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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1952
Page
8
The unnamed player failed to join the Tigers this spring and was sent to Buffalo of the International League. On yesterday, he was moved to Indianapolis of the American Association. He is expected to join the seventh-place Indians lineup, as Herb Conyers hits under .200 at first base.
Bill Veeck brings back Max Patkin and Jackie Price for looming games with the Browns, Senators, and Tigers. Patkin appears June 22, Price June 28, with a June 15 Athletics twin bill featuring a sidelight. First 12,000 dads entering the park with sons receive regulation baseball bats. Joe Morris notes Zeke Carello’s hole in one at Benton Country club on a No 8 iron.
Jim Konstanty, famed relief ace of 1950, was charged with the loss as the St. Louis Cards defeated his team last night. Meanwhile Joe Page, legendary Yankee reliever of 1949, pitched for Escogido in the Dominican league.
Unusually large attendance drew 30,000 in Boston for the Tiger Red Sox trade, 24,000 in Philadelphia for the Indians, and 20,000 in Pittsburgh for the Giants versus Pirates. St. Louis tallies about 250,000 in attendance.
Kenneth Bud Rushing, playground director, and staff review new equipment for the summer program starting Monday. High school students will assist, with assignments at West Side, South Side, North Side, and Lincoln schools. Playgrounds will run Monday through Friday from 1 to 4 p.m.
Yesterday's stars include Jim Dyck of the Browns who batted in four runs with two homers to lift St Louis to a 9-3 win over New York. Turk Lown pitched for the Cubs, yielding four hits in a 7-2 victory over Boston.
In a sparse note about baseball finances, the Browns have $200,000 in 25 games and both clubs remain about one third into their home schedule, suggesting neither is well positioned to reach a million for the season though a pennant bid by either team could change the outlook.
Florida star J. Pappa Hall miss a high jump at the Georgia dual meet due to a pulled muscle and instead competed in the shot put but did not place. The national collegiate champion clubbed his attempt, leaving him off the scoring board as Georgia claimed the meet.
Ted Kluszewski led NL first basemen in fielding in 1951 with a .997 average, setting an all time Cincinnati Red mark for defensive accuracy.
Inter national Boxing Club plans a 10 round heavyweight bout on July 28 at Yankees Stadium featuring Rocky Marciano of Brockton Mass and Harry Matthews of Seattle Wash Both fighters receive 30 percent of revenues from gate TV radio and film rights though no TV deal is yet finalized Matthews, 29, boasts 70 straight fights won since 1943 while Marciano has 40 consecutive pro bouts since 1948 culminating in his knockout of Joe Louis last October.
Two jockeys, Steve Di Mauro and John Weir, will remember Delaware Park for their first race wins, both achieving triumphs there last year.
Hamner drives in two runs and Slaughter adds two as RBI list highlights Fussselman and Konstanty. Ash and Sisler also contribute, while Buccaneer pitchers Simmons Konstanty Mizell and Brazle each toil multiple innings in a tight game.
The Herrin Eagles Coal Belt baseball team will play at Carbondale Sunday afternoon. The event gathers players and invites boys interested in joining the team to meet at Herrin City Hall at 12 30 p m.
The history traces racing silks from 1762 at Newmarket where 17 color sets were used to today’s American racket club holding 1,759 distinct color sets. The figure shows how branding and identification in racing expanded across generations and regions.
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