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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1950
Page
3
Johnny Lipon, Detroit shortstop, has emerged as the Tigers' key player as they surge in the pennant race. Once considered replaceable, Lipon now hits .335, leads in fielding, and has a 19-game hitting streak, fueling Detroit’s rise to first in the standings. Kell Evers and Evers pace a heavy Tiger hitting attack, while other teams see shift in the pennant chase as Cleveland and Chicago win and lose to reshape the AL and NL leads.
About 200 golfers will tee off in the fourth annual Iowa junior amateur tournament here Tuesday June 13. Eighteen holes of medal play over the University of Iowa Finkbine course will open the meet. Match play will occupy the juniors for the rest of the week with the championship match Friday June 16.
National League standings show Brooklyn and St. Louis tied for first at 61 percent with 24 wins 16 losses. Philadelphia 25 17. Chicago 20 19. New York 21 20. Pittsburgh 17 28. Cincinnati 12 29. Yesterday New York beat Pittsburgh 10 4. Boston beat Cincinnati 3 2. Chicago beat Brooklyn 7 6. St Louis beat Philadelphia 5 4. Tonight Brooklyn at Pittsburgh 630 pm. Philadelphia at Cincinnati 730 pm. Boston at St Louis 730 pm. New York at Chicago 1230 pm. American League standings list Detroit 30 13 .700. New York 30 13 .698. Boston .596. Cleveland .624. Washington .452. Chicago .d. Philadelphia .241. St. Louis .333. Detroit 11 Washington 8. Cleveland at Washington 630. Chicago at Philadelphia 600. Detroit at New York 630 pm. St Louis at Boston noon.
Vermilion defeats Audubon 8-5 in the opening game of the season before about 1,000 fans. Johnny Warsaw allowed 12 hits, Audubon collected seven off Vermillion pitchers, homers by Audubon’s Deniston and Rennicke, Green homered for Vermillion, Wayne Rausch had three hits, and Dwight Hoover catcher in the first inning led a pre game ceremony. Adel visits Thursday and Schaller plays Audubon Sunday in the Town State league opener.
The league leading Omaha Cardinals edged Denver 2-1 to snap a four game skid. Sioux City beat Colorado Springs 7-8 to stay close. Des Moines won 7-3 at Pueblo. Wichita swept Lincoln 8-1 and 2-0. Octavio Robert earned the Cards win. Wally Cox improved to 5-0 for Sioux City.
The batting leaders include Kell Detroit at .388 and Doby Cleveland at .378 with Williams Boston 14 home runs. Williams leads runs with 46, Stephens 44 RBIs, Kell 66 hits and DiMaggio 60. Pitching leaders feature Byrne New York 6 1 and .833 with Newhouser Detroit and McDermott Boston 4 1 and .800.
Road safety guidance urges drivers to slow down and allow extra travel time to avoid missing destinations. Emphasizes not speeding to prevent accidents and delays.
Minneapolis and Indianapolis swept doubleheaders to pull ahead in the American Association standings. Joe Lafata led the Millers with a 2-1 opener vs Milwaukee, then Billy Reed Howie Moss and John Kropf homered in a 9-6 nightcap to complete the two games. Indianapolis built an 8-2 win over Toledo on Ed Beckman’s fifth inning homer, then beat Toledo 5-4 as Monty Bassall? slammed his fifth homer to break a 4-4 tie in the eighth. Toledo had tied it with Emil Restaino’s grand slam in the sixth. Louisville stayed two and a half games back with a 6-0 win over Columbus, while St Paul topped Kansas City 7-4 as Lee Griffeth preserved a late-inning lead and Eric Tipton added three doubles driving in four.
Dallan Riley from Fort Worth led the field into match play in the women’s Trans-Mississippi. Medalist Mine Riley shot 74 at Lakewood Country Club to top the field by three strokes. First round pairings set with Mrs Gene Langkop of Dallas facing Riley after Langkop qualified with 87. Beverly Hanson 77 was runner up. Grace DeMoss Betty Dodd Marjorie Lindsay tied at 78. Betsy Rawls defending champ stood at eight over par 81.
