Records A Baseball Upset Romanians Edge West Tuscarawas 5-2
Merchants won their third City Class A game, defeating West Tuscarawas Merchants 5-2 at City Field. Jim Nixdorf pitched well for the Romanians, but a late bases loaded threat nearly tied the game before a double play ended the inning. Emil Alecusan sparked the Romanians with three singles, while Stan Kinkaid allowed five runs on nine hits in a tough loss.
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Ee Merchants
West Tuscarawas Merchants
City Field
Jim Nixdorf
Jackson
Dbulvimu vVauuves
Nixdorf
Lou Stevens
Angelo Cugini
Hank Escola
Emil Alecusan
West Tuscara
B. & B. Billiards
Tuscies
Stan Kinkaid
Kinkaid
Downpour Delays Local League Play As Softball Scores Tally
A Friday afternoon rain soaked ball diamonds forcing postponements across multiple leagues. Bricklayers beat Sterling Bakery 7-3 in Industrial B-2 Softball while Local 1200 toppled Union Metal 4-1 on two hit pitching by Clark. Calvary E U B defeated Lowell Reformed 16-8 and Eleventh Street Church of God beat North Industry Lutheran 14-5 to stay tied for second in Church No. 3. Canton Bottling edged Vicary 12-1 behind a one hitter by Spitler. The Palms earned its first win 13-8 over the Junior Optimists. Industrial B Softball box score shows Sterling Bak 2000000 3 and Bricklayers 002203x 7.
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Sterling Bakery
Union Metal
Calvary E. U. B
Lowell Reformed
Eleventh Street Church of God
North Industry Lutheran
Spitler
Canton Bottling
Vicary
The
Palms
Ball Church
T W Pet
Zion
Lutheran Oa
11Th St. Ch. of GE
Calvary
N. Indus
Lutheran
J.owell Reformed
First Baptist Evangelical
Bethany
First Presbyterian Luther
N. Ind. Ca
11Th St
Calvary E.U.B
Lowell
Ohio Gas
Ohio Power
Arcadia
Ray's Grill
Yohe Hardware
Phalanx
U.A.M
U. AM
St. Joseph
Canton
Canton Merchants
St. Merchants
the Palms
Today Wackerly Funeral Home vs City Merchants duel
At Kurtz Memorial four high school basketball games are listed with classA and girls matchups. The schedule includes Wackerly Funeral Home versus City Merchants at 6:30 followed by ponces Tailors against Hoover and Spanish Merchants against Stark Brick at 8:30.
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Hoover
Canton Boosters
B & B Billiards
Merchants
Fairmount Merchants
Timken
Romanian Merchants
B. & B. Billiards
Canton Boost
City
Wackerly Funeral Home
City Merchants
Ponces Tailors
Spanish Merchants
Stark Brick
Kurtz Memorial
Dr Stanton Wins 5000 Albany Free-for-all Pace at Saratoga
Dr Stanton owned by W L Fraser surged from behind to win the Albany free-for-all pace at Saratoga Raceway in 2 06 1 5, overtaking Gene Abbe at the three quarter pole with Alemite third. Only four horses entered and no pari mutuel betting was allowed. Del MacTavish of La Chute, Quebec drove three winners including both sections of the Glens Falls co feature, a 20 class trot.
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Saratoga Springs
N. Y
Dr. Stanton
W. L. Fraser
Albany
Saratoga Raceway
Gene Abbe
Alemite
del MacTavish
la Chute, Que
Glens Falls
Colonels Sell Player Ed Lavigne to Barons
In Birmingham Alabama the Barons announced the purchase of out fielder Ed Lavigne from Louisville of the American Association. Lavigne is batting .302 for the Colonels.
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Birmingham
Ala
Birmingham Barons
Ed Lavigne
Louisville Club
American Association
Lavigne
Colonels
Jeff Heath Returns to Braves Lineup in Boston
The Boston Braves receive a boost as Jeff Heath returns to the lineup after recovering from a broken ankle. Heath, a long ball hitter, has been out since last fall and his absence left the team without needed batting power in the first half of the season.
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Boston
Boston Braves
Jeff Heath
Braves
Heath
Aurora Downs Harness Track Closes After Lean Season
Aurora Downs near Chicago wraps a 55 night harness racing run ending tonight. Despite May optimism, 1947 1948 weather spared losses but low attendance kept profits under last year’s 12 000. The track ends with an average handle around 122 000 hindered by bigger purses and expenses.
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Chicago
INS
Aurora Downs
Kane County
Veteran Augie Galan joins Athletics Sunday
Cleveland VNS reports outfielder Augie Galan with 16 major league seasons and four NL clubs has signed with the Philadelphia Athletics. Connie Mack announced the deal after Galan was released by the New York Giants. Mack plans to use him in Detroit tomorrow lineup ready.
