Day By Day Wrestling Death Reported In City
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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1950
Page
6
Middletown Wrestling Decline Prompts Likely End
The memo notes sentiment that Middletown wrestling may be ending as promoters James and Bob Bush reportedly plan no more matches. It contrasts dwindling local crowds with New York promotions chasing sell-out outdoor shows and upcoming TV wrestling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Day
Middletown
James
Bob Bush
New York
Rossiers
Boxing Managers’ Guild
Jim Brink And Beverly Beckett Lead Tri State Seedings
The TriState Tennis Tournament opens at Cincinnati Country Club with Jim Brink of Seattle and Beverly Beckett of Los Angeles as top seeds. Other men’s seeds include Grant Golden, Beverly Beckett, Fred Fisher, Gilbert Bagley, Calhoun Dickson, Wade Herrin, and Dick Mouledous. Women’s seeds feature Mrs Beverly Beckett, Mrs Maxda Burac, Laura Lou Jahn, Gladys Heldman, Lucille Davidson, and Mela Ramirez as play begins this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Jim Brink
Seattle
CinCinnati Country Club
Grant Golden
Chicago
Brink
Am Beckett
Los Angeles
George
Tri-State
Beverly Baker Beckett
Maxda Burac
Fred Fisher
Gilbert Bagley
Chevy Chase
Calhoun Dickson
Tampa
Fla
Wade Herrin
Birmingham
Ala
Dick Mouledous
New Orleans
Beckett
Burac
Whoare
Laura Lou Jahn
Clearwater
Gladys Heldman
Houston Tex
Lucille Davidson
Kansas City
Ana Mela Ramirez
Sony
Iso
Middletown shooter tops trap event with 148 of 150
Roy Davideres of Middletown won the high overall score in the Southern Obie Trap shoot with 148 points of 150. The event began Friday and runs through Tuesday at Camp Trey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy. O
Roy Davideres
Middletown
Camp
Trey
Cincinnati horse handler Spreckelmeier dies at 46
William C. Spreckelmeier, a professional show horse handler from Cincinnati, collapsed and died of a heart attack in Hamilton yesterday. He was 46.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
William C. Spreckelmeier
Cincinoatt
Hamilton
Bosox Cardinal Stars Dominate Final All Star Starter Vote
Boston Red Sox and St Louis Cardinals led the final All Star starter ballot with three selections each. A total of 2,167,326 fans cast votes across a 20 day poll by 20 newspapers and radio stations for the 17th midsummer classic at Comiskey Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bosox
Chicago
Boston Red Sox
St Louis Cardinals
Comiskey Park
Red Sox
Casey Stengel
New York Yankees
Reds Pirates Open Basement Series Today
The Reds and Pirates begin a basement clash with both teams mired in the NL cellar. Pittsburgh has spent heavily to bolster the club with star Ralph Kiner but has seen mixed results as it battles for a spark. Cincinnati, after a rough day with Chicago, has won seven of its previous eleven games and aims to climb out of last place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reda
Pirates
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Bateman
Normerun
Ralph Kiner
Kiner
Bucs
Reds
Chicago Cubs
Larsen Assigned Giant Killer Role in English Meet
At Wimbledon Art Larsen of San Leandro Calif faces No 1 seed Frank Sedgman in the quarterfinals as Americans push for upsets. Billy Talbert Budge Patty Vic Seixas Eric Sturgess Gardner Mulloy and Jaroslav Drobny also vie for final spots with men’s semifinals slated midweek and women’s round of 16 with eight Americans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larsen
Wimbledon
England
Frank Sedgman
Art Larsen
San Leandro
Calif
Billy Talbert
New York
Budge Patty
Los Angeles
Vic Seixas
Philadelphia
Eric Sturgess
South Africa
Gardner Mulloy
Miami
Fla
Jaroslav Drobny
Seixas
Sedgman
Drobny
Star
Talbert
Louisville Takes Association Lead
The Louisville Colonels moved ahead of the Indianapolis Tribe in the American Association with a 4-1 victory, breaking a first place tie as Indianapolis suffered, while Columbus blanked Toledo 8-0 and Toledo won 2-1. Minneapolis defeated Kansas City 5-2 and 11-1, and St Paul swept Milwaukee 6-3 and 9-8 to deepen Milwaukee’s cellar position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville Colonels
Indianapolis Tribe
Yester Colonels
Indianapolis
Sweet
Indians
Louisville
St. Paul
Milwaukee
Neal's Case of Jacksonburg Defeats Carjax 10-4
Neal's Case of Jacksonburg beat Carjax 10-4 at Gardner Diamond. Jacksonburg pummeled Carjax pitcher Gene Dilley for six runs in the second and four in the fourth, then added four hits in the sixth to salvage the margin. Carjax finished with six hits to Jacksonburg's 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neal
