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Newspaper

Charleston Gazette

Location

Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 20, 1940

Page

16

Riggs and Marble Triumph at National Clay Courts

In Chicago on June 19, Robert Riggs and Alice Marble won titles in the national clay courts championships. Riggs, top seed in men’s singles, beat Max Davidson 4-6 8-3 6-2 7-5. He and Hore defeated Harris Everett and Allen Guerry 7-3 6-1 in doubles. Marble advanced to the women’s singles final with a 7-5 6-3 win over Mary Arnold and joined Prusoff in a strong showing. Prusoff defeated David Freeman 6-2 7-5 6-2 in the singles.

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Baseball Leaders and Batting Averages From Zech League

American and National League leaders listed with players from the Browns Red Sox Giants Dodgers and Yankees. Notable names include Danning Greenberg Foxx Lombardi and Mize. Statistics show batting averages runs batted in and other figures for each player.

Cub G. Alb. Brom Pvt Radditt Browns Mr Cosky Togers Red Sox Danning Giants Ak Moore Gunns Rad Walser Dodgers A Foxx Ged Sox Leisure Cardinals Trasky Indias Dannins Johnson Athletics Richolson Cub Greenberg Tigers Kueh Walte Box Rer Yankees Fi Box Wailer Senetora Mize Gardhimis Trosky Indians Fletcher Nel Ott Jimmy Foxx Ted Williams A. Ott New York Giants Boston Red Sox

Cedar Grove Wins Doubleheader In Baseball Clash

Cedar Grove senior team defeated Beamer 13-1 and Lawton 3-10 with Bob Johnson and Chuck Brown as winning pitchers. Brown went 7 for 9 at the plate. Cedar Grove juniors beat Powellton 5-4. In Stumptown, Red Caps topped Cedarville 9-2 as Douglas and Boone pitched. Sloans’ softball club swept a doubleheader 19-18 and 7-3. Viscose beat Putney 12-5 and Raymond City 2-0 with Beggs and Crump PR pitching. East Bank girls beat Try Ranch 15-12 led by Stone, McCormick, Willis, Parry. St Albans Red Sox to play Mar met in a Sunday doubleheader. Belle American Legion junior team hosts Junior Reds. Latter Day Saints beat Central 22-2 in church league softball with Craze winning.

Canar Grove Cedar Grove Beamer Lawton Bob Johnson Chuck Brown Brown Powellton NITRO Viscose Putney Raymond City Beggs Crump East Bank Fast Bank Try Ranch W. Stone McCormick Willis Parry

Local Baseball Roundup From June 1 Scores

Marmet beat Southiylden 13 to 2 with Hill pitching and Arthur and McLeod leading hitters. N. Jyr and Hades homered for N. . Slack led the Senators with a single and a double as Shafferwag lost. Spring Hill hosts N. A. at 4:30 with players to report at 5:30. Cabin Creek junior team beat Shrewsbury 20 to 2, Jackson and Hastig among standouts. Rainelle Timberwolves clash with Anjesa Clippers Sunday featuring Lewis Dalton Henderson Mickey Gaston and Hawthorne.

South Charleston Charleston Junin Seagues Jyr Hades Slack Senators Shafferwag Jenkins Spring Hill Rainelle Elle Timberwolves Anjesa Clippers Clipper Grover Lewis Snooky Dalton Harvey Henderson Flash Mickey Charley Gaston Nathaniel Hawthorne

Redskins Sign Thomassin At 21 From USC

The Washington Redskins announced the signing of John Thomassin, a 21 year old 220 pound USC left tackle, for the season opening in three months. He will share the left tackle with Harold Stocker, who was already signed. The temperature in Washington reached 87 degrees.

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Middle Atlantic Basketball Results and Standings

The report lists results for Youngstown at Charleston with rain, and Akron at Canton 2, Dayton at Portsmouth 4. Standings show Charleston 22 6, Youngstown 21 17, Daymon 19 19, with Portsmouth 1h and Akron at Denton. Today's games include Youngstown at Charleston, Dayton at Portsmouth, Akron at Denton.

