Former pitcher Fisher backs Landis style for commissioner
Ray Fisher, veteran pitcher and Michigan coach, told a House Judiciary subcommittee that a commissioner with character and integrity like Judge Landis would ensure fair treatment for players. He endorsed the reserve clause to protect the game and recalled his 1921 suspension by Landis after the 1919 Black Sox scandal.
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Washington
Ray Fisher
Cincinnati Red
University of Michigan
House
Landis
Kenesaw M. Landis
Fisher
Cinccinati
Chicago Black Sox
Michigan
Charley
Bugs) Moran
Ann Arbor
Moran
Cincy
Franklin, Pa
Elimination Playoffs Start Monday in Camp Derrick League
The Camp Derrick softball elimination playoffs open Monday with The Officers facing the 9766th in the first game. Motor Pool tops regular season at 17 4 with Engineers 16 4 earning byes.
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Camp Derrick
Air-Navy
Motor Pool
Engineers
Things
Air Navy
Officers
Tigers
In. Pet. Motor Pool
National League Wednesday Baseball Results
Cincinnati defeated Chicago 7 to 4 while Brooklyn and New York played to a 7 to 7 tie. Philadelphia beat Boston 3 to 2. Pittsburgh won 10 to 2 against St. Louis. Second game went ten innings.
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Cincinnati
Chicago
Brooklyn
New York
Philadelphia
Boston
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Washington
Detroit
Cleveland
St Louis
Blackwell Raffensberger
Howell Minner
Dubiel
Kelly
Burgess
Owen
Wneana
Wehmeier
Howell Hiller
Hatten
Wilson
Mueller St
Elks Clinch Civic Softball Second-Half Title
The Elks defeated NECA 4 to 2 at Staley Park to seal the Civic Softball League second-half championship. NECA led 2 0 after the first inning, but Elks defenses held, then rallied with three runs in the fourth and an insurance run in the seventh. Rothenhoefer and Angleberger led the Elks with key hits, while Chesley and Sanner paced NECA with three hits apiece.
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W. JL. Pet Elks
Neca 4A
Lions
Amvets
Civitans
Elks
Civic Softball League
NECA
Staley Park
SECA
Herd
Bob Rothenhoefer
Austin Angleberger
Stedling
Troat
Siedling Rothenhoefer
Chestey
Sanner
Thomas
C. Ziegler
Lewis and Carroll
SECA Tops C P In Softball Showdown At Baker Park
In a postponed league game SECA beat C&P 7 to 5 to finish with a 5 1 5 record. A three run rally in the third and a Henry Lake homer in the fifth fueled the win. The match was held at Baker Park with Atkinson Thayer Lake and Brachey credited. An exhibition game follows tonight at 6 15 on the Washington Street School diamond against Camp Detrick Motor Pool.
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SECA
Uniteds
Cc & Po
C&p
Baker Park
South Enders
Henry Lake
AHE
Atkinson
Thayer
Lake
Brachey
South End Civic Association
Municipal Softball League
Camp Detrick
Washington Street
Tailorettes Rally to Clinch Softball Title Clash
The Tailorettes beat C. P. Operators 13 to 2 as they chase the league championship with nine straight wins. They schedule a Friday night meeting with Creagerstown Ramettes at Staley Park, with Etzler Summers and Rippcon Willis noted in the box. Hunters in Illinois kill about 1.4 million squirrels yearly, roughly 70 percent fox squirrels.
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Tailorettes
Frederick Tailoring Colosses
C. & P Operators
Creagerstown Ramettes
Staley Park
Etzler
Summers
Rippcon
Willis
Louis to Meet Bivins August 15 in Baltimore Scrap
Joe Louis predicts Jersey Joe Walcott must defend the heavyweight title within a year or risk retirement. Louis promotes a 10 round bout with Jimmy Bivins in Baltimore next Wednesday while eyeing a return clash with Charles or Walcott later. He weighs 207 and targets 209 to 210 for the Bivins fight as talks continue on other possible bouts.
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Annapolis
Joe Louis
Jersey
Joe Walcott
Joe
Louis
Jimmy Bivins
Baltimore
Charles
Walcott
Ezzard Charles
Chesapeake Bay
Camden
Iias
Ezzard
Bivins
Cleveland
Bigins
Cesar Brion
Omello Agrampante
Lee Savold
Freddy Beshore
Brian
San Atencisco
Marshall Miles
International Boxing Club
Rocky Marciano
Marciano
Rex Layne
Miles
Local boys head to Akron soap box derby
Peter Fahrney and Ronnie Twentey, both seasoned runners up in Frederick, will travel by bus Saturday with G Ross Twentey to Akron Ohio for the National Soap Box Derby Sunday. They root for Jimmy Grove whose racer beat them in Tri County races at Frederick, as Ronnie nears age limit. Egypt's land resource note mentions 986000 square miles with about 35 percent cultivated.
