Mays and Mantle Lead National League Slugging Race
Willie Mays tops NL slugging with .659 and 51 homers after a slow start to finish 1954 with 382 total bases in 508 at bats. Mickey Mantle leads AL slugging at .611 with 37 homers and 316 total bases in 517 at bats, beating Duke Snider by 20 points in slugging. Ted Williams posts the league’s highest individual base metric but is ruled ineligible for the title due to insufficient at bats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Yankees
Mickey aMntle
Mays
Duke Snider
Brooklyn
Snider
Mantle
Manttle
Kaline
Gus Zerniai
Kansas City
Vic Power
Cleveland
Larry
Ted Williams
Boston
New System Aims to Rate High School Football Teams
The Messenger shares a proposed rating method by John Moorehouse and Bob Curry inspired by a Pennsylvania system. Teams are sorted into classes by opponent strength, games won, and opponent records, with each victory earning 100 points and defeated teams’ wins adding 10 points per game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Jack) Moorehouse
Messenger
East Liverpool Review
Bob Curry
Moorehouse and
Curry
Pennsylvania
Massillon
Athens
Eastern
Belpre
Rutland
Buckeye
Phils Release Mel Clark and Three Others
Philadelphia Phillies trim roster as four veterans are released and four rookies are promoted to spring camp. Mel Clark, Tom Casagrande, Jim Command and Thornton Kipper were among those cut after brief MLB stints. Roy Hamey said kept players will report to spring training next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Casagrande
Phils
Mel Clark
Jim Command
Thornton Kipper
Roy Hamey
Bob Bowman
Joe Lovett
Seth Morehead
Syracuse
Gene Snyder
Schenectady
Brown Stock Is Purchased By Cleveland Buyers
Cleveland Browns owner Saul Silberman and two associates sold their half share for 375000, transferring control to local stockholders led by Ellis W. Ryan and Robert Hays Gries. Remaining owners are Cleveland residents including Paul E. Brown and Homer H. Marshman with statements stressing local ownership. The club had been bought in 1953 for about six hundred thousand dollars.
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Cleveland
Saul Silberman
Cleveland Browns
Ralph de Chiaro
A. Herman Siskind
Browns
Silberman
de Chiaro
Siskind
Baltimore
Ellis W. Ryan
Cleveland Indians
Robert Hays Gries
Paul E. Brown
Homer H. Marshman
Herbert E. Evans
Dave R. Jones
Jones
Arthur Mickey Mce-Bride
Boxing results from three city bouts reported
Laura Perez age 135 of Brooklyn outpointed Bobby Courchese in Holyoke Massachusetts by 10 rounds. Willie Pep age 129 of Hartford defeated Charlie Titone of Brooklyn by 10 rounds. Lou Campanelli age 168 of Providence stopped Mike Gillo of New Haven in 10 rounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Laura Perez
Brooklyn
Bobby Courchesne
Holyoke
Mass
Brockton
Willie Pep
Hartford
Provdence
R. L
Lou Campanelli
Providence
Mike Gillo
New Haven
Conn
Redlegs Sell Lefties Baczewski Ross to Seattle
Cincinnati Redlegs ship pitchers Fred Baczewski and Cliff Ross to Seattle of the Pacific Coast League. The deal transfers two veteran left handed hurlers to the Seals for future consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Cincinnati Redlegs
Fred Baczewski
Cliff Ross
Seattle
Alston Returns Home After Dodgers Tour
Walter Smokey Alston, manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, is back at his Carrtown home after arriving from Brooklyn. Cincinnati has been Brooklyn's toughest rival this season, defeating the Dodgers 10 times in 22 meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford
Brooklyn Dodgers
Walter
Smokey) Alston
Carrtown
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Redlegs
Dodgers
Martin Not Running For State Board
GALLIPOLIS Harland Martin will not appear on the November ballot for the new state board of education. Petitions were invalidated in Hocking County, leaving signatures short. Despite appeals to the secretary of state, the candidacy could not proceed. Three other candidates will appear on the ballot.
