The Valdosta Daily Times from Valdosta, Georgia (2024)

April 25, 1952

Publication:

The Valdosta Daily Timesi

Location:

Valdosta, Georgia

Issue Date:

Friday, April 25, 1952

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2

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I Dodgers Trio Albany 3 2 Open Here With Giants Tonight 7T Jn A i 7C loco Rd White CrPtS Starting Nod: I (Boston bench after he protestec PsdA 7 TkiA VaMncH imoc riHAV Aoril XX I bOX IX I I I A A xtni and firaa halt nmnlH 9 St I BOX SCORE VHS Tennis Doubles Team 9 0 Attend to VALDOSTA DODGERS 4 1 Opening Game TONIGHT 1) VALDOSTA VS MOULTRIE Announce IT TVeasiire 4J a dr HUMS OLD Ufil I SHOP rt MAJ OR I IN I NORS" I 0 SO 0 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 7 27 PO 4 2 2 1 0 2 11 5 0 0 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 He pounded out a to short Merandi fell in the" process he fell The ball was 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 6 0 for the title Mary Wayne Cox and Greta Harrison of Waycross whipped Marsha Paulk and Marty Bethune of Valdosta 6 0 6 0 in the dou bles match And the same two turned back Ethel Scott and Sibyl Mydleton of Thomasville 6 1 6 3 for a ticket to the State PO 4 1 2 8 0 1 1 10 0 0 of short good 1 enough to score Gurri with the tieing run In the eighth with one away alter drew a base on balls went all the way to third on Angel single and scored on Edel one base knock Julian (Bubba) Joy ner came on in relief of Ingram in the ninth and held the Dod gers hitless and threatless in the last frame The Valdostans had tagged Ingram for seven singles in the space of his eight inning stand Ingram fanned three and walked three And when Terwedow tired as the Cardinals were coming back in their last inning turn' Shaffer came on to retire the side The Valdosta Manager Johnny Angelonnewlll be In Our store Sat urday A JVC at 10 and will autograph the first 50 shirts sold These shirts come in white blue grey and yellow arranged with fancy lettering and a very attractive design The Cost of the shirt is only 98c Sixts start at 2 years KKNTUCKY STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKIY SOUR MAIN 90 PROO 3 Medley Distilling Company Owensboro Kentucky eighth when Earl Torgeson hom ered with two out YOU CAN MIASURB IN ADDBD tee Dur ocher Giants Still grinning from ear to ear after last 3 2 victory at Albany Manager Johnny Angelone anounced send Steady Eddie White to the mound tonight at 8:15 when the Dodgers meet league leading Moultrie in their Georgia lorida home opener at Pendleton Park Durocher was ejected at the top of the sixth inning for pro testing that Boston pitcher War ren Spahn threw a to Giant outfielder Willie Mays at the bottom of the fifth Durocher contended this should have been called a balk and Bobby Thomson on third should have been allowed to acore Gore threw him out of the game for what he called abusive language Durocher said he use abusive language until he had been tossed out and I let him have I called him every name I Bickford was ejected from th (Boston bench after he protested that Gore ana line oaae umpire a Bill Stewart had failed to see Earl Torgeson tag thl ij Giants Max Lanier on a hidden ball play lost the ball en 3 tlrely and then 'i said time was called complained Bickford' Gore left town for another as signment immediately after the game and be reached for comment NOTICE CHANGE IN PASSENGER TRAIN SCHEDULES Effective Monday April 8 IMS Southern Railway Train No 4 Palm" will leave Valdoeta at 12:35 am instead of am for Atlanta Cincinnati Detroit Chicago and intermediate point SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM By The Associated Press Those beautiful Browns are not the only amazing team in the American League How about those upstart Boston