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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1948
Page
6
Our Lads routed Pulaski 6 to 0 in the final game to complete a three-game series sweep atop the league. Harry shut out Pulaski and Whitney paced the offense as the team extended its lead and prepared for upcoming games.
A column notes Al Mean known as People’s Choice of the Blue Gray cast is seeking an apartment or light housekeeping rooms for his married self and a small child. He longs to reunite with his wife and baby, offering to dedicate his next pitching victory to anyone who can provide living quarters. Additional items cover local sports figures, coaching changes, and a baseball death triggering reflections on players’ devotion to the game.
Boston Braves general manager John Quinn travels to Bluefield at the order of President Lou Perini to investigate criticism of the clubs operation. A mayoral letter urges action, citing depleted competition and crowd attendance, and asks the Braves to provide relief through the farm system with immediate results.
King George and thousands pack Epsom Downs to watch 169th British Derby tomorrow. A large field, the largest since 1862, includes My Djeddah and Royal Drake as contenders. Post time is 9 a.m. Eastern standard.
Jesse Flores a Stockton Californian survived a seventh round knockdown to outpoint Montgomery Alabama’s Johnny Williams in a 10 round decision at Madison Square Garden. Flores weighed 138 pounds to Williams 137 in the sparsely populated arena. Charleston receipts section notes rising gross sales tax receipts for the first 11 months of the current fiscal year.
Fragmentary sports note mentions teams in the Appalachian League with a 4 4 result and a matchup involving Groom and Rowe. No clear date location or full names available. Summary remains uncertain due to missing context and readable facts.
John Lindell homered in the seventh to break a 4 4 tie and the New York Yankees won 7 4 over the Detroit Tigers before 64 261 at Detroit. Dick Wakefield hit a three run pinch homer for Detroit in the seventh as New York pulled away in the eighth.
Representatives from about a dozen West Virginia Ohio and Pennsylvania cities meet Saturday in Parkersburg to study plans for a Class C or D baseball league. Dick Jackson of Weirton leads the effort and hopes to attract George L. Trautman of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues. Local participants include Parkersburg Charles Scott Weirton Mike Jackson Wheeling Mike Valan Fairmont Fred Deringer Clarksburg Hearless Clark Charleston Hewatt Powell Huntington Duke Ridgley Beckley George Springer Marietta O Clarence Luton with open invites to Morgantown Williamson Welch Logan Bluefield Martins Ferry D Washington and others interested in the league.
Three Baltimoreans and Dave Ewell of Richmond advance to the semi finals in the Middle Atlantic amateur golf championship at Five Farms. MacKenzie Quinn and Spleen reach semis. Ewell faces Caldwell while MacKenzie meets Quinn tomorrow morning. Final 18 holes scheduled for tomorrow afternoon to award the Middle Atlantic trophy first competed for in 1902.
West Virginia trout fishermen expect generally good stream conditions this weekend if weather stays favorable. Only Wyoming and Wayne counties and Preston show unfavorable reports with muddy or cloudy water. Barbour through Jefferson counties list all waters favorable for trout. Hatchery official says over 40,000 more rainbow and brook trout added since May 10, with 150,000 stocked before April 24 and fingerlings around 300,000 already distributed. Stocking aims to finish by July 1 with remaining hatchery fish placed in ponds for next season.
The New York Giants edged the Cincinnati Reds 5-4 as Buddy Kerr delivered a two-run pinch hit single in the eighth after a bruise earlier in the game. Hank Sauer homered twice for Cincinnati while Andy Hansen started for New York before Koslo relieved.
Jimmy Demaret shot 69 to maintain a one stroke lead at halfway in the Albuquerque Open. His 69 followed a 65 first round for a 134 total on the 6,813-yard University of New Mexico course. Clayton Heafner sits second at 135 after 68 and 67, while Marty Furgol is third at 137 after rounds of 68 and 69. The event is part of the $10,000 Albuquerque Open golfing action in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
West Virginia all star coach Way said his team is in top shape for tomorrow nights game with Kentucky after final workouts in Huntington. Kentucky coach Johnson said his squad is in excellent form with a probable starting lineup featuring Gillespie Jewell Phelps Miller and Puckett. Center Harry Moore of Moundsville is sidelined by a back strain but will play.
The Governor's Cup qualifying begins at Bluefield Country Club and runs through June 13. Club pro Rocky Schorr says players must register at the golf shop before the first tee. Defending champion is John Gott in a men's handicap event. A 30-member Black Knight team from Beckley will compete versus Bluefield on Sunday.
New York sportswriter canvasses punch power and endurance in the upcoming middleweight title clash. He predicts a KO by Graziano within four rounds if he lasts the early punishment, or a Graziano win by outlasting Zale, with neither likely to reach 15 rounds.
Two dollar daily double tickets on Sir Nitro and Diannes Pride paid $3,216.60 to holders at the Aksar-Ben races in Omaha. Sir Nitro paid $133.40 to win the first race and Diannes Pride paid $44.20 for $2 win tickets in the second.
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