Indians' Murderer's Row Power Pushes Early Season Lead
The Indians, led by Doby Rosen Kiner Wertz, powered to an 11-8 win over Kansas City after rallying from an 8-0 deficit. Wertz drove in multiple runs as Cleveland moved within a half game of AL leader Boston. Ford blanked Baltimore 6-0 in the other league game. Dodgers beat Phillies 5-2 and Reds topped Cardinals 7-4 in night games. Giants 12-3 over Pirates. Braves edged Cubs 2-1 in Milwaukee afternoon session.
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al Lopez
al Smith
Bobby Avila
Larry Doby
al Rosen
Ralph Kiner
Vic Wertz
Cleveland
Tribe
Doby
Boston
New York Yankee
Whitey Ford
Baltimore
Orioles
Brooklyn
Philadelphia Phillies
Dodgers
Cincinnati
Vic Raschi
St. Louis Cardinals
New York Giants
Pittsburgh
Milwaukee
Chicago Cubs
Ashburn Plunges Into Uncertain Future With Injury
Philadelphia Phillies center fielder Richie Ashburn, sidelined by a leg injury since spring, re aggravated it in a pregame warmup and collapsed in the clubhouse. Taken to Temple University Hospital for evaluation after receiving a sedative, he had just one hit in five at bats in his last appearance and had a 731 game consecutive starts streak before the season.
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Philadelphia
Richie Ashburn
Philadelphia Phillies
Ashburn
Temple University Hospital
Frank Wiechec
Wiechec
Thomas McTear
del Ennis
Wilmington
Del
Richie
New York Giants
Rhodell Collins Reach Stonecoal Title Tussle
Collins and Rhodell won semifinals and face off for the Stonecoal Grade School Tournament title at Stoco High School in COAL CITY. Collins came back to beat Lillybrook 38-36 after trailing, while Rhodell defeated Stoco 39-37 despite a late Stoco run. A third place game Lillybrook versus Stoco follows the title clash at 7 p.m.
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Coal City
Collins
Rhodell
Stoco High School
Lillybrook
Stoco
Stock
Golf restricted at Massachusetts State Prison yard course
Massachusetts State Prison inmates lost their secret golf course and clubs after deputies and a guard were suspended for lowering four clubs from the wall to prisoners on March 31. Acting Warden Perley S. Vance claimed no knowledge of any prison golf course. An employee cited a prisoner work crew modifying the yard near the foundry into a miniature course. In other notes, West Virginia University beat Waynesburg 11 to 9 and West Virginia Tech defeated Concord College 10 to 8 in college baseball action.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Albert Thompson
Victor Anchukiatis
Perley S. Vance
Corrections Department
Charleston Bears Rally Past Denver 5-2 to Tie Series
Charleston defeats Denver 5-2 behind Johnny Golich's homer and 14 hits. Golich drove in two, Northey and Easter contributed key hits as Charleston ties the four game set at 3-3. Dennis Reeder to start tonight against Denver, with Gary Coleman on the mound for the Bears. The Senators hit the road for St Paul and Minneapolis before returning April 28 to host St Paul. Don Leppert optioned to Charleston by Baltimore. he is expected to take over second base.
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Charleston
Charleston Senators
Denver Bears
Johnny Golich
Denver
Danny Murtaugh
Dennis Reeder
Omaha
Gary
Rip) Coleman
Bears
Senators
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Danny Menendez
Baltimore Orioles
Don Leppert
Leppert
New York Yankees
Baltimore
Orioles
Birmingham
Yankees
Joe Torpey
United States Lawn Tennis Assn Mulls Changes in Championship Dates
The USTA met in New York and expected to announce a change in dates for the national championships after today’s special session.
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New York
United States Lawn Tennis Assn
Try and Stop Me New York Giants Deaf Pitcher Dummy Taylor
A reminiscence chronicles Dummy Taylor, a deaf pitching star for the New York Giants, who signaled at umpire Hank O’Day and drew punishment. It recalls an umpire clearing the Red Sox bench and Heinie Wagner’s protest, plus a songwriter Ballard McDonald anecdote about royalties from The Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia.
