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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1954
Page
8
Sportsviews notes Casey Stengel faces an AL star cast to duel the NL in Municipal Stadium Cleveland. The piece recalls past All-Star balance shifts with NL pitching strength ahead and Yankee influence guiding the AL picks as Stengel seeks a fifth straight World Series era win.
The Brooklyn Dodgers bring Sandy Amoros back from Montreal in the International League while cutting outfielder Dick Williams and infielder Charley Kross. Amoros returns with a .? batting line from Montreal and 66 games played. Williams moves to St Paul, and Kross, acquired from Detroit in the Wayne Belardi deal, may join Rochester or be reassigned as the Dodgers clear roster space for pitcher Erv Plees.
Traffic commissioner John R. Sammon expects 70 000 fans to attend the All Star baseball game in Cleveland on Tuesday and will assign 80 policemen to manage the crowd. He notes 19 000 automobiles will enter the downtown area with fans and police will try to speed traffic. About 2 000 reserve seats 8 000 bleacher seats and 10 000 general admission tickets will go on sale the morning of the game.
The National League odds jumped to 8-5 for tomorrow's All-Star Game as AL pitching was shuffled. Casey Stengel may start Whitey Ford against a lefty heavy NL lineup featuring Stan Musial Duke Snider and Ted Kluszewski with Bob Keegan and Robin Roberts as top starters.
Middletown represented netters dominated Ohio Jaycee tennis with three state titles at Euclid. Ron Finkleman won Under-15 singles, Mack Maffett and Ken Rupp took Under-18 doubles, and the team of Finkleman and Jeff Phillips prevailed in Under-18 doubles.
Cincinnati Reds briefly reach first division with a 65 win over the Milwaukee Braves in game one of a doubleheader but drop back to fifth after a 65 loss in the nightcap. Gus Bell hits a three RBI homer and Ted Kluszewski also goes deep as Milwaukee uses two big innings, while pitching and fielding miscues plague Cincinnati in both games.
Claire Doran of Cleveland defends her Ohio Women's Amateur Golf title in Cincinnati against 104 competitors at Losantiville. After 18 holes the field narrows to 16 for match play, with finals scheduled for Friday over 36 holes. Doran previously won in 1950 1952 and 1953 while Carol Diringer of Tiffin looms as a repeat threat.
St Paul defeated Indianapolis and Minneapolis toppled Kansas City while Toledo beat Louisville and Charleston fell to Columbus. The day featured Louisville and Columbus each posting losses as the league standings shifted with late results.
Cleveland loses a twin bill to Chicago 3-0 and 8-2, leaving the Indians three games back in the race as New York and Chicago win. Billy Pierce and Virgil Trucks pace the Sox, while Yankees slug Washington to pull within a half game of the Indians.
Dave Barnes of Zanesville won the featured race at the ith annual Free-for-All Quiboard Motorboat Regatta on the Muskingum River in Marietta. Samuel Wanko of Seville, W H Wilcoxen of Rockland, and P M Gillette of Proctorville also won other races.
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