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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1934
Page
5
The Twilight League standings are unclear with Fetterman ball club leading and unlikely losses ahead. Carr China and Maple Avenue drop in recent games while Wickwire rises, but overall teams underperform. fans demand more exhibition games to boost interest and attendance.
Report notes unknowns about changes if retirement occurs. Friction in transient circles cited as Beehler, a non native, may crowd out local talent from welfare programs. Census data is referenced showing Texas illiteracy and a flat barometer of population.
Philippi baseball team loses 9 to 1 at home to Radio men of Clarksburg before 350 fans from Grafton and Clarksburg. Ashley tears a tendon in the fourth, leaving Smallridge to finish as six Radiomen score in the fifth. Clark and Dyer make highlight catches as Crum line steadies the defense. Radio gains four runs after two outs in the fifth.
Pittsburgh rookie Ralph Birkofer, 25, a left handed pitcher from Cincinnati, is praised for a strong first season with five wins in seven starts and a 1-0 loss to Carl Hubbell. He has impressed manager George Gibson and is slated to start every few games as part of a Pirates rotation alongside sluggers like Larry French and Heinie Meine. Birkofer’s rise follows a minor league stint with Tulsa and Toronto, where he posted a solid 10-10 record, and earlier years with Burlington. He stands 5 feet 11, 213 pounds, and began in the Three-Eye League at age 19.
National League results show Pittsburgh 4 St Louis 2 Philadelphia 6 New York 2 Chicago 7 Cincinnati 1. Standings list St Louis New York Chicago Pittsburgh Boston Brooklyn Philadelphia Cincinnati. Boston beat Washington 9 to 2 with timely hitting and Whitehill erratic pitching. Cubs beat Reds 7 to 1 led by Woody English and strong team hitting.
Left handed pitcher Bud Birkofer, weighing 213 pounds, poised for a starting role in Cedar Rapids and Des Moines circuits. Teammates recall his spring training calf injury at Paso Robles from a batted ball, yet he insisted on not loafing and aimed to make the club despite interest from the Giants Reds Braves Cubs Cardinals Phillies and Dodgers.
Chicago game listings announce today’s schedule with details on games across venues. The brief note highlights matchups and times, outlining where fans can catch the action.
In a 4 to 2 Pirates win Pepper Martin homered to pull the St Louis Cardinals within one run in the seventh. Detroit’s Goslin Greenberg Gehringer and Gehringer powered an 11 to 2 Tigers win over the White Sox. Gomez and the Yankees beat the A’s 5 to 3 for a two to one series win. Browns topple Indians 12 to 8 as Irvine Jeffries lifts the Phillies to a 6 to 2 series finale victory. Dodgers end Boston’s seven game streak with a win in Brooklyn.
New York defeated Philadelphia 5 to 3 while Boston won 7 to 2 over Washington. Detroit led Chicago 11 to 2 as St. Louis beat Cleveland 12 to 8.
Lonie Lake pitched Webster Independents to a 4 to 2 victory over Philippi Athletics. Webster led with two runs in the third and two in the sixth, while Philippi’s Baker scored the lone run in the third. The game ended in the seventh due to rain, with Webster maintaining the lead and two extra innings unlikely to change the outcome.
A three day manhunt near the boy’s grandmother’s home led Barbour county officers to a cave where the battered body of the boy was found. Fifty searchers, led by Orlin Hoffman and Zella M Frey, noted fresh rock and leaf piles at a top bank opening and pried away stones to reveal the victim.
A youth unable to attend classes admits in a letter to his father that he killed his mother and brother, with police confirming the killings occurred by last Wednesday. The bodies were found in the Payne residence after a neighbor alerted authorities, and the son’s rambling note ends with the confession.
Police raids on a citywide crackdown followed complaints of illicit sales and speakeasies. Mayor Charles King ordered an urgent, vigilant cleanup with police to pursue all suspected liquor illicit activity. Jack Cook, held briefly after an intoxication arrest, was ordered to jail or depart town and chose to leave immediately.
Speech urges young Americans to embrace intelligent Americanism and orderly progress over rugged individualism or revolutionary upheaval. Johnson warns of rapid technological and educational shifts shaping a modern society and insists every citizen deserves meaningful work and fair opportunity, whether in West Virginia or beyond.
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