Coaching moves shake Southeastern Ohio ranks this week
SE Ohio coaching changes include Charlies Stanley moving from Middleport to Pomeroy to helm the Pomeroy team, replacing D B Noble after one season. Nelsonville sees Jim Chenevey resign as football coach to wed, with Lowell Cole rumored as his successor for the Greyhounds. In Athens, Edgar B Rannow is hired as assistant football and basketball coach and head baseball mentor to reunite with Harry Lackey in August, while Tony Reis continues temporarily as Bulldogs coach after leading the Northern Division title.
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Board of Education
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the Plains
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Sherman Gilmore
Court Street
College of the Pacific
Columbia
Claire Kuenzlie
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Tony Reis
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Schoolboys Vie for Four Titles
High school caps in four sports will be torn next weekend in a district meet setup. Class A regional baseball tournaments are scheduled today and Saturday at Bridgeport Cleveland Holgate and Cincinnati. Class B qualifiers at Columbus Kent Dayton and Holgate. Track eliminations at Delaware Uhrichsville Salem Bowling Green Mansfield Athens and Cincinnati in both A and B. Class A track at Cleveland and Dayton. Class B trials at Chagrin Falls Avon and Springfield. Tennis meets at New Concord Cleveland Bowling Green Dayton and Cincinnati.
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New Concord
Chisox Rally Beats Yanks 7 5 In Ninth Inning
Chicago White Sox overcome New York Yankees 7 to 5 on a ninth inning rally. The visitors keep swinging back as Chicago notches a third straight win over the defending World Champions. The Sox seek another win in the series as they wrap up their stay at Yankee Stadium.
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Washington
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Philadelphia
Detroit
Douglas Leads Field In Meadow Brook Iron Man Round
Dave Douglas opens with a course record 66 for a plus 18 in the Meadow Brook round robin at Westbury. Sam Snead, hampered by a hand injury, trails as Lloyd Mangrum Bobby Locke Jimmy Demaret and Jim Ferrier sit six behind. Baseball notes mix in as the Yankees lead the league while White Sox rally to top the Indians in New York and Boston’s Braves edge the Pirates in 9th. Marietta shocks Ohio University 61 2 to 51 2 to end the dual meet season with medalist honors shared by Jim Miser and Paul Van Nostran.
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Douglas
Newark
Del
Snead
Willowy
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Bobby Locke
Jimmy Demaret
Jim Ferrier
Kermit Blosser
Bobcats
Marietta
Jim Mizer
Ohio
Paul van Nostran
Dave Rambo
van Nostran
Tucker
Olsie
Columbus
Meyer Rejected Yankees to Accept Pirates Post
Bill Meyer reveals in 1946 he refused a Yankees managerial offer that he had long sought. Health concerns after a heart incident in 1946 led him to take the Pirates job, where he later earned manager of the year in 1948 while facing team stress and the shadow of what might have been with the Yankees led by Casey Stengel.
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NEA
Bill Meyer
Yankees
Knoxville
Pirates
Meyer
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Kansas City
Newark
Oakland
Phil Rizzuto
Tom Siler
Elks Magazine
Pittsburgh Post
Buccaneers
Casey Stengel
Bill
Braves Pitcher Jim Wilson Delivers 3-2 Win Over Pirates
Milwaukee pitcher Jim Wilson allowed three hits and struck out six with no walks as the Braves edged Pittsburgh 3-2. Sherman Lollar powered Chicago to a 7-5 victory over New York with a homer and two singles driving in three runs.
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Milwaukee Braves
Pittsburgh
Sherman Lollar
Chicago White Sox
Chicago
New York
Red Sox record holder Jimmy Foxx hits 50 in 1938
The record for most home runs by a Boston Red Sox player stands at 50 set by Jimmy Foxx in 1938. Foxx achieved the mark during that season, securing the franchise single season home run record.
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Boston Red Sox
Jimmy Foxx
Walcott Vows Comeback In Rematch With Marciano
Undefeated Rocky Marciano defends his heavyweight title against ex champion Jersey Joe Walcott in a 15 round Chicago Stadium rematch. The bout follows a postponed April date with weigh ins at noon and NBC ABC telecasts, drawing anticipated attendance of 13 000 to 15 000 and a gate near 450 000.
