Baseball stars Joe Page Hugh Casey show in 1948 swing
Recalled notes on 1948 baseball season highlight Joe Page and Hugh Casey as key relief arms for the Yankees and Dodgers. The piece traces shifts in form with Page’s decline and Casey’s return, plus management changes involving Burt Shotton, Leo Durocher, Mel Ott, and the Giants. It also mentions Red Shreffler and Joe Vanity in brief local athletic contexts.
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New York Yankees
Skein
Boston Red Sox
Brooklyn Dodgers
Casey
Dodger
Burt Shotton
Leo Durocher
Bill Corum
New York Journal-American
New York
Brooklyn
Giants
Leo
Eagles at Athens Sunday in Ohio Valley Association games
The Athens Messenger reports Eagles visit Athens Sunday with Ohio Valley Association action on the docket. Listed Sunday games include Racine at Pomeroy, Gallians at Reedsville, and Hartford at Bees, with Racine and Ot exposure noted for first place contention.
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THE
Athens Messenger
Athens
Ohio
Eagles
Ohio Valley Associati Club
Bees Eis
Hartford
Bees
Racine
Pomeroy
Gallians
Reedsville
Standings Snapshot From National and American Leagues
National League results show Philadelphia beating Chicago 7 4, Brooklyn slipping to 9 runs and St Louis at 6. Pittsburgh loses to Boston 2 1 with Raffensberger pitching. American League notes Boston edges Detroit 8 7 as Trucks and Swift contribute, Tebbetts backs Kramer.
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Chicago
Philadelphia
Lade
Chipman
Dobernic
Borowry
Rush
McCullough
Rowe
Dubiel
Seminick
St. Louis
Brooklyn
Dickson
Staley
Wilks
Brazie
Baker
Barney
Behrman
Campanella
Pittsburgh
Boston
Queen
Highe
J. Riddle
Voiselle and Salkeld
Cincinnati
New York
Raffensberger
Burkhart
Peterson
Lamanno
Koslo
Cooper
Detroit
Kramer
Tebbetts
Trucks
Pierce
Swift
Wagner
Nelsonville Eagles edge Upholsters 3 1 for league lead
Nelsonville Eagles beat the Upholsters 3 to 1 in a City Softball League game behind two sixth inning unearned runs and steady pitching. The win sharpens Nelsonville's hold on first place as Athens and other contenders press in, with next key clashes looming after a Sunday card.
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Eagles
Nelsonville
Athens Baseball Club
Athens
New Marshfield
Logan
Glouster
Miners
Plains
Frank James
Ed Jones
Jay Ingall
Lefty Roberts
Tommy Holmes
George Joachim
Eagle
Red Cartwright
Denger
Bill Trautwein
Cartwright
Marshall Cupp
Shorty Wiseman
Gephart
Paul Farley
Farley
Trautwein
Harvey Springborn
Fred Swearingen
Fred Schleicher
Cash Swearingen
Keating
Bagby Blanks Birds as Tribe Hikes Lead in Baseball
Indianapolis blanked Columbus 6 to 0 to widen its lead over Milwaukee to 52 games as Bagby earned his 14th win. St Paul beat Milwaukee 7 to 8, Minneapolis topped Kansas City 4 to 0, and Toledo swept Louisville 5 4 and 4 1 with Jim Wilson and Ken Chapman homers boosting the wins.
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Bagby Blanks
Tribe
Associated Press
Jim Bagby
Indianapolis
Columbus
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Milwaukee Brewers
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Toledo
Louisville
Bagby
Mike Natisin
Harvey Haddix
Don Thompson
Indians
Haddix
Eric Tipton
Bill Ayers
Ben Warren
al Gerheauser
Earl Reid
Jim Wilson
Colonels
Ken Chapman
Speedway lists big car races in district
Columbus Jones Speedway Inc promoters announce race dates at Jones Speedway Newark Labor Day Sept 6 London Sept 12 Marysville Sept 26 and Logan Oct 10. The last three tracks are half mile fairground ovals.
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Columbus
Jones Speedway, Inc
Jones Speedway
Newark
Labor Day
London
Marysville
Logan
Wilson named freshman football coach at Heidelberg
Ben Wilson of Dover was chosen to coach Heidelberg College freshmen replacing John Spezzaferro of Cleveland. He will also serve as assistant dean of men, announced college officials yesterday.
Racine Maroons rout Hartford in 10-8 slugfest
Racine Maroons explode for seven runs in the first inning and go on to a 10-8 victory over Hartford. Pomeroy Merchants edge Reedsville 3-1 as race for first place tightens with Sunday showdown at Syracuse Park. Bees blank Gallians 5-0 to stay tied for third.
