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Newspaper

Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 28, 1933

Page

5

Telephone 185 All Stars Play Colored Giants Benefit Game

The Colored Giants meet the Light League All Stars in a Tuesday benefit game for Husky Johnson at the Athletic field. Bill Dabney returns to mound duty for the Giants, aiming for a strong showing after years away. The All Stars, with Cole Gilbert Pugh and Robinson in the infield and Young in the outfield, will field a near same lineup plus Gallagher at short. Start time 5 o'clock. report in uniform by 4. Admission 25 cents. Swisher and Keener to umpire.

Roy Koch Galloway Wiley Philippi Husky" Johnson Bill Dabney Giants Formery Dabney All-Grars Cole Gilbert Pugh Robinson Louis Young Jones Welles Gallagher Shaw Swisher Keener

Troubled Spann On Austro German Border Looms

Baseball and league standings mix with matchups today across major leagues. Teams Pittsburgh Philadelphia Chicago Brooklyn St Louis New York feature in today slate while yesterday’s results show Chicago Philadelphia Boston St Louis Detroit New York Washington Cleveland and others with varied scores. International and middle Atlantic leagues list Albany Baltimore Jersey City Newark Toronto Rochester Montreal Buffalo Beckley Springfield Wheeling Johnstown Huntington Zanesville among standings and results.

Chicago Philadelphia Boston St. Louis Detroit New York Washington Cleveland New York TV ABB

Baseball Standings Snippet With Player Batting Averages

A fragment shows hitters Klein of Phillies Foxx of Athletics Davis of Phillies Simmons of W. S. and Terry of Giants with stats including AB R Hi Pct and averages like .358 .342 .338, plus other counts and positions. The text lists multiple players and numeric lines suggesting league batting standings.

AB R Hi Klein Phillies Foxx Athletics Davis Simmons W. S Terry Giants Manush Sen

Kinsey reunion hosts large Webster church gathering

The Kinsey family reunion at Webster Baptist Church Webster County drew about 104 descendants with guests from Clarksburg Fairmont and Grafton. Officers elected included George R Murphy as president and Hugh Kinsey as vice president. Committees were named for arrangements and program. The event featured music and a meal extravaganza at Webster church with plans to meet again on the fourth Sunday in August 1934 at the same location.

Jesse Riley Parsons High Scho Riley Hepzibah Ada Mae Withers Arad Hall Kathleen Withers West Main Street Simpson High School Withers-Riley Dunham-Goodwin W. P. Wither Lelat Shriver Lloyd L. Shriver Martin Brown's Park Kingwood Parrish Teverbaugh Chapel Clayton Will Clayton Baxter Arnett Arett’s Grove Georgetown Canfield Mt. Zion Cheat River Martin-Shaw-Bunner Buckhannon Miller Williams Park Tunnelton Road Whetsell Preston County Poe Devers Grove Wickwire Creek Grafton Mason - Cunningham Seven Islands Hendershot City Park Parkersburg Harman Brick Church Maysville Gap Grant County Cooper Bennett-Moore Jerusalem Church Barbour County Feather Wesley Chapel Lérnox Preston County Smith-Sanders Wolf|Pen Church Lewis County Digman Compton Grove Montrose Randolph Chenowieh Wilson-Curry Rock Cave Upshur County Thomas-Lees Shady Grove Church Brandonville Brown Reedsville Park Gale-Smith-Radabaugh West Kingwood Plum-Weaver Frank Williams Park Huey Hough Park Mannington Adams Limestone Tucker County Rothlisberger Paden Park Wetzel County Welch-Callahan Overfield Church Elk District Harrison County Clarksburg Wellman Camp Washington Moundsville Hughes John Todd Big Run William Quigley Roy Pettil Fort Cameron Deet City Balderson Poling White Oak Glade District Clyde Poling Kinsey Webster Baptist Moffett Laurel Park Church Hott Grassey Lick Run Hampshire County Wright Camp Washing George R. Murphy Press- Freeman Arderbine Dent Grove Dent Barbour Counciation Hugh W. Kinsey Simpson Fairmont Mr. Kinsey Webster Baptist Church Galt Ering F. M. Glenh Son Meredith Tyler County Centreville Tyler

