Tougher foes ahead for schoolboys
District high school coaches prep tough workouts after Friday mud battles. Four of six SEC teams opened strong. Middleport and Logan faced tough setbacks as teams plan revenge and stronger walls. Athens Gallipolis Nelsonville Pomeroy brace for tougher home and away tests. Buckeye Conference action begins with Rutland Coalton.
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Middleport
Yellow Jackets
Point Pleasant
Logan
Chiefs
Lancaster
Fairfield County
Yellow Duckets
West Virginia
Wahama
Gallipolis
Blue Devils
Athens
Nelsonville
Pomeroy
Greyhounds
Plains High Indians
Columbus
Holy Family
Springfield Catholic
Maurice Currens
Sam Carpenter
Rupel Perkins
Bulldogs
Oak Hill
Portsmouth East
Columbus St. Qrary's
Harry Lackery
Post grid prophet predicts 1947 college football top teams
Fran cis Wallace of The Saturday Evening Post releases his 1947 football forecast with a panel of 200 experts. He ranks Penn first in the national list with LSU, Rice, Yale, UCLA and others following, and names sectional champions and several expected New Year bowl matchups.
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Philadelphia
Notre Dame
Michigan
Penn
Francis Wallace
Saturday Evening Post
Wallace
LSU
Rice
Yale
UCLA
North Carolina
Georgia
Texas
Alabama
Ohio State
Tennessee
Illinois
Stanford
Iowa
Georgia Tech
Army
Navy
Oregon State
Midwest
North Carolina U
Louisiana State
Missouri Valley
Kansas University
Rocky Mountain
Utah University
Pacific Coast
Glenn Davis
Doc Blanchard
Charlie Trippi
American Football Coaches’ Association
Williams
Fears
Connor
Davis
Fischer
Steffy
Bednarik
Lujack
Chappins
Merriman
Gilmer
Rose
Cotton
Dodgers overpower Reds as pennant talk grows louder
In a doubleheader the Brooklyn Dodgers routed the Cincinnati Reds, with Ewell Blackwell sidelined by injuries a concern for Cincinnati. Joe Hatten and Bud Lively were touched up, while Pee Wee Reese and Bruce Edwards sparked defensive plays. Frank Baumholtz, the ex Bobcat, struggled with fatigue but plans to play basketball for Providence Reds in the winter.
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Brooklyn Dodgers
Flatbush
Cincinnati Reds
Johnny Neun
Ewell Blackwell
Reds
Kent Peterson
Dodgers
Bud Lively
Joe Hatten
Burt Shotton
Hugh Casey
Hank Behrman
Hatten
Pee Wee Reese
Babe Young
Bruce Edwards
Eddie Miller
Frank Baumholtz
Bobcat
Redleg
Frankie
Reese
Baumholtz
Providence Reds
Dodgers Clinch Lead as Reds Doubleheader Pushes Series Victory
Dodgers steamrolled the Reds 13-2 and 6-3 in Cincinnati as Lefty Joe Hatten earned two wins. Brooklyn widened their margin over St Louis to seven games and can clinch the pennant by seven wins in 15 remaining games.
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Brooklyn
Dodgers
Burt Shotton
Cardinals
Brooks
Reds
St. Louis
New York Giants
Dodger
Joe Hatten
Rhinelanders
Cincinnati
Kent Peterson
Bud Lively
Johnny Hetki
the Brooks
O King
Haugstad
Hatten
Edwards
Raffensberger
Gumbert
Mueller
New York
O Jansen
Cooper
Hearn
Staley
Pollet
Gargiola
Delaware harness meet opens with Little Brown Jug on the horizon
Delaware County Fairgrounds launches five days of grand circuit harness racing with three stake events and an overnight race on the initial program. The 1:30 p.m. first race opens a meet highlighted by Wednesday's Little Brown Jug for three year old pacers at the half mile track.
