Willow Beach Downs Quality Market In 6-4 Victory
Willow Beach’s squad defeated Grafton in a heated 6-4 game at G.H.8. Ross Gerard’s club held seven hits, Clarksburg pitchers tightened late, and Bobby Cleer faced tough moments as heat wore down Dee Dougherty’s team. Lefty Grimm finished scoreless to seal the win.
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Grafton
Dee Dougherty
G. H
Ross Gerard
Mace
Daugherty
Clarksburg
Bobby Cleer
Manues
Clarkersburgers
Lefty Grimm
Major League Attendance Sets 1945 Record Breaker
Major League attendance climbed to 12 768 000 in the season, topping 1945 by over 12 million after a strong Sunday crowd. Cleveland drew 15 959 for a showcase with pitcher Bob Feller, who left injured but was later deemed not serious. In New York, the Yankees won 2 0 in the opener as Bevens fanned seven. Boston beat Detroit 9 4 behind Ted Williams, while Brooklyn led the NL by two games after a 5 4 14 inning win over Cincinnati with Pee Wee Reese driving in the winning run.
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Joe Reichler
Associated Press
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Municipal Stadium
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New York Yankees
Feller
Tribe
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Boston Red Sox
Philadelphia Phils
Chicago Cubs
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Yankees
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Bil) Bevens
Bob Lemon
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Ted Williams
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Jim Tabor
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Doc” Daugherty
Mace
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Harrison County League
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Dave Fawcett
aMctane
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Buster Crabbe
Jack Medica
Ralph
Pimagan
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Bil Smith
Diamete
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Hawaii University
Grobenfels
Sports Roundup little notes and sports lore
Rube Waddell's 1904 strikeout record is 347, not 343, correcting the all time list while Bobby Feller sits 101 behind. Other items touch Sam Snead and Jimmy Demaret nicknames, Stanford golf reimbursement, pacing derby prospects, Sooners football publicity, and Rockets revival under Dick Hanley. Also notes on attendance, press jokes, and regional sports personalities.
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VPI
Bob Cook
Indiana
Ray Arcel
Trenton
N. J
Swayze
Sam Snead
Jimmy Demaret
Sam
St. Andrew's
Giant Buckhannon River catch shocks local angler
Upshur county conservation officials reported the Buckhannon River yielded an extraordinary haul from junior angler Junior Gooden. A Blue catfish measured 36 inches and weighed 26 pounds while seven bass ranged from 9 to 14 inches. All were caught using soft shelled crabs.
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Charleston
R. O. Withers
Upshur County
The
Conservation Commission
Buckhannon River
Junior Gooden
Buckhannon
Baseball Players Meet With Policy Group On Reform
Major league players and management opened a second session in New York to press for reforms including a minimum salary pension fund spring training expenses and other improvements. Chandler backs modest proposals and a joint owners meeting before Labor Day will review the plan. Players seek 5000 to 5500 minimum pay plus a retirement fund with possible revenue from interleague games all star game and World Series broadcasts.
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New York
Major League Baseball
A. B
Happy) Chandler
Chandler
New York Yankees
Perod
Asde
North South game stars in Charleston camp kickoff
Charles Underdonk, a Moundsville back, headlines a 25-man northern squad as Charleston hosts a 10-day Dunbar 4-H training camp ahead of the August 16 all-star classic. Coaches Brown and Weber prep with rigid drills, lectures, and a pool, while several 1945 all-staters bolster rosters.
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Charles Armentrout
Associated Press
Charleston
Dunbar
Southern
Bill Weber
Red Brown
Charles Underdonk
Weber
Underdonk
Moundsville
Brown
Lut
Bill Wilhelm
Elkins High
John Newbrough
Clarksburg
Rex Sparks
South Charleston
Jimmy Summers
Dickie Clarkson
Bluefield
Beaver High
Bob Sloan
Grafton High
Baseball School Opening Today in Virginia and Philadelphia
The article outlines the opening of a baseball school led by Rex Bowen with John Carey and Bodnarick assisting. Bowen heads the scouting staff in Virginia and Chesapeake, Carey is with Philadelphia connections, and Bodnarick coaches Charlottesville High School. It notes past pupils Soskovic Sol Miksis and Calvin McLish moving on to the Dodgers.
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Sol Miksis
Calvin McLish
The
Dodgers
Baseball Scores and Upcoming Games Across Leagues
Yesterday's results include New York 4 10 and Pittsburgh 0 1, Brooklyn 5 Cincinnati 4, St. Louis 7 2 and Philadelphia 0 3, Boston 8 6 and Chicago 5 4. Today's slate features two American League games and Brooklyn at Boston in the National League. Tomorrow's schedule covers multiple AL and NL night games, with Cleveland at Chicago and Brooklyn at New York among others. Washington Irving and Red Brown are noted in local color with a Charleston tennis tournament hinted.
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Brooklyn
Cincinnati
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Chicago
American League
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Detroit
Washington
National League
St. Pet
St. Louis A
Fiduciary Accounts Set For Settlement In Taylor County
Legal notice lists multiple estates overseen by commissioners of accounts. Names include Lee Bennett and I D Martin as administrators and executors for Bennett, Davidson, Heat, Love, Phillips, and others. Dates noted August 1946 with commissioners Samples and Burdett.
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Commissioner of Accounts For Settlement
Lee Bennett
John Bennett
Frank Bennett
Calvin Bennett
William Bennett
I. D. Martin
Henrietta Davidson
Ada V. Snyder
G. H.eat
William P. Samples
Ae E. J. Johnson
Peter Johnson
Dale J. Arthur Poe
Mary Etta Phillips
Edith M. Love
Alexander
Love
John K. Burdett
Taylor County
West Va
Charlottesville sessions set to start at nine a.m daily
Players aged 17 to 21 inclusive and World War II veterans are invited to participate. The Asheville led Appalachian program involves Carolina mountains and regional reforms, though incomplete details remain.
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Charlottesville
Local Classified Text Fragment Review
A damaged OCR snippet discusses advertising rates and word counts for column additions. It mentions a main charge of 55 cents per word for each addition and notes that initials and figures count as words. The piece hints at misprints and classification errors in notices.
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Initiet
Sentinel
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