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Peter Fahrney
Ronnie Twentey
Akron
Ohio
G. Ross Twentey
Yellow Springs
Ronnie
Frederick
Ibus
Jimmy Grove
Tri- County
Puddinhead Jones Trapped By Old Hidden Ball Trick
In Philadelphia Willie Jones was banished after Earl Torgeson of the Boston Braves used the hidden ball trick in the eighth inning of a Phillies 3 to 1 win. Jones, on first base, stepped aside as Torgeson feigned a bag check and produced the ball, prompting umpire Frank Cascoli to eject Jones.
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Philadelphia
Willie Jones
Earl Torgeson
Boston Braves
Boston Phillies
Phillies
Jones
del Ennis
Torgeson
Willie
Frank Cascoli
Woodbine Baseball Team Gathers Players For Brunswick Game
Woodbine manager Charles W Warfield announces the team will not default the post schedule game with Brunswick. He secured the New Market diamond and will play Sunday, after nearly disbanding, with Day and Mt Airy sharing the Woodbine field. Burall praises the club’s sportsmanship as Woodbine reassembles for the pivotal match. Hagerstown wins 1 0 over Catonsville to open the Little League State playoffs at Hager Field.
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Woodbine
Maryland
Paul Revere
Brunswick
Warfield
Wiliam B. Burall
Burall
Day
Mt. Airy
Heart of Maryland
New Market
Hagerstown
Catonsville
Bayin
Hager Field
RKH Eig
Wagerstown
I Wolf
Zaccaria
Miles
Lewis
Chaney
Pulliam
McCarthy
Hammond
Calf Prices Rise at Woodsboro Livestock Auction
Calves and livestock prices climbed at Woodsboro Livestock Sales on Tuesday. Prices ranged for butcher heifers and cows, canners and cutters, bulls, stock and dairy cattle, calves by weight, light calves, and hogs with various cwt and head figures reported.
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Woodsboro Livestock Sales, Inc
Indians Take League Lead With 2-1 Win and Rally
Cleveland moved atop the American League with an 2-1 victory over the St Louis Browns as Bob Feller earned his 18th win in a comeback bid. Larry Doby scored with a fourth inning double, and Mickey Vernon homered twice driving in all runs. Porterfield shut out the Yankees until the ninth, aided by Vernon’s two homers. Washington beat the defending champs 4-1.
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Aug
Cleveland
Indians
New York Yankees
St. Louis Browns
Washington
Bob Feller
Bob Porterfield
Yankee
Bronx
Yogi Berra
Johnny Mize
Porterfield
Mickey Vernon
Vic Raschi
Larry Doby
Dale Mitchell
Bob Avila
Doby
Tommy Byrne
Pale Hose
George Kell
Steve Souchock
Chicago
Detroit Tigers
White Sox
Dizzy Trout
Saul Rogovin
Brooklyn
Giants
Carl Erskine
Preacher Roe
Jim Hearn
Gil Hodges
Duke Snider
Carl Furillo
Dodgers
Cincinnati
Cub
Kenny Raffensberger
Ewell Blackwell
Herm Wehmeier
Paul Minner
Frank Hiller
Boston
Philadelphia
Eddie Waitkus
Williard Marshall
Philadelphia Phils
Phils
Boston Braves
Billy Cox
New York Giants
Pittsburgh
Pirates Triumph Over Cardinals With Big Offensive Outburst
Triples as the ball skipped past centerfielder Harry Lowrey, giving the Pirates a 7 to 1 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals. Gus Bell led the attack with three hits including a single, triple and homer. The line shows Pittsburgh 10 runs on 14 hits to St. Louis 7 runs.
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Harry Lowrey
Pirates
St. Louis Cardinals
Gus Bell
Homer
Little League praised at Frederick Rotary meeting
Frederick Rotary Club lauded Little League efforts and its officials and sponsors at a weekly sports program headlined by Henry T. Bream of Gettysburg College. Twenty one Little League officials were introduced by James A. Grove as part of the tribute with remarks on leadership, morale, and sportsmanship.
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Frederick
Bream
Charles FE. Moylan
Breayn
Clyde Roney
Dan Callahan
Tax load rises for average American families
Washington reported the per person tax burden rose to about 30 dollars a month from 1942 to last year. The Census Bureau noted the average annual tax payment for one man, one woman and one child reached about 360 dollars, more than doubling in eight years.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Eig
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