Tigers Triumph as Wertz Delivers Late Run
Vic Wertz singled home Don Kolloway in the ninth to lift the Detroit Tigers past the Chicago White Sox 3-2 before 17 742, nudging a half game ahead in the AL pennant race. Phillies beat Dodgers 4-2 as Meyer and Waitkus star. Moreno wins major league debut for Washington in 10-4 win over Philadelphia.
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Eddie Waitkus
Whiz Kids
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Julio Moreno
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Carl Scheib
Joe Coleman
Cass Michaels
Moreno
Paul Lehner
Ferris Fain
A's
Tommy Holmes
Boston Braves
New York Giants
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Giants
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Jim Hearn
Walker Cooper
Sid Gordon
Hearn
Warren Spahn
Jack Lohrke
Hank Thompson
Lohrke
Cooper
Earl Torgeson
St. Louis
Cleveland
Browns
Cleveland Indians
Weekend baseball and softball schedules and results
Weekend games list Sunday baseball matchups in multiple leagues including Sjamsville at Brunswick Don See and Buckeystown at Walkersville with protest replay noted. Sunday softball in County League features Brunswick at Middletown and Urbana at Jefferson with results and standings.
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Brunswick
Middletown
Urbana
Jefferson
Ballenger
Idle
More Players Than Equipment For Team
Coach Mike Hardy's Veterans of Foreign Wars semi pro squad has more players than equipment. With a 36 man roster training thrice weekly, manager Charley Green revealed some newcomers may go unequipped. A Sunday practice is set for 2 pm at Mel Curdy Field ahead of the season opener vs the Anacostia Eagles in Washington.
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Charley Green
Hardy
Mel Curdy Field
Anacostia Eagles
Washington
Buddy Hall
FHS
VFW
Buzzy Wagner
Frederick High
Pep Defeated In Title Bout By Saddler At Yankee Stadium
Willie Pep lost the featherweight world title to Sandy Saddler at Yankee Stadium in the eighth round after an early lead on points. Pep suffered a dislocated shoulder and did not answer the bell for the eighth, with Saddler reclaiming the crown he lost to Pep 19 months earlier.
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Gayle Talbot
New York
Willie Pep
Sandy Saddler
Yankee Stadium
Negro
Battler
Hartford
Saddler
Pep
Madison Square Garden
Lou Viscusi
Vincent Nardiello
State Athletic Commission
Sandy
Night baseball patchwork and corn earworm note mix
A compact score string lists Boston 4 New York 3 and Philadelphia 4 Brooklyn 3 with Chicago Cincinnati rain and Pittsburgh St Louis where grounds are wet. A twi night game is mentioned. A DDT mineral oil spray is noted as potentially aiding profitable sweet corn growth where earworm is prevalent.
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Washington
Philadelphia
Boston
Detroit
Chicago
St. Louis
Cleveland
Chicago St. Louis
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
St. Loui
Local Baseball Goes In Stretch This Week
Frederick area baseball enters the home stretch with four leagues jockeying for playoff spots. Maryland League contenders meet in a rubber game at Brunswick at 2 p.m. EST as Maryland State League schedule winners face Amville for a chance at Point of Rocks in the finals. Point of Rocks has a bye after sweeping Mt. Airy. Tri County playoff finalists may be decided this weekend as Middletown and Buckeystown each hold one win. Last Sunday rainouts were completed after delays caused by Proxy Derny. Heart of Maryland League schedules two games this week with Day’s team advancing past New Windsor in two straight. New Windsor protest over the second game was sustained, warranting a replay at Woodbine. Day leads the series one to one. Myersville hosts Thurmont for a suspended game with Myersville leading. Frederic County League features Damascus at Blue Ridge Summit in a decisive rubber, while Union Bridge hosts Middletown in a game to complete a rained-out earlier match.
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Brunswick
Amsville
Point of Rocks
Mt. Airy
Middletown
Buckeystown
Lander
Walkersville
Lawrence Derny
Maryland
Day
New Windsor
W. E. Norris
Woodbine
Myersville
Thurmont
Frederick County
Damascus
Blue Ridge Summit
Union Bridge
Point of Rocks to Host All Stars Exhibition Game
Point of Rocks, already assured a Maryland State League playoff spot, hosts Loudoun County All Stars in an exhibition at 2 p.m. EST. Harve McCutcheon to start for Marylanders with Coach Harper revealing other surprise pitchers for next week.
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Point of Rocks
Loudoun County All Stars
Virginians
Paint of Rocks
Shaughnessy
Harve McCutcheon
Ace Moundsman
Marylanders
Loudoun All Stars
Harper
Brunswick
Loudoun All-Stars
Hustlers idle Sunday in Shaughnessy Series run
Frederick Hustlers are assured fourth place and a playoff spot in the Montgomery County Baseball League. With Silver Spring and Colesville battling for second and third, the Hustlers will idle Sunday while postponed games attempt to resolve the standings. They will meet the second-place team’s winner next, then return to McCurdy Field in two weeks to face Sunday’s opponent, as announced by Business Manager Joe Rhoderick.
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Hustlers
Montgomery County Baseball League
Frederick Hustlers
Loap
Silver Spring
Colesville
Frederick Nine
McCurdy Field
Joe Rhoderick
NYU Eyes Comeback Under Devore After Army Schedule
M Y U plans to regain football prestige with Hughie Devore as head coach and a liberal athletic director. Army joins NYU's 1953 slate as the program rebuilds, with Notre Dame veterans filling the staff and a goal to prove themselves against Boston University Rutgers Fordham and Connecticut.
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New York
New York University
Notre Dame
Army
Board of Athletic Control
Hughie Devore
NYU
James V. Gilbon
Violet
Devore
St. Bonaventure
New Yorkers
West Point
Davis-Blanchard
Ken Stilley
South Bend
John Agnone
Irish
St. Benny’s
Gene Paskit
Frank Leahy
Herbie Dintaman
Boston
Rutgers
Fordham
Connecticut
Violet football squad drafts new lineup in rebuild
Coach Bill Morgan shifts captain Joe Quinn to halfback and recalls Sam Row and Bill Matthews as key playmakers. Sophomores Kalaka anchors center while Devore concedes weaknesses but eyes improvement and a late surge by 1633 to challenge West Point.
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Violet
Sam Row
Bill Matthews
Bill Morgan
Cornell
Holyoke
Mass
Morgan
Devore
Joe Quinn
Art Kalaka
Hughie Devore
Black Knights
West Point
Union Bridge social notes recount visits and illness
Union Bridge area residents host and travel for visits as Balti more observation continues for Charles Cartzen and other locals. Families welcome dinner guests from Hale thorpe Taneytown and Roanoke while Rev Fike serves Brethren churches. Elton Wright returns to Baltimore after illness and Labor Day visits occur with relatives in Harrisburg.
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Vernon Gladhill
Lot W. Disney
Halethorpe
Marold Mehring
Wanda
Taneytown
Paul Fike
Fike
Beaver Dam
Edgewood
Sams Creek
of the Brethren
Eddie Billmyer
Roanoke
Claude Billmyer
Sink
Arthur Luttrell
Charlestown
W Va
Elton Wright
Marston
Baltimore City
Tessie Lovell
Harrisburg
Oscar MraGee
Re-enlists in Marines Pte Edward L Setters
Pte Edward L Setters of RFD No 1 Jefferson re-enlisted in the U S Marine Corps for three years assigned to Marine Barracks Quantico Va A Korean bridegroom stays three days with his bride in her fathers home.
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RFD
Jefferson
U. S Marine Corps
Marine Barracks
Quantico
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