Mercer Homer In Tenth Beats Huntington 7 To 6
Butch Mercer sparked a 7 6 Bluefield victory in ten innings over Huntington. After Huntington led 6 5 in the bottom of the tenth, Mercer hit a game winning homer with one out and a man on second. Lefty Kimmett pitched well for Huntington, while Matherly earned the win for Bluefield. The win strengthens Bluefield’s hold on fourth in the division as they prepare for two games at Huntington and a series against Logan.
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Dean Wins Standoff Over Frick in Three Day Suspension
New York June 4 Dizzy Dean forced a three day suspension armistice with Ford Frick head of the National League after a two hour exchange. Frick lifted the ban allowing Dean to pitch tomorrow in Philadelphia while Dean denied making several quoted statements. A torn exchange left Dean unsigning five proposed statements and vowing to take the case to Judge Landis.
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Belmont Stakes Set With War Admiral Pompoon Rivalry
New York reports War Admiral and Pompoon head a potent Belmont field for the 69th Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park. The race attracts about 40,000 as the trio of Derby and Preakness contenders joins five others in the mile and a half test. War Admiral is the 4 to 5 favorite after dominant Belmont workouts and recent Derby and Preakness wins.
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Belmont Oval
Bluefield Bowling Loop Re-elects Claude Chambers President
Members of the Bluefield City Bowling league re elected Claude Dead Eye Chambers to the presidency at the annual dinner. Guests included Ernie Powell Captain Carlos Ratliff and Blue Gray baseball team members. Talks by Chick Smith and other league officials followed the dinner.
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Treasury’s June 2 financials show surplus and rising debt
The treasury reports receipts of 119,500,569.89 and expenditures of 74,061,760.14 leaving a balance of 1,791,247,283.41. Customs receipts for the month are 3,271,193.87 and fiscal year receipts total 4,461,865,902.59 with expenditures of 6,863,337,060.57. Emergency outlays reach 2,618,931,143.46, debt rises to 35,273,622,353.40, gold assets stand at 12,026,949,106.18 with 795,615,981.69 tied to inactive assets.
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Dempsey Eyes Return to Promoting Big Fights
The Press Box ACE DEMPSEY plans a comeback as a promoter in hopes of staging major bouts at Brooklyn’s baseball park. He aims to book welterweight title clash between Barney Ross and Pedro Montanez, with Mike Jacobs and MSG Corp. controlling top matches.
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Chicago
Ozark Festival Promotes Wooden Nickels in Rolla
Visitors to the second Ozark festival will receive wooden nickels as a medium of exchange. From June 24 to 27 Rolla merchants are busy coining them for the occasion.
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Smith and Cooper Lead in Tourney at Inverness
Light horse Harry Cooper and Horton Smith surged to the lead in the Inverness four ball at Birmingham Michigan scoring 61 in the morning to beat Denny Shute and Lawson Little six up. They followed with a 66 in the afternoon over Sammy Snead and Ralph Guldahl to move top after three of seven matches in the 4600 event.
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Denny Shute
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Ray Mangrum
Jimmy Hines
Red Label Captures Top Dough at Charles Town
Red Label raced a mile and a sixteenth to win the National Highway main event at Charles Town before 4,500 fans, paying $11.60 on $2 tickets. Jockey Sammy Palumbo scored his second win of the day, as Claude Feltner trained Crushed Tee to a 1:03 2 5 clocking in race one and Stand By took the second. Machado notched his 11th win of the meeting guiding Frank Brooke to victory and the daily double. A five day suspension was imposed on J Leonard for co riding Stepping In.
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U C Tennis Team Set for Yarrop Davis Cup Return
New York reports Conservatives confident the United States will win the Davis Cup next, led by Donald Budge Gene Mako Bitsy Grant and Pranker with Wayne La Due joining the squad. They sail noon tomorrow aboard Zee B for Plymouth to prepare for Queen's Club and Wimbledon tuneups beginning June 14.
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Yesterday's Boston and Pittsburgh Scores and Today’s Games
Yesterday Boston defeated Pittsburgh 6 to 5 while New York won 4 2 over Chicago and St Louis led Brooklyn 14 to 4. Cincinnati 9 Philadelphia 4. Today matches include Carleton at Cincinnati, Brooklyn Derringer versus Frank House, Pittsburgh New York Bowman versus Smith, and St Louis Philadelphia Dean versus Passeat.
