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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1954
Page
4
Thomasville Dodgers outslugged the Tifton Blue Sox 12 to 7 in a three hour game ending a three game skid. McMullen earned the win with Virkstis relief in the ninth as Dodgers pile up 11 hits to 13 for Blue Sox. The club heads to Waycross for a two game set then Brunswick and returns to face Albany Cards while leaders Fitzgerald and Waycross shift in the standings.
Mary Lena Faulk captured the West Through Invitation Round Robin in St Louis while Frances Rich won the Georgia State Amateur at Griffin. Both Glen Arven members celebrated a rare double victory with Mary Lena aiming for the U S Women's Open and Frances set for future Georgia events.
The Georgia Florida League results list Fitzgerald, Brunswick, Americus Cordele, and Waycross with scores from Monday and Tuesday. The schedule includes Thomasville at Waycross, Albany at Americus Cordele, Fitzgerald at Valdosta, Brunswick at Tifton, plus national and South Atlantic League games and upcoming fixtures.
Thom asville Legion Post 31 holds a 3 30 p m practice at the VA Domiciliary Diamond coached by Roland Hank Condon. Next game is against Post 49 at Leary on Saturday night. In their first game Post 31 beat Post 49 8 7.
In a baseball box score from a game at Tifton, final score 7-4. Key players include McMullen earning the win with 8 innings pitched and 7 runs, while Johnson and Virkstis contributed on offense and defense for Tifton.
New York Milwaukee pitcher Lew Burdette leads the National League earned run average with 21 earned runs in 84 innings for a 2.29 ERA. Detroit pitcher Ned Garver follows with strong early-season run prevention showing pace set by 84 innings.
Macon pitcher Bob Saban held Augusta to seven hits as Jonn Liptak, newly named Augusta manager, watched the club fall 3 1. Ray Williams and Bob Coats led the Macon offense, while Augusta remains in a skid behind the new leadership. Savannah and Montgomery also won, tightening the Sally League standings.
The National Opinion Research Center study shows 39 percent of fans in TV areas have not bought a college game ticket since 1950. Among 1952 53 buyers nine tenths watched a single team, and many viewers prefer any game as long as their team or region is featured.
Jim Henderson pitched a four hitter as Coats & Clark defeated the Independents 15 to 2. Benny Thornhill tossed a five hitter as Sunnyland beat Legion Post 222 8 to 5. Dupree Oliver Benny Young Henderson and Bill Stone had two hits for Coats & Clark. Jerry Hodges and Carl Edwards added two hits for Sunnyland. John son hit a home run for Post 222.
Jim Hiland struck out 13 in a six-hits allowed outing to lift Hazlehurst-Baxley over Dublin 5-1 in the Georgia State League. George Arent homered for Dublin. Tony Scalisi led the Hazlehurst hitters with a double and a single in two at bats.
In the American League, Jim Burdette leads earned run supremacy with 15 earned runs allowed in 95 innings for a 1.42 ERA while his non loss mark sits at 6-5. Curt Simmons trails at 5-4 with a 2.35 ERA after 23 earned runs in 88 innings. Johnny Antonelli is third in the league with 25 earned runs in 94 innings and a 2.39 ERA. Washington’s Bob Porterfield stands at 7-5 with a 2.07 ERA after 24 earned runs in 105 innings.
Charley Goldman, trainer of Rocky Marciano, predicts the champion will knockout Ezzard Charles in Yankee Stadium. Goldman says Charles cannot change the outcome by boxing or fighting, and Marciano will blitz from the opening bell. Charles, resting at Monticello, wouldn't reveal his battle plan.
The Albany Cards swept a doubleheader against the Valdosta Tigers 2-0 and 4-0 to climb to third in the Georgia Florida League pennant race. Lane Martin pitched two-hits in the opener and Al Sanders protected the shutout with seven innings of no-hit relief. Walter Way supplied both first-game RBIs with a double. Brunswick beat Waycross 8-2. Fitzgerald routed Americus- Cordele 16-3. Thomasville crushed Tifton 12-7.
In a late season composite scorecard McNulty Estep Payne Sanders 3 and Cassell lead Waycross past Brunswick 8 62 while Am Cordele Fitzgerald Cartwright Schultz Moore Coho Higgenbottom Gearhart Wehman face tough stands. Brunswick and Albany posted notable scoring runs in their meetings with Valdosta.
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