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Newspaper
Mt Vernon Register News
Location
Mt Vernon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1950
Page
7
Mt. Vernon led 4-0 at Vets Park, paced by Parisotto strong early work, but West Frankfort scored three in the seventh and four in the ninth to beat Mt. Vernon 7-4. Solorzano doubled and drove in two as Votruba and Stoecker sparked a first inning rally before Frankfort stormed back.
Mt Vernon built a 4 0 lead through six innings at Frankfort as Vo truba, Fiala, Solorzano and Stoecker produced runs. In the ninth, Frankfort rallied with timely errors and sluggers Belz and Hallihan, delivering a wild finish. Solorzano led Mt Vernon with three hits while Stoecker and Fiala added two apiece. Kings and Cards square off at Vets Park tonight to decide the series with Paducah and West Frankfort trips on the schedule.
Defending champion Texas meets Rutgers as the NCAA baseball tournament opens in Omaha tonight at 6 30 p m CST. The Texas lineup is veteran and favored to repeat. Colorado A M faces Wisconsin at 8 30 p m with the first round ending tomorrow night as Alabama plays Bradley and Washington State meets Tufts in double elimination play.
Last night’s results list Randant Fabris and Karg Dosser Ivy in matches. In regional scores Hill, Smith, Miskeil Ortowsky and others competed. Tonight’s schedule includes W Frankfort at Mt Vernon Paducah at Centralia Paris at Vincennes Mattoon at Springfield. Friday’s slate features Mt Vernon at Paducah Vincennes at Mattoon Centralia at W Frankfort and Springfield at Paris.
Barney Ewell, returning from Australia with the World Professional Championship, challenges top baseball speedsters. He names Sam Jethroe Leo Durocher Bobby Thomson and Jackie Robinson as possible rivals and aims to race any time for cash for his family. Ewell recalls Olympic relay glory and top sprint near misses. Cornell’s Charley Moore eyes titles in Minneapolis and College Park before London events. July 1.
In the American League Philadelphia beat Detroit 8 to 2. Chicago defeated New York 5 to 2. Cleveland won 7 to Boston in a rain delayed game. Washington triumphed over St Louis as the night slate included several rain affected matchups. Chicago hosted Brooklyn with rain showers noted elsewhere in the schedule.
National and American League card lists daily games with matchups and times. St Louis at Philadelphia 6 00 Pollet Roberts. Chicago at Brooklyn 1130 Schmitz Roe. Cincinnati at Boston doubleheader Wehmeier Raffensberger versus Spahn Bickford. Philadelphia at Detroit Shantz Hutchinson. New York at Chicago Lopat Pierce. Boston at Cleveland Parnell or McDermott Lemon. Washington at St Louis Consuegra Ostrouski or Widmar.
National League game slate lists Pittsburgh at Boston St. Louis at Brooklyn Chicago at New York Cincinnati at Philadelphia Boston at Detroit Washington at Chicago New York at St. Louis Philadelphia at Cleveland plus a 7:30 p m slot Detroit and Cleveland games noted times vary across venues.
New York reports describe Ben Hogan after his Open victory at Merion. Hogan asks reporters to stop mentioning his leg injuries from the Texas crash, but the press notes the feat and his renewed popular appeal despite his demand for privacy.
St Louis extends season-best winning streak to seven as Max Lanier fires six hits allowed and eight strikeouts to beat Philadelphia 4-2. Marty Marion drives in the decisive eighth inning run with a triple and Del Rice adds an RBI single. Enos Slaughter collects two hits and notches his 5,000th NL at bat.
Jackson Martin juniors captured first place in the junior league by edging Woodlawn 4 to 3 in a tight game. Mendenhall hit a first inning homer helping a 4-0 lead before Woodlawn rallied with three runs in the sixth. Kruger and Edmison backed strong defense to preserve the victory. The senior Auto-Lite Falcons crushed Shoe Co. 16 to 6 with a seven-run fourth inning driven by multiple hits and errors by the Shoemakers.
Major League leaders include Musial and Slaughter of St. Louis topping batting with .366 and .351. Slaughter leads hits with 68 while Robinson and Musial have 19 doubles. Doerr Henrich and Dillinger lead triples with 6. Williams Boston tops home runs with 19 and Stephens Williams lead RBIs with 64.
The 1949 Yankees bullpen hero Joe Page failed again as Chicago White Sox tied the score with a late rally and Cartwright three run homer. Page’s homer prone form worsened as Casey Stengel rings in a seven man staff.
June 15. The major league trading deadline ends at midnight with few player moves expected. The Washington Senators traded rookie pitcher Dick Welk to the Cleveland Indians for veteran first baseman Mickey Vernon, bringing Vernon back to Washington after a prior sale. Rumors tied the New York Giants and Pittsburgh Pirates, with a Giants official saying nothing concrete yet, while reports whisper Leo Durocher seeks pitchers Murry Dickson and Ernie Erle in exchange for Andy Hansen Shel don Jones and Jack Lohrke.
Yesterday's Stars bat, Dave Philadelphia hits a three-run homer off Joe Page in the ninth as Chicago edges to a 5-2 win. Pitcher and lineup details highlighted a dramatic late surge by the White Sox.
Max Lanier pitched a six hitter to beat the Phillies 4 2, earning his team a fourth consecutive victory while striking out eight.
The St. Louis Cardinals beat the Philadelphia Phillies 4 to 2 as Max Lanier pitched six hits allowed and remained unbeaten since May 17. Two eighth inning runs broke a 2-2 tie. Enos Slaughter was retired at second. Marti Marion tripled to break the deadlock and Del Rice drove him home.
A terse catalog-style listing shows Stoker White Ash and Big ham coal available in 8 ton and 3 ton lots. It notes 911 S. 18th St as a contact point with prices around 8.95 and 59.25 or 57.95 and mentions AL and Ice Company with a phone number ending 819.
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