Red Sox? Lou pink cheeked Bobby Sox have been knocking the stuffings out of the opposition right from the start but they have been overshadowed by the tra mendous surge of the St Louis Browns It took a Brownie postponement io cast the spotlight on comeback The Bed Sox buried a challenge at the Browns yesterday by whipping the world ehampion New York Yan kees 3 2 to sweep their two game series It took the Red Sox 11 innings do it but in the end they had their thrid consecutive victory stored away to boost their season record to nine triumphs and only two losses That actually put them a half game in front of the Browns St Louis however re pLaee 4ercentage wise The Browns showed a7 875 to 9 3 818 In the only other activity the Boston Braves overcame 3 0 deficit with three tallies in the eighth and three more tn We iwtn to defeat the New York Giants 6 3 at the Polo Grounds Rain and cold weather cancel led all other games in the major leagues double bv rookie Ed Mathews with the bases loaded in the 10th broke uo a 3 3 tie and enabled tne Braves to snap a three game los ing streak Lew Burdette who re lieved starter Warren Spahn in the seventh was credited with his second victory Dave Koslo was the loser Starter Max Lanier of tne Giants had a shutout until the BOX SCORE 1 MOTOR CO PHONE 900 CLEANED i ANY STANDARD MAKE AUTOMOBILE $1000 Heavy Ditty Trucks or Busses $1250 Smooth as a twiog! ive Brothers This fine Kentucky is aged a full 5 years for extra quality caifmeasure with" 4 5 A flMHB S' I LIKt ULU IIMC5 LEG GETS THUMB 7 NEW YORK (Ai) Manager Leo Durocher of the New York Giants and pitcher Vern Bickford of the Boston Rrave rivals on baseball field shared a mutual case of high blood pressure today and for a mutual an See MEL ICES at' liAbrahams Jeweler Ph 639 115 VALDOSTA AB Shsnlro 2b 3 alter 3b 3 Angelone ss 4 Edelstein lb Salerno rf 4 ountain cf 4 Gurri it 4 Alberts 3 Terwedow 3 Shaffer 0 rage me vaiaosra i inies njucy 11 RED SOX NAIL YANKEES 3 2 TO SWEEP SERIES ADVANCE Sis Everything urnished GOL DRIVING RANGE Open 2 to 10 daily THAT WE HAVE BEEN SELECTED AGAIN THIS YEAR TO BE THE EXCLUSIVE DISTRIBUTOR VALDOSTA DODGER BASEBALL SHIRTS umpire i UaOb TkiiPftnliav Mnd Bickford bit i teri ntwvnvu Mate umpire ari Gore for thumb ng them out game it the pole grounds won by he Braves in ten nnings 6 3 1 I had a player who did follow' my signals any bet ter than these umpires follow the stormed Durocher "I keep him five hearingaid exclusive fievtores BATTERIES OR ALL HEARING AIDS REE to the ball games beginning Saturday nite April 26 and continuing through the entire season Large Opening Day Crowd Seen Any Boy or Girl age 12 or under wearing a Dodger Shirt when accompanied by ah adult will be admitted White a hold over Tram last season is a 21 year old limited service player who hails from Chelsea Mass With the Dodgers last year White a rapid working righthander carved out a 10 8 record He was slated to make the jump Class ball with Stan Wasiak at Greenwood but requested one more year of sea soning in the at Valdosta TWO TARGETS And when the Dodgers move into the local ball yard tonight be shooting for two things: ivst a win over the Giants who are unbeaten in a two game ser ies with Cordele Second the opening day attendance mark 3000 which is presently held by Moultrie Last night in Card inal Park the Brooklyn farm camefromrone ruribe nuiu ue me c*nteai ine seventh inning and then went ahead in the eighth to square off the series with the Redbirds Rookie lefthander Don Ter wedow in his first start for the Valdostans earned the victory with seven hits but had to call on Don Shaffer for assistance in the final frame He fanned eight Cardinal stickmen Shaffer driven from the hill the night before and credited with the 4 8 loss in the opener came on with one out