Monday, Sep. 06, 1954

Scoreboard

P: At Williamsport, Pa., the Little League world series went to a band of bubblegum blowers from Schenectady, N.Y., who outlasted Colton, Calif, in the finals 7-5. Star of the game: Billy Masucci, twelve-year-old Schenectady pitcher, who smashed a two-run homer in the first inning, maintained his poise on the mound after beaning Colton's Harley Chapman (whose hand he shook in apology--see cut), struck out nine and allowed only four hits.

P: At Bern, Switzerland, a band of tight-lipped Russians rolled up an overwhelming lead in the fifth European Games (Europe's off-year Olympics) despite their wrong-way marathoner, Ivan Filin. who dogmatically swung left as he entered the stadium for the last lap, and lost out to Finland's Veikko Karvonen, who had no qualms about right-hand turns. In what may be his last appearance on the track, Britain's Roger Bannister loafed to an easy victory in the 1,500-meter run. His time: 3:43-8.

P: As the pennant races boiled to a climax, major-league records melted in the heat. In Milwaukee, rooters for the third-place Braves smashed their own National League attendance record of 1,826,397, set last year. In Boston, aging Ted Williams, 35, walloped his 24th home run of the season, the 361st of his career, and tied the lifetime total of old Rival Joe DiMaggio. In Cincinnati. Gil Hodges raised his runs-batted-in total to 100, became the only active major leaguer to turn the trick for six consecutive years.

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