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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1955
Page
2
Ram Katine leads Tigers at 9 and Sliders. Dedeers total 95 with Mantle Yankees 90 Mays Giants and Smith Indians 85.
Parkway Tavern extended its winning streak in Clarksburg section of the ASA tournament, missing a shutout in the seventh before defeating Anmoore Fire Department. Grafton’s Cue Club fell 3-2 to Elsins Sports Shop and entered the losers bracket. Tavernites, riding a two-game streak, prepare to meet Lange-r Saat iit eight at 6:20 for a sectional title showdown. Ed Cleaven led pitching as Firemen rallied late. Box scores unavailable.
Virgil Akins of St Louis outpointed Isaac Togart of Camaguay Cuba in a ten round featherweight affair. Akins improved his record as the crowd witnessed a close match from the opening bell to the final bell.
National League Brooklyn 4 Chicago 16. Newcombe 18-2 got the win Campa nella, Jones 10-15, Chitt. Only major league game scheduled. Southern Association Birmingham 6 Nashville 4. Atlanta 2 Chattanooga 0. Mobile at New Orleans 2 ppd rain. American Association Denver 2 Louisville 1.
Notre Dame announces four of ten 1955 football games are sold out. Tickets for the Notre Dame-Southern California game on Sept. 24 are gone. Other sellouts include Navy on Oct. 29, Iowa on Nov. 19, and Michigan at East Lansing on Oct. 15.
Monongahela and Westinghouse meet in Munhall Pennsylvania to decide the final first round spot in the Prep League World Series. Monongahela Valley East Liverpool Ohio and Redlands California earned quarter final berths with convincing Monday victories.
Minneapolis maintained first place in the American Association after defeating Charleston 5-3 Monday night. Pitcher Allan Worthington homered for the Mills, driving in Luke Easter as Cobras rallied to the win.
Two Martinsburg legends anchor the North all stars backfield with Shinnston and Roosevelt-Wilson additions as Yankee Coach Jack Moore scrimmages ahead of Saturdays South showdown. Coach Sam LeRose lauds St Albans Pete Peters and Charleston Noel Whipkey amid optimism after a stronger Monday session. The piece notes the Soviet Union remains the top wheat producer yet yields under five percent of U S corn.
Sam Tooth pick Jones earned a 1-0 win over the Brooklyn Dodgers, walking six and fanning seven as he held the Dodgers to four singles. Gene Baker homered off Don Newcombe in the eighth for Pittsburgh, which also saw Newcombe suffer his second loss against 18 wins. Pirates sign Bradford Fenner to a 1956 contract with the Brunswick farm team as minor leagues ponder realignment next season in Columbus.
Archie Moore has shed ten pounds in a week and will drop road work and calisthenics temporarily as he prepares for a title bout with heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano in North Adams Massachusetts.
Ken O Gordon of Montour Heights Country Club won the Tri-State PGA Caddie Golf Tournament and earned a scholarship to the University of Miami as his prize.
A warrant charging R. K. Shaw of Grafton with reckless driving led to a Police Court fine of 35 dollars plus 1 dollar costs yesterday morning. The alleged offense occurred on Lincoln Street.
Virgil Akins earned a split decision over Cuban Isaac Logart in New York. The victory prompted a proposed outdoor bout offer in Newark, New Jersey, slated for late September or early October, with venue details to be announced.
The city editor reports heat waves named after men as Alvin Bob and Charley. Olesky notes women’s names were used for hurricanes and questions the fairness as traffic jams reveal who gets the hottest. Ninety percent of all Newmas land’s corporate still governed by town meetings Saturday.
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