Moore's Third Pro Starts Tuesday In Middletown Ring Card
Moore eyes progress in his third pro bout as he faces Nick Torres at Armco Field Tuesday night in a 30 round prelim to a main card. Local fans seek proof of his pace after a decision win over Vern Watson and a first round knockout of Buddy Turner. The outdoor program is co sponsored by the American Legion and Middletown Sportsmen's Club with Clem Custer vs Joe Discepoli headlining and two Cincinnati welterweight and lightweight bouts on the undercard.
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American Legion
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Detroit
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Gene Spencer
Candy McDaniels
Charley Scott
Torres
Legion
Tim Botha
Armco
Jim Hicks
Dodgers Nip Reds 3 2 In Crosley Field Thriller
Brooklyn gains two point edge in NL flag race as Dodgers win 3 2 on two unearned seventh inning runs at Cincinnati. Rex Barney the winner allows three Reds hits. Ted Kluszewski belts his 10th homer with a man aboard. Gene Hermanski Pee Wee Reese Gil Hodges contribute key plays.
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Gil Hodges
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Bruce Edwards
Carl Furillo
Hodges
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Roy Campanella
Six-Run Burst Powers Armco Vets Past Loveland Tigers 11 4
Armco Vets rallied for six runs in the third inning to beat the Loveland Tigers 11 to 4 at Armco Field. Pitcher Jim Sexton allowed eight hits and four strikeouts for the Vets while Messink gave up 14 hits for Loveland. Fraley and Brown each had three hits as Armco tallied seven runs after the third, and Brown added a decisive triple in the eighth. The Vets face the German Town Eagles next Wednesday night.
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Germantown Eagles
Reds 11 Farmhands Recalled to Report to Parent Club
Eleven Cincinnati Reds farmhands recalled after September 1 to join the parent club. The players: Eddie Frantz John Hetki Tommy Hughes Kermit Wahl all from Syracuse IL. Harry Perkowski Bud Lively Bob Usher from Tulsa TX. Jim Gremillion Billy Jo Adcock from Columbia Sally League. Moe Savransky Bill Van Huit from Sunberry PA.
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Cincinnati Reds
Warren C. Giles
Redleg
Eddie Frantz
John Hetki
Tommy Hughes
Kermit Wahl
Syracuse
Harry Perkowski
Bud Lively
Bob Usher
Tulsa
Jim Gremillion
Billy Jo Adcock
Columbia
Moe Savransky
Bill van Huit
Sunberry
Fesler Denies Janowicz Purdue Switch
Ohio State coach Wes Fesler said Vic Janowicz remained set to enroll at Ohio State, denying rumors he would choose Purdue. He noted Janowicz could not be at Lafayette while training with the Ohio National Guard at Camp Atterbury, Ind.
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Ohio State
Wes Fesler
Vic Janowicz
Elyria High
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Fesler
Lafayette
Ohio National Guard
Camp Atterbury
Ind
Citation in Derby in Chicago for American Derby
Calumet Farm's Citation leads six other three year olds listed for the $90 750 American Derby held today in Chicago.
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Calumet Farm
Baseball season leaders and major stats are listed
The summary lists top players by league in batting runs and hits. It highlights Williams and Boudreau leading batting averages, DiMaggio’s RBIs and home runs, Musial’s all purpose dominance in the National League, and key pitching leaders Kramer Chesney and others with win percentages.
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Cleveland
DiMaggio
New York
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Henrich
Musial
St. Louis
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Kiner
Pittsburgh
Ashburn
Philadelphia
Blackwell
Cincinnati
Chesney
Speedboats Ready for Gold Cup Race
Detroit AP reports the Gold Cup race on the three mile Detroit River course will test the world’s fastest speedboats in a 90 mile event split into three 30 mile heats. The Regatta Committee divided the first heat into two sections with Solong of Kent listed for the second section and Tomann of Canton scratched.
