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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1950
Page
2
Yesterday Brooklyn defeated Chicago 8 to 2 and New York beat Pittsburgh 10 to 5 while Cincinnati toppled St Louis 6 to 8. Today New York at Pittsburgh and Cincinnati at Chicago in NL play with St Louis at New York.
News of multiple games including the Reds, Dodgers, Cubs, and Phillies with Newcombe eight hit effort for eight innings in a 8-2 win for Brooklyn. Washington tops Detroit 8-4 as Truman observes. Phils stay five and a half games ahead of Dodgers after 3-0 win over the Cardinals. Giants beat Pirates 10-5 as Jansen notches 14th win. Cleveland and New York race in the American League with a 12-6 Cleveland victory over the Yankees. Rain washes out Tigers Senators and White Sox actions. Reds and Braves also in the mix.
American League scores show Ostom 13 over Chicago 6 and New York 6 over Cleveland 5 while Washington leads Detroit 5 to 4 and St Louis trails Philadelphia. Rain affected the first game lasting 10 innings and a game was rained out. Tonight’s schedule lists two games in New York Boston Detroit at Washington St Louis at Philadelphia with two games each and two night games.
Juniors win the rubber game 9 3 over Sears Storemen to advance to the championship series in the Municipal Soft League Shaughnessy Division at Baker Park. Independents and Uniteds clash tonight to decide who faces the Juniors next week. The Juniors erupted for seven runs in the second inning, with key hits and errors by Sears, and added two more in the seventh.
Capot, the 1949 three year old champion, is retired due to a swollen knee. The Greentree Stable will send the son of Menon-Piquet to Greentree Farm Lexington for breeding. Capot won the Preakness Belmont Stakes and Pimlico Special last year and was second in the Kentucky Derby. He started 28 times with 12 wins, four seconds, seven thirds. He is 3rd on the all time money list with 345260 dollars.
Major league rookie of the year contenders center on Rosen and Dropo with Miller and Jethroe also starring. The piece cites Al Rosen and Luke Easter for the Indians, Jethroe and Hartsfield for the Braves, and Hayward as strong rookies across both leagues. It notes Ed Ford for the Yankees and Carrasquel for the White Sox among top first-year players shaping pennant races.
Veterans of Foreign Wars grid squad announced a full-pack scrimmage on Thursday at 6 pm at Mc Curdy Field under Charley Greene. The 25-man VFW team will prep for the September 17 home opener against the Anacostia Eagles, with key players Don Shipley Henry Groff and Irving Wagner anchoring the line.
The County Interscholastic Basketball schedule announces eight first round games starting January 4 with Walkersville at Emmitsburg and Frederick hosting Brunswick. Inter-class play runs mid October to Thanksgiving, with league play opening January 4 and senior varsity doubleheaders through February 28. Hoot Evers injures wrist in Detroit before game. replacements named for Washington.
The Circuit Court for Frederick County in Equity entreats Helen E Cummings to answer a bill filed by James F R Cummings seeking a divorce on grounds of abandonment and desertion after long separation. The order requires publication for four weeks in Frederick County newspapers before the appearance deadline. The defendant is non resident, residing in Vienna Virginia, and has a child with the plaintiff in custody of the defendant. The matter was filed August 22, 1950 and notices publish prior to September 21 to October 7 deadlines.
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