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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1948
Page
15
Baseball box score fragment lists players and positions with scattered team notes and misc. figures from a filled game page. It references players such as Newhouser Coleman Wakefield and Ramadell amid partial inning and scoring lines, plus unrelated notes about a pike catch and a boat regatta.
Lt. Col. Charles Symroski of Pittsburgh rode the U S Army Jumping horse Swizviestick to victory in the Vierwaldstetter competition in Lucerne Switzerland. The American jumper cleared all 12 obstacles in one minute and no faults. Thewellyn and Kaiser also placed in the top three with seconds and thirds.
Barney McCosky left fielder of the Philadelphia Athletics was carried from the field on a stretcher after crashing into the wall in the eighth inning during the Detroit Tigers game. Don White replaced him. the extent of the injury was not immediately known.
Nine Americans reach quarter finals in the women’s singles as Barbara Scofield and Sheila Summers lead progress. Gardnar Mulloy and John Bromwich win in the men’s draw while Pearl M. Morea and others advance. Perry Moss, ex-Illinois quarterback, to wed Jane Suth ierd in Decatur.
MLB standings update and nightly pitching probables across the National and American leagues. Highlights include the Cardinals’ 2-1 win over the Phillies and the Red Sox’ 7-3 victory over the Indians, with Detroit’s night game debut a two hitter by Newhouser and a 4-1 win for the Athletics.
On June 15 in Kansas City the second day of Heart of America Tennis saw three defending champions roll to easy wins. Baba Lewis of Tulsa dominated Josephine Sedlitz 16-0 6-0 in women’s singles first round. Laura Lou John of Fort Lauderdale beat Ann Gesti 6-0 6-0 in girls singles. Ronald Barnes of Kansas City defeated Robert Sloan 6-0 6-0 in junior singles. Top men Gardner Larned of Chicago and Buddy Behrens were also among the early contenders.
Fort Lauderdale host city receives arrivals from Tom Molloy of New Orleans and Ricardo Balbieri of Chile.
Carl Walker lauds the Gassaway baseball club after a 7 start stretch and aims to schedule more games at Kanawha Park under lights. The piece notes Walker citing the team’s strong summer form and a 1-0 win by a pitcher named Flood over Shreveport, with references to other baseball and racing news including Sir Malcolm Campbell delaying jet tests due to floods and an eye operation.
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