Surprising Athletics Boast Five Straight Victories
The Philadelphia Athletics surged to five consecutive wins led by Connie Mack and rising stars as they top the American League, with standout hitting from Pete Suder and Eddie Joost while pitching, notably Lou Brissie and Dick Fowler, strengthens the club. Scuffles and notable games at Fenway, Detroit, and New York punctuate a busy season.
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Philadelphia Athletics
Haye
Bobby Feller
A's
White Sox
Browns
Senators
Athletics
Pete Suder
Eddie Joost
George Vice
Detroit
Birdie Tebbets
Boston Red Sox
Fenway Park
Tebbets
Vico
Birdie
Red Sox
Hal Newhouser
Hal White
Tigers
Jack Kramer
New York
St. Louis Browns
Bobby Brown
Yankee
Washington
Chicago
Wynn
Pittsburgh
New York Giants
Bucs
Brooklyn
Boston
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Browns Acquire 4 New Players
The Cleveland Browns, AFC champions, today announced four signings. Center Paul Coll of Western Reserve University, ends Horace Saylor of Lafayette and Chester Spelock of West Virginia, and fullback Ed Sustercic of Findlay College join the squad.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Browns
Paul Coll
Western Reserve University
Horace Saylor
Lafayette
Chester Spelock
West Virginia
Ed Sustercic
Findlay College
Mangrum Leads Goodall Tournament After Round Two
Lloyd Mangrum, 1946 National Open champion, shot 34 32 66 for a plus 14 to lead the Goodall round robin at Wykagami Country Club New Rochelle. Herman Barron plus 13, Johnny Palmer minus 18, Bob Hamilton plus 11, Claude Harmon plus 7, and Ed Furgol plus 7 trail. The event uses match play across 18 holes each day with two rounds today then another Saturday and Sunday finale.
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N. Y
Lloyd Mangrum
Wykagy Country Club
Mangrum
Byron Nelson
Herman Barron
White Plains
Johnny Palmer
Badin
N. C
Bob Hamilton
Landover
Claude Harmon
Mamaroneck
Ed Furgol
Detroit
Bobby Locke
South Africa
Golfdom
Preakness May Draw Nine Horses for V 100000 Race
Pimlico plans to run the Preakness on May 15 with nine likely starters besides Citation. Max Hirsch notes King Ranch’s Better Self and Gasparilla as contenders, while Mount Marcy and Vulcan's Forge join the field. Maryland entries include Piet Escadra Bovard Salmagundi and My Request carrying Ben Whitaker silks.
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Baltimore
Citation
Kentucky
Pimlico
Max Hirsch
King Ranch
A. J. Sackett
Gasparilla
C. V. Whitney
Mount Marcy
Vulcan’s Forge
Wood Memorial
Jamaica
Vulcan's Forge
Oriole
Maryland
Bomar Stable
Piet
W. L. Brann
Escadra
Sylvester W. Labrot Jr
Bovard
William Hellis
Salmagundi
My Request
Ben Whitaker
Cincinnati Markets Report Livestock Prices May 7
Livestock prices steady to higher at Cincinnati market with hogs topping 21.00 for a load and range for 140 to 500 lb hogs from 14.25 to 21.00. Cattle and calves show mixed gains, steers 25.00-30.00, baby beeves 29.00, cows 16.00-25.50, stockers 17.00-27.10, veal tops 28.50. Sheep scarce with lambs 28.00-31.00 and wool orders to 11.00. Prices noted for various weights and classes, with heavy hogs down and sows lower.
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Cincinnati
Ohio unemployment chief dies in Columbus home
Obituary notes the death of John A. Todd 53, benefits chief of the Ohio Bureau of Unemployment Compensation, at his Columbus residence yesterday. The notice also lists multiple probate and public sale items from Athens County, including estate appointments for Oprah B. Tigner, Ruth A. Varner, and a pending real estate auction under Sheriff George Bateman with appraised value and sale terms.
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Columbus
John A. Todd
Ohio Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Oprah B. Tigner
Chestnut Street
Nelsonville
Ohio
William R. Badweil
Athens County
Francis D. White
Ruth A. Varner
R.D
Guysville
Fred E. Varner
Carthage Township
Said
William Bowen
Edith Stiers
Hazel B. Kehrer
Manning D. Webster
Gordon B. Gray
State of
Edward H. Lasch
G. W. Dexter
Cash Dexter
Bertha French
Bobo
Jasper Dexter
Athens
Waterloo
Margaret Dexter
Erastus Dexter
Birdie Dexter
Robinett Ridge Road
First Road
George Bateman
County
Dorothy J. Parmiter
Harold J. Rose
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