Oldman Rain Upsets Week in League Eliminations
Oldman Rain landed his Sunday punch and upset the steady march of eliminations in the league this week. All scheduled games were postponed or rescheduled due to the weather and field conditions.
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1949
Page
3
Oldman Rain landed his Sunday punch and upset the steady march of eliminations in the league this week. All scheduled games were postponed or rescheduled due to the weather and field conditions.
Batavia remains atop the league with three wins and two losses after a 6 to 3 victory over Amelia, as Goshen and Daly's edge Williamsburg and Owensville respectively. Amelia’s Gaskins and Leslie combined for 12 strikeouts in a five-run Goshen rally. Upcoming schedule features Bethel at Batavia and exhibition games for Amelia and Loveland, plus an old timers game and a charity Crosley Field event.
The chairman of the Greater Cincinnati Amateur Baseball Fund announces ticket sales via knot hole managers and Clermont County Baseball League officials. The notice invites local fans to support the fund and attend upcoming events.
Mrs. Bernice Evanshine of Amelia and Mr. and Mrs. Chester Ferris of Washington D C returned from a five week trip to the west coast visiting Eastsound Washington Eureka and Hollywood California. They stopped at Yellowstone National Park Grand Canyon and Redwood Forest. They returned to Washington D C after a stay in Clermont County with relatives.
The American Legion Post at Batavia plans a two to three week magazine drive to raise funds for hospital gear. Last year the campaign yielded wheelchairs a hospital bed and crutches now in constant use across Clermont County. The equipment is loaned free for temporary use to county residents and organizers aim for greater success this year.
Mrs. Bessie Faul reports Ida Mae Ringer is visiting her brothers in Northern Ohio. The note records a family travel detail with no other events or dates provided.
Miss Patsy Pitzer and Donna Waddell stay at Camp Shandon this week. Eloise Jones Bertha Jones and Bill and Jim Eichenhorst visited Mrs Bertha Gates on Sunday. Edward Weingart and daughter Bonnie Sue called on the family. Harold welcomed a newborn son. Ruth Ringel and Ida Mae Ringel returned from a Cape Cod trip.
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