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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1952
Page
9
Southern led 3-0, but Bradley rallied to win 9-4 in Carbondale. Pitching by Ripplemeyer rough day, Monroe pitched seven strikeouts in relief and Klube aided by late insurance hits. Bradley improved while Southern ended season at 17-5 and tied I I A C title hopes.
Murphysboro's Moose teen baseball club extended its win streak to three with a 3-2 victory over Neunert at Riverside Park. Ron Hagler allowed two hits and fanned nine as Neunert's three pitchers yielded six hits. Murphysboro travels to Dowell next Sunday.
Royalton defeated Attucks 5 to 3 in a Coal Belt Teen-Age league game at Carbondale. Royalton benefited from unearned runs as Attucks committed costly errors, leaving seven and eleven baserunners stranded respectively. Attucks failed scoring chances in multiple innings despite two-hit days from Nichols Wright and Brooks. Swisher went 2-for-2 for Royalton as Attucks prepares to host Herrin next Sunday.
Centralia eight man squad posted a 650 total to win the third match at Mt. Vernon as West Frankfort Country Club maintained an eight stroke lead after three rounds with 653. Benton followed at 669 with Mt. Vernon 671 and DuQuoin 692. Pursie Pipes and Paul Smith of Mt. Vernon shared medalist honors with T s Grant Coover and Guy Tucker led West Frankfort with 79s. others followed with 78 to 87.
Chicago report notes Brooklyn rookies Ben Wade and Joe Black held off a Cubs rally to seal a 3-2 win. Wade struck out seven in eight innings, Black blanked the tying run in the ninth, and Dressen praised the rookies as he eyes Billy Lees to start next. Pitching notes include Wade’s 14 scoreless innings and Black’s 11 strikeouts.
Marion beat Herrin 3 to 2 in a Coal Belt Teenage league thriller at Herrin lighted park. Lefties Gordon Lambert and Bill Donahue pitched all nine for Marion and Herrin respectively in a tight duel, with Marion scoring two in the first and one in the third while Herrin tallied all its runs in the fourth. Each side collected six hits, Herrin making five errors to Marion’s two. Meracle drove two Marion runs with an error and a hit, while Ron Mitchell, Denzil Walker, and Delano Jacobs delivered Herrin safeties for its runs. Lambert fanned 14, Donahue seven.
Pete Castiglione homered in the ninth to tie the Pirates with Ralph Kiner’s two out homer giving Pittsburgh a 2-1 win in the second game after Philadelphia won the opener 5-1. Ken Raffensberger edged Vern Bickford 1-0 in a pitchers' duel.
Lloyd Mangrum captured the Western Open title in St. Louis finishing six under par with a 274 total. Bobby Locke, hindered by a cold, finished second at 282 as Mangrum earned a $2,400 prize.
Leedie Cabutti Herrin Township high school head coach will leave to spend his seventh summer as a staff member of the National Music Camp at Interlochen Michigan He will serve as recreational director for the second year Camp enrollment reaches 2200 with eight sections and divisions for boys and girls Cabutti plans to supervise sports including boating fishing swimming canoeing archery basketball and tennis Two Herrin boys Thomas Thomas and Bill Lawrence will work in the cafeteria and Jack Zwick will attend as a student
In a compact score rundown Mt Vernon defeated Decatur 13 to 3 Danville beat Vincennes 8 to 4 Hannibal prevailed 3 to 10 over Centralia 1 to 2 and Paris topped Mattoon 4 to 1.
Phil Coleman of Southern Illinois University dominates the N A L A track meet at Macomb by winning the mile in 4:15.3 and the two mile in 9:51.5, beating Johnny Luttrell of Millikin. His performances qualify him for the N A L A finals in Texas. Coach Doc Lingle notes Coleman favors the two mile. Southern finishes dispute reclassifies results, with Harold White of Cairo qualifying for nationals after a 6-1 high jump. Additional point shifts place Southern second overall.
Richard Spillers, a right hander for Dowell, pitched a no hitter as Dowell beat Steeleville 11 to 2 in a Trico Teenage League game at Dowell. Spillers struck out 20 with a fastball and curve, walked three and hit one batter. Walks and errors allowed the two continued on page ten.
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