Baseball Holdouts Sit Tight as 1944 Ranks Form
AP reports Walker Cooper Johnny Hopp and Dee Walker are among 1944 baseball holdouts. Reds and Pirates discuss contracts while players seek raises, with other stars like Luis Olmo and Luke Hamlin signaling trade or payment demands. Managers note few holdouts in Reds, while war plant duties affect some players. Jose Bruer plans to stay at war plant, and Scheib shows promise for college start.
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NEW York
Startcher Walker Cooper
Louis Cardinals
Vince Dio
Pitts Rgh Pirates
Dee Walker
Cincinnati
War- Giles
Theds
Reds
Cooper
Johnny Hopp
Sam Brea
Adton
Pirates
Dim Walker
Lando
Fila
Walker
Wies
Luis Olmo
Brooklyn Dodgers
Itcher
Luke Hamlin
Theadelphia Athletics
A’s
Wash
Connie Mack
John Cock
Diamond Developments City
N Bruer
Frederick
Brucker
Carl Scheib
Gratz
CIE
Pittsburgh Pirates
Jim Hanoper
Army
Sville
Detroit
Elon “Chief
Minneapolis
Pitcherenshaw
Chicago
Greye
Milwaukee
Mistele
St. Paul
Soe
Myra
Ood
N. J
Ott
Ege Park
Alex Carrasquel
Venezuela
Alon
Juan Hernandez
Ston
Jim
Braves
Fight Results Philadelphia Newark Card Reports
Philadelphia reports show Jose Basora stopping Harold Jamaica Smith in the 3rd round in Philadelphia. Newark results note Lenny Mancini defeating Youngstown by decision over Stanford Tuckett in New York.
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Philadelphia
Jose Basora
New York
Harold “Jamaica” Smith
Newark
N. J
Lenny Mancini
Youngstown
Stanford Tuckett
Yankees May Lose Dickey to Army Service
Atlantic City AP reports that if catcher Bill Dickey enters Army service after his physical, three Yankee farm candidates Joe Glenn Bob Collins and Mike Garbark will be held in reserve at Kansas City and Newark. Glenn and Collins have major league backgrounds. Garbark a Villanova football alumnus noted for hard hitting but uneven consistency.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Billy Dickey
Dickey
Rollie Hemsley
Vienna Mo
Yankees
Kansas City
Newark
Joe Glenn
Bob Collins
Mike Garbark
Yankee
George Weiss
Paul Krichell
Glenn
Collins
Garbark
New York
Browns
White Sox
Louisville
Oakland
Wso
Los Angeles
Chicago Cub
K. C. Garbark
Weiss-Krichell
Villanova
Funeral for Seaman Finney Held at The Plains Church
The Plains Methodist Church hosted the funeral for Fireman Second Class William Urban Finney Jr. who perished in the U S S Turner explosion in New York Harbor on January 3. The service featured a Chauncey vocal trio and piano, a sermon by Rev. Gilbert Courtney, obituary reading, and floral arrangements. Finney, 35, was born in The Plains and survived by his wife, daughter, father, stepmother, brother Hugh, and sisters Ida Hattie and Jennie.
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Chauncey
Plains Methodist Church
William Urban Finney, Jr
New York Harbor
Charles S. Bradfield
Helen Courtney
Isabelle Courtney
Lucille Sanders
Gilbert Courtney
First Church of Christ
William U. Finney
Maggie Finney
the Plains
the Plains High School
Hugh
Ida
Hattie
Jennie
Pvt. Preston Sends Greetings From Africa
Chauncey couple Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Preston receive a message from their son Clark E. Preston in the engineer corps stationed in North Africa. Mrs. Clark Preston and son Bobby have returned to Columbus after visiting her parents in Nelsonville and Chauncey.
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Chauncey
A. L. Preston
Clark E. Preston
Engineer Corps
North Africa
Clark Preston
Bobby
Columbus
William Smith
Nelsonville
Cadet Jack Ley Hospitalized for Infected Hand
Chauncey parents Mr and Mrs John J Ley report cadet Jack Ley in a Victorsville hospital with an infected hand from a bruised thumb. He is recovering. Brother Paul attends a Navy school in Auburn Alabama. Mrs Ley's brother Lt Bernard Syx, of Toledo, enlisted last July and is stationed at Gulfport Mississippi.
