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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1953
Page
8
Coach Tony Simeon begins two hour conditioning sessions with the High Point High School Black Bison, aiming to rebuild from scratch after a winless previous season. Only 38 turn out for the first practice while Salisbury and Salisbury Group with Yellow Jacket jayvee also attend.
Minor Loop scores include Rochester 11 Buffalo 7 and Baltimore 5 Montreal 4. Springfield 2 Ottawa 1. American Association Charleston 5 Kansas City 2 St Paul 4 Indianapolis 4. Southern Association Nashville 43 Atlanta 1 9 Mobile at Little Rock postponed. South Atlantic Charleston at Columbus postponed Jacksonville 2 Macon 0 Savannah 6 Augusta 3 Columbia 2 4 Montgomery 1 5. Tri State Gastonia 7 Anderson 1 Asheville at Spartanburg canceled rain Charlotte 6 Rock Hill 0 first game 2nd postponed. Carolina League all games postponed due to rain.
Billy Peacock of Los Angeles outpointed Henry Gault in a North American bantamweight title bout in Brooklyn. Nack Nelson of Tooele, Utah drew with Chuck Woodworth of Provo, Utah, at 184 pounds in Salt Lake City. South Gate Calif Phil Kim Teun Gass es ike.
Brooklyn manager Charley Dressen aimed for an 11th straight win after a 5-2 11 inning victory over the Pirates. Gil Hodges hit his 26th homer to boost his 101 RBIs, while Duke Snider added a late homer and Clem Labine earned his third win in six Brookyln starts. The win left the Dodgers 8 1/2 games ahead of Milwaukee as New York and Philadelphia share late-season momentum.
Philadelphia defeats New York 5 to 2 in the first game as Miller wins and Koslo takes the loss. In the second game New York wins 6 to 0 after 11 innings with Labine credited the win and Hansen the setback. Brooklyn also tops Pittsburgh 5 to 2 as Labine works in relief for the Dodgers.
In the opener Ford wins for New York 10 to 3 as Berra homers and Gorman and Murray seal the game. Fricano takes the loss after nine innings. In the second game Kuzava earns the win for the Yankees 9 to 0 as Berra again stars while Coleman falls to 1-2.
High Point High School football drills continue with 38 candidates reporting as Tony Simeon leads two a day sessions at 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. The emphasis remains on conditioning and running as the coach expects squad size to grow when junior varsity players join at the start of the school year.
Art Wall Jr., 25, from Pocono Manor Pa, defeated Dr Cary Middlecoff in an 18 hole playoff to win the Fort Wayne Open and claim 2400 dollars for five days of work. Middlecoff earned 1800 dollars with a final score two under par 70 to 72 in the playoff.
Eddie Mathews of the Milwaukee Braves asks fans to stop talking about breaking Babe Ruth’s home run record. He leads the majors with 37 homers but says he only focuses on pitches, not chasing Ruth’s numbers, even as talk grows.
Vic Seixas of Philadelphia faces a strained right knee and may skip the National Doubles event after a Sunday injury in Newport. The top seed hesitated to play today if it could worsen the knee, risking the National Singles at Forest Hills. Monday's first round saw no major upsets.
Cherryville won an 11th inning 1-0 victory over Norfolk in the Region 4 American Legion Junior Baseball Tournament. Percy Peeler pitched four hits allowed and drove in the decisive run for his 13th win of the season while Norfolk ace Johnny Brannon suffered his first loss in eight games.
The second seeded foreign pair Angela Morti mer and Ann Shilcock from the Wightman Cup team fell to Marjorie Buck of Boston and Katherine Anon McKean of Hamilton, Massachusetts, 6 3 46 6 4.
The data lists top NL hitters and pitchers by averages and totals. Notable names include Irvin, Furillo, Kluszewski, Verna, Minoso, Rosen, Mathews, Campanella, Hodges, Snider, Dark, Gilliam, Kuenn, Vernon, Ashburn, Lockman, Lopat, Burdette, Roe, Ford, and Spahn with their games, at bats, runs, hits, and home run or ERA tallies.
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