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Vets to Back Gridiron Team Name Change
The American Legion football squad from last season will play this year as Armca War Vets. Practice begins Monday at 6 p m on the Armca East Side diamond with Jack Baltzel as coach. Tryouts for positions will be held. The team will play 10 independent games, with six home at Armco Field.
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Teammates Clash In National Doubles Final
In Brookline Massachusetts three time winner Gardnar Mulloy of Miami and Bill Talbert of New York were set to meet their Davis Cup teammates Ted Schroeder of California and Frankie Parker of Los Angeles in the final round at Longwood.
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Gardnar Mulloy
Miami
Bill Talbert
New York
Ted Schroeder
Lacescenta
Cal
Frankie Parker
Los Angeles
U. S
Longwood
Columbus Woman Captures Tri-State Golf Crown
Mrs. Robert Palmer of Columbus won the Tri-State Women's Invitational at Marketewak Country Club with a one under par 77.
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Marketewak Country Club
Castott Hurls Colts To Win Over Browns
In Toledo Scott Stadium the Indiana Colts beat the Cleveland Browns 21 to 17 in an exhibition. Wellburton Abraham Tittle, a former LSU quarterback now with Baltimore, threw three touchdown passes to Jake Leicht Lamar Davis and Billy Hillenbrand, while Browns injuries hampered their offense with Motley Lavelli and Graham among those hurt. Ollie Cline scored both Cleveland TDs and Lou Groza added an 18 yard field goal with extra points.
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Oregon
Lamar Davis
Billy Hillenbrand
Bus Mertes
Marion Motley
Dantel Lavelli
Otto Graham
Ollie Cline
Ohio State
Motley
Cleveland
Lou Groza
Pennsylvanian Captures Grand American Handicap Trap Title
John W. Schenk, a 49 year old truck gardener from Sharpsburg Pennsylvania, won the Grand American Handicap with 99 of 100, after a tense shootoff against Jimmy Rasmussen of Wisconsin. Rasmussen earned about $2,000 for second, Schenk around $3,500, with Rasmussen’s mother notified of the high finish. Other winners included Mrs. Julius Petty, 98 of 100 in the women’s event, and Charley Mason, 24, of Corsicana Texas, top professional with 96 from 24 yards.
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Waukesha
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Duluth
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Portsmouth A's Clinch Lead With 9-3 Win Over Zanesville
Portsmouth Athletics seized the Ohio Indiana League lead by sweeping three of four from Zanesville, 9-3. Bob Davis earned his 17th win, Jerry Mack homered, and Dick Meyers added a two run shot as Portsmouth built an eighth inning cushion. Lima beat Muncie 8-2 and Richmond topped Marion 11-7 with Gene Bobzean homering for the Cubs.
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Pendergrass Hurls Another No Hitter At Home
Cleveland Pendergrass pitched a no hit game at the Gardner Richardson softball diamonds guiding Gardner Richardson to a 6 0 win over Germantown K of P Don Worman led the offense with two singles and a triple as the team racked up 10 hits Pendergrass struck out the rest and hit two batters with one out on a pop up recorded.
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Husky Texan Is Victor In Caddy Event
Don Addington a husky Texas youth with powerful tee shots won the 1948 National Caddy Golf Championship at Columbus on the Scarlet course. The 17 year old from Houston High School defeated Johnny Barrett 9 and 8 after a dominant 36 hole final, earning a $1,500 college scholarship to the University of Texas and a trophy. Barrett won $750 scholarship and also took a trophy.
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Knothole Teams Clash at Armco Field Tonight
Two local Knoth'e League teams meet Eaton opponents at Armco Field. Moose, Class A champions, play Eaton Class A All-Stars at 6 p m. Allsports, Class AA champions, face Eaton Class AA champions at 8 p m. Admission is free.
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Boxing results from last night list three main bouts
In Jeffersonville Bud dy Walker 195 of Columbus outpointed Clint Conway 185 of New York. In Athol Edgar Gallant 126 of Gardner out pointed Andy Bishop 123 of Fall River. In Denver Corky Gonzales 121 of Denver outpointed Paul Cook 123 of Tacoma.