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Chauncey
John J. Ley
Jack
Victorsville
Paul
Auburn
Ala
Ladies Auxiliary Holds Evening Meeting in Chauncey
Chauncey Ladies Auxiliary to the United Mine Workers will meet at 7 tonight in the K of P Building. Auxiliary president Mrs. Bonnie Mullins announces a polluck supper will be served after the meeting.
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Chauncey
Chauncey Ladies Auxiliary
United Mine Workers
K. of P
Bonnie Mullins
Trimble Church of Christ Plans Easter and Decision Day
The Trimble CHAUNCEY workers confer ence and Official Board meet tonight at 7 in Trimble Church of Christ to set plans for Easter observances and Decision Day announced by Pastor Gilbert Courtney.
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Chauncey — Workers Conference
Trimble Church of Christ
Gilbert Courtney
Honor Three Sons Who Are in Service
Mr. and Mrs. P. E. Weekley of Athens Route 3 hosted a family dinner Friday to honor three sons in service Pfe Jess Weekley at Drew Field Florida S 2 c Hoyt Weekley at Olathe Kansas and Jennings Weekley who left Saturday for the Great Lakes Naval Training Station Other relatives and friends attended including Shirley Ann Weekley Parkersburg W Va Mrs Sarah Connelly Frank Weekley Mildred Cooper Mrs Jennings Weekley and children Eugene Dottie and Janice Don Weekley and daughter Sharon Lee Guy Gabriel and son Gary Hoyt returned to base Sunday Jess was to be home until Wednesday
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Chauncey
P. E. Weekley
Athens
Pfe
Jess Weekley
Drew Field
Florida
Hoyt Weekley
Olathe
Kansas
Jennings Weekley
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Shirley Ann Weekley
Sarah Connelly
Parkersburg
W. Va
Frank Weekley
Mildred Cooper
Eugene
Dottie
Janice
Don Weekley
Sharon Lee
Guy Gabriel
Gary Oingfield
Ohio
Kert
Simpson Family Honors Inductees at Dinner
Chauncey Mr. and Mrs. Howard Simpson entertained with a two course chicken dinner Wednesday night to honor son Chester and son in law Edgar Brown who are leaving for Army induction. Present were Mr. and Mrs. Chester Simpson and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Brown and sons, and hosts Mr. and Mrs. Howard Simpson and son Warren.
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Chauncey
Howard Simpson
Millfield
Chester
Edgar Brown
Chester Simpson
Edgar. Brown
Warren
Mrs Gerard Brown Hosts Chauncey Ladies Aid Meeting
Mrs Gertrude Brown hosted the March Chauncey Millfield Methodist Church Ladies Aid meeting with devotions by Mrs Helen Gillespie and a social hour. Attending were Mrs Alice Theisen Mrs Margie Pyle Mrs Mamie Chadwell Mrs Lucille Morgan Mrs Ruth Simpkins Miss May Howard and Mrs Brown. April host is Mrs Mary Leffler.
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Chauncey
Ladies Aid Society
Millfield Methodist Church
Hcome
Gertrude Brown
Helen Gillespie
Alice Theisen
Margie Pyle
Mamie Chadwell
Lucille Morgan
Ruth Simpkins
May Howard
Brown
Mary Leffler
Family Dinner Honors Great Lakes Seaman
Emanuel Crabtree and family hosted a two course chicken dinner on May Ave to honor Seaman Second Class Fred Crabtree on a 13 day furlough from Great Lakes Til. Guests included Fred Crabtree his wife Signa and children Barbara Ann and Freddie Mrs Virgie Wadley and Emanuel Crabtree and family.
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Chauncey
Emanuel Crabtree
May Ave
Fred Crabtree
Great Lakes
Til
Signa
Barbara Ann
Freddie
Virgie Wadley
Rittenour Reelected President of United Fr mag Trotting Assn
George W. Rittenour of Piketon Ohio was reelected president of the United Farm Mag Trotting Association yesterday. He led the organization and will steer plans for the coming year.
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Indianapolis
George W. Rittenour
Piketon O
United Fr Mag Trotting Association
Yester- Ve
Spring training hints at pitcher advantage in major leagues
Major league managers expect a pitcher dominated season as spring games begin. The piece notes elbowers still outnumber hitters, with Yankees and Senators fielding enough strong arms to start daily. It also recalls past sports figures and military service linked to baseball and football in a wide-ranging roundup.
