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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Sep 07, 1954

Page

7

Braves Grab 2nd Place With Nine-Game Win Streak

The Milwaukee Braves moved into second in the National League, edging ahead of Brooklyn on the strength of a nine game winning streak as Brooklyn fell back from the pace. The Associated Press reports a major reshuffle in the NL standings after recent results.

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Major League Box Scores National League roundup

Yankees, Giants, Braves and Dodgers feature in late action with leaders changing hands. Robinson and Roberts post 20-game wins. Lemon and Avila highlight AL races as Milwaukee crushes Chicago and St Louis tops Cincinnati.

Fragmentary baseball box score fragment from American League

Incomplete line shows Cleveland and Baltimore players with partial at bats hits and outs. Names include Smith Abrams Avila Coan Beay and Fox pitching, but data is garbled with symbols and missing context.

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Braves sweep Cubs as Mathews belts 35th homer

Eddie Mathews starred for Milwaukee, reaching base nine times with a 35th home run, a double, six singles and a walk in a 13-2 win and 6-1 sweep over Chicago. Robin Roberts earned his 20th victory for Philadelphia, the first pitcher since Carl Hubbell to win 20 or more in five straight seasons, beating the Giants 5-4 in 11 innings.

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Standings and schedule for CAE Eastern conference games

CAE standings show New York 8-50 and Milwaukee 81-54 atop the East with paths to division lead. Upcoming games include New York at Philadelphia at 7 pm Gomez facing Simmons and a full slate across Cleveland Baltimore Washington Chicago and Detroit.

New York Milwaukee Brooklyn &T Philadelphia Cincinnati St. Louis Chicago Pittsburgh Gomez Simmons Brooklyn Cleveland Boston Detroit Washington Baltimore Lima Marrero

Avila Leads AL Batting Race With Ted Williams Surging

Bobby Avila of the Cleveland Indians holds the AL batting lead at .337 after a four for eight Labor Day in a twin bill against Baltimore. Irv Noren slipped to .333 after a single in the Yankees' doubleheader with Boston. Ted Williams rose to .358 with six hits in nine trips, leaving him about 380 at bats with 18 games left. In the NL, Duke Snider leads at .349, with Willie Mays at .342 and Stan Musial at .338 seeking a seventh crown.

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Braves Begin 12-Game East Trip With Ten Wins Goal

Milwaukee’s Braves, hottest team, leave for a 12 game trek East aiming to win 10 of 12 as Warren Spahn declares success is possible. They’ve rolled nine straight wins, split with the Cubs, and sit four games behind the Dodgers and Giants in the pennant race.

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Major At Leaders In Baseball Awards and Stats

Avila of Cleveland leads in batting with .337 average and Doby of Cleveland tallies 112 RBIs and 30 homers. Mantle of New York drives 113 runs, Fox of Chicago collects 184 hits, Jensen of Boston swipes 20 bases, Consuegra of Chicago posts 16 3 with .842, Snider of Brooklyn hits .349 and 182, Kluszewski of Cincinnati hits 44 homers and 119 RBIs, Haddix of St. Louis fans 165, Antonelli of New York goes 20 4 with .833.

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Boxing results from New York and Brooklyn bouts

New York Teddy Davis 133 of Hartford edged Armand Savoie 136 of Montreal in a ten round bout. Brooklyn fighters Ted Olla 163 of Milwaukee and Jesse Turner 159 of St Louis fought to a ten round draw.

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Thumper May Be Back Next Year Despite Claims

New York Ted Williams, 36, signals retirement after this season yet pressure from friends teammates and Red Sox officials may lure him to play again. He cites fatigue and a lingering left collarbone injury but baseball’s best hitter may be persuaded to extend his career for the good of the team and league.

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Flag Races at a Glance

Cleveland and New York lead in the standings with strong home records. Remaining schedule lists Detroit Philadelphia Chicago and more, while Milwaukee Brooklyn and Chicago split home and away games in a dense late-season stretch.

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County Hunters Loosen-Up Quivers For Deer Season

Raleigh County residents and others in the region anticipate the deer hunting season opening September 15. Conservation official C. O. Handley highlights bow hunting’s cost and excitement, noting licenses, season spans, and rising bow hunter numbers. The piece lists counties and areas with good to poor deer prospects and describes bow hunting’s intense experience and buck fever. continuous bow hunting areas include Sleepy Creek State Forest, Waiteville area, Shenandoah and Spruce Mountains, Pocahontas County, and several other regions across eastern and western West Virginia.

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Charleston And Columbus Split Doubleheader Drama

Charleston and Columbus split a Labor Day doubleheader with Charleston winning 2-1 behind Dick Fowler in a game protested after a disputed hit by pitch. Earlier, Columbus won 3-2 in 15 innings, Bob Stephenson driving in Wally Lammers for the decisive run.

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Milwaukee Third Club Draws Over 2 Million Fans

The Milwaukee Braves became the third major league club to exceed two million in home attendance this season recording 2,001,092 fans across 63 home dates after a crowd of 43,207 for a Cubs doubleheader. Six home dates remain. the AL record is 2,620,627 set by Cleveland in 1948 and the Yankees drew 2,373,901 that year.

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