Feller's Sixth Failure To Last 9 Innings Puzzle
Feller struggles to complete games as Cleveland beats New York 9-7. Joe Gordon and Allie Clark spark the Indians with key hits while Ed Lopat is knocked from the mound. Dodgers, Cardinals, and Giants gain in the NL as White Sox and Tigers win tight games across the circuit.
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Feller
Joe Reichler
Associated Press
Bobby Feller
Cleveland
Mr. X
Tribe
New York Yankees
Indians
Philadelphia Athletics
Bull Veeck
Yankees
Athletics
Browns
St. Loui
Boston Red
White Sox
Chicago
Ed Lopat
Lopat
Feliey
Ain
Joe Gordon
Allie Clark
Gordon
Clark
St. Louis Cardinals
Brooklyn Dodgers
New York Giants
Boston Braves
Chicago Cubs
Dodgers
Cincinnati Reds
Philadelphia Phils
Giants
Pittsburgh Pirates
Ted Gray
Detroit Tigers
Walter Masterson
Washington Senators
Masterson
Hoot Evers
Bill Kennedy
Ned Garver
Dick Kokos
Phil Marchildon
A's
Garver
Kennedy
Kokos
St . Louis
Pat Seerey
Red Sox
Sox
Yankers
Brooklyn
Braves
Rex Barney
Reds
Jackie Robinson
Aietors
Bucky Walters
Walters
Johnny Neun
Cardinals
Howie Pollet
Dutch Leonard
Pollet
Enos Slaughter
Whitey Kurowski
Philly
Stan Musial
Pirates
Bucs
Ray Poat
Dix'e Walker
Ed Stevens
Stan Roick
Cubs
Vern Bickford
Red Barrett
Boston
Olympic stars rise from 1949 alumni games
American Boy Bob Mathias and Dutchwoman Fannie Blankers-Karn headline the 1949 alumni games. Mathias defeated 37 rivals in a dramatic decathlon finish amid rain and darkness, reaching 6,974 points as Blankers-Karn claimed her third Olympic championship with victories in multiple events. Victoria Manalo Draves also added a second diving title, while the U S swept several swimming and rowing events despite London weather.
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Alenie Tata
Bob Mathias
Amemer
Falland
Fannie Blanker-Karn
Mathias
C. M. Mathas
Tulare
Taid
Bob
Victoria Manalo Braves
Pasaden A
Calif
Curtis
Amer
Denmark
Holland
Allen Sof Vale
United States
U. S
Star and Stripes
London
Ignace Techric
France
Becawe
WVU to Add Star From Elkins High School
West Virginia University will welcome David Steindler, an all state guard from Elkins High School, as a new contributor to its basketball program. Steindler has earned All Navy honors with the Quantico Marines and helped the 1948 All Navy championship squad.
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Steindler
Quantico Marines
Eam
Clarksburg
West Virginia University
David Steindler
Beece Ward
Elkins High School
Baseball season leaders and team stats from AP report
The Associated Press lists American League leaders like Patting-Williams Boston with 388 RBI and DiMaggio Boston with 95 runs, plus hits leaders Boudreau Cleveland 122 and Keltner/DiMaggio 24 home runs. National League shows Musial St. Louis excelling with 89 runs, 151 doubles and 11 triples, plus Kiner Pittsburgh 28 home runs and Ashburn Philadelphia 26 stolen bases.
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Patting—Williams
Boston
Stephens
DiMaggio
Boudreau
Cleveland
Henrich
New York
Stewart
Washington
Keltner
Dillinger
St. Louis
Feller
Kramer
RBI
Mize
Musial
Ennis
Philadelphia
Kiner
Pittsburgh
Ashburn
Phila
Branca
Brooklyn
Breeheen
No Sunday Games in London Olympic Schedule
NO SUNDAY GAMES IN LONDON. AUG. 7. No competition in any event at the Olympic games is scheduled tomorrow in deference to British religious feeling. CHARLESTON, Aug. 7. The fishing will be rather poor in West Virginia this weekend, the conservation commission reported. The only streams reported clear were bass waters in Pendleton County and all streams in Hampshire, Morgan, Berkeley and Jefferson counties.