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Racine
Maroons
Hartford
Pomeroy Merchants
Reedsville
Clarence Price
Louis Sauer
Arnold van Meter
Gene Hesson
Bob Grimm
Merchants
Syracuse Park
Pomeroy
Bennetts Edge Lewis in 17-16 Softball Thriller
Bennetts Edge nipped Lewis 17-16 in a City League girls softball game to tie for first. Adams earned the win with three hits aiding her cause as Virginia Lewis led Lewis with three. late errors and two outs sparked the late rally for Bennetts Edge.
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Bennetts Edge
Lewis
Bennett
Reba Shafer
Adams
Virginnia Lewis
Theresa LaVelle
Ogana
Capua
Seeaieea
Manda
Allen
Marietta High coach Basrak resigns for Louisville post
M. J. Basrak resigns as head football coach at Marietta High School to take a similar job at Du Pont Manual High School in Louisville Kentucky. The ex Bellaire star center at Duquesne in 1936 is expected to earn about 4700 dollars and he came to Marietta in 1945 compiling a 8–8–2 record over three seasons.
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Red Shreffler
Ohio
Bowling Green
Shreffler
Joe Vanity
Athens
Eastern Kentucky
Richmond
Xavier University
Cincinnati
Marietta
M. J
Mike) Basrak
Marietta High School
du Pont Manual High School
Louisville
Basrak
Bellaire
Duquesne
Boxing Results From Multiple Cities
Boxers in Philadelphia Syracuse Asheville and Fall River boxed today. Jimmy Collins won on points in Philadelphia against Sante Bucca. Nick Barone defeated Pren tiss Hall in Syracuse. Jesse Underwood beat Roy Wert in Asheville. Jackie Williams outpointed Leon Garbriel in Fall River.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Jimmy Collins
Sante Bucca
Syracuse
N. Y
Nick Barone
Prentiss Hall
Buffalo
Asheville
N. C
Jesse Underwood
Huntington
W. Va
Roy Wert
Roanoke
Notice to Bid Prefabricated Buildings at Ohio University
Bidders must submit sealed proposals to the Ohio University Purchasing Agent in Athens by August 9, 1948 at 2 P M for two prefabricated steel buildings about 20 by 112 feet each. Plans by L F Lausche are on file. bids require a 100% bid bond.
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Ohio University
Athens
Ohio
L. F. Lausche
Baseball night matchups feature notable pitcher pairings
The schedule lists night games across leagues with pitchers Lopat Gettel Scarborough Kennedy Coleman Hutchinson Bearden Brecheen Sain Chesnes Branca Hamner Jones Blackwell Roberts and teams New York Chicago Washington St Louis Philadelphia Detroit Boston Cleveland St Louis Boston Pittsburgh Brooklyn Chicago New York Cincinnati Philadelphia plus American Association Indianapolis at Columbus.
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Pet
Boston
Ascensa Bo
Brooklyn
New Othmaen
St Louis
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Detroit
Washington
Louis
Chicago
American Association
Indianapolis
Milwaukee
Pou Simons
Columbus
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Toledo
Louisville
New York
Lopat
Gettel
St. Louis
Scarborough
Kennedy
Stephens
Sain
Chesnes
Branca
Hamner
Jones
Blackwell
Roberts
Hardwares Top Dairymen 7 3. win over Deeds Dairy in doubleheader
Lancaster Athens City League game sees Hardwares top Dairymen 7 to 3 after a 5 0 third inning. Jack Kuhner held Dairymen to one hit until ninth. Red Cartwright had three safeties for the winners, Wyrek tripled and scored, Willis homered late.
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Lancaster
Carpenter Hardwares
Athens City League
Deeds Dairy Softballers
Jack Kuhner
The
Hardwares
Dairymen
Wyrek
Willis
Red Cartwright
Kuhner
Don Allen
Deeds Dairy
J. Allen
Mann
Chesterhill Holds Second, Beats Vincent in Rainout-Affected Standings
Chesterhill-Cutler defeated Vincent to maintain second place a game and a half behind Chesterhill, which had its doubleheader with Lowell rained out. Amesville defeated Stockport in another Tri-County League game.
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Chesterhill
Cutler
Vincent
Lowell
Amesville
Stockport
Walker Cross Sets Scoring Mark at Hi-Wassa JC in 1937
Cincinnati Reds pitcher Walker Cross, six foot six, set a basketball scoring record at Hi-Wassa Junior College in 1937 with 527 points in 25 games before transferring to LSU where he excelled in baseball football basketball and track.
