Dodgers and Giants Leaders in Fielding Averages
The Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants showcase top fielding averages in the National League with Gil Hodges Pee Wee Reese and Roy Campanella starring for Brooklyn while Alvin Dark Davey Williams and Bobby Thomson pace the Giants. In the American League Hector Rodriguez and Clint Courtney lead with near perfect marks as Yogi Berra also shines at 1.000.
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NEW York
Brooklyn Dodgers
New York Giants
Associated Press Statistical Bureau
Gil Hodges
Pee Wee Reese
Roy Campanella
Dodgers
Reese
Giants
Alvin Dark
ij@trors
Davey Williams
Bobby Thomson
Johnny Wyrostek
Wally Westlake
Cincinnati Reds
Frankie Baumholtz
Chicago Cubs
Hector Rodriguez
Chicago White Sox
Clint ‘Courtney
St. Louis
Browns
Rodriguez
Montreal
Courtney
Rogers i Hormsby
Yogi Berra
Rain Threatens to Halt Scholastic Tournament
Rain threatens two major scholastic and golf events as entries top a new record. United States Open entries rise to about 1 700 with 162 spots available, while regional baseball finals face schedule disruptions and postponed games due to wet fields in Parkersburg and surrounding sections.
Garcia Has Best E.R.A. in Majors
Cleveland pitcher Mike Garcia, 28, leads the majors with an earned run average of 1.00 despite opposing hitters collecting plenty of safe hits. In 62 innings he has allowed 63 hits, with five wins, two losses and six complete games in seven starts. In one loss the Tribe was shut out 1-0.
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Cleveland
Mike Garcia
Garcia
Mike
Sven
Tribe
Boxing Roundup From Cities Highlights Result Outs
By The Associated Press results from Portland San Francisco Providence Milwaukee Brooklyn Chicago show various welter and light heavyweights scoring decisions and knockouts. Notables include Kid Gavilan outpointing Zanelli in Providence non title and Olson stopping Cartier in Brooklyn.
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Associated Press
Portland
Harry Matthews
Seattle
Wash
Rex Layne
Lewiston
Utah
San Francisco
Archie Moore
St. Louis
Bob
Dunlap
Oakland
Calif
Providence
Kid Gavilan
Cuba
Ralph Zannelli
Milwaukee
Robert Willemann
France
Joel Blackwood
Paterson
N.J
Drew
Brooklyn
Carl
Bobo) Olson
Walter Cartier
New York
Chicago
Richard
Doc) Watkins
Pittsburgh
Harold Lyons
Detroit
Regional baseball playoffs shape up with regional semifinals
Region 1 hosts Weirton Moundsville to decide the other final spot on Wednesday while Region 7 features Huntington Vinson vs Barboursville and Williamson vs Logan. Regional finals loom as teams such as Parkersburg, New Martinsville, Pennsboro, Sutton, Romney, Union Monroe, Van, Charleston, East Bank, Welch, Gary, Bramwell, Mullens, Oceana and others vie for qualifiers. East Bank leads hitters with no-hitters by Kegler Mitchell and Morgan. Parkersburg’s Starkey fanned 21 in a 13-1 sectional win. Van’s Hal Woods draws praise as a top young hurler. Logan’s Benny Royce and Huntington Vinson’s Dale Boyd anchor strong pitching staffs.
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Wellsburg
Weirton
Moundsville
Huntington Vinson
Barboursville
Williamson
Logan
Buckhannon and
Rowles
Burg
Bridgeport-Clarksburg
West Fairmont
Berkeley Springs
Welch
Gary
Bramwell
East Bank
Paul Kegler
John Mitchell
Pierce Morgan
Mark Ferrelli
New Cumberland
Parkersburg
Mike Starkey
Ferrelli
Pt. Pleasant
Van
Hal Woods
Ihurlers
American Legion
Woods
Seth
Jin Benny Royce
Huntington
Vinson
Dale Boyd
Tstat
Grudge Match Set For Biweekly Fayetteville Wrestling Card
Fayetteville hosts a biweekly American Legion wrestling event at the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Building featuring a grudge rematch between Professor Shire and Chris Reika with a new referee in a no holds barred bout. The card opens with a 6:30 PM tag match, headlined by Marvin Mercer and Larry Chene against Jules LaTwo.
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W Register
Fayetteville
Shire
Chris Reika
American Legion
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial
Belkas
Marvin
Atomic Mercer
Mercer
Larry
Cyclone” Chene
Jules “Speedy
Little League to Hold Clinic Across Three States
Fairmont resident Wilson leads a group named to conduct Little League baseball clinics in West Virginia Pennsylvania and Ohio next month. Clinic staff include Mickey McConnell and Coach Joe Bedenk with sessions in Williamsport Greensburg Fairmont Canton Beckley and Charleston. Clinics focus on baseball fundamentals for managers coaches and officials and are open to participating boys.
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Fairmont
Wilford Squib
Wilson
Mickey McConnell
Brooklyn Dodgers
U. S. Rubber Co
Joe Bedenk
Pennsylvania State College
Fairmont State College
Fairmont Baseball Leagues
Inc
Marion County
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Ohio
Williamsport
Greensburg
Canton
Beckley
Charleston
Duke Dominates SC All Star Nine
Duke Devils win Southern Conference baseball title and place five players on the all star squad. Nine northern and nine southern stars named. Duke leads with five selections including Groat Johnson Port Werber and Smith.
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Duke
Greensboro
N. C
Ue Devils
Southern Conference Sports Writers Association
Mel Arnold
Washington and Lee
Binto Savvitra
George
Dick Hohnson
Simsford Lewis
N.C. State
Charles Port
North Carolina
Red Smith
Bill Werber
John Emars
Armour Likes Baseball By FRANK BcCK APNew as feature
Tommy Armour, famed Scot and golfer, prefers baseball talk to trophies. He recalls Open wins, PGA crown, and a Florida golf club post while living in Greenwich, Connecticut. Armour notes DiMaggio, Williams, Musial and other hitters show timing, and he’d rather watch the Yankees.
