Huntington Baseball Plans Stir West Virginia Leagues
The article discusses possible travel by fans via the C&O and N&W rails to Charleston as Huntington considers joining a league. It notes local interest and ties with Portsmouth club owner Frank Lawrence, plus surrounding regional baseball news and facility needs at East Bank and Clendenin high schools.
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Charleston Gazette
A. L. Harden
Freddie Fleig
Cincinnati Reds
Charleston
Shorty
Ague
Piedmont
Roanoke
Lynchbore
Zanesville
Canton
Springfield
Middle Atlantic
Huntington
Beckley
Lynchfore
West Virginia
Richmond
Norfolk
Virginia
C&o
N&w
Milelage
Watt Powell
Frank Lawrence
Portsmouth
Two Softball Doubleheaders Set in St Albans Action
In St Albans tonight Apex meeting Junior Mechanics at 6 30 p m and Carbide faces Esco s at 7 30 p m Tomorrow Vis rose plays American Legion and Monsanto duels Dunbar Glass Friday night is ladies night with free admission for women to South Charleston Marines versus Moose club and Juniors Esco s game
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South Charleston Marines
Moose Club
Juniors
Esco
Reds Hand Hartung First Loss In 9-3 Shocker
Cincinnati defeated New York 3 to drop the Giants into a first place tie with Chicago as Eddie Lukon and Eddie Miller homered and Hartung yielded four runs in the eighth and ninth. Pirates edged Boston 4 3 behind Rip Sewell before Herring finished. St Louis beat Brooklyn 4 3 in 10 innings to win a tight NL race. Red Sox and White Sox split a Chicago doubleheader.
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Philadelphia Phillies
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Eddie Miller
Hartune
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Pirates
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Rip Sewell
Art Herring
Sewell
Johnny Hopp
Earl Torgeson
Bama Rowell
Torgeson
Fildars
Boston Red Sox
Chicago White Sox
Chicago
Red Sox
Trippi Injures Right Shoulder In Ball Game
Atlanta Crackers outfielder Charlie Trippi injured his right shoulder during the first game of a doubleheader with Birmingham. He exited in the fifth after a diving catch attempt. X rays showed no fracture. The rookie centerfielder, also an All-America halfback, will report to Chicago Cardinals football workouts mid August.
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Charlie Trippi
Atlanta Crackers
Southern Association
Birmingham
Trippi
Chicago Cardinals
Locke Ties for Fifth in Metropolitan Qualifier
Bobby Locke, the South African golfing sensation, tied for fifth in a 36 hole Metropolitan District qualifier at Garden City. Clarence Doser led with a 140 three under par tied for best. Al Brosch and Kim Turnesa were among top finishers. George Schoux was disqualified for club excess.
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Bobby Locke
America
St. Louis
Clarence Doser
Hartsdale
al Brosch
N. G
James Valley Club
Kim Turnesa
White Plains
Kgi
G. Worsham
Mamaroneck
Cherry Valley Course
Locke
Fred Annon
Greenswich
Conn
Long Island Links
U. S. Golf Assoc
Johannesburg
Metropolitan Golf Assot
George Schoux
Winged Foot
Line Drive Injures White Sox Pitcher
Chicago, June 2. A line drive off Don Gutteridge's bat struck Johnny Rigney on the left wrist, forcing his retirement in the seventh inning of the first game of a 4 game doubleheader. Rigney was taken to a hospital for care. It was his first start since May 13 in Boston.
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Don Gutteridge
Boston Red Sox
Johnny Rigney
Chicago White Sox
Rigney
Krays
Red Sox
Boston
County Women’s Golf Tourney Opens Today
Kanawha County female golfers start qualifying at Kanawha Country Club for the seventeenth annual tourney sponsored by Meadow Brook. About 45 players vie in early rounds with Mrs Henry Payne defending, M G Geiger aiming for a fifth title, and flights, trophies, and a Friday final luncheon planned.
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Kanawha County
Kanawha Country Club
Meadow Brook
Henry Krueger
Meadow Brook Golf Club
Ruffner Payne
Edgewood Country Club
Lee Henkel
M. M. Moorhead
Payne
Henry Payne
Edgewood
V. C. Smith
Kanawha
M. G. Geiger
Harry Emberton
Slavs Qualify In Davis Cup Semifinal Bid
Brussels June 2 Yugoslavia moved toward the European zone Davis Cup semifinals by winning the opening match against Belgium. Dragoslav Mitic delivered the decisive 6 0 6 3 victory over Bierre Geelhand to clinch the tie for Yugoslavia.
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Slavs
Brussels
Yugeeslavia
Belgium
Dragoslav Mitic
Yugoslavia
Bierre Geelhand
Treat for Children at Lake Washington Summer Camp
A promotion invites families to send children to a Lake Washington summer program offering sun, sand beaches, wading, swimming, and boating with special play apparatus for kids. A $100,000 improvement program is under way, with large wood sites for homes or summer cottages starting at $4,000. Free illustrated folder available by calling 35-381.
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Lake Washington
Teres
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