Junior baseball leagues seed major league rosters
New York reports on American Legion Life Leagues and Babe Ruth programs shaping citizenry and youth recreation. The Legion’s long history links to MLB, with nearly 50 percent of majors graduates from Legion play and 40 of 103 NL and 49 of 107 AL players in 1954 openers having Legion backgrounds.
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New York
INS
American Legion
Life Leagues
Milwaukee Braves
Joey Jay
Legion
Early Wynner Cleveland
Steve Gromek
Detroit
Bud Podbielan
Cincinnati
Carl Erskine
Brooklyn
Sal Maglie
New Giants
Mel Parnell
Boston
Chuck Stobbs
Washington
Owen Friend
Pittsburgh
Roy Campanella
Dodgers
Ed Mathews
Braves
Jim Greengrass
Redlegs
Speedway Spark: Carl Gilliland’s lifelong racing path begins
Carl Gilliland began racing at age 12 in 1931 at Greenville Pennsylvania. Born October 29 1919 in Shady Springs West Virginia he grew into a speed enthusiast with early jalopy races behind a Chevrolet frame.
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Carl Gilliland
Greenville
Shady Springs
W. Va
Spike
Bill Speer
Warren
Sharon Speedway
Suggs Wins Babe Didrikson Zaharias Open by Two Strokes
Louise Suggs of Atlanta held the championship of the Babe Didrikson Zaharias Open in Beaumont Texas. She led Sunday by one stroke over defending champion Mildred Zaharias and delivered strong iron play to finish two strokes ahead of Zaharias with a par 73.
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Beaumont
Tex
Louise Suggs
Atlanta
Babe Didrikson Zaharias
Seixas Wins Dallas Tennis Championship in Upset Over Trabert
Vic Seixas of Philadelphia defeated Tony Trabert of Cincinnati to win the Dallas Country Club tennis tournament. Seixas swept Trabert 6 2, 1 6, 6 1, 6 4 in the singles final, staging a near flawless performance to claim the eighth annual event.
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Dallas
Tex
Vic Seixas
Philadelphia
Dallas Country Club
Tony Trabert
Seixas
Trabert
Cincinnati
Juniors To Practice Legion Junior Baseball Team
The Legion Junior baseball team will practice tomorrow evening at 6 o clock. The squad will meet at Recreation Field on Route 113.
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Legion
Recreation Field
18 Years In Racing Game Gilliland and War Service
Gilliland spent 18 years in stock cars and roadsters and led the Oho Speedway Association as founder and first and last president. A letter began his South Pacific Army stint with combat engineers, including Luzon and Bataan. He returns to Lorain County Speedway in May and shares a hospital stretch of nine weeks across seven states. He married Myrtle Gearhart in 1942. they have one daughter.
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Gilliland
Oho Speedway Association
South Pacific
Army Combat Engineers
Luzon
Bataan
Boo Boo
Lorain County Speedway
Spike
Myrtle Helen Gearhart
Winchester
Bagley Rd
Berea
Public Sale Offers Farm, Equipment and Housewares Lot
Public sale of a farm located one half mile north of Erhart on Co Road 7 to Co Road 128 near Greenhoe Cemetery. Items include tractors, plows, combines, lime spreader, corn equipment, farm wagons, milkers, tanks, incubator, engines, sprayers, steering and shop tools, many small tool items, feed including oats and ear corn, 100 Leghorn hens, household goods, gas range, refrigerator, sewing machine, wash machine, and misc. Terms cash. Rt 3 Medina Ohio. Phone 6411 Valley City. J O Fenstermaker, Auctioneer Homerville Ohio. Phone 2544.
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Erhart
Co. Rd
Greenhoe Cemetery
Medina
St. Rt. 57
Singer
Thor
Ohio
Valley City
O. Fenstermaker
Homerville
Public Auction of Farm Chattels Near Nova Ohio
We will offer at auction our entire farm chattels as we plan to leave the state. The sale will be held at our farm located 1% miles north of Nova on State Route 511 in Ohio. The auction starts promptly at 9 30 A M on Wednesday April 21 1954.
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Nova
Ohio
Sale of Diverse Farm Stock and Household Goods
Auction lists mixed herd including Holstein cattle, Jersey, Corridale sheep, hogs, and poultry. Also 600 bales hay, 500 straw bales, grains, and extensive farming machinery plus antiques and household items from cloks to furniture. Sale begins with wagon lot and proceeds through livestock, hay, grain, and merchandise, lunch served by Methodist Church. Owners Mr and Mrs Paul Noden. Auctioneer Clifford O Beegle. Clerk Carl Schaffter.
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iApprox
W. C. Allis Chalmers
Willys
G.W.T.W
Westinghouse
Methodist Church
Thieves Hit Hamilton Safe Then Leave Mocking Note
Weekend burglars in Hamilton Ontario attempted to break into a safe containing $100 but failed. They used a pickaxe and left a taunting note reading Better luck next time, prompting a police investigation and requests for any witnesses to come forward.
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Hamilton
Ont
Men Get Break In This Review Of Easter Parade
LAURA Z HOBSON reports from Fifth Avenue on Easter Parade fashion for men. The piece notes a shift to darker colors and slimmer silhouettes with boxy coats, single breasted suits, and two inch wide striped ties. Interviews Saks executives Lester Menscher and Lawrence Nardi discuss trends toward charcoal grey suits and pink shirts, rounded collars, and natural shoulders as optimal for all ages.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
Princeton
New Haven
Miami Beach
Detroit
Chicago
Beverly Hills
Saks
Lester Menscher
Lawrence Nardi
Mr. Menscher
America
Divine
Classified Ad Offering Speedy Selling Service
For speedier selling use classified ads. House, car, furniture, anything phone 4751.
Nice Ride but Short NEW VOPE APW Jae and Knine
Longshoreman Jae and Knine spots a horse standing at the tavern corner and plans an Easter surprise for his family. He climbs aboard and heads toward the Bronx but is nabbed a half mile later facing grand larceny charges on Tuesday.
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Jae and
Knine
Joe
Bronx
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LE Carlisle Lumber
Ely
Jean Hayes Eaee Ee
Suggs
Seixas Wallops Trabert
Elyria
Masonic Temple
Chapel Street
Say
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Sprng
United Dry Cleaners
Florence Court
Frank and
Emil Hahn
Cade
Jersey
Corridale
Mrs
Paul Noden
Clifford O. Beegle
Phone Wooster
Carl Schaffter
Laura Z. Hobson
I.N.S
Lees
Lake Ave. Floor Covering CO
Lorain
Lake Ave
Spitzer
Spitzer Pitzer
Spitzer Fyzee
TZER
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Spitzer Spitzer
Atlantic
Savannah
United States
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