North South All Star Game Ends In Tie At Seven
The Western Favorite Elly North South scholastic game finished 7-7 after a scoreless second half. Underdonk powered the North with a 22-yard run set up by Stalnaker to Wilhelm, while Jarrell and Bennett sparked the South early. crowd of about 22,400 watched a halftime fireworks display and Miss North and Miss South crowned.
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Charles Armentrout
Charleston
Charlie Underdonk
Moundsville
University of Pittsburgh
Underdonk
Hal Stalnaker
Bill Wilhelm
Elkins
Ronald Jarrell
South Charleston
Gene
Mule) Bennett
Hinton
Jarrell
Bennett
Dick McCoy
South
Dominic Brown
Weirton
Brown
North
Charlie U
Robert
Red) Brown
Bill Weber
Joe Chenoweth
Princeton
Charlie Dingham
Rex Sparks
Kanawha County
Nancy Nesbitt
Wheeling News Register
Virginia Bolt
Welch Daily News
West Virginia
West Virginia University
William Frederick
Freddie) White
Logan
Lefthanders Now Become Nemeses To Cardinals
The St Louis Cardinals, two games behind the Dodgers, fall further as Ken Heintzelman pitchers down the Cards 3 0. Erv Dusak and Buster Adams supply late hits for Pittsburgh while Philadelphia tops Brooklyn 4 2 and Philadelphia gains in the race. DiMaggio leaves with a nerve injury after a homer as the Yankees fall 4 1 to Boston.
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Joe Reichler
Associated Press
St Louis Cardinals
Eddie Dyer
Hal Newhousers
Lefty Groves
Cardinals
Redbirds
Brooklyn Dodgers
Dodgers
Philadelphia Phils
Pittsburgh Pirates
Ken Heintzelman
Pirateportsider
Hhe
Erv Dusak
Buster Adams
Elbie Fletcher
Pittsburgh
Pirates
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Quakers
Brooks
Fnally
Phils
Ebbets Field
Judd
Boston Red Sox
Yankees
Joe DiMaggio
Jone
Bobby Doerr
Quality Takes On Shinnston Miners Here Tomorrow
Quality hosts Shinnston Miners at G H 5 Athletic field at 2 30 tomorrow in a return game after Quality won last Sunday behind Grim who allowed two hits and Stolzenfels homer. The team nears the end of the 1946 season as Buckhannon and football preparations loom.
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Shinnston Miners
G. H
Athletic
Quality
Grim
Chub Stolzenfels
Shinnston
Buckhannon
Rand McKinney
Grafton High
Parker defies grass with surprise bid for title defense
Frank Parker travels light on grass as he defends his national championship with minimal practice, flying in from Guam to win last year and tuning up previously at Muroc California. The piece notes the risk to his favorite surface and mentions other sports tidbits including Vernon’s batting pace and assorted college figures.
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Hugh Fullerton
New York
Frankie Parker
Frank
Spring Lake
Guam
Muroc
Calif
Mickey Vernon
Vernon
Lou Boudreau
Navy Loses Big Stars To Home Schools
Annapolis Md Aug 7 Anthony Skip Minisi former Navy halfback resignation from the academy and intention to rejoin the University of Pennsylvania where he starred as a freshman in 1944. Coach Capt Tom Hamilton warned the loss would weaken Navy prospects. Earlier Charlde Scott left the academy this summer and plans to attend the University of Arkansas.
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Annapolis
Anthony
Skip) Minisi
Navy
Academy
University of Pennsylvania
Tom Halilton
Skip
Chrde Scott
University of Arkansas
Major League Leaders From The National League And American League
The Associated Press lists season leaders with Musial of St Louis leading NL batting at .374 and 161 hits while also topping NL in runs 85 and RBIs 88. Mize of New York led NL in home runs with 22. Beiser of Brooklyn had 27 steals. Dickson of St Louis posted a 11 3 4 113.786 pitching line. In the AL Williams of Boston led in runs 112 and RBIs 104 with Pesky also Boston at 157 hits. Vernon and Spence tied 36 doubles. Edwards of Cleveland led triples with 11. Williams added 31 home runs. Ferriss of Boston posted 20 pitching wins.
