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Newspaper

The Canton Repository

Location

Canton, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 18, 1949

Page

17

Unbeaten Dougherty Flowers tops Yankees in Stark County league

Ongoing Stark County Horseshoe League action left Dougherty Flowers undefeated at 4-0 after a 1985 1902 victory over Yankees on Ringer Land courts. Yankees fall to 2-1 while Walters Heating Canton Floors and North Canton Cleaners rise to 2-1 with wins over Meyers Lake Sportsmen Canton News and Low Barbers. Key scorers included Karl Konter 501 and John Eastman 448, with multiple 400 club performances across North Canton and Walter's Heating. Tonight City League pitches feature Jacobs Waltner Stark Dry Goods Rapid Transit Castamall Recreation 6:30 and Guest's Lunch Stahlhebers Moore's Garage Grandview Dairy 8:30.

Ougherty Flowers Yankees Ringer Land Dougherty Walters Canton Floors North Canton Cleaners Meyers Lake Canton Canton News North Canton Dougherty Flowers Karl Konter John Eastman Roy Bowman Charles LePly Carl Sumter Floyd Walter Walter Jacobs Waltner Stark Dry Goods and Rapid Transit Castamall Recreation

Pick Up Your Tickets at McKinley High Ticket Office

Ticket director Chuck Wright reports a flood of orders for McKinley High football passes. On the first sale day Dec 1 more than 4 000 orders exceeded seats, so seats were allocated by order. Recipients urged to collect tickets promptly and accept second-best seating if needed.

McKinley High Chuck Wright Wright Chuck

Boxing Draws And Wins From Coast To Coast

Fight results from Hartford Los Angeles Elizabeth and Topeka show Paddy De Marco and Clem Custer fighting to a draw while Rudy Garcia, Bernie Ray Nolds, and Pat McCafferty scored decisive outpoints.

Associated Preas Joe Walcott Duluth

Rally wins regional bid with 8-7 city field upset

Cuyahoga Falls, runnerup to Wadsworth in 1948, beat Massillon Tigers 8-7 at City Field to claim the Northeast Ohio District tournament championship. Falls exploded for seven runs in the fifth to erase a 5-1 deficit, riding Ray Dominic's five RBIs on two homers and a grand slam, while Bill Morrow collected two hits and drove in two for Massillon.

Cuyahoga Falls Wadsworth Massillon Tigers City Field Falls Bridgeport Cuyahoga Ray Dominic Bill Morrow Dominic Ray Morrow

Norton Panthers blank North Canton 8-0 in ML game

Norton Panthers shutout North Canton Vikings 8-0 in a Metropolitan League baseball game. Singleton pitched 13 strikeouts as the Vikings managed only two hits, while Norton scored five runs in the fourth inning and added three more off Spitler and Morrow.

Norton Panthers North Canton Vikings Panther Singleton Ronnie Morrow Karl Roberts Don Spitler Spitler Morrow Roberts Singleton Shega

Five Arrowhead Women Share Golfing Honors

Five Arrowhead Country Club ladies day event honored five players. Mrs. Jerry Blaze won the driving contest with 175 yards, Mrs. Herman Geiger was second at 169 yards, and Mrs. E. C. Smalley placed third at 168 yards. In approaching and putting, Mrs. O. Ginsburg led, with Mrs. Geiger and Mrs. Abe Kanner tied for second.

Arrowhead Country Club Jerry Blaze Herman Geiger E. C. Smalley O. Ginsburg Geiger Abe Kanner

Kent State Leads Ohio Conference Golf Title Race

Kent State's golf team virtually assured of the conference title as statistics show 11 victories in 11 matches. Otterbein trails with five wins and one defeat, as Alliance reports from the Ohio Conference.

Ohio Kent State Kent Otterbein

Dalton Merchants beat Massillon Plumbers 9 to 4 in softball

Dalton Merchants defeated Massillon Plumbers 9-4 Tuesday night behind triples by Cooper and Santmyer and a Cooper double. Kidron Summers shut out the Dalton Juniors 10-0 earlier. Tonight at 8 30 Nussbaum Builders vs Sterling Bakery Canton and Dalton Girls vs Nick's Grill Massillon in prelims.

Dalton Dalton Merchants Massillon Plumbers Cooper Santmyer Kidron Summers Nussbaum Builders Sterling Bakery Canton Dalton Girls Nick's Grill Massillon Shafrath and Aldland Phillips D. Weisgarber

Baseball matchups as Cleveland, Chicago, Detroit lead AL slate

In the American League today Cleveland faces New York with Feller vs Raschi, Chicago visits Boston with Pieretti against Kinder, Detroit meets Washington as Gray opposes Calvert, and St. Louis plays Philadelphia with Fannin facing Shantz. In the National League New York goes to Pittsburgh with Jansen, Boston to Cincinnati with Sain, Brooklyn hosts Chicago with Hatten, and Philadelphia meets St. Louis with Simmons opposing Brecheen.