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Cincinnati
Walker Cross
Cincinnati Reds
Hiwassa Junior College
Louisiana State
Trotters in Big Cities
Fifteen major cities from coast to coast will have pari mutuel harness racing this year. They are Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, Chicago, Detroit, St. Louis, Toledo, Cincinnati, Columbus, Louisville, Baltimore, Washington, Buffalo, New York City and Boston.
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New York
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Portland
Ore
Chicago
Detroit
St. Louis
Toledo
Cincinnati
Columbus
Louisville
Baltimore
Washington, D. C
Buffalo
New York City
Boston
Giants blank Reds 5-0 as Cooper holds bases with homer
Giants CF Walker Cooper hits bases loaded homer in first inning fueling a 5-0 shutout of Cincinnati. Voiselle earns 11th win for Braves 2-1 over Pirates with RBI single. Jack Kramer wins 10th straight for Red Sox, beating Detroit on seven hits.
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Walker Cooper
Giants
Cincinnati
Bill Voiselle
Braves
Pirates
Jack Kramer
Red Sox
Detroit
Western Open opens with star golfers on Brookfield layout
At Brookfield Country Club Buffalo 45th Western Open began with $15,000 in prize money. Clayton Heafner shot a course record equalling 66, Ben Hogan followed with 67, George Smith and Cary Middlecoff both tied for 68, while a seven way group on 69 included Nary Alexander Staszewski Parco Demaret Oliver. Palmer Stranahan Locke and others trailed.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Brookfield Country Club
America
Clayton Heafner
Charlotte
N. C
Bill Nary
Phoenix
Ariz
Skip Alexander
Lexington
Stan Staszewski
Winstead
Ojai
Calif
Porky) Oliver
Seattle
Johnny Palmer
Badin
Frank Stranahan
Toledo
Bobby Locke
South Africa
Messenger team captures title in doubleheader sweep
Gallipolis The Athens Messenger Junior softball team in the American Legion League swept Master Mix in a Thursday doubleheader winning 4 to 0 and 8 to 1 to clinch the first half title. Their record improved to 13 wins and one loss.
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Gallipolis
Athens Messenger
American Legion League
Messengers
Belmont Park meet yields Calumet Farm top earnings
Calumet Farm won four races and placed once at Belmont Park to take $102,975 in total. The report notes that 30 years earlier J. K. L. Ross led owners with $99,179 for 64 wins, 52 seconds and 57 thirds in the year.
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New York
Calumet Farm
J. K. L. Ross
Solak Named Coach at Wells Ville High School
Frank Solak, star athlete from Slippery Rock Teachers College and Kent State, appointed head basketball coach and assistant football mentor at Wells ville High. Native of Ford City, Pennsylvania.
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Solak
Wellsville
Wellsville, CO
Frank Solak
Slippery Rock (Pa
Teachers College
Kent State University
Wellsville High School
Ford City
Hocking Valley League Matches Scheduled Across Region
Nels Eagles host Athens while Albany meets New Marshfield as Glogster faces Logan and The Plains play Nels VFW in a region league slate. Standings show Albany leading at 7 6 while The Plains sit 2 8 and Nels VFW 1 7.
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New Marshfield
the Plains
Marshfield
Albany
Jimmie Jones
Nelsonville
Logan
VFW
W. L. Pet
Eagles
Giogster Chanse
Avoore Accuwone
Ccaniadmenia
Athens
Glogster
Torch Racing Opening Set
About 25 drivers entered the inaugural Torch midget race meet at the new quarter mile Route 50 oval 12 miles west of Parkersburg. Time trials start 7 30 p m with the first race about an hour later. entrants include Doc and Ottie Ashbaugh Dayton Gene and Harry Comstock Ironton Jim Tom Athens Ralph Bus Crow McArthur Danny Boston Gallipolis.
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Route 50
Parkersburg
Doc and
Ottie Ashbaugh
Dayton
Gene
Harry Comstock
Ironton
Pomeroy
Jim Tom
Athens
Ralph “Bus” Crow
McArthur
Danny Boston
Gallipolis
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Eddie Miller
Dave Koslo
Ken Trinkle
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F. J. Beasley Co
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Athens County
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Kaiser and Frazer
P. L. Ferry
Ferry Sales & Service
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Hornets
Ralph Sorden
Bob Duckworth
Elmer Houdashelt
Detroit Tigers
Balderson
Lester Lee
Bill Lee
Grant
King
Valentine
Lewis _lassies
Aphio University
H. Herbert
Tri-County League
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Trotters
Messenger
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di Loe
Meigs Distributing Co
Middleport
O. Perry Distributing Co
New Lexington
Mickle
Tire & Accessory Co
Athens, Ohio
Manhattan
Kyle
Clifford
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Athens Motor Sales
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