Lorain County Softball Sees Low Turnout at Plans Meeting
Lorain County boards face a weak turnout for Class A softball and lower participation in Classes B and D at the opening meetings. Five teams showed for A and D, eight for B, with last year’s counts higher. Softball rules limit A to all non Lorain City teams. Meanwhile, the 1950 major league season begins with friction between the Cleveland Indians and Detroit Tigers over a rain postponement and travel plans.
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Elyria Recreation Board
Harold
Pete) Block
Lorain County
Lorain
Cleveland Indians
Detroit Tigers
Cleveland Stadium
Hank Greenberg
Detroit
Greenberg
Tigers
Statler
Pittsburgh
Al Dark and Stanky clash over shortstop play in Giants camp
In a notable dynamic shift Al Dark asserts independence at shortstop with Eddie Stanky no longer guiding him. Dark emphasizes self-reliance while recalling past help from Stanky with the Braves and Giants. The piece also touches on Jeff Heath’s salary terms with Seattle and a quip-heavy exchange with Don Newcombe about his 30-win chances.
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U. S
Milton Richman
United Press
EW York
Alphonse and Gaston
Alvin Dark
Eddie Stanky
Dark
Stanky
Giants
Braves
IL M Baseball Loop Maps Season Plans At Meeting Sunday
Final plans for the 1950 Lorain Medina County Class A League season will be completed at a meeting of loop representatives on Sunday afternoon. The session, called by president Alden Hopkins of LaGrange, will be held at the Columbia Fire Station at 4 o'clock. Officers will be elected, entry fees posted, and umpires recruited, with all teams from the first meeting and others invited to attend.
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Lorain- Medina County
Alden Hopkins
LaGrange
Columbia Fire Station
Name Stars Lead In ABC Nagelson 707 Rolls In Bowling
Columbus report notes Connie Schowegler of Madison and Lou Campi of New York joining the American Bowling Congress $377,999 tournament. Nagelson dominates singles with 707 and 1,871 all events, while Campi and Schowegler headline the 1000-plus average teams and advance in team and minor events. Continuous action follows with high singles marks from Steltenpohl and Heinke, and Zink's 1,817 all-events puts him in a four-way tie for fourth.
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Connie Schowegler
Madison
Wis
Lou Campi
New York
American Bowling Congress
Schowegler
Campi
Andy Varipapa
Emil Nagelson
Nagelson
Burger Beer
Cincinnati
Frank Lupresti
Birmingham
Mich
Bernard Rusche
St.Bernard
Ralph Steltenpohl
Erwin Heinke
Martins
Indians Browns In d Three-Game Series
The victoryless Cleveland Indians moved to St Louis to open a three game weekend series with the second place Browns. Joe Ostrowski will face Cleveland’s Bob Feller as the two pitchers strive for early 1950 season success. Cleveland has been beaten twice this week by Detroit in its only league games.
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ST. Louis
Cleveland Indians
Browns
Joe Ostrowski
Cleveland
Bob Feller
Detroit
Valley Twi-Lite League Opens May 1 Season
Spring Valley golf league begins on Monday May 1 with 16 teams. New format uses four man teams and no alternates. Captains urged to enter team personnel by calling Jack Tarry or Frank Rodachy.
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Spring Valley
Jack Tarry
Frank Rodachy
Spencer, Campbell In Tourney Final
Spencer of Newport News Virginia upset Frank Stranahan to reach the North and South Amateur final, meeting Bill Campbell of Huntington West Virginia after a 2 and 1 Semi-final win. Campbell defeated J Walcott Hirson 6 and 5 to advance.
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Pinehurst
N. C
Wynsol Spencer
Newport News
Frank Stranahan
Bill Campbell
West Virginia
Huntington
Spencer
Stranahan
Pinehurst Country Club
Campbell
J. Walcott Hir
Duel at Tanforan to feature Noor and Ponder in $50,000 race
In San Bruno California Calumet favorite Noor meets rival Ponder and seven other top Thoroughbreds in the Tanforan Handicap. Noor seeks another win after beating Citation twice while Ponder aims for form from a single victory this meeting as railbirds back both contenders.
