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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1954
Page
11
Cleveland trails 5 to 2 and 3 to 1 to the New York Giants as they return to Cleveland’s lakefront ball yard for game three. Dusty Rhodes shines for the Giants while Cleveland pitchers struggle to halt him. Indians’ offense stalls with limited scoring across two games.
The Cleveland Indians trail 2-0 in the World Series after a strong showing by Dusty Rhodes who delivered a tying hit and the go ahead run as Johnny Antonelli shaped the win. Al Rosen and Bobby Avila struggled as Luis Go mez dominated the Indians in the series opener. Willie Mays drew a leadoff walk and scored the tying run for the Giants.
In New York the Giants beat the Indians 3 1 to take a 2 0 World Series lead. Rhodes hit a homer and a single and quipped about a knuckleball. Westrum praised for behind the plate work while Dark named him unsung hero. Indians manager Lopez lamented timely hits and fine pitching by Antonelli and Wynn.
Wake Forest College outfielder Frank McRae a Salisbury, North Carolina native and sophomore, has endured a shoulder injury in the third game last year and a fractured leg early this season sidelining him for the campaign. He had led the Atlantic Coast Conference with a .467 batting average at the time.
Henry Heinie Manush, longtime major league outfielder and first base coach for the Washington Senators, is shown instructing younger players before games. He won the 1926 batting title with Detroit, hitting .377, and led in 1929 with a .378 average but finished narrowly behind the champion by one percentage point. Manush's career average over more than 2,000 games stood around .327.
Gallipolis coach Bob Shertzler denied a rumor that Len Hamilton of Gallia’s Blue Devils had joined Point Pleasant. Hamilton, a 190 pound six foot two sophomore, had played three games at Paintsville before joining Gallia Academy and left Gallia Tuesday with his parents.
Ohio State coach Woody Hayes led the team through a strenuous session focusing on pass defense. Fullback Den Vicic, sidelined by a knee injury since fall drills, resumed contact work and Hayes expected him to be ready for limited duty Saturday as the Buckeyes face California.
The brown francolin or partridge, a common game bird in India and Pakistan, is discussed as the Fish and Wildlife Service has received some of these birds for distribution in Arizona.
The New York World Telegram and Sun ends its golf promotion after 20 years. From 1932 to 1942 the event drew 17,211 players with 86,055 holes, producing 10 aces. odds of an ace were 8606 to 1. Ernie Grauver's 1942 hole in one bounced off a fence into the cup.
Wallace from New York and Baker from Pittsburgh meet in a nationally televised 10 round bout at Central Armory to earn a shot at No 1 heavyweight contender Valdez. Wallace is a 2 to 1 favorite while Baker is ranked ninth and the bout is expected to be decided before the final bell.
Fights in Boston featured Bob Woodall stopping Ales Brown as Sampo defeated an opponent from Philadelphia. In Seattle Vinnie Decarto stopped Johnny Hairston in Los Angeles with Decarto scoring three rounds.
San Antonio veteran sprinter Alex Litman, medical technician at Brooke Army Medical Center, won the Fourth Army track meet dashes at Fort Sill Oklahoma with 100 yards in 9.6 and 220 yards in 21.5. At 41 he outpaced younger Army rivals and cited rivals Herb McKinley and Maj Whitfield as aged sprinters.
Navy veteran and coach Bill Posedel known as Barnacle Bill leads the Saint Louis Cardinals in the early season. The nickname reflects his naval service before managing in organized baseball.
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