Jacksonburg
Carjax
Gardner Diamond
Gene Dilley
Jim Hackney
Jack Frisbie
Dilley
Starting Lineups and Bat Averages for Leagues
The list shows players and Batting Averages in both American and National Leagues. Notable names include Walt Dropo Boston 343 18 and Ted Williams 326. Also Stan Musial Jackie Brook Willie Jones and Enos Slaughter are named among others as part of 25 man squads and starter selections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walt Dropo
Boston
Hobby Doerr
George Kell
Detroit
Phil Rizzuto
N. Y
Ted Williams
Walter Evers
Larry Doby
Cleveland
Harry Berra
New York
Stengel
Shotton
Feller Says Ball Livelier Than Before at 200th Win
Hall of Fame pitcher Bob Feller, age 31, says the baseball seems to travel farther now. He note s changes in materials or manufacture may be responsible but he did not call officials liars. Feller earned his 200th win as Detroit beat Cleveland 4 3 and observed hitters chase the long ball rather than curves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Bob Feller
Iowa
Detroit
Feller
Detroit Tigers
Indians
Lou Boudreau
al Benton
Bob
Vets extend win streak with tight Armco victory
Armco Vets beat Eldorado 6 to 5 at Armco Field for their 12th straight win. Herb Carter drove in the decisive run in the ninth after a back and forth affair as Bob Scheibert returned to mound duty and survived late trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armco
Bob Scheibert
Armcos
Scheibert
Preble Countians
Dave Murray
Tom
Clarence Cox
Cox
Shiverdecker
Bob Andres
Jerry Patterson
George “Red” Strauthers
Charley Broyles
Strauthers
Broyles
Carter
Lefty Lantis
Spec McGraw
Harold Brown
Crowd at Municipal Stadium Draws Second Largest Count
AP reports Cleveland’s twin bill drew 78,187 fans, ranking second this season behind a May 21 Yankees crowd of 79,570 and fifth largest in local history excluding World Series. The Indians have a 35 game total attendance of 794,908, with 31 teams represented in the major leagues this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Cleveland Indians
Detroit Tigers
Municipal Stadium
Ber
New York Yankees
Baseball results from yesterday across leagues show varied scores
Reports list multiple games with high scores such as Philadelphia 69 to Brooklyn 48 and Chicago 16 Cincinnati 0. Other matches include New York 15 Boston 9 Detroit 8 to 3 Cleveland 5 5 and St Louis 2-4 with Boston 11-6 NY 53 St Louis 2 Pittsburgh 1. Ohio Indiana League Newark 14 Zanesville 0 Marion 25 Lima 8 8, rain affected other games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. GB
Detroit A
New York Sun
Cleveland
Boston A
Washington
Chicago
Philadelphia
St Louis
Boston Bs
Brooklyn A
Choo
Newark
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
New York
Boston
Detroit
St. Louis
Brooklyn
Columbus
Toledo
Louisville
Indianapolis
Kansas City
St. Paul
Milwaukee
Zanesville
Marion
Lima
Detroit at Chicago St. Louis at Cleveland New York at Washington
Schedule shows six games with matchups including Brooklyn versus New York and Chicago at St. Louis plus a night game. No scores provided.
Baseball pairings listed for upcoming games
The schedule shows St Louis at Cleveland 2 Detroit at Chicago 2 Philadelphia at Boston 2 Pittsburgh at Cincinnati 2 Brooklyn at New York 2 Boston at Philadelphia 2 Chicago at St Louis 2.
Craft Ritter Reach Finals In Wildwood Championship Flight
Tom Ritter and Stan Craft advanced to the final round of the Wildwood Golf Club Championship Flight during the Fourth of July weekend. Craft shot 70 to defeat Hammerle 6 and 4, while Ritter beat Joe Herr 2 and 1. The final will be played this week as flights near completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Ritter
Stan Craft
Lldwood
Craft
Hammerle
Ritter
Joe Herr
Herr
Hamerle
Duff's Invited To Holiday Meet In Butler County Tourney
Duff's Cafe under Carl Kraft leads City League and will play Hamilton Coca-Cola at Lindenwald in the opening round of the Butler County Holiday Tournament tomorrow. Duff's faces Coca-Cola at 6 p.m. with St Bernard Eagles and Weiland Cafe meeting at 7:30 p.m. The winners meet at 9 p.m. for the title. Coca-Cola brings Bill David and Cotty West. Kraft will decide among Harold Ledford Whitey Huff and Harlan Bishop for Duff's pitching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Kraft
Duff's Cafe
Hamilton
Duff's
Coca-Cola
Lindenwald
Cincinnati
St. Bernard Eagles
Weiland Cafe
Coca Cola
Bill David
Baseball Standings and Player Leaders Highlighted
