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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1954
Page
13
Indians slugger Al Rosen shines with a .372 average through early 1954. AP reports his hot pace could push major league writers to seek a new MVP award if he sustains this level.
National League features Milwaukee Braves extending win streak to 10 with a 3-2 12 inning win over St. Louis. New York bats Brooklyn 17-7 as Phillies beat Pittsburgh 4-0 and Cincinnati 6-3 over Chicago. Orioles endure 6 hours 35 minutes of misery as losing streak grows to nine.
Toledo 2 Charleston 1 with two teams competing for lead. Louisville and Columbus posted 10 3 and 3 2 scores. Minneapolis 3 Indianapolis 2. St Paul 10 Kansas City 2. Toledo faces Charleston in a second matchup.
Penn State is favored to win the IC4A meet on Randalls Island as Yale is near eliminated and Manhattan, the defending champion, has only a slim chance. The Nittany Lions seek their first IC4A title in years, hoping to end a drought since Barney Ewell era.
Bloomington Indiana reports 19 year old Indiana freshman Bill Woolsey from Hawaii is seen as a potential Ford Konno of the Hoosiers. Coach Bob Roger notes Woolsey pushed Konno in the 220 and 440 at the AAU Championships though a pulled rib cartilage kept him from the 1500 and hindered training.
A strong Australian swimming squad will compete at the Empire Games in Vancouver from July 30 to August 7. Named among the entrants are Jon Henricks 18 Garry Chapman 15 David Hawkins 21 Cyrus Weld 19 and Lorraine Crapp 15.
Germantown’s Harold Wright, 18, qualified for finals in the Class B 100 and 220 events at the state meet. He ran 10 seconds flat in the 100 and 22.1 in the 220, leading fastest Class B times, and anchored Germantown’s yard relay team.
Middletown High advances three players Pat Arnold, Mac Maffett, and Kenny Rupp to the state tennis tournament in Columbus with Arnold facing Don Romhilt and the others winning 6 0 6 3 over Lima Central. Kay Champion of Dayton Oakwood and Tom Kehler of Cincinnati Walnut Hills also remain in singles.
Kansas coach Chuck Mather urges more spring practice time, arguing it benefits players. He recalls a high school story where a player survived a crash, using the tale to defend football's value despite criticism.
Minneapolis beat league leader Indianapolis 3-2 narrowing the Indians' lead while Louisville beat Columbus 10-3 and St. Paul defeated Kansas City 10-2. The feature was a 15 inning Charleston Toledo game won by Toledo 2-1 on George Crowe's double and Bob Thorpe's triple in the 15th.
Wynn allowed two hits as Cleveland beat Detroit 3-0. Mays led the Giants with a homer and four singles in a 17-6 rout of Brooklyn.
Anglers use a method called pumping him to handle large saltwater game fish. The practice involves reeling with controlled movements to tire the fish. It is a common technique among sport fishermen and can be adopted by others seeking to land sizable catches.
MUIRFIELD Scotland West Virginia’s Bill Campbell meets Australian pub keeper Douglas Bachli in the 36 hole British amateur final. Campbell, famed for straight tee shots, aims to outdrive Bachli on Muirfield fairways. Campbell eliminated Dublin’s Joe Carr 3 and 2 in semis after a 5 and 4 morning win over A M Bucher. Bachli beat Keith Tate 1 up on 19 and then W A Stark 3 and 2.
New York reports Hurricane Tom Jackson eyes a July 21 Madison Square Garden bout versus Nino Valdes Coley Wallace or James J Parker following a fifth round stoppage of Charley Norkus who bled from eye cuts. Referee Al Bert halted at 2 29 of the fifth as 4139 spectators paid 13205.
Camden New Jersey Correlation the odds on favorite to win the $50 000 Jersey handicap at Garden State Park as owner Robert S Lytle aims to redeem past Derby and Preakness setbacks The colt will be ridden by Willie Shoemaker with about 40000 fans watching and rivals include I GeeGee High Gun Galdar and War of Roses.
New York Belmont Park hosts the $50,000 added American Oaks with Queen Hopeful as star filly for Hasty House Farm Toledo C racing stable. Eight 3-year-old fillies race the 1 3 8 miles in the 38th edition televised on CBS ABC 3 3 30 p.m. EST. Last week Hasty Road won Pimlico’s Preakness. Queen Hopeful may also run June 12 in the $100,000 Belmont Stakes.
Fort Worth Texas stage is set as Ben Hogan trails leader Peter Thomson by three strokes with Hogan tied for third at 140 as 46 players enter the third round of the Colonial National Invitation. Thomson leads at 137 after 36 holes with Mike Souchak runner up at 139.
Avila of Cleveland leads batting with .374 and hits 55. Rosen of Cleveland drives in 13 runs and leads home runs with 13. Minoso of Chicago has 36 runs and 7 triples. Rivera of Chicago has 6 stolen bases. Consuegra of Chicago posts 5–0 with 1.000. Turley of Baltimore records 68 strikeouts. McDougald of New York and Vernon of Washington share 10 doubles.
Jablonski of St. Louis and Mueller of New York led batting with 371. Moon and Musial of St. Louis had 40 runs. Musial drove in 14 RBIs and Musial also hit 14 home runs. Jabionski and Snider tied 13 doubles. Mayes led triples with 5. Sauer of Chicago and Musial led with 14 homers. Bruton of Milwaukee stole 10 bases. Raschi of St. Louis had 50 wins. Haddix of St. Louis had 57 strikeouts.
Rain washed out four Church Softball League games last night delaying the season by a week. Rescheduled contests will be played next Friday night at Barnitz Field.
CHICAGO AP The Cincinnati Red scouts sought Art Fowler for years. The 30 year old rookie, in his 11th year in organized ball, won his fourth straight decision as Cincinnati beat the Cubs 6-3. Fowler fanned six in three innings, then faltered late. Ernie Banks and Gene Baker produced two Cubs runs off Frank Smith in the ninth. The Reds jumped to a quick lead with Ted Juszewski’s 12th homer and a Wally Post double and scored again on a balk by Jim Davis. Cincinnati and Chicago meet again in a single game and Sunday doubleheader.
Miami University posts a 560 team batting average across nine sports with 60 wins, 47 losses, and 2 ties. Warren led with .348 average and 43 totals bases, Duquette hit .306, Lyons stole five bases, Nuxhall tallied a 3.24 ERA and 5 win 4 loss 1 tie.
New York Giants star Willie Mays, after going hitless, tells Vice-President Chub Feeney he came to win the game. Feeney notes Mays is valuable even without a hit as the club earns the victory at the Polo Grounds.
The advance guard of speed fans gathered at Indianapolis Motor Speedway today with two days to go before the 38th 500 mile race. Dusty cars rolled in from coast to coast, parking spots in the infield filled as fans lined up for Monday’s dash. The blue-jeaned crowd, part of a self contained fraternity, enjoyed the arrival even as non-members might call it misery.
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