Athens Wins 1950 Southeastern Ohio Golf Tourney
After a weekend in Marietta the Southeastern Ohio Golf Association awarded next year’s tourney to Athens. Portsmouth faced expulsion for disinterest as Gallipolis and Logan lacked facilities. Prizes and driving contests highlighted a banquet where Dan Cawley and Don Finsterwald earned top honors.
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Marietta
Athens
Portsmouth
Gallipolis
Logan
Dan Cawley
Don Finsterwald
Finsterwald
Cawley
Major League Crowds Off Show Big Drop
Major League crowds show a downturn as 8,588,438 fans attended through half of the 77 home games, down from 8,965,152 last year. Indians, Reds, Tigers, Giants, and Phillies trail last season, while Pirates post the biggest gain. Cubs over Cardinals 6-4 in a night game. DiMaggio plays in first Yankee exhibition, no hits in four at bats. Phillies rout Athletics 19-2. Reds top Detroit 10-4. Dodgers edge Indians 4-3.
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Cleveland Indians
Cincinnati
Detroit
New York Giants
Philadelphia Phils
Pittsburgh Pirates
Chicago White Sox
Washington Senators
Boston Braves
Brooklyn Dodgers
St. Louis Cardinals
Cardinals
Chicago Cubs
Redbirds
Dodgers
Brooks
Yankees
Giants
Yankee Stadium
Joe DiMaggio
Athletics
Cleveland
Estep and Folden Share Torch Speedway Honors
Torch Speedway Saturday night saw Estep of Parkersburg and Folden of Charleston sharing top honors. Estep set a 19 second time trial lap and won the 20 lap feature in his Nagayan No. 101, beating Comstock and Faunce. Folden led the early heats until engine trouble sidelined him in the Helmet Dash and later the Australian Pursuit. Racing resumes Saturdays with 7 30 time trials.
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TORCH
Speedy Estep
Parkersburg
D-5
Doc Folden
Charleston
Torch Speedway
Estep
Harry Comstock
Chesapeake
Ed Faunce
Cleveland
Roy Hutt
Toledo
Hutt
Joe McCall
Folden
Comstock
Faunce
Red Lanham
McCall
Faance
Boxing Results From Three Cities
In West Springfield Joey Carbido of Youngstown outpointed Tommy Jessup of Springfield over 10 rounds. In Indianapolis Archie Moore of St. Louis stopped Bob Sikes of Little Rock in 3 rounds. In Philadelphia Arthur King of England outpointed Calvin Th of Philadelphia over 10 rounds.
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West Springfield
Mass
Joey Carbido
Youngstown
Tommy Jessup
Springfield
Indianapolis
Archie Moore
St. Louis
Bob Sikes
Little Rock
Ark
Philadelphia
Arthur King
England
Calvin Th
Philade
Smith and Butts tie for third in pro-am tourney at Marietta
ART SMITH of Athens and Dr L B Butts of Nelsonville tied for third with 70 in the pro-amateur golf tourney before the SEC meet at Marietta. They also tied How ard and Willard Saunders of Gallipolis. Sunday Smith added 37 40 to help Athens edge Gallipolis by one stroke for second in the team scoring.
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Art Smith
Athens
Dr. L. BE. Butts
Nelsonville
Marietta
Howard
Willard Saunders
Gallipolis
Smith
Dodgers to Stage Akron Tryouts at Seiberling Field
The Brooklyn Dodgers will conduct a baseball tryout camp at Seiberling Field in Akron from today through Thursday. Daily workouts run 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Lefty Lettermire of Lima and Cliff Alexander of Hamilton will direct the camp.
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Akron
Brooklyn Dodgers
Seiberling Field
Lefty Lettermire
Lima
Cliff Alexander
Hamilton
Columbus Captures Skeet Championships
The Columbus Gun Club hosted the Ohio State Skeet Association championships and won team and individual honors. Walter Wingert led with 100 straight targets and a perfect 50 in the five-man event as Columbus totaled 474 of 500 targets while Great placed second with a strong score.
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Columbus
Columbus Gun Club
Ohio State
Stranahan Joins Toledo Inverness Fout Ball Cast
Frank Stranahan of Toledo enters the 12th annual Toledo Inverness four day battle of birdies July 21-24. He pairs with Jimmy Demaret of Ojai in the round robin event, marking the first time an amateur competes this year.
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Toledo
Toledo Inverness
Frank Stranahan
Simonpures
Jimmy Demaret
Ojai
Calif
Shoppers Edge Electrics 3-2 in ninth inning thriller
Banks Sport Shop won 3-2 over the Electrics in the City Softball League as Fay Simmons notes Red Evans scored from third on a passed ball by Cecil Calvin in the ninth. Emil Kowalczyk drove in a run with a grounder in the sixth to tie and Carl Milhoan added three singles for the Shoppers. Electrics pitcher Jim Norris held the visitors to three runs before the decisive ninth.
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Fay Simmons
Dave
Red” Evans
Cecil Calvin
Banks Sport Shop
The
Electrics
Shoppers
Plectrics
Emil Kowalcyk
Ted Bassford
Ray Dunfee
Evans
Bassford
Jim Norris
Wyatt
Bill Sprague
Sprague
Dick Wellington
Dick Jewett
Red Cartwright
Wellington
Jewett
Cartwright
Carl Milhoan
Cavil
Legion Tossers Open Season vs Nelsonville Tuesday
Athens Junior American Legion baseball team will start its season Tuesday against Nelsonville at 5 p.m. at Nelsonville. Coach Fred Swearingen announced Roger Allen will pitch with Jim Pinney in relief. The club lost 8-6 in a recent practice vs Athens Merchants. No Friday game is booked.
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Athens
Nelsonville
Fred Swearingen
Swearingen
Roger Allen
Fourth of July program at Red Bird Stadium in Columbus
The biennial Fourth of July show at Red Bird Stadium features a vaudeville program by Marty Joyce plus a doubleheader and fireworks. The Toledo Madhens duel the Red Birds in a 5:30 p.m. twin bill with performances by jugglers dancers and musical acts between games. Tickets and box seats are available by calling the stadium office.
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Columbus
Red Bird Stadium
Marty Joyce
Red Birds
Toledo Madhens
Joyce
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