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Cleveland
VNS
Augie Galan
Philadelphia Athletics
Connie Mack
A’s
Galan
New York Giants
Mack
Detroit
Pollet Pollet Leads 1-0 St Louis Win OverPhils
The St Louis Cardinals beat the Philadelphia Phillies 1-0 behind Howie Pollet's six hitter. Pollet drove in the only run with a seventh inning single scoring Eddie Kazak. Pollet’s 12th win, third shutout, and the staff stride helped St Louis edge closer to the Dodgers. Brooklyn and Boston also posted wins as Yankees widened AL lead.
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United Pres
St. Louis Cardinals
Portsiders
Red Birds
Dodgers
Max Lanier
St. Louis
Howie Pollet
Philadelphia Phils
Phils
Lanier
Pollet
Brecheen
Brazie
Phillies
Phillies In Check In Their Own Ball Yard, Handsome Howie
Eddie Kazak
Kazak
Joe Garagiola
Robin Roberts
Curt Simmons
Czech Outcasts Clash In Swiss Tennis Battle
In GSTAD Switzerland Vladimir Cernik and Jaroslav Drobny, both Czech nationals without a country, faced off in a Swiss lawn tennis semifinal. Earl Cochell of San Francisco and Pedro Massip of Spain played their own semi-final. In women’s doubles Shirley Fry of Akron and Helen Pedersen Rihbany of Boston defeated Anna Marie Seghers and Arlette Halff of France 7-5 8-6.
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Anna Marie Seghers
Arlette Halff
France
Yachts Begin Long Race From Chicago To Mackinac
Fifty six yachts start in Chicago on the first leg of the 42nd 330 mile Mackinac Island race in Lake Michigan. Sponsored by the Chicago Yacht Club, it is the longest freshwater race in the world with entries from yacht clubs across the nation.
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Chicago
INL
Mackinac Island
Lake Michigan
The
Chicago Yacht Club
Fight Results From The Associated Press Card
Fighters and weights listed with outcomes across cities including Lester Felton Detroit Clyde Bowman Los Angeles Lonnie Craft Phoenix Jimmy Bivins Cleveland Watson Jones Los Angeles Sandy Saddler New York Chief Gordon House Houston Hermie Freeman Eagle Lake Pedro Firpo Camden Marie Trigo Monterey Angelo Providence R I with knockouts and decisions reported from multiple venues.
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Associated Press
Dayton
Lester Felton
Detroit
Vince Turpin
Canton
Phoenix
Ariz
Clyde Bowman
Los Angeles
Lonnie Craft
Las Vegas
Nev
Jimmy Bivins
Cleveland
Watson Jones
New York
Sandy Saddler
Gordon House
Houston
Tex
Bangor
Hermie Freeman
Eagle Lake
Pedro
Firpo
Camden
N. J
Hollywood
Marie Trigo
Monterey
Mex
Angelo
Providence
Night of protests as Ohio Indiana league games ignite
Umpire and manager ejected in protests as Portsmouth defeats Newark 6-5 in 10 innings. Muncie beats Marion 6-3, Zanesville 6-4 over Springfield, Richmond 7-4 over Lima. Notable incidents include Newark crowd near riot and Muncie–Marion game played under protest over a third-base overthrow.
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Associated Press
Portsmouth
Newark
Muncie
Marion
Zanesville
Springfield
Richmond
Lima
Les Helmig
Tony Yula
Otto Brands
Gene Fellmeth
Helmig
Hulon Brown
Yula
Zanesville Indians
Tony Ravish
Giants
Richmond-Lima
Youngstown College Grads Named Coaches In City Schools
Jack Cramb and Pete Lanzi, former Youngstown College athletes, secured scholastic coaching roles in Youngstown. Cramb becomes coach at Youngstown North while Lanzi serves as assistant to Coach Dick Barrett at East.
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Youngstown
Jack Cramb
Pete Lanzi
Youngstown College
Cramb
Youngstown North
Lanzi
Dick Barrett
East
Salesman Cup Play for Public Links Title
In Los Angeles Ken Towns of San Francisco and Bill Berger of San Francisco compete in a 36 hole semi final for the national public links crown. Towns edged Phil J. Kunkel of Salt Lake City 1 up while Berger beat Lou Barnes of Alhambra 5 and 4, leaving Towns favored for the final.
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Los Angeles
Ken Towns
Bill Berger
San Francisco
Towns
Phil J. Kunkel
Salt Lake City
Berger
Lou Barnes
Alhambra
Cal
Sandusky Bay Fish Squabble Heads to Governor
The Ohio Senate cleared the way for an 111 member commission to study fishing conflicts in Sandusky Bay. The House approved a bill to form the commission to study the issue between commercial fishermen and sportsmen, and it passed 29 to none. The group will study problems and propose new legislation with hearings drawing over 500 participants. Sportsmen blamed commercial fishermen for poor fishing. anglers countered that carp were a major menace.
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Columbus
Ohio Senate
Sandusky Bay
Senate
West Virginia Lands Yorkville Star Ken Alessi
West Virginia University will add Yorkville High scorer Ken Alessi to its roster. Alessi, who averaged 38 points per game and totaled 1,168 points in 31 outings, chose WVU over about 45 colleges. He is a Martins Ferry area favorite and a friend of Mountaineer players.