and the tieing and winning runs on base in the ninth He allowed one base blow saw the second' go down on 'strikes then served up three straight strikes to the last chance batter EDELSTEIN BATS IN irstbaseman Jake Edelstein was the offensive standout in the I work The rookie optionee from Greenwood slammed out i three singles in four official! times around and drove in two of three runs Bob Shapiro the secbndsack er who looked particularly crisp in the defensive department led off the first inning with walk Tommy alter third base was safe on rook ie sensation Ronnie error Angelone forced ilter at sec ond and was safe himself with a choice Shapiro moved on to third Edelstein! batting cleanup looped a single just over short and Shapiro raced home with the first marker ONLY ONE ERROR That lead held up until the last of the sixth with sharp field ing play which produced only one Valdosta error a healthy declirc fromthe six of the pre vious night) making a portion of the difference In the sixth Mer andi shortstop drew one of seven free tickets Early the firstbaseman sacri ficed him to second and Ter wedow balked the runner to third Catcher ClairTroxell uncorked a long fly to left Merandi tag ged up and scooted home witfi the tally "working on the mound for the Cards sin gled to right tollierRice center gardner poled a long drifting fly into left Chicco Gurri the homerun kid of the night before went for the drive misjudged and the ball dropped safely behind him:" Rice had a triple and Ingram was driv en home with the run that put the Cards into the lead GURRI SCORES But Gurri a converted pitcher who bears the utility tag squared the scoring slow roller blit throwing as wild and Gurri reached second on a hit and an error one of three Albany mistakes Hank Alberts who performed in the backstop role for Val dosta blooped one in just back Uoes to rate Valdosta High will send its re gional championship doubles ten 1 nis team to the State tournament May 9 in Macon The team Willie Webb and 1 "Sonny" Weiner walked off with top honors in the recent re gional tournament scoring Jim my Harper and Douglas Binion of Thomasville 6 2 6 3 in the semi finals and then ousting red Barker of Waycross in the finals 2 6 6 4 6 2 In the singles matches Edgar landers Waycross de feated Maxwell Taylor of Valdos ta 6 4 6 0 landersdowned Harrold HolIand Thomasville 6 1 6 2 in the finals Coach Wright Bazemore is tu toring the boys net squad and lias hopesTif building tennis at the local prep school into a well tended sport said should field a really strong team Most of the boys this year are I freshmen and The tennis team coached by Mrs Bazemore fared slightly less successful than the boys at the regional tift but also revealed promise of great strength in the com ing seasons In the singles match Nancy Gay Waycross defeated Darlene Jackson Valdosta 6 0 TOTALS ALBANY AB Rice cf 5 Goody 2b 3 Plaza 3b 4 Rikard rf Galen If 1 5 Merand ss Earley lb 2 Troxell 2 Ingram 3 a zinn ev 1 Joyner 022039 00 0 TOTALS 32 2 8 27 13 3 a Lined into double play for In gram in 8th Valdosta 000 3 Albany 000 002 8 3 RBI: Edelstein Troxell Rice Alberts 2BH: Troxell Rikard 3BH: Rice Earley Shaffer DP: Goody to Merandi to Earley Merandi to Goody to Earley Sha piro (unassisted) Left: Valdosta 7 Albany 12 BB: off Ingram 3 Terwedow 7 Joyner 1 SO: by Ingram 3 Terwedow 8 Shaffer 2 off Terwedow 7 in 7 13 in nings 2 runs off Ingram 7 in 8 innings 3 runs Ingram Ter wedow Winner: Terwedow Loser: Ingram Lockamy and Wheeler 2:30 I I 5 i I 'f OPENING NIIE lUNIIt li I "MasssU 09 II RADIATORS 1 i1' I fl BI XXSDHtaWLul'l 7 3g 'i I mvb IME Wwfr" f1 Ki A ft A 111 'Il I II Ml I 1 I TTT1M OMiij MTTiM I 8 i i i I I 1 1 nsiMi 1 Rime Al Ml as WTT' tt Hl JZ C1 "I 'j 1 1 A' 1 mini! 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