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Jeffersonville
Ind
Buddy Walker
Columbus
Clint Conway
New York
Athol Mass
Edgar Gallant
Gardner
Mass
Andy Bishop
Fall River
Denver
Corky Gonzales
Paul Cook
Tacoma
Wash
Bobby Locke Skips Canadian Open Defense
South African golfer Bobby Locke will not defend his Canadian Open title in Vancouver as his United revisa expires before the tournament begins September 22. Locke will return home prior to the event per Royal Canadian Golf Association.
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Majeski Sparks Phillies to Doubleheader Wins Over St Louis
Hank Majeski of the Athletics hit a home run and three doubles in the first game and added three more doubles in the nightcap as Philadelphia defeated St Louis 6-0 and 9-1. Johnny Schmitz of the Cubs shutout Boston 1-0 on six hits and doubled and scored the lone run in the ninth inning.
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Championship games set in All-America Pro Football Conference
New York AP reports December 12 as the date for the AAFC title game between the Eastern and Western division champions. The Western winner hosts the game. Cleveland previously won two crowns. The NFL will crown its champion December 19 in the eastern winner's ballpark, with the Chicago Cardinals as last season's champions.
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Early Baseball Scores and League Standings Report
The roundup lists MLB results with Brooklyn 3 Cincinnati 2, Chicago 1 Boston 0, Pittsburgh 4 Philadelphia 3, New York 1 St Louis with Iain, and American League Cleveland 8 New York 1, Boston 10 Chicago 5, Detroit 3 Washington 2. Also Philadelphia 6 9 St Louis 0 1 and All America Conference New York 21 Brooklyn 3 Los Angeles 7 Chicago 0.
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Baseball doubleheader matchups listed for six cities
The schedule shows two games between New York and Cincinnati, Boston at Pittsburgh, Philadelphia at Chicago, Brooklyn at St. Louis, Cleveland at Washington, Chicago at Philadelphia, Detroit at New York, and St. Louis at Boston.
Feller Dominates As Indians Split With Yankees
In 8 1 victory Bob Feller pitched the distance in 99 degree heat, six hits and one walk, while Ken Keltner hit his 25th homer. The Indians split the day with the Yankees as New York won the second game 7 2 behind Allie Reynolds 14th win.
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Northwestern Ohio Tennis Tournament Opens in Toledo
The 27th annual Northwestern Ohio Tennis Tournament, sanctioned by the USTS A, will be at the Toledo Tennis Club September 4 5 and 6. Events include men and women singles and doubles and juniors. Closing date for entries is Sept 3. Charles Samson beat Dick McFarlane for last year’s men’s singles title.
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South Bend
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Tony Trabert
Cincinnati
Olen Parks
Dave Brown
Marion Raful
Akron
Geraldine Leitner
Ted Jax
Hamtramck
Charles Atherton
Columbus
Stephanie Prychitko
Irene Wasckiewicz
Roselyn Farragher
Nancy Blair
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Schmitz Beats Braves and Gains Giant Killer Reign
Cubs pitcher Johnny Schmitz, a 28 year old left hander from Wausau Wisconsin, earned his 15th victory by shutting out the Boston Braves 1-0 in Chicago. He has now defeated 11 pennant contenders this season, building a growing reputation as a giant killer. The pennant race across leagues featured the Braves, Dodgers, Cardinals, Pirates and Phillies in key clashes.
Local Firemen Edge Middletown In Softball Duel
Hamilton Fire Department defeated Middletown 8 to 4 at Hamilton Wilson Junior High School. Harold Fisher drilled a fourth inning triple for Middletown’s lone extra-base hit, driving in two. Hamilton’s Larry Rose slugged two home runs as George Altman earned the win. Jim Matison took the loss for Middletown.
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George Altman
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Ed Duffiey
Junior Olympics Held Today at Baldwin Wallace Stadium
The Third Annual National Junior Olympics will be staged today at Baldwin Wallace Stadium in Berea with about 1,000 participants from the United States and Canada.
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Baldwin - Wallace Stadium
United States
Canada
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