Bowling Worthy of Athens Spirit and Community
Southeast Ohio bowling scene grows with about 40 teams in Athens last season, drawing roughly 200 players weekly. The piece notes ABC rules, high scores like 298, and the emergence of women bowlers, plus local interest in automatic pin machines and nearby Nelsonville leagues.
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Neil D. Thomas
Athens Bowling League
Ohio
a_ sports
Athens
Atlas
Andy Varipappa
ABC
Bolin
Thomas
Sportland Recreation
Nelsonville Kewlers
American Bowling Congress
Columbus
TOTH SPARKS MINERS TO WIN OVER STARS
Glouster Miners star lefty Toth struck out 12, limiting Stars to 8 hits as the HVL champions beat the All Stars 5 to 4. A three-run sixth inning broke a 2-2 tie, with Toth driving in two runs and Wiseman surrendering six hits.
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Toth Sparks
Glouster
Orly Toth
Glouster Miners
HVL
Marvin Knowlton
Hank Wiseman
Frank James
Wiseman
Toth
Sam Jenkins
Nelsonville
Bob Mills
Athens
Rollister
Abrhoa Stewart
Hee
Cansueca
Newman
Cremd
Onsuiane
Oscasun
Ae Patton
Sos
Denkina
Hut
Kollister
Piero Pee
Rankin
Skinner
Gieuster O
Stewart
Harkins
Stephenson
Roman
Hallam
RBI
Haslam
Smith
Allen
All- Stars
Hutchison
Jenkins
Barstow
Border
SAC
Knowlton
James
So—Toth
Cominsky
MLB Scores and Standings Roundup From Weekend Games
Chicago and New York split doubleheaders with dominant pitching and hitting highlights. Brooklyn and Philadelphia posted decisive wins over their rivals, while Cleveland and Boston traded blowouts with tight losses. Multiple games were called or postponed due to conditions.
Dodgers Reserve Corps Shines Behind The Linemen
Dodgers beat the Pirates 3-1 as Eddie Miksis homered and Stan Rojek drove in a run while filling in for injured Keystones. Miksis led the charge with four hits and a seventh inning homer as Brooklyn widens its NL lead over the Cardinals.
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Eddie Miksis
Stan Rojek
Brooks
Pittsburgh Pirates
St. Louis Cardinals
Miksis
Rojek
Ed Stanky
Pee Wee Reese
Spike Wounds
Cincinnati
Dixie Walker
Dodgers
Arky Vaughan
Johnny Jorgensen
Vaughan
Reds
North Carolina Faces Tough 1947 Schedule And Key Figures
Richmond notes say North Carolina brings back 34 football lettermen for 1947 and faces a grueling slate in Georgia Texas Wake Forest William and Mary Florida Tennessee North Carolina State Maryland Duke and Virginia. Choo choo Charlie Justice remains a potential pro, while NC State coach Bob Suffridge predicts strong guard play. Also mentioned are Piedmont League figures Bernie Watts and Charlie Musser, and a Virginia football schedule decision by Cavaliers players.
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Richmond
North Carolina
Tar Heels
Georgia
Texas
Wake Forest
William and Mary
Florida
Tennessee
North Carolina State
Maryland
Duke
Virginia
Charlie Justice
Bob Suffridge
Suffridge
Bernie Watts
Giard
Ohio
Charlie Musser
Negro Ace To Confer With Rickey In Brooklyn
Dan Bankhead, 24, flew to Brooklyn after Branch Rickey bought his Memphis Red Sox contract. Rickey planned a conference with Bankhead to discuss his immediate major league future, with hopes he could join the Dodgers within a week, making him the first Negro pitcher to crack the Majors.
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Memphis
Tenn
Dan Bankhead
Brooklyn
Dodger
Branch Rickey
Memphis Red Sox
Bankhead
Rickey
Dodgerhead
B. B. Martin
Ensign Hanover Leads Du Quoin Harness Meet
Ensign Hanover tops five days of harness racing at Du Quoin Illinois with $100 000 in purses. The program opens with a 3500 single G pacing stake led by Ensign Hanover who has never lost a heat on the Du Quoin track. Hoot Man returns from the Hambletonian for a 13000 fair trot and the 20000 Mc Mahon Memorial pace marks the week’s richest race.
