Pirates threaten strike over guild election at Forbes Field
Pittsburgh Pirates refuse to play the New York Giants Friday unless a collective bargaining election is held, as labor leaders from the American Baseball Guild press for negotiations. Pirates officials confer with owners and players in a tense standstill at Forbes Field amid a looming labor dispute.
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Pittsburgh
Robin Murphy
American Baseball Guild
Pittsburgh Pirates
Forbes Field
New York Giants
Pittsburgh Baseball Club
Brooklyn Dodgers
Murphy
William E. Bens- Wanger
Pirates
Benswanger
French
Sawyers Seeks Games For Sissonville Nine
Joe Sawyers, coach of the Sissonville junior baseball team, said he is interested in scheduling games with local teams of players who qualify for American Legion play. Legion rules prohibit players who are 8 years old this year. Contact Sawyers by telephone at 32-487.
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Joe Sawyers
Sissonville
American Legion
Legion
Sawyers
Ex GI Bowlers Plan Banquet Tonight
The SPOTA bowling league of ex GI players at Boulevard Recreation Center will banquet at the Charleston Boat Club at 7 o'clock. Trophies will be awarded to the league winners, according to the spokesman for the bowlers.
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SPOTA
Boulevard Recreation Center
Charleston Boat Club
Seid
Legion Players Call Meeting for South Charleston Team
All boys interested in playing with the South Charleston American Legion baseball team are urged to meet at the South Charleston Recreation Center Thursday at 6 30 in the evening.
Meadow Brook golf meet begins with standout players and injuries
Brawley, nursing a knee cyst and a prior wrist sprain, contemplates play as Meadow Brook hosts weekend qualifying open to non members with a 2 entry fee. Notables include Jon Chenjaweth, O O Wright, Roy Blizzard, and Harry Guyer, who eyes a first finals run after multiple semis.
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Woods
Meadow Brook Golf Club
Meadow Brook
John Chenjaweth
O. O.wright
The
Seabees
Bill Holder
O. K. Johnson
Bob Wolfe
Bill Gillespie
Ray Tincher
Elmer Zimmerman
Don Roberts
Gordon Murray
Ralph Gordon
Kermit Hutchinson
Harry Guyer
Roy Blizzard
Louisville
Guyer
Airborne Wins 163rd Derby in Muddy Epsom Thriller
Airborne, a 50 to 1 shot trained by R Perry coll grey, surged from the rear to win the 163rd Derby at Epsom. Jockey Tommy Lowrey steered the streaking chestnut across the line a length ahead of Gulf Stream as half a million spectators watched in rain and mud. Lord Derby’s Gulf Stream finished second. Airborne had only recently won a cheap overnight race and netted $32 2 the purse.
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England
T. Lowrey
J. E. Ferguson
London
Epsom
R. Perrycoll Grey
Chamossaire
Tommy Lowrey
Newmarket
Lord Derby
West Side Tigers
Aga Khan
Ferguson
South Charleston Eagles
Charleston
Gulf Stream
Airborne
Walter Earl
John E. Ferguson
Tom Lilley
Raaiesnerany
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Kaufman
Late State News
Sissonville Nine
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Morocco
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