Tournaments Bring Revisions In Local Golf and Baseball
The annual district baseball and golf tournaments drive schedule changes for the coming week. Central at South on Friday remains the only game unchanged. Golf meets are moved to fit the district tourney, with most events shifted to Highland Saturday while track events stay light.
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South
Linksmen
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Timken
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Garfield
Aiken Offer Promptly Rejected by Rearick at McKinley
McKinley football and basketball coach Rearick admitted receiving a proposal from Oregon's Jimmy Aiken for the backfield coaching post. He spoke with Aiken during the Cleveland Browns clinic in Cleveland and said he is not very interested. Frank Zazula left the Oregon vacancy, joining Dick Miller at North Dakota in Canton connections.
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Bup) Rearick
McKinley
Jimmy Aiken
University of Oregon
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Rearick
Cleveland Browns
Cleveland
Bup
Frank Zazula
Dick Miller
University of North Dakota
Miller
Zaz
Canton
McKinley Bull Dogs Prep for Fawcett Meet Schedule
McKinley High School and Wooster teams are set for a Fawcett meet today with North Canton lined up Thursday. Chuck Wright's McKinley squad has a postponed Fawcett meet on Wednesday originally tied to Louisville.
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Fawcett
North Canton
Chuck Wright
McKinley Bulldogs
Louisville
Week's High School Schedule Reveals Triangular Reform
Akron East joins a rearranged league schedule featuring Lincoln versus Alliance and McKinley facing Louisville in baseball while Timken meets Canton South. Golf pairs McKinley with Faculty and Timken with Barberton, with track clashes including Lehman against Wooster and Akron East against Fawcett.
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Timken
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Lehman
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Akron
Garfield
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North Canton
Canton and Massillon Teams Win at Dalton
In Dalton on Sunday two local softball games ended with Klondike Refractories of Massillon defeating Dalton Nussbaum Builders 6 to 3 in the main event while Canton's Munsers Service beat Dalton Merchants 10 to 8 in the prelim. The Merchants face Klondike Tuesday and Progressive Chevrolets of Massillon Wednesday.
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Klondike Refractories
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Munsers
Merchants
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Chevrolets
Southern Association Scoreline Highlights and Delays
New Orleans lost to Birmingham 3-5 while Mobile beat Atlanta 5-4. Little Rock defeated Chattanooga 6-4 in 18 innings as the second game was postponed due to darkness. Memphis at Nashville saw two games postponed because of rain.
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Mobile
Atlanta
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Nats Tie with Athletics for 5th Place Rally
Washington keeps playoff hopes alive with a dramatic 7-3 win over Cleveland and a 2-0 nightcap shutout as Joe Kuhel fuels a seven game streak. The Nats climb into a tie with Philadelphia for fifth, a half game from the top division, while Giants and Pirates win big in other National League action.
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Cleveland
Joe Kuhel
Athletics
Saints Sweep Twin City Rivalry in Five-Game Lead Rise
The St. Paul Saints defeated Minneapolis 6-4 to complete the three-game series and extend their American Association lead to five games. Nanny Fernandez and Eric Tipton drove in five runs, helping the Saints lift to 16 wins in 17 starts as Milwaukee stays second after a rainout twin bill. Indianapolis sits one game back after a split with Columbus, while Toledo consolidated sixth place with an 8-1 and 5-3 doubleheader over Louisville. Tony Foti and Mel Queen earned wins for their teams as the league circle tightens. Rip Russell provided the overtime, delivering a homer to seal the win in a late showcase.
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Birds
Mel Queen
Tribe
Don Gutteridge
Toledo
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Tony Foti
Ray Herbert
Bill Butland
Colonels
Rip Russell
Boston Red
Old Timers Honored as Nichols and Brown Enter Hall of Fame
Cooperstown adds two early greats to its baseball Hall of Fame listing Charles A. Nichols nicknamed Kid Nichols, famed for 360 career wins with seven straight 30-win seasons and a Boston NL career 1890 to 1901 Mordecai Brown nicknamed Three Fingered Brown, who twice reached 239 wins with 130 losses for the Chicago Cubs 1904 to 1912 and again in 1916. Brown died last year.
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Baseball Hall of Fame
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Kid) Nichols
Mordecai P. Brown
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Boston
Brown
Chicago Cubs
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Cubs
Chicago
Cincinnati Reds split doubleheader with Phillies in Philadelphia
Reds win opener 14-7 highlighted by a seven-run 12th inning while Phillies take nightcap 8-1 before curfew halts play in six innings. Yankees crush Tigers 12-0 in Detroit as Henrich delivers four hits. Red Sox sweep Browns in St. Louis 10-6 and 4-3. Athletics and White Sox split Chicago twin bill with McCahan earning A’s nightcap win.
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Yankees
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Virgil Trucks
Bronx Bombers
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Athletics
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Chicago
Bill McCahan
A’s
South Bend Tribune sports editor dies at 55
James M. Costin longtime South Bend Tribune sports editor dies at his home after collapsing on the eve of mass. A Peru, Indiana native and Notre Dame athletics authority, Costin began in 1915 in Pittsburgh and later led South Bend papers before joining the Chicago Tribune in 1939.
