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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1949
Page
16
Knothole Supervisor Walter Wendt hosts a Saturday morning clinic at Barnitz Field to teach baseball basics and form teams for four leagues. Eligible boys 17 and under, including those not yet signed with Knothole, can join on diamond No 1 at 10 o clock.
The Armco Vets host Hamilton Armco nine in an 8 30 pm exhibition at Armco Field with El mer Davis arranging American Legion Post 218 band music. Veteran right hander Arnold Gan returns to pitch for the Vets, Grine starts, and Clarence Cox may relieve. Hamilton brings a 3 0 record led by Seally and Morman who hit over .400.
Vollette pitched a one hitter into the sixth as Broughton Construction beat the Police 8 to 1 at Barnitz Field. Mayer's Meats crushed Montgomery Wards 14 to 1. Sears Roebuck drew a breather. Young and Colyer led Mayer's 19 hit attack with four hits each including two homers by Young. Hutchinson took the loss, Roberts the win.
Ralph Laurens rolled 238 204 194 for a 636 series to lead the Elks Men’s League with two victories over the top team at Bowl Mar. Johnny Miller added a 550 set with two wins, Ulrich posted 552 for No. 7, and Keeler had 488 for No. 1.
Seventy five Middletown New York Central Railroad employees and their wives will attend a testimonial dinner tonight at Dayton. Frank Zink said the dinner honors workers who completed a two month public relations course conducted here and in other Ohio cities. Guest speaker will be George Birk, assistant general manager of NYC at Indianapolis, with L. A. Champ, John D. King and E. B. Hobbs also attending.
Paul J. Rice invites local teams to play exhibition softball at Miamisburg on Wednesday and Friday nights. Interested teams should call Miamisburg 741 or write to 11 S Eighth St. Games are under lights.
In Buffalo Lee Oma, 190 pounds from Detroit, outpointed Joe Weidin, 211 percent, Vienna, Austria. In Los Angeles J C Crak nell, 150, Los Angeles, out pointed Henry Roberts, 148. In Houston Lalo Gallardo, 135, Mexico City, and Juste Fontaine, 138, Milwaukee, drew.
The Allsports Class AA Knot hole team will hold practice at Gold man Park Thursday at 6 p.m. and Saturday at 10 a.m. The sessions target skill development and team conditioning for the upcoming schedule.
Miami doubles Aeronca 2 0 behind Ralph Lewis solid pitching while Armco blasts Gardner Board and Carton 11 4 and Shattle Brothers 8 2 to stay unbeaten. Lewis earned his fourth win for Miami at Crawford St diamond as Whitt dueled but Miami capitalized on Aeronca errors and timely hits.
Bill Ellis hurled five hit ball as Shartles tripped Inland Container at the Gardner diamond. Shartles reached Lieungh for only eight hits, scoring a decisive win amid a tight game and solid pitching from Ellis.
The Cleveland Indians yesterday optioned outfielder Louis Marquez to Portland of the Pacific Coast League. Marquez played in the Cuban League last year and with Newark in the International League. He had been claimed by both the Indians and the Yankees, but Baseball Commissioner A B Chandler awarded him to Cleveland.
Xavier defeated Dayton 4 to 3, Cedarville beat Wilmington 6 to 1, and Indiana narrowly edged Butler 3 to 2 in college baseball play.
New York based Ducks Unlimited says it has collected over 2 million dollars from hunters since 1937. The funds support field work by its Canadian affiliate to improve waterfowl breeding grounds.
Springfield High School tops the Greater Ohio League track meet with five records, edging Lima Central 105 to 1744 in last place. Bill Goettman of Springfield wins the tennis singles title, while Perry Grier and Don Crowley of Middletown take the doubles crown.
The Middie girls tennis team finished an undefeated short season at the Verity Courts by beating Dayton Fairview 5-0. Players Nancy Cox Kitty Ellison Joan Whitley won singles while Corner Bergmann won No 1 doubles and Kendall Kiss teamed with Judy to win doubles matches, all in straight sets.
Hank Ruszowski, former Cleveland Indians catcher, is being sent to Little Rock of the Southern Association. He was recently signed by the Toledo Mudhens of the American Association, with Toledo and Little Rock both in the Detroit Tigers farm system.
Frank Parker of Los Angeles, the defending singles champion, advanced to the semifinals at the French International Tennis Championships by defeating Dragutin Mitić of Yugoslavia in straight sets 6-0 6-2 6-4.
Allsports and the Elks of the Class AA Knothole League meet in an exhibition at Goldman Park on Saturday at 10 o clock on diamond No. 1.
Emmet Grain will furnish the opposition for the local VFW Cooties tonight at Pendleton Field Cincinnati in an Inter City Girls Softball League contest. The Grain nine has won its first three tests of the season while the locals have split two decisions and are tied for third. Game time not stated.
The text recalls past sports outcomes with notable matchups. It notes Ben Hogan winning the 1953 PGA Championship over Mike Turnesa by 7 and 6. It also references the 1946 Red Sox over Yankees 7-4 marking Bill Dickey’s managerial debut. Other items mention Joe Baksi over Lee Savold in 194? and Bob Feller’s one hitter against the Red Sox with Doerr’s single.
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