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New York
Yankees
Senators
Jimmy Conzelman
Robert E. Hannegan
National Democratic Committee
Detroit Panthers
Jimmy
Detroit
Hannegan
Conzelman
Meigs Cagers In W. Va. Meet
POMEROY The second annual industrial cage tournament will be held in St Albans W Va March 14 18. Local players on two teams Pt Pleasant 22nd St Bowling Center and Gallipolis enter the event joining 14 other teams from Charleston Belle Buffalo Hurricane Hamlin Montroal Huntington and Nitro. Business manager F W Quillin guides Pt Pleasant with Paul Clifford and team manager. Players include Bob Roberts Charles Murray Bill Grueser Bob Hysell Bernard Guinther all of Pomeroy along with Bob Lohse Middleport Joe Grimm Fred Stewart Ralph Sayre Mason City Bill Walters Lionel Boggs of Middleport on Gallipolis. Pt Pleasant begins play Wednesday night at 9.
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Pomeroy
St. Albans
W. Va
Company B
West Virginia State Guard
Pt. Pleasant 22Nd St
Huntington
Nitro
F. W. Quillin
Pt. Pleasant
Paul Clifford
Bob Roberts
Charles Murray
Bill Grueser
Bob Hysell
Bernard Guinther
Bob Lohse
Middleport
Joe Grimm
Fred Stewart
Ralph Sayre
Mason City
Bill Walters
Lionel Boggs
Gallipolis
Pt. Pleasant Cagers
Cliff Craig Still Dominates Flyball Mound in Hawaii
Former Ohio University pitcher Cliff Craig, stationed at Tripler General Hospital, hurled a 13 zero win for Alea Hospital against Tripler. He allowed two hits in the first inning, then retired the rest with 11 strikeouts across eight innings, earning a second straight shutout for the Medicos.
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Bobcat
Area Naval Hospital
Hawaii
Ike Harmon
Craig
Tripler General Hospital
Alea
Honolulu
Cliff
Cruickshank Favored In North and South Open
A qualifying rule last year helped Cruickshank of Richmond win the North and South Open. This year the PGA is not sponsoring the $3,000 event in Pinehurst and several top stars are skipping. With fewer big names, the veteran Scotsman faces an easier path to title defense as the tournament opens today.
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Cruickshank
Pinehurst N. C
Ting Bobby Cruickshank
Richmond
Bobby
PGA
Chauncey Correspondent Virgil Preston Visits Home Front
Corporal Virgil Preston on furlough from Indiantown Gap Pa visits his wife Mary and Chauncey relatives. Athens residents Mr and Mrs Oliver Geary and son Teddy visit Lower Plains hosts Clarence and Kenneth Langle. Mrs Carolyn Heffken and son Teddy from Glouster stay in Millfield with sister Louise Muzio family.
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Chauncey
Virgil Preston
Indiantown Gap
Mary
Oliver Geary
Teddy
Athens
Clarence Langle
Kenneth
Lower Plains
Carolyn Guerra Heffken
Glouster
Millfield
Louise Muzio
Mesner Missing as Reds Start Spring Training
Cincinnati Reds open spring training at Indiana University with eleven players absent including Elmer Riddle and Jeve Mesner amid illness and holdout rumors. Reds manager Warren Giles weighs Mesner’s status as the Pacific Coast issue lingers.
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Bloomington
Ind
Cincinnati Reds
University of Indiana
Elmer Riddle
Reds
Riddle
Warren C. Giles
Columbus
Giles
Jeve Mesner
Mesner
West Coast
Pacific Coast
Ortiz To Risk Crown Tonight In Ninth Defense
Los Angeles reports Manuel Ortiz the bantamweight champion defends his title tonight in a 15 round bout against Ernesto Aguilar of Mexico City. Aguilar is a left handed challenger with notable craft but limited power, Ortiz remains a strong favorite at 1-4 despite the threat from a southpaw foe.
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Los Angeles
Manuel Ortiz
Ernesto Aguilar
Mexico City
Aguilar
Ortiz
Farmer
California
Imperial Valley
Tommy Farmer
Loyal Daughters Hold Meeting at Anderson Home
Mrs. Emmett Anderson, Mrs. Francis McAllister, and Mrs. John Henshaw hosted the Loyal Daughters class at the Anderson residence on Main Street. President Mrs. C. E. Williams led, scripture reading and prayer by Mrs. Henshaw, round table on missions and benevolences, readings by Cunningham Stahl Balderson Danford Oskey Kittle, and a salad course to close.