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Frank Bcck
Apnew
New York
Tommy Armour
Scot
Edinburgh
Greenwich
Conn
Thomas Dickson Armour
Joe DiMaggio
Rogers’ Hornsby
Ty Cobb
Jackie Robinson
Ted Williams
Stan Mucial
Walter Hagen
DiMaggio
Williams
Musial
Esa Gener Sosssesan
Armour
Boca Raton
Florida
U. S
Lighthorse
Tommy
Yankees
Rizzuto Drops To 3rd as NL Lead Shifts
Dale Mitchell of the Cleveland Indians surged into the American League batting lead with a 360 average after a 20-point week. Phil Rizzuto fell to third in the National League while Jackie Robinson saw a slip in his pace as Ennis and Adcock closed in on the top.
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NEW York UA
Dale Mitchell
Cleveland, Indians
Mitchell
Phil Rizzuto
New York Yankees
Boston
Dorn DiMaggio
Rizzuto
Jackie Robinson
Brooklyn
A . del Ennis
Philadelphia Phils
Joe Adcock
Cintcinnati Reds
Registration dates extended for Beckley Elks Little League tryouts
The Beckley Elks Little League extended signups after 83 players registered for the second year tryout camp at the Recreation building. Boys 12 and under in the city may still sign up at the Sports Center on South Oakwood before Wednesday practice starts. Participants must bring their certificate and wear the assigned number. A full list of registered players is provided, and the league opens at the new ball park near the state police barracks with practice from 4 to (time cut). The Pacific Coast League opened its season with 103090 in attendance.
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Beckley Elks Little League
South Oakwood Street
Steve Bibb
Kenny Bibb
Kintridge Newman
James Rebinelte
David Libs
David Barksdale
Richard Hawley
Bob Amick
David Gwinn
Richard Witt
Parky_ ‘Wise
Harold Casali
Ronald Bak* Er
Morris French
George Arnold
Major League League Leaders
The top players across the National and American Leagues lead in batting runs RBIs hits doubles triples home runs and stolen bases. Notable names include Robinson Ennis Pafko Sauer DiMaggio Rosen Simpson Lepcio and Maglie among others with standout pitching marks.
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Associated Press
Robinson
Brooklyn
Lockman
New York
Sauer
Chicago
Ennis
Philadelphia
Musial
St. Louis
Thomson
Pafko
Fondy
Maglie
Mitchell
Cleveland
DiMaggio
Boston
Rosen
Simpson
Lepcio
Priddy
Detroit
Marion
Delsing
Rizzuto
Sprague Beats Beaver 12-9 in Dusty Loop Opener
Sprague defeated Beaver 12-9 at Shady Spring High School in the Industrial Softball League opener. Beaver errors and Sprague hitting keyed the win. seven Beaver miscues and 12 Sprague hits doomed Beaver. Two games planned tonight: Truman Mine vs Duncan Catron and Blossom Dairy vs Baptist Church nine.
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Fayetteville
Pinecrest
Zia Johnstown
Coal City
Sports Center
Army Engineers
Pinecrest A
Appalachian
Pincrest
I Sprague
Baptist Church
Ub Beck
Whitey
Blossom Dairy
Duncan-Catron
Truman
Truman Mine
Blossom
Industrial Softball League
Shady ‘Spring High School
Sprague
Beaver
Beckley Auto Supply
Whitby
Ting
Jim McComas
Jack Bostic
Bill Lowery
Duncan Catron
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Fayetteville Tops Sports Center 9-3 in Five Inning Softball
Fayetteville moved into a near tying position with unbeaten Appalachian in the Intercity Softball League by defeating Sports Center 9-3 in five innings at Pinecrest field. Bivens Turner Collier Tassitino and others contributed for Sports Center while Stone Scott Terry Kurzyna Withrow Weir Zebrowski Chambers produced the Fayetteville runs and key RBIs. Two games slated tonight feature Pinecrest A vs Appalachian and Army Engineers vs Pinecrest B as Powermen lead the league with Pinecrest A close behind.
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Fayetteville
Appalachian
Pinecrest Field
Sports Center
Fayette
Johnstown
Coal City
Pinecrest A
Appalachhan
Army Engineers
Pinecrest B
Powermen
Pinecrest Club
Abrhea Bivens
Turner
Collier
Tassitino
Marks
Waid
Cerruto
Weaver
Ziegler
Fayetteville Abrhoa Stone
B. Scott
Terry
R. Scott
Kurzyna
Withrow
Weir
Zebrowski
Chambers
E — Bivens
Ward
RBI
Stone
Matthews Beats Rex Layne In Portland Debut
Heavyweight boxer Kid Matthews cleared a major hurdle with a ten round decision over Rex Layne in Portland. Layne, known for knocking down Joe Louis, was the tougher test, but Matthews used sharp punching and counterpunching to win on points, with Layne scoring the only knockdown in round two.
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Portland
Ore
Narry
Matthews
Rex Layne
Lewiston
Utah
Layne
Jack Hurley
Rocky Marciano
Brockton
Mass
Joe Louis
Joe Wal-cott
Seattle
Broggy
Coffey Qualifies For PGA Tournament
Coffey of Moundsville West Virginia wins one of four national berths in tri state qualifier. He shoots 145 149 in heavy rain at Aloma Golf Cup course to finish fourth among 39 professionals.
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Pittsburgh
Coffey
Moundsville
W. Va
Aloma
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William Powers
Willie Highlander
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John Prince
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Henry McCallister
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