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Newspaper

Charleston Gazette

Location

Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 13, 1938

Page

6

Charleston Expects Large Crowd For Tigers Exhibition

Charleston will host the Detroit Tigers in an exhibition game at Kanawha Park with a 3:90 start. Walt Powell leads preparations for a near capacity crowd as ex Senators Boots Poffenberger and George Slick Coffman return to pitch parts of the game. Manager Mickey Cochrane may start Eisenstat, while Red O Malley plans Harry Kantaschian on the mound and uses Weiland and Morris for tomorrow's Springfield doubleheader.

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New Yorkers Retain Lead In Loop Race

In St Louis on June 12 the New York Giants and St Louis Cardinals split a doubleheader. The Giants won the first game 8-5 aided by a bases loaded double by Alex Kampouris. Bob Weiland outpitched Carl Hubbell in the nightcap 4-1 as Hubbell neared his 200th NL victory.

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Weaver Faces Yellow Dragon at Legion Armory Show

Buck Weaver of Toledo meets the Yellow Dragon in the main event to unmask the rival and prove dominance amid a fiery card. The bout promises a brutal clash as Weaver seeks revenge after beating Frank Wolf last week, with 195 pounders facing off and Otis Clingman meeting Al Williams in the semi final.

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Smith Tops Shoot with Four Firsts in Six Matches

Parkersburg marksman Smith won four first places in six matches at yesterday's event. Carl Melton posted the highest aggregate score, dropping five points from a 1000. Other points were registered by R. McDougal Bernard Simpson Clarence Pring and many more including Zimmerman Lanham Hegere and Hildreth in a wide field of shooters.

Yankees Beat Indians 7 6 In Comeback Victory

The Yankees moved within a game and a half of the AL lead by overturning a deficit twice with homers, defeating the Cleveland Indians 7 to 6 before 43,702 at Vartan Stadium. Rookie Joe Gordon belted a key homer off Bob Feller in the eighth with a man aboard to seal the win.

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Guldahl Chases More Titles After Open Victory

From Denver to St Louis Ralph Guldahl plans a busy 1938 season aiming to win Western Open for a third time and compete in major events including British Open trials. He cites early roots in St Louis and eyeing additional earnings from exhibition work and film radio deals as he pursues about 25,000 from the 200,000 tournament trail.

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Lowe and Blizzard share medalist honors in golf

Robert Lowe and Roy Blizzard tied for medalist honors in the Kanawha county men’s golf tournament. Blizzard, winner of The Gazette City-Wide championship, again earned co-medalist status with a 73 as rain shortened the field to 54. Pairings and first round matches are set with completion by Wednesday.

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Blizzard Wins 2 and 1 in City Wide Golf Final

Roy Blizzard reclaimed the City Wide title at Meadow Brook Golf Club defeating Albert O Neal 2 and 1 in the seventh annual tournament final. Blizzard’s 20 foot putt on the 30th green clinched the match as 50 rain-soaked spectators cheered.

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His Hit Wins By A. L. Hardman

Kenny Huff hit a 400 foot home run to power Charleston to a 9-7 win over Canton in a rain shortened six inning game at Kanawha Park. The Senators clinched the rubber game as rain halted play in the seventh after Huff’s blast followed by late two out rally to tie the score.

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Greyhound Softball Triumph Over Eset Bank

Greyhound softball team defeated Eset Bank yesterday with a 6 to 6 score. Cooper pitched for the win while McKenna Drape Albrith and Johnson led at the plate. Canton surged to a 5 to 3 lead in the third after a pair of errors and a sequence around Patras and Signaigo.

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Cubs and Dodgers Split in Chicago Doubleheader

The Chicago Cubs split a doubleheader with the Brooklyn Dodgers before 27,000 fans. The Cubs won the first game 9 to 3 but lost the nightcap 6 to 0 as Brooklyn hit a homer with bases loaded. Mungo pitched for Brooklyn and Tamulas started for Chicago in the opener.

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French duo tops Budge and Mako in tennis doubles upset

AUTEUIL June 12 Bernard Destremeau and Yvon Patra of France defeated Pon Budge and Gene Mako in the French hard court doubles championship 3-6 6-3 8-7 6-1. The young French pair, playing together for the first time, toppled the world’s top doubles team before 12000 cheering spectators. Simone Mathieu and Billy Yorke won the women’s doubles 6-3 6-3 over Mme. A. Hatef and A. Adamson.

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Prenter Downs High Coal in 10-2 victory yesterday

Prenter defeated High Coal yesterday by 10 to 2. Chambers led at the plate with four hits in five trips. Dorsey fanned one batter.

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Uneain X-Shartiing Selections Highlighted

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Tigers Triumph in Wild 18-12 Victory Over Senators

The Detroit Tigers roared back with two big innings, scoring 10 in the sixth and seven in the ninth to beat Washington 18 to 12. Starters Gene Gehringer and Hank Greenberg led a strong lineup for Detroit as they overcome a stubborn Senators attack in a high scoring affair.

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Champe Dominates Kanawha Skeet Club Shoot

Champe won high honors with a 49x30 in yesterday's Kanawha Skeet Club event. Others included John Kramer 43 H H Vickers 43 H A Tully 39, Ernest Ecker 36, Latelie LaFollette 12, W E Spalding 92, John Perkin 31, D E Payne 30. In 250 target round Glen Shanklin 22 Lucile Snyder 16 George Alder 9 Miss Leonard 6.

Dr. Champe John Kramer H. H. Vickers H. A. Tully Ernest Ecker Latelie LaFollette W. E. Spalding John Perkin D. E. Payne Glen Shanklin Lucile Snyder George Alder Miss Leonard

Dana Reds Win Game Against Cleh den

The Vetta Reds defeated Cleh den yesterday 54. Hill struck out 15 batters for Dane.

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Soap Box Derby Group To Hold Meeting Today

Members of the Southern West Virginian Soap Box Derby committee will meet this afternoon at 1 o'clock in the offices of the Chevrolet Motor company in the Security building. The meeting was moved up to allow attendance at the Detroit Tigers Charleston Senators game at Kanawha Park at 3:08 p.m.

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