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Calif
t.m—Calumet Farm
Ponder
Charles
Howard
Noor
Calumet
San Juan
Home Town Pays Tribute To Ohio State Cage Coach
Ohio State coach Tippy Dye returned to Jomery with about 250 residents and Southeastern Ohio Sports Writers to honor his homecoming. Dye credited high school coach Ray Farnham and wife Mary Dye for his success, praising Farnham for teaching both winning and losing, and his wife as a mother to the team. A television set and a commemorative picture were handed to the community for future athletes, as Dye introduced teammates Dick Wenebrenner cocaptain Bill Gruser Ralph Sisson and Leland Sisson.
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Aaron E. Loney
United Press
Jomeroy
Ohio
Tippy Dye
Ohio State
Pomeroy
Middleport
Southeastern Ohio Sportswriters Association
Dye
The
Assembly
Ray Farnham
Mary Dye
Farnham
Dyce
Fred Crowe
Akron West
Columbus
Crowe
Ohio State University
Paul Clifford
Pomeroy Sentinel
Persh Rohrer
Athens Messenger
Bill Thomas
Wellston Tribune
Southeastern Ohio Sports Writers Association
Art Farrar
Jackson
Max Linton
Nelsonville
Hill Prince and Middleground Clash in Wood Memorial at Jamaica
New York reporters note Hill Prince and Middleground, Kentucky Derby contenders from Hill Prince's Chenery stable and King Ranch, collide in the $40,000 Wood Memorial at Jamaica. A crowd of about 45,000 was expected but the field features a dozen three year olds, with both colts racing at level weights after two starts this season. Hill Prince won the Experimental Handicap No. 1 but ran ninth in No. 2, while Middleground finished second in both starts, showing impressive form.
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New York
Jamaica
Christopher T. Chenery
Hill Prince
King Ranch
Middleground
Ashtabula Hosts Ohio Amateur Baseball Championship
Akron report says the Ohio Amateur Baseball Association will run its state tournament in Ashtabula at Morrison Park on August 31 and September 1 5. Eight district winners compete for the state title with the winner advancing to the Amateur World Series in Battle Creek Michigan later in September. Borden Autos of Akron is the defending state champion.
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Akron
Ashtabula
Lincoln Hackim
Ohio
Morrison Park
Battle Creek
Mich
Borden Autos of
Davis takes two year coach post at New Boston Glenwood
Randolph Macon College former head coach Paul J. Davis accepts a two year assignment to coach football and basketball at New Boston Glenwood High School. He will earn 3100 dollars annually and succeed Joe Jenkins who recently resigned. Davis is a Middletown Jr. native and former Ohio State and Otterbein star. In Columbus Ohio, Im Corwin Nixon a harness horse owner and race track judge was fined one dollar by the U S Trailing Association board for conduct detrimental to harness racing. He was charged with violating rules by racing horses at meetings he judged.
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United Press
Portsmouth
Paul J.davis
Randolph Macon College
New Boston
Columbus
Corwin Nixon
Board of Review of
U. S. Trailing Association
Umpires Call Five Balks in MLB Day
New York Yankees defeated the Washington Senators 14 to 7 as umpire Jim Honeghick led with four balks. Umpire Joe Parella called the fifth balk on Mickey McDermott of the Boston Red Sox. Ken Heintzelman of the Phillies balked in the National League.
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New York
Jim Honeghick
New York Yankees
Washington Senators
Boston Red Sox
Mickey McDermott
Joe Paparella
Ken Heintzelman
Philadelphia Phils
Moose A Pin Schedule At Stoney’s Rainbow Lanes Sunday
The Moose A Bowling League plans six 1 30 p m matches at Stoney s Rainbow Lanes on Sunday afternoon Grassie s Wayside Inn faces Buckeye Mold and Die George s Chips meets B and B Food Market Hart Construction Battles LaGrange Hardware Brave Trucking takes on Moose No 978 Smith Texaco Service squares off with Wasserman Men s Shop Wayne County Sausage meets Yarsaj Sports
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Stoney’s
Rainbow Lanes
Grassie's Wayside Inn
Buckeye Mold and Die
George's Chips
Hart Construction
LaGrange Hardware
Brave Trucking
Moose No
Smith Texaco Service
Wasserman Men’s Shop
Wayne County Sausage
Yarsaj Sports
Robinson Stops Beckett In Third Round
Sugar Ray Robinson wins by technical knockout in 1:15 of the third round in Columbus. He floors Cliff Beckett in the second with a hard right to the jaw and finishes with a brutal assault as referee Matt Schartz halts fight due to a deep cut over Beckett’s left eye and a gash behind the left ear.
