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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1950
Page
20
New Haven AP report notes the Reds faltered with costly misplays allowing the Giants to win 3-2 and sweep a two game set. Virgil Stallcup miscues sparked two Giant runs and Cincinnati’s lead dissolved after four early frames.
Bud Hinkle writes on bass and pike fishing in southern Ohio and northern Michigan, noting polluted streams, soil erosion, and a push for anti pollution and soil conservation. Readers report strong bass, pike up north, and a Canada caught pickerel tag incident. The column warns parents about unsafe stadium areas near youths.
In Southampton, four seeded players, including Flam of Beverly Hills and Trabert, were eliminated as play continued in the 60th Southampton Invitational. Other casualties included Mottram, Tuero, Stewart, and Cochell who ousted Trabert 6-4 7-4 after Trabert had defeated Gan een Jr. earlier.
Proximity is expected to set a new money record this Friday as Saunders Mille Stakes toledo contest draws attention in Chicago. Details remain unclear due to incomplete text.
Franklin Jaycees sponsor a wrestling night Saturday at 9 p.m. at the High School Athletic Field. Feature bout: Edward Bull Allen, Australian champ, vs Tom George. Semi final tag team: Ralph Alexander and Jim Allen vs Rocky Stone and Sailor Barnard. One fall match opens with King Edward versus Joe Orloff.
In the Armco General Office-Fabricating Slow Pitch League at the East Side diamonds last night the Rebels opened with 19 in the first inning and won 29-7 over Print Shop. Formed Products exploded for 28-11 against Pipe and Welded after twelve in the fifth. Maintenance edged Armco Drainage 12-11, and Office Research beat Engineers 7-6. P Aldridge hit two homers for Formed Products and Rudy Hensley homered for Maintenance. Art Schultz and G Backert contributed for Drainage, while R Sloan homered for Research.
Wittenberg College appointed Clif ford B. Juedes as assistant professor of Physical Education. A former all around athlete at State Teachers College LaCrosse Wisconsin he will begin September 1 and will coach a minor sport at the Lutheran school.
Chicago AP reports former heavyweight champion Joe Louis, age 36, headed to West Baden Indiana for training to pursue a title bout with Archie Charles. Louis aims to earn money to pay back taxes with a September fight possible if a tax agreement is reached. Manager Truman Gibson and trainer Mannie Seamon accompany Louis as advisor Fred Wilson travels ahead. Louis has earned about 4 million dollars in his career and says tax payments are required like everyone else.
The IBC and Managers Guild approve a two show weekly schedule separate from the Friday pact. Wednesday bouts at St Nicholas Arena New York Detroit Chicago and St Louis pay each main fighter 1000. Friday star bouts pay 2250 plus percentage. All 35 Friday programs originate in New York.
In the Ohio-Indiana League last night, hits and home runs flowed for both sides. Portsmouth defeated Zanesville 10 to 5 after a three hour and twenty four minute contest as Jerry Reade hit an inside the park homer with two aboard in the first. Springfield beat Newark 13-10, Lima routed Muncie 9-4, and Marion overcame Richmond 7-4.
Carjax of the Federal League meets Estate Store of Hamilton tonight at Gardner Diamond. The Hamiltonians are leaders in the Hamilton Industrial League. Game starts at 6:30.
Chief Direct is expected to rule the favorite over seven other pacers tonight in the 2000 dollar sixth race feature of the Grand Circuit program at Roosevelt Raceway Westbury New York. Chase Dean drove Vologda Dale to a length victory in the Hampton Beach Purse last night for a 17.20 payoff with Larry Chief second and Green Mountain Boy third.
National League games include New York 3 Cincinnati 2 and Brooklyn 7 St Louis 5. Philadelphia 6 Chicago 4. Pittsburgh 8 Boston 4. American League results show Boston 1 Detroit 0. New York 6 St Louis 3. Cleveland 6 Philadelphia 2. Ohio-Indiana League highlights Marion 7 Richmond 4 and Springfield 13 Newark 10.
Listed games include St. Louis at Brooklyn and Chicago at Philadelphia at 12:30 p.m. Philadelphia visits Cleveland at 1 p.m. Boston hosts Detroit at 3 p.m. New York plays St. Louis at 8:30 p.m. Washington battles Chicago at 1:30 p.m. Also Chicago hosts St. Louis and Pittsburgh visits Boston at 7:00 p.m.
Cincinnati hosts Boston in a night game while St. Louis visits New York and Pittsburgh plays Philadelphia. Chicago travels to Brooklyn and Philadelphia goes to Detroit with New York and Chicago facing off in a feature matchup. Boston visits Cleveland and Washington fields a game at St. Louis on the same night.
The Louisville Colonels vaulted back into first place in the Asperham Association with 24 and 43 victories over cellar-dwellers Kansas Cry. Indianapolis beat Mowenkee 6 2. Toledo stopped St. Paul 4 1 and Columbus won its seventh straight by defeating Minneapolis. Dick Marlowe shut down St. Paul on a five hitter. Don Lund hit his 14th homer and George Lerchen added his 18th in Toledo's nine hit attack. Kurt Kreiger improved to 11 3 for Columbus as the Birds blanked Minneapolis. Larry Miggin led Columbus with two doubles and a single. Walter Hagen won the U S Open in 1914 at age 22.
Sad Sam Zoldak earned three relief wins in a week to pull Cleveland within 1 1/2 games of the American League lead as manager Lou Boudreau relies on his bullpen. Zoldak, who had a 1-1 record, hurled five scoreless innings at Philadelphia and then saved a win at Washington by rescuing Early Wynn. The Tribe’s surge comes amid a four-team race with Detroit New York Boston and Cleveland, as DiMaggio powers the Yankees and Doerr Parnell spark the Red Sox and Athletics.
Columbus real estate operator John W. Galbreath increased his stake in the Pittsburgh Pirates by 948 shares. The transfers came from his late wife Helen Galbreath's estate as part of settling estate taxes of 174 432 dollars on her 646 634 dollar estate.
John Lacey a 21 year old pitcher for the Marion Red Sox in the Ohio Indiana Baseball League was ordered to report for a pre induction physical examination in the draft. Lacey from Somerville Massachusetts is a key starter with eight wins for the second place Red Sox.
League lead to 14 games with a 6-4 win. Brooklyn clinched the season series with St. Louis 7-5, making it 12 of 17 this year. Switch-hitter Jim Russell hit two homers, the first off Harry Brecheen and the second off Red Munger. Stan Musial extended his hitting streak to 30 games. Pittsburgh topped Boston 8-4 behind 13 hits. Sal Maglie helped Giants win 3-2 over Cincinnati. Imperial Hanover, highest priced harness horse at auction, fetched 72,000 dollars as a yearling.
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