Memorial Day major league pennant scramble sees big crowds
Major league baseball saw its pennant chase tighten as Yankee Stadium drew a record crowd of 67 816 while both leagues produced splits in six of eight doubleheaders. Giants and Yankees maintained leads as Detroit and St Louis stayed within reach of the leaders. Other games featured Chicago Philadelphia Pittsburgh Brooklyn and Cincinnati sweeping and splitting. Postponed meeting notice for Glouster Past Matrons Association set for June 8.
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Jack Hand
Associated Press
New York Giants
Pittsurgh Pirates
New York Yankees
Detroit
Giants
St. Louis Cardinals
Pirates
Boston Red Sox
Hace Tigers
Yankee Stadium
Yankees
Twin-Hill
Skeeter Webb
Stubby Ovarmire
White Sox
Thornton Lee
Athletics
Rus Christopher
Washington
Browns
Mike! Uerra
Marino Pieretti
Pittsburgh
Brooklyn Dodgers
Rip Sewell
Buceos
Bill Voiselle
Chicago
Bruins
Bob Chipman
Mel Ott
Honus Wager
Ray Sanders
Cardinals
Boston Braves
Jim Tobin
Cincinnati
Ed Heuser
Phillies
Reds
Phil
Vince DiMaggio
Jimmy Foxx
Coaker Triplett
Jimmy Wasdell
Cleveland
Boston Reds
Jim Steiner Muffet
Tribe
Boston
Frankie Hayes
A's
Indians
League Leaders and New Career Marks at Beulah Park
Baseball and track notes with leading batters pitchers and fielders. Cuccinello Stirnweiss and Holmes top averages and runs while Lombardi and Lombardi set club records. race meet attendance at Beulah Park soars to a record 12,500 as President Dienst closes the day’s handle.
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SEY
Grove City
Beulah Park
Robert J. Dienst Ts
Merchant Shirley Tie In Tourney At Athens Country Club
George Merchant and Roy Shirley tied for first among 29 in the blind bogey tourney at Athens Country Club. Merchant posted 91 with a 7 handicap to hit the bogey 98, Shirley 111 total with 7 handicap. Norm Dean earned club champion with 82 net after two 41s, sharing low gross with Darrell Selby at 82 and 40 42 respectively. Other scorers included Pete Wagner 84, Russ Slaughter 86, B T Grover 87.
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George Merchant
Roy Shirley
Athens Country Club
Merchant
Shirley
Norm Dean
Dean
Darrell Selby
Pete Wagner
Russ Slaughter
B. T. Grover
Brews Suffer Double Defeat in Memorial Day Doubleheaders
Kansas City moved to sixth after sweeping Milwaukee Brewers in a Memorial Day doubleheader. Blues climbed from last to sixth with a 14-17 record, while Brewers retained top spot. Indianapolis stayed in second at 18-14 as Louisville dropped from fourth after a split in two games. Red Birds won 10-4 in Columbus, Toledo then took the nightcap 6-4 for its first series win, keeping the Henins in fifth at 15-17.
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Brewers
Indianapolis
Louisville
Columbus
Red Birds
Toledo
Hens
Sampson Named Bucyrus Football Coach After Upper Sandusky Run
Kenneth Sampson is named Bucyrus high school football coach. He previously led Upper Sandusky squads to 23 wins and five losses over three seasons.
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Bucyrus
Kenneth Sampson
Bucyrus High
Upper Sandusky
East Sends 8 Speedy Trip To Kentucky
The East will bid for the 71st Kentucky Derby on June 9 with a small but powerful trio of three year olds. Hoop Jr. and Jeep, winners of the Wood Memorial, lead the group as 64,537 fans set attendance and betting records in New York. Hoop Jr. sails for Churchill Downs today, Jeep follows Monday, Alexis to depart later.
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Jamaica
F. W. Hooper
Hoop Jr
Cal. C. V. Whitney
Jeep
Churchill Downs
Alexis
Henry W. Langer
sWilmington
Del
Christiana Starbles
Gallant Fox
Twenty Grand
Johnstown
County Fleet
Count Fleeet
Fullerton's Sports Roundup Highlights Rule Gaps and Coach Views
NCAA rules committee unfroze but 90 differences remain between college and NFL codes. A college coach says pros lead by involving coaches on the rules panel and hiring top officials on season contracts. Miami freshman Bruce McCroskey rushed home from Evanston for graduation then back for a Stout Field series. Yale shifts basketball coach role to Red Rolfe as Ken Loeffler departs post Navy service. Notre Dame fullback Al Schmid impressed during spring practice after a rough collision with the referee drew laughs.