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Associated Press
Musial
St. Louis
Slaughter
Mize
New York
Beiser
Brooklyn
Vernon
Williams
Boston
Pesky
Spence
Washington
Edwards
Cleveland
Willams
All Star Football Boosts Ohio Valley Standouts
Wheeling report details the Ohio Valley All-Star scholastic football series as two games were played in a postwar setting. John Stojack of Steubenville starred with three touchdowns before exit, guiding the Buckeyes to a 26-7 win over a northern West Virginia squad with over 11,000 fans braving rain.
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WwiLeet
Boston
Ohio
New York
Wheeli l- Si
Detroit
Washington
Wheeling
Cneeee
Ted
Philadelphia
West Virginia
John Stojack
Steubenville
Buckeyes
Stojack
Today’s Games Highlights and Tomorrow’s Showdowns
The schedule shows Today matches with New York against Boston Washington at Philadelphia St Louis at Detroit Chicago visiting Cleveland Boston at New York and Philadelphia at Brooklyn plus Cincinnati at St Louis. Tomorrow features AL and NL tilts including St Louis at Detroit Chicago at Cleveland Washington at Philadelphia New York at Boston and Philadelphia at Brooklyn among others.
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Boston
New York
Detroit
Chicago
Washington
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Cleveland
Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Fesler Herds 100 Man Pitt Squad To Camp
Pitt head coach Wes Fesler gathered 100 football candidates for a bus trip to Kiski prep school near Saltsburg marking the start of three weeks of pre season drills. Sixty six will start their first varsity season and the rest are holdovers and veterans. In five weeks the Panthers open at Illinois in Pitt Stadium.
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Pittsburgh
Wes Fesler
Pitt
Kiski
Saltsburg
Panthers
Ilinois
Pitt Stadium
Pirates blank Cardinals in 8-0 win leads to strong start
Ken Heintzelman pitched for the Pirates as they shut out the Cardinals 8-0 with two hits. Oscar Judd contributed a 4-2 win over the Dodgers, adding two hits, an RBI, and a run. Max Lanier, star lefty of Vera Cruz, returns to the Mexican league after arm treatment in Florida amid frigid conditions where metals lose resistance and electricity flows differently.
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Associated Press
Ken Heintzelman
Pirates
Cardinals
Oscar Judd
Pibilee
Max Lanier
Torreon
Mexico
Vera Cruiz
Leasgue
St. Louis Cardinal
Florida
Mickey Owen Back Home Amid Welcoming Hype in Springfield
In Springfield Missouri on August 17 Mickey Owen, once a big league catcher now farming, received a warm homecoming labeled Mickey Owen Day by neighbors. He expresses disillusion over a five year Major League suspension and contemplates appealing to baseball commissioner A B Chandler while hoping for another chance.
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Springfield
Mickey Owen
Missouri Farmer
Ozark Empire
Micker
A. B. Chandler
Notice of Motor Carrier Hearing and Estate Claim
Public Service Commission of West Virginia will hear motor carrier permits for coal transport from Pruntytown to Webster and Grafton, Taylor County, with objections due. Also notice to creditors and beneficiaries of the estate of Anderson A Jones to prove claims by February 17, 1947 in Grafton, Taylor County.
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B.S.T
Harrison County Court House
Clarksburg
Public Service Commission of
West Virginia
Pruntytown
Webster
Taylor County
Lester Kaufman
Wayne P. Anderson
Watson
Marion County
M. C
E.S.T
Tipple
Grafton
Mason Brothers
Paul Digman
Booth Creek
District
Orel Lake
Harrison County
L. B. Cleghorn
F. A. Muscari, Jr
Benuci
Aries
Anderson Abones
Clainis
Anderson A. Jones
Taylor County Bank
William. P. Ramples
C of Taylor
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