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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1952
Page
10
The narrative recounts Jersey Joe Walcott dethroning Charles in Pittsburgh last July and details Walcott’s long career, past title battles with Louis and years in boxing, leading to a Philadelphia bout at Franklin Field Stadium. It notes doubts about gate interest and TV rights amid a fading rivalry and old champion’s attempts to regain the crown.
An ex convict from Johnston City has a May 27 1952 patent for an Automatic Hook Setting Fishing Line Float with aluminum wings. He hopes a manufacturer will take on mass production to cut costs from his backyard workshop at 304 West Third Street. The device uses water resistance to spread wings and snag fish, with a 34% inch float and 4% inch wingspan, aiming for about 75 cents per unit in mass production.
The article explains that in Medieval English the word trade meant path and was similar in sense to tread, illustrating semantic shifts in historic lexicon. It highlights how linguistic evolution transformed usage of travel and footway terms.
The article notes a decade of infielder led batting whereas only Ted Williams, the famed champion, broke ranks as an outfielder. It highlights Vernon's 207 hits in 1946 as a rare 200 sighting in the American League and Stan Musial's multiple 200 hit seasons in the National League. It cites fewer 200 hit seasons recently and attributes the drop to more night games and a push for the long ball.
Bill O'Brien Southern assistant coach in his old age proves a strong homer hitter, guiding his team to the SIU faculty corkball championship on Monday. Johnny Durham, West Frankfort halfback at Purdue University, earns the Purdue medal for scholarship and athletics this year.
Conflicting publicity releases caused confusion over the date of a Cub tryout camp at Du Quoin this week, resulting in only about 30 boys turning up Monday.
Bob Barnes recalls Monday night remarks in Carbondale as Preacher Roe pitches in St Louis against the Cardinals. Stan Musial's line drive nearly hits Roe, Dodger manager Dressen checks on him, and Roe suggests pitchers might skip Mo Valley scores while Lefty Gomez and Yogi Berra exchange quips. Bill Veeck adjusts intros after Browns’ large Sunday crowd, joking about counting money.
Betsy Rawls, 24, claims the Weathervane championship at Deep Dale after a 590 total in 144 holes, moving to No. 1 in the women’s money rankings with $9,510.08. She trails Babe Didrikson Zaharias but closes strong with two 78s to eclipse the previous record by 11 strokes. The Texas pro, 16 months in the pro ranks, led by nine strokes going into the final 36 holes. The Babe withdraws for surgery while Rawls preps to defend the National Open title June 26-28 in Philadelphia.
Atlantic City June 4 AP One of boxing's biggest mysteries is why ex-champ Ezzard Charles is a 2 to 1 to 3 to 1 favorite to dethrone Jersey Joe Walcott in Philadelphia tomorrow night. Writers fear Walcott can end it with one punch while Charles aims to prove he can regain the crown after losses and a KO win last July in Pittsburgh.
Springfield AP reports Troy Ruttman of Lynwood California has signed to drive the Agajanian special in the Illinois state fair 100 mile dirt track test on August 16. Duane Carter, who finished fourth at Indianapolis, is also entered in the state fair race.
Clem Labine of the Dodgers and Omar Turk Lown of the Cubs faced off in a recent pitching duel. The pair had been minor league teammates in Newport News in 1946 and Pueblo in 1948. Lown carried a no-hit bid into the ninth before Los Angeles sparked three hits for three runs in a 3-1 Dodgers win. Lown later pitched a no-hitter for Fort Worth in 1950.
Cincinnati The Cincinnati Reds purchased outfielder Wil Marshall from the Boston Braves for an undisclosed sum. Helsinki Finland The Russians said they would take part in the Olympic Games in all sports except field hockey.
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