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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1952
Page
8
Emil Scheid gambled on a lefty and Ray Rosenbaum delivered an eight-hitter for his fifth win in seven starts as the Packers beat the Lakers 4-2 at Marcusen Park. A 2,123 crowd boosted Austin's nine-home-game attendance to 17,363.
Rosenbaum pitched well for Austin, earning a 4 to 2 win over Faribault in game two after Thompson homered earlier. The Lakers tied late but Austin pulled ahead in the seventh on timely hits including Shepard stealing second and Bartholemew driving in two runs.
In Southern Minnesota League play Mankato beat Waseca 7-4 while Rochester defeated Winona 8-3. Merchants beat Waseca 4-? with Petrich limiting hits and Modica homering twice for three RBIs. Dahlberg and Johnston also homered for the Royals. Exhibition game Owatonna vs Albert Lea was canceled.
Two hundred athletes begin a two day track and field trial at Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles seeking spots on the Finland bound U S Olympic team. By nightfall tomorrow the field will be cut to a minimum of three per event with four field events scheduled to start at 2 30 p m CST.
Boxers from multiple cities battled in decisive bouts. Archie Moore of Baltimore outpointed Clarence Henry of Los Angeles. Irish Bob Murphy stopped Amond Dieu of Paris after a four round bout. Bob Stecher of Portland knocked out Charlie Goulart of Cambridge in eight rounds.
The article reports 12 of 22 All-Star starting positions set for the July 8 game in Philadelphia with voters naming American League and National League starters. It lists leaders like Eddie Robinson and Yogi Berra for the AL and Whitey Lockman and Jackie Robinson for the NL, noting injuries affect the ballot and that managers Stengel and Durocher will pick pitching staffs.
South versus North as Austin faces Halstad for the Minnesota high school championship at Dartt's Park at 8 p.m. Tonight’s semi finals left the Packer Preps unbeaten in 16 in a row after a 7-5 win over St Paul Monroe. Halstad reached finals by beating St Louis Park 7-4 in a game aided by Park errors.
Babe Jensen of Albert Lea is set to manage the Western team for the Southern Minnesota League All-Star game on July 17 at Gabrych Park Winona. Western will include players from Albert Lea Faribault Waseca and Mankato. A Waseca loss last night clinched Jensen’s selection while Emil Scheid and Hugh Orphan compete for the Eastern slot with Austin and Winona in the race.
Louisiana State and North Texas State led the eight man quarterfinal lineup with Curtis Jacobs of Wisconsin and Jim Vickers of Oklahoma among the survivors. Notable results included Merrins of LSU and Morrow of North Texas advancing while Key of Rollins and Dailey of Stanford moved toward semifinals after decisive wins.
MINNEAPOLIS Frank Wolinski a former Golden Gloves boxer has accepted a bid to coach boxing at the University of Minnesota The university board of regents will consider Wolinski for the post at its next meeting Wolinski was an assistant to Ray Chisholm who resigned recently.
Patty Berg, 34, from St. Andrews Illinois, shot a 69 at Bala Country Club to lead after the first round of the seventh annual Women's Open. Louise Suggs carded 70 at Carrollton Georgia, Berg ties the National Open one round record, and the four day, 72 hole event ends Sunday with Berg favored to win.
The Associated Press reports Kansas City won 6-4 over Minneapolis to extend its streak to nine wins and a 13-3 home record. Kal Segrist hit an inside-the-park homer as Ed Brantt earned his 11th consecutive win, one loss, in a strong pitching season. Louisville beat Charleston 5-4 in 17 innings on a misplay by Butch Davis. Tom Keating registered his first win for Columbus in a 7-4 victory over Indianapolis.
Oliver and Ford take early lead in the Inverness Invitation golf tourney at Toledo as 100 degree heat drives scores up. Ed Oliver and Doug Ford fired a 64 to beat Demaret Burke by three, with Snead Ferrier one up on Heafner Furgol and Nelson Riegel one up on Mangrum Middlecoff in closely contested matches.
S M Fans honor former Austin players Bill Skowron and Earl Mosser during a long Saint series at Lexington Park St Paul. Austin Night features gifts for Skowron and Mosser, with tickets at the Arcade Bob and Jake s Bar and Austin Bus Line transport to St Paul.
Sal Maglie hurled six no-hit innings as the Giants beat Brooklyn 3-0, improving to 10-2 and extending his mastery over the Dodgers to 12-1 since returning to the majors. He walked two, struck out none, and needed 85 pitches for the win, with Carl Furillo breaking the no-hit bid with a seventh-inning single. Meanwhile, Vic Wertz powered the Tigers to a 6-0 victory over the Browns on a first-inning homer.
New York boxing fans await a 10 round middleweight bout at Madison Square Garden featuring Ernie Durando of Bayonne New Jersey returning from a three and a half month layoff to meet Norman Hayes of Boston. The bout starts at 8 pm and will be broadcast on ABC radio and NBC television. Durando has a 33 13 3 record from 49 fights and Hayes owns a 21 10 1 mark from 32 starts.
The Southern Minnesota Golf Association tournament opens in Albert Lea with 18 hole pro am test at Albert Lea Country Club and Greenlea Public course. Notables Bob Carlson and Jim Vacura tee off as qualifying rounds set for Saturday for final 36 hole championship Sunday.
Ray Robinson is cleared of danger after a heat exhaustion incident at Yankee Stadium following his loss to Joe Maxim in 14 rounds. The fight featured referee Ruby Goldstein briefly replaced by Ray Miller. Maxim earned a $125000 purse as talks surface about a future Robinson Maxim rematch, possible bouts with Jack LaMotta or others, and a Paris Tel Aviv tour plan for Robinson.
The Associated Press reports Superior beat Aberdeen 3-2 to stay atop the Northern League standings while Sioux Falls edged Duluth 7-4 to close the gap. St Cloud defeated Grand Forks 11-3 in a 13 hit home win as Fargo-Moodren and Eau Claire split a doubleheader. The Twins won 3-2 in the first game and the Bears took the nightcap 9-4 with eight runs on three homers.
Former University of Iowa lefty Jim Riedesel, released by Faribault Thursday, previously went 7-3 for the Lakers last season. He is seeking a job with Fairmont or New Ulm in the Western Minnesota League after being used only in relief since rejoining Faribault. Duane Bartholmey of Stacyville joins the Austin Packers on a trial basis as a third baseman with prior high school and Army baseball experience.
Gene McPherson set a coast to coast cycling record completing the distance in 20 days seven hours and 29 minutes. The endurance feat highlights a historic achievement in long distance cycling across the United States.
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