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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1954
Page
16
Mason City Gallipolis defeated Wahama 4-2 in nine innings as Blue Devil pitcher Russy Smith holds White Falcons scoreless in 21 straight outs. The stretch sets a school record for consecutive batters retired.
Indianapolis extended its American Association lead to four games with a 9-1 win over St Paul as Sam Jones pitched six hits and hit a home run his first in five years. Rocco Colavito also homered with two on, his 18th of the season. Louisville moved into second by edging Charleston 3-1. Kansas City broke a slump by beating Minneapolis 6-3. Columbus beat Toledo 8-7 as Herb Adams and Mo Movzzali had three hits each.
Warren Spahn pitched effectively as the Milwaukee Braves defeated the Cincinnati Reds 3-1. Spahn, now 5-3, homered off Herm Wehmeier and Joe Adcock doubled before Hank Aaron hit a two run homer. Milwaukee moved one game up on the Dodgers in the NL standings.
Ohio University Tigers beat Ashland College 8 to 4 in the opening game of the best-of-three District No. 4 playoff series. Bill Frederick led the hit parade with a 3-for-5 day including a home run and 3 RBIs. Don Lundstrom went 4-for-4, and pitcher John Bier earned his ninth win. Ashland’s Lew Petit started, allowed eight runs in six innings, and trailed 8-4 entering the eighth.
Five of seven horses in the two dash feature earned purse money at Lebanon Raceway last night. Monardo driven by Vern Youngblood won the first half paying 14.80 7 and 2.40 but finished fourth in the second dash. Indian Song won the nightcap with returns of 7.40 7.60 and 4.00. Count On with Clyde Snook showed in both events. Bomber and Lady Rhapsody were the place horses. A small crowd of 1916 wagered 57172.
Portland reports Fred Sanford, acquired from St. Louis Browns for 100000 and players, is released by the Yankees due to a bad arm after three seasons and 12 wins with New York.
John Adams and Mansfield Tygers head the Ohio Class A track field contenders with Clyde leading Class B as Xenia Woodrow Wilson and Oak Harbor vie for titles. The four sport program opens with a track field carnival featuring 800 boys, with state golf tennis and baseball championships also on the weekend schedule at Ohio State University.
Chicago edges Cleveland 4 to 2 in a nine inning game. Lemon pitched poorly allowing six walks and four runs while Pierce earned the win for Chicago. Fox and Lollar doubled and Philley homered for Cleveland with Minoso driving in a run. Carrasquel and Fox also contributed. Attendance 43,039.
Detroit star Ray Boone recalls a Boston game where the Red Sox scored 17 runs. He joked that during the lengthy at bat he signaled two outs every five minutes and finally abandoned the attempt after a half hour.
Dennison High School staff changes: Charles Stocker resigns as football and track coach. Harold Ramesey of Dover High is appointed supervisor of the city health and physical education program. No successor named for the Dennison coaching post.
The Chicago White Sox halted Cleveland’s 11 game win streak with a 4 2 decision in Chicago. Bob Lemon absorbed the loss as White Sox starter gave up the decisive runs while Whitey Ford pitched a complete game for New York. The day also saw Milwaukee, New York, and St Louis winning games while Washington and Philadelphia split.
Goose Goslin posted a .379 batting average in 1928, the highest mark ever recorded by a Washington Senators player.
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