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Gallipolis
Harland Martin
State Board of Education
Martin
Southeastern Ohio School Board Association
Hocking County
Coun
Fairfield County Board of Elections
Hocking Board
Gallia County
Secretary of State
Chamber Heads Meeting Elects Hochberg SORC President
Louis Hochberg of Jackson and Goodyear Engineer in Charge of Piketon plant was elected president of the Southeastern Ohio Regional Council to succeed Wayne B. Foster. The Gallipolis Chamber announced the election Monday night, with Hochberg to be installed January 1. Next SORC meeting is October 27 at Lake Hope.
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Gallipolis
Louis Hochberg
Jackson
Goodyear Corp
Piketon
Southeastern Ohio Regional Council
Wayne B. Foster
Gallipolis Chamber of Commerce
SORC
Lake Hope
Hochberg
Chamber
Lafayette
Evans Grocery Co
United States
Carl Bias
Retail Merchants Committee
Robert L. Rannells
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
Bias
Merchants Committee
John E. Halliday
Ohio Chamber of Commerce
Columbus
Boyd A. Campbell
United States Chamber of Commerce
Ravenswood
Vinton St.Pine St
Hazard
Johnny Foster
Jimmy Robinson
West Virginia
Huntington
Bill C. Campbell
Francis W. Shane
Grand Council of Royal
Ohio
Cincinnati
Shane
Neal B. Clark
Charles Brown
John O'Dell
Grand Commandery of
O'Dell
Rose Commandery
Knights Templar
Washington School PTA hosts reading class in Gallipolis
About 200 Washington School PTA members attended a Monday night reading class with Miss Margaret Irwin of Scott Foresman as teacher. Officers elected new treasurer Mrs. B B Matthews and budget set at 2054.73. The program emphasized phonetics as a reading aid and the value of parental involvement to foster children's desire to read.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Washington School Parent-Teacher Association
Margaret Irwin
Scott Foresman Publishing Co
B. B. Matthews
Arthur Fleming
Trasurer
H. S. Burlingame
Pennsylvania
Marcus J. Magnussen
R. D. Thomas
Edwin Edelblute
PTA
Cochairmen
Edelblute
James Emmons Danner
J. Russel Sarrett
Girl Scouts Troop 4
Irwin
Miss Irwin
Amateur Radio Picnic Draws Hams To Fortification Hill
About 40 people including area radio hobbyists and families gathered Sunday at Fortification Hill for a Gallia County Amateur Radio Club picnic. Prizes tied to transmitters were awarded as operators from Zanesville Piketon Waverly Middiepe Nelsonville Athens Jacksonville Wellston Logan Shuntington and St. Albans attended. Carl Anderson of Marietta flew in, call W8VZ. Two portable 10 meter ops in cars contacted Washington, Roy Waller W8CWX reached Walla Walla and Perry Brown Jr W5BRM-8 reached Tacoma, all around 60 to 65 watts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fortification Hill
Gilbert Benedict Bush
Gallia County
Local residents share visits across Ohio and Florida
Mrs Charlies Phillips resumes work at the Gallipolis State Institute after a vacation that reached Florida. She traveled with her son and his wife, Marshall and wife of Columbus. Mrs Charles Bower of Toledo and Mrs H H Daugherty of Columbus visited Joseph Donnally and his daughter Julia. Mrs C O Betz and Mrs Clarence Booth spent Sunday with friends in Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlies Phillips
Gallipolis State Institute
Florida
Marshall Phillips
Columbus
Charles Bower
Toledo
H. H. Daugherty
Joseph Donnally
Julia
C. O. Betz
Clarence Booth
Walter Alston Eyed as Speaker At Football Fete
Walter Alston manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers was suggested by the Gas polis Downtown Coaches Club as speaker for the Blue Devil football banquet this year before the basketball season. No action was taken but the name will be presented to Coach Clarence E. Thompson for consideration. Inclement weather kept the camera from Athos Friday night but movies of the Middleport game will be shown next Monday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Walter Alston
Brooklyn Dodgers
Gaspolis
Blue Devil
Clarence E. Thompson
Athos
Middleport
Olive Cook Injured At Clay Elementary Construction Site
Mrs. Olive T. Cook, 60, head of Cook Construction Co., building Clay Elementary School, fell at 2 a.m. Monday after stepping on a plank at the site. She was treated at Holzer Hospital and later moved to a Huntington orthopedic clinic for further care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Olive T. Cook
