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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1954
Page
12
Dodgers hammer Sal Maglie for 11 hits and nine runs in six innings at Ebbets Field as Brooklyn tops the Giants 9 to 1. Pee Wee Reese and Jackie Robinson each collect three hits, erasing a recent Giants advantage and widening the NL lead in a tight pennant race.
Tuesday features New York at Chicago with Byrd facing Trucks in the afternoon, Boston at Cleveland, Washington at Baltimore, Philadelphia at Detroit, and a Kellner–Bishop vs Gromek–Garver matchup. Wednesday adds Chicago at Brooklyn and St. Louis at New York among others, with Monday results including Brooklyn beating New York and Milwaukee and Pittsburgh results.
Club standings show Indianapolis leading with 59 wins and distance figures for Louisville, St Paul, Kansas City, Columbus, Minneapolis, Toledo, and Charleston. Schedule lists Toledo at Indianapolis and Columbus at Minneapolis with Charleston at St Paul regard games. Results include Kansas City 6 Louisville 4 and Indianapolis 3 Toledo 2 in 11 innings.
Carl Erskine limited the New York Giants to five hits and one unearned run as the Brooklyn Dodgers won 1 0 to close the gap to three games. Eddie Mathews supplied two RBIs with two singles as the Milwaukee Braves defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 3 11.
Four Athens horses earned top finishes at the Huntington West Virginia Amateur Horse Show last weekend. Leatherwood Command ridden by Mrs. Robert Mathews won open three gaited class and placed in the Three Gaited Stakes. New Hills oice with rider Mrs Richard I won two firsts including Open Three Gaited Class and Three Gaited Stakes. Windy Hills Surprise ridden by Mrs. Holzer took second in Open Fine Harness and third in Fine Harness Stakes. Miss Fisher rode Reserve Champion Kalrama's King to a Senior Equitation Stakes win and silver trophy. Windy Hills Pony Popsicle ridden by Miss Jenny Holver won Line Pony class.
Cincinnati centerfielder Gus Bell shows improved defense this season after leading NL outfielders in errors last year with 11. By end of June he had only one miscue, occurring in the first game of the season.
Three Currituck County prison inmates were unaccounted for after a baseball game between Hertford and Currituck county camps in Ahoskie North Carolina. A batter hit a long high fly as three fielders ran and kept running.
Cincinnati Reds aim to stay in first division after a 13-13 exhibition against Detroit at Crosley Field. Birdie Tebbetts pinch hit, Bud Podbielan pitched for Philadelphia, while Freddie Hutchinson struggled for Detroit. Profit from the game supported the Greater Cincinnati Amateur Baseball Fund as 10,909 fans attended.
In Pony League, the Giants defeated the Indians 10 to 9 after extra innings as Tom Baldwin drove in the winning run in the bottom of the sixth and Pickett added three hits. In Little League, the Lions shut out Nyes 14 to 3 with Branfield and Bennett combining on a no hitter, Dickens, Davis and Nelson each collecting three hits for the Lions.
In Los Angeles Sgt. J B Reed 193 outpointed Jake Williams 187. Oakland saw Maurice Harper 10 outpoint Charlie Sawyer 149. Hawaii match Kenney Davis 126 stopped Steve Takano 12 with Davis winning by stoppage.
New York star Noren of the Yankees extends his American League lead to four points over Minnie Minoso as he hits .358 while Snider of Brooklyn holds a 19 point NL edge over Don Mueller. Avila falls to fourth while Mantle sits near third with a .321 mark.
The Louisville Colonels lost 6-4 to Kansas City as Indianapolis Indians beat Toledo 3-2 in 11 innings. The losses widen the Colonels’ gap to 11 games behind the league leader Indianapolis, with Kansas City collecting 13 hits and overcoming a four-run Louisville surge in the third.
Cleveland pitcher Mike Garcia celebrated the birth of his son Michael Martin at Lakewood Hospital, while his father Merced Garcia died in Visalia California after a long illness. Merced, 65, trained and bred horses and is survived by four daughters and two other sons.
Cleveland opens a series with Boston aiming to cushion a AL lead as Bob Lemon seeks his 12th win. The Indians hold a game and a half edge over the Yankees despite a tough 30 day span, with recent injuries to Lemon Garcia and Strickland and a 2-1 exhibition setback to St. Louis.
Vic Towell, a former bantam champion, fell to Carmelo Costa by unanimous decision in a 10 round bout at Eastern Parkway Brookyln. Towell fought after a long layoff and blamed a twisted right ankle for a rusty performance.
New York Giants outfielder Willie Mays and New York Yankees center fielder Mickey Mantle top the majors in slugging. Mays posts 244 total bases and 69 slugging, with 34 homers, 16 doubles, 6 triples in 114 hits. Mantle has 201 total bases and a .591 average with 20 homers in 109 hits. leads AL with 20 homers and shares lead in total bases among top slugging players.
Kalamazoo Michigan report: Larry Biederman of Lima Ohio loses to Allen Quay of St. Petersburg Florida 6 1 6 4 in the opening round of the National Junior and Boys Tennis Championships junior singles event.
Roy Mack asserted the Philadelphia Athletics are not for sale amid rumors at the midsummer meetings. He disclosed family stock tensions with brother Earle over control of the club and referenced talks with a syndicate led by Arnold Johnson.
In St Paul Harbert defeats Bolt 1 up after 36 holes and Burkemo edges Middlecoff in an extra hole to reach the championship round. Burkemo seized a 3 up edge late in the afternoon before tiring and losing in sudden death.
ABC and the NCAA announced a 26 week winter and spring college sports slate expanding télévision coverage. The plan begins likely with the La Salle vs Niagara basketball game on December 11 and may include Dartmouth Winter Carnival Penn Drake relays IRA Regatta Syracuse and other events.
Vancouver prepares for the fifth British Empire and Commonwealth Games opening Friday. About 800 athletes from 25 nations attend July 30 to August 7 featuring a standout mile race. Star entrants include John Landy, Roger Bannister, Murray Halberg, and Victor Milligan in a classic four mile showdown.
The golfer explains how to use a fairway wood off the fairway without a tee. A shorter shaft, altered swing arc, and a deliberate drop of the right shoulder knee and hip help control the shot. Do not baby the wood. commit when distance and a favorable lie demand it.
Pat Lesser, 20, former women's intercollegiate champion, led the Wo men's Western Amateur qualifying in Indianapolis with a 3 under par 72 including two eagles. Her score set a Broadmoor CC women's mark and tied the WWGA amateur record. Carol Diringer was runner-up with 74. no other player broke par.
More than 1,200 top amateur golfers begin 36 hole qualifying rounds today for the USGA amateur championship. 163 places open in the preliminary round as players compete across 38 courses nationwide including Detroit and New York. The championship runs August 23 to 28 at the Country Club of Detroit Michigan.
The majors reject Hank Greenbergs interleague schedule for 1955 and approve a college rule banning signing players who have started their second academic year. Milwaukee to host the 1955 All Star Game. Caribbean winter baseball reaches a final conference with Frick to end seasons by Feb 15 and limit rosters to five players per team with at least two rookies. Frick asserts Greenbergs interleague idea was withdrawn. Everett Eppie Barnes, Colgate athletic director, won protection for college players.
Swearingen's defeated Fellowcraft 11 to 8 at the High School field in a high scoring league game. Marion Wood led the winners with four hits as Swearingen's totaled 14 hits and built a late lead with three runs in the sixth inning.
Gov. Lausche signed an emergency order allowing the state racing commission to waive urine tests for harness race winners. Saliva tests remain required. The order lets the commission pay veterinarians for tests instead of county fairs.
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