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London
Charleston
West Virginia
the Conservation Commission
Pendleton County
Hampshire
Morgan, Berkeley
Jef‘Terson Counties
The Rise of Public Golf and the Working Man’s Role
The piece traces golf’s start as a sport for the elite to its growth among working people through municipal courses and public links. It notes cheaper clubs and balls, city courses, and the USGA shift toward public players, highlighting early championships and record entries from 1922 to 1948.
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Rch
Golf Corse
Uien
James D Standish, Jr
Detroit
Bucky Walters Takes Over Reds As Manager
Beckley and Whitesville open round robin in American Legion southern regional baseball. Walters named Reds manager for remainder of season after Neun dismissed. Reds stake on injuries and slump. Parkersburg, Huntington, Wheeling in play for advancing spots to Charleston series.
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Bucky Walters
Beckley
Reds
Whitesville
Johnny Neun
Brooklyn
Cincinnati Reds
Warren Giles
Ebbets Field
Neun
Et “Walters
Giles
Bucky
John Nean
New York Yankee
Bill McKechnie
Ewell Blackwell
Boston Braves
Mel Ott
New York Giants
Leo Durocher
Dodger
New York
Burt Shotton
Brooks
Ben Chapman
Philadelphia
Parkersburg
Wheeling
Charleston
Huntington
Major GameResults Evening Scores and Standings
A jumble of results shows Brooklyn 4 Cincinnati 1 New York 7 Pittsburgh 6 St. Louis 6 Philadelphia 2 Chicago 5 Boston 4 with standings led by Boston and Brooklyn. The piece notes air mail history in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia in 1859 and lists today's and tomorrow's games across multiple city matchups. It also mentions a Nudist convention and miscellaneous statistics on magnets and sea salt.
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Brooklyn
Cincinnati
New York
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Chicago
Boston
Brooklyn Sl
Cleveland
Detroit
Washington
Nudist Group Figures Cited With Button Game Quip
A speaker cites 1,500 core members and 15,000 affiliated through organizations, plus 2,000,000 unorganized nudists. He recalls last night’s party with musical charts and a chant about the button game, joking that nudists hide the button in hands or under armpits.
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Boone
Notice of Motor Carrier Hearing in Clarksburg WV
On August 7 1948 at 9 00 am in the Harrison County Court House Clarksburg the Public Service Commission of West Virginia will hear the application of Margaret E Rinker for a permit to operate as a contract carrier by motor vehicle transporting coal from Flemington to a loading site at Grafton within Taylor County under contract with C B Henderson Objections may be made. Also Fiduciary Notice the accounts of Ida W Westfall Committee of John W Westfall non compos mentis are before the Commissioner of Accounts for periodic settlement dated August 1948.
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Fifaring
Harrison County Court House
Clarksburg
Public Service Commission of
West, Virginia
Flemington
Grafton
Taylor County
C. B. Henderson
Ida W. Westfall
John W. Westfall
Commissioner of Accounts
J. Guy Allender
For Sale Excellent 5 Room Bunga Low in Thornton
For sale listing describes a well maintained 5 room bungalow in Thornton on old Route 50 with full finished basement furnace electricity gas running water two stall garage and three large level garden lots. Price 4200 and contact Parrish Agency for terms.
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Thornton
Route 50
W. St. Charles
Parrish Agency
Godwin's
House Wren Leads in Care of Its Young
A house wren stands out for parental care with a recorded instance of feeding its young 1.217 times in a single daylight day, highlighting its attentive parenting behavior and energy devoted to offspring.
Classified rates and ad submission rules
Bechinel classified rates are two and a half per word for the first insertion and one and one half per word for each additional insertion. Insertion must be consecutive and in regular column style. Minimum charge fifty five cents. Cash in advance. All ads are registered to proper accounts. Errors reported immediately. The Sentinel not responsible for more than one incorrect insertion.
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Bechinel
Sentinel
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