Amazing Red Sox Open Big Lead On Yankees As Higgins York Rally
Boston fans saw Higgins and York lift the Red Sox to a 10-5 win over Cleveland as the team extended a 12- game streak with 10 victories in 13. Higgins drove in six runs with a homer and two doubles while York went 4 for 4 with two doubles and a homer. Higgins has raised his average to .333 and York sits at .308 with 44 RBIs. Newhouser secured his 10th win as Detroit beat the Yankees 8-3 on a 12-hit attack featuring Hank Greenberg and Dick Wakefield. Dodgers lost to St Louis 9-3 as Cincinnati edged New York 3-2 with Vander Meer pitching well for the Reds. Phillies beat Cubs 4-1 behind five straight first-inning hits as Mulcahy beat Wyse.
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Jack Hand
Pinky Higgins
Rudy York
Detroit
Boston Red Sox
Higgins
Fenway Park
Red Sox
Tigers
George Kell
Philadelphia
Joe Cronin
Sox
York
Ted Williams
Dominic DiMaggio
Johnny Pesky
Eddie Lake
Perts
Cronin
Lake
Tiger
Cleveland
Hal Newhouser
Detroits
New York Yankees
Hank Greenberg
Dick Wafield
Bill Dickey
Yanks
Nick Etten
Johnny Lindell
Brooklyn
Dodgers
St. Louis
Sportsman's Park
Red Birds
Brooks
Johnny Vander Meer
Cincinnati Reds
New York
Junior Thompson
Giants
Phillies
Chicago Cubs
Phils
Hugh Mulcahy
Hank Wyse
Campbell to Test First Jet Powered Race Boat
Sir Malcolm Campbell plans a fall attempt in England to beat his own speed boat record using a jet engine. He says the 60-year-old pioneer will fit jet power for the first time on a boat, signaling a new era in marine speed trials.
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Campbell
Rondon
Malcolm Campbell
England
Barney Ewell sets 220 yard world record at champs
Roundup by Hugh Fullerton Jr notes Barney Ewell from Penn State ran 220 yards in world record time at the AAU championships and clocked 9.6 seconds in a 100 yards victory. The piece mentions teammates Norm Gordon, Tom Lieb joining Alabama, and other sports tidbits including Joe Louis and Tex Coulter, plus various athