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Newspaper

Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jun 20, 1951

Page

13

Sorg Takes Possession Of First In Industrial Loop

Sorg Paper climbs to first in the Industrial League by a 5-2 win over Shartle Brothers, its fifth straight victory. Aeronca breaks through with a 2-1 win over Crystal Tis sue on Perry Williams one hitter. Armco dominates Inland Container 14-1, while Miami Cabinet upsets Gardner Board 3-2 in nine innings.

Sorg Shartle Brothers Sorgs Crystal Tissue Perry Williams Armco Inland Container Miami Cabinet Gardner Board Les Creekbaum Herb Gray Shartle Jim Ferguson Johnny Boehm Ed Huffman Don Bolton Ferguson Jim Harrison Bolton Roger Dillman Art McSwain Aeronca Stamper Crystal Griffin Harold Ledford Les Wills Billy Mount Herb Wells Jack Baker Larry Fraley Bit Wolf Joe Hager Wolf Charley Broyles Wally Drury Gardner Lloyd Clemons Harlan Bishop

Gardner Nine Tops AA Circuit With 11-4 Win

Gardner nine moves to first in Class AA Knothole League by beating Holy Trinity 11-4. Optimist Club adds fifth straight B win 20-2 over Kiwanis. Allsports ties for second with Holy Trinity by routing Franklin 16-1. St Johns blanks Gardner Board 21-0. Holy Trinity defeats Knights of Pythias 11-2. Eagles beat Fabricating Foremen 9-4. Key hits include Paul Johnson and Walt Doench homers for Gardner and Holy Trinity’s White and Daly with early RBIs.

Gardner Board Holy Trinity Optimist Kiwanis Allsports Walloping Franklin St. John’s Knights of Pythias Eagles Gardner-Holy Trinity Paul Johnson Walt Doench Johnson Ken Feinthal Clarence White Mark Daly

Evans Watches Rain Delay Western Golf Qualifiers

In South Bend Indiana lightning and rain halted the Western Golf Association Western Open qualifying at the South Bend Country Club. Only 29 of 140 players completed a second round, scores wiped, with play to resume to finish 36 holes and decide 64 match play spots. Chick Evans among those who finished first day tied at 154, Bo Wininger led with 67, Dale Morey had 68.

South Bend Ind Chick Evans South Bend Country Club Western Golf Association Evans Bo Wininger Stillwater Okla Dale Morey Dallas

Finest State Amateur Golf Meet Opens June 26

The Ohio Golf Association forecasts a strong State Amateur Championship from June 26 to 30 at Tippecanoe Country Club near Youngstown. Entries close June 23. defending champ Harold Paddock of Aurora returns with 16 entrants from the Public Links field.

Columbus Ohio Golf Association Tippecanoe Ohio Simon Pures Harold Paddock Aurora Dick Evans Cleveland Michigan Youngstown Mill Creek Club Paddock Margraf

Stock Car Races Debut At Lebanon Raceway

Lebanon stock car races debut at Lebanon Raceway on July 8 as Day ton Pleasure Car Club stages pro program. Thirty five cars compete on the half mile oval with time trials at noon and races slated for 2 30. Lebanon Raceway sits at Warren County Fairgrounds with Car Dice and Pat Young directing the event.

Lebanon Dayton Pleasure Car Club, Inc Lebanon Raceway Automobile Motors Warren County Fairgrounds Car Dice Pat Young

Name Drivers At Race Bowl Tonight

The mighty midgets powered by top AAA drivers race tonight at the Cincinnati Race Bowl on the high banked asphalt track. Andy Linden of Los Angeles, track record holder last year and fourth in this year’s Indianapolis 500, competes as time trials start at 7 p.m. The program features four 10 lap heats at 8:30 p.m and a 50 lap championship finale. The venue is on Routes 25 and 42, two miles south of Sharonville. Iguassu Falls in South America is wider and higher than Niagara Falls.

Cincinnati AAA Sharonville

Babe Berg Rivalry Renewed In Philadelphia Play

Babe Didrikson Zaharias and Patty Berg renew their hot golf rivalry in the second round of the 22nd Annual Women's Western Open in Philadelphia. Suggs leads bid for fourth title with 68 in qualifying as Diringer edges MacKinnon 2 and 1. Mrs Porter faces Marlene Bauer in another match on Whitemarsh course.

Philadelphia Didrikson Zaharias Patty Berg Patty Mrs. Zaharias Minnesota Miss Suggs Mary Agnes Wall Menominee Mich Miss Diringer Catherine MacKinnon Lake Worth Fla Mark Porter U. S Pretty Marlene Bauer

Ohioan Seeks Role In Tourney Semi’s

SYRACUSE N Y AP The women’s section of the 29th Annual Eastern Intercollegiate Tennis Tournament swings into action today Seventeen co eds are entered In the varsity men’s division Navy and Colgate each sends two players into the quarter finals Other round of eight contestants are from Syracuse Harvard Kenyon and Penn State Top seeded Ronnie Ryan of Kenyon takes on Owen Landon of Penn State in the varsity quarter finals

Syracuse N.Y Vrsity Navy Colgate Harvard Kenyon Penn State Ronnie Ryan Owen Landon

Fights Las Nigh

Portland and Brooklyn boxing item reports minor bouts with youth weights and local fighters. Joe Kahut of Beaverton knocks out Bernie Reynolds of New York in Portland while Vix Cardell from Hartford outpoints Johnny Lombardo of Mt. Carmel in Brooklyn Fort Hamilton.

