Inside Baseball Gossip From Giants And Umpires
New York sports column reveals gossip on Bobby Thomson’s slumps with Garry Schumacher questioning his power and noting his awkward stance. It also reports NL pitchers accusing umpire Len Warneke of bias, with players saying he avoids strikes against pitchers and brushes critics aside.
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Garry Schumacher
Right Bower
Horace Stoneham
Giants
Bobby Thomson
Garry
Bobby
Joe DiMaggio
Schumacher
Boonsboro Rally Upsets West End in WA League Tilt
Boonsboro Yellowjackets rallied for five runs across the fifth inning to erase a 4-2 deficit and defeat West End 6-5 in a Washington County League game halted by darkness after six innings at Reservoir Park. Key hits included Tom Tritch’s triple and Lawrence Weary’s two on, as Frank Cordell started West End with a homer and Boonsboro grabbed the late lead. West End heads home to host Williamsport on Sunday.
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Reservoir Park
Jackets
Boonsboro
Tom Tritch
Lawrence Weary
Frank Cordell
West End
Williamsport Wildcats
Henry
Hemphi Tle
Davenport
Paikevitz
Thomas
Smith and Jackson
Puerto Rico executive to present Caribbean series record book
Emilio Huyke vice president of the Puerto Rico Baseball League departed for New York to hand Frank Shaughnessy of the International League a Caribbean series record book. The volume will eventually be donated to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.
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San Juan
Emilio Huyke
New York
Frank Shaughnessy
International League
Baseball Museum
Cooperstown
N.Y
Indians Move Into Second Place By JACK HAND
Detroit strengthens in pennant chase with a 5 2 win over New York as Art Houtteman returns from injury to limit the Yankees to six hits. Hal White and a strong relief effort seal the victory. Cleveland climbs to second while idle. Chicago tops Philadelphia 1 0 behind Randy Gumpert. In the NL, Vern Bickford fires four hitters as Boston beats St Louis and moves within three games of the Phillies.
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Detroit
Tiger
Yankee
Yanks
Tommy Byrne
Dizzy Trout
Hal White
New York
Houtteman
Cleveland
Ed Lopat
Fred Sanford
Joe Page
Johnny Mige
Hank Bauer
Chicago
Philadelphia
Randy Gumpert
Eddie Robinson
Fly Hall
Elmer Vale
Hank Majaski
Hank Wyse
Brooklyn
Bob Eliott
Boston
Sam Jethroe
Last Night’s Interstate League Scores Reported
Sunbury defeated Harrisburg 7 to 6 Wilmington beat Trenton 9 to 8 York won 9 to 2 over Hagerstown Allentown visits Lancaster in tonight’s slate Trenton plays Wilmington York hosts Hagerstown Harrisburg meets Sunbury in the remaining matchup Allentown travels to Lancaster for the closing game
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Sunbury
Harrisburg
Wilmington
Trenton
York
Hagerstown
Allentown
Lancaster
Iain
York Teensee
Lancaster Eeene
Ohio State Michigan clash tickets unlikely here
Columbus report says tickets for the Ohio State versus Michigan game on November 25 are almost impossible to obtain locally. Fans are advised to seek official sources and expect high demand for the rivalry showdown.
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Columbus
Yesterday's Results From Last Night Games
Detroit beat New York 5 to 2 while Chicago defeated Philadelphia 1 to 0 in the scheduled slate of tonight’s games.
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Detroit
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
Baseball slate with late games across majors
Tonight four postponement free matchups feature New York at Cleveland with Raschi opposing Feller, Washington at Detroit with Kugava facing Gray, Boston at Chicago starring Stobba against Holcombe, and Philadelphia at St Louis showing Brissie against Garver or Dorish.
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New York
Cleveland
Raschi
Feller
Washington
Detroit
Kugava
Gray
Boston
Chicago
Stobba
Holcombe
Philadelphia
St. Louia
Brissie
Garver
Dorish
Boston 5 St. Louis 1 leads National League action
National League results show Boston defeated St. Louis 5 to 1. Other games postponed include Cincinnati at Brooklyn and Chicago at Boston. Night games featured Newcombe and Raffensberger, Spahn against Minner, and Poliet versus Roberta in various matchups.