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Indians Lose Doubleheader as Injuries Hit Boudreau Bearden
Cleveland manager Lou Boudreau left the opener in the seventh after a fast ball struck his left elbow. Gene Bearden pulled a muscle in his right leg while fielding a bunt and took the loss in a 7-3 defeat. Ike Boone starred at short in a 2-0 nightcap shutout by Sid Hudson. X-rays on Boudreau were negative and he planned to play Tuesday.
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Tribe
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Sid Hudson
Bearden
Sam Dente
al Evans
Evans
Baseball doubleheader at key venue with late drama
Box scores on page 21 summarize New York Nationals beating Cleveland in a two game set. Bearden endured an elbow injury but could not finish dressing. Scarborough earned his second win as Cleveland tallied seven hits in game one. Sherry Robertson hit a seventh inning homer for the Nationals and Dente drove in the other run in the sixth. Crowd reached 49754.
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Clark Griffith
Capitol Brass
Pentagon
Bearden
Indians
Scarborough
Nats
Satchell Paige
Frank Papish
Sam Zoldak
al Benton
Sherry Robertson
Robertson
Dente
Center's Fumbleball League Opens Season
The Jewish Center Sunday Morning Fumbleball League began play yesterday Liberal Loan beat Jaffees 6-2 and 7-4 Scholnik Insurance split with State Window Scholnik won the opener 7-3 but lost 8-6 in the nightcap.
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East Tech Track Relays Set With Cleveland Central Mansfield
Cleveland East Tech hosts the second annual relays featuring Cleveland Central High Mansfield and 18 other teams such as Martins Ferry Conneaut and Warren. The program includes 17 events, 14 standard track races plus the 440 yard shuttle hurdle and two mile relay.
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Texas League Scores Quick Update
Houston defeated Tulsa 11 to 2 while Beaumont led at 9 percent. Fort Worth posted 4 and Oklahoma City 16 to 4. San Antonio trailed 4 to Shreveport 13, Dallas won 6.
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Hoover Tops Merchants in AmamsCA League Clash
In a rough turnout of results from the AmamsCA League, Hoover defeated Merchants 14 to 8. The standings show New York leading with 19 wins and 4 losses, followed by Cleveland and Detroit among others as the season moves through mid May. Sunday results included Washington 7, Cleveland 3. New York 12, Detroit 0. Philadelphia 3, Chicago 3 in a lengthy 12 inning affair.
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Middlecoff Snares Honors In Greenbrier
White Sulphur Springs W Va Slim Cary Middlecoff won the Greenbrier Open by two strokes over Bobby Locke finishing 72 holes at 265 after a final round 66 three under. Locke tied for second at 267 with Pete Cooper Joe Kirkwood Jr. Ferrier and Furgol close behind.
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Hollywood
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San Francisco
Ed Furgol
Royal Oak
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Central League scores and results recap
In the Central League a 5-2 Charleston win over Flint, Muskegon 13 Dayton 12, and Saginaw 4 Grand Rapids 3. The day’s games produced tight finishes and two teams posting high scoring efforts.
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Muskegon
Dayton
Saginaw
Grand Rapids
Gafford Captures Texas PGA Crown
Ray mond Gafford won the Texas PGA Championship in Dallas with a final round 68, finishing at 275 for 72 holes. The Fort Worth golfer surpassed Byron Nelson by two strokes after entering the final round tied for the lead at 207. Nelson shot 70 to finish at 277.
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Texas P.G.A
Byron Nelson
Gafford
Fort Worth
Nelson
International League standings and scores recap
Montreal 7 Baltimore 5. Newark 5 Jersey City 6 in 10 innings. Buffalo 8 Jersey City 1. Syracuse 4 Rochester 4. Toronto 2 Baltimore 1 in first. standings note first Rochester 38 6 and other results across the league.
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Toronto
Rookies Report From 30 States and 3 Countries
More than 100 rookies report to American League teams, hailing from 30 states and three foreign countries, reflecting wide geographic representation in the newcomers pool.
A Season Opener Sparks City Baseball Rivalries
North Canton Hoover opened the 1949 City Class A Baseball League season with a 14 to 8 win over West Tuscarawas Merchants at City Field in a wild game marked by six errors and 19 walks issued by five pitchers. Hoover’s Alva Fye left after six, with Gene Emerson taking over. Otto Hager of West Tuscarawas was lifted in the fourth for Floyd Mohr who took the loss.
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West Tuscarawas Merchants
City Field
Alva Fye
Hoover
Otto Hager
Merchants
Fye
Gene Emerson
Hager
Floyd Mohr
Mohr
Paul Haren
Left-hander Emerson Sets Sturdy Relief Pace in Win
Emerson, a lefty, worked three innings to earn the win as Hoover secured the victory with a seventh inning run and four more in the later stages. Emerson limited the Merchants to five hits, including three by catcher Orrie Cugini, while walking six. Hoover finished with 11 safe outs.
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Merchants
Hoover
Fye
Orrie Cugini
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