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Newspaper
Terre Haute Tribune
Location
Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1952
Page
10
The Phillies beat Cedar Rapids 8 to 1 at Memorial Stadium as a three game series opened. Dan Ramer pitched effectively for the Phillies, allowing five singles over nine innings in a strong complete game performance.
Evansville holds a two game lead in the Three-I League after weekend results. They shut out Waterloo 6 0 yesterday but fell to Iowa 7 2 on Saturday. Burlington replaces Waterloo in fourth. Davenport splits with Flint, losing 7 2 in the second game after a 4 1 win in the opener. Keokuk beat Quincy 11 10 in a thriller, Quincy replying with a 9 7 win on Saturday.
Julius Boros, the Connecticut Yankee who ended Ben Hogan’s Open dominance, heads for New England to reunite with relatives after winning the National Open with 281 total and $4,000. Hogan places third as Hogan and Bulla opt out of Louisville. Ed Oliver shines with back to back 45-foot putts rallying to finish second.
Jim Frisina of Taylorville captured the third annual Central Illinois amateur golf tournament at Oakcrest Country Club. He fired 67 67 70 for 204, six strokes ahead of Springfield’s Dave Hazlett who posted 71 69 71.
Valparaiso University captured the 1951-52 all-sports title in the Indiana Collegiate Conference with 71% of possible points. Crusaders won football and baseball championships, placed high in golf, tennis, basketball, and track, ahead of Butler and Indiana State in the season standings.
Indiana anglers faced light opening day catches as rain swollen rivers and lakes hindered early fishing. The State Conservation Department set bass size limits and bag rules, with rock bass at 5 inches and other bass at 10 inches, a 6 fish bag limit for 10 inch class, and 25 for rock bass bluegill sunfish and crappies. The season runs through April 30, 1953.
Joe James of Van Nuys Calif won the 30 lap A A A feature at Vigo County Fairgrounds after Troy Ruttman blew a tire while leading on the twenty first lap. James led Gene Force and Jim Rigsby, clocking 14 55.988 for 30 laps. Ruttman finished seventh after a tire change as Nazaruk and Force chased the podium.
In the citys first annual four ball tournament at Rea Park on Sunday Jim Wolfe and Gene Verostko won the event defeating George Kaperak and Bob Adamson 5 and 4 while shooting eight under par in the heat Norm Criss and Charles Goss captured the first flight with a 6 and 5 victory over Bill Peck and Bob Roger Walter Ritz and Jim Stoner won the second flight beating Pete Lamb and Joe Benna 3 and 2 The third flight saw Ron Riley and Curt Loyd beat Morris Deitch and Jim Nicholas 2 up Jim Hadley and Chris Weisbach defeated Howdy Mayes and Gordon Gronza 3 and 2 in the fourth flight
Terre Haute defeated Cedar Rapids 8 to 1 while Evansville beat Waterloo 6 to 0. Keokuk won 11 to 10 against Quincy. Burlington edged Quad Cities 4 to 2. Remaining matchups include Waterloo at Terre Haute Cedar Rapids at Evansville Burlington at Quincy and Keokuk at Davenport.
Probable pitchers listed for St Louis at New York Brecheen Mizell Hearn. Pittsburgh at Philadelphia Kline Ridzik. Sunday results Cincinnati beat Brooklyn 7 Cincinnati 14 New York 12 second game 7 innings darkness Boston 4 Chicago 2 Pittsburgh 6 Philadelphia 0 Cincinnati at Boston 1230 and 230 Chicago at Brooklyn 730 Pittsburgh at New York 730 St Louis at Philadelphia 700.
New York June 16 Four minor transactions completed before the June 15 trading deadline as St. Louis Browns traded Leo Thomas and Tom Wright for Al Zarilla and Willy Miranda. Zarilla returns to a club he began with in 1943. Boston Braves recalled Jack Dittmer from Milwaukee and sent Roy Hartsfield and Dick Donovan to the same club. Brooklyn sold Clary Bud Podbielan to Cincinnati while adding Tommy Holmes and Chuck Dressen plans him as pinch hitter and part-time outfielder.
The Yankees split a twin bill with Cleveland, winning 8-2 and 4-3 to regain a lead in the American League as Mantle homered in the second game. Other results: Giants beat Cardinals. Dodgers lose to Reds. Cubs and Braves also won. In boxing, Joey Maxim shows a new weakness to left hooks ahead of a title defense against Sugar Ray Robinson at Yankee Stadium.
Indianapolis driver Dick Norris in car No 48 won the 25 lap stock car feature at Fastrack in Terre Haute on Friday night, claiming his fourth season victory at the track. Kenny Wheeler and Jack Shanklin followed in the main event chase, with Wheeler placing ahead of Shanklin. Semi finals saw Gene Baxter and Emerson Hoke place second in their heats, while Shanklin won the trophy clash with Darrel Darringer second and Dick Goodson third. Heats were won by Chuck Adkins, Owen Youngblood, and Claude Coville with runners-up Sam Cash, Dick Gruver, Leon Dyke, and Bud Dombrovski completing the field.
The North Terre Haute Rockets beat the Weaver Clay Company 7 to 3 at Elm Grove diamond. Sturm led a 13 hit Rockets offense with three safeties while Snyder collected three for the Clays. Batteries Snyder and Thomas for Weaver, Sturm and Wilson for North Terre Haute.
George Kell of the Boston Red Sox remains the American League starting third baseman choice for the 19th All Star Game at Philadelphia on July 8. Kell holds 56,248 votes, 2,111 ahead of Al Rosen, while Pee Wee Reese leads the National League at shortstop with 53,702 votes to Granny Hamner’s 50,816.
New Goshen topping Ashboro Ace High 7 to 4 on Sunday afternoon. Decker led New Goshen with a triple and a single, while Hayworth and Call added a double and a single each. Ashboro’s Ernie Woods doubled and singled. batteries were Hanley Wilson and Hoit for Ashboro with Bayh and Decker behind New Goshen.
Blanford Indiana June 16 Special The Blanford C V s shut out the Cass Merchants 3 to 0 behind three hit pitching by Bob Fingers Fingers struck out seven batters Weaving spacing three hits and five miscues mark the game Batteries Seen and free
The Milwaukee Brewers widened their lead in the Associated Press standings by sweeping a doubleheader from the Columbus Red Birds to stay 3% ahead of the Kansas City Blues. Gene Mauch Billy Klaus and Hank Ertman homered in the opener as Gene Conley held Columbus to two hits in the nightcap. The Blues won twice against Toledo Mud Hens, while two other doubleheaders by Indianapolis at St Paul and Louisville at Minneapolis were rained out.
Terre Haute De Molay defeated North Vernon De Molay nine to two in a southern district tournament game played Sunday. Ronnie Paige doubled among five Terre Haute hits as the club won behind steady pitching and timely offense.
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