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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 13, 1955

Page

14

Cubs End Pirates No-Hitter Awe With 4-0 Victory

Sam Jones, a 29-year-old right-hander, hurled the Cubs to a 4-0 win over the Pirates at Wrigley Field, the first no-hitter for Chicago in 40 years and the first by a Negro player in the majors. Jones walked seven, struck out six, and escaped bases-loaded trouble in the ninth to preserve the gem.

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Ohio University hosts weekend track meet at Athens

More than 200 entries from 23 Southeastern Ohio district high schools compete in a two day event at Ohio University and Morehead State. High school prelims start at 10 am with class B events opening field events at 9:30. College squads join at 1:15 for relay and throwing events as OU and Foreheads clash in a two mile finale.

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Tuchtel Eyes Championship at Ruchtel Final Saturday

Tuchtel and rivals prepare for the Ws B district high school baseball championship with a 10 am Saturday game as Class A crown bout follows at 9 45. Lancaster beat Coal Grove 4 1 Thursday at Vanes Tuchtel topped Middleport 1 0 in semis and Frankfort defeated Clay Ton ship 4 1 with Bill Beech Buchte slated to pitch finals.

Ruchtel Rrankfort

Jump Record Nears in Cincinnati Track Meet

Fragmented OCR outlines a track event in Cincinnati with Cornelis and other athletes contesting a jump record. Text is garbled with multiple misread words but indicates a nearing record in the high jump or long jump and mentions teams or places linked to Cincinnati.

Cincinnati Cornelis Mresaan Clacional Depacees Enshing Jampod

Standings and schedules mix from Thursday to Sunday games

The fragment lists standings and schedules for multiple teams including New York, St Louis, Brooklyn, Cincinnati, Philadelphia, Milwaukee, Chicago, Pittsburgh, Detroit, Boston, Kansas City and Washington. It notes game times such as 1 90 pm and 8 p m, with results like Boston 12 Kansas City 7 and Chicago 6 Baltimore 2, plus pitchers Gromek and Ford with records of 5 1 and 3 1.

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Lausse Pits Ring Record Against Jones At MSG

Lausse, 21 favorite, seeks his 28th straight win as he meets Ralph Tiger Jones in Madison Square Garden. Jones, 27, from Yonkers with eight knockouts, defends a 65 fight streak and faces a wary middleweight hopeful aiming at Carl Olson. NBC TV will air the bout at 9 pm EST.

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Batting Mischmasch Signals Patchy Box Score

Fragmentary data shows players from Detroit Cleveland Chicago New York Brooklyn and Kan in a disordered box score. Names such as Raline Ze Vern Vernon Kuenn Zernial Wynn Scare Turley Mueller Snider appear with runs batted in hits and strikeouts scattered across teams.

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Sports Roundup From Unreadable Section Bleeds into Fragments

A jumble of names and partial stats appears from multiple cities including San Antonio Los Angeles Detroit Pittsburgh and New York. The fragmented text references home runs strikeouts stolen bases and pitchers with many garbled entries and unclear dates or teams.

Pounles Brooklyn Adcock Hee Bruton Aaron Milwaukee Mays New York Snider Rookyn San Antonio Tex Paul Boyer Anton Maciay Mexico Lousy My Thaby Moe Mario Phyching Erskine Brook Hone Tym Los Angeles Johnny Sam Jones Chien ‘Nerlin Detroit Oun Sack Sohneen Nstown Johnny Subanks Pittsburgh Glenn Flanagan t'Paul Monee Ward Jimmy Welch

Dallas Eagle First Sacker Bills Knee Rest At Home

Bill White of the Dallas Eagle, the team's first sacker, has been sent home to Warren for a week of rest after doctors in New York ordered it for a knee ligament injury. He tore knee cartilage in a Fort Worth game two weeks ago and has not improved with treatment.

Dallas Tex Bill White Dallas Eagle Warren New York White Fort Worth

Early Major League Baseball Roundup and College Sports Notes

Recap covers Tumex sro IH 85 Wake Forest pitcher Dave Fuller first no hit effort, Cleveland football and basketball talk, Linfield coach Zernial and Bay Village High school recalls, Ramon Mo led majors with 0 sense? as Pirates and A's clashes. Rose and Waco Big State League results hint at 1954 season milestones.

University of Florida Dave Fuller Wake Forest Cleveland William Pittsburgh Lark Zernial Lin Pol High Ramon Mo Vias

Football Coach Quits At Cleveland Holy Name High School

Cleveland Holy Name High School football coach Faevelandohn Spex resigned yesterday citing personal reasons. The move ends his tenure after a season marked by frequent line changes and strategy shifts.

Faevelandohn Spex Affero Cleveland Holy Name High School

Dow Six-Under Leads in White Sulphur Springs Open

Spry pro Finsterwald posted six under par to lead the White Sulphur Springs Open. Wa terwald from Athens, now at Bedford Heights, used long range putting for birdies. Souchak and Thomson powered the field as veterans Revolta and Picard pace early action. Finsterwald shares of $10,000 in the foursday race.

Sarazen to Commentate U S Open Instead of Competing

Gene Sarazen, 49, will skip the 1921 U S Open in San Francisco after 35 straight Opens, opting to serve NBC as commentator. He says he does not retire from golf and plans to try again for the 1922 Open at French Meadows, New York, later.

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Score Turley Duel Would Boost League Promotion

Sports columnist JACK GILBERT argues a Score Turley duel would boost attendance and fan interest in both leagues. He cites Herb Score and Bob Turley leading strikeout races, noting promotions by front offices to keep stars in the spotlight while paring season excitement.

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Nelsonville to Defend Junior Olympic Title at Athens County Meet

Nelsonville defends the Class A Junior Olympics title at the eighth annual Athens County event to be held Sunday afternoon at Ohio University Stadium. The Ohio chapter of Acacia Fraternity sponsors. 10 to 15 year olds compete in dashes relays and jumps with free admission. Gene Cole of Lancaster, 1952 Olympic track member, will present gold medals to first place and ribbons to second and third. Nelsonville seeks to retain the traveling trophy, while Shade pursues the Class C cup as Lancaster enters the field for the first time.

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Senators Blank Indians Score In A Wild Pitching Dustup

Washington struggle to support a wild but speedy pitching performance as the Senators fail to back young ace Score with timely hitting in a tense Indians game. The narrative centers on how run support determines outcomes despite strong pitching and notable curve.

Ohio Herd Series In Jeopardy With Rain Halting Start

Rain delayed Ohio University's weekend baseball series with Marshall. a twin bill is planned for Saturday starting at 1 30 p m with a seven inning second game if needed. Ohio will start Bier Hinkle and Driscoll against Marshall’s Underwood Ashley.

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