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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1948
Page
9
Sports editor notes Connie Mack’s outburst at Nelson Potter and Bill Dietrich as Oakland’s season opens. The piece critiques the A’s pitching lineup and infield vs last pennant winners, suggests Mack overreacted, but predicts a tough race into September.
Cleveland pitcher Sam Zoldak gets his first start of the season against the New York Yankees who routed the Indians 8 to 2 before 49 837 fans. Allie Reynolds earned his eighth win as the Yankees rolled to 18 hits including DiMaggio homering and a fourth inning rally.
Sunnyside’s Comets split a doubleheader with Mylar’s nine of Huntington West Virginia. Pat Gill pitched the opener for Sunnyside striking out eight while limiting the Comets to four hits. Cliff Stalnaker allowed five hits in the nightcap as Mylar’s nine defeated Sunnyside 2 to 1.
National League results: St Louis beat Boston 6 to 0 with a 1 run in the ninth. Pittsburgh defeated Brooklyn 5 to 1. Cincinnati won over Philadelphia 4 to 3. American League: New York routed Cleveland 13 to 2. Philadelphia edged St Louis 8 to 1. others listed. American Association games: Indianapolis 5 Toledo 4. Kansas City 10 St Paul 2. Milwaukee 14 Minneapolis 4. Only games scheduled.
A list of tonight games across leagues including St. Louis at Boston with Brecheen facing Voiselle, Pittsburgh at Brooklyn Bonn Ham, Chicago at New York, Cincinnati at Philadelphia, Boston at Chicago, Philadelphia at St. Louis, Washington at Detroit, New York at Cleveland, and Indianapolis at Toledo. Teams and starting pitchers are named for each pairing.
Hank Sauer drove in two runs with a 20th home run and a double to lift the Cincinnati Reds to a 4 3 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies. Pitcher Al Brazile led the Cardinals to a 1 0 win over the Boston Braves in a decisive left handed duel.
Shoppers Sport Shop defeated Carpenter Hardware 8 to 3 to win the City Softball League crown. Delbert Hayes blanked the Hardwares until the fifth, then two runs on Jim Allen’s triple and Miller’s homer sparked a late rally. Hutchison, Barnes, Gibbs, Miller and Van Dyke had first‑inning hits for the Shoppers.
Salem's team whitewashed The Plains 10-0 and beat Carpenter Hardware of Athens 6-2. They have a rematch with Hardwaremen slated for Wednesday.
In Minneapolis Willie Pep outpointed Miguel Acevedo over 10 rounds in a non title bout. In Indianapolis Billy Smith stopped Bob Garner in the sixth round.
Hammering Hank Sauer tied Cincinnati single season homer record for a right handed batter with his 20th of the year as the Reds beat the Phillies 4 3 in Philadelphia. Howard Fox earned the win with relief from Harry Gumbert after Sauer’s early double and trio of RBIs. Alpha Brazie beat Warren Spahn in Boston to keep the Cardinals within a game of the Braves while Allie Reynolds pitched the Yankees past the Indians 13 2 in Cleveland. The Browns edged the Athletics 9 8 in St Louis on three doubles in the ninth.
Instruction from Winged Foot Golf Club stresses a straight wrist method and a unit of body, arms, and feet. Begin backswing with weight rolling to the right then shift weight left during the downswing, letting hips pull hands and club down naturally for a square impact and high finish.
Claude Harmon keeps his body, arms, and feet in unison as he aims a solid hit through the middle of the diamond toward second base. Focus stays on the ball as the key to a clean contact.
Athens Junior American Legion team will play Glouster Wednesday at 5 30 p m at Glouster instead of Chauncey. Ted Cunningham pitched a no hit 11 1 win for Athens last week. Glouster may counter with ace southpaw Mike Bycofski who sat out Sunday.
Milwaukee teams bounce back with a 14 4 victory over Minneapolis as Heinz Becker and Jim Gleeson drive in eight runs with two hits each. Indianapolis edges Toledo 5 4 rallying on Les Fleming four hits and Cassini scoring the decisive run. Kansas City defeats St Paul 10 2 as the Blues post 10 hits and Hank Bauer hits two homers.
Springfield defeats Columbus 8 to 3 in an Ohio Indiana Baseball League exhibition game. Columbus pitchers yielded 14 Springfield hits, eight for extra bases, as Patterson Gerkin Hutchinson Norman Hagy and Mathews faced Byham Masson and teammates.
Champion Ray Sugar Robinson began another weight reducing session after his welterweight title bout with Bernard Docusen of New Orleans was postponed for a second time. The fight at Comiskey Park was reset for next Monday due to rain and Robinson not making the 147 pound limit.
Glouster Miners rallied past Logan to stay close to the HVL leaders Athens and Nelsonville. Orlie Toth had three hits as relief pitcher Redd shut down the Mingos until the eighth inning, while Jim Roman allowed eight hits and six strikeouts as three eighth inning errors unlocked runs.
James Cumley and George Van Meter combined for a 137 to win the partnership tournament at Athens Country Club last Sunday, seven strokes ahead of Charles O Bleness and Chic Miller who finished second. Don Barstow and Mo Dorman tied for third with 146, while McAfee and McKinstry and Bob Reod and Paul Beckley followed with 146 and 148 respectively. Pro Bob Littler announced the second pony tournament of the season for next Sunday, a stag dinner and auction Thursday at 6 30 p m, and the 36 hole qualifier for the Southeastern Ohio District tourney next month in Chillicothe begins Thursday. The local 10 man team will compete. the qualifier ends Sunday. Best medal scores included Dean 75 and Chic Miller and B T Grover 79.
Parkersburg Pepsi Colas dropped the opener 3 0 as Woody English pitched three hits and hit a seventh inning homer with bases empty. Shoppers won the nightcap 4 3 after English started, Baker relieved, and Bottlers rallied to erase a 3 1 deficit before falling. Next Sunday Shoppers meet Shafer Sohios in Athens.
The Stack Brick of Canton plans a July 4 softball game against any Athens area team. Interested parties should contact Willard Poling at RFC 4 Trump Road, Canton.
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