Local slow pitch and softball league crowns and near-misses
Stark Ceramics claimed the Industrial Slow Pitch No 1 title by two games over Superior Switchboard as Ohio Power beat Superior twice. Welch Funeral Home beat Mondok Tailors 11-6 to win Girls Softball League, finishing two games ahead. Local 94 beat East Ohio Gas 5-3 and Harrison Paint 11-3 in Industrial Slow Pitch No 2 but trail East Ohio Gas by two percentage points. Dueher Methodist routed Grace EUB 15-1 in Church Softball No 1. Terminix notched its 11th Class B Baseball win 10-5 over Metro Brick, while another Terminix team won by forfeit in National Junior Baseball. Tavern Keepers and Drop Forge tied 8-8 when called due to darkness.
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Stark Ceramics
Ohio Power
Welch Funeral Home
Mondok Tailors
Mondoks
East Ohio Gas
Harrison Paint
Dueher Methodist
Grace E.U.B
Reed Urban United Presbyterian Crew
Terminix
Metro Brick
A. & H. Grocery
Firefighters
Buxco
Monarch Rubber
KE. O. Gas
Harrison Scoot
Aé Reedurban WU
Dueber Methodist
Zion Lutheran
God
Crystal Park
Holy Trinity
Dueber É
Zion Luth
Ch. God
Ntional
L. Pet Terminix
Steiner Cleaners
Bryanteers
H. Grocery
Forest Rangers
Jewish Center
A. & H Grocery
Millers Get Another Fine Mound Display
Dixie Howell and Hoyt Wilhelm anchored a 9-0 Millers win over Columbus as Wilhelm followed Howell in a no-hit shutout performance. Minneapolis sits 4.5 games behind Louisville, with Indianapolis and Milwaukee idle. St Paul beat Toledo 10-5 behind John Van Cuyk, who earned his fourth win despite four seventh-inning runs.
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Associated Press
Minneapolis
Dixie Howell
Hoyt Wilhelm
Louisville
Wilhelm
Howell
Columbus
Millers
Kansas City
Indianapolis
Milwaukee
Mike Clark
Cotton Deal
John van Cuyk
St. Paul
Toledo
van Cuyk
Timken Bearings Top Hoovers In Industrial Horseshoe League
Timken Bearings beat Hoovers four to one Friday night to pull even with Fords No 2 in the Industrial Horseshoe League. Ed Stuckey led the winners with 491 points while Charles Lepley topped the Hoovers with 388.
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Timken Bearings
Fords No
Hoovers
Ed Stuckey
Charles Lepley
NCA A executives debate seals code in Chicago
The executive council of the National Collegiate Athletic Association opens a three day meeting in Chicago to consider proposed changes to the sanity code. They will review a new report on code violators by Clarence Houston of Tufts College. Seven violators were cited at the last New York meeting.
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Chicago
INS
National Collegiate Athletic Association
Clarence Houston
Tufts College
New York
Southern Association Scores From Five Contests
Little Rock defeated Chattanooga 5 to 2 while Atlanta and Mobile beat Nashville 45 to 4. Birmingham led New Orleans 11 to 3 in the other game, and Minneapolis posted a 4 to 4 draw.
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Southern Association
Little Rock
Chattanooga
Atlanta
Mobile
Nashville
Minneapolis
Birmingham
New Orleans
Indians Rally Edges White Sox 3 2 For Garcia Win
Cleveland beat Chicago 3 2 behind Mike Garcia five hits allowed in first win in six weeks. Billy Pierce pitched well for the White Sox but three errors aided the Tribe late. Joe Gordon led the ninth with a walk and Allie Clark drove in the tying run before Garcia struck out and Boone delivered the deciding single.
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Chicago
White Sox
Indians
Detroit Tigers
New York Yankees
Boudreau
Dick Weik
Garcia
Big Bear
Dave Philley
Eddie Robinson
Marvin Rickert
Sox
Joe Gordon
Allie Clark
Gordon
Jim Hegan
Clark
Boone
Tribe
Sam Zoldak
Beverly Baker Meets Patricia Todd In Essex Semis
In Manchester Massachusetts Bever ly Baker UCLA from Santa Monica faces Patricia Canning Todd in a Essex County Club tournament semifinal. Shirley Fry Akron Ohio battles Mrs Margaret Osborne DuPont Wilmington Delaware in the other singles semifinal while Hart and Fry pair up against Todd and Maureen Connolly.
