Rohrer Through Sports Rohrer Through Sports
Forecaster notes inseason adjustments for high school football games across multiple matchups. Predictions include Athens-Oak Hill, Wahama-Gallipolis, Logan-Lancaster, Middleport-Point Pleasant, The Plains-Nelsonville, Chesapeake-Pomeroy, Crooksville-Wellston with cautious expectations and one potential shellacking noted for the Indians this year.
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Athens
Oak Hill
Bulldogs
Wahama-Gallipolis
Blue Devils
Falcons
Logan Lancaster
Chiefs
Lancaster
Middleport Point Pleasant
Plains
Nelsonville
Indians
Greyhounds
Chesapeake - Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Crooksville-Wellston
Crooksville
Finsterwald Keeps Golf Title With 8 and 7 Win
Finsterwald overwhelmed Woody Wyant to retain the Athens Country Club golf championship. The defending champion built a six up lead by lunch, then closed out the 36 holes eight up after halving the 28th and 29th. Wyant, from West Virginia, struggled with three putts while Finsterwald needed only two for most holes.
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Don Finsterwald
Athens Country Club
Woody Wyant
Wyant
West Virginia
Finsterwald
Roberts Track Scene of Races at Roberts Speedway
A field of top stock car racers competes at Roberts Speedway three miles north of Glouster on Route 13 Sunday afternoon. Ralph Martin, former winner now in Columbus, leads participants along with George LePat of Columbus and Ray Kreuger of Dayton among others.
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Glouster
Roberts Speedway
This
Ralph Martin
Columbus
Triangle Raccing Association
George LePat
Ray Kreuger
Dayton
Red Cotterman
Piqua
Jack Coleman
Springfield
Thers
Dodgers Clinch NL Lead With 4 3 Win Over Cards In St Louis
Brooklyn's Dodgers moved five and a half games up in the NL with a 4-3 victory in St Louis. Ralph Branca improved to 20 wins while Hank Brecheen absorbed the loss. Cookie Lavagetto's bases loaded single broke an 8-3 edge. The Pirates' Ralph Kiner hit four homers in a doubleheader sweep of the Braves. The Yankees, Indians, and Red Sox split a pair, keeping NY in front in the AL race. Football opens Southeastern Ohio with several SEC Buckeye league clashes on tap tonight.
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Joe Reichler
Associated Press
Brooklyn
Dodgers
St. Louis
Cardinals
New York Yankees
Detroit
Hal Newhouser
Tigers
Boston Red Sox
Cleveland
Red Sox
Bronx Bombers
Indians
Southeastern Ohio
SEC
SEC Buckeye Loop
SPO
Athens High Bulldogs
Oak Hill
At & P.m
Bulldogs
Athens
Logan High
Chieftains
Mowery Boys
Bum Conrad
Jack Glick
Lancaster
Fairfield County
Chiefs
Byron Eby
Nelsonville
Greyhound
the Plains
Hounds
Pomeroy
Johnny Werry
Batting Leaders Highlight League Averages and Key Stats
In American League and National League batting and pitching leaders, Williams tops several categories for Boston including runs and RBIs, Mize leads NL in runs and RBIs, Walker and Holmes share hits, and Jansen and McCahan anchor pitching. Postseason results note Detroit vs New York and other series updates.
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Williams
Boston
Pesky
Boudreau
Cleveland
Vernon
Washington
Dillinger
St. Louis
McCahan
Philadelphia
Walker
Mize
New York
Holmes
Brooklyn
Elliott
Kiner
Pittsburgh
Robinson
Jansen
Nighttime NBA matchups cross leagues with nine games
Brooklyn faces St. Louis in a night game while New York meets Cincinnati and Philadelphia visits Chicago. Boston hosts Pittsburgh in night action with Detroit traveling to New York and Cleveland playing Boston. St Louis plays Washington at night and Chicago contests Philadelphia in late games.
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L Pet
New York . RR
Boston
Detroit
Cleveland
Philadelphia
Chicago
Washington
St. Louis
League National Brooklyn
Black
Klieman
Dorset
Stephens
Hegan
Deal
Murphy
Zuber
Harris
Batts
Boson Icences
Gettel
Linde
Groth
Gromek
Ruszkowski
Ferriss and Batts
Haynes
Gebmian
Tresh
Coleman
Savage
Rosar
Zoldak
Muncrief
Moss
Haefner
Candini
Evans
New York
Cincinnati
Poat
Koslo
Cooper
Raffensberger
Lamanno
Pittsburgh
Sain and Camelli
Highe and Howell
Voiselle
Lanfranconi
Wright
Beazley
Mass
American Association
Minneapolis
Louisville
Brooklyn
National League Race At A Glance
Brooklyn leads with 86 wins and a .619 mark, St. Louis at 79–57 and .581. Remaining games show Brooklyn 15 at home four on the road, away 11, with St. Louis 18 home 11 away 7. Brooklyn schedule notes a replayed unfinished Aug. 17 game with Philadelphia by order of Commissioner Ford Frick.
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L Pet
Brooklyn
St. Louis
Boston
New York
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Chicago
Ford Frick
Baseball Homers by Mize Kiner Ruth on Sept 11 1927
List shows Homer Game and Date for Johnny Mize 47 136th Sept 11 Ralph Kiner 47 139th Sept 11 Babe Ruth 47 133rd Sept 6 Mize needs 13 homers in 18 games to tie Kiner needs 13 in 15 games Ruth 48th hit in 134th game Sept 7 1927 the year he set 60.
