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Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 06, 1955

Page

2

Parkway Tavern Softball Nine Blasts Ten-Milers In Ordeal

Parkway Tavern defeats Ten Mile All Stars 9 to 2 in the opening game of the ASA Sectional Softball Tournament at Clearlife Field Clarksburg. Ed Cleavenger pitched well for Parkway and Lansbury Harden delivered strong defense as Parkway moves into Sunday play against Elkins All Stars while Anmoore Fire Dept edged Caplan Jewelers in the other game.

Parkway Tavern Ten Mile All Stars A.S.A Clarksburg Clearlife Field Grafton Anmoore Fire Dept Anmoore Caplan Jewelers Parkwayites Elkins All Stars Ed Cleavenger N. Lansbury Tom Harden Parkway All Stars Perkins Fidler Murphy White Morgan Brown Chipps Wilson Malone Briages Jones R. Sansbury Clevenger Blaser Lia Ao Harden Dl Rosier N. Sansbury Ten Mile RBI Slusser Fornish Sansbury

Cue Club Opens ASA Beet Softball Tourney At Clarksburg

Cue Club Bottball team joins AS A Beet Softball Tournament in Clarksburg with a Sunday 4 p.m. opener at Clearlife Field against the Elkins All Stars. Parkway Tavern rivals also play Sunday. Club members include Ayers Stevens Crouse Lewis Lew is Hufford Nestor Boyles Tennings Gallo Guermont Corio.

Cue Club Grafton Clarksburg Clearlife Field Elkins All Stars Parkway Tavern Olaf Pitman Bruce Corto Sam Ayers Leo Stevens Orland Crouse Richard Lewis Skip Lewis Bill Lewis Frank Hufford Paul Nestor Junior Boyles Bob Tennings Andy Gallo Pepper Guermont Corio

Sports Sputterings by Walter L Johns on big summer events

A vivid preview of a sports summer with a heavy schedule across baseball, golf, boxing, and track. Notable names include Nashua, Swaps, Jack Fleck, Al Kaline, Herb Score, Ernie Banks, Ted Williams, Don Newcombe, Sugar Ray Robinson, and a looming Archie Moore Rocky Marciano bout.

Goshen Chicago Spion Cleveland Browns Collegians Nashua Swaps Archie ‘Moore Rocky Marciano Moore Kayo Bobo Olson al Kalina Tigers Herb Score Indians Ernie Banks Cubs Jack Fleck Ted Williams Don Newcombe Sugar Ray Robinson

Baseball Standings and Upcoming ALNL Schedule

American League leaders show Chicago at 63 42 and Cleveland at 64 43 chasing for top . Boston trails with 57 49. Detroit 57 49 faces New York in two games as Kansas City and Washington also in contention. National League table has Brooklyn 74 34 Milwaukee 58 49 with New York and Philadelphia midpack. Upcoming games include Chicago at Baltimore Detroit at New York and Cleveland at Washington.

Chicago Cleveland New York Boston Detroit Kansas City Washington Ballimore Baltimore Brooklyn Milwaukee Philadelphia Cincinnati Louis Pittsburgh Cincinati Milw St. Louis

Baseball Results From A Packed United Press Slate

The United Press rundown covers multiple games with Brooklyn versus Chicago, St. Louis versus New York, Cincinnati versus Philadelphia, Pittsburgh versus Milwaukee, Cleveland versus Boston, and Detroit against New York. Box scores list pitchers and key hitters, noting winners and losers, with several late innings and run totals highlighted.

Leaders National League Batting and Pitching Leaders

National League leaders listed including batting leaders Kaline Kuenn Ashby and Post with high averages and hits. Home run leaders Snider Banks Kluszewski Mays Matthews and runs batted in leaders Snider Banks Ennis Jensen Boone. Pitching leaders Newcombe Byrne Donavan Lees Erskine with win loss records.

AB RH Pet. Cmpla Bkn Ashby Phil Post Cin Kisi Sndr Kaline Det Kuenn Smith Clev Kell Dodgers Mantle Yankees Mavs Giants Indians Tigers Redlegs Kluszewski Newcombe Byrne Donovan White Sox Lees Erskine

Yogi Berra Hits 200th Homer To Lift Yankees From Dumps

Yogi Berra belted his 200th home run with two men aboard to spark the Yankees from a skid and beat the Tigers 3-0. He boasted of future homer counts and compared with Gabby Hartnett and Roy Campanella as the Yankees closed within two games of first. The day also featured scores from the White Sox, Cleveland, Kansas City, Dodgers, Giants, Phillies, and various minor leagues, with wartime context noted at article end.

Willie Mays Ted Kluszewski Ruth Kluszewal Babe Ruth Mays Duke Snider Tance Babe Dodgers Redlegs Giants Snider Yankee Yogi Berra Yankees Tigers Berra Proberly Roy Campanella Don Larsen Denver White Sox Baltimore Cleveland Phils Cardinals

Letty Ewing Wins Net Title

Letty Ewing of Wheeling West Virginia captured the Western Maryland women's singles championship in Cumberland with a 6 3 5 7 6 3 victory over Martha Stauffer of Hagerstown. The match closed the 34th annual tourney finals postponed from Friday and featured top players from Washington and Maryland.

Cumberland Md Letty Ewing Wheeling W.va Pred McNair Phil Neff Washington, D. C McNair Doyle Royal Washington Neil Charles Channing Bethesda

Babe Ruth League double header postponed to next week

The Babe Ruth League in Taylor County canceled Sunday's scheduled double header between the Tigers and Cubs. The games will be played sometime next week with the specific date to be announced later.

Tigers Cubs Taylor County

Australia Favored in Davis Cup Doubles to Seal Victory

Australia, after winning the first two singles matches over Japan, was favored to clinch a berth in the inter zone finals with a victory in the doubles today. The result would give Australia the decisive 3 0 lead in the series.

Glen Cove Australia Japan

Briton Leads German Open After Second Round

Sydney Scott of Great Britain led the German Open after the second round, firing a 69 in the opening round while Ken Venturi of San Francisco shot 77. The report notes American temples and a remark about copper and brass hair turning green for men who work with those metals.

Dod Burg Germany Sydney Scott Great Britain Scott Ken Venturi San Francisco

Vacation Advertisement From The Sentinel

An OCR fragment offers a travel ad promising comfort and homey ease. It mentions a Sentinel reference and a phone-like number 614, hinting at contact for vacation planning or accommodations, though details are incomplete.

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