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Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 26, 1933

Page

5

Giants and Senators Deliver Twinbill Triumphs

In New York 30,000 fans watched the Giants sweep the Pirates 6 2 and 6 6 as Terry delivered a eleventh inning homer and Ott Verees paralleled in the late innings. Washington beat Detroit 4 3 after Kuhel homered in the fifth, Marberry and Burke holding the line in a feisty pitching duel.

New York Boston Braves Bill Tory Giants Pittsburgh Pirates Polo Grounds Terry Bud Parmelee Pirates Johnny Verees Mel Ott Detroit Kuhel Washington Senators Fred Marberry Bob Burke Senators Marberry Burke E Ott Lindstrom Johnson Athletics Verger Klein Phillies Wilson Dodgers Taylor Hurst Cuyler Cubs Rhodes White Sox

Daily Cross-Word Puzzle Clues Mixed with Errors

A readably legible clue list shows across and down entries mixed with garbled text and mis-spellings. The readable items include hints like Subdued pitch of voice, Gait of horse, Oils, Zeal, Be present at, Japanese, Bard wood or metal, and definitions for various wordplay prompts. The fragmentary source preserves no coherent puzzle solution.

Home Run Leaders and League Totals

Yesterday's games featured Foxx and Ruth leading hitters with 7 and 4 RBIs for the Athletics and Yankees respectively. The box shows runs by innings, hits, bases on balls, and strikeouts with Shriver, Mayles, Saltis among pitchers, and Bowen and Helmick as umpires.

Foxx Athletics Ruth Yankees Berger Braves Agay Klein Phillies Gehrig B. Shriver Powell Vince Stoleri R. Shriver McDaniel Wolfe Newton McCauley Lake Pruntytown Webster Mayles Saltis Uale Shriver Mince Fordyce Helmick

Baseball's Big Six Dominates Early Season Standings

The article notes bold early stats in the National League with key players Terry of the Giants Foxx of the Athletics and Davis of the Phillies leading batting figures. It references a German influenza outbreak case history from 1920 and mentions nursing staff and attendees as transmission vectors in a village epidemic context.

Bill Terry Klein Phillies Foxx Athletics Terry Giants Germany Davis Sia- Manush Senators Ters Phy Simmons Tabland

Tennessee authorities buy four hundred deer for Smoky Mountains park

Four hundred deer were purchased by Tennessee authorities for the Great Smoky Mountains National Park to bolster the park's deer population and ecological balance.

Tennessee Great Smoky ,Mountains National Park

First Wardis Victor Over The Independents Close Game

First Ward won over the Independents in a close game last evening by a score of 2 to 1. Evans pitched well for the visitors, earning his seventh win with no defeats. the decisive third run came from singles by R Phillips Y Jackson Fast and Evans two base hits in the sixth before darkness.

Pirates Preddy Lindstrom Pittsburgh Giants Terry Heimie Meine Parmelee Ott Verger Ward Independents Gallager R. Phillips Y. Jackson Fast Evans

Webster Wins in Prunytown Game 101

Webster defeats Pruntytown 8 to 1 at Webster with Saltis pitching a three hit game. Shriver plated a run for Pruntytown in the fourth, but no other runner reached second as Webster surged in the third and added in the second and fifth innings to seal the win.

Webster Joseph Fordyce Twilight Gue Pruntytown Saltis Pop” Shriver Jesserones

Mass Meeting on flood control dam draws hundreds in Pittsburgh

More than two hundred residents from river cities attended a mass meeting in Pittsburgh to back a flood control project on the West Fork river near West Milford. A second gathering in Pruntytown planned to coordinate with Clarksburg and Philippi leaders urging federal action.

