If Old Baseball Tradition Prevails Yanks and Bums Should Win Pennants
The 1952 World Series clash would fulfill a long standing baseball tradition as leaders on July 4 in both leagues were expected to win pennants. Dodgers and Yankees led their leagues while other results on Indepndence Day affected standings and showcased key performances by Reese and other stars.
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Ralph Roden
Associated Press
Brooklyn Dodgers
New York Yankees
Burns
Yanks
Dodgers
Chicago
Detroit
Philadelphia
Phils
Tigers
Brooklyn
New York Giants
Sal Maglie
Brooks
Washington
Chicago White Sox
St. Louis Browns
Cleveland Indians
Boston Red Sox
A’s
Pittsburgh
St. Louis Cardinals
Boston Braves
Pirates
Cincinnati
Cubs
Braves
Philadelphia Phillies
Maglie
Pee Wee Reese
Clem Lntine
Giants
Spelling Preacher Roe
Major League Leaders in Batting and Pitching
Baseball leaders across the National and American Leagues include Musial of St. Louis at .330 and Goodman of Boston at .335 for batting, with runs, RBIs, and hits led by players from the Dodgers, Cubs, and Yankees. Pitching leaders show Roe of Brooklyn at 7-0 and other top averages and strikeout totals across the leagues.
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White Sox
Bob Kuzava
Bill Kennedy
St. Louis
Kennedy
Chicago
Musial
Atwell
Robinson
Brooklyn
Slaughter
Marshall
Cincinnati
Popple Reaches Met Semifinal in Tri-State Tennis
Doris Popple of Des Moines advanced to the semifinal round of the women's singles at the Tri-State tournament after an upset over Rhoda Hopkins of Newton and a 6-2 6-4 win against Louise Kiely of Evansville in the quarterfinals. Hopkins and Popple also defaulted their semifinal doubles match due to Hopkins ankle strain.
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Cincinnati
Doris Popple
Des Moines
Miss Popple
Rhoda Hopkins
Newton
Conn
Louise Kiely
Evansville
Ind
Hopkins
Popple
Miss Hopkins
Ruttman Triumphs In 200 Mile Race
Troy Ruttman drove to victory in the 200 mile Southland speedway AAA championship race in Raleigh North Carolina. He led from the start and maintained the pace in the same car that won the Indianapolis 500 last May. His speed was 8.10 miles per hour. Aggie Agajanian’s...
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Raleigh
N. C
Troy Rutttman
Southland Speedway
Ruttman
Aggie
Agajanian
Baseball standings and schedule for today's league games
Standings show New York 9-4 Philadelphia 5-4, Boston 10-3, Chicago 3-2, St. Louis 1-0, Cleveland 11-10, Detroit 0-1. Today's schedule lists Rasci, Kellner. Brodowski. Dobson vs Feller. Cain vs Wight. results include Boston 2 3 Philadelphia 1 2 and St. Louis 13 4 Chicago 7 1.
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Nassal
St. Louis
Lockman
New York
Adams
Cincinnati
Sauer
Chicago
Schoendienst
Williams
Schoenedienst
Miksis
Merson
Pittsburgh
Thomson
Mueller
Ennis
Philadelphia
Jethroe
Boston
Wyrostek
Roe
Brooklyn
Brazie
Hearn
Maglie
Erskine
Wilhelm
Simmons
Spahn
Rust
Surkent
Roberts
Washington
Cleveland
Detroit
Rasci
Kellner
Brodow«k
Shea
Dobson
Feller
Cain
Wight
New York Chicago
J. Louis
Tarawa Carrier Returns After Seven Month Med Cruise
Robert R. Brawner aviation electronicsman third class USN husband of Mrs. R. R. Brawner of Muscatine served aboard the aircraft carrier USS Tarawa which returned to the United States after a seven month tour in the Mediterranean. Crew visited seven countries and 13 ports including Gibraltar Oran Athens Istanbul Palermo Naples Genoa and Cannes per Great Lakes Naval Training Center.