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DU Quoin
Ill
Ensign Hanover
Browns Release Negro Players After Struggle to Pro Standards
Henry Thompson and Willard J. Brown, two Negro players acquired by the St. Louis Browns on July 17, were released after Saturday's game with Philadelphia. A club spokesman said both did not meet major league standards. Thompson batted .256 as a second baseman and Brown hit .162 as an outfielder.
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ST. Louis
Henry Thompson
Willard J. Brown
St. Louis Browns
Philadelphia Athletics
Browns
Thompson
Brown
League Baseball Schedule Headlines Tonight's Matches
National League games include Chicago at New York and Pittsburgh at Brooklyn with Cincinnati at Philadelphia and St. Louis at Boston in night action. American League features New York at Chicago and Philadelphia at Detroit with Boston at Cleveland and Washington at St. Louis also scheduled for night play.
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New York
Chicago
Newsom
Page
Houk
Haynes
Caldwell
Tresh
Shea
Robinson
Ruffing
Grove
Dickey
Washington
St. Louis
Haefner
Mancuso
Fannin
Moss
Cary
Masterson
Ferrell
Sanford
W. Brown
Philadelphia
Detroit
Coleman
Savage
Rosar
Trucks
Swift
Scheib
Guerra
Newhouser
Wagner
W. Pet
Brooklyn
St Louis
Boston
Cincinnati
American Association
Kansas City
Louisville
Milwaukee
Columbus
Indianapolis
Minneapolis
St Paul
Toledo
National League
Pittsburgh
American League
Cleveland
Zanesville Southpaw Notches 20th Win in Ohio League
Sandy Lambert the Zanesville Dodgers ace allowed six hits and earned his 20th win as the Dodgers routed Lima 15 to 6 after an 11-run fifth. Lambert leads the league with 210 strikeouts, rebounding from Springfield's Tony West's heavy rides. Other games saw Muncie and Marion wins while Springfield split with Richmond and Newark split with Marion.
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Associated Press
Sandy Lambert
Zanesville Dodgers
Ohio State League
Lima
Lambert
Dodger
Ohio Stater
Cubs
Newark
Richmond Roses
Springfield Giants
Giants
Jack Cingolani
Bob Upton
Baseball season leaders and top stats listed
The prompt provides baseball leaders by player and category for several teams. Highlights include Mize leading runs batted in with 106 and home runs at 40, Walker and Miller sharing doubles at 27, Williams leading batting with 337 and runs with 96, Feller striking out 149, and Jansen posting 154 pitching wins with a .789 in another line.
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Walker
Philadelphia
Mize
New York
Baumholtz
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Miller
Holmes
Boston
Robinson
Blackwell
Jansen
Williams
Doerr
Pesky
Boudreau
Cleveland
Vernon
Washington
Dillinger
St. Louis
Feller
Shea
Gardner defeats Coon in Athens Country Club upset
Dr Robbin Gardner defeats favored Leslie Coon four and three in the Athens Country Club championship matches posting a best local score of 71. In medal play handicap Dwight Grace shoots 83 16 67 to win first place with Heimer McAfee 91 21 70 and Wyant 77 7 70 tied for second. Bryan Wolfe 86 15 71 places fourth and Don Barstow 81 8 73 fifth. Other net 74 winners include George Van Meter F B Dilley D Buffington Morton Rice and Roger Pedigo.
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Robbin Gardner
Leslie Coon
Athens
Dwight Grace
Heimer McAfee
Wyant
Bryan Wolfe
Don Barstow
George van Meter
F. B. Dilley
D. Buffington
Morton Rice
Roger Pedigo
Harrison wins Reno Open with 16 under par score
E. J. Dutch Harrison of York Pennsylvania won the Reno Open in Reno Nevada with a 72 hole total of 272 16 under par to capture the $15000 prize.
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Reno
Nev
E. J
Giants Blank Cubs as Jansen Earns 15th Victory
Larry Jansen scattered eight hits to post his 15th win and first shutout as the Giants defeated the Cubs 4-0 in the first game of a doubleheader. Joe DiMaggio led the Yankees with a four-for-four day including a homer and four RBIs in a 16-6 win over the White Sox in the second game after Chicago won the opener 3-2.