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Mass
Cynosure
Essex County Club
Beverly Baker
Santa Monica
Calif
Patricia Canning Todd
Louise Brough
Beverly Hills
Margaret Osborne DuPont
Wilmington
Del
Shirley Fry
Akron
Doris Hart
Jacksonville
Fla
Todd
Maureen Connolly
San Diego
Hart-Fry
Virginia Wolfenden Kovacs
San Francisco
Betty Rosenquist
South Orange
N. J
Two new county coaches named for 1950 51 schools
New coaches named to Tuscarawas County schools for the 1950 51 term. Charles E. Lorenz will lead Tuscarawas High School, succeeding Ray Clever who resigned to enter business. Ernest N. Wiseman will head Dun dee High School, replacing Fritz Jacobs.
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Tuscarawas County
Charles E. Lorenz
Tuscarawas
Tuscarawas High School
Ray Clever
Ernest N. Wiseman
Rio Grande
Dundee High School
Fritz Jacobs
Middle Atlantic League Scores Report
Erie defeats Youngstown 7 to 4 while New Castile posts 8 to 8 tie with Butler at 9 and Oil City powers past Johnstown 27 to 2 in regional standings.
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Youngstown
New Castile
Butler
Oil City
Johnstown
Bickford Spins No Hit No Run in Birthday Eve Start
Vernon Bickford hurled a no hit no run victory over the Brooklyn Dodgers as the Braves won 7 0. He faced 30 batters, 97 pitches, and allowed only two walks in the ninth. The performance came six days before his 20th birthday and moved him closer to a 20 win season. The win, first since early in the season after elbow trouble, followed early Braves offense on Carl Erskine. Other notes include Maglie and Simmons, Hiller and O Connell, and DiMaggio benched by the Yankees as Detroit and Cleveland gain on Detroit.
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Nelson Fox
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Bob Kennedy
Kennedy
Larry Doby
Mike McCormick
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Cliff Mapes
Karley
Bill Jones
Old Dutch
Bob Lilly
Hal Rehfu
Old Dutch Fairmount Notch Victories in A Finals
In opening action at Kurtz Memorial Field W R Sports fell 7 3 to Roberts Sports moving into the consolation bracket with one more defeat sealing their fate. Roberts led by Babe Sirgo Joe Sirgo and Junie Hose delivered eight hits while Eddie Biasella earned the win. Dover Pee Wee Sports defeated Harrisburg Huba Huba Cafe 8 1 on the same card and Stark Ceramics won 7 0 by forfeit over Dover Ideal Billiards after the latter walked off in protest.
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Ohio Softball Association
W-R
Kurtz Memorial Field
Robert’s Sports
Roberts
Dover Pee Wee Sports
Harrisburg
Huba- Huba Cafe
Stark Ceramics
Stark County
Dover Ideal Billiards
Dover
Ceramics
Army-Navy
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Babe Sirgo
Joe Sirgo
Junie Hose
Bill Becker
Eddie Biasella
Jake Weinsz
Jack Swinderman
Lowell
Keller
Stag
Fowler
Neel
Davis
Tedrick
Inter City league captains to meet at North Canton Rec
A 7 30 p m meeting of Inter City league captains is set for North Canton Recreation to finalize the league makeup. All 12 berths were tentatively filled at the May spring meeting, with President John Rossetti expecting representation from those teams. Season slated to begin mid September. Eagles 141 league also schedules a Monday night meeting in the lodge hall to organize for the new season, with President Chris Easton urging all captains to attend by 8 p.m.
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North Canton Recreation
John Rossetti
Eagles
Lodge Hall
Chris Easton
Karley Tops Champs Win Over Timken in City League
Old Dutch Beer clinched its first City Class A win as Karley powered a 3-1 victory over Timken with two home runs and a single. George Moushey earned his 10th straight win, tying the league record, as Old Dutch and Fairmount vie for top spots with a sudden-death playoff upcoming at City Field.