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Dummy Taylor
Hank O'Day
O'Day
Taylor
Red Sox
Heinie Wagner
Heinie
Ballard McDonald
Harry Hershfield
Blue Ridge Mountains
Virginia
Rebels Clout Pineville in Mullens baseball win
Mullens Rebels defeated Pineville 11 to 2 as Terry Penn earned the win with nine strikeouts over three innings. Willie Akers Rickie Tolley and Bill Hight hit homers, while Penn also had three hits including a triple. Cline Minuteman contributed three of Pineville's four hits.
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Willie Akers
Rickie Tolley
Bill Hight
Terry Penn
David Miller
Tolley
Mullens Rebels
Pineville
Akers
Hight
Miller
Penn
Rebels
Butch Goode
Cline
Minuteman
Mary
RBI
D. Cook
G. Miller
Johnson
D. Miller
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Gillenwater
Cook
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Oceana
Oceana High School
Welch
Kemp
Short
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Tolliver
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Hoge
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Marino
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Marushi
Stone
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Green Rf
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Stewart
Goins
Cook P
Little League Officials Clarify Rules and Registration
Beckley Little League held a meeting at the Elks lodge to fix playing and pitching rules. Regular 10-year olds are barred from the minors, tryout dates for three age groups were set for April 25, and queen contest positions were drawn for May 14. O W Woody Thurman resigned as Tigers manager. a successor will be named soon. Final plans for registration call for all 12 and under boys within the boundary lines to register Saturday 9 to 12 at the Recreation building. Boundaries cover Cranberry, Beaver town line, Crab Orchard, and surrounding communities including Beckley, Glen Morgan, Raleigh, Gray Flats, Skelton, Maxwell Hill, Sprague, Mabscott, MacArthur.
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O. W
Woody’ Thurman
Tigers
Lawrence Pruett
Queens
Recreation Building
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Crab Orchard
Harper Road
Mt. Tabor Road
Beckley
Beaver
Glen Morgan
Raleigh
Gray Flats
Skelton
Maxwell Hill
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Chisox Reaping Big Profits On Winter Trade
Chicago White Sox GM Frank Lane says the winter swap with Detroit shows growing value as Walt Dropo Bob Nieman and Ted Gray perform well. Dropo hits .313 with a 425 foot homer, Nieman bats .545 with three homers, five RBIs.
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Chicago
Chicago White Sox
Frank Lane
Detroit
Lane
Ferris Fain
Tigers
Walt Dropo
Bob Nieman
Ted Gray
Dropo
Nieman
Gray
The
Sox
Cleveland
Marty Marion
St. Louis Browns
Logan Leads Braves Bats Amid Early 1955 Hot Streak
Milwaukee shortstop Logan tops NL hitters early in 1955 with a .591 plate average through six games, 13 hits in 22 at bats including two homers. He has led NL shortstops defensively for three straight years, finished 1954 at .275, and credits keen eye on the pitcher and steady bat weight to his strong start.
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Milwaukee
Oe Logan
Milwaukee Braves
Logan
Standings and schedule from Today's Baseball American League
Standings show Boston Cleveland New York Chicago Detroit Washington Kansas City Baltimore with varied wins and percentages. Yesterday results Cleveland defeated Kansas City 11 to 9 while New York beat Baltimore 6 to 0. Tomorrow schedules include Chicago at Detroit and Boston at Washington with Baltimore at New York.
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Associated Press
Boston
Cleveland
New York
Chicago
Detroit
Washington
Kansas City
Baltimore
Boyer
Stubbs
Pascual
Nixon
Brewer
Boxscores and NL results with early standings
Box scores show Milwaukee 2 Chicago 1 and New York 12 Pittsburgh 3. Other results: Brooklyn 5 Philadelphia 2 Cincinnati 7 St. Louis 4. Standings list Brooklyn 7 0 1000 and Milwaukee 2 2 500. Schedule notes include Brooklyn at Philadelphia and New York at Pittsburgh at night.
