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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1940
Page
6
Pirates win both ends of a doubleheader as New York slips while Redlegs drop the twin bill to the Redbird squad. Vitt paces Cleveland in a showdown with Detroit with Feller set to start.
Yesterday results feature Pittsburgh 7 to 5 over Chicago and Philadelphia 2 to 8 against New York. Other games include St. Louis 3-3 Cincinnati 2-1 Boston 3-0 Brooklyn 2-3. Today Cincinnati at Pittsburgh with Walters facing Butcher. St Louis at Chicago Shoun against French. Washington 2 Boston 1 and New York 7 Philadelphia 6. Chicago at St Louis Knott vs Auker. Detroit at Cleveland Gorsica vs Feller.
In a tight day of baseball Frankie Frisch led the Pirates to a 7 3 win over the Cubs and 5 1 victory in the nightcap vaulting them to fourth place two games behind the Giants. The Phillies and Giants split at Shibe Park Kirby Higbe ended a nine game skid by beating New York 2 0 and Hal Schumacher followed with an 8 2 Giants win.
Twelve year old Tommy Fisher of Detroit wins the annual All-American soap box derby. He sets a meet record at 26.68 seconds on a 1031 foot course in front of 50000 spectators. Robert Londeree of Charleston and George Smith of Akron place second and third as 130 racers compete. Fisher earns a four year college scholarship. Londeree and Smith receive new autos from Chevrolet.
Taft Wright of the White Sox delivered a two run double in the eighth inning to cap a 4 3 victory over the Detroit Tigers. Mort Cooper and Enos Slaughter led the Cardinals in a 3 2 win over the champions. Dick Lanahan limited the Cubs to four hits as the Pirates swept the doubleheader and moved to fourth place. Joe Gordon homered in the 11th to lift the Yankees past the Athletics 7 6. Sid Hudson earned his 10th win as the Senators defeated the Red Sox 2 1.
Wheeling Downs will stage an 11 day fall meeting from August 24 to September 7 on a five day week schedule with no racing on August 26 and September 3. The event, the seventh straight, expects many star runners and a larger horse turnout, with 450 stalls and extensive track staffing and equipment ready.
Pennsboro will host Dick Rogers' All American Motor Maniacs Friday afternoon at the Ritchie county fair. Canadian stunt star Earl Ducheny will ride atop a stock car to drive Nifty Farage through a burning board wall at high speed. The program includes 12 motor stunts and a jump over six cars, with four feature clowns entertaining a large crowd.
The 21st annual Western Maryland tennis tournament opened today in Oakland Maryland with Rep Jennings Randolph of Elkins West Virginia as the most persistent contender. Randolph entered the first tournaments and has played in most since, and will present trophies to the winners. Players from Maryland Pennsylvania Virginia and West Virginia entered, including the Fairmont club.
In New York Aug 12 Eddie Briez notes Mike Jacobs has not bought the Dodgers and predicts Deacon Bill M Kechnie’s Dodgers leading by about ten games. The column mixes sports notes and lively asides, mentioning Currituck bass fishing, Alice Marble, Buddy Lewis, and other athletes and bets.
Billy Conn struggles to make light heavyweight limit for bout with Bob Pastor at Polo Grounds. He weighed around 175 pounds with illness and hot baths changing plans. Pastor, a seasoned big-man, aims to derail Conn and earn a shot at Joe Louis in September amid shifting odds.
Bobby Riggs defends his national title as Don McNeill falls 6-2 3-6 7-5 6-4 in a hard fought final. The tourney pace heads to Newport and Manchester with Riggs likely to face no clear challenger, while Alice Marble dominates the women's side, crushing Helen Jacobs.
Harrisville reports the Wanstreet Servicemen defeated DuPont 11 to 5 to claim a second straight state semi pro baseball championship. The win follows a 11-5 final over Parkersburg All Stars as Clarksburg defends the title and eyes an interstate series with Virginia winners. Playoffs planned across Harrisville Salem and Bluefield over consecutive weekends.
Paolo pinch hitAshland for a game winning single in the final inning driving in two runs as Ashland beats Bluefield 2 1 after dropping the opener 8 6 Michalic hit a home run for Fluefield in the opener Williamson won both ends of a doubleheader over Welch Peters pitched six innings Logan piled up 13 runs Potts earned his 15th win blanking Huntington Aces Huntington meets Logan Ashland vs Bluefield Williamson vs Welch
Whitfire Dennis O Keefe a rising screen leading man appears with Bob Burns in Universal's Alias the Deacon and is playing at the Opera House. He was born in Fort Madison Iowa during a tour of his theatrical parents and raised in the theatre with a long circle of vaudeville friends watching over his career.
Dr. T. D. Mallory of the Carnegie Institute is shown with a paso rubber tree in Washington as he prepares to depart for Central America to survey rubber availability. Congress appropriates 500000 for the survey, aiming to map Western Hemisphere production potential.
Dennis O Keefe began in youth theater playing varied roles in productions like Once In a Lifetime and Their Family Upstairs. He moved to pictures after a mentor saw potential in him, landing a romantic lead in Bad Man of Brimstone beside Wallace Beery, and later becoming a busy screen star opposite Peggy Moran in Alias the Deacon with a gripping prizefight scene against Guinn Williams.
Classified Sentinel rates are two cents per word for the first insertion and one cent per word for each additional insertion. The minimum charge is 45 cents. Three room furnished apartment on first floor with large porch and furnace heat at 325 Walnut Street. Phone 95 R.
Notice of fiduciary accounts pending settlement before Commissioner of Accounts Mattie V. Harvey administrator of Jerome B. Harvey deceased and others. Names include Rober L. Pit, Pietro Merandi, Wm. Merandi, with aug 5 12 dates and lists of executors and committees for estates and guardianship cases in Taylor County West Virginia.
Creditors and beneficiaries of the estate of John L Hechmer are notified to file verified claims with vouchers at the Grafton Banking and Trust Company Building in Grafton West Virginia by February 3 1941 or be barred from benefits. Beneficiaries must be present on that date to protect their interests. Dated July 29 1940 by John K Burdett.
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