Major League Attendance Tops 14 ½ Million Milestone
Six weeks remain in the season as major leagues push toward an 18 to 20 million total. Cubs Giants and Red Sox top the million mark, with Yankees Tigers Dodgers also in the elite group. Red Sox beat Yankees 4-3 in game two after Yankees win opener 5-0. Dick sister helps Cardinals’ two wins. Pete Reiser stars for Dodgers. Medwick injured. Erickson blanks Pirates as Cubs win 8-0. Buddy Blattner sets assists record for Giants in opener game. second game goes to Braves. Indians, Senators split nightcap after early defeat.
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Joe Reicheer
Associated Press
Chicago Cubs
New York Giants
Boston Red Sox
New York Yankees
Detroit Tigers
Brooklyn Dodgers
Red Sox
Yankees
Floyd Bevens
Pete Reiser
Dodgers
Brooklyn
Joe Medwick
Frank Hoerser
Paul Erickson
Chicago Cbs
Pittsburgh Pirates
Billy Cox
Innning
Erickson
Philadelphia
Jesse Flores
Washington Senators
Floyd Evens
Pinky Higgins
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Phils
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Harry Brecher
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Th’ Hut
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Johny Gain
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Quality Takes Thriller As Shinnston Falls To Grafton
Grafton’s Quality Market baseball edged Shinnston 3 to 2 on a dramatic eighth inning error barrage. Lefty Grimm struck out 12 against Lutock’s 10 as Quality held a narrow lead until a two-run Shinnston rally tied the score before Hamric scored on Lutock’s errant throw.
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Shinnston Miners
Lutock
Shinnston
Lefty Grimm
Lefty
Hamric
Stolzenfels
Swisher
Grimm
AB Norris
Skages
Hebb
Stelzenfels
Barkins
E. Gregory
Norris
DeMoss
Bolliner
Nelson defends PGA title as field begins play in Portland
Byron Nelson denies hopes of repeating as champion as about 130 professionals tee off for the 28th annual PGA title in Portland. Mangrum and Hogan lead scoring with 67s and 68s while Snead and Snead vow accuracy to counter his long game.
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Gail Fowler
Portland Ofe
Weary Byron
Golf
Nelson
Toledo
Denton
Texas
Little Ben Hogan
Lioyd Mangrum
Sam Snead
Mangrum
Hogan
Snead
Slammin
Hot Springs
Major League Leaders from Baseball Season Highlights
National League top performers include Musial of St Louis leading in batting with .365 and 86 RBIs, plus Slaughter and others posting high totals in runs, triples, doubles, and homers. American League leaders feature Williams of Boston in several categories, Vernon in batting, and Ferriss in pitching with 21 wins. Also notes a population of about 9.6 million seals bound for St Paul and St George Island in the Bering Sea as summer haul.
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Associated’ Press
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St. Louis
Hopp
Boston
Slaughter
Fe Trust
Musiak
Mide
New York
Reistr
Brooklyn
Vernon
Washington
Williams
Pesky
Spence
Island of
St. Paul
St: George
Bering Sea
Suimer
Ivy league quotas and scouts mark colorful sports roundup
A diverse round up notes Ivy League directors object to official league status yet tolerate emphasis at ticket windows. Miami fans fault Paul Warner as Sun Sox struggle. von Petra shows a Nazi prison keepsake machine gun bullet. Roger Wright mirrors Boo Ferriss with lefty relief and Wright’s right issues. Phillies plan expansion of scouts in New York metro area. Bill Reinhart Jr joins Army after Navy deferment. aims for Oregon in 1949. Pitt’s fall football may bring headaches for Wes Fesler. ND and OSU loom. Babe Zaharias seeks national title in Spokane open. Kenneth Jones reports on radio plans for Happy Chandler in Versailles Kentucky. Dan Morgan defends Paycheck’s credit over Joe Louis clash. mocks Billy Conn’s restraint.
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Hugh Fullerton, JR
New York
Miami
Paul Warner
Sun Sox
von Petra
Tennifer
Germany
Yvon
Roger
Boo Ferriss
Red Sox
Roger Wright
Lynn
Mass
New England
Leroy Addington
Wright
Ine Academy
Army
Navy
Billy
Oregon U
Pittsburgh
Pitt
Wes Fesler
Notre Dame
Ohio State
Babe Zaharias
Spokane
Wash
Babe
Kenneth Jones
Peoria
Journal
Happy Chandler
Kentucky
Chandler
Versailles
Yesterday's Stars Highlight Major League Games
AP wrap reports multiple baseball Outcomes noting Higgins and Bevens leading Red Sox wins with late hits, Reiser powering Dodgers, Sisler and Brecheen aiding Cardinals, Young sparking Giants, Won clinching for Cubs, and Proter’s Athletics routing Senators. also a humorous column about college gridiron sages in the Anston shoe note.