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Milwaukee
Philadelphia
Chicago
St. Louis
Cincinnati
New York
Pittsburgh
Littlefield
Gomez
Newcombe
Owens
Rush
Conley
Valentine
Haddix
Poirer KO of Busso to claim sixth straight win
Gene Poirer, a 23 year old ex platoon sergeant from Niagara Falls, stops Johnny Busso at 1:16 of the third round in a welterweight bout. Poirer improves to 16-1 with two draws, Busso falls to 21-3-1 and first-time stoppage for Busso. Milo Savage then wins a ten round decision over Bob Boyd at St Nicholas Arena on a separate network telecast.
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Gene Poirer
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Tony Zale
Johnny Busso
Gene
Busso
Mark Conn
Poirer
Conn
Tony de Marco
de Marco
Irving Cohen
Carmen Basilio
Chico Vejar
Carmen Fiore
Danny Giovanelli
Ted Brenner
the Parkway
Poiter
Milo Savage
Salt Lake City
Chicago
Bobby Boyd
St. Nicholas Arena
Milo
Savage
Dave Stewart
Harry Ebbets
Artie Schwartz
Boyd
Hartack Rides Five Winners at Laurel Meet
Willie Hartack, the nation's second leading jockey, rode five winners and finished second in two other races at Laurel MD yesterday, opening the 18 day spring meet. He led in a standout performance while First Served won the Capitol handicap and Hartack’s mount Appeal was narrowly beaten. A disallowed foul claim prevented Hartack from tying the Maryland single day record of six victories.
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Willie Hartack
Maryland
Johnstown
S. Dewey Gottlieb
I Appeal
Hartack
Capitol
Willie
Sophia High School Forms Blue Hawks Baseball Schedule
Principal J. L. Hornbeck announced Sophia High School will field a baseball team this year and seeks games. Schools interested in playing the Blue Hawks should contact Hornbeck or Coach Bob Douglas at the school.
Raleigh County League Meeting Sets Up 1955 Season
Raleigh County Baseball League teams plan to form for the 1955 season at a 7 30 p m meeting at the Beck ley Newspapers Corporation Library tonight Six to eight teams are expected with Coal City Amigo Montroal Sophia Slab Fork Stanaford Layland Hinton and Marfork among interested clubs
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Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Coal City
Amigo
Montroal
Sophia- Slab Fork
Stanaford
Layland
Hinton
Marfork
Big Ten Hogs National Video Gridiron Dates
New York report outlines the Big Ten national football television plan for eight of nine Saturdays next fall. Eight national games announced by NCAA TV committee and NBC with regional slots on five dates. Notable matchups include Ohio State at Stanford and Notre Dame at Michigan State with other regional telecasts. Lindsey Nelson and Red Grange to announce. Pacific Coast Conference limited to six regional Saturdays.
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National Broadcasting Company
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Fla
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Ohio State
Stanford
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Michigan State
Iowa
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Southern California
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Texas A&m
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Navy
Philadelphia
North Carolina
Duke
Lindsey Nelson
Harold
Red) Grange
NBC
Bill Reed
Reed
Pacific Coast Conference
Fights Last Night In New York Chicago and Montreal
Boxing results list several bouts. Poirer stopped Russo after 3 rounds in New York. Savage outpointed Boyd in Salt Lake City. Courchesne stopped Mullin in Holyoke with 4 rounds completed.
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Associated Press
Brooklyn
Gene Poirer
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Johnny Russo
New York
Milo Savage
Salt Lake City
Bobby Boyd
Chicago
Montreal
Bobby Courchesne
Holyoke
Mass
Art Mullin
Philadelphia
Mullens Babe Ruth League Announces Midweek Meeting
An organizational meeting of the Mullens Babe Ruth League is set for Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the Moose Club. The gathering seeks support from Mullens fans to help the league operate again and back the young players.
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Mullens
Moose Club
West Virginia High School Baseball Scores
Stonewall Jackson defeated Charleston Catholic 5 to 0. St Albans beat Charleston 6 to 4. Charleston Garnet won 3 to 2 over Lakin Industrial. Staunton Military Academy topped Greenbrier Military School 9 to 4. Wahama of Mason City II defeated Point Pleasant 6 to ?
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Charleston Catholic
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Charleston
Charleston Garnet
Lakin Industrial
Staunton
Military Academy
Greenbrier Military School
Wahama
Mason City II
Point Pleasant
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