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Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 12, 1954

Page

2

Casey Gives White Sox Pennant Winning Secret

Casey Stengel tells the White Sox they can win the pennant in a 3-2 thriller as the Yankees drop Chicago for the fourth straight loss. Reynolds wins his seventh. Berra homers. Chicago loses ground to Cleveland after a busy day of hits and walks across the league.

Casey White Sox Pecasey Stengel Euy Yankees Chicago Allie Reynolds Irv Noren Phil Rizzuto Mike Fornieles Reynolds Yogi Berra Eddie Robinson Jerry Coleman Cleveland Red Sox Boston Larry Doby

Elites Cling to First as Merchants Win Big

The Elites beat Kelley's 12-9 to stay atop the City Softball League standings while the Merchants shut out Bleeville 12-0. Louie Alkire had the lone first inning hit for Bleeville as Ed Cleavenker worked the win. The Merchants exploded for six in the second and added runs in the final innings to seal the rout.

Kelley Merchants Bleeville Louie Alkire Ed Cleavenger Alire Elites Kelley's Farrance Ballard C. Boston

Major League Standings And Birthdays In Gloucester

In Gloucester seven friends marked birthdays totaling 597 years over a 10 day span. The Major League standings show Brooklyn leading with 32 wins, 20 losses, 615 percentage, and a 1 game ahead of New York, Philadelphia, Milwaukee, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Chicago, and Pittsburgh in a tight NL race. Friday results feature Chicago 5 New York 4, Brooklyn 10 Cincinnati 8, Milwaukee 1 Philadelphia 0, Pittsburgh 8 St. Louis 5. Tonight’s pitchers include Erskine for Brooklyn and Podbielan for Cincinnati, Maglie for New York and Hacker for Chicago, Roberts for Philadelphia and Wilson for Milwaukee, Littlefield for Pittsburgh and Staley for St. Louis.

Brooklyn New York Philadelphia Milwaukee St. Louis Cincinnati Chicago Ole Pittsburgh Cicago Pittsburgh Erskine Podbielan Maglie Hacker Roberts Wilson Littlefield Staley

Giardello Wins Unanimous 10 Round Over Bobby Jones

New York January protest marred the Madison Square Garden bout as Joey Giardello edged Bobby Jones by unanimous 5-4-1 decision in ten rounds. Jones claimed a controversial result amid boos from 3,093 fans and called for a rematch. Giardello, the favorite, landed harder punches, including telling blows in the second, fifth, and eighth rounds. Jones also accused a syndicate influence while denying defeat. Police meanwhile cited a separate Latrobe traffic incident involving James H. Broomfield scheduled for court Monday.

New York Joey Giardello Bobby Jones Oakland Calif Nesto Jones Philadelphia Joey Madison Square Garden Giardello United Press Bobby

Baseball Standings and Schedule Highlight Busy AL Week

In the American League standings Cleveland leads a tight table with New York Chicago Detroit and Baltimore close behind New York holds 33 wins and 21 losses while Chicago stands 21 12 behind. Tonight matchups include Chicago at New York Cleveland at Boston Detroit at Philadelphia Baltimore at Washington with two games apiece on several checkpoints.

Chicago Cleveland New York Detroit Washington Boston Baltimore Philadelphia Phila Marshman Ford Feller Sullivan Garver Trice Kretlow Stubbs

Yesterday's baseball results recap from United Press

Detroit Philadelphia Chicago New York Baltimore Cleveland Boston Chicago Pittsburgh St Louis Brooklyn and other teams posted results. Key pitchers included Herbert Gromek Fornieles Davis Law and Presko with multiple wins and losses. Scoring summaries show varied inning totals and late surges across the slate.

United Press American League Detroit Phila BC Weik Marlowe Herbert House Portocarrero Burtschy Romberger Ditmar W. Shantz Gromek Fricano Astroth Chicago New York Johnson Fornieles Martin Lollard Reynolds Berra Baltimore Wash Chakales Blyzka Moss Schmitz Pascual Marrero Witzgerald Cleveland Boston Houtteman Hegan Nixon Werle White

Belmont Stakes Field Reaches 14 Entries At Belmont Park

The 86th Belmont Stakes runs at Belmont Park with 14 three year olds for a $126,100 purse. Winner nets $90,000 in the mile and a half classic at 4 45 p m EDT before about 50 000 fans and millions watching on TV. High Gun is the 5 to 2 favorite ridden by Eric Guerin with Riverina the first filly runner since 1932, ridden by Hank Moreno. Correlation trains at 3 to 1 with Eddie Arcaro aboard replacing Willie Shoemaker.

New York High Gun King Ranch Riverina Eric Guerin Hank Moreno Prince Hill Christopher T. Chenery Barn Hal Price Headley Pinetum Rancho Casltas Limelight Robert S. Lytle Correlation C. V. Whitherman J. C. V. Bryan Buttevant Foxcatcher Farm Chevatlon Llangollen Farm Porte House J. H Thouron William Goodby Loew Kilimanjaro Greentree Stable Eddie Arcaro Willie Shoemaker

Moose Trounce Elks To Lead League In Ugly 7-1 Win

The Moose dominated the Elks 7-1 to seize the league lead in a game noted for poor hitting on a damp day. Williams singled for one Elk hit and scored on a fumbled plate play off pitcher Joe Robinson. Jim McCue relieved in the fifth as Moose pitchers held the Elks to two hits.

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