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Delaware
Delaware County Fairgrounds
Baseball Scores and Standings Snapshot From The Era
The page lists game scores with pitchers and line totals across multiple venues, mentioning Washington, New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Chicago, and Cincinnati. It includes American League and National League standings with wins losses and percentages, plus notes on rain called games and Sunday law stoppages. The text preserves scattered player names such as Masterson, Fisher, Raschi, and Hegan alongside team nicknames.
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Cthcaeo
Lopat and Tresh
Dobson
Tebbetts
Boke Borer Cocci
New York
Kinder
Potter
Moss
Raschi
Page
Robinson
Cleveland
Philadelphia
Embree
Klieman
Dorsett
Hegan
Marchildon
Christopher
Savage
Coleman
Franks
Guerra
Kuzava
Gettel
Lemon
Lopez
Scheib and
American Association Scores Convert Weekend Games
Saturday results show Louisville defeated Minneapolis 8 to 7 and Kansas City beat Milwaukee 14 to 2. Sunday action had Kansas City 5 Milwaukee 2 tying the series at 2-2, while Minneapolis fell to Louis ville 5 to 1 as Louis ville leads 3-2 in the best of seven.
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American Association
Louisville
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Milwaukee
Louis
Pro Cagers At Bear Mountain Train For Season
The New York Knickerbockers of the Basketball Association of America will hold training at Bear Mountain starting the second week of October. Jack Martin’s Bear Mountain Inn hosts the camp, with drills for 20 plus players over two weeks. An outdoor asphalt court is being built beside the Inn, with Haverstraw High School gym used in rain.
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Bear Mountain
N. Y
NBA
P York Knickerbockers
Basketball Association of America
Jack Martin
Bear Mountain Inn
Brooklyn Baseball Dodgers
Haverstraw
Akron athlete Luke Sobul dies after long illness
Luke Sobul, 37, famed Akron basketball guard in 1927 28 and noted softball pitcher for the B F Goodrich team and other local clubs, died yesterday in a city hospital after a prolonged illness.
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Akron
P — Louis (Luke) Sobul
B. F. Goodrich
City Hospital
Games Scheduled for Major League Matches
New York plays St. Louis, Boston faces Chicago, Philadelphia meets Pittsburgh. St Louis hosts New York. Chicago hosts Boston twice, Cleveland visits Philadelphia at night, Detroit travels to Washington at night.
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New York
St. Louis
Boston
Chicago
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
Detroit
Washington
National League Race At A Glance And Home Run Derby
The column lists the National League standings with Brooklyn 89 wins, 54 losses and St. Louis 80 59 with games behind. Brooklyn shows 11- home and 7 away schedules, while St. Louis records 15 home and away games with Pittsburgh and Chicago on the slate. Ralph Kiner leads the Home Run Derby era as he chases Babe Ruth’s 60 in 1927 with 49 homers and 143 games played.
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Kiner
Ralph Kiner
Pittsburgh Pirates
Hack Wilson
Babe Ruth
NEA
L. Pet. GB
Brooklyn
St. Louis
Gia A Ae
Ruth
Mize
Babe
Former Major Leaguers Power AA Playoff Push
Former MLB pitcher Rube Fischer pitched a five hitter to lift the Millers 5 1 over Louisville keeping Minneapolis alive in a best of seven. Bud Souchock homered tripled and singled as Kansas City Blues beat Milwaukee 5 2 to even the series at two games apiece. The fifth game moves to Milwaukee tonight with both clubs tied in the series.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Minneapolis
Rube Fischer
New York Giants
Castoff
Millers
Louisville
Colonels
Kansas City Blues
Bud Souchock
Souchock
Blues
Milwaukee Brewers
Milwaukee
Mitchell Tops Indians After Oklahoma Pivot
Dale Mitchell, star all around for Oklahoma, jumped to the Cleveland Indians in one year from the Sooners. He leads off for Cleveland with a .300 batting average after previously hitting .507 for Oklahoma and leading the Texas League in hitting with Oklahoma City.
