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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1948
Page
8
A boxing recap notes Zale stops Graziano in the third round to reclaim the world title. The column reflects on trainer biases and camp optimism surrounding fighters, highlighting the psychology of expectations in combat sports. It includes musings on Joe Louis vs Jersey Joe Walcott buildup and trainer loyalties.
Tony Zale, a 12 to 5 underdog, wins the middleweight title by KOing Rocky Graziano in 1:08 of the third round at Ruppert Stadium Newark. Graziano suffers a concussion and is listed as dazed with reflexes gone. The fight, first promoted by Tournament of Champions, Inc., drew about 25,000 fans and ended Zale’s two-year reign of his rival.
Boston outslug Cleveland 15-7 in Boston. Dobson earned his seventh win, aided by Doerr and Tebbetts drives and a six-run third inning. DiMaggio added five RBIs, Doerr three, while Feller took the loss after three innings of work. Crowd 17,810 witnessed season high scoring and home triumph over Lou Boudreau's Indians.
Lynchburg beat Norfolk 3 to 2 while Fortsmouth defeated Newport News 3 to 2. Roanoke routed Richmond 9 to none in quick league results.
Philadelphia Athletics erupt for seven runs on two hits in the fourth inning to defeat the Detroit Tigers 10 to 4 and snap a five game losing streak. Trucks was charged with the loss as the rally built a big lead.
In Memphis on June 10 the top seeds advanced in the Southern tennis tournament. Jack Tuero of Atlanta defeated Glenn Gardner of New Orleans 16-4 6-4, while Gardner Larned of Chicago beat Larry Dee 6-1 6-4. Ricardo Balbiers edged Dick Mouledous 6-1 11-13 6-3 after a three-set battle. Sam Daniels of Columbia beat Jerry Evert 6-4 6-4. In women’s singles top seed Marta Barnett of Miami won 6-0 6-2 over Virginia Simmons, Baba Lewis defeated Barbara Becker 11 6-0 6-1, and Jean Clarke beat Ewing McAllister 6-0 6-2.
Sammy Snead shoots 67 to tie the first round scoring record at the United States Open at Riviera Country Club. Lew Worsham and Ben Hogan fire 71s to pace challengers. Rogers, Stranahan, and Demaret also post solid starts amid a field of 171.
Boston Braves overtake St. Louis 10 to 2 as Johnny Sain gains his sixth win. Elliott and Salkeld pace the offense with three RBIs each, while Musial hits his 13th homer for the Cardinals. St. Louis drops to third as Boston continues its hot streak following last night’s 11-5 victory.
Chicago tops New York 6 to 4 to take two of three with the Giants. Russ Meyer pitched seven hits allowing four runs in the route for the Cubs fifth win. Ed Waitkus and Bill Nicholson contributed a go ahead single in the seventh as Peanuts Lowrey and Nicholson drove in runs for the decisive rally.
Lafayette defeated Navy 4-0 to capture the NCAA district two baseball title and advance to the eastern finals in Winston-Salem, N C. Bob Allard pitched a five hit shutout with nine strikeouts, supported by Jack Milne and Jack Bird on offense as Lafayette scored in the third, fifth, and eighth innings.
Carl Brumbaugh of Dayton Ohio, former Florida star and NFL player, signed today as backfield coach at Holy Cross College in Worcester Massachusetts. He has coached at Boston College and Cincinnati University and previously played with the Chicago Bears.
Beckley W Va June 10 Pitchers Gaston Jude of William son and Stan Franczek of Newell led the balloting for the second annual all state scholastic baseball team announced today by George Springer chairman of the selection committee Jude hurled 12 of the 15 games won by the unbeaten Wolfpack 1948 state champions while Franczek posted an 8 0 mound record Completing the pitching staff was Huntington Wison s Jimmy Waugh who allowed only 15 outs in 48 innings this season and fanned 98 In all 13 high schools were represented on the 15 man first squad with Williamson and Newell each getting two berths Jim Horne Wellsburg third baseman and Harry Ballard utility infielder from Greenville in Monroe county were the only repeaters from the 1947 squad Gerald Cook of Martinsburg and Ballard were tied for the infield utility berth so both were named for the first squad
Johnson City visits Bluefield Kingsport travels to Pulester New River plays Bristol Welch heads to Elizabethton in the International League only games played show Rochester 5 Baltimore 4 and Buffalo 3 Syracuse 2 Jersey City 4 Montreal 10 with scores listed.
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