Fetterman Club Splits Weekend Games in Tight Contests

The Fetterman team split the weekend, losing to Wendel 5-4 in a protested Saturday tilt and beating Belington 5-4 on Sunday. Wendel played with ineligible men, a protest led to the game not counting toward the league flag chase and to be relayed later. B & C O club fell 1-0 in 11 innings to Mill Creek Sunday.

Fetterman Wendel Belington E. Kinter Mill Creek

National League Standings Snapshot From Today

Standings show St Louis at 7 5 and New York at 1 5 after a second game ended in the eighth due to darkness. Boston leads with 7 3 while Cincinnati, Brooklyn are 0 5 and Chicago 2 2. Pittsburgh and Philadelphia not scheduled. New York record 71 45 with 612 visiting shows.

St. Louis New York Boston Cincinnati Brooklyn Chicago Pittsburgh Philadelphia

Forest Camp Worker Fatally Injured Near Piedmont

Joseph B. O'Keefe a 22 year old forest worker from Baltimore part of the Gly dian Conservation Corps camp at Savage River Garrett County was fatally injured found near railroad tracks west of Piedmont believed to have fallen from a Baltimore and Ohio freight train. His head was crushed and his left leg nearly severed.

Cumberland Joseph B. O'Keefe Baltimore Forest Worker Glydian Conservation Corps Savage River Garrett County Baltimore and Ohio Piedmont Lee

Jobs wipe off third those on relief rolls

A Chicago report based on a nationwide survey shows one third of March unemployment relief roll names erased. About 1.5 million families removed from state and federal aid as employment rises and summer conditions ease. 1.22 million households moved to self support since March across 34 states. Mississippi up 52 percent since March. Arkansas cut dependents from 182,000 to 90,900 this month.

Chicago Washington Montana California New Halassake Massachusetts Vermont Connecticut Georgia Maine Nevada South Dakota West Virginia New York Maryland Mississipi Arkansas North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee Colorado Idaho Rhode Island

Indians Split Double With Senators In Cleveland

The Cleveland Indians and Washington Senators split a doubleheader in Cleveland. The Senators won 14 to 1 in the opener, while the Indians captured the second game 6 to 3, with nine costly Cleveland errors contributing to the lopsided first game.

Senators Cleveland Detroit Tigers Cleveland Indians Washington Senators Nats Tribe Indians

Knocked Off Horse Car Runs Over Him Incident

In Shepherdstown on Aug 28 Frank Tally eight injured seriously after a car knocked a riding horse from under him. Driver Alfred Staubs fined 25 dollars and jailed 30 days. Warrant issued for owner D L Whittington for permitting operation with faulty brakes. Witnesses note excessive speed turning a corner. The horse’s rider had a broken leg and his father rode another horse. Kentucky counties on literacy ranking list.

Shepherdstown Frank Tally Martinsburg Alfred Staubs D. L. Whittington

Daily Cross Word Puzzle Clues From Scarred Page

The jumble shows across clues and stray phrases from a daily crossword including references to Wast Indian prince Sphere, German river, Great Lake, and various garbled terms. It reads like a damaged puzzle page with stray capitals and partial names.

Anacey Beverage German River Great Lake Finlal Spire Compstat Warren

Noted polo star Tommy Hitchcock out for season

Port Washington N Y Aug 28 Tommy Hitchcock ten goal polo star is suffering from a concussion and will be out for the season. The injury occurred in the first period of the second East West series game in Chicago. Dr Poster Kennedy advised ten days rest and warned that any further competition could cause permanent injury.

Port aWigonhunt Port Washington N. Y Tommy Hitchcock Hitchtork Chicago Poster Kennedy

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