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Columbus
Sugar
Ray Robinson
Matt Schartz
Cliff Beckett
Canada
Robinson
Beckett
Schartz
Elyria Fighters Score Victories in Norwalk Program
Elyria representatives Roger Dickerson and Johnn Merante scored victories in a Norwalk boxing program announced by manager Steve Stefek. Dickerson, a novice 160 pound champion, knocked out Lorain rival Steve Gyorfi. Merante, undefeated in county circuits, decisioned Chuck Baney at 147 pounds after returning from the merchant marine.
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Roger Dickerson
Johnn
Merante
Elyria
Norwalk
Steve R Stefek
Dickerson
Lorain County
Steve Gyorfi
Lorain
Merchant Marine
Chuck Baney
Akron
Foundry Keglers Capture Crown in Bowing Championship
Foundry Keglers won the season crown in the American Brake Shoe Bowling League, defeating Furnace in the title rolloff at the Rowing Center. The teams tied 562 in both, but Foundry led in total pins 2,245 to 2,238, after two of three games and notable scores by Nasipak and Furnace members.
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Foundry
Furnace
Rowing Center
John Nasipak
Aigh Idividual Nasipak, Purnace
Eee
Ses
Columbia Ballteam Holds Sunday Practice at High School Diamond
The Columbia Ballroom Class A baseball team plans a 2 o'clock Sunday practice at the Columbia High School diamond in readiness for Lorain Medina County League competition this season. All players seeking spots on the team are asked to report.
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Columbia Ballroom
Columbia High School
Yanks Open Home With 14 7 Win Over Senators
The New York Yankees powered to an 18 hit 14 to 7 victory over the Washington Senators in their home opener. Joe DiMaggio, Tommy Henrich, and Yogi Berra homered, with Joe Page earning the win after relieving in the seventh. The Yankees’ early season barrage features Murderers Row anchoring a 54 hit, 48 run stretch through four games.
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Senators
Carl Lundquist
United Press
YORK
New York Yankees
Casey Stengel
Tommy Henrich
Joe DiMaggio
Yogi Berra
Joe Page
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Berra
Tommy Byrne
Eddie Robinson
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Vic Wertz
Johnny Groth
Mickey Haefner
Boston Red Sox
Conrsie Mack
Philadelphia
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Vernon Stephens
Mickey McDermott
Giants
Brooklyn Dodgers
Ebbets Field
Roy Campanella
Jim Russell
Jackie Robinson
Preacher Roe
Cubs
Cardinals
Harry Brecheen
Bob Rush
Brecheen
Wayne Terwilliger
Hal Jeffcoat
Pirates
Cincinnati Reds
Pittsburgh
Wally Westlake
Ralph Kiner
Willie Werle
Danny Litwhiler
Bobby Usher
Major Loop Line Scores
National League results show Brooklin and Boston each scoring in early innings with varied runs. Chicago and St Louis posted high-scoring games while Pittsburgh and Cincinnati added late runs. In the American League Piaget and New York posted strong totals with notable pitching and fielding by Brissie and Willard.
Plumbers Crown Evans Lanes Handicap League Title
Krebs Calkins captured the season title in the Evans Lanes Handicap League with a two-game win over first-half champions Club Tristam. Steve Karby led Club Tristam with a 602 series as Krebs Calkins posted high team totals and claimed the championship rolloff.
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Tristam
Steve Karby
Krebs / Calkins
Krebs & Calkin
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