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Aaron Robinson
Johnny Lindell
Boby Brown
al Clark
Yankee
Yogi Berra
Robinson
Yankees
Chicago White Sox
Chicago
White Sox
Cardinals
Braves
Boston
Stan Musial
Murry Dickson
Johnny Sain
New York Giants
Chicago Cubs
Polo Grounds
Cubs
Ed Waitkus
Hank Wyse
Mize
Babe Ruth
Cincinnati Reds
Philadelphia Phillies
Reds
Phillies
Boston Red Sox
Cleveland Indians
Dave Ferriss
Indians
Red Sox
Joe Gordon
Tigers
Philadelphia Athletics
Detroit
Washington Senators
Browns
St. Louis
Larry Jansen
Giants
Joe DiMaggio
Sox
Sprinter Leads Camden Handicap Field at Garden State Park
A Polynesian sprinter, world record holder for six furlongs, tops a nine‑horse Camden Handicap field on opening day at Garden State Park Camden N J Monday. Elmen dorf Stable’s star will be ridden by Willie Balzaretti with Air Patrol from Shamrock Stable as likely challenger.
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Camden
N. J
Garden State Park
Elmendorf
Willie Balzaretti
Shamrock Stable
Air Patrol
Five accidents studied by State Patrol in Gallia county
State Highway Patrol investigated five weekend crashes in Gallia County. Mary Mitchell, 10, darted from behind a parked car into Stanton Bowles near Porter at 9 45 a m Sunday. Bowles was driving west. a Crown City collision occurred within the city limits on Gallia and Charles Streets involving Harry Miller 57 New Vienna and Sherman Stanley 26 Proctorville. Miller suffered possible rib injury and cuts. Nellie Ward Springfield was treated for shoulder and hip injuries. A head on near Addison caused minor property damage between Charles Sowards and Noel Hockman. Kerr Swick 31 Morral struck a pole after his steering rod allegedly snapped near Gallipolis. Burr Groves 59 Edison lost control near Rodney on Route 35. Effie Dell Groves suffered a bruised arm.
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Gallipolis
State Highway Patrol
Holzer Hospital
Mary Mitchell
Stanton Bowles
Bidwell
Porter
Bowles
Nellie Ward
Springfield
Addison
Charles Sowards
Noel Hockman
Kerr S. Swick
Morral
Ohio
Swick
Rodney
Burr Groves
Edison
Effie Dell Groves
Real Estate Tax Books Closed in Gallia County
Gallia County closed its general real estate tax books on August 20. Receipts totaled 90,737.30, up from 88,585.37 last year, according to County Treasurer Otis Drummond.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Otis Drummond
River Traffic at Gallipolis and Lokcs Ebbs and Flows
Gallipolis locks on the Ohio River reported stages of 18.4 and 12.2 feet with 10 feet on rollers Sunday evening. Downbound passages included Ogram Dawson Teddy Acres Sardis Talbott Mayo and others while upriver boats included Titan Little Hocking Neville Nat ional Gordon Greene and George Verity. Relatives of Walter Henderson left for Wichita Kansas after visiting here.
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Gallipolis
Eureka
Ohio River
Ogram and Dawson
Teddy
Ohio
Acres
Sardis
Talbott
Mayo
Benwood
W. Va
Lehigh
Marietta
Parkersburg
Progress
Bellville
Peters
Millwood
Titan
Little Hocking
Neville
Portsmouth
National
Vanceburg
Gordon Greene
Maysville
George Verity
New Richmond
Kanawha River
Barrett
London
Calvin Verity
Marmet
Ernestine
Winfield
Harris
Hearse and car crash mar procession in Gallipolis
Gallipolis police investigated two weekend accidents. A car driven by William Brumfield collided with a funeral procession hearse driven by Charles Lee Stevers at 2nd and Olive, causing substantial property damage. In a second crash on Garfield Avenue, Lucille M Brown and Rhonda Brown suffered minor injuries when Francis William Brown’s car collided with Lawrence Nelson White’s vehicle. White was cited for operating a vehicle while under the influence.
