Bucky Walters Seeks 200th Win As Reds Manager
Cincinnati fans back Bucky Walters to guide the Reds to success in his first full season as manager pitcher. The modest star hopes to reach 200 major league victories with two more wins this year, while recalling career twists from a varied throwing start to his rise as a standout hurler. Walters jokes about his start as a third baseman and recalls battles with teammates, yet remains focused on guiding Cincinnati to strong pitching help.
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Philly
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Phils
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Mason- Dixon Line
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Queen City
Gavilan Williams Bout A Toughie For Judges
New York AP Eddie Eagan seeks three able officials for Friday's 10 round non title bout between Lightweight Champion Ike Williams and welterweight contender Kid Gavilan at Madison Square Garden. Previous judging in two close fights shows Williams ahead 2-0 on scores with narrow margins. two judges favored Williams in February 1948 while Gavilan won January 1949's rematch 5-4-1. Referee Goldstein called the second bout a draw.
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Ike
Savold Rejects Becker's Offer For May 23 Fight
Cincinnati AP report says Lee Savold turned down a $65,000 guarantee to fight Joey Maxim on May 23 due to prior commitments. Savold's manager cited the lack of release from promoter Jack Solomons of England, who plans Savold to meet the Mills Woodcock winner in August. Becker may sign Gus Lesnevich as a replacement for Savold on the May 23 date.
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Sam Becker
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England
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Bruce Woodcock
Becker
Boxing results from London Los Angeles and Honolulu
Associated Press reports three non title bouts last night. Marcel Cerdan stopped Dick Turpin inside 162 in London. Freddie Dawson beat Tommie Campbell on points in Los Angeles. Henry Davis defeated Manuel Ortiz on points in Honolulu.
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Paris
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Dick Turpin
Great Britain
Los Angeles
Freddie Dawson
Chicago
Tommie Campbell
Angeles
Honolulu
Henry Davis
Manuel Ortiz
el Centro
Calif
Rotary fete for Middletown cagers promises better team next year
Middletown High School coach Paul Walker told the Rotary Club at the Manchester Hotel that three top players will graduate, but replacements are planned to improve on the 19 4 record from 1948 49. The event introduced the 12 tournament squad players and two senior managers with Elmo Lingrel as master of ceremonies. Walker suggested moving the Hamilton Middle game to Cincinnati Garden to ease ticket requests.
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Delaney to Meet Martinez in Akron Welterweight Fight Night
A 10 round welterweight bout headlines the Akron Armory card as Ronnie Delaney, a local teen, faces Pedro Martinez of Mexico. Two eight round bouts feature O'Dell Riely versus Rickey Roneci and Joey Kezele versus Chuck Hurst. Coach Fendley Collins of Michigan State College notes eleven wrestling champions since 1936.
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Youngstown
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Chuck Hurst
Fendley Collins
Inspection Five Takes Crown As Armco Major Ends Schedule
Armco Major caps season as Inspection Five tops Open Hearth in a curtailed finale. Finishing Mill, Electric Melting, and Maintenance win parts of their sets, while final standings show Galvanizing Inspection Process leading, with Metallurgical and Finishing Mill in pursuit. Women’s league tightens race with Who Knows, King Pins, and Metallurgical close behind, and Carfax extends margin at Bowl Mor.
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Gamble
Dot Woodward
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Kay Steele
No Names
Erma Haven
M. Rose
M. Arnold
Juanita Frye
Carfax
Frontier Cafe
Dot Rigg
Margaret Oglesby
Helen Doughman
Frontier
Mayer’s Meats
Follies Beauty In Institution
Marion Elizabeth Watson once a Ziegfeld Follies beauty is ordered confined by Superior Judge William J. Byrne after a rest home physician reported she slashed her wrists. She had overdosed on sleeping tablets three times and faced large divorce settlements from Baron Rupprecht Von Boecklin and Dr. Blake H. Watson amid near bankruptcy.
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Blake H. Watson
1332 Tab Tops Doubles At ABC Pins Up
Donald Van Boxel of Green Bay and Gene Bernhardt of Sturgeon Bay moved into first place in the American Bowling Congress Tournament doubles with 1332. Charles Carnegie and Ed Montgomery had led with 1306 since February 18. Early in the tournament pins weighed less, then rose to three pounds five ounces per set, potentially causing a freer pin scramble in the final weeks.
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Green Bay
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Sturgeon Bay
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Ed Montgomery
Philadelphia
Remedy Fails To Work. Cash Missing in Cure Scam
In Massillon Ohio a man told police a supposed healer took $900 from him for a cure for his wife. The woman arrived with a sack, promised a remedy using bread and salt, then left and did not return. The sack later contained bread, salt, and old newspapers.
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Claude Sharp
Sharp
Sharps
Butler Court Directory Distributed
Butler County Court officials and bar members are listed in the new 1949 court directory. The pamphlet details Common Pleas Court rules, Appellate Court practice, and court times. It lists 59 Hamilton lawyers and 26 in Middletown, plus seven elsewhere, with five judges enrolled as members.
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Butler County
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Middletown
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Association
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Fred B. Cramer
Oscar R. Leiser
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Harry F. Walsh
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Bucky) Walters, Jr
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