Four New Pilots Lose First Show
Opening day at baseball featured 18 homers and record crowds as 331,783 attended. Brooklyn beat the Giants 7-6. Cardinals shut out the Reds 4-0. Yankees blanked by Detroit? No, Washington crushed the world champions 9-1. Indians topped the Browns 4-0. Phillies beat Braves 3-1. Pirates edged Cubs 3-2. Notable rookies spurred a flurry of early runs and four managers suffered a loss on debut.
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Reds rely on sacrifices while Pirates strike early
A veteran observer frames the Reds Pirates opener around bunts and the sacrifice as key, noting Johnny Neun might not call for bunt with big hitters behind him. The piece contrasts Reds’ limited power with the Giants and Mets outlooks, citing Mel Ott’s club and a four hit win by Sheldon Jones as hopeful signs.
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Ewell Blackwell
Siug the Agate
Johnny Neun
Polo Grounders
Mel Ott
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Sheldon Jones
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Dave Koslo
Ray Poat
Bobo Newsom
Thornton Lee
Stranahan Advances In North South Meet
The North and South Amateur Golf Tournament in Pinehurst, North Carolina saw 2 survivors of the first round advance to second and third rounds. Stranahan, the 1946 winner, led M D Buccella two under and five up at the turn as Buccella faded to a 7 and 6 defeat. George Fulton Jr. upset Harold Paddock in a notable upset at Roanoke, Virginia, after Paddock’s 73 qualifying was near Stranahan’s medal score.
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Roanoke
Harold Paddock
Aurora
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Stranehan
Harry Storey Sets Season Pace in 1888 Across 130 Games
Philadelphia star Harry Storey stole 156 bases over a full 130 game season in 1888, a remarkable total reflecting his elite baserunning in that year.
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Harry Storey
Philadelphia
Locke Far In Lead In Carolinas Open Golf
Bobby Locke, the South African sharpshooter, held a four stroke margin over Johnny Palmer as final 36 holes began in the Carolinas Open at Southern Pines. Locke, defending his title, stood 13 under par 131 at the halfway point after posting a 67 to add to a 64 opening round.
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Indians Open Season With 4–0 Win Over Browns
Bob Feller throws a two hitter to pace Cleveland to a 4–0 victory over St. Louis before a crowd of 73 163 the largest season opener in major league history. Thurman Tucker walks and scores on Lou Boudreau’s single the first inning, followed by a second-inning rally capped by Jim Hegan’s homer. Feller fans three, walks two, and despite a hit on the finger, remains in the game as Cleveland heads to Detroit Friday for the Tigers opener.
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Reds Lose Lead as Cardinals Edge Reds 4-0
St Louis snapped Cincinnati’s NL lead, beating the Reds 4-0 behind Murray Dickson’s pitching. Frankie Baumholtz collected three singles and a double for Cincinnati. Adams added a double but the Reds stranded ten. The loss ties Cincinnati in fourth place after a 4-1 opener win.
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Giles Protests Ump's Shove Of Photographer At Opener
Cincinnati is abuzz after Reds owner Warren Giles protests umpire Jocko Conlan for shoving photographer Herb Heise during the eighth inning of the Pittsburgh Cincinnati opener. Heise denies threats while Conlan says Heise swore. The incident follows a tense start as the Reds fall short until late play and Vander Meer scheduled to face Munger in St Louis.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
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Stan Rojek
Mayer's Meats Clinch Women's League Title At Pla-Mor
Mayer's Meats clinched the Women's Recreation League title at Pla-Mar Alleys as Mary Conarroe led Reedy's Foods with 1387-136-200-473. Carolyn Kelly topped scoring with 185-176-181-542 for Mayer's, while Lorraine Atchley added 203-158-155-516 for McGraw Construction.
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Murphy’s
Three Armco Wahoo League Matches Ruled
Shops, led by R. Shearer with 118 172 180 470, defeated Cold Strip in a duo as D. Boxwell added 145 160 142 447 for the winning side.
