Shriver Takes Lead In Carr China League Batting Race
Shriver moves ahead of Robinson with an official .437 average after 28 safeties in 63 at bats as Robinson slumps to .405. Ran McKinney remains third at .365, Ti beri drops to .294, Frankie Gerkins at .286, Abie Keener up to .269, with Bartlett at .235 and Pugh .234. Regulars Bab e Jones at .223 and Newt Walters at .180 finish the lineup.
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Pop" Shriver
Dick” Robinson
Swat
Shriver
Robinson
McKinney
Ran McKinney
Ran
Tiberi
Frankie Gerkins
Pitche
Abie” Keener
Keener
Ralph Bartlett
Bus” Pugh
Pugh
Babe” Jones
Newt Walters
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Gerkins
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Defenbaugh
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Kirby
Roy Shriver
Dick Robinson
Standings and Results From National League Action
National League results show Cincinnati 13 over New York 6. Chicago 2 over Philadelphia 1 in 10 innings, with rain affecting Pittsburgh vs Brooklyn. Today schedule includes Brooklyn at Pittsburgh and Philadelphia at Chicago among seven games.
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Pittsburgh
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
Boston
St. Louis
Detroit
Washington
Cleveland
Keany St. Louis
State Women's Meet Opens With Stars in WV Open
In White Sulphur Springs the West Virginia Open began with the singles round featuring Frances Grimes defending her title against Ruth Martinez Sara Moore Jane Evans and other top players from Morgan Town Washington Huntington and beyond. Men’s women’s and mixed doubles follow as the event runs through Saturday afternoon with upsets and notable results including Wright Hugus defeating Anthony J. Drexel Biddle and Paul Hunkle beating A. O. Smith.
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Frances Grimes
Morgantown
Ruth Martinez
Washington
Sara Moore
Jane Evans
Huntington
Jake Hess
Texas
Wright Hugus
Wheeling
Anthony J. Drexel Biddley
New York
Paul Hunkle
Cincinnati
A. O. Smith
Beckley
Baltimore
Lynchburg
Fans Ride Baseball Roller Coaster In Wide Open Summer
The piece chats about baseball fans’ wild reactions during close games, noting second guessing of managers and players. It highlights Roy Shriver leading hitters, Cy Blanton's impact for the Pirates, and local trips to Pittsburgh and future schedules with Fairmont and Grant Town as Marion County hopes for more games this Labor Day period and the city junior league schedule opens with West Siders versus Black Hawks.
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Pittsburgh
Pirates
Carr China
West Virginia
Grafton
Cy” Blanton
Giants
Fairview
Grant Town
Neers
Grafton Junior Loop Games Schedule Released
The Grafton Junior Baseball league announced the second half schedule for boys in their early teens. Games run from July 16 to August 27 at Athletic Field featuring West Side Black Hawks Tigers Blueville Pruntytown Hilltoppers.
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Grafton
West Side
Black Hawks
Pruntytown
Tigers
Blueville
Hilltoppers
Tig
Ers
Prantytown
Black
Hawks
Westside
Nellie Flag Retired From Derby Favorite to Brood Mare
Nellie Flag, once the Derby favorite, finished fourth and will retire from racing. Calumet Farm manager Dick McMahon announced the filly is now in Chicago and will be placed among Calumet's brood mares.
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Lexington
Nellie Flag
Dick McMahon
Warren Wright
Calumet Farm
Chicago
Irish Troops Withdrawn From Riot Duty in North
Belfast July 1 946 Irish soldiers on riot duty since disturbances after the Boyne anniversary were withdrawn in large detachments of police ready to meet any recurrence of Protestant Catholic clashes. The four days of fighting left five dead and 75 wounded.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Hal Schumacher Streak Ends As Reds Top Giants 13 to 6
Reds knock out Giants ace Hal Schumacher in the seventh and win 13 to 6, ending his 11 game streak against Cincinnati. Cardinals and Cubs also win to widen and close gaps with the rival leaders, while Pittsburgh-Dodgers rainout and Browns beat Senators 3 to 2 in extra frames.