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Mountain State Football Schedule Fragments

Mountain State Bluefield at Winch raln Williamson 5 Logan 2 Huntington Ashland 4 Welch at Bluefield Huntington at Ashland Logan at Williamson Q. Will you please give me some data on the fighting career of Jack Blackburn Joe Louis's trainer A. Out of a total of 92 bouts he won 22 by knockout 10 by decision and 1 on a foul 11 were draws 46 were no-decision bouts and 2 were lost by decision A. Did Heinie Groh play with the Cincinnati Reds in the 1918 world series against the Chicago White Sox A. He biased third base for the Jr. Red games

Jack Blackburn Joe Louis Heinie Groh Cincinnati Reds Chicago White Sox

Pytlak Decides To Take Rest

Frankie Pytlak Indians catcher flew to Buffalo after saying he felt upset nerves and unwell He was later seen in a fishing boat declaring he would spend the rest of the season at home for health Doctors found no physical ailment and the Indians left Rollie Hemsley to handle catching duties Helf remains in hospital and no decision on next season was given

Cleveland Frankie Pytlak Cleveland Indians Buffalo Pytlak Becausit C. G. Slapnicka Indians Frankie Rollie Hemsley Henry Helf Pytlax

Suing Captures Continued On Page Fifteen

A fragmented OCR list shows names and weights with locations in Huntington Charleston Parkersburg and nearby towns. The garbled data mentions solphia Repaskey Hawkins Summers Lockhart Reed Drage Pinson Miller and Tinsley among others with various coded numbers. The passage appears to be a sports or competition results recap continued from prior column.

Solphia Repaskey Clarksburg Hawkins Charleston Abaltas White Huntington aBanmy Summers Wellam Lockhart Stewarts Eastin Kintington Belly Reed Charlenton Ajoe Drage Robert. Pinson Puntington

Boston Loses 3 As Bases On Balls Dominate

Boston fell 3 to 1 as Errickson and Baive struggled on the mound. Errickson allowed five hits in four innings while Salvo and Lancin combined for four innings. Umpires Blowath Burr and Mangerkurfa called the game at 2 05 with an attendance of 141.

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Logan Loses Five to Two on Sharp Mastery

Logan Indians fell 5-2 as Sharp limited them to ten hits and fanned ten. Red Birds scored three seventh-inning runs on four infield hits. Williamson batted .000 in the highlight frame. Ashland vs Huntington details follow with Small’s six inning gem.

Logan Williamson Logan Indians Sharp Indians Red Birds Carmen Carter Seidel Ashlland Ashland Walter Small Ashland Colonels Huntington Aces McDonald's Cruther Huntington Small Young Gibson Kennedy Wooldridge

Parsons Defeats Drumhel in Charleston Tennis Opener

In Charleston, Deacon Parsons beat Dick Drumhel 4-6 6-2 6-0 in first round action. Smokey Miller downed Ass Maness 6-3 6-4, Wilbur Kraus defeated Low-Al Davis 4-1 1, and Elmont Allum won by default over Newton Thomas. Semi finals set for Saturday and finals Sunday. rest of first and second round matches scheduled. Women's singles open with top seeds Dorothy Bell and Ann Billler advancing, Radcliffe Edmonds seeded third. tournament director notes no play times yet. Various scheduled matches listed with names from Charleston Wheeling and Parkersburg.

Dick Drumhel Charleston W. E. “Smokey” Miller Ass Maness Wilbur F. Kraus Low- al Davis South Charleston Macedas Dorothy Bell Wheeling Witnee Ann Billler Charlzton County Cclaraplan Radcliffe Edmonds Charleston City Wright Hugus Jnurt Miss Bell Betty Heider Parkersburg Uyes Will Teel J. Pell Miller

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