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Newspaper
Daily Review
Location
Hayward, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1954
Page
7
Box score snippet lists players Maddern, Thomas, Winnet Bearden and Beirden with RBIs and pitching notes. Loser Bowerman shows 8 60, 2201 AW2500 with context unclear. Indicates a National League box score fragment focusing on offensive and pitching lines for Maddern, Thomas, and Winnet Beirden.
Seminick and Greengrass homered as the visitors edge the Padres 7 to 4 in a game. Peblian earned the win in relief while Padres starter took the loss. 5,504 attended.
Bobby Avila moved into the lead for American League second base in the All Star poll with 82,387 votes, surpassing Nellie Fox of the Chicago White Sox by 4,284 as voters weigh the contenders in the Chicago Cleveland contest.
New York United States and Soviet eight man chess squads contended in New York with the Russians holding a 15 to lead in the eight game series. A win is 1 point and a draw 1 2 points. Two adjourned matches included Robert Byrne versus Alexander Kotov. Samuel Reshevski and Vassily Smyslov drew in fifty six moves while David Bronstein defeated Arnold Denker in forty one moves.
Pleasanton race day at Alameda County Fair saw one long shot win the seventh race with a wire to wire finish by Cousin Lister. Tote prices hit 73.90, 19.40, and 8.80, while Kalaponi set a new track mark for a mile and 70 yards in 1 41 3 5 and Bold Sir tied a five furlong standard with 39 1 4.
Oakland Supervisor Harry Bartel heads to Los Angeles to lobby the California Horse Racing Board against reducing Alameda County’s 1955 fair meet to 10 days. Bartell, joined by race meet director Sam Whiting, reports the current run is already two days short of the usual 14. He notes $213,800 wagered at Pleasanton on opening day of the 1954 fair amid high temperatures, with receipts described as very good.
Sutter plans to swim the Catalina channel in mid July to challenge the world record of 13 hours 7 minutes set by Florence Chadwick in 1952. The swimmer, a World War I Purple Heart recipient, previously completed the 21 mile crossing in 16 hours 38 minutes last September.
East Lansing Mich The American Association of College Baseball Coaches announced the 1954 All American list led by Mickey Sullivan of Baylor with a .486 batting average. Richard Murphy of Ohio State also repeats from 1953. Paul Giel of Minnesota reportedly signed a 50000 contract with the New York Giants and moved to the second team.
PHILADELPHIA AP The Athletics lefty Bobby Shantz has a pulled tendon behind the left shoulder after an examination by Dr George T Bennett of Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore He rests and uses hot compresses to regain form. The 28 year old won the AL MVP award two seasons ago and his 1952 schedule included a broken left wrist in September 1952 from a pitch by Walt Masterson.
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