Batting Robinson Brooklyn 378 runs Jethroe Boston 58 RBIs Sauer Chicago 58 Hits Robinson Brooklyn 93 Doubles Robinson Brook Jethroe Boston Musial St Louis 6 Home Runs Kiner Pittsburgh 19 Stolen Bases Jethroe Boston 17 Spans Spahn Boston 103 Pitching Miller Philadelphia 7 0 Batting Kell Detroit 376 Runs Williams Boston 73 RBIs Williams Red Sox 81 Hits Kell Detroit 103 Doubles Kell Detroit Williams Boston 22 Triples Dillinger Philadelphia 9 Home Runs Williams Boston Rosen Cleveland 24 Stolen Bases DiMaggio Boston Reynolds New York 86 Pitching McDermott Boston 5 1
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robinson
Brooklyn
Jethroe
Boston
Sauer
Chcago
Brook
Musia
St. Louis
Kiner
Pittsburgh
Spahn
Miller
Philadelphia
Kell
Detroit
Williams
Red Sox
Dillinger
Rosen
Cleveland
DiMaggio
Bos
Feller DiMaggio Phils And Rosen Steal Headlines
Baseball headlines from a sun drenched Sunday feature Bob Feller's 200th win and DiMaggio shifting to first base. Philadelphias Phillies crush Brooklyn while Cleveland Al Rosen ties Williams for homers. Cubs rout Reds 16 0 as hitters pace a busy day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Reichler
Bobby Feller
Joe DiMaggio
Philadelphia
Brooklyn Dodgers
Cleveland
al Rosen
Ted Williams
Chicago Cubs
Cincinnati
Feller
Hal Newhouser
Too Big Hurry. Fan Runs Afoul Of Four Judges
A Canton, Ohio fan, en route to an Indiana Tiys doubleheader, sped through four suburbs triggering police chase. He was booked in Newburgh Heights for speeding, then charged in Cuyahoga Heights and Independence, later jailed overnight, with Brecksville to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
APF
Canton
Municipal Stadium
Stanton
Brecksville
Independence
Cuyahoga Heights
Newburgh Heights
Newburch Heights
Frank W. Novak
Newburec Heights
Motor City Open leads with Middlecoff at 133 after two days
Dr Cary Middle coff of Detroit tops the Motor City Open at Red Run Country Club with 133 after two rounds. Lloyd Mangrum trails at 134 while 92 players remain in the 72 hole event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GOLF
Detroit
Cary Middlecoff
Red Run Country Club
Middlecoff
Lloyd Mangrum
Baseball
Boston
Boston Red Sox
Phil Marchildon
Philadelphia Athletics
Marchildon
Buffalo
Chicago
al Kazar
Washington
Chicago White Sox
Oakland
Fremont horse wins open palomino class at Midwestern Horse Show
A Fremont entry named Rocket owned by Don Emick won the first prize in the open palomino ride class at the Midwestern Horse Show held at the Fairgrounds Coliseum. Finals were scheduled for today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palominos
Columbus
Fremont
Fairgrounds Coliseum
Rocket
Don Emick
Indians Rally To Take Second Game 5-3 Over Detroit
In the second game of a doubleheader yesterday, the Stars Indians led 5-3 with two runs in the sixth inning to beat Detroit. Foster homered and tripled in the first game, which Detroit won.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rapid Robert
Detroit
Luke Easter
Tribes
George Kell
Larry Doby
Doby
Joe DiMaggio
Yogi Berra
Johnny Ize
Theankees
Boston Red Sox
Boston
PHILS
Dodgers
Pennsylvania
Curt Simmons
St. Louis Cardinals
Phillies
Red Birds
Pittsburgh Pirates
George Munger
St. Louis
Will Werle
Tommy Glaviano
Indians
Foster
Walt Dubdiel
Cubs
Chicago Cubs
Cincinnati Reds
Associated Press
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Stan Lewis
University of Cincinnati
Sid Gillman
Gillman
Barnite Field
McKinley Junior High
McKinley Field
Barnitz Stadium
Tiger Ellison
Ellison
Jack Sunderland
Kalamazoo Teachers’ College
Gil Bagley
Toby Greenberg
Fhode Joan Hopkins
Long Island
Florida
Ohio
Paul Swayne
Sidney
Butler County Saddlehorse Association
Russ Stevens
Swayne
Sidney Kiwanis Club
Fent Chew
Murray Jacobs
Beverly Beckett
Roy Davidson High
Complete
American Forestry CO
Nairer
America
Jerry Liska
Jena
Yankees
Burt Shotton
Philadelphia Phils
Cardinal
Fos
Ball Park
Stan Musial
Jackie
Willie Jones
Phila
Marty Marion
Enos Slaughter
Hank Sauer
Roy Campanella
Ball Livelier
BAD Springer
BY Jerry Nardielilo
Lantismen
Hamilton Armco
Fidorado
McFaddin
Murray
McGraw
G. P. Lewis
National League
Wildwood
Ed Harpring
Bill McCabe
Bert Feinthal
Steve Pa
Sam Bartel
L. V. Thiel
Feinthal
Bill Sennett
Charles Baker
Frank Kraft
Ted Olt
C. R. Clark
Jeff Howard
C. M. Allen
Duff
Holiday
Ton
Reynolds
McDermott
DiMag
Allie Reynolds
Yanks
Stengelmen
Tigers
Washington Senators
St. Louis Iowns
Braves
New York Giants
Giants
Walker Cooper
Sid Gordon
Buddy Kerr
Beachmont
Liberty Forever
Bart Vik
Government Square
Central Ave
Seer
Godwin’s
Paramount Theater
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