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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1948
Page
9
A compact standings note lists teams or cities including Indianapolis Milwaukee St Paul Columbus Minneapolis Kansas City Toledo Louisville with a trailing 11 indicating a score or count. The fragment hints at a regional sports or standings table from the era.
The readable text shows scattered numbers and percentages with no coherent events names places or dates. No identifiable people organizations or outcomes emerge to form a complete news item.
Silent heroes of baseball, the relief hurlers, are praised for saving games and lifting teams like the Yankees, Dodgers, and Cardinals. Ted Wilks stands out with 3 wins 2 losses in 21 relief appearances, 7 saves, 25 hits allowed in 45 innings as St. Louis vies for top.
Toledo defeats St Paul 9 to 6 in a high scoring contest. Columbus beats Milwaukee 10 to 2 while Indianapolis edges Kansas City 3 to 1. Minneapolis posts a 5 to 0 win over Louisville in other league action.
Schedule lists nine night games featuring New York at Boston with Jansen or Koslo opposing Spahn, Philadelphia at Brooklyn Branca, Pittsburgh at Cincinnati Riddle, St. Louis at Chicago Brecheen or Schmitz, Chicago at St. Louis Wight or Fannin, Cleveland at Detroit Feller or Newhouser, Washington at Philadelphia Masterson or Marchildon, Boston at New York Kinder or Kramer against Lopat, plus St Paul at Toledo, Kansas City at Indianapolis, Milwaukee at Columbus and Minneapolis at Louisville.
Oxford hires Warren Schmakel as an assistant football coach yesterday. Schmakel previously served as the University of Toledo line coach for the past two seasons.
Cleveland sports notes report Harrison Dillard predicts at least one Olympic title in London. The Baldwin Wallace College star boasts a record 80 straight wins and holds top marks in 110 yard high hurdles and 220 yard low hurdles. His recent 22.4 second 220 yard time ties the all time low, sharing the record at 22.5 with Fred Wolcott.
A July 4 telegraphic sports event will pit patients from 10 VA hospitals in Ohio Michigan and Kentucky in golf croquet horseshoes softball throw and other activities. Medals go to first place. trophies honor top hospital in each division with separate awards for tuberculosis and wheelchair participants.
Logan Ohio hosts the second midget sprint race of the summer Promoter Jack Horcher organizes. Notable entrants include Cowboy Gays Biro Ira South Eddie Jones Bud Eisentraut Bill Banks Pete Purcell Barney Barnes and Billy Miller. Time trials start July 4 at 12 30 p m with races at 2 30 p m.
The Chesterhill Golf Club sponsors a basket picnic on July 4 for members families and guests. Plans list start times around 4 30 or 9 p m with play heavy on the course and the course reported to be in fine condition.
Fred Thomas of Windsor Ontario, a Negro outfielder with Farnham in the Quebec Provincial Baseball League, was en route to Cleveland to confer with Indians officials who indicated he may be signed to a Tribe farm team. He worked out with the Indians here last week.
Tom Harmon retires from football and the Los Angeles Rams to take a full time radio post as sports director of Station KFI Los Angeles starting July 15 His duties include television broadcasts of Rams home games The former Michigan All America star survived wartime plane crashes and has worked as a radio sports announcer in Detroit and Los Angeles
Elza Wood homered driving in Bob Mulligan as Banks’ Sport Shop edged Enterprise Upholsters 8-7 in City Softball League action. Wood’s homer followed by a seventh inning rally produced the deciding runs after a two-run fourth gave Upholsters a 6-5 lead. Woody English struck out Cable with tying and winning runs aboard to seal the win for Banks’ Sport Shop. Shopper out hit 10 to 9.
Three Cathedral Latin High School football stars announce enrollment at Ohio State University for the fall term. The Buckeye hopefuls are Joe Campanella 225 pound tackle quarterback Bill Peterson and end Roger Saunders.
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