Williams Eyes Babe Ruth Mark as Slugging Stars Rally
Ted Williams, chasing Babe Ruth’s 60 homer record and aiming for 61, powered Boston with two homers in a 6-1 win over Detroit. Vern Stephens also homered as the Red Sox extended their lead while Yankees moved atop the AL. Williams has already hit .400, won three batting titles and MVP awards.
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Ecola
Ted
Vern Stephens
Red Sox
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Tigers Edge Syracuse 2 1 in Ohio Valley clash
Layton Sayre pitched and batted for the Hartford Tigers to beat Syracuse 2 to 1 under Wahama field lights. Sayre allowed five hits, while Matt Hendricks gave three as Syracuse stranded runs in the seventh. Lieving drove in the winning run in the sixth.
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Andy Pafko
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New York Giants
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Tribe
Philadelphia
Lloyd Hittle
Washington
Chicago
Lawrence Lieving
Gerald Clarke
Syracuse
Roy Arms
Wilson
Arms
Hendricks
Sayre
Hartford
Hendricks and Arms
L. Sayre
Gilmore
Laurelville Hires Watts as Coach
Logan Robert E Watts of Greenfield Route 2 has been employed as coach at Laurelville High School for the coming year. Watts succeeds James McLaughlin who resigned to continue studies at Purdue University. He is a graduate of Miami University and attended Wilmington College.
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Robert E. Watts
Greenfield
Route 2
Laurelville High School
Board of Education
Watts
James McLaughlin
Purdue University
Miami University
Wilmington College
Told To Protect Runner A Gabby Street Baseball Memoir
In a retrospective piece Gabby Street recalls managing Eddie Foster with the Washington club in 1909 and a hit and run plan that led to a game winning triple. He reflects on legends from Tinker to Evers to Chance and cites notable catches from 1908 and 1945 War Bond drive as milestones in a long baseball life.
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Cardinals
Eddie Foster
Washington
Joe Cantillion
Foster
Cantillion
Gabby
Reds
Joe Kelley
Braves
Boston
Cubs
Tinker
Evers
Schulte
Steinfeldt
Washington Monument
St. Louis
Civil Courts
Chuck Ward
Wahama Nine Stays Unbeaten In Regional Play
Wahama High’s White Falcons improved to 11 wins with a 16 to 2 rout of St Marys. Pitcher Gene Hesson limited opponents to two hits over six innings with nine strikeouts. J
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Jack Hesson
Buchtel Bruins Top Trimble 3 1 In County League
Buchtel High School defeated Trimble 3 to 1 in an Athens County League baseball game. The Bruins scored all runs in the second inning with two walks a single and an infield error. Pitchers Wright and Lasko held the opposition to scattered hits as each side produced a few threats. McManaway added a single and a double for Trimble.
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Buchtel High
Bruins
Jacksonville Trimble
Athens
Buchtel
Carbon Hill
Waterloo
Wright
Lasko
J-T
Ironton Wins Southeastern Ohio Class A Baseball Title
Ironton Tigers beat Gallia Academy 5 to 1 to capture the district championship for the second straight year. John Shelton and Gene Wetherholt pitched both games for Ironton, with Shelton driving the key offenses in the final. Gallia reached the final by a 4 to 0 win over Jackson as Wetherholt starred for the Blue Devils.
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Jackson
John Shelton
Ironton
Gene Wetherholt
Gallipolis
Barnes
Wetherholt
Shelton
Blue Devil
Bill Hogan
Roger Allen
Dave Neutzling
Charley Orr
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