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New York
National Football League
Miami University
Oxford
Evanston
Ill
Bruce
Miami
Apain
Ball Staite
Stout Field
Yale
Ken Loeffler
Red Rolfe
Ken
Navy
Notre Dame
al Schmid
Trenton
N. J
Doc Blanchard
Hines Organizes Scout Training School
Scoutmaster Ralph Hines announces a Tenderfoot Scout training school to start Thursday evening from 8 to 9 30 in the scout room. The course runs for three consecutive Thursdays at eight for an hour and a half. He also asks Troop 72 members to meet Saturday at 9 in the scout room for a hike bringing food for one meal.
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Glouster
Ralph Hines
Tenderfoot
Soldier Dead at Trimble District Honored
Soldiers from Frank McCann Post American Legion decorated graves across Maplewood Glouster Caldvary Hollister Sands Russell Trimble Taylor Ridge Concord cemeteries for 25 Trimble Township war dead. A Depot Square program featured the national anthem candlelighting and a poem He Sleeps Beneath the Soil of France as Girl Scouts lit tapers and the American Legion fired a salute.
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Frank McCann Post
American Legion
Maplewood
Calvary
Hollister
Sands
Russell
Trimble
Taylor Ridge
Concord
Depot Square
C.S.0
Thomas Williams
Trimble Township
Chris Skinner
Stanley Skinner
W. W. Wallace
Marcella Jonas
C. F. Danford
E. K. Peugh
C. F. Wallace
Taper, Co. F. Danford
France
Richard Jones
Garry Hughes
Trimbie
Harold Vare
Virgil Strohmeyer
George Smith
Paul Byers
Robert C. Brown
Trimble Bond Sales Now Total $28 000
GLOUSTER The Seventh War Loan Committee met in the mayor's office to review bond sales. Reports show Trimble Township at about $28,000, behind the prior drive's pace of $35,000 and well short of a higher quota, urging full territory canvassing before next meeting Monday evening.
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Glouster
Seventh War Loan Committee
Trimble
Runyon Parsons Wed at Methodist Parsonage in Glouster
James M Runyon of Columbia Center and Miss Gloria Christina Parsons of Appleton, C., were united in marriage at the Methodist parsonage with a single ring ceremony officiated by Rev. A. G. Winkle. Attending were the bride’s sister Beverly Parsons and the bridegroom’s brother John A. Runyon. The ceremony recalled the couple’s relation to the bride’s parents and Rev Winkle’s first ordained marriage.
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Ralph Parsons
Winkle
Trimble Grange Confers Degrees at Saturday Meeting
Trimble Grange conferred the first and second degrees on two candidates. Neva Lantz reported on the home economics program, and R. H. Kasler led a lecture program. A reading on Victory Gardens and poems were shared. next degrees set for June 9.
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Glouster
Trimble Grange
Neva Lantz
Grange
R. H. Kasler
Victory Gardens
Mamie ~ Chadwell
Minnie Antle
Mary and
Martha
William Russell
Gertrude Brown
H. Bj J Jones
Miss Dorothy Danford Graduates from Capital University
Miss Dorothy Danford daughter of Mr and Mrs C F Danford of Trimble was in Capital University Columbus 1910s graduating class She was May queen junior year crowned this year senior year president of Kappa Sigma Theta and one of Capital 12 Who's Who in American Colleges She sang with Chapel Choir on a tour Conductor Ellis E Snyder The Bachelor of School Music degree was awarded to 14 graduates Her fiancé Lieutenant Arnold Gruebber recently released from a German prison camp is now at home in Bryan Nebraska She leaves today to stay with the Grueber family Attending commencement from Trimble were Mr and Mrs C F Danford Mrs Dwight Burkman and Miss Merle Danford
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Glouster
Dorothy Danford
C F. Danford
Trimble
Capital University
Columbus
Miss Danford
Kappa Sigma Theta
Capital
Chapel
Ellis E. Snyder
Arnold Gruebber
Bryan
Nebr
Grueber
C. F. Danford
Dwight Burkman
Merle Danford
Zion Church Service To Be Held Sunday Evening
A rededication of the service flag at Zion Church Lower Plains occurs Sunday at 7 30 p m. Rev Guss Graham Rev N Herman Herman Humphrey and Rev George Osler give talks and music includes audience songs children specials and a vocal duet by the Darst sisters. About 50 stars will decorate the flag honoring local boys in service.