Closed Tennis Is All Charleston In Finale
SHARLESTON August 19 The West Virginia closed tennis tournament final featured all Charleston players in the men singles after top seed Clarence Huffman of Huntington was eliminated. Eugene Bowler defeated Huffman in a semifinal 4-6 6-4. Bowler then faced Johnny Santrock of Charleston who beat Charles Front of Wheeling 6-4 6-3.
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West Virginia
Clarence Huffman
Huntington
Eugene Bowler
Charleston Tennis Club
Huffman
Oh Bow
Johnny Santrock
Charles
Ton
Charles Front
Wheeling
Marshall Has Workers Educational School Today
About 50 labor union delegates are expected for a five day workers education school opening at Marshall college in Huntington. Delegates will study public speaking and labor management relations with visiting lecturers Prof. Lawrence Norton of Eureka College and Jack Barbush, former War Production Board representative.
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Huntington
Iabor
Marshall College
Lawrence Norton
Eureka
Jack Barbush
War Production Board
Standings and Results From Yesterday and Today Baseball Action
Yesterday New York beat Philadelphia 5 to 3 while Chicago defeated St Louis 6 to 3 Detroit lost to Cleveland 13 to 4 Boston was swept 4 to 0 by St Louis and other results saw Philadelphia 11, Washington 10, Brooklyn 3, and Cincinnati 2, New York 8, Boston 5. Today Chicago visits New York and St Louis goes to Boston with Cincinnati at St Louis and night games listed for both leagues.
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Boston
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Detroit
Chicago
Cleveland
Philadelphia
Washington
Brooklyn
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Cincinnati
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National League
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Woo Pet
Sideline Slants Previewing Fall High School Grid Action
Charles Armentrout notes high school and college football return, with fans flocking to early-season games. West Virginia prep stars and Pitt players begin fall practice as Wheeling Downs opens a 49 day meet with purses around 800 dollars per race.
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Charles Armentrout
Associated Press
Charleston
Wheelin
Bill Kern
West Virginia University
Pitt
Kerns
Morgantown
Jackson's Mill
West Virginia
Pitt Panthers
Charlie Underdonk
Moundsville
Fairmont
Walter Traugh
Jimmy Hayhurst
Wheeling Downs
Guy Lombardo Dominates Outboard Race At Red Bank
Guy Lombardo, aboard Tempo Vi previously My Sin, swept the 1946 national sweepstakes at Red Bank New Jersey. Before 40,000 spectators on the North Shrewsbury river, Lombardo won all three 15 mile heats finishing a mile ahead in the final. His third heat time was 13.47 at 65.3 mph, the meet speed record.
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Red Bank
N. J
Guy Lombardo
Shrewsbury
Lombardo
Clarksburg Plays Big New York Team Today
Fourteen teams open the all-American amateur baseball association limited division tournament in Washington. Four officials to throw first balls include Admiral Nimite and Gen Turnage. Clarksburg, West Va., faces Schenectady, N. Y., in today’s pairing.
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all-American Amateur Baseball Association
Fleet
Chester W. Nimite
U. S. Navy
Gen. Suet Hal Turnage
Marine Corps
Guy Mason
District of Columbia Board of Commissioners
Glenn L. Martin
Baltimore Aircraft Company
AAABA
Clarksburg
West Va
Selfenectady
Education Leads Money Winning Juvenile in Washington Futurity
CHICAGO Aug 19 Mrs Fred W Hoopers Education a muddy track loggy black colt was named the leading money winning juvenile of the season after a 11 4 lengths victory in the Washington Park Futurity securing the $65 125 first prize. First money raised Education earnings for the year to $108 385.
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Chicago
Fred W. Hooper
Education
Washington Park
Olympic Preview Opens Four Day European Championships
In Oslo Norway this week national champions from 23 European nations resume the quadrennial amateur track and field championships leading to the 1948 Olympics. The event marks a return of athletes from former battlefield nations as the preview action unfolds over four days.
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London
Oslo
Norway
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