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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1952
Page
10
Athletes swing the first ball of the games at 1 30 Dei three thirty p m est four minutes later the events began under way in a four track set of events.
Detroit defeated St Louis 6 to 0 in a decisive shutout. Other listed matchups include New York versus Philadelphia and Washington versus Boston with Cleveland at Chicago and Detroit at St Louis referenced.
Yesterday's scores show Hesare Thomasville 13 Cordele 3 and Albany 3 Moultrie 1 with Valdosta 10 Brunswick 1. Today's games include Thomasville at Cordele and Albany at Moultrie with Brunswick at Valdosta and Tifton at Waycross. Major and minor leagues list standing shifts and daily results across National and Southern associations with several scheduled games and matchups.
Football matchups listed feature Columbia versus Montgomery, Charleston against Columbus, Savannah clashing with Augusta, and Jacksonville facing Macon.
The first half of the 1952 South Atlantic League season ends with Augusta at the bottom, as the Tigers suffer a ninth straight loss 31 to Jacksonville. Augusta has won only two games in a row five times, while Columbia and Columbus rise as Macon, Montgomery, and Grady Wilson shine in other games. Dean Padgett four hits for Macon, and Grays rebound with a 17-8 win led by Wilson and Greco with a homerun. Gray fanned Bill Brown with the bases loaded in the ninth to seal the victory.
Hazlehurst-Baxley's 19-game home winning streak ended with a 13-4 loss to Eastman in the Georgia State League. Jim Beavers went four for four for Haz-Bax, Everett Mays homered and doubled for Dublin, Raul Villamin homered for two, and Bozo Snider also homered for Statesboro. Fitzgerald beat Douglas 5-2 as Ridway tripled and singled twice.
Patty Berg shot a par 69 to lead the field after the first round of the seventh annual Women s Open at Bala Country Club in Philadelphia. Berg tied the National Open one round record with a 69 while Betsy Rawls posted a 72 and Louise Suggs carded 70.
The Indians lead the American League with 691,161 admissions in 32 home games, averaging 18,474, narrowly ahead of the Yankees. The Cubs report 462,584 admissions in 38 home games, averaging 14,015. Across both leagues total paid admissions reach 1,162,166 through Wednesday, down 441,649 from 1951.
William Jeffreys, 62, a former Texas Panhandle cowboy, has spent six years crafting wagon and stagecoach models. He recently added miniature horses to his dioramas after noting the lack of animals in his collection. The project began with a chuck wagon from a ranch he once rode.
Sal Maglie pitched a three hitter over six innings and the New York Giants defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers 3-0, narrowing Brooklyn’s lead to three games. Robinson broke the no hit bid with a leadoff single in the seventh, while Bob Billiott, Hank Thompson, and Duke Snider contributed for the Giants.
Luke Appling, famed for being on losing teams, guides the Memphis Chicks through a rough stretch. In April the team went 4-14, May showed small improvements, and June brought an 18-1 record aided by weather, reinforcement, and managing. Memphis beat Chattanooga 8-1 last night while New Orleans moved ahead of Mobile and Birmingham in the standings amid late-season shifts.
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