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Chauncey
Zion Church
Lower Plains
Guss Graham
N. Herman
Herman Humphrey
George Osler
Darst
Grace Burchfield
Sybil Dicken
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Donna Jean Webb
Donna Jean Gabriel
Cochran Rites Wil Be Friday
Funeral services for William H. Cochran aged 64 of Chauncey will be Friday at 1 PM at Stout Funeral Home. Rev Gilbert Courtney of the Church of Christ will officiate. Survivors include wife Rohanna and nine children.
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William H. Cochran
Chauncey
W. Mound St
Stout Funeral
Gilbert Courtney
Church of Christ
Rohanna
Henderson Couple Wed in Chauncey Ceremony
Melvin Lee and Lily May Henderson were married Tuesday in Chauncey with Mayor W D Hines officiating at his home on Converse Street. The ceremony was attended by the bride’s sister Helen Henderson and other relatives.
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Chauncey
Melvin Lee
Lily May Henderson
James Henderson
W. D. Hines
Converse St
Helen Denderson
Visits by Mrs Rarick Include Funeral in Lower Plains
Mrs Freda Rarick of Newark spent last weekend visiting her sister Mrs Helen Austine of Sugar Creek and aunts Mrs Grace Burchfield and Mrs Bessie Moore of Lower Plains. She attended Herman Stage's funeral at Zion Church Lower Plains Sunday. In Cleveland the Allmen Transfers and Akron Allen Cleaners tied 1 to 1 in 16 innings before time limits ended play in a northeastern Ohio softball league game.
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Lloyd Blackford
Jeanette
Lancaster
Charles Connor
Corning
George Gabriel
Lower Plains
Harry Peyton
Albany
Arthur Burchfield
H. E. Stage
Zion Church
Isabelle Courtney
Betty Courtney
Cleveland
Freda Rarick
Newark
Helen Austine
Sugar Creek
Grace Burchfield
Bessie Moore
Herman Stage
Cleveland Allmen
Akron Allen Cleaners
Half Million Fans Flock to Holiday Sports Attractions
New York AP reports Memorial Day drew 553,389 sports fans to tracks and ballparks, New York and other cities hosting eight baseball doubleheaders and major league crowds. Tote betting hit record totals across multiple tracks including Santa Anita and Hawthorne, with 220,294 fans attending eight doubleheaders in major leagues across ten cities. Yankee Stadium saw the largest turnout at 67,816 as Yankees and Tigers split a twin bill.
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S.B.O
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Delaware
North Randal
Beulah Park
Charlestown
Boston
Philadelpha
Washington
Chicago
St. Louis
Pittsburgh
Cincinnat
Yankees
Tigers
Baseball Scores and Schedules From Yesterday’s Games
Yesterday’s Stars include Skeeter Webb and George Stirnweiss delivering key RBIs and winning runs as the Tigers and Yankees split. Thor nt on Lee and Bobby Estalella led the White Sox and Athletics in separate openers with multi hit production. Sewell and Galan starred in Pirates Dodgers action, while Heusser and McCormick paced Reds to a sweep. Ott and Chipman fueled Giants Cubs in doubleheader, Sanders and Pieretti contributed for Cardinals and Senators. Friday United meeting noted at Glouster American Legion Hall.
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Tigers
George Stirnweiss
Yankees
Webb
Doc Cramer
Stirmweiss
New York
Thornton Lee
White Sox
Bobby Estalella
Athletics
Lee
Estalella
Pat Seerey
Indiarls
Lou Boudreau
Rip Sewell
Pirates
Augie Galan
Dodgers
Sewell
Galan
Brooks
Pittsburgh
ED Heusser
Frank. McCormick
Reds
Bob Chipman
Cubs
Ott
Honus Wagner
Chipman
Ray Sanders
Cardinals
Braves
Mike Suelar
Marino Pieretti
Senators
Guerta J
Joe Kuhel
Pieretti
St. Louis
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