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American League yesterday results and matchups
Detroit defeated Washington 10 to 3 while Cleveland beat New York 5 to 3. Philadelphia swept St Louis with a 7 to 6 victory and 4 to 3 win over Chicago. St Louis posted a 7 to 6 win over Philadelphia in losses and the schedule listed several pitcher matchups including Grove versus Bonnett and Hadley against Gi or Lawson with Weaver or Hudlin or Gatehouse for Washington at Cleveland.
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Gehrig Joins Baseball Big Six With 3-For-3 Day
Lou Gehrig climbs into the batting Big Six for 1938 as the Yankees first baseman goes 3 for 3 against Cleveland. His average rises 13 points to .382 placing him third in the American League behind Detroit’s Gerry Walker and St. Louis’ Beaux Ellerman while the National League leaders remain unchanged.
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Middle Atlantic League Scores Snapshot
Charleston 4 Akron 3 Springfield 7 Zanesville 3 Canton 1 Dayton 7 all games completed today with final scores listed.
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Score notes from early baseball and hockey games
Report lists multiple results including Buffalo 3 Rochester 2 Toronto 4 Montreal 3 Newark 5 Syracuse 4 Baltimore 6 4 Jersey City 5 3 and AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Minneapolis 4 Indianapolis 3 Louisville 3 St Paul with other games noted as rain in the SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION Atlanta 0 Knoxville 6 Nashville ?
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Hubbell Blasted As Giants Cubs Split Doubleheader
New York June 4 Carl Hubbell's first start after a 24 game win streak ended with a rough outing as the Giants and Cubs split a doubleheader before 29819 at the Polo Grounds. Hubbell pitched seven innings in the opener but did not receive the loss as Chicago tied late and won 6 5 in 11 innings. In the nightcap Clyde Castleman held the Cubs to four hits through eight innings before two runs in the ninth gave the Giants the win. Stan Hack and Augie Galan homered for the Cubs in game one. Galan added a key hit in the ninth of game two. The Cubs won the opener to stretch their winning streak to eight, while the nightcap left them one game back of the Pirates.
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Cleveland Injun Again Licks Yanks In Rubber Game
Cleveland Indians beat the New York Yankees 5 to 3 in the rubber game of the series. Earl Averill starred with a homer a double and a single driving in one run and scoring three. Johnny Allen pitched well allowing 11 hits but fending off pressure in the sixth.
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Ranger Beats Rainbow in Yacht Trial Workout
Newport R I June 4 Ranger Harold S Vanderbilt's new candidate for defense of the America's Cup today defeated Chandler Hovey's Rainbow 1934 victor in a fickle breeze to stand alone unbeaten in the opening trial races. Two days earlier Ranger trounced Gerard B Lambert's Yankee third of the defense aspirants. The race was sailed in light variable breeze with dogged competition and a wind shift favored Ranger. Rainbow had defeated Sopwith's Endeavor in 1934.
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Convicts Escape From West Virginia Road Camp
Dr. C F McClintic warden reports Donald Seabolt and Joe Smith escaped from State Road camp no 66 at Walkerville Lewis county Seabolt was sentenced from Kanawha county on.
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Ohio State West Virginia Tilt Capped by Brawl of Terms
A breaking and entering charge is noted with remarks that Smith has only three months left of an 18 month sentence. In college baseball, Ohio State and West Virginia tied at six runs apiece.
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Browns and Athletics win two extra inning games
In St Louis on June 4 the Browns beat the Athletics 7 to 6 in ten innings, then Philadelphia won 4 to 3 in ten innings. Ben Huffman, rookie catcher, delivered the winning run after Hornsby singled and advanced to third for his third hit.
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West Virginia U to Graduate 378 Tuesday
Morgantown West Virginia University officials announced 378 students will receive degrees at the seventieth annual commencement next Tuesday. Among them 171 will earn A B degrees and 138 will receive bachelor of science diplomas, making this class one of the smaller in recent years.
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