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Martins Ferry
West Virginia University
Ohio
Ken Alessi
Yorkville High
Alessi
Yorkville
Shadyside
Kiki Konstantinis
Eddie Sterling
Mountaineer
Sugarcreek nets Canton Legion baseball title in two games
Sugarcreek defeated Louisville 11 to 5 at Sugarcreek to win the Canton district American Legion Junior Baseball championship. Sugarcreek swept the best of three series, overcoming Louisville after a 4-2 second inning lead. Knox pitched four strikeouts with no walks, while Replogle allowed nine hits. Sugarcreek and Steubenville begin a three game series Monday in Steubenville for the 10th district title en route to state finals.
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Sugarcreek
Louisville
American Legion
Bob Replogle
Bost
Knox
Replogle
Steubenville
Stefan Knox
Troyer
Fire at Buxbaum Rubber Co caused smoke scare at 2:30 am
A short circuit in an intercom speaker at Buxbaum Rubber Co 1212 7th St SW filled an office with smoke prompting a fire department run at 2:30 am. No damage occurred. Later at 6:40 pm Friday firemen were summoned to the rear of Kaufman Hotel 304 3rd St SE by a witness who saw smoke from burning rubbish. No damage reported.
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Buxbaum Rubber Co
7Th St
Kaufman
3Rd.st
Central League Scores Reported For Matchups
The Central League standings show Payton four runs behind Flint two, Charleston three, Muskegon ten, Grand Rapids nine, and Saginaw three. The sequence outlines team performance across recent games and hints at competitive balance within the league.
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Payton
Flint
Charleston
Muskegon
Grand Rapids
Saginaw
Traffic Court Fines Toll in Weekend Session
Traffic court Friday fined numerous drivers for leaving the scene of an accident and other violations. James Dunn 18 received $50 fines and a one year driving suspension, plus $10 for driving without a permit. Chester Bender 26 paid $10 for permitting an unlicensed operator. Russell Jordy 18 faced $25 and two days in jail with suspensions. Several others were fined for reckless driving and related charges, with varying suspensions and costs noted.
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James Dunn
6Th St
Donald L. McCarroll
Chester Bender
Bedford Ave NW
Dunn
Dueber Ave
McCarrol
Russell W. Jordy
Irwin Pl NE
Emerson K. McPeek
Harrison Ave
Vernon R. Dent
Bellflower Ave
Dent
Charles C. Welch
Sandall
Peter Schadek
Mansfield
Walter B. Davis Jr
Louisville
Davis
Frank Ullman
8Th St SE
Earl E. Bauman
Backett Et SW
Herbert L. Seibert
Trent Burash
35Th
St SE
Elmer P. Negley
Massillon
Herbert D. Romig
Akron
Robert P. Braucher
4Th St
Mac Tash
3Rd St
Robert Zeltman
Wooster Ave
Strasburg
Thomas E. Miller
Dover
Lester Shankleton
Homeworth
Ruichard E. Snyder
W. Gorgasst
Robert E. Garrett
Angelo Bagnali
3Rd St NE
Robert W. Swihart
Maurice Zink
Market Ave N
Robert M. Cassidy
4Th St NE
Scotty McKinney
Rosewood Ave
Howard W. Willcox
Concord Ave
Nathaniel N. Fair
S. Monroest
Millersburg
Russell B. Canfield
Baltic
First Aid for the Ailing House Polishing Brass Copper
Expert guidance on whether to polish or refinish old brass bronze and copper pieces. If polishing, use metal polish or a vinegar wash with salt and a flour paste for tarnish. Finish with benzine wipe and clear lacquer, keeping fire away and gloves on. For refinishing, seek silversmith care and get an estimate.
Dollar sales slip in Fourth District stores
Dollar sales of Fourth Federal Reserve District department stores fell eight percent from the year ago period and declined from the comparable week in 1947. For the four weeks ended July 9 sales were nine percent behind the similar period last year.
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Federal Reserve District
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A.cugini
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Saratoga
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Roy Campanella
Tommy Brown
Don Newcombe
Ken Raffensberger
Warren Spahn
Cubs
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Spahn
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Yogi Berra
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Dick Fowler
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Red Sox
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Vern Stephens
Washington Senators
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Owlingly
Castamall
Roby’s
Ross Cleaners
Naples
Castamalis
Burene Plumbers
Allardice Coils
Polsinelli
Hamburg Inn
Joe Yoder
Kate Roman
Elen Polsinelli
Marie Brannon
Evelyn Guist
Peg McDermott
Wanda Joseph
Allardice Gils
Jerry's Confectionery
Richies
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12Th St. Grill
Bloopers
Boron G
Esber's Blue
Killian Insurance
Esber’s Blue Room
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Tiger den Restaurant
Stroh’s Beer
Linclair Sales
Manetto Barbers
Grinders
Lincoln Way Motors
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Pirates of Chums
Wolves
Buddies
Chums
Pirates
Are Wolves
I Stars
Ana
Pais
Jackson-Bayley
Davey
Aves
G. E. Motors
Motors
Youngstown College Grads
West Virginia
Roger C. Whitman
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