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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1952
Page
16
New York June 8 One Count defeats Blue Man to win the Belmont Stakes the 118500 event leaving racing observers puzzled by the dramatic three year old championship shuffle.
Kanawha Junior Baseball League standings show OLO and Reds leading divisions after key wins. Belmont Park crowd of 43 388 witnessed a Triple Crown finale where One Count shone as top Belmont horse amid a three way stride among Hill Gail Blue Man and One Count.
Boston Red Sox win both ends of a doubleheader 5-2 and 5-2 from Detroit Tigers to seize first place in the American League race. Manny McDermott earns the opener win, Dizzy Trout shines seven, and Boston racks 25 hits as they gain two percentage points atop the standings.
Boston Braves defeat Chicago Cubs 12 hits to 7, ending Cubs five game run. Sar Jethroe hits grand slam for his first MLB homer, Libby Sisti adds three run shot. Bob Rush suffers loss. Warren Spahn used in relief to preserve 12-9? victory in the nightcap. Bruins win opener 7-5 before 38,514 at Chicago.
Philadelphia Athletics beat the Cleveland Indians 12-4 and 11-3 at Shibe Park to pull into third place behind Boston and New York. Pitching woes and weak hitting plagued Cleveland while Bobby Shantz earned win in the opener and Eddie Joost drove in five runs across both games. Bob Feller failed in the night game as the A's piled up 23 hits and two homers.
Payne shot 74 with three birdies and five pars at Edgewood Country Club ending yesterday. McJunkin captured the blind hole event, using a handicap-based scoring method. A three way tie for second included Phil Ziler Frank Bell Sr and L Yeardley in the odd mixed final standings.
Amvets baseball team in the Kanawha Junior Baseball League is building its own field on Pence Street South Charleston with an initial drill planned for Saturday. A tennis court and a cre jauel court are also under construction. The Amvets are sponsored by the Amvats and the Charleston Concrete Floor Company.
Harless defeated Decota 17 to 3 in an Upper Kanawha Valley League match. Darrell Brown earned the win on the mound as the new league opened its season Tuesday.
The readable lines show an exhibition softball game involving Spring Hill Merchants and Gazette Blue Streaks with scattered player names such as Moishine, Medley, Marlee, Dunlap, Jarvis, Mitchell, Evans, Harless, Hyves, Grossi, and Sauzer. Scores and details are fragmented, mentioning 12th straight win for Coal Perk in another line and mixed mentions of 611 and 2025 dollars, creating an unclear combined record of two events.
Bill Campbell travels from Ohio to Dallas for the National Open after a rapid comeback from political campaigning and a troubled string of rounds. He tied for low amateur at the Colonial, shot 71 67 in final clubs, and matched Don Finstéerwald for second-best national qualifier. Campbell recalled a frightening tee shot that hit a man’s hand in a gallery and said he would skip extra practice, focusing on Dallas.
Seth Wharton and EMCO won in the Industrial League. Seth defeated Purity Maid 7 to 3 at Watt Powell annex with Howard Beverly earning the pitching win. Moe Bridgett homered for Purity Maid, while Jack Massey collected two doubles and Mike White hit a triple and a single as BMCO defeated Hendley C&O 48 to 5. Wharton upset Prenter 8 to 7 in the third game, affecting Prenter’s title chances.
Ned Garver of the St. Louis Browns was tossed by umpire Joe Paparelli during the first game after heckling from the bench. The pitcher's ejection came in the Browns half of the fourth inning as a fan interfered with a pop foul attempt by Yankee Gil Melougald, and Tom Byrne was ruled out.
Chicago White Sox beat the Senators 6 to 3 at Griffith Stadium. Four White Sox pitchers held Washington to three hits while Chicago jumped ahead with four runs in the first inning. Jensen batted in a three run homer for Washington, but Judson and Doeish shut down the Senators after the early burst.
Little League managers and coaches attend a basic fundamentals clinic at North Charleyton Legion Field. Mickey McComnall, former Dodgers official, leads the Sedmons with Wilford Squib Winson of Fairmont State and Joe Betenk of Penn State assisting. A second clinic is planned for Wednesday at Beckley.
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