Miami Redskins Roll Marshall In Open Second Half
Miami University crushes Marshall 38 6 as sophomore talent pours in. Blackburn tabs backfield stars Acus Beckrest Galat Wirkowski Olix and McKeever, predicting Miami power for seasons. Band accident adds a broken toe to Middletown Monroe game recap.
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Miami
Blackburn
Paul Shoults
Sam Wippel
Mel Olix
Danny McKeever
George
Buddy! Acus
Lockland
Jerry Beckrest
Cleveland
George Galat III
Akron
Norb Wirkowski
Chicago
Wapakoneta
Paul Cary
Massillon
Redskins
Ohio
Oxford
Armco ousts Interstate in Industrial Loop semi final
Armco wasted little time overthrowing Interstate Folding Box 15 to 2 to earn a spot in the Industrial League final against Swartlie Brothers next Sunday. Armco led 13-0 after early innings as Les Meeks pitched all nine, surrendering seven hits. Bob Wills homered for Armco, with Mittenholzer and Fraley adding two hits each. A doubleheader finale was postponed due to Armco players returning to work.
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Armco
Interstate
Swartlie Brothers
Rolling Mill
Shorties
Andy Mittenholzer
Larry Fraley
Wolner's 75 Tops at Wildwood Club
John Wolner led at Wildwood Golf Course with 38 37 75 for 18 holes. Cliff Sweeney was runner up with 41 36 77. Blind bogey prizes went to C R Hook Leroy Eisele and others. low gross Saturday by Dick Getter 36 36 72. Sweeney 37 37 74.
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John Wolner
Wildwood
Cliff Sweeney
C. R. Hook
Leroy Eisele
S. J. Tutt
Max Bursk
R. C. Murray
D. Chapple
Jack Round
Low Gross
Dick Getter
C. V. Mercer
Walt Payne
Jim Healy
C. R. Clark
H. V. Flagg
49ers Rally For 4th Straight Win
San Francisco remains unbeaten as the 49ers, behind Southpaw Frankie Albert who threw three TD passes and scored on a boot leg, beat the Los Angeles Dons 36 to 14 for their fourth consecutive All-America Conference victory before a foggy 45,420 crowd at Kezar Stadium.
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San Francisco
49Ers
Los Angeles
Bears prevail on late field goal over Redskins
In Baltimore the Chicago Bears edged the Washington Redskins 17 to 14 as rookie Fred Venturelli kicked a 16 yard field goal in the final minute. Washington led 14 to 7 in the fourth quarter but penalties slowed Chicago and a late fumble by Washington sparked a Bears rally.
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Baltimore
Fred Venturelli
Chicago Bears
Washington Redskins
Babe Ruth Stadium
Redskins
Bears
Washington
Wildcats Set Attendance Record at Arizona Stadium
A single game attendance record stood at 14,739 at Arizona Stadium after last year’s game when the Arizona Wildcats hosted New Mexico.
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Arizona U
Wildcats
New Mexico VII
Boxing Booms With Big Week Ready To Roll
New York AP reports a boxing week of champions and contenders. Joe Louis opens with a six round exhibition against Pat Comiskey in Washington tonight, then Toy Zale defends against Marcel Gerdan in Jersey City on Tuesday. A planned heavyweight feature with Jersey Joe Walcott vs Gus Lesnevich was canceled after Lesnevich broke a toe. Bruce Woodcock faces Lee Oma in Britain the same day. Ike Williams vs Jesse Flores headlines in New York on Thursday with Ray Robinson vs Kid Gavilan in a 10 round bout. Robinson’s camp seeks a title bout with Freddie Mills in the U.S. or London.
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New York
Joe Louis
Pat Comiskey
Paterson
N. J
Washington, D. C
Toy Zale
Marcel Gerdan
Jersey City
Roosevelt Stadium
Zale- Gerdan
Jersey
Joe Walcott
Gus Lesnevich
Lesnevich
Cliffside
Atlantic
Bruce Woodcock
Lee Oma
Detroit
20Th Century Sporting Club
Yankee Stadium
Ike Williams
Trenton
Jesse Flores
Stockton
Calif
Ray
Sugar) Robinson
Kid Gavilan
Robinson
Greenwood Lake
N. Y
London
Jack Solomons
Freddie Mills
England
United States
End Trouble Hits Buckeyes
Columbus Ohio AP Coach Wesley Fesler turns to third string ends to field against Missouri after injuries to Tom Watson and Jimmy Hague. Watson may play with aid. Gilbert and King move up as replacements. Missouri backfield battle includes Bus Engsminger at quarterback and seven lettermen plus John Glorioso vying for remaining spots.