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John Karley
Karley
Repository
Timken
Fairmount Merchants
Canton Merchants
Dave Towell
Old Dutch
Ohio
A.b.co
North Canton
City Field
George Moushey
Dick Smith
Moushey
Chuck Crowder
Spiker Funeral Home
Calvin
Red) Moore
W-R Sports
Hot-Tempered Henry Ransom Takes Over Lead in World Golf
Henry Ransom of St. Andrews Ireland surged into first place in George S. May's $54,000 world championship of golf at Tom O'Shanter Country Club Chicago. He posted 139 over 36 holes with a 69 in round two, while Chandler Harper, 1950 PGA champion, trailed by two strokes at 141. Dick Mayer, Ed Oliver, and Jim Ferrier followed at 142. Wilford Wehrle led the amateur men, ahead of Frank Stranahan after a playoff for the All-American title. Babe Zaharias led in the women’s division with 148. Patty Berg was two behind. The event moved into the second round after a rain delay and a committee decision.
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Henry Ransom
Tom O’shanter Country Club
Ransom
St. Andrews
Ing
George S. May
Henry
Tam
Chandler Harper
P.G.A
Dick Mayer
New Greenwich
Conn
Porky) Oliver
Seattle
Jim Ferrier
San Francisco
Wilford Wehrle
Ormond Beach
Fla
Peggy Kirk
Findlay
Dot Kielty
Long Beach
Calif
Lawson Little
May
Russian Newsmen Get Free Pass to Michigan Football Games
Voice of America offers any accredited Russian newsman a free pass to Michigan Wolverines games as a reply to Moscow’s claim that players are often carried from the field. The broadcast ran in 25 languages challenging the assertion and inviting scrutiny of the team.
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Washington
University of Michigan
Voice of America
Radio Moscow
Michigan
Preisler Wins Toga
Ed Preisler a lumber dealer from Beechmont Country Club won the Cleveland District Golf Association title defeating four time champ Eddie Meister of Cleveland on the 38th hole at Shaker Country Club yesterday.
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Cleveland
Ed Preisler
Beechmont Country Club
Cleveland District Golf Association
Eddie Meister
Shaker Country Club
Sheriff Holds Office In Coushatta Related To Adcock
The father of Cincinnati rookie Joe Adcock serves as sheriff in Coushatta Louisiana. The note ties the major league player to a law enforcement family background in his hometown area.
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Cincinnati
Joe Adcock
Coushatta, la
Campbell Memorial High names Knapic athletic director
Youngstown Aug 12 Football coach Johnny Knapic is named athletic director at Campbell Memorial High School in Youngstown. He will be assisted in football by George Cebula.
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Youngstown
Johnny Knapic
Campbell Memorial High School
George Cebula
Hoovers Face Two Weekend Baseball Battles
The North Canton Hoovers open Ohio District American Baseball Congress play next Thursday against Massillon Carver Cigars. They meet Canton Road Furnitures tonight at Memorial Stadium and host Smith-Sheriffs Sunday at 2 30 PM.
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Massillon Carver
Akron
Hoovers
Canton Road Furnitures
Memorial Stadium
Smith-Sheriffs
North Canton
Pacific Coast League Scores Summary
Seattle defeated Oakland 8 to 1 while Hollywood beat Portland 4 to 2. San Francisco led San Diego 1 to 0, Sacramento trailed 0 to 1, and Los Angeles held an 8 percent edge over San Diego at 9 percent.
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Hollywood
Portland
San Francisco
Sacramento
San Diego
Los Angeles
New Yorker Sets 94 Inch Mark In Acer Tourney Feud Forms
The Stark County District Golf Association acer tourney saw a friendly feud between Bern ie Killian and Bill Stettner of Canton Floors Inc. Killian hit a wind driven ball to about 15 feet, within 9% inches of the pin, becoming the new leader as Stettner previously posted a 12% inch ball. Officials will host a driving clinic Sunday at 8 p.m. at the Ken Stone Driving Range with pro and amateur players in attendance.
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Bernie Killian
Bill Stettner
Canton Floors, Inc
Stettner
Killian
Congress Lake
N. Market Grove Rd
Canton
Tom O
Ken Stone
Howard Black
Evan Schiltz
John Vasco
Cy Walters
Texas League scores wrap up tight contests
In Texas League play Beaumont defeated Dallas 5 to 4 while Shreveport edged Ft Worth 5 to 2. Houston beat Tulsa 4 to 3 and Oklahoma City won against San Antonio 6 to 5.
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Ft. Worth
Houston
Tulsa
Oklahoma City
San Antonio
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