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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1952
Page
20
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Logan reports South coach Herb Royer added three players to bring the squad to 15, with a final 25 to be chosen for the North-South football classic in Charleston Friday August 15. New names: Jerry Snow of Oak Hill center, Robert Collins of Bartowville guard, Ed Sommers of Point Pleasant tackle.
A former St. Louis Browns outfielder said today that manager Rogers Hornsby would have become involved in a fight with his players if he hadn't been fired. He cited tension between Hornsby and the club as the pivot of the dispute, noting players were ready to challenge the decision.
Duke enters the 1952 College World Series as a pre-tournament favorite with Joe Lewis, a 9-1 Duke pitcher, slated to open against Oregon State in Omaha. The event features 62 hitters batting over .300 and a mix of power and pitching as teams battle in the double elimination format.
President Truman signed a bill awarding the Distinguished Flying Cross to Col. Roscoe Turner. The move honors Turner's wartime service and his contributions to aerial science and national aviation advances. Turner, a World War I veteran, set the transcontinental speed record seven times and won the Thompson Trophy three times and the Bendix Transcontinental air race once.
Morton Cohn was elected president of the Kanawha Players, succeeding Charles F. Stuart. Other officers include Stuart as vice president, Richard Hughes as second, William Grant, Mark Louis, and Helen Guigat as treasurer and secretary. The election occurred at the annual meeting Tuesday night in Kanawha.
Play Opens Today with top amateurs including Billy Maxwell of Odessa Texas Jim McHale Frans Stranehan Walker Copper and Joe Conrad among others. Maxwell the U S Amateur champion flew in from across the Atlantic while noting a recent Open history where an amateur last won in 1933.
Alliance June 11 A New York Central engineer Herman Nelson aged 64 from Alliance shed 59 pounds and 11 inches off his waist in a four day water only diet. He ended the fast with four ounces of grape juice and plans to resume a normal diet early next week. Nelson weighed 224 pounds at the start and continued working daily through the fasting period and tending his garden. He called the experience wonderful and said he would repeat it next March.
Beckenman, England January 18. Mulloy and Richardson of America reach the semi finals with Sturgess of South Africa and India’s Naresietae Neth to meet Cane and Trezevant in tomorrow’s quarter finals. Richardson defeats Horn after three sets as Sturgess tops LavarcK.
Limited tickets remain for the North South football classic at Laidley Field on Friday night August 15. $3 seats near the 30 yard lines sold out, with $2.50 and $2 reserved seats available by mail order from North South Game Inc. in Charleston West Virginia. include handling charges.
New York June 31. Jeanne Lengant a World War II heroine commended by General Eisenhower for saving six Allied airmen’s lives arrived in New York as a guest of airmen. The blue-eyed Frenchwoman, known as The Sea, hid fliers from the Nazis and aided Theodore Fahrenwald of Chicago in escaping France. She used the same method for two other Americans and three Britons. She is 44, widowed, and mother to a four-year-old son. Eisenhower conveyed gratitude for her gallant service.
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