College Baseball Rebirth Gains National Attention in 1940s
Optimism grows among college coaches and fans as season attendance and intercollegiate play increase. The AACBC and LAA surveys show rising program costs and broad participation, with Ohio University, Western Michigan, and Nebraska highlighted. Ford Frick notes a strong link between college and professional baseball as the College World Series expands at Omaha.
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Wmpert
Los Angeles
Ohio University
Notre
Dame
AACBC
American Association of Col
John H. Kobs
Michigan State
Omaha
Var
Western Michigan
Haseon
Neb Moaily
Ohio U
Bucks Bobcats in Familiar Finish
Ohio opens a one week schedule at Wesleyan with four games starting at Ohio Wesleyan in Delaware. Ralph Nuzum starts the series against Western Michigan while Bill Hinkle and Jerry Driscoll handle midweek and Saturday duties. The Bobcats seek to avenge a forfeit loss to Morris Harvey and protect their undefeated MAC record as Western Michigan battles for a return to the lead in the conference.
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Bob Wren
Ohio Univer
Ohio Wesleyan
Delaware
Western Michigan
Bill Hinkle
Jerry Driscoll
Morris Harvey
Wren
Ralph Nuzum
Wesem
Hinkle
Driscoll
Bobcats
Ohio
Eagles
Charleston
W. Va
Broncos
MAC
Kent State
Western
Ohio State Wins Intercollegiate Golf Titles Again
Ohio State wins the 36 hole Ohio Intercollegiate at Buckeye course with 610. Ohio University A finishes second with 648, while Ohio State B places third 634. Medalist honors go to Me Woelfling of OSU with 147. Ohio University teams, John Carroll, and other schools are listed with various scores. OU next plays Ohio State at Athens Country Club before the MAC Championships at Bowling Green.
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Tom Levy
Columbus
Ohio University
Ohio State
Buckeye
OSU
Bobcats
Ohio
John Carroll
Woelfling
Rick Jones
Miami
Harland Knosher
Dad Kircher
Jack Algeo
Kircher
Algeo
Jerry Knox
Dave Moore
Ohio State C
Bowing Green
Ohio Wesleyan
Denison
Kent
Xavier
Cincinnati
Dayton
Youngstown
Oberlin
Capital
Fenn
Ashland
Ohio Northern
Athens Country Club
Bowling, Green
Ohio U Soccer Status Recommended For Varsity Play
The University Intercollegiate Athletic Board subcommittee recommends tentative varsity status for Ohio University soccer. Director Carroll Widdoes announced the plan with a proposed one year probationary period. The team has 11 wins and 13 matches over three seasons, including two undefeated records.
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Ohio U
University Intercollegiate Athletic Board
Carrol Widdoes
Socce
Trustees End Ticket Favors at Ohio State Stadium
Columbus OSU trustees voted to end preferential treatment for all but one group of football ticket buyers. The exception includes patrons who donated 5000 dollars or more to the stadium building fund during construction.
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Columbus— —Trustees
Ohio State University
OSU
Moon and Spencer Lead as Card and Giant Deliver Game Winners
Wally Moon of the St. Louis Cardinals and Daryl Spencer of the New York Giants provide multiple late inning clutch hits. Moon drives in key runs with singles in the sixth and seventh, helping shutout Milwaukee and Brooklyn. Spencer, a .244 hitter, has three game-winning hits for the Giants including two against Philadelphia and a sacrifice fly in the 17th against Chicago. Stan Musial and Preston Ward each claim two game-winners.
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New York
Wally Moon
St. Louis Cardinals
Associated Press
Daryl Spencer
Giants
Moon
Spencer
Milwaukee
Brooklyn Spencer
Philadelphia
Chicago Cubs
Stan Musial
Preston Ward
Trainer Tags Rory Calhoun Future Champ
NEW YORK Charley Goldman predicts a future champion in Rory Calhoun a 21 year old middleweight from White Plains N Y after his 2 46 first round knockout of Randy Sandy at St Nicholas Arena The undefeated pro with 21 straight wins 15 knockouts in 20 months shows rapid development and remains optimistic about Calhoun's ascent.
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Charley Goldman
Rory Calhoun
Rocky Marciano
White Plains
N.Y
Charley
Rory
Reedy
Randy Sandy
St. Nicholas Arena
Mondey
Hard
Calhoun
Sandy
Fight Results in New York and Bangor bouts
In New York, Herman Rory Salhoun of White Plains stopped Randy Sandy of New York in the 1st round. In Bangor, Maine, Orlando Zul eta from Cuba outpointed Hoacine Khalfi of Algeria after a scheduled 10 rounds.
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Herman Rory Salhoun
White Plains
Randy Sandy
Bangor
Orlando Zuleta
Cuba
Outpointer
Hoacine Khalfi
Algeria
Point Edges Buffalo in a Close Win
Point Pleasant hosted Buffalo as the locals edged them 6 to 2 in a tight contest. Denny Wedge pitched a four hitter for Jack Roger's crew, notching his fourth win against one loss with seven strikeouts. Dickie Herrig and Raymone Rainey drove in two runs each, Herrig and Rusty Wamsley added doubles, and Timmy Swisher hit safely in his fourth straight game.
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Buffalo
Denny Wedge
Jack Roger
Hhis
Dickie Herrig
Raymone Rainey
Herrig
Rusty Wamsley
Timmy Swisher
Jimmy Lewis
Wedge
Rainey
Neff
Fields
The Plains and Rome Aim for Athens County League Title
The Plains and Rome meet tomorrow at 2 p m at Chauncey field to decide the Athens County League baseball champion. The Plains is the northern division winner and Rome the southern winner in a single game showdown.
