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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1952
Page
10
The piece notes the American League’s power edge in the upcoming All-Star game at Philadelphia’s Shibe Park with Warren Giles now leading the club. It contrasts AL batters with NL pitchers and signals a high TV day as voters head to the Chicago convention.
Dayton Fairmont coach Chet Roush leaves coaching to become Randolph High principal. He cites pursuit of higher pay and plans to work toward his master’s degree while staying in school. Roush will miss the North-South game as he shifts career paths and looks back on his Fairmont era.
Butler County seeks to boost a near empty pheasant population with six dozen cock birds released by Game Warden Vern Bare on Saturday. Bare hopes the population will grow before hunting season. He notes few fishing violations but fined two anglers $25 for fishing without licenses.
Local Post 218 Junior Legion dropped a 6 to 5 decision at Clayton in the Dayton Loop Test. Clayton broke a 5 all tie in the eighth on a walk and two steals. Bobby Rock, Tommy Dillman, Skeeter Payne, Jim Hartman and Jim Woodrey led hits while Hughes and Woodrey handled pitching for the local nine. The team, missing Paul Johnson, now carries a 3-6 season mark.
AFL 310 moved to first place in the Miami Valley League after a 4-2 win over Hamilton at Barnitz Field. Joe Hocz pitched one hit allowed, Dick Cope homered, and J Cope led the offense with two hits. South Lebanon beat Lebanon 9-8 in a separate game, outhitting 13-12, as Cornett got the win for South Lebanon. Dewey Nixon started for Lebanon before Sackett.
A key Feder al Softball League game is scheduled for 6:30 tonight at Barnitz Field. Party Service, leading the standings at 6 1, will face second place Frontier Cafe. A win could clinch a share of the season title for Party Service. The team owns a 6 1 record while Frontier is 5 2. Afterward Party Service plays Johnny's Pony Key and the Police to finish the season.
Blue Man the three year old king faces older rivals this month in the $15,000 Arlington Handicap at Chicago as part of a bid for horse of the year honors. Arthur W. Abbott’s Blue Swords colt scored a fifth stakes win Saturday in the $57,400 Dwyer Stakes at Aqueduct.
Major league owners clash over reinstating the bonus rule with $6000 cap. Bill Veeck pushes for a return to optioning and waivers, aiming to help poorer clubs. Casey Stengel reshapes AL roster while contenders suffer injuries impacting tomorrows All Star Game at Shibe Park.
About 340 athletes depart for the Helsinki Games with hockey and basketball officials in the first group leaving by plane at 3 p.m. A second group follows tonight and more shipments arrive midweek. Money concerns remain, but a sendoff with ticker tape and a City Hall reception is planned. Matt Mann predicts strong swimming and diving results, praising Yoshi Oyakawa and Bowen Stassforth after solid trials.
Sunday workouts produced a rough day for pitchers as five of 12 saw action and were beaten. The Sluggers surged in both leagues. Bobby Shantz left after four innings with chest pain, risking a All-Star start. Eddie Joost and Ferris Fain fueled Philadelphia’s late rally. Fain extended his hitting streak to 21. Giants, Cardinals, Cubs, and Dodgers posted wins in the NL as injuries and lineups shaped the All-Star pace.
Summary of NL results with Brooklyn beating Boston 8-2 and 5-3 in splits, Philadelphia edging New York 3-2, Cincinnati 7-1 over Chicago, St. Louis sweeping Pittsburgh 5-0, and Pittsburgh downing Chicago 5-4. Leads show New York 45-29, Chicago 44-34, Philadelphia 31-37 with All Star game at Philadelphia at 12:30 pm EST.
In a 15 round title bout at Municipal Stadium 40 000 fans will watch Havana champion Kid Gavilan defend against 21 year old Philadelphia challenger Gil Turner. Turner arrives with 25 knockouts in 31 wins while Gavilan holds 82 12 4 in his decade long pro career.
Noel Brown, 26, from Los Angeles, won the men’s singles title in the 53rd Tri-state Championships after third seed Fred Hagist strained a muscle and defaulted in the decisive fifth set. Anita Kanter easily took the women’s singles 6 0 6 1 over Doris Popple. Brown and Hugh Stewart captured the men’s doubles 6 3 6 4 6 3 over Contreras and Giammalva.