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Esta Cunningham
Edith Stahl
Carrie ‘Balderson
Lalla Danford
Tempie Jones
Ruth Oskey
Ora Kittle
Ada Belle Palmer to wed Cadet Robert Workman in Columbus
Mr and Mrs Robert Palmer of Trimble announce the marriage of their daughter Ada Belle to Cadet Robert J Workman of Wilmington Delaware on February 19 at King Avenue Methodist Church Columbus. Matron of honor was Mrs R M Barrer and best man Cadet Charles H Crosby Oberlin. The groom is a graduate of Ohio State University and attended Benjamin University in Washington DC. The bride is a Jacksonville Trimble High School graduate in the class of 1939.
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Robert Palmer
Trimble
Ada Belle
Robert J. Workman
Wilmington
Delaware
King Avenue Methodist Church
Columbus
R. M. Barrer
Charles H. Crosby
Oberlin
Ohio State University
Benjamin University
Washington, D. C
Jacksonville-Trimble High School
Women from Church of Christ Plan Friday Meeting
The Women Class of the Church of Christ will meet in the social rooms of the church Friday evening at 7 30. Mr and Mrs Robert Williams and two children were weekend guests of Mrs Williams mother Mrs Emily Jonas and her sister Marcella Jonas. Mr Thomas Anderson was the guest of Mr and Mrs Dwight Karns at Chauncey on Sunday. Little Charles Karnes returned home with him Sunday evening to spend the week with his grandparents.
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Church of Christ
Robert
Bob) Williams
Williams
Emily Jonas
Marcella Jonas
Thomas Anderson
Dwight Karns
Madelin Anderson
Chauncey
Charles Karnes
Local Servicemen Return Home Briefly From Overseas
Glouster area residents report their sons Charles Elliott CM 3c and Loren Anderson have new postings. Charles Elliott has landed in San Francisco awaiting furlough after 18 months overseas with the Seabees. Loren Anderson has been transferred from Great Lakes Illinois to Memphis Tennessee.
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Glouster
Marion Elliott
Charles Elliott
CM 3 c
San Francisco
The
Seabees
Thomas Anderson
Loren Anderson
Great Lakes
Ill
Memphis
Tenn
Red Cross gifts totaling $908.50 reported in Glouster drive
Local treasurer M. M. Bryson reports contributions to the Red Cross drive in Glouster total $908.50 to date from numerous committees and organizations. The largest single gift is $590 from Local Union No. 648 at Mine No. 255.
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Glouster
M. M. Bryson
Red Cross
C. A. Bingman
American Legion
Churk McDonald
Rothwell Club
Trimble Masonic Lodge
Progressive Club
George H. Campbell
George H. Campbell’s Committee
Community Service Organization
Glouster Business and Professional Men's No
Hollister P. T. A
John King
W. D. Hughes
International Organization
Hughes
Logan and Grove City meet in Class B regional opener
Logan High School accelerates into the regional bracket by drawing Grove City in the opening Class B regional pairing. Philo faces Kitts Hill, with a consolation game slated for Saturday night before the regional final, winner advancing to the state tournament in Columbus.
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Logan
Corning
Logan High
Grove City
Franklin County
Philo
Muskingum County
Kitts Hill
Lawrence County
Fred B. Burchfield
Ashville
Westerville
Zanesville
West Lafayette
Kitts
Waverly
Columbus
Ladies Auxili ary of UMWA Meet in Odd Fellows Hall
The Ladies Auxiliary of the United Mine Workers of America will hold its regular monthly meeting in the Odd Fellows Hall Wednesday at 7 00 PM. Secretary Mrs Josephine Lewis urges all members to attend. A pot luck lunch will be served.
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Glouster
United Mine Workers of America
Odd Fellows Hall
Josephine Lewis
Birthday Homecoming for Corporal Eugene Sabo
Corporal Eugene Sabo of the Marines returned on a 30 day furlough to Derthick for his 24th birthday with a chicken dinner hosted by his parents. Attendees included Francis and Goldie Sabo Jr and family, and William Sabo and family. Sabo served four years including three and a half overseas, was aboard the Oklahoma at Pearl Harbor, and has served on two battleships with three major engagements. He is on his first visit home since enlistment and has a brother Johnny in the Army in the Pacific.
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Eugene Sabo
Marines
Derthick
Francis Sabo Jr
Millfield
William Sabo
Goldie
Mary Sabo
Dayton
Francis J. Sabo
Sabo
U. S
Oklahoma
Pearl Harbor
Johnny
Pacific
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