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Columbus
Wesley Fesler
Missouri
Tom Watson
Jimmy Hague
Chuck Gilbert
Dale King
Watson
Hague
Tigers
Gilbert
King
Don Faurot
Bus Engsminger
John Glorioso
Roberson Family Dominates Sunday Trapshoot Honors
At Middletown Sportsmen's Club West Middletown 82 shooters competed including newcomers. Martha Roberson led the women with 43 of 50 and Don Roberson topped the men with 47 of 50 while Bill Roberson was runner up with 45. Local expansion includes four more traps making the Michael Road club largest in the state. Other scores included George Beckett Harry Schultz and James Denner among top entries with international event scores posted for Schultz Denner Heddington and the Robersons.
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Middletown Sportsmen’s Club
West
Middletown
Michael Road Sportsmen’s
Roberson
Martha Roberson
Don Roberson
Bill Roberson
George Beckett
Harry Schultz
James Denner
Ralph Ditmeyer
Carl Hale
Herb Heddington
Schultz
Denner
Heddington
B. Roberson
Hansen Top Entry for Midget Races
Cincinnati Special Mel Hansen nationally known race car driver and winner of the feature at the Cincinnati Midget Race Bowl last Tuesday night will be among the 25 starters tomorrow at the new bowl. Last week's races were the most exciting yet and drivers feel track work is paying off with most kinks gone. Close competition is expected and the long parade lead is a thing of the past at the new bowl.
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Cincinnati
Mel Hansen
New Bowl
Tougher Game On Tap For Miami This Week
Ohio colleges open with new coaches in strong showings Toledo blanks Bates 42 0 while Miami beats Marshall 38 6 Glass Bowl champs face Detroit next and Miami meets Virginia at Charlottesville Xavier rolls 31 0 over Eastern Kentucky Musketeers set to battle Kentucky at Lexington Wilmington ties Salem 7 7 Ashland wins 20 0 as 24 games booked this week across Ohio and nearby states Ohio State hosts Missouri in season second under Wesley Fessler. 13 out-of-state opponents named in schedule with multiple night games
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Ohio
J. Neil Stahley
Toledo
Rockets
Bates
Lewiston
George Blackburn
Sid Gillman
Miami
Redskins
Marshall
Titans
Detroit
Virginia
Charlottsville
Xavier
Ed Kluska
Ashland
Little Rio Grande
Texas
North Carolina
New York
Missouri
West Virginia
Michigan
Kentucky
Ohio State
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Buc
Feser
Defiance
Rio Grande
Georgetown
Cedarville
Dayton
John Carroll
Kent State
Mount Union
Ohio Northern
Morris Harvey
Charleston
W. Va
Bluffton
Marietta Centre
Parkersburg
Capital
Muskingum
Akron
Findlay
Canisius
Buffalo
Youngstown
Lexington
Hardin- Simmons
Abilene, Tex
Cincinnati
Bowling Loops Expand Weekend Play Across Lanes
Weekend bowling shifts from open time to organized events as Middletown groups fill lanes. MIRC Women League dominated YMCA Alleys. Shartle Brothers League opened at Bowl-Mar. High scores included Armco sweeping Ohio Bell No. 2 and Raymond Bay, with notable efforts by L Knepshield, Dot Woodward, and Erma Haven. Middletown Gas and Electric earned two wins, Inland Container led by D Lyle posted top tally, and the Sports-Five debut rolled to a 2895–2765 win over Lowensteins. A return match set for next Sunday.
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Middletown Industrial Recreation Council
YMCA
Shartle Brothers League
Bowl-Mar
MIRC
Armco
Ohio Bell No. 2
Gardner-Richardson
Armco Food Service
Raymond Bay
Briggs
L. Knepshield
Dot Woodward
Raymond
Erma Haven
Lawlor
Food Service
M. Helsinger
Crystal
United Welding
J. Tuttle
B. West
Sorg
L. Spruance
Middletown Gas and Electric
Miami Cabinet
D. Lyle
Inland Container
Marie Shibley
Sports-Five
Middletown
Hamilton
Lowensteins
Fenmont
Mike Barach
Dick Davidson
Don Dennis
Middletonians
Butler
Lefty Hyde
Jack Frisbie
Ohio Indiana Series Delayed By Showers
Rain washed out the Ohio-Indiana League championship game in Zanesville after a 6 to 5 Zanesville victory Saturday night. If tonight’s game is played, the series will shift to Muncie for games three four and five on consecutive days before returning to Zanesville for any remaining games.
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Zanesville, O
Muncie
Zanesville
Five Golfers Tie At Tacoma Open Finish
In Tacoma Washington five players Fred Haas Jr Charles Congdon Ed Porky Oliver Cary Middlecoff and Vic Ghezzi tied for the $6430 prize after 72 holes at 274 at the Tacoma Open Tourney. Officials weighed options for a playoff as the tied group faced possible 18 hole playoff in various formats.
