Broadcast expansion boosts ball game coverage nationwide
Washington reports a record rise in baseball broadcasts with 1,005 radio stations slated to carry games this year, up from about 500 last year. TV plans mirror last season with 35 stations and 25 televised contests. projections expect over 20 million fans to listen or watch, across a population nearing 151 million.
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Grasso Vows to Keep Temper in Check This Season
Orlando story profiles Mickey Grasso the Washington catcher who vows not to be ejected in 195? season while acknowledging past suspensions and wartime prison camp memories. He recalls two incidents with umpires and cites a warning from AL president Will Harridge as a turning point. Maryland tops MIT 8 to 3 in College Park as part of a light sports note.
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iFans Throng Church For Collins Funeral
Mass for Hall of Fame Eddie Collins draws Boston crowd at Church of Advent. Boston Red Sox officials attend beside pallbearers including Stuffy McInnis and Jack Barry. Funeral follows Collins 63 years old career with Athletics White Sox and Red Sox. burial at Weston.
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Countian Star Tim Shank Leads GW Baseball Push
Tim Shank 27 a Middletown native and former Valley High catcher stars on the mound for George Washington University. The senior law student and Air Force Reserve captain won GW’s season opener 5-4 over Temple. He plans to graduate in June to practice law, unless recalled to active duty.
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Catoctin Club Sets Break Under Revised Golf Rules
Catoctin Country Club Inc plans a break in Pro-Amateur tour rules by the Middle Atlantic PGA. Visiting pros will bring two amateurs from their clubs and fill a third with qualified club members, enabling 25 to 30 local golfers to participate in Frederick on May 7.
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Dodgers and Athletics Tie in 11 Inning Exhibition
In Miami the Brooklyn Dodgers and Philadelphia Athletics played 11 innings to a 7 7 tie. A crowd of 852 watched as A’s rallied from 6 1 deficit to force extra frames, Ferris Fain scoring on Gene Hermanski’s throw, Dodgers tying on Hermanski’s single.
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Mantle Sparks Yankees In Spring Tilt With Key RBI
In an 8 inning tie broken by Mickey Mantle, the Yankees rookie vs. Chicago A beat the White Sox as Mantle hit a single and a double raising his spring average to .434 with three RBIs, voting his spring total to 20. Also notes of Al Rosen's ninth inning grand slam for Cleveland in an 11 7 win over St. Louis and other brief items.
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Frederick High cadet baseball cuts squad to 25
Coach Gene Hummel trimmed the 1951 Frederick Cadets to 25 players after Easter drills at McCurdy Field. With three weeks until the opener against Charlotte Hall on April 17, the squad features one returned letterman and eight returning players in the mix, including two catchers and three pitchers. The coach notes the young group is green to interscholastic baseball but well fortified with prospects and several tenth-graders ready to develop for next season.
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Batting lineup wrestles with farm team rivals
No understudy for first base. Catcher Baker or understudy Mullican will handle the sack if needed. Second base features a battle among Junior Dick Rinehart and Tenth-Graders Ralph Mardsen and Fred Young. Pitching prospects contest, with Charley Powell and Robert Weddle rivaling for hot corner duties. Outfield shows seniors Haugh Haller Dailey and Brown as crop of candidates. Dailey has the best arm and Haugh the longest ball if connected.
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Washington transfer and squad polishing underway
Bad weather halted drills yesterday and weather disruption interrupted daily sessions. Weeding of the squad is finished and coaches plan earnest polishing. Extra-duty drills begin at 4 9 mm with players on the field ready to play.
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Heart Of Maryland Team Sponsored By Church In Ijamsville
Tjamsville's new Heart of Maryland Baseball League entry will operate under the local Methodist church. Wamsville Methodists plan an emergency meeting Friday night at Myers' store to align team and officer duties. Main topic is shared use of the Ijamsville club's diamond while first practice for the Methodist squad is set for April 1 and State Leaguers seek the Yamsville oval.
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