Chicago Cubs announce the outright sale of pitcher Joe Hatten to their Los Angeles farm team in the Pacific Coast League. The 34 year old southpaw had a 4-4 record over 13 games this season, as 50 innings. Dick Manville, a 26 year old right handed pitcher, will arrive to join the club.
Wayne Woodmansie of Cin cinnati won the 15 lap feature as night racing opened at Middletown Speedway drawing about 600 spectators. George Hinkle led Middletown drivers with a heat victory and fellow Middletonians Blackie Hall and Grant Wilmot participated. Next show is tentatively set for Thursday with Sunday night racing continuing.
Cleveland fell 3-2 to Chicago in the 13th after Minnie Minoso connected on a bases loaded homer. Mike Garcia pitched 13 innings for the Indians but took the loss as Cleveland dropped to 3% games behind the Yankees. Larry Doby and others collected 11 hits with six walks and 13 left on base.
Night time field catching grasshoppers uses a flashlight to spot them. A quart glass jar is prepared with an inner tube cap and air holes to hold bait. Grasshoppers are suggested as a warm weather bait for freshwater game fish with tips on fly and bait angling.
The Milwaukee Brewers and Kansas City Blues split a Sunday doubleheader with Milwaukee maintaining a slim lead in the American Association standings. The Blues won the nightcap 3-2 after the Brewers took the opener. Indianapolis and Louisville also split with St Paul, while Columbus at Charleston was rained out and will be replayed tonight.
Mary Scruggs hurled a two hit complete game for Middletown All-Stars while Nancy Benadum paced the offense in a 16-0 victory over Fairborn. The team fans expect a rematch with Champion Wavettes in Butler County AL action at Gardner diamond.
FASTEETH, a pleasant alkaline powder, helps dentures stay in place for easier eating and talking. It reduces plate odor without a gummy taste, and is sold at drug stores.
Cary Middlecoff, the Memphis dentist, clinched the $2,400 top prize after a sudden-death playoff against Ted Kroll at Red Run Golf Club. Kroll earned $1,800 for second and Lloyd Mangrum $1,400 for third with a four-round total of 274 and 275 respectively.
Gene Force of Richmond Indiana won the 30 lap AAA Big Car feature at Dayton Speedway. He also won the opening heat. Joe James of Van Nuys California, Andy Linden of Los Angeles and Mike Nazaruk of New Jersey won the other heats. Linden finished behind Force with Swagert James and Rigsby close behind in the feature.
The team plans a return to Cincinnati League action with a forthcoming game against Tressler's Comets.
Cincinnati Reds win the opener but drop the next two to Chicago Cubs in a three game set. The skid drops Cincinnati to 24 meters ahead of Boston and 20 games behind Brooklyn with 44 losses. Sauer hits his 22nd and 23rd homers for Chicago during the series.
Detroit manager Fred Hutchinson, 32, took over after Red Rolfe was fired and said he may drop pitching duties altogether. He plans no starting assignments soon and won’t join the bullpen, though he may pitch as a pinch hitter or starter if staff falters. Hutchinson must replace injured Jerry Priddy, who broke his leg and ends 386-game streak.
Dr O L Layman won 2 up over Bert Feinthal in the Wildwood Flight while Melvin Kelso beat Mort Taylor 1 up in the Middletown Flight. Jimmy Ritter led low gross with 72, tied by Shorty Wagner Estil White for second at 74.
The National Public Links Golf Championship opened today at the 6411 yard Miami Country Club course famed as one of the toughest in the South. Two hundred top municipal course players arrive to compete in an eight round grind.
Defending champion Dave Stanley of Los Angeles was exempt from qualifying. Stanley and 55 others received byes in the first 18-hole round. The remaining players began 72 matchups to reduce the field from 199 qualifiers to 128.
MLB style box scores show Kansas City Columbus postponement due to rain as Milwaukee and St. Paul hold 6-2 and 5-? records. Minnie Minoso homered in the 13th for Chicago 3-2 win over Cleveland with Paul Minne earning a nine win season in a Cubsl 5-1 two hit victory over Cincinnati in the opener of a doubleheader.
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