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Norman
Okla
NBA
Oklahoma
Cleveland Indians
Dale Mitchell
Dale
Indians
Mitchell
Sooners
Oklahoma City
Speed Record Bid Poised at Bonneville Salt Flats
Gus P. Backman of the Bonneville Speedway Association said John Cobb, a London fur broker, will attempt an official run Sunday to crack the measured mile automobile speed record at the Utah venue.
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Bonneville Salt Flats
Utah
Gus P. Backman
Bonneville Speedway Association
John Cobb
London Fur
Coaches eye variations of the T formation this season
Fullerton's Roundup previews a season of T formation shifts led by Chicago Bears influence and Frank Murray. Cardinals coach Jimmy Conzelman predicts wider flanker backs and more motion, while Indiana University faces a swarm of scouts during practice.
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New York
George Halas
Chicago Bears
Marquette
Frank Murray
Davis Grabs Spotlight At Athens Country Club
Earl Davis Jr led Athens Country Club golf over the weekend taking the consolation flight title by beating Bob Coates 3 and 1 and tying for medal play handicap tour honors with a 75 net. Don Ferguson edged Carl Clifford for second flight, while H E Miller and Frank Johnson advanced in senior play. Pro b Littler announced the final pony tourney of the season next Sunday with a Thursday stag night to auction off players.
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Earl Davis, Jr
Athens Country Club
Davis
Bob Coates
Ray Shepard
Courtney Faught
George Merchant
Morton Rice
Don Finsterwald
Harry Beckley
Paul O’brien
Don Ferguson
Carl Clifford
H. E. Miller
Frank Johnson
Charles O’bleness
Batting and Pitching Leaders Across Teams
Williams leads in runs batted in with 128 and runs with 122 for New York. Mize tops runs with 122 and has 128 RBIs for the same club. Walker leads with 186 hits and .362 batting for Philadelphia. Jansen posts 195 pitching wins and a .792 winning percentage for New York.
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Williams
Boston
Pesky
Boudreau
Cleveland
Vernon
Washington
Dillinger
St. Louis
Feller
McCahan
Philadelphia
Walker
Mize
New York
Miller
Cincinnati
Kiner
Pittsburgh
Robinson
Brooklyn
Blackwell
Jansen
Home Cooking for Oklahoma by Ma Richter
Norman Oklahoma Ma Richter plans to feed Oklahoma football players at training table this fall Coach Bud Wilkinson noted her past meals for the Sooners in 1940 41 and 74 2 the teams of those years were the universitys strongest in history
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Norman
Okla
NEA
Ma Richter
Oklahoma
Bud Wilkinson
Sooners
Glouster Pin Card Listed and Bowling Schedule
The Men's City League schedule lists Jam Bar versus Hotel Bar on Monday and Ogg Motor Co versus Glouster Cleaners on Tuesday. Wednesday features Swartz Sunoco against Beshara Confectionery and Thursday Vernon Electric versus Hemsley Bowlers, all at 6:30 p.m. Robert Mingus is league secretary treasurer. The Ladies City League plays Cardinals versus Dodgers on Monday and Reds versus Yanks on Tuesday at 8:30 p.m. Dorothy Vernon is secretary treasurer. High school bowlers should sign at Hemsley Bowling Alley.
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Glouster
Ogg Motor Co
Glouster Cleaners
Swartz Sunoco
Beshara Confectionery
Vernon Electric
Hemsley
Robert Mingus
Cardinals
Dodgers
Reds
Yanks
Dorothy Vernon
Frank Carideo Father of Girl Vera Randy at Iowa City
It's a girl for Mr and Mrs Frank Carideo the eight pound daughter named Vera Randy Mrs Carideo and the baby are doing well Vera Randy is the couple's first child Carideo once quarterback of Knute Rockne's 1930 Notre Dame team now coaches Iowa backfield as assistant to Dr Eddie Anderson
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Iowa City
NEA
Frank Carideo
Vera Randy
Carideo
Knute K. Rockne
Notre Dame
Iowa
Eddie Anderson
Maxim Wins Knockout at Wheeling Card
Joe Maxim of Cleveland knocks out Clarence Jones of Buffalo in the fifth round as four fighters are counted. Don Andrich stops Ed Barkley in the second, Johnny Bryant defeats Joey Long in the second in Wheeling, Ohio Valley fights.
