Four clubs in tight AL pennant race as Reds win
The American League lead tightens to a near four way tie among Cleveland New York Boston and Philadelphia with just .006 separating the top four. Cleveland regains lead beating Washington 5-3 while Philadelphia tops Detroit 15-3 and Boston outslugged St. Louis 15-8. In NL action Cincinnati beats the Braves 5-4 as Satchel Paige starts for Cleveland and New York blanks Detroit 15-3.
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Yesterday's Results in Baseball Leagues
Scores from AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Toledo 6 Kansas City 4 Indianapolis 7 St Paul 4 Milwaukee 8 Louisville 3 Minneapolis 7 Columbus 6. OHIO INDIANA LEAGUE Muncie 2 Lima 1 Richmond 5 Marion 4 Zanesville 7 Springfield 4 Newark 4 Portsmouth 1 NATIONAL LEAGUE Cincinnati 5 Boston 4 Other games rain AMERICAN LEAGUE Cleveland 5 Washington 3 New York 15 Detroit 3 Boston 15 St Louis 8 Chicago 2 Philadelphia 1 10 innings Chicago at Brooklyn 2 Cincinnati at Boston night St Louis at New York Pittsburgh at Philadelphia night Philadelphia at Chicago New York at Detroit Washington at Cleveland Only games scheduled.
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Stars deliver in extras as White Sox top A's 2-1
Yesterday's Stars Jack Wallaesa drove in the winning run with a pinch-hit single in the 10th, giving the Chicago White Sox a 2-1 victory over the Philadelphia Athletics. Satchel Paige earned his first major league start victory for the Cleveland Indians, beating the Washington Senators 5-3 with six strikeouts in seven innings.
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Brewers End 12-Game Slide With 8 3 Win Over Louisville
Milwaukee, second in the league, stopped a 12 game losing streak by beating Louisville 8 to 3. Four unearned runs in the eighth inning, due to three Louisville errors, fueled the rally as Glen Elliott earned his 11th win with nine strikeouts and one walk. Indianapolis holds a 14 game lead as the Indians win 7 4 over St Paul. Minneapolis nips Columbus 7 6 and Toledo top Kansas City 6 4.
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Tommy Ryan Dies Aged Ring Master In California
VAN NUYS Calif AP Death has claimed another of the ring s old masters Tommy Ryan former welterweight and middleweight champion of the world Ryan who fought through the rugged turn of the century era when bouts lasted as long as 76 rounds died of a heart ailment yesterday He was born Youngs Jr at Redwood N C
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Four Teams Ousted in Legion Tourney at Ohio State
In the American Legion State Baseball tournament at Ohio State University four of 14 teams were eliminated after yesterday’s games. Columbus, Port Clinton, Portsmouth, and Marion exited following 8-1, 5-3, 9-3, and 17-4 losses respectively under the double elimination format. Other scores included Mansfield 3-0 over Springfield, Cincinnati 6-3 over Sugar Creek, and Lima 10-9 over Cuyahoga Falls.
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Muncie Still Leads Ohio-Indiana Loop
Zanesville moved into second place in the Ohio-Indiana League with a 7-4 win over Springfield Giants, closing the gap on league leader Muncie. Muncie then beat Lima 2-1 as Bob Nieman drove in the winning run and homered, his 19th season blast. Newark beat Portsmouth 4-1 to rise to fourth, Portsmouth stayed third, Richmond beat Marion 5-4 to take sixth, with Marion seventh.
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Greenville golfer wins Ohio junior championship title
Robert Roll, 19, of Greenville, captured the state junior golf championship at Granville Inn Golf Club with rounds of 76 and 72 for a total 148. Fellow contenders included Chick Hendrickson of Sandusky and Jack Thompson of Youngstown finishing second and third respectively as nearly 60 players competed over 36 holes.
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Lakeside star Smorgola stricken with polio
Joe Smorgola, a Lakeside High School standout in track football and baseball, has been diagnosed with polio. Maumee Valley Hospital officials released the report today in Toledo Ohio.
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Midgets Race Night Set At Dayton Speedway
Midget racers compete at Frank Funk's Dayton Speedway with time trials at 7 p m and 84 laps of racing starting at 8 30 p m Leroy Warriner leads the Midwest Midget Association standings Bob Breading of Indianapolis is also entered driving tonight Thirty cars on the entry list race under special Dayton event banner with Warriner and Bread ing as top contenders.
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Foreign Boy Netter Ousted From Tourney
Grant Logie of Toronto was the only seeded foreign player in the boys division but was eliminated by Dick McCaslin of Chicago 6-4 6-3. Tony Trabert of Cincinnati won in the junior division with a 6-0 6-2 victory over Larry Harrison of Brookline.
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Guldahl Takes Tam O Shanter Lead With 64
Guldahl shot a course record 64 eight under par to lead the Tam O Shanter Golf Tourney after day one. He fired 31 on the front nine and 33 on the back, chasing the $1,000 bonus for breaking the 65 mark as six players posted 65. Trailing him were Metz, Harper, Barron, and Reed with round sums in the mid to high sixties.
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Istvan Named Basketball and Assistant Football Coach at St. Vincent
Latrobe Pa AP George Istvan 28 former Struthers High School coach has been named basketball coach and assistant football coach at St Vincent College Istvan earned letters at Duquesne University in 1941 and 1942 as a football center.
Retired Harness Stars Hoot Mon and Goose Bay
Hoot Mon the 1947 Hambletonian winner and Goose Bay, a top pacer, are retired. Hoot Mon was sold by Castleton Farm to Hanover Shoe Farm for an undisclosed sum and had earned $74,950 in 1947 as the leading trotter. Goose Bay likely ends racing after a last Roosevelt Raceway start, with retirement expected for the season and possibly permanently.
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Defiance High School names new basketball coach
Thom val Mattax, 30, athletic director and coach of football and basketball at Ashley High School for two years, has been appointed basketball coach at Defiance High School. He will also assist Head Coach Phil Shipe in football.
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Kent Little Reports on Transportation Committee Work
Kent Little told Civitan Club members at noon in the Manchester Hotel about the Transportation Development Committee. He discussed depot relocation and other traffic problems before the brief business session and adjournment.
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Gifts Sought for Motherless Girls at Delaware School
Mrs Bertah Perkins recently returned from the Ohio Probation and Parole Association conference in Delaware Ohio where she spoke for the Girls Industrial School. Middletown residents donated snacks potato chips and cakes for the girls as gifts.
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