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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jul 06, 1954

Page

7

Yanks Cut Tribe Lead On Fourth of July Homers

Major league players celebrated Independence Day with a 35 homer day across eight parks. Cleveland’s Bill Glynn hit three in one game as the Indians split with Detroit, while Irv Noren and Dusty Rhodes powered multi homer performances for the Yankees and Giants. The Giants and Dodgers swept doubleheaders as the NL leaders remained three lengths up, with Ted Lepcio and Roy Sievers adding two homers each in other matchups.

Associated Press Cleveland Bill Glynn Detroit Ray Boone Wayne Belardi Glynn Indians New York Yankees Irv Noren Milwaukee Eddie Mathews Chicago Cubs Randy Jackson Dusty Rhodes New York Giants Ted Lepcio Boston Lepcio Roy Sievers Washington St. Louis Cardinals Mathews Bill Bruton del Crandall Braves Cardinal Sally Hemus Rip Repulski Ray Jablonski Joe Cunningham Cincinnati Redlegs Chicago Jackson Cubs Bobby Adams Reds Hobie Landrith Ted Kluszewski

New Club Members Join Raleigh County Rod and Gun

The Raleigh County Rod and Gun Club gains two new members as of Monday. Both men entered the walleye contest and were not in the club previously. A long tale of fish, gear, and local reports follows, including Sampo swivels from Oney A. Johnson and notes on coastal fishing ports Spanish mackerel and king mackerel runs. Coach Van Meter reports two weeks of poor luck as water conditions improved for others.

Raleigh County Keatley’s S. P. Clemons Meadows Johnny Smith New River Sampo Oney A. Johnson Sampo Manufacturing Company, Inc Redwood City Calif Willow Grove Penna Ponce Puerto Rico Johnson North Carolina Carolina Beach Coach van Meter

Major League Box Scores First Game and More

Summary of AL games with Cleveland and Detroit scoring, and Boston Washington and New York Philadelphia exchanges. includes box lines, key RBIs, and pitching notes for Houtteman Garver Nixon Byrd and others.

National League baseball night from Crosstown clash results

In a page of box scores from New York and Brooklyn Pittsburgh and Chicago Cincinnati, Batting highlights include Snider Moryn Campanella and Hoak for Brooklyn Thomas Ward and Pellagrini, while Chicago’s Jackson Kruszewski and Davis drove runs for their clubs.

Brooklyn Pittsburgh Gilliam Allie Moryn Lynch Snider Ward Hodges O Thomas Cam’n'la O Atwell Furillo O Cole Hoak O Roberts Zimmer Pukey O'Donnell Campanella Thomas Atwell RBI Cole Wade Hall Pellagrini Sb-Zimmer Bb—Meyer Purkey Hetki So-Purkey Hop Meyer Hughes Law Rer-Meyer W—Wade L—Law U Warneke Secory Goetz Dascoli

Snider Avila Up Bat Margin In Batting Races

New York reports Duke Snider extended his lead in the National League batting race despite a bruised elbow that sidelined him a few days. Snider rose to .375 after a strong week, with Don Mueller at .348 and Red Schoendienst rising to .339. In the American League, Bobby Avila widened his lead to .353 while Al Rosen fell to .323 and Jim Busby rose to .317.

New York Duke Snider Brooklyn Snider Duke Giants Marv Grissom Red Schoendienst Cleveland Bobby Avila al Rosen Avila Rosen Jim Busby

American Association Standings Snapshot

St Paul leads at 11-4 while Minneapolis sits 1-3 in the league. Kansas City is 3-1 and Indianapolis 1-1. Columbus stands 3-1 and Charleston 2-4. Louisville and Toledo both at 7-7 and 3-3 respectively.

St. Paul Minneapolis Kansas City Indianapolis Columbus Charleston Louisville Toledo

Baseball standings and schedule note from a newspaper card

Standings show Brooklyn 8-7 and New York 10-4 with Philadelphia 0-3 and Cincinnati 6-8 among others. Scheduled games include New York at Brooklyn Maglie against Roe, Pittsburgh at Philadelphia Friend versus Simmons, Milwaukee at Chicago Conley versus Pollet, Cincinnati at St. Louis Baczewski against Staley, Baltimore at Cleveland Coleman versus Wynn, Boston at New York Brewer versus Ford, Chicago at Detroit Trucks against Aber, and Philadelphia at Washington Trice against Stone.

Brooklyn Pittsburgh New York Philadelphia Cincinnati Chicago Milwaukee St. Louis Maglie Roe Friend Simmons Conley Pollet Baczewski Staley Baltimore Cleveland Coleman Wynn Boston Brewer Ford Detroit Trucks Aber Washington Trice Stone ALS

Baseball Leaders Named in Patchy OCR List

A glitchy OCR summary lists leaders across batting and pitching. Key names include Minoso Chicago with 65 runs and 11 stolen bases. Mantle New York with 17 home runs. Musial St Louis with 72 runs and 79 RBIs. Schoendienst 113 hits. Snider Brooklyn 23 doubles and 9 triples. Turley Baltimore 103 strikeouts. Reynolds New York 9-1 .900. Bruton Milwaukee stolen bases. The fragmented text omits several details and cleanly formatted data.

Fox Chicago Vernon Washington Mantle New York Jensen Boston Minoso Reynolds Turley Baltimore Snider Brooklyn Musial St.Louis Schoendienst Mays St. Louis Bruton Milwaukee

Stengel Names AL All Star Pitches For Cleveland Game

Casey Stengel selected eight American League pitchers for the All-Star lineup at Cleveland on July 13. Only Whitey Ford is left handed. others include Garcia, Lemon, Kee gan, Trucks, Porterfield, Reynolds and Turley. The eight starting selections plus reserves round out a 25 man squad with vets like Rosen Avila and MInoso among starters and Lollar Fain Finigan Fox Kuenn Piersall Williams in reserves.

Chicago Casey Stengel New York Yankees Cleveland Whitey Ford Yankees Mike Garcia Bob Lemon Bob Keegan Virgil Trucks Chicago White Sox Bob Porterfield Washington Allie Reynolds New York Bob Turley Baltimore Stengel al Rosen Bobby Avila Ray Boone Detroit Chico Carrasquel Orestes Minoso Mickey Mantle Hank Bauer Yogi Berra Larry Doby Jim Piersall Boston Ted Williams

Senators Split Open Series With Louisville Colonels

The Senators visit Louisville to start a four game set before returning to Charleston for a home stand. In Columbus last night Charleston lost 3-2 in the opener then won 4-1 in the nightcap with Gordon Goldsberry homering in the Charleston win.

Louisville Senators Louisville Colonels Charleston Columbus Gordon Goldsberry

Yesterday's Stars Batting and Pitching Highlights

Bill Glynn of Cleveland homered three times and drove in eight runs to power Cleveland to a 13-6 win over Detroit in game one. Harvey Kuenn homered in the seventh for Detroit in a 1-0 victory in game two, as former Cleveland pitcher George Zaverink shut down his old club over 11 innings.

Philadelphia Phillies Rhodes Monte Irvin Giants Walter Moryn Jackie Robinson Brooklyn Pittsburgh Duke Snider Junior Gilliam Dodgers Carl Furillo Bill Glynn Cleveland Harvey Kuenn Detroit Glynn Kuenn Tigers George Zaverink

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