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Robert R. Brawner
USN
R. R. Brawner
Muscatine
Tarawa
United States
Mediterranean
Gibraltar
Oran
Athens
Istanbul
Palermo
Naples
Genoa
Cannes
Great Lakes
Baseball Stat Line Highlights Pitching Leaders
Listing of top pitching and strikeout leaders. Shantz of Philadelphia posts a 14 2 record with .875 and Reynolds of New York racks 84 strikeouts while Pierce Chicago 76 Garcia Cleveland 73 Gray Detroit 69 also noted.
Huttigs Edges Hendersons in 6-5 Victory
In YMCA league action eight teams played Thursday night. Huttigs edged Hendersons Garage 6-5 behind Sam Beatty’s pitching and a fifth inning homer. Illinois City toppled State Improvement 6-4, Kent Feeds beat National Guard 5-4 at Oregon Field.
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Huttigs
Sam Beatty
Henderson
Beatty
Phil
Stanley’s
Weed Park
Eddie Stark
Stewart
Ellis
Oregon Field
Illinois City
State Improvement
Kent Feeds
National Guard
Oregon
Lange
Marine
K. Holliday
Ss Thomas
Eenee Reist
Bowser
Murdock
R Strause
Strause
Middaugh
H Miller
Harvey Strause
Darrells
Shield
T. Strause
D. Miller
Illinois
City
Henderson's Garage
Marshall
Schlipf
Ree Schreurs
Cottrell
P Swank
Cécs
Welk
Howell
Lane
Freese
Pinchhit
Huttig
H Greenwald
B. Kurriger
Alexander
Peterson
Frost
Ee Beatty D
Buster
F. Kurrige
Muscatine Junior Legion Nine defeats Wapello 5-4 in district game
Art Cordwell's Muscatine junior legion nine won the district contest 5-4 over Wapello at Farmington. Muscatine scored in the first then added two in the second and fourth to total five. Wapello scored four in the third but could not add more. Muscatine faces Williamsburg at 6:30 tonight at Farmington.
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Truman Lees
Yanks
Senators
Cleaners
Truman
Washington
Bucky Harris
Mickey Grasso
Ed Hurley
Yogi Berra
Mickey Vernon
Joe Collins
Hurley
Grasso
Junior Legion
Wapello
Art Cordwell
Farmington
Muscatine
Williamsburg
Slater Sets IA Half Mile Dirt Track World Record
Bob Slater of Kansas City set a new I M C A world record for a half mile dirt track in the 25 lap Independence Day race at Lincoln. His time 10 53 90 beat Deb Snyder’s 10 57 58 from Cedar Rapids last year. Leon De Rock won the five lap inaugural dash with 3 30 48 and Red Hoyle took the five lap American Triumph in 2 35 20.
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Lincoln
Neb
International Motor Contest Association
Bob Slater
Kansas City
Slater
Deb Snyder
Kent
Ohio
Cedar Rapids
Leon de Rock
Mason City
Red Hoyle
Muscatine Teams Set for Baseball Sectional at League Field
Coming events on the Chamber of Commerce calendar list Muscatine high school and Muscatine Catholic high school baseball teams meeting for a sectional tournament game at League field next Monday. On Thursday the Muscatine Community Players Park Lane Golf and County Cup are also scheduled.
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Chamber of Commerce
Muscatine High School
Muscatine Catholic High
League Field
Muscatine Community
Park Lane
Rolfe Expects Custer as Tiger Manager Tonight
Red Rolfe, Detroit Tigers manager, expects to be fired tonight as the board faces the managerial question before a game with the St Louis Browns. Spike Briggs plans to recommend firing Third Base Coach Dick Bartell, while Rollfe awaits a call.
