Indians Seek Bounce Back After 4-3 Nightmare Loss
New York Yankees hammered Cleveland ace Gene Bearden for 16 hits over seven innings in a 4-3 decision watched by a crowd of 70,000 plus at Yankee Stadium. Vic Raschi toed the mound for the Yankees while Cleveland eyed a rematch to erase the prior defeat.
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Lemon Out With Rib Strain Delays Indians Reunion
Cleveland pitcher Bob Lemon will miss at least 10 days after pulling a rib muscle, delaying his return to the Indians. The Yankees beat Cleveland 3 2 as Doby and Henrich hit homers, with Zoldak and Lopat holding the mound. Hal Peck’s injury status awaited a meeting with Tribe president Bill Veeck.
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Sam Zoldak
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Schenectady Women Shine in Columbus Bowling Tourney
Five Schenectady, N. Y. bowlers compete in the Women’s International Bowling Congress event in Columbus, rolling an 834 team average for Saw Mor Super Market. Alma Korneski of Perth Amboy, N J, posted the day’s best singles score with 593, while Perth Amboy teammates McQuarrie and Leitner led doubles with 1101 and 584 respectively.
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San Diego Releases Disputed Negro Player Artie Wilson
San Diego announces the release of Artie Wilson, a disputed Negro shortstop whose ownership is tied to the Yankees. Padres president Bill Starr says Wilson is not the property of Cleveland or San Diego and will not remain in the lineup, with no official word yet from Commissioner Chandler or the Yankees.
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Syracuse coaches mark 25 years at university
Basketball coach Lew Andreas and boxing coach Roy Simmons plan silver anniversaries at Syracuse University next winter. UCLA endured 12 straight dual losses to California starting in 1928, then California beat UCLA by one in 1945. The Philadelphia A's first three batters in a game versus the St. Louis Browns last season combined for 13 hits.
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Feller Faces Big Test as Indians Tangle with Yankees
Bob Feller readiness for a season battle with the Yankees hinges on today’s game after a shoulder strain. Cleveland’s injury list grows with Lemon out with a rib cartilage tear Bearden and Gromek sidelined by leg issues. The Indians have won 10 of 21 starts as Feller seeks his second win of the year.
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Indian Farm Star Luke Easter Falls to Knee Injury
SAN FRANCISCO INS Luke Easter the Giant and Cleveland bonus player disclosed today he has a broken kneecap. The slugging Negro star has hobble around two months with a bad leg and will undergo surgery with a six week rest. Easter carries a .360 average and 13 homers this season despite the injury.
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Widdoes to Speak to Cleveland Bobcat Club
Carroll C. Widdoes Ohio University head football coach will address the Cleveland Bobcat Club tomorrow. He took over at Athens March 1 after three years as Ohio State backfield coach and was named coach of the year at Ohio State in 1944.
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Baseball Standings and Results Across Leagues
The update lists team records for National League and American leagues with wins and losses, including New York, Cleveland, Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia, St. Louis, and others. It notes Tuesday results and upcoming games across American Association and Ohio-Indiana League, with matchups such as St. Paul at Toledo and Milwaukee at Columbus.
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North Canton Little Leagues Open Saturday
North Canton’s Little Leaguers about 80 strong will debut supervised baseball for ages 9 to 12 in a doubleheader at Harmon Field. Sixty players will wear full uniforms across four teams North East South West with reserves. A 1 p.m. ceremony precedes North versus South and East versus West, with Mayor Guy W Price and Orland Wyant speaking.
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Films Slated Thursday for Canton Little League Candidates
The second instructional film session by major leaguers will teach fielding batting and pitching fundamentals to Canton Little League baseball candidates Thursday at 7 PM in American Legion Post 44 hall. The film was shown here Monday.
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Canton Optimist Club to Launch Little League Blast
Canton Optimist Club to throw out the first ball and mark the launch with league officials meeting to finalize arrangements for Saturdays. Alva Fye Sr. honored posthumously as a founder. Each team will play two games weekly for 15 games or five rounds on Tuesdays Thursdays at 430, with twin bills on Saturdays. Four Canton leagues drew 804 hopefuls at tryouts. Timken league has 150 trying out. Openings set for June 8 and 13.
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Harness Driver Injured At Roosevelt Raceway Start
Westbury New York AP reports Joe Bibeau a Harrington Delaware driver was thrown against the rail and somersaulted over his pacer Oxheart at the Roosevelt Raceway featured Arkansas pace He was hospitalized with a slight concussion and cuts over the eye.
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Southern Association Scores Snapshot
Little Rock 8 Atlanta 7 Memphis 5 Birmingham 1 Chattanooga 1 Mobile 6 New Orleans 7 Nashville 3.
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Jackson No Hits Navarre 4-0 for Stark County Title
Jackson pitcher Harry Brown blanked Navarre 4-0 to claim the Stark County Class B League grand championship. Brown struck out 12, walked 2, and allowed no hits, sending the Polar Bears to victory at Navarre. Don Greer held Jackson to five hits as Bob Bush singled for Navarre.
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Bears Win With Four Runs In Five Inning Stint
The Bears capitalized with one run in the second and third frames and twice in the fifth. Greer allowed four runs, struck out seven, and walked one. Pitching details show Jackson with three innings pitched and Navarre held scoreless relief. Brown and Smith led the offense while Greer and Drage connected for key outs.
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Central League Scoreboard Dusts in One Line Matchups
Muskegon beats Saginaw 7 6, Grand Rapids defeats Dayton 5 2, Flint tops Charleston 7 3 in a series of Central League results highlighting close games and competitive play across the schedule.
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Fate of Hal Peck Up to Veeck Today
Cleveland insiders report Hal Peck and President Bill Veeck will discuss Peck at Cleveland Stadium as the reserve outfielder weighs knee injuries and a possible cut to reach the 25 player roster limit by midnight. The lefthanded hitter has been used mainly as a pinch hitter this season.
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Grand Circuit Opens at Fairmount Park in Collinsville Ill
The Grand Circuit starts its 76th season at Fairmount Park Collinsville aiming at last year's records. After four weeks here the circuit visits 13 tracks in 12 cities over 27 weeks with purses totaling 2.3 million dollars including six races worth 50 thousand or more, up more than nine percent from last year when 3,000,000 spectators handled 35 million at the mutuels.
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