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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1954
Page
16
Dodgers snap skid and stay in pennant race after PeeWee Reese delivers in the ninth with bases loaded and two outs to tie Philadelphia 5-5. Roy Campanella homerun in 10th seals 7-5 win as Duke Snider praises Reese as the best in clutch.
Baseball scores from the American League and National League show Detroit and Baltimore, Boston over Philadelphia, New York vs Washington, Cleveland vs Chicago, Pittsburgh vs New York, Milwaukee vs Cincinnati, Philadelphia over Brooklyn, Chicago over St Louis with various pitchers and run totals. Key pitchers include Zuverink, Kuzava, Lopat, Keegan, LaPalme, Podbielan, Davis and Brazle with multiple decisions.
In this golf school note Sammy Snead teaches keeping the head steady as a pivot. He warns against lifting eyes too soon or too late and moving the head forward on the downswing, which robs power and affects the left side contact.
LaGrange Lions crushed Belden 20 to 2 in suburban Class F play yesterday. Cletus Johnson hurled a two hit effort with nine strikeouts and one walk, while Bob Campbell led batting with three hits including two doubles as LaGrange built a 20 run line in four innings before the game ended in the fifth.
United Press fight result reports Gerry Dreyer of South Africa weighing 148 pounds defeated Joey Greenwood of Akron at 421. Dreyer delivered a knockout in the contest with Greenwood.
Peter Thomson, 23, the British Open champion, announced plans to enter next month’s Chicago world championship at Tom O Shanter and the International Tournament in Montreal. He earned a record $2,100 on Royal Birkdale, shooting 9 under par for 283. Jim Turnesa led Americans with 286, finishing tied for fifth.
Scores show Chicago 8 Cleveland 3 New York 6 Washington 5 Philadelphia 9 Boston 3 Baltimore 7 Detroit pending. Sundays schedule Cleveland at Chicago Baltimore at Detroit New York at Washington Boston at Philadelphia. Minor league slate Columbus Louisville Charleston Indianapolis St Paul Kansas City at Minneapolis rain. International League results Montreal Syracuse 2 Rochester 5 Havana 0 Toronto 1 Richmond 6.
New York defeated Pittsburgh 6 to 3 and Brooklyn beat Philadelphia 7 to 5 in 10 innings. Cincinnati faced Milwaukee 3 to 3 after 11 innings as Philadelphia played at Brooklyn while Pittsburgh met New York. Spahn of Milwaukee delivered a strong start in a 3 to 2 loss at Cincinnati with Drews earning a win for Chicago against St Louis. Raschi pitched for New York in a night game as Philadelphia visited Brooklyn and Milwaukee faced Cincinnati with multiple top clubs slugging it out.
In Hubbard Ohio British Empire welterweight champion Gerry Dreyer was knocked to the canvas in the first round by Joey Greenwood of Akron. Dreyer recovered, taking a nine count, and won by KO at 1 35 of the second round after a hard rally.
The Elsina Baseball and Softball Commission ruled on two protests. Albert Auditors defeated Bolero Club in a June 3 game where Bolero Club led 95 at protest time. the final two innings will be replayed. Granite Block protested Savings Deposit Bank on June 29. protest dismissed for late filing.
New York. Bob Mathias, Olympic decathlon champion, promotes sportsmanship shows to counter space age TV. After Marine Corps duty, he hopes to produce programs with Jim Fallon and star in a film, The Bob Mathias Story, releasing next fall around National Olympic Day. The couple self funded the movie, casting Mathias and Melba Mathias, his wife, in key roles.
Milwaukee right hander Jim Wilson the only pitcher this season with 2 no hit no run games was named to replace the injured Harvey Haddix on the National League All-Star roster. Walter Alston of the Dodgers selected Wilson to pitch for the NL in the All-Star game next Tuesday after Haddix aggravated a knee injury Thursday night and was excused from the game at the request of St. Louis manager Eddie Stanky.
Walter Charles Tomkins of 433 Louisiana Ave is promoted from private first class to corporal and serves as welder in Service Battery, 89th Airborne Field Artillery Battalion, Uth Airborne Division at Fort Campbell. Gale Whitesel of Grafton earns corporal with Third Infantry Division in Korea after enlisting in 1952. Myron W. Sprinkle, 19, married Mary, serves in Korea with the 712th Transportation Battalion as a brake man. Alvi D. Norris, Elyria, 50th St, assigned to 508th Red Devil Airborne Regimental Combat Team after earlier service with the 25th Division in Korea. former prisoner of war.
The Agriculture Department reports it is considering competitive offers to purchase about 5 000 short tons of refined sugar for shipment to Iran. The shipment will be carried out by the Foreign Operations Administration in August and September. About 40 000 tons had already been shipped under the FOA program.
Dodgers catcher Roy Campanella, 32, reveals loss of use of two left hand fingers and warning from a specialist to forget baseball if a vital nerve is injured. After surgery May 4 he will be examined by Dr. Herbert Fette to assess options while insisting he will play in next Tuesday’s All-Star game. Dodgers manager Walt Alston and president Buzzie Bavasi express surprise and call for more medical clarity as Campanella recalls his 1953 World Series hand injury and his ongoing numbness.
Afloat and afield reports show improved pickerel fishing around Lake Erie with night minnows near Catawba Cliffs. A Sandusky Bay creel survey notes variable results, with average catches of 0.35 per hour per man, while the Lake Erie average is 0.70. A 30 pound channel cat was landed in Rattlesnake Creek by Milan anglers. Ohio fish and game hearings on July 22 in Columbus will address deer seasons and other laws, with wood ducks using artificial nesting boxes at about 15 percent utilization. Fishing slows at Pleasant Hill Charles Mill and nearby reservoirs, and a new Miami Florida group seeks fishing invention ideas. Yehudi Menuhin will play at the Ansbach Bach Week in Bayreuth, Germany, late July.
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