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Detroit
Red Rolfe
Detroit Tigers
Ted Lyons
Muddy Ruel
Rick Ferrell
Tiger
St Louis Browns
Spike Briggs
Grandstand
Rolfe
Spike
Red
Briggs
Dick Bartell
Bartell
Henderson's Tips Kent Feeds 5 3 In Exhibition Tilt
The article notes Henderson's Tips Kent Feeds won 5 to 3 in an exhibition tilt. It also mentions the French contributed $450,000 for the Statue of Liberty in New York harbor and the people of the United States $350,000 for the pedestal.
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Henderson’s Tips
Kent
New York Harbor
United States
U S Olympic Basketball Team Packs Size to Face Europe
U S favorites boast giant Clyde Lovellette from Terre Haute and seven foot Bob Kurland plus 6-11 Marcus Freiberger and a roster of Kansas, Peoria, and Phillips Oilers stars. Coach Howard Hobson cites Russia as the main threat as Helsinki looms.
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New York
Clyde Lavellette
Helsinki
U.S
Lovellette
Terre Haute
Ind
University of Kansas
Russia
Sia
Yale University
Howard Hobson
United States
Kurland Hobson
Bob Kenney
Dean Kelley
Charlie Hoag
Peoria
Frank McCabe
Howie Williams
Ron Bontemps
Dan Pippin
Wayne Glasgow
Phillips
Keokuk driver finishes second in Missouri stock car race
Don White of Keokuk Iowa won the time trials but finished second in the 100 mile mid-summer stock car race at the Missouri State Fair Grounds Sedalia Marvin Copple of Lincoln Nebraska won the event in 1 hour 34 minutes 33 seconds Ernie Deer of Fort Madison Iowa finished fourth
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Sedalia
Don White
Keokuk
Missouri State Fair Ground
Marvin Copple
Lincoln
Nebr
Ernie Deer
Ft. Madison
Publinx Meet Opens Today at Miami Country Club
Ninety six top amateur golfers begin an 18 hole medal play at Miami Country Club as a team event for the Warren G Harding trophy. Thirty two teams from 23 states compete for the best aggregate score ahead of Monday match play for the Publinx crown. Dave Stanley of Los Angeles is the defending champion.
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Miami
Fla
I/P
Miami Country Club
United States
Hawaii
Dave Stanley
Los Angeles
Favorites Advance In Clinton Tourney
Top seed Jack Vincent of Madison moved into the quarterfinals with two easy wins at the Mississippi Valley tennis tournament in Clinton. Doris Jensen of Des Moines, the women’s singles favorite, also won her opener. Vincent beat Bill Seline 6 2 6 2 and James Hancock 6 0 6 3. Jensen defeated Kalleen Kitzmiller 6 2 6 1 in the first round. Jim Murphy of Clinton, the top junior seed, advanced by default.
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Jack Vincent
Madison
Wis
Doris Jensen
Des Moines
Vincent
Bill Seline
Rock Island
Ill
James Hancock
Rockford
Miss Jensen
Kalleen Kitzmiller
Jim Murphy
John Been
Frederick
Okla
Dewey as water boy at 1952 convention shows shift
Chicago report recalls four years of political change as Thomas E. Dewey appears in the 1956 convention program. A crowd greets the NY governor on arrival, but he replies he has little to say, avoiding a press conference.
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Chicago
Thomas E. Dewey
East 45Th Street
New York City
Dewey
New York
Taft
Harold Stassen
Minnesota
United States
Channel Swimmer Florence Chadwick Fails at Catalina
Flor ence Chadwick, the San Diego swimmer and twice English Channel winner, nearly completed the Catalina Channel Friday. She covered about three fourths of the 21 mile distance, cut short by a four knot current and freezing water, ending roughly 0.75 miles from land. Her manager estimated a zigzag course of 28 miles.
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Calif
Florence Chadwick
San Diego
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English Channel
Chadwick
Cabrillo Beach
Santa Catalina Island
Ted Bentley
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