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Wheeling
W.va
Joe Maxim
Cleveland
Clarence Jones
Buffalo
N.Y
Don Andrich
Ed Barkley
Mansfield
Johnny Bryant
Massillon
Joey Long
Canton
Pioneers Add Fifteen Lettermen For 1960 Team
Marietta College Pioneers field fifteen lettermen as 50 players prep under new head coach Paul Glad and assistant Bill Whetsell. The squad, trimmed to 60, features eight West Virginians, five Ohioans, and two from beyond. Season opener is Friday September 26 against West Liberty College, champions of the West Virginia Conference.
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Pioneers
Paul
Mickey) Glad
Bill Whetsell
Glad
West Virginia
Ohio
Roland Rutherford
High School Football Scores Roundup
Springfield Central Catholic defeated Columbus Holy Family 33 to 6 while Hamilton Catholic beat Cincinnati Roger Bacon 7 to 0 in high school football action.
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Springfield Central Catholic
Columbus Holy Family
Hamilton Catholic
Cincinnati Roger Bacon
New Members Enrolled in Chauncey Naomi Bible Class
The CHAUNCEY Naomi Bible Class of The Plains Methodist Church enrolled new members Olga Looney and Ruth Coull after a meeting at Mrs. Marie Michael’s home with Mrs. Elizabeth McCullough assisting. Members present included Cynthia McDonald and Jane Nida, with an October meeting planned at Mrs. Jane Nida’s.
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Chauncey
Naomi
Plains Methodist Church
Marie Michael
Elizabeth McCullough
Carrie Nida
Nellie Lee
Jeanette Tipton
Olga Looney
Ruth Coull
Cynthia McDonald
Margaret Reed
Garnet Cochran
Constance Scott
Mary Evans
Elva Cooper
Alta Cooper
Mary Horn
Loretta Henry
Jane Nida
Zelma Matson
Pauline Knowlton
Thelma Lindscott
Missionary Group Meets at Plains Nazarene Church
The Missionary Society of The Plains Nazarene Church held a meeting at the church with Mrs. Viola Platt presiding. Devotions were led by Mrs. Adam Broadbent and Mrs. Vera Bridgewater, with Broadbent reviewing the lesson The Other Sheep. Several members and a visitor from Gary Indiana attended.
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Chauncey— Missionary Socciety of the Plains Nazarene Church
Viola Platt
Adam Broadbent
Vera Bridgewater
Sunday School Room Renovation Planned
Naomi Class announces an all day meeting at The Plains Methodist Church To clean and renovate the Sunday school room Volunteers are invited to attend A pot luck dinner will be served at noon
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Chauncey
Naomi
Plains Methodist Church
Chauncey Personal Notes From The Plains Area
Chauncey personal items note visits among locals. Chauncey family and friends visit Lisbon The Plains Columbus Mansfield Zanesville groups visiting relatives and parents. Names include Chauncey Nanna Emig Darnell Channell Coulson and Mrs. Edith Coulson.
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Chauncey
Douglas Nanna
David Nanna
Lisbon
Ohio
Oliver Emig
Columbus
Plains
William Stalder
Hershal Darnell
Samuel Darnell
the Plains
Dale Channell
Mansfield
Carrie Channell
Hubert Coulson
Zanesville
Edith Coulson
High
Chauncey Ladies Aid Plans Church Quilting Meet
The Chauncey Methodist Church Ladies Aid Society will gather at the church this Thursday to work on quilting projects. Members are notified to attend the planned meeting.
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Chauncey
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