 6 2 earlier.
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Beverly Hills
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River Forest
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England
Tony Mottram
Jack Tuero
New Orleans
Hugh Stewart
Los Angeles
Earl Cochell
San Francisco
Cincinnati
Tony Trabert
Trabert
August Ganzenpula Jr
Sea Cliff
Shawnee Group Tours Cincinnati Morning Matinee Trip
Rob ert Grandy (Logan) drove a 31 member Re bekah group to Cincinnati for Morning Matinee. Mrs. Anna Hamrick marked her thirty fourth anniversary with a corsage. The tour visited the Procter and Gamble plant and the zoo with several local residents noted.
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Logan
Rebekah
Cincinnati
Anna Hamrick
Procter and Gamble
Zoo
Elizabeth Hopkins
Margaret Hopkins
Ruth Leaves
Mabel Peyton
Leila Norris
Maxine Norris
Georgiana Turnbull
Kathryn Leaves
Caroline McLaughlin
Belle Charles
Thelma Phillips
Fannie Morgan
Virginia Browning
Ethel Phillips
Susie Peyton
Erreatha Porter
Pearl Charles
Lily Hiles
Elizabeth Davis
Kay Jewett
Kay Wilcox
Edith Opperman
Mary Opperman
Kathrine Nicholas
Helen Manning
Thelma Mellencamp
Estella Opperman
Eula Chute
Margaret Duvall
Charles Bright
Sandra Bennett
Barberton
Edward Hopkins
Dickie
Ralph Barnett
Columbus
Patty Craig
New Straitsville
American track and field athletes to tour overseas this summer
About 100 American track and field athletes are set to tour foreign countries during the upcoming summer season. The initiative aims to showcase talent abroad and strengthen international competition exposure for the team.
Hagen Runner Up to Sarazen in 1923 PGA Championship
Walter Hagen finished second to Gene Sarazen in the 1923 PGA Championship. He would later win the tourney four consecutive times, establishing a dominant early career in professional golf.
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Gene Sarazen
Walter Hagen
City Tennis Tournament Advances to Finals in 16 17 Division
Winners bracket finals set after third and fourth round wins. George Starcher defeated Jim Leach 6-2 8-6 while Freddie Stehr beat Art Hawkins 6-3 6-4. Ralph Nuzum beat Don Tolliver 6-4 6-2. Starcher beat Nuzum by default. Stehr beat Charley Orr 2-6 6-4 6-3. Losers bracket sees Dilley over Saunders 6-2 6-0.
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Freddie Stehr
George Starcher
Starcher
Jim Leach
Stehr
Art Hawkins
Ralph Nuzum
Don Tolliver
Ronnie Leach
Hawkins
McCammon
Tolliver
Dilley
Ohio U
Chief Direct Choice In Roosevelt Feature
Chief Direct is expected to win the feature race at Roosevelt Raceway. Vologda Dale won the Hamp ton Beach purse last night driven by Chase Dean for a 17.20 payoff. Green Mountain Boy finished third with Larry Chief in second.
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N.Y
Chief
Roosevelt Raceway
Chase Dean
Vologda Dale
Hampton Beach
Larry Chief
Green Mountain Boy
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