Series Fever Grips St Louis as Cards Win 6 4
The St Louis Cardinals beat the Dodgers 6 to 4 to extend their NL lead to three games as World Series hype swells. President Sam Breadon values a pennant at 1 million and tickets loom in looming optimism while Dodgers efforts to regain ground face stiff opposition.
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Crabby Crabtree Shines for Cardinals in 1940s Pose
The piece notes Nelsonville’s Crabby Crabtree as a standout pinch hitter for the St. Louis Cardinals. It highlights his timely hits, including a tying RBI against Brooklyn, and a three-for-three game replacing Terry Moore, with a July 24 batting average of .477.
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Dodgers fall as Cardinals surge after late rally
Brooklyn led 3-1 before the Cardinals answered with three runs in the eighth to seal a 6-4 win. Pete Reiser homered for Brooklyn in the seventh and eighth innings, while Chicago won 5-3 behind Tot Presnell in relief. In American League action Washington beat Cleveland 7-6 and Sam Chapman homered twice to lift Philadelphia 5-3 in ten innings.
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Sports Notes From The Times Square Desk In Brief
New York enthusiasm at Saratoga thrives but money tight. Bets, matchmaking and fighter finances surface as Eddie Mead pays off Fritzie Zivic. Dewey Fragetta travels for Buddy Knox vs Bob Sykes while Shaughnessy and Bierman headline Boone coaching school. Armchair humor and player pay scales round out the bulletin.
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Feller Falls Short for 20th Victory in Washington Loss
The Indians lost 7 to 6 to the Senators as Bob Feller failed in his third try for win number 20. Feller allowed nine hits with four strikeouts and three walks. Washington rallied with a two run ninth inning, as George Case started the strings with a walk and Roger Cramer doubled home the tying run before Budd Lewis and Cecil Travis drove in the decisive marker.
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Gallipolis Social Notes Honor Departing Griffths and Reunions
Mrs. Garfield Griffith and husband Coach Griffith planned a move to Columbus Upper Arlington while friends gathered for dessert bridge. A first birthday party for Darrell Ray Roberts occurred at the Dewitt home with many relatives attending. Daughters of America held a July birthday social after a weekly meeting with gifts and corsages. Max Altman hosted a luncheon at Hotel Lafayette with guests from Ashland and Columbus. The Evans family reunion met at Templed Hills near Oak Hill with officers elected and many relatives present from multiple towns and states.
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Garfield Griffith
Coach Griffith
Columbus
Upper Arlington
Harold Brown
Selwyn White
Robert Sheets
Darrell Roberts
Lester Dewitt
Portsmouth Road
Darrell Ray Roberts
Gallia Council
Daughters of America
George Lear
E. J. Wilson
Ena Cooper
Sarah Houck
Ira Walter
P. E. Pierce
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Hotel Lafayette
Meyer Maggied
Max Finberg
Ashland
Dora Mellman
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Lester K. Evans
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Alice Griffiths
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Middleport
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Abrams Triumphs Over 160-Pound Champion in Ten Rounds
Washington heavyweight George Abrams returns from naval reserve duty to punch past Billy Loose in a ten round non title bout. The world middleweight crown was not at stake and the bout highlighted Abrams moving from a secondary role in the ring.
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Husky Washington Walloper
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Plan Land Meeting for Gallipolis Conservation Group
Possibly fifty persons will attend a dinner meeting Friday night in Our House as guests of Dr. C. E. Holzer. They will represent that number of clubs and societies interested in conservation, with the objective to organize a county chapter of Friends of the Land.
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League Leaders Stat Line Highlights 1960s Era Baseball
The list shows top players across leagues with leaders in batting runs and hits. DiMaggio leads New York with 146 hits and 90 RBIs while Williams tallies 407 runs for Boston. Pitcher Ruffing heads NL pitching with 123.
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Mrs Sommer hosts Monday gathering amid Sommer relatives
Mrs Walter Caufman spent Tuesday at the home of her mother Mrs John Sommer on Kanawha. Attending were uncles Dr E A Sommer Chinco California W J Sommer San Francisco and S J Sommer Columbus.
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Columbus
Hold Funeral Services for Howard Jones
Hollywood mourns USC football legend Howard Jones at First Methodist Church. The 55 year old coach died of a heart attack at his North Hollywood home. Eleven ushers from his former players were named for the service, led by T A D Jones. Burial will be in Middletown Ohio near his birthplace.
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Orv Mohler
Cotton Warburton
Aaron Rosenberg
Tay Brown
Harry Smith
Bob de Lauer
Well Drill To Bore Holes for Piling on Highway
County highway workers abandon wooden piling after failing to penetrate rock on Bulaville Porter Road. A water well drill is boring over 100 holes seven inches in diameter to be filled with site manufactured concrete posts. Posts will protrude above ground to support a timber frame and hold back soil.
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Social visits span across states and cities
Florida visitors join relatives in Ohio while Dr. W W Strange and Mrs. Strange travel from Huntington to Portsmouth for a hos pitality furlough. Other guests include Mrs Eugene Watson and Carl Russell with relatives in Columbus and Buckeye Lake, and Mrs David Richards visiting Pen Bryn in Rio Grande with niece Lillian McDaniel.
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George Coyer
Shirley Saunders
Williamsburg
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Standings Snapshot From Early Baseball Week
St Louis leads with six wins while Brooklyn has four and Philadelphia eight. Chicago shows four or five wins, with Pittsburgh two. Cincinnati tops 9 to 0 over New York as rain affects Detroit New York and St Louis Boston games. Columbus Indianapolis Toledo Louisville St Paul Milwaukee entries note.
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Reds Regain Third Place As Walters Blanks Giants
Cincinnati Reds blank the New York Giants 9 to 0 to move into third place, with Bucky Walters earning his 13th win and a fourth shutout. Ernie Lombardi drove in three runs as redleg hitters exploded for six runs in four innings and added three more in the seventh.
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Harmon and Michigan Stars Lead 1940 All Stars
Tommy Harmon and Forest Evashevski head the Michigan duo selected for the 1940 All Star team to play the Chicago Bears at Soldier Field August 28. The 70 man squad includes Purdue’s Rankin Indiana’s Rucinski and 59 others after 9.0 million votes.
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Minnesota
George Paskvan
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USO Receives Proceeds From Detroit All Star Game
The major leagues gave the United Service Organizations a check for 53226.27 representing the net profit from the Detroit all star baseball game staged in July.
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