Cook Construction Co
Clay Elementary
Holzer Hospital
Huntington Orthopedic
Clay Elementary School
Gallipolis Residents Attend Kiwanis International Conclave
Gallipolis residents Dr. and Mrs. N Howard Foster and Mr. and Mrs. John W Mills attend the Ohio district Kiwanis International convention in Dayton. Dr Foster serves as district chairman of church support and historian, while Mills is president of the Gallipolis Kiwanis club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Howard Foster
John W
Bill) Mills
Ohio
Kiwanis International
Dayton
Foster
Mills
Films Of European Travels Shown By Gallis Knutsen
Gallia Academy High School Hi Y and Tri Hi Y clubs featured a slideshow by Gallis Byron Knutsen. He presented summer travels through eight European countries and answered questions from an audience of 65. Louisa Bruniardi led devotionals and John Milhoan presided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallis
Byron Knutsen
Hi-Y
Tri-Hi-Y
Gallia Academy High School
Louisa Bruniardi
John Milhoan
Avon D. Lusk
Top Trotter Seeks Harness Grand Slam in Futurity
Lexington Kentucky Scott Frost a leading 3 year old trotter pursues harness racing first triple crown in the Kentucky Futurity at Red Mile. He has won the Hambletonian and Yonkers Futurity and now faces seven rivals in the 62 702 Futurity on the Red Mile track.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Scott Frost
Yonkers
Hoot Man
Absent Teacher's Contract Studied in Gallipolis Hearing
Gallipolis District Board of Education set an 8 p m October 27 hearing on the termination of Frank Knutsen's continuing contract for unlawful absence from classes. Knutsen, on leave in Mt Morris Illinois, sought a personal hearing, claimed entitlement to leave and questioned the board's move while noting another teacher was hired for his Gallia Academy High School subjects. The board also approved paying $9000 to the State for Gallipolis State Institute land and discussed hiring a school business manager and bond plans for a new East Gallipolis high school site. Board members debated use of the land, staffing costs, and salary studies with local officials and state education authorities. A related note mentions a separate story on Harland Martin's ballot status.
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Gallipolis
Frank Knutsen
Mt. Morris
Ford Foundation
Knutsen
Gallia Academy High School
Perry J. Bailes
Common Pleas Court
Supreme Court of Ohio
State of Ohio
Gallipolis State Institute
Marcus Magnussen
Robert E. Jenkins
Jenkins
J. Gordon Gibert
State Department of Education
Ohio State University
Lincoln School
Evans Grocery Co
East Gallipolis
Marshall D. Boggs
Lancaster
Lake Hope
Boggs
Gallipolis Chamber of Commerce
Emerson Davis
Harland Martin
State Board of Education
Town Sees New Edifices Going Up
In Gallipolis Wade Evans plans a $35000 Sohio super service station on U S Route 35 with work by Paul E Watson starting this week. A $30000 G J auto parts building rises on Third Ave near Evans supermarket, owned by A A Cornett. Watson also roofs a $5000 Style Center addition at Two and a Half Alley, and begins a $20000 First Presbyterian Church addition. Harold Walker starts a ranch style home on Route 35 beyond the new state garage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Wade Evans
Paul E. Watson
Standard Oil
Jackson County
Centerville
Watson
G&j Auto Parts
Third Ave
E Vans
G&j
A. A. Cornett
First Presbyterian Church
Harold Walker
Babe Zaharias Plays Nine Holes At Golf Course
Babe Zaharias, recovering from a second cancer attack, felt well enough to play nine holes in Tampa. She rode the course in an electric cart with friend Betty and carded a 40, while Betty shot 38.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tampa
Fla
Babe Zaharias
Betty
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Marietta
Eagles
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Phillies
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DELCO
Doctor of Motors
Alston
State Board
SEC Regional Council
Gallipolis Social Notes
Olive Cook
Kiwanis
Top Trotter
Babe
Ford-Ferguson
Bill Reese
Ferguson
Fastern
Federal Land Bank Loan
The
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National Farm Loan
A. C. Gibson, Sec’v.Treas
Ohio Valley Bank
Gallipolis, Ohio
Beasley Mathews
Saturday Evening Post
Beasley and Mathews
Ford
CAA
Heasley
Goodyear
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