The YMCA church league ball season starts with a doubleheader under new floodlights at Sunnyside field after a Monday delay caused by lighting circuit breakers. Zion Lutheran Catholics and St. Pauls Lutheran Peace Evangelical Reform attend opener. tomorrow B and H Motors Atlantic faces Lenox post office club at 8 p.m.
In White City London Lee Savold defeats Bruce Woodcock in four rounds to claim the British European heavyweight championship. Blood streams from Woodcock as the referee stops the bout with Savold delivering decisive left jabs and right hooks.
Bob Williams of At nuiia is in charge of the junior baseball league this year. The schedule lists games in June and July with locations at here and there, including Stuart Walnut Grant Oskand Scranton Bridgewater Kimbalston Elk Horn Corning Oakland Guthrie Center and Westphalia.
Bobby Thompson hit two home runs and a triple driving in six as New York defeated Pittsburgh 10 to 4. Ken Holcombe pitched for the White Sox in an 8 to 4 win over Boston, limiting the Red Sox to seven hits.
Cedar Rapids reports the Iowa state midget baseball association has divided into eight districts for play. Kim Meaghan, president, announced districts will crown a state champion in August. The league promotes baseball for boys under 15 as of June 1, and District 6 includes Adair Adams Audubon Case Guthrie Fremont Harrison Mills Montgomery Page Pottawattamie Shelby Taylor counties.
Cumberland Cecil Boos Chas South and Larry Harter led the boys and Shirley Gaines led the girls by catching the most fish at the Cass County Game Conservation club event. Jimmy Ireland Larry Jensen Dick Wolford Teresa Armstrong Amy Brandon and Judy Conner announced the top fish in three one hour contests. Bobby Gray Charles Wade Jeri Millard Jane Casher Virginia Coughlin and Alice Nichols caught the first fish while Shirley Gaines Cecil Boos Chas South and Larry Harter recorded the smallest fish.
Dick Wakefield, former Yankee, connected for a left field homer with a man aboard in the eighth inning as Oakland defeated Sacramento 6 to 2. It was Wakefield’s first complete game in left field for the Oaks.
Readable text notes human infections from contact with wild animals or water contaminated by them. The fragment references disease exposure and public health concerns without detailing specific cases or locations.
A young American scientist Lee de Forest advanced the Edison concept by adding a grid to the lamp bulb to capture speeding electrons. This created the first radio tube enabling amplification of sound and spawning many variations for transmitting sound.
Hospitals move away from stark whites toward soft attractive colors in patient rooms. Finishes must tolerate mouthwash medicines soaps and cleaning compounds while remaining durable and visually soothing for morale.
Stevetaral Lember explains that lumber sourced from the middle portion of the leg yields the type of stock needed for high class construction where great strength is essential.
Senate approval sent to the White House for a bill raising eligible displaced persons to 341000. The extension, for a year beyond June 30, 1948, continues the 1948 law that allowed 205000 admissions. About 163000 have entered so far.
Toxaphone is recommended for controlling ticks lice hornflies and sheep ticks on all livestock except dairy cattle. This chemical is noted as particularly effective for tick control in the report.
A painter applying six coats to a surface accidentally leaves a neglected space, described in the text as a holiday. The incident highlights a flaw in meticulous coating and the need for careful coverage.
Guardian advertises sale of real estate Lot Five and part of Lot Four in Block 67 Dickersons Addition Lewis Iowa with bids open until June 6 1980 at 3 pm real estate to be sold to highest bidder and terms 30 down balance in 30 days household goods to be sold cash terms for goods details listed including appliances furniture tools and jackscrew auction on premises June 9 1950 with owners John Ratzlaff Wayne Flick and Clarence Hancock acting as clerk and auctioneer all bids subject to rejection prior notice given by district court guardian John Ratzlaff
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