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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1947
Page
2
New York backers envision a first Giants-Yankees subway world series since 1937 with DiMaggio and Mize as bellwethers. DiMaggio heats up for the Yankees while Mize drives the Giants, each atop league leaders in average and slugging as both clubs surge.
Joe DiMaggio led the Yankees with four hits in five at bats driving in five runs and scoring three in an 11-9 victory over Cleveland. He hit two home runs including a bases loaded shot. Johnny Sain pitched the Braves to a 2-0 win over Pittsburgh with three hits allowed.
National League games featuring Pittsburgh at Boston St Louis at Brooklyn Cincinnati at New York American League Boston at Chicago Philadelphia at St Louis Washington at Detroit New York at Cleveland Results include New York 10 Pittsburgh 9 Brooklyn 5 Boston 0 Chicago 7 Philadelphia 1 Sunday Brooklyn 6 St Louis 1 Chicago 4 Philadelphia 3 Boston 2 8 Pittsburgh 0 7 second game 10 innings Cincinnati 5 9 New York 3 13 St Louis 1 Philadelphia 2 New York 11 Cleveland 9 The balance wheel of a watch travels 6000 miles yearly in its normal movements.
A retrospective by Hugh Fullerton Jr. tracks Memorial Day and early June sports highlights from 1930 to 1937. It notes Billy Arnold winning the Indianapolis 500 speed record, Earle Sande and Petee Wrack, Bobby Jones claiming the British title, Hornsby as MVP, Wills Moody defeating Jacobs in tennis, rising stars like Greenberg and Didrikson, Ruth leaving Boston, Budge and Mako in Davis Cup, Hubbell’s streak, and notable suspensions and race details from the era.
Announcement states Beaumont Tigers meet Webster at G H S field tomorrow at 5 30 PM. Beaumont returns after weather delays and Dec 25 Newbury field cancellation. forfeit claim of 9 0 cited. Admission 25 cents, tickets at Ross Gerard's Quality Market or gate.
The Associated Press lists top batting leaders such as Mize of New York with 370 runs and 42 RBIs, Ennis of Philadelphia with 13 doubles, and Dillinger of St. Louis with 52 hits. Pitching leader is Newhouser of Detroit with 71 strikeouts, while Hutchinson of Detroit and Shea of New York tie for 51? wins or era figures.
Newtown Newton June 2 Bobby Locke the straight shooting South African golfer had established himself among world top pros when we left here but today he will be one of 1318 hopefuls to qualify for the U S Open at Garden City N Y. He won the fourth of his six American tournaments in two months here yesterday gaining the 90 hole 10000 Goodall Round Robin from 15 rivals with a 347 total and plus 37.
Charleston W V sales of fishing and hunting licenses this year exceed last year figures. Executive Secretary Paul Arthur of the conservation commission reports $558 338 collected by May 31 in the present fiscal year, up from $514 1 last year. Calendar year totals reach $238 538 50, up $10 348 from a year earlier. May collections total $106 826 50, versus $100 084 50 the prior May, with monthly counts reported by county clerks and running a month behind actual sales.
Nine year old Annette Marie Cummo told a passerby "Marilyn, more babies" announcing her mother yesterday gave birth to a fourth set of twins. The first pair died, with three single births in the ten years since marriage. The father is a postman earning 118 dollars every two weeks.
Parkersburg June 2 Margaret McBride longtime society editor of the Parkersburg Sentinel dies at 83 after falling at home and breaking a hip. Funeral services will be held here tomorrow. Morgantown June 2 WVU cancels Farm and Home Week for 1948 joint meeting with farm organizations per Dean Orton.
Undefeated in 12 starts, the West Virginia University golf team will enter the NCAA tournament in Ann Arbor Michigan this month after the athletic council approved the plan. The team completed its season with an 8 1 victory over Geneva College.
INDEPENDENCE OF RACE. The IC 4A meet at Franklin Field and the Western Conference meet at Northwestern's Dyche stadium highlighted potential Olympic contenders. Illinois star Herb McKenley clocked 47.4 in the 440, just ahead of Villanova's George Guida at 47.5, as Big Nine runners led in four field events and the 440.
Professor Auguste Piccard prepares to descend farther than any man into the sea off the Gulf of Guinea aboard the Baby Scaphe. His Belgian built craft, two yards wide with five inch walls and seven yard reservoir, will use magnetic ballast to rise and operate up to 12 hours. Financed by Belgian scientific society and the government.
Manager L Leslie of the Ohio Walls Board of Trade announced permission to employ an additional 700 workers, signaling expanded labor needs and potential wage impacts for the region.
In Philadelphia and Huntington dated June 2, former U S senator Rush D Holt of Weston West Virginia was named a director of the American Flag Day Association. Also reported is the death of Mrs Justine Flowers Reed 75 former State President of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
W V A funeral service was held today for Aldin McClellan Tressel 85 a former member of the state house of delegates who died at his home in White Sulphur Springs. Separate figures show 1946 motor vehicle registrations about 32.5 million vs 34.4 million in 1941 and the average motorist paid about 133.74 in taxes to operate a new auto in its first year.
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