Webster Abrhpore Dillon Wolfe Frum Dod Lss Wince Newton J Lake Keefer Powell Pittsburgh Pruntytown Clarksburg Gawthrop J Gilbert West Fork West Mil Shriver R. Shriver Valley Graf\McCauley Cojton E. Batley Wyck B. Shriver Taylor County Board of McDaniel W. A. Beavers Hamilton F.gawthrop Fair- Mayles Mont Weston Bea Lineton Philippi O Wyckoff Pittsburgh Flood Commission Shel Philipps Tygart’ Valley Baltimore & Ohio Railroad G. & B. Division Galloway Flemington Grafton West Virginia Ramsey Randolph

Shields May Climax Brilliant Comeback in National Tennis

Frank Shields emerges as a likely favorite at the Forest Hills national championships, after a meteoric homeward ascent that saw him defeat top rivals like Vines and Alison in a sequence of eastern court classics. His dramatic rebound from recent doubt positions him to threaten Perry, Crawford and other world stars for the title.

Shields Gale Talbot Associated Press New York Frank Shields Forest Hills Erin Ells Worth Vines, Jr Fred Perry England Jack Crawford Australia Bunny Austin Henri Cochet France Felow Frank Crtics Spring Lake N. J Frankie Parker Court Huntington Southampton Seabright Newport Musky Sher Craw Anting

Sleeping sickness precursors noted before several diseases

Text notes that sleeping sickness has been preceded by attacks of other illnesses, mainly measles, varicella and smallpox, with occasional precursors in pneumonia and whooping cough, and even vaccination has appeared before sleeping sickness.

All-Star Pitchers Scarce In Benefit Tilt

The Twilight League All-Stars will be short several top pitchers for the charity game against the Colored Giants at the Athletic Field Tuesday. The tilt funds Rusky Johnson, hospitalized in Clarksburg. Several pitchers from First Ward Maple Avenue Blueville and Carr China will miss the game. Webster and Saltus or Ruby will bolster the mound for the benefit. Gallagher, Foley, Swisher, Henderson, Hickman, Shaw, and others may work. Infielders include Cole Gilbert Pugh Robinson and others. Walters, Jones, Frum, Howard, plus outer gardeners Willis Lobis Stolzenfels Gawthree Fast Carder.

Willi Athletic Field First Ward Maple Avenue Blueville Carr China Gatrell Evans Beverlin Leach Walters Webster Saltus Ruby Gallagher Foley Swisher Henderson Earl Hickman Shaw Heads Wolf Graham Cole- Gilbert-Pugh-Robinson Jones Frum Howard Walters Young Lobis Stolzenfels Gawthree Fast Carder Willis

London to Cape Town Service Details and 1981 Exports

The report notes a London to Cape Town all service operated every 10 days in each direction using Belfig four engined aircraft over the full route. It lists purchases and exports from the United States including references to ANd 4SBE GUNSATA 01) for 1981. It also mentions a reduced reading time from 1i to an unspecified measure.

London Cape Town United States

Standings Beat: 9 Percent Update for Five Clubs

Baseball standings show New York 8-6 and Philadelphia 8-4 with Boston 5-3-5, Chicago 7-7, Cincinnati 3-3, Pittsburgh 5-2, Brooklyn 4-4, St. Louis tied with Boston. Upcoming games list Pittsburgh at New York, Cincinnati at Brooklyn, Chicago at Philadelphia, St. Louis at Boston, plus American League results and schedule, with yesterday’s Boston 8 Chicago 4 and Philadelphia 4-1 St Louis 5.

Pittsburgh New York Cincinnati Brooklyn Chicago Philadelphia St. Louis Boston Washington Detroit Cleveland Preaeanaeeias Gore Chicago ST Bt. Louis

Southern Association Scores Quick Update

Klaxville 3 defeated by New Orleans 10 in a Southern Association game while Nashville led Memphis 0 to 5. The day’s results show New Orleans bested Klaxville by seven runs and Memphis overpowering Nashville by five runs.

Klaxville New Orleans Nashville Memphis

Augusta Prohibition Truck Sells Twice At Auction

A truck seized by federal prohibition officers in Augusta Georgia last September sold for 105 dollars. Nine months later it was seized again and sold for 190 dollars.

Augusta

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