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HQ,, U.S. 1 CORPS, Korea; Aug', 25—Seoul Military Post capitalized oil wildness In the13th inning- to win a 5-1 victory over the I Corps Artillery, and IX Corps Artillery shut out the 24th Div* 12-0 yesterday in the opening round games of the Eighth Army Baseball Tournament at the 34th Inf. Regt. 'Pitcher Tom Core, whose homer in the third gave the winners their only run. before the 3yth-ifining blowup, allowed four hits as he went the distance for SMP's Signal Gp. The Projos combined a two-base error and Joe Herchok'ssingle in the fifth for their lonescore.Cannoneer relief hurler John Craves lost his control in the 13th and walked, four conseeu-:ive Signalmen after giving up ■L single to Ken Martin, The winning- run scored on a wild pitch, another was walked home and two nore crossed Lhe plate on an error.Fanned 11•Working under a blazing sun, Gore fanned 11 Projos and walked only one. Bon Frangel :ossed the first four frames for Artillery, giving up five hits. Vince Zerda was tagged for two safeties during his four-Inning stint and Craves, who received the loss, allowed but me hit the rest of the way.In the nightcap, IX Corps .Artillery 'scored' six times in the first inning on five walks, two errors and two singles. Two runs came home in the fourth and four more in the fifth. The game was called at the end of eight innings because of darkness.John Carlson tossed three-hit ball for IX Corps and struck out seven. Five pitchers saw action for -the 24th Div.'s 21st Inf. Regt.
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Pacific Stars and Stripes
Tokyo, Tôkyô, JP
Thu, Aug 26, 1954
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