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Joe Walcott
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Walcott
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ABC
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International Boxing Club
Rocky Graziano
Tony Zale
Jersey Joe
Charles
Rocky
Ilinois
Indians Fall To Red Sox on Balks and Self-Errors
Boston notes Cleveland's 5-4 loss marked by balks from Bob Feller and Dave Hoskins as the Indians self-destructed with several misplays. Home runs by Al Rosen Joe Tipton and Jim Lemon fueled Cleveland's scoring, while Skinny Brown allowed all five Red Sox runs.
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Cleveland
Indians
White Sox
Bob Feller
Dave Hoskins
Feller
Ted Lepcio
Gene Stephens
Milt Bolling
Hoskins
Mike Garcia
Jim Piersall
Hector
Skinny
Baseball Q and A column from midcentury queries
A Q and A feature answers baseball questions and trivia. Topics include rules on foul tips and base stealing, Babe Ruth and Carl Hubbell home runs, no hitters in World Series, governors who were players, a pitcher credited with a win while not throwing to a batter, and Joe DiMaggio's lifetime batting average.
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Cliff Rogers
Babe Ruth
Carl Hubbell
Jim Richards
Giants
Braves
Dean Whitman
Doug Lazare
John K. Tener
Pennsylvania
Chicago Nationals
Ralph Clarke
Nick Altrock
White Sox
Altrock
Chicago Americans
Joe DiMaggio
Bob Schaeffer
Qualifiers Hit Indy Track for 37th 500 Mile Race
Open qualifying for the 37th annual Indianapolis 500 begins with three of last year's record breakers back in contention. Bill Vukovich of Fresno aims the fuel injection special once thought to win the race before steering failure. Fred Agabashion of Albany returns with an Offenhauser Kurtis-Kraft entered by Grancor of Chicago, after last year's pole in a Cummins diesel car was derailed by a clogged supercharger. Andy Linden of Los Angeles, another 1952 record breaker, starts with a four cylinder entry from Rotary Engineering of Indianapolis.
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Bill Vukovich
Fresno
Calif
Fred Agabashion
Albany
Grancor Automotive Specialists
Chicago
Andy Linden
Los Angeles
Rotary Engineering Corp
Baseball and Harness Races Highlight Friday Schedule
The schedule lists matchups among Brooklyn Philadelphia New York Pittsburgh Chicago and Cincinnati with games across cities and times. Lebanon Raceway opens its 19 night spring harness race meeting in Lebanon Ohio with trotting and pacing events on Saturday night.
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Philadelphia
Milwaukee
Brooklyn
Coco
SO Lone
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Cincinnati
St. Louis
Roe
Haddix
Miller
Chicago
New
Une
Cleveland
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Washington
Trucks
Detroit
Boston
Lebanon Raceway
Lebanon
Trotters
Pacers
Baseball Being Ruined Says Happy Chandler
Knox county dispatch quotes former baseball commissioner Happy Chandler decrying the game as a business driven by owners. He criticizes chain store baseball and explains his exit before detailing potential moves against owners.
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Happy Chandler
Knoxville
NEA
Tom Siler
Selkirk Named New Toledo Sox Manager
Former New York Yankee star George Selkirk is hired as manager of the Toledo Sox after firing Tommy Hales. Selkirk starts duties as Toledo hosts Minneapolis in Minneapolis after managing the Kansas City Blues in 1951 52. The Sox sit 9 16 in the American Association.
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New York Yankee
George Selkirk
T‘oledo Sox
Tommy Hales
Selkirk
Toledo
Millers
Minneapolis
Kansas City Blues
Richard
Red) Smith
Sox
Sommers To Head Logan Golf Loop
Harold Sommers named chairman of the twilight golf league at Hocking Hills Country Club. Bill Friedrich and Clarence Krumlauf join the committee as ten teams compete this year with a handicap system for the first time. Play starts tentatively Wednesday May 20.
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