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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1948
Page
19
The Warriors remained in the BAA title race after defeating the Bullets 91 to 82 at the arena, marking their second win in five playoff games. Baltimore can clinch the title with a win tonight in Baltimore.
Middletown High School under Coach Hatfield rode a five-run sixth inning to beat Lebanon 6-4 at Armco Field. Merrill Hatfield started and Lee Bowen earned the win as Middies improved to 3-2 while Lebanon fell to 4-4 after a costly fourth inning.
Middletown High School girls tennis opened the Miami Valley League season with a 5-0 win over Oakwood in Dayton. Top players Nancy Cox, Joann Whitley, Jolene Laut and doubles teams led the sweep, while Middletown prepares to face Hamilton’s Big Blue tomorrow.
The McKinley Junior High track team defeated Franklin 70 to 21 at Roosevelt Field in a strong debut. Eddie Merchant led with two wins and second place in the 220 yard dash, along with aiding the mile relay and 440 yard relay, as multiple teammates shared top honors in sprints and field events.
Practice times set for Holy Trinity at Barnitz Field 6 p m Fairbanks Fibre at Goldman Park 5 30 p m and Eagles softball at Barnitz 6 p m In rain players report to Lodge Hall with uniforms issued at 7 30 p m
John Kysionsyk, chief understudy to Bob Waterfield of the Rams, assisted Hook Mylin at New York University to perfect the T formation during football coaching sessions.
Cleveland bouts drew boos as Jimmy Bivins and Chuck Hunter climbed the ladder with split decision wins. Hunter defeated Steve Belloise in a top rank middleweight upset. Bivins extended a six win stretch toward a comeback. Buddy Garcia beat Joey Carkido by technical knockout after the bell failed to ring for the 10th round.
Ray Sanders, the ailing first baseman, was returned to the Boston Braves by Branch Rickey. He had been acquired by the Brooklyn Dodgers in the deal that sent Eddie Stanky to Boston, with a possible $60,000 payment to Dodgers if his fractured arm did not mend.
Weather permitting the Veterans of Foreign Wars team will practice tomorrow night at Barnitz Field at 6 p m. If postponed drills move to Friday at the same time. Player contracts for the City Softball League will be signed after the drill.
Cedarville leads 1-0 in the eighth as umpire William Tavior calls a strike on an Xavier batter. Coach George Hiatt protests and after a 60 second warning Tavior forfeits the game to Cedarville. Cedarville coach Mendel Beattie says Xavier will not travel to Cincinnati next week.
Middletown defeats Lebanon 6 to 4 in six innings. Umpires are Phillips and Tewell. Lebanon scored 0 0 0 4 across innings while Middletown put up 0 0 9 5 across the first four.
Curt Stone and Horace Ashenfelter of Penn State now hold both outdoor and indoor 1 4A two mile records.
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