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Johnny Mize
Ralph Kiner
Babe Ruth
Mize
Kiner
Ruth
Stars Hit Four Homers In Twin Bill To Tie League Lead
Ralph Kiner of the Pirates slugged four home runs in a double header with the Braves, one in game one and three in game two, to tie Johnny Mize for the league lead with 47. He added three hits in each game and seven RBIs. Hank Behrman of the Dodgers relieved in the eighth, preserving a 4 3 win over the Cards as Los Angeles prevented further scoring.
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Redbirds
Dodgers
Brecheen
Ralph Branca
Branca
Hank Behrman
Ralph Kiner
Pittsburgh Power
Pirates
Boston Braves
Johnny Mize
New York Giants
Kiner
Bucs
Braves
Giants
Illini Michigan Lead Big Nine Rose Bowl Outlook
Michigan and Illinois are favored to lead the Big Nine as no Rose Bowl repeaters from the West Coast appear in the first three games of the pact. The article surveys Michigan coach Fritz Crisler and Illinois coach Ray Eliot, listing key players and potential strengths and losses for each team, with Iowa, Ohio State and Indiana also noted as contenders and dark horses across the conference.
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Chicago
Ilinois
Pasadena
Tilini
Michigan
Ray Eliot
Buddy Young
Julie Rvkovich
Alex Agase
Illini
Eliot
Trini
Perry Moss
Art Duselmeier
Paul Patterson
Eddie Bray
Dike Faddieman
Jack Pierce
Dufelmeier
Bray
Pierce
Young
Bob Weise
Crisler
Bob Chappuis
Wolverines
Iowa
Eddie Anderson
Fail Bank
Harold Shoener
Bill Kay
Bob Smith
Emlen Tunnell
Bo McMillin
Indiana
Hoosiers
Pete Pihos
Ben Raimondi
John Cannady
George Taliaferro
Wes Fesler
Ohio State
Fesler
Pittsburgh
Paul Bixler
Ollie Cline
Joe Whisler
Bob Brugge
Jerry Krall
Buckeye
Bob Voigts
Northwestern
Stu Holcomb
Purdue
Voigts
Frank
Earl
Jug) Girard
Boxing results from three coast-to-coast bouts
In Worcester Don Williams won on points over Mickey Sand. In Waterville Jackie Fisher drew with Wendall Gallant. Boxing action also featured Buster Tyler of Miami beating Vic Grupi in San Francisco.
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Brooklyn
Buster Tyler
Miami
Fla
Vic Grupito
Sanrancisco
Worcester
Mass
Don Williams
Mickey Sand
Manchester
N. H
Waterville
Jackie Fisher
Wendall Gallant
Skowhegan
Drew
Rough Work Again On Program For OU
Ohio's grid Bobcats continued rough scrimmage pace for the third straight day as the first full week of practice nears. A rain muddied the field but a lengthy dummy scrimmage sharpened plays while injuries limited some players. Freshmen Luecke McKenna Riebel worked under Wise with no clear first unit, and Marco Risser Ruszkowski Hall Laterza at key line spots.
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Ohio
Bobcats
Wise
Stan Zylowski
Ralph Sayre
Bob Luecke
Jim McKenna
Jim Riebel
Bobcat
John Marco
Pete Risser
Gene Ruszkowski
Fred Hall
Ed Zednik
de Bergman
Milt Taylor
Dick DiBartolo
Ken Weiss
Tony Laterza
Blackie May Be Lost for Season for Reds
Cincinnati Reds may lose Ewell Blackwell for the season after a possible left shoulder muscle pull. Dr. Richard J. Rohde to decide today or tomorrow if Blackwell can pitch again. Reds beat the New York Giants 3 2 as Ken Raffensberger pitched seven hit ball. Johnny Mize hit his 47th homer in the eighth. Sid Gordon and Eddie Luken homered for the Giants and Reds respectively. Bobby Adams drove in the winning run in the sixth.
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Blackie
Cincinnati
Cincinnati Reds
Ewell Blackwell
Richard J. Rohde
Blackwell
Reds
New York
Ken Raffensberger
Johnny Mize
Raffensberger
Bobby Adams
Wightman Cup Honors Hazel Wightman at Forest Hills
At Forest Hills N Y the Wightman Cup matches began with a formal presentation honoring Mrs Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman by a Kappa Kappa Gamma official.
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Wightman
Forest Hills
N. Y
Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman
Kappa Kappa Gamma Fraternity
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Opaline
George L. Smith
Sinclair Refining Co
West Washington St
Dwight Duncan
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Athens Motor Sales
W. State
Athens, Ohio
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Harry
the Cat) Brecheen
Cookie) Lavagetto
Carl Furillo
Eroy
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Chesapeake
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Ohio River
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Gene Wetherholt
Bill Welker
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Miles Epling
George Hout
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Wayne Folden
Gene Marchi
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Sonny MacKenzie
Bob Marchi
Wellston
Rockets Zoom
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Cookie Lavagetto
Koha
Feller, Cleve
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Lollar
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Hardman & Hooper
Lancaster St
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Hollywood
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Disney
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Clifford
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