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Gallipolis
William Brumfield
Charles Lee Stevers
Mercerville
2Nd and
Olive
Brumfield
2Nd Ave
Lucille M. Brown
Rhonda Brown
Rocky River
Ohio
Francis William Brown
Lawrence Nelson White
Ashland
Garfield Ave
Portsmouth Road
White
Sunday Temperature Tops 94 in Gallipolis
The Gallipolis thermometer at the waterworks pump station read 94 degrees for the high and 72 at the low on Sunday. The official season high remains 96 degrees, reported by Edwin McCormick, U S weather observer at Fairfield.
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Gallipolis
Edwin McCormick
U. S
Fairfield
Mr. and Mrs Leaper Celebrate 66th Wedding Anniversary
Local guests and visitors from nearby communities gathered in Gallipolis to congratulate Mr. and Mrs. Frank Leaper on their 66th anniversary. Their son Police Chief Chester A Leaper and daughter-in-law joined the celebration.
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Gallipolis
Frank Leaper
Chester A. Leaper
Admissions and discharges at Holzer Hospital Gallipolis
Gallia Hospital notes list admissions including George Sonne Jackson Roy Mc Clure Edward Har per H B Ecker John Dole Mrs Charles Drummond Mrs May Rodgers Gallipolis Route 2 Mrs May Rodgers Gallipolis Mrs Luther Sherwood Wellston Mary Elizabeth Casto Rockcastle W Va Roxie Boster City Discharges include H B Ecker Mary Elizabeth Casto Luke Watkins Mrs Leo Swisher Mrs Teford Dunn Wesley Johnson Mrs Oscar Gilliland Mrs Roy Harmon and son Lucille Smith
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Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital
George Sonne
Jackson
Roy McClure
Middleport
Edward J. Harper
Wellston
H. B. Ecker
City
John Dole
Charles Drummond
May Rodgers
Luther Sherwood
Mary Elizabeth Casto
Rockcastle
W. Va
Roxie Boster
Buyer From Atlanta Visits Gallipolis Designer
Helen O'Brien a department store sportswear buyer from Atlanta Georgia arrives in Gallipolis as a guest of her uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs A P Kerr. Miss O'Brien tours New York and Los Angeles seasonally to pick models for the stores she represents.
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Gallipolis
Helen O'Brien
Atlanta
A. P. Kerr
Miss O'Brien
New York
Los Angeles
Picnic Draws 250 at Shriner Lodge Club House
About 250 people attended the Shrine picnic at the Shriner's new club house on the Chickamauga Road. Attendees brought basket lunches and the lodge prepared special dishes downtown for the event.
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Gallipolis
Shriner
Chickamauga Road
Lodge
Texas Relatives Visit Gallipolis Woman
Mrs. John Bott of Okmulgee Oklahoma visits daughter Mrs. H. B. Licker in Gallipolis with C. H. Bott of Corpus Christi and Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Bott of Ponca City. They drove from Texas in two days and plan further travel to Pennsylvania to see more relatives.
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Ecker
Texas
Gallipolis
John Bott
Okmulgee
Okla
C. H. Bott
Corpus Christi
J. B. Bott
Ponca City
H. B. Licker
Pennsylvania
Valley Stock Sales At Gallipolis Show
Valley livestock sales at Gallipolis featured hogs 175 to 250 pounds selling for 27 to 28 dollars and up to 24 to 27.50 for lights. Cattle ranged with steers 18 to 25, heifers 15 to 23, baby beef 15 to 22, fat cows 12 to 17, bulls 12 to 17.50, and milk cows 75 to 150. Top veal calves reached 25.25 with seconds 22 to 25 and heavies 18 to 25. Lambs and sheep traded 6 to 12 for ewes and fat lambs 22.90 for top items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Ohio Valley
Marriage permits issued in Gallipolis
Marriage licenses were issued here to Marvin Goudy Parkersburg employe of a baking company and Eileen Greathouse Addison and to Randall Marvin Bright Henderson W Va weld er and Anna Mae Wright Kanaue ga.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Marvin Goudy
Parkersburg
Eileen Greathouse
Addison
Randall Marvin Bright
Henderson
W. Va
Weldser
Anna Mae Wright
Kanauega
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