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August 16, 1954
A ROUNDUP OF THE WEEK'S NEWS
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August 16, 1954

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A ROUNDUP OF THE WEEK'S NEWS

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BASEBALL (Major League) Week ending August 8

AMERICAN LEAGUE

1. CLEVE.
W-5; L-2
Seas.: 76-32
Pct.: .704

New York
1-2, 5-2
2-5

Philadelphia
7-3, 5-1
7-2, 5-2

2. N.Y.
W-3; L-3
Seas.: 73-37
Pct: .664

Cleveland
2-1, 2-5
5-2

Detroit
4-3, 1-3
8-10

3. CHI.
W-5; L-2
Seas.: 71-41
Pct.: .634

Boston
6-2, 6-5
5-1

Washington
10-5, 3-4
6-7, 3-0

4. DET.
W-4; L-3
Seas.: 49-59
Pct.: .454

Washington
6-11, 2-0
6-2, 1-4

New York
3-4, 3-1
10-8

5. WASH.
W-4; L-4
Seas.: 46-60
Pct.: .434

Detroit
11-6, 0-2
2-6, 4-1

Chicago
5-10, 4-3
7-6, 0-3

6. BOST.
W-3; L-4
Seas.: 44-62
Pct.: .415

Chicago
2-6, 5-6
1-5

Baltimore
3-1, 1-2
4-2, 4-1

7. BALT.
W-2; L-5
Seas.: 38-72
Pct.: .345

Philadelphia
10-2, 2-6
4-6

Boston
1-3, 2-1
2-4, 1-4

8. PHILA.
W-2; L-5
Seas.: 37-71
Pct.: .343

Baltimore
2-10, 6-2
6-4

Cleveland
3-7, 1-5
2-7, 2-5

LEADERS

Batting?Noren, New York, .339
Runs batted in?Doby, Cleveland, 89
Home runs?Doby, Cleveland, 26
Pitching?Consuegra, Chicago, 14-3

NATIONAL LEAGUE

1. N.Y.
W-4; L-2
Seas.: 69-41
Pct.: .627

Chicago
7-1, 4-3
4-6

Milwaukee
5-6, 2-4
2-5

2. BKLYN.
W-5; L-2
Seas.: 66-44
Pct.: .600

Milwaukee
2-1

St. Louis
2-1, 8-7
4-13

Cincinnati
8-1, 4-5
20-7

3. MILW.
W-4; L-2
Seas.: 60-47
Pct.: .561

Brooklyn
1-2

Philadelphia
3-1, 1-2

New York
6-5, 4-2
5-2

4. PHILA.
W-5; L-1
Seas.: 54-52
Pct.: .509

Milwaukee
1-3, 2-1

Chicago
7-4, 8-2
8-4, 8-3

5. ST. L.
W-2; L-6
Seas.: 52-57
Pct.: .477

Brooklyn
1-2, 7-8
13-4

Pittsburgh
3-7, 5-6
8-6, 4-12
3-5

6. CIN.
W-2; L-3
Seas.: 52-58
Pct.: .473

Pittsburgh
7-2, 3-4

Brooklyn
1-8, 5-4
7-20

7. CHI.
W-1; L-6
Seas.: 44-65
Pct.: .404

New York
1-7, 3-4
6-4

Philadelphia
4-7, 2-8
4-8, 3-8

8. PITTS.
W-5; L-2
Seas.: 39-72
Pct.: .351

Cincinnati
2-7, 4-3

St. Louis
7-3, 6-5
6-8, 12-4
5-3

LEADERS

Batting?Snider, Brooklyn, .354
Runs batted in?Musial, St. Louis, 104
Home runs?Mays, New York, 36
Pitching?Antonelli, New York, 16-3

RECORD BREAKERS

?Mrs. Marjorie Jackson-Nelson, 22, of Australia won the women's 220-yard dash at the British Empire games in Vancouver in the world-record time of 24 seconds?1/5 of a second faster than the mark set in 1950 by Olympic Champion Fannie Blankers-Koen of The Netherlands.

?At Indianapolis, Burwell ("Bumpy") Jones, University of Michigan swimmer, shaved 2.7 seconds off his own world record to win the National A.A.U. 400-meter individual medley in 5 minutes, 29 seconds. Shelley Mann , 17, of Arlington, Va. set a U.S. backstroke record of 1:15.5 while winning the women's 100-meter championship. The Ft. Lauderdale women's free-style relay team lowered the American record for 800 meters by 12 seconds with a winning time of 10:18.7. Carolyn Green, Ft. Lauderdale free-styler, took a whopping 18.7 seconds off the American 800-meter record by winning the women's finals in the time of 10:49.9.

?In Budapest, Gyorgy Tumpek of Hungary swam the 100-meter butterfly in 1:02.3, lowering his own world record by 1.4 seconds. The Hungarian 400-meter women's medley relay team broke its own world record with a 5:07.8 performance. Former record: 5:09.2.

?Bill Glackin, 31, of St. Louis, 1953 target archery champion, bettered his own world record for a one-day shoot by 27 points when he scored 932 on the opening day of the National Archery Association championships at Sacramento.

?Ernest Theoharis, Nashua, N.H. angler, applied for a world record on the 11-lb., 8-oz. golden trout he landed near the mouth of Sunapee Harbor.

? Moscow radio credited Vladimir Vilkhovsky, Russian weight lifter, with another world bantamweight record (the third this year) for his snatch lift of 220.5 pounds.

TRACK
ENGLAND'S VANCOUVER? Dr. Roger Bannister of England ran mile in 3:58.8 to beat John Landy of Australia by five yards as England won the unofficial team championship at the British Empire games with total of 514? points. Runners-up: Australia?363 3/4, Canada?339.

BASEBALL

THE LEADERS?The New York Yankees , usually a solid first by this time of year, found themselves scrambling to stay within striking distance of the front-running Cleveland Indians. Two and a half games behind, going into a three-game series with Cleveland, the Yankees won two out of three on the hitting of Center Fielder Mickey Mantle and Left Fielder Irv Noren ?the American League's leading batter (.339). Then they fell flat on their faces, dropping two out of three over the weekend to the Detroit Tigers while the Indians were sweeping a four-game series from the Philadelphia Athletics on the home-run hitting of Outfielder Larry Doby (26) and Third Baseman AI Rosen (19).

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