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Tacoma
Wash
Fred Haas, Jr
New Orleans
Charles Congdon
Ed “Porky” Oliver
Seattle
Cary Middlecoff
Memphis
Vic Ghezzi
Englewood
N. J
Professional Golfers Association
Gonzales Wins National Singles Tennis Title
Richard Gonzales, 20, from Los Angeles, defeated Eric Sturgess of South Africa 6-2 6-3 14-12 to win the National Singles championship in Forest Hills. Margaret Osborne Du Pont won the women’s title 4-6 6-4 15-13 over Louise Brough after a marathon third set. Victor Seixas Jr. received the William M. Johnson Sportsmanship Cup for 1948 for best amateur tennis contributor.
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Forest Hills
N. Y
Richard
Pancho) Gonzales
Los Angeles
Eric Sturgess
South Africa
Margaret Osborne du Pont
Wilmington
Del
Louise Brough
Beverly Hills
Calif
G-R Finals Set For Next Sunday
Finals in the Gardner Rich ardson Interdepartmental Softball Tourney are set for next Sunday at 3 30 p m at G R Park Carton No 1 faces Mill No 2 after Mill No 1 forfeited to Mill No 2 A win by the Cartons would give them the title Millhands must beat Carion twice to win and two games may be played that afternoon Victors receive a trip to Crosley Field to see the Reds a free dinner and a trophy
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Gardner- Richardson
G-R Park
Carton No
Mill No
Cartons
Millhands
Carion
Crosley Field
Cincinnati Reds
Victors
Middletown Battles Portsmouth In Lincoln Field Showdown
Middletown High meets Portsmouth Trojans at Lincoln Field at 7:30 in a high rivalry clash. Weather is muggy with a likely 6,000 crowd as Ellison’s Middies use the T formation against Portsmouth’s fast backfield led by Lofton Smith and quarterback Dave Gambill.
Johnson Hurls Fairbanks Win Over Germantown Eagles
New York Yan kee farmhand Jim Johnson hurled a six hitter for Fairbanks Fibre as they beat Germantown Eagles 7 to 4 yesterday in German town. Johnson, signed to a Yank contract last season at a Hamilton tryout, sparked theFibremen with a sixth inning triple and a run as Fairbanks collected nine hits. Germantown struck with three hits in the sixth and one in the seventh.
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Jim Jonson
New York Yankee
Fairbanks Fibre
Germantown Eagles
Germantown
Johnson
Hamilton
Fibremen
Farmer
Eagles
Monroe
Fairbanks
Pro Football Scores from All-America and NFL Exh
In the All-America Conference San Francisco defeated Los Angeles 36 to 14. In the National League Exhibition Chicago Cardinals beat Pittsburgh 35 to 17. Washington's result not listed.
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Chicago Cardinals
Pittsburgh
Chicago Bears
Washington
Fifty Reserved Seats On Sale For Middletown Portsmouth Game
Middletown High and Portsmouth square off at Lincoln Field with fifty reserved seats released at 6 p m for tonight s game. Athletic Director Elmo Lingrel notes the seats were unsold in pre season and will be offered to the public at each Middie home game.
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Lincoln Field
Middletown High
Portsmouth
Elmo Lingrel
Lingrel
Middies and Portsmouth loom in early season clash
Flinders is called a rip snorter in the Trojan running attack and broke into Portsmouth’s lineup this season after returning from two years of military service. Gambill Mauk and two other lettermen will start with Walter Carter and Howard Bender. Jack Keyser at left tackle over 200 pounds adds to Portsmouth’ s up front. The Middies rely on Curt Jones at quarterback Babe Calhoun Bob Hawkins at halfbacks and Al Sebald at fullback in the Monroe opener. No line changes expected unless kickoff returns adjust the lineup. The teams meet Friday night in Newark after this home test. Probable starters list Middies vs Portsmouth.
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Glenn Ellison
Trojans
Portsmouth
Monroe
Middies
Columbus Aquinas
Paul Walker
Ellison
Ohio
Lofton Smith
Dave Gambill
Dee Mauk
Dave Flinders
Flinders
Walker
Trojan
Gambill
Mauk
Walter Carter
Howard Bender
Purple
Jack Keyser
Curt Jones
Babe Calhoun
Bob Hawkins
al Sebald
Fullbank
Lee Bowen
Newark
Wildcats
Grimes LE Corbitt Cross
Keyser Shefor
Benner Byrne
Allen
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Pitt
Bryant Meeks
Fritz Howell
Shartles
Euler
Schwall
Ellis
Perry
Middletown Moose
Piqua Moose
Don McBride
Lowell Murphy
Boehma
Morgan
Ralph Baker
W. Lemmon
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