Opening Day Puts Major League Clubs Under Strain
Opening of the 1949 major league season finds every club facing trouble. Yankees worry over Joe DiMaggio’s pained heel and Reds lack of reliable pitching with Ewell Blackwell. Senators, Braves, Phillies, Dodgers, Pirates, Cardinals, Giants and others also confront key injuries, uncertain lineups, and pitching woes as eight cities prepare for Tuesday’s games.
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Cleveland Indians
Boston Braves
New York Yankees
Cincinnati Reds
Yankees
Joe DiMaggio
Joe
Blackwell
Reds
Ewell Blackwell
Washington
Philadelphia
Boston
Senators
Athletics
Walter Masterson
Rae Scarborough
Dick Fowler
Braves
Phillies
Eddie Stanky
Jeff Heath
Pete Reiser
Jimmy Russell
Ken Heintzelman
Johnny Sain
Cleveland
Browns
St. Louis
Bob Feller
Ned Garver
Sid Hudson
Ed Lopat
Chicago
Detroit
Allen Gettel
Hal Newhouser
Joe Dobson
Lou Brissie
Brooklyn
Larry Jansen
Joe Hatten
Pittsburgh
Murry Dickson
Dutch Leonard
Cincinnati
Howie Pollet
Ken Raffensberger
Indians
Feller
Dodgers
Bruce Edwards
Pirates
Billy Meyer
Frank Gustine
Cardinals
Whitey Kurowski
Eddie Kazak
Sally Hemus
Glenn Nelson
Red Schoendienst
Giants
Billy Rigney
Bob Hof
Joe McCarthy
Red Sox
Walter Dropo
Dropo
Sox
Tex Hughson
Wood Determines Derby Status Yanks, Indians Of Greentree Pair And Others Losers Again
The Wood Memorial at Jamaica will decide the Derby status of Greentree Stable’s Capot and Wine List amid losses for other contenders. Capot beat by five lengths to Buzfyz in six furlongs at Jamaica. Greentree aims for a double shot at Churchill Downs on May 7. Meanwhile, A’s, Tigers, and Browns traded notes on power as teams plan for the season.
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Greentree
New York
NEA
Capot and Wine List
Jamaica
Capot
Menon-Pequet
Buzfyz
John M. Gaver
Havre de Grace
Belmont Park
Wine List
Churchill Downs
Thurmont High Swamps DeMolay In Seven Innings
Thurmont High School defeated DeMolay 11 to 1 in the seven inning opener of the local baseball season. Superior manpower and a single pitcher used by Thurmont overwhelmed DeMolay, who used a largely new lineup late in the game.
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Frederick DeMolay
Thurmont
Benumbed
DeMolay AB
R. H. C. A. EL Eng
Carl
M. Clarke
Zentz
Weybright
Wastler If
R. Valentine
Fogle
Roger
Spalding
Clarke
Brachey
Fink
P. Clarke
Sweeney
Wastler
Dorsey
Sorrells
Calimer
Williams Robinson Saddler Lead Weekly Boxing Card
New York April 17 Ike Williams Ray Robinson and Sandy Saddler head a national boxing lineup. Williams meets Vince Turpin in a lightweight non title bout in Canton Ohio. Robinson fights Earl Turner in Oakland in a welterweight non title ten. Saddler faces Emanuel Denart in a ten rounder in Philadelphia. Other bouts include Annaloro vs Swann in New York, Young and Downovan in Newark, La Motta vs Bell in Detroit.
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Sandy Saddler
Williams
Vince Turpin
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Welter
Cleveland
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Earl Turner
Richmond
Calif
Oakland
Saddler
Philadelphia
Ermanuel Denart
Italy
Local farmer bowls 150 games in one day setting record
Claude R K Crum 59 year old Frederick county farmer completed 150 consecutive duckpin games at Walkersville Bowling Center in 10 hours 53 minutes tying a national mark. He weighed 142 pounds at start and shed only about a pound, resting under five minutes per hour.
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Frederick County
Walkersville
Crum
Athoner
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