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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1952
Page
8
Braves outfielder Sam Jethroe established the International League record with 89 stolen bases during the 1949 season, marking a remarkable speed benchmark in the league.
The trotting horse Ford Mano Ver had no starts at age two and then won 11 straight as a three-year-old last year, signaling a strong late bloom and high potential for upcoming campaigns.
Paul Krumske of Chicago, holder of many bowling titles, will be featured guest star at the fall opening and kickoff of Learn to Bowl Week at Pla Mer bowling club lanes in Muscatine. Virgie Hopfer of Burlington, 1949 women's national all events champion, also appears.
Terre Haute Phillies shut out Burlington 9 to 0 to trim Evansville’s league lead to one game as the pennant race enters its last week. Ed Zinker earned a five hitter, while Tom Breisinger of Waterloo hurled seven innings of one hit ball in a White Hawks 9 to 0 win over Quincy.
Jim Clark the 31 year old Laguna Beach pro defeated PGA National Champion Jim Turnesa in an 18 hole playoff for the 15000 Fort Wayne Open title. Clark and Turnesa tied 272 after 72 holes before Clark won the playoff on the 17th hole with a birdie three. Sam O Neall of Crawfordsville won the amateur playoff by one stroke with a par 72.
Virgil Trucks pitched a 1-0 no hit bid until late in the game as he fended off the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium. A seventh inning error by Walter Dropo followed by Steve Souchock’s single gave Trucks the win and kept the Yankees atop the American League.
National League standings show Brooklyn leading with 80 wins and 39 losses followed by New York St Louis Philadelphia Chicago Cincinnati and Pittsburgh. Tuesday schedules include New York at Pittsburgh Boston at Cincinnati Brooklyn at St Louis and Philadelphia at Chicago. Detroit blanked New York 1 0 and Cleveland beat Washington 7 5 with several games rescheduled for tonight.
The Dodgers took both games of a doubleheader to extend their National League lead to 10 percent of games. Roy Campanella homered with two on in the nightcap after Pee Wee Reese tied the game with a single. In the first game, George Shuba Gil Hodges and Andy Pafko delivered run scoring hits as Campanella added a long foul fly. Reds pitcher Ken Raffensberger shut down the Giants for his 14th win and fifth shutout. Phillies beat Cubs 8 to 6 with Granny Hamner driving in two as the only other action listed.
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