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YMCA basketball officials meet called by Y director
John Johnson, the YMCA physical director, has summoned coaches and other officials from YMCA sponsored basketball leagues to a meeting at the Y on Thursday at 7 30. The session will review the just completed season and plan for the next year.
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John Johnson
Women End Bowling Meet At Y M C A Tonight
The 19th annual Women s City Bowling Tournament concludes at the YMCA Alleys with the final doubles and singles shifts. Sixteen bowlers remain. top doubles score 1114 by Margaret Winglewich, singles leader Virginia Miller Dot Woodward with 565 pins. prizes go to 25 doubles teams and 37 singles keglers. Tonight s lineup includes Barach Shaffer Long Oglesby and others rolling at 7 p m.
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Virginia Miller
Dot Woodward
Winglewich
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V. Shaffer
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M. Oglesby
R. Parsons
E. Mee- Graw
D. Rigg
D. Poffenbarger
N. Imhoff
E. Russell
P. Garver
FE. Rupp
N. Thomas
M. Weiser
J. Leasure
R. Sanders
Lynch Sets Pace In YMCA Singles Classic At Y Alleys
Dr L C Lynch led Class A with 796 in the YMCA Singles Classic opening night at the Y Alleys. Bill Dinan topped Class B with 736 while Ray Collinsworth trailed by two pins in A after a final 146. Lew Shaffer was third in A with 4 game 143 200 167 169. The event resumes at 8:30 tonight.
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Ray Collinsworth
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Dinan
Corbit Harrison
Henry Lytle
10 Pin Denies Brooks Perfect ABA Classic Try
Detroit AP William Brooks, a gray haired retired fire captain, came within one pin of a perfect 300 scoring 299 for Senate Bar in the American Bowling Congress championship. He struck 11 straight before leaving the 10 pin on the final ball. It was the 12th 299 in ABC history, with only two prior 12th 299s in team rolling. Brooks’ 299 didn’t place his squad among leaders as leaders stayed unchanged after minor events.
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Ohio Collegiate Sports Scores Roundup
In college baseball Cedarville defeated Navier 9 0 by forfeit while Dension beat Ohio Wesleyan 14 1 Muskingum won 9 7 over Capital and Fenn topped Baldwin Wallace 9 6 Ohio U scheduled for Marietta was postponed to May 11 Muskingum beat Capital 4 3 in tennis Kent State edged Mount Union 4 3 Golf saw Wooster lose and Kenyon lose to Kent State 19 5 Mount Union 5
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Germantown High Track to Meet West Carrollton
Germantown High School track team schedules a meet with West Carrollton on their field tomorrow afternoon, aiming for a strong away performance and competitive results.
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West Carrolton
Baseball scores from major leagues and associations
American League results show Washington defeating New York 9 to 1 and Detroit beating Chicago 5 to 2 with Cleveland downing St. Louis 4 to 0. National League Brooklyn won 7 to 3 over New York with Philadelphia, Boston 1, Pittsburgh 3, Chicago 2 and St. Louis 4, Cincinnati 4. American Association games include St. Paul 6 over Columbus 3 and Toledo 18 over Milwaukee 6. Kansas City 6, Louisville 4. Indianapolis 3, Minneapolis 2.
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Detroit at Chicago Headlines Sole Scheduled Game
Detroit travels to Chicago as the lone game on the schedule, with other matchups listed including Brooklion at New York Boston at Philadelphia Chicago at Pittsburgh and Cincinnati at St. Louis.
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Opening Day Highlights Across the National League
Rip Sewell of Pittsburgh turned 40 next month and homered while holding the Cubs to six hits in a 3 2 Pirates win. Dutch Leonard, aged 38, matched six safeties and outpitched Johnny Sain as the Phillies beat the Braves. Dodgers manager Leo Durocher returned from a year’s suspension and clashed with umpire Bill Stewart. In all, 27 freshmen played, 16 in the National League, on opening day.
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MIAC Softball Meet Set for Wednesday at YMCA
Managers of MIAC industrial softball teams will gather at the YMCA at 7 p.m. Wednesday for the final organizational meeting. The season schedule, beginning Thursday May 4, will be announced.
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