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Boston
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Raffensberger
Newcombe
Pittsburgh
New York
Queen
Jones
Chicago
Minner
Spahn
Philadelphia
Poliet
Roberta
New Record Set In Swim Meet In Tokyo
Japan’s Hir onoshin Furuhashi lowered his world mark in the 200 meter freestyle to 2 minutes 45.2 seconds, edging two Americans in the U S Japan meet. James McLane matched the record with 2 21? unclear. Wayne Moore finished third as the Americans led early with Prawner and Stanforth wins.
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Tokyo
Japan
Hironoshin Furuhashi
James McLane
Wayne Moore
McLane
Furuhashi
Los Angeles
John Marshall
Yale University
Australia
Robert Prawner
Owen Stanforth
Midget Races Draw Top Drivers to Hagerstown Sunday
Leading midget racers join seven event AR A meet at Hagerstown Speedway this Sunday. Notables include Harry Coates Norristown Walt Fair Pop Devercelly Arverne George Marshman Yerkes Sid Cook Jimmy Knowlan Ralph Brown Joe Verezely Bob McCullough Art Gotti er Carl Miller Bill Compton Charlie Miller Tony Rommel Lyle Scott Al Herman Carl Kennedy Eddie Kort plus many AR A stars. The event, sponsored by Ralph B Tags Jr Chapter DAV, marks the tri state area s first major midget show of 1950 with weather postponements resolved.
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Hagerstown Speedway
Harry Coates
Walt Fair
Andy
Pop” Devercelly
George Marshman
Harry
Norristown
Walt
Yellowjacket Speedway
Philadelphia
Lon Man
Pop Devercelly
A.R.A
Pop
Arverne
Long Island
New York
Yerkes
New Jersey
Allstar
Sid Cook
Long Beach
Jimmy Knowlan
Bellmore
Ralph Brown
Joe Verezely
East
Ralph 8. Tags, Jr
The
Disabled American Veterans
Tri-State
Jethroe Credits Cooney for Fielding Improvement
Sam Jethroe Ragston Braves outfielder credits Coach Johnny Cooney with his improved fielding. He recalls starting as a poor fielder, and now he is regarded as one of the purest in the league, crediting Cooney with lessons on melding to reach that level.
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Boston
Sam Jethroe
Ragston Braves
Johnny Cooney
Braves
Jethroe
Cooney
Fights Last Night Brooklyn Fort Hamilton Bout Report
Bill Bosala of Pittsburgh won a tough decision over Pat Marcune of New York in an eight round lightweight bout at Fort Hamilton. Bosala secured the decision on points over Marcune in Brooklyn.
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Brooklyn
Fort Hamilton
Bill Bosala
Pittsburgh
Pat Marcune
New York
Record Broken In Tam O'Shanter Golf Carnival
Babe Didrikson Zaharias set a Tam O Shanter course record with a six under par 70 in the opening rounds of the Tam O Shanter golf carnival. Jimmy Dark led qualifying among about 250 pros with a six under par 66 at Skycreat Country Club, while Rabe opened a six stroke lead in the women’s scramble.
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Chicago
Babe Didrikson Zaharias
Jimmy Dark
Rabe
Associated Press
Skycreat Country Club
Clark
Huntington Beach
Calif
Marine
U S Holds Tryout Matches To Select Davis Cup Team
New York August announcements name eleven players to vie for four spots on the U S Davis Cup squad. Veterans Ted Schroeder La Crescenta Billy Talbert Gardnar Mulloy join Budge Party Tom Brown Herbie Flam Art Larsen Sam Match Richard Savitt and View for Seixas Pony Trabert as contenders.
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Ted Schroeder
la Crescenta
Calif
Billy Talbert
New York
Gardnar Mulloy
Coral Gables
Fla
U. S
Budge Party
Los Angeles
Wimbledon
Europe
Tom Brown
San Francisco
Herbie Flam
Beverly Hills
Art Larsen
San Leandro
Sam Match
Richard Savitt
Orange
N.J
View
Seixas
Philadelphia
Pony Trabert
Cincinnati
Tam Jubilee Sees Fourth Try Dazzle Pro Contenders
In the Tam jubilee event pro TUil is dazzled by the scene as he pursues his fourth attempt. Women begin their second round of 72-hole medal play today while over 50 men and 150 amateurs start their rounds at dawn amid a three ply traffic jam.
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Tuil
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