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Hal Schumacher
Cincinnati
Reds
New York Giants
Dean Bears
Braves
Dizzy Dean
Medwick
Durocher
Beantown
Cardinals
New York
Chicago Cubs
Phillies
Bill Herman
Augie Galan
Lon Warneke
Larry French
Bucs
St. Louis Browns Wallop
Washington Senators
Senator Castoff
Lyn Lry
Hornsby
Schmeling Weighs Fights With Louis or Baer for September
Berlin dispatch reports heavyweight champion Lloyd Schmeling undecided on facing Joe Louis or Max Baer in New York around September. The Garden proposes a Schmeling Baer bout with the winner challenging James J. Braddock in 1936, while Schmeling also considers a Schmeling Louis option as Joe Jacobs sails to New York to evaluate both offers.
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Berlin
Max Schmeling
Joe Louis
Max Baer
New York
Madison Square Garden
Zanesville Leads Middle A Circuit After 10 Inning Win
Zanesville Greyhounds seized sole lead of the Middle Atlantic league with an 8 7 victory over Portsmouth in 10 innings. The win broke a first place tie with Akron and moved Zanesville a half game ahead as the Pirates fell to the trailing position.
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Associated Press
Zanesville
Portsmouth
Greys
Pirates
Akron
Dizzy Dean Delays Horner For Catholic Championship
Dizzy Dean arrived late to umpire the Quincy versus Springfield Catholic diocesan championship game. Governor Henry Horner waited at the ball park as Dean prioritized a steak, delaying his entrance until the second inning. Quincy won 10 to 3.
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Springfield
Dizzy Dean
Dizzy
Henry Horner
Ball
Tye
Drazy
Quincy
John W. Kapp
Gay
Yale And P M C Captains Lead South's First All Collegiate Polo
Yale captain Jay Secor and P M C captain Jack Young Jr lead the South’s first all collegiate polo team the Greenbrier Polo Club of White Sulphur Springs West Va They defeated Fauquier Loudoun of Middlebury Va on July 4 at Greenbrier Field and plan weekend matches with top teams across the East and Midwest.
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Jack Young Jr
Pennsylvania Military College
Jay Secor
Yale
Bil Rand Jr
Winston Frost
Secon
Harvard
Young German Jews Are Sent to Palestine City
Berlin with 34 youths aged 12 to 17 departing for Tel Hal Palestine tonight. The United Committee for the emigration of children and youth reports 1,000 unaccompanied youths sent to the Holy Land this year. Police chief cites strained finances and rising police workload as two officers cope with multiple calls, urging citizen cooperation in Grafton’s tougher policing era.
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Palestine City
Berlin
Palcor
Tel Hal
Palestine
Holy Land
United Committee For the Emigration of Children and Youth
Grafton
Study on rat evolution and sunlight exposure
The excerpt argues that rats with no prior exposure to sunshine cannot respond to solar rays. It notes ancient rat ancestors lived under sunlight with a different, stronger spectrum, and suggests early rays penetrated the atmosphere differently, implying a historic change in sun exposure.
Lock Up Cars Aontinued Team Novel
A garbled local passage notes a missing substance and a mayor’s quip about supplying molasses to a motorist. The text criticizes the police force as inadequate and references an ongoing, unsettled situation with a disappointed chief still on the job.
Men of the Hour and Their Lady at the Opera House
The Opera House hosts two films tonight and Wednesday. Men of the Hour features Richard Cromwell and Wallace Ford in fast-moving action with fires, shipwrecks, crashes, raids, and killings. Death Flies East opens as a murder mystery on a transcontinental plane with a California nurse pursuing a death-row convict for a confession.
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Richard Cromwell
Wallace Ford
Lambert Hillyer
Columbia
California
Tucson
Dallas
Focal
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