Portland Ore Joe Kahut Beaverton Bernie Reynolds New York Brooklyn Fort Hamilton Vix Cardell Hartford Johnny Lombardo Mt. Carmel

Whitney's Counterpoint to Run in Dwyer Stakes

New York AP reports C. V Whitney's Counterpoint, winner of the Belmont Stakes, will next race in the $50,000 Added Dwyer at Aqueduct on July 7. The purse and venue are set, with Counterpoint aiming to extend his undefeated streak into a major sprint in front of a large crowd.

NEW York C. V Whitney Counterpoint Dwyer Aqueduct

Mother Daughter Reunited In Jail In Ohio Tale

Lettie Vaughn Binkley 40 returned to Hamilton under probation orders, became intoxicated, pulled garden onions without consent, and was sent to Marysville reformatory after arraignment for violating probation on a radio theft from last March. Her mother Jem ima Vaughn was earlier jailed for manslaughter after shooting Riley Binkley, the daughter’s common law husband, on the day of the daughter’s return.

Hamilton Lettie Vaughn Binkley Reformatory Marysville Common Pleas Fred B. Cramer Jemima Vaughn Riley Binkley Cincinnati

50 50 Dance Planned by Pythian Sisters Bethany

The Pythian Sisters of Bethany sponsor a 50 50 dance at LeSourdsville Lake on Thursday night from 8 30 to 12 p m.

Pythian Sisters of Bethany LeSourdsville Lake

Over 300 Scouts Take City Pools for Summer Swim

More than 300 Girl Scouts swam at Sunset and Douglas Pools in Middletown this morning. 303 girls passed the required physical examination to use the pools, with sessions from 10 a.m. at Sunset and 11:30 a.m. at Douglas through 1 p.m. Parents must consent for the summer program led by instructor Mrs. Betty Hollister.

Garnet Church Middletown Girl Scouts Sunset Douglas Betty Hollister

17th Hamiltonian Wounded In Korea

The Department of Defense reports Pvt. John E. MacGregor 24 wounded June 6 on the eastern front while serving with the 35th Infantry Regiment. A Hamilton High School graduate, he is evacuated to an Army hospital in Japan and is husband of Patricia Newman MacGregor, son of Louis R. and the late Mrs. MacGregor.

Hamilton Department of Defense John E. MacGregor MacGregor Patricia Newman MacGregor 35Th Infantry Japan Hamilton High School Louis R. MacGregor Cleveland Ave

Retired Officer Clyde R Reynolds Dies in Columbus

Col Clyde R Reynolds 58 of Columbus dies in University Hospital. Longtime Ohio National Guard and U S Army Reserve officer served as regimental adjutant of the 116th Infantry ONG. Called by the regular army in 1940 to help train soldiers for active duty and retired as a colonel in 1946.

Columbus Clyde R. Reynolds Ohio National Guard U.S. Army Reserve University Hospital 116Th Infantry ONG Regular Army

Middletown High Musicians Attend Ten Day Clinic

Eight local high school musicians Grover Banks Sylvia Doty Marilyn Holman Rebecca Ann Koeppel Jack M Laughlin Eleanor Moon Bert A Sheard and Dale H Shockey travel to Delaware for a June 13 to 22 summer music clinic sponsored by Ohio Wesleyan University Department of Music. Guest conductors include Dr Russell V Morgan Ernest E Harris and Allan H Bone.

Middletown Delaware Department of Music Ohio Wesleyan University Grover Banks Sylvia Doty Marilyn Holman Rebecca Ann Koeppel Jack M. McLaughlin Eleanor Moon Bert A. Sheard Dale H. Shockey Russell V. Morgan Cleveland Board of Education Ernest E. Harris Teachers College Columbia University Allan H. Bone Duke University Durham N. C

Justinger Sentencing Set After Guilty Murder Verdict

Judge Slocum denied a new trial and scheduled sentencing for Victor Justinger, 21, who was found guilty of murdering Tommy Egleston, 17. A Common Pleas Court jury recommended life imprisonment after concluding Justinger poured gasoline on Egleston and set it alight during a dispute over a girl.

Painesville W. S. Slocum Victor Justinger Common Pleas Court Justinger Tommy Egleston Egleston

Swim ends in tragedy for rail conductor in Lake Erie

Cleveland AP reports Harry J. Clancy, 72, a New York Central Railroad conductor, sought relief from 85 degree heat with a swim in Lake Erie. He collapsed after emerging from the water and died. His wife said he had been under medical care for arterial sclerosis.

Cleveland Harry J. Clancy Lake Erie New York Central Railroad

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