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Rome
Chauncey Field
Kuzava Stymies Marlins With Two-Hitter For Jets
Lefty Bob Kuzava pitched a complete game two-hitter for the Columbus Jets as they beat the Miami Marlins 3 to 4. He struck out three and walked three, notching his third complete game of the season as a veteran hurler in the International League.
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Bob Kuzava
New York Yankees
Columbus Jets
Miami
Kuzawa
Hounds Win Nelsonville Run to League Title Bid
Nelsonville Greyhounds upset Logan Chieftains 4 to 0 to boost Athens Bulldogs toward the Northern Southeastern Ohio League Championship behind two hit pitching by Gary Byser.
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Nelsonville
Athens Bulldogs
Logan Chieftains
Gary Bs Yer
Ohio High School Tourneys Just Miss Million Attendance
Columbus report shows 969 028 fans attended Ohio high school basketball tournaments, a record $691 273 in receipts. Middletown and Arcanum led the championships as the state totals reflect ten years of growth and allocation to the state association and event expenses.
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Columbus
Ohio
Middletown
Arcanum
State Association
Cleveland
Tribune ends all star support and Frick appeals for new machinery
Ford Frick the baseball commissioner said Chicago Tribune will not conduct the fan poll to select All Star starting teams. He announced plans to keep popular vote and urged sports editors and radio men to run the poll locally and forward results to press associations for release.
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New York
Ford Frick
Chicago Tribune
Frick
Konstanty Westlake Drop As Clubs Trim Rosters
With less than 48 hours before the deadline, major league clubs pare rosters to 25 men. Veterans like relief pitcher Jim Konstanty and outfielder Wally Westlake are among the expendables in the ongoing roster cuts.
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Associated Press
Jim Konstantly
Wally Westlake
Konstanty
Yankees Release NL Veteran and Shuffle Roster
The New York Yankees released a National League veteran from Philadelphia's pennant era and placed shortstop Billy Hunter on the disabled list. The club trimmed to 26 players, awaiting returns from Billy Martin. Philadelphia Phillies released Westlake and made other roster moves amid a flurry of exchanges.
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Philadelphia
New York Yankees
Billy Hunter
Rigney Shuffles Giants Batting Order For Cubs Game
New York Giants manager Bill Rigney proposes a semi shakeup to spark the team as Willie Mays struggles with a 200 hitting pace. Al Dark leadoff, Don Mueller second, Whitey Lockman down to seventh, with adjustments aimed to improve a sagging offense.
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Bill Rigney
New York Giants
Chicago Cubs
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Giants
Willie Mayes
Leo Durocher
Durocher
al Dark
Whitey Lockman
Don Mueller
Mueller
Mays
Pet GB
Rochester
Torney
Montreal
Columbus
Buffalo
Havana
Richmond
Miami
Toronto
Monday Scores Show Baseball Action Across Cities
Monday scores report Indianapolis defeated Charleston 9 to 3 while Omaha beat Minneapolis 8 to 4. St Paul at Denver games scheduled but postponed.
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Charleston
Omaha
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Denver
Masters Dominate ABC As Field Is Cut to 48
ROCHESTER New York The Masters Tournament continues to overshadow regular competition at the third annual American Bowling Congress tourney. The field was reduced from 64 to 48. Dick Weber of St Louis led the 16 stars in the winner's bracket while Bill Lillard of Chicago fell to Edwin Albert of Miami in the upset of the day.
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N. Y
Dick Weber
St. Louis
Bill Lillard
Chicago
Edwin Albert
Miami
Fla
Lemon Drops NY Indians Nail Lead In Opening Week
The Associated Press reports pitchers Bob Lemon and the Cleveland Indians asserted control over the New York Yankees, Lemon delivering a 3 2 victory on Monday night to move Cleveland into the American League lead. Al Smith homered in the ninth for the Tribe, while Lemon’s accuracy kept the Yanks to three hits. The win marked Cleveland’s sixth in seven games as Lemon improved to 26-25 lifetime against New York.
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Philadelphia Phillies
Phils
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Asia
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St. Louis Cardinal
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Boston
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Minneapolis
American Assn
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Cincinnati
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ED Wilks
Associated Press
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Cleveland Indians
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Lemon
Chicago
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al Smith
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Ton Howard
Johnny Bucks
Smith
Cleveland
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Bob Feller
Early Wynn
Yankees
Bombers
Mel Parnell
Steve Gromek
Favored Ithemore Will Routs Lebanon Win
Ithemore Will driven by Robert Wilcox of Waynesfield led from start to finish in the featured Class B pace at Lebanon Raceway, finishing the mile in 2:08 3/5 and paying $6.40, $4.00 and $2.60. Whiaz Kid with M. Wilson posted the fastest heat of the night at 2:08 1/5 in the class 22:28 pace.
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Ithemore Will
Lebanon Raceway
Robert Wilcox
Waynes Field
Whiaz Kid
M. Wilson
College Baseball and Track Scores Mixed Across Camps
Xavier beat Villa Madonna 6 to 4 while Ashland defeated Fenn 10 to 1 and Muskingum toppled Kenyon 10 to 1. Wooster won 11 to 3 over Allegheny. John Carroll led track with 92 points to Fenn 34. Fenn routed Mount Union 5 to 2 in tennis, while Bowling Green swept Toledo 6 7 to 2.
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Villa Madonna
Ashland
Fenn
Muskingum
Kenyon
Wooster
Allegheny
John Carroll
Mount Union
Bowling Green
Toledo
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