Cleveland Feller New York Raschi Chicago Pieretti Boston Kinder Detroit Gray Washington Calvert St. Louis Fannin Philadelphia Shantz Jansen Pittsburgh Munchef Sain Cincinnati Raffensberger Breokly Hatten Rush Simmons Brecheen

Crusaders fall to Middlebranch as Central South loses to Alliance

Central Catholic bows 8-2 to Middlebranch at Harrisburg Field while South falls 7-3 at Alliance. Middlebranch homers by Dennie Lutman and Owen Schmucker pace a three-run seventh. Central’s two runs come in the fourth amid six defeat in seven games.

Canton Central Catholic Stark County Crusaders Harrisburg Field Wildcats South Alliance McKinley North Canton Lehman Canton South Linco

Lehman Blasts Tiger Golfers in Alliance Meet

Lehman Aviators crushed McKinley 14-2 at Alliance C C to stay unbeaten in the southern half of the district while Lehman rout Massillon 13-3 at Highland. Don Albert and Howard Tolerton led with strong rounds as teammates spread points. Lincoln visits Massillon Thursday with no other matches today.

Alliance Ohio McKinley Alliance C. C Aviators Bulldogs Leh Stark County Don Albert Howard Tolerton Pete Shoup Bud Jenkin Chuck Marchand Paul van Nostran Gene Frey Bob McQueen Tiger Lincoln Massillon Alliance Albert Shou Jenkins Tolerton Ckinley Frey van Nostran Marchand Snyder Lehman Faulhaber Katz Carpenter Kepler Wright McQueen McConnell

Umpire Overruled in Ohio Indiana Game Replay Ordered

Portsmouth Athletics must finish their Ohio Indiana League game versus Muncie after President Colley overruled an umpire call. Muncie led 4 0 with two outs when replay begins. final score was 12 3 for Muncie. Track results list Ohio Wesleyan 115½ Akron 61½ Dayton 36.

Columbus Portsmouth Athletics Muncie Frank M. Colley Portsmouth James McClintock Sam Menig Dick McPhail McClintock Gene Fleming McPhail Ed Kruer Colley Kruer Krier Ohio Wesleyan Akron Dayton

Kent Blasts KSC 18 1 in Diamond Battle

Kent State Golden Flashes defeated Kent State Canton 18 to 1 for their seventh win in nine starts. Kent tagged two Canton pitchers for 12 hits with homers by Dick Paskert and John Previch, doubles by Urchek Delval and Paskert, aided by six Canton errors. Kent used mostly second-stringers except Urchek, while Dick Rice struck out six in his Kent debut.

KENT Kent State Golden Flashes Canton K.S.C Flashes Dick Paskert John Previch Jack Urchek Mike Delval Paskert Dick Rice Johnny Beavers Kent Canton Bob Potter Potter

Major League batting and pitching leaders listed

A readout of season leaders with players from multiple teams. Mitchell Cleveland hits 386 batting average and 6 triples. Joost Philadelphia 32 runs. Williams Boston 42 RBIs. Kell Detroit 42 hits. Zermal Chicago 12 doubles. ShenEen Boston 9 home runs. Dillinger St Louis . Parker/White Lo pat New York 401000 in payroll context. Newhouser Detroit strikeouts 25 and Marshall New York 25 runs batted in Campanella Brooklyn and Kiner Pittsburgh 22. Lockman New York 40 hits. Jones Philadelphia 11 doubles. Smalley Chicago 4 triples. Gordon New York and Kiner Pittsburgh 7 home runs. Robinson Brooklyn 5 stolen bases. Branca Brooklyn 6-0 atnaseth craven Brooklyn 39.

Mitchell Cleveland Joost Philadelphia Nae Williams Boston Kell Detroit Zermal Chicago Pene ShenEen Dillinger St. Louis White Lopat New York Newhouser Marshall Campanella Brooklyn Kiner Pittsburgh Lockman Jones Smalley Gordon Robinson

Browns Sell Fullback Albin Collins to Hornets

Chicago based All-America Football Conference team the Chicago Hornets purchased the contract of fullback Albin Collins from the Cleveland Browns. Collins is a former Louisiana State University player.

Chicago INS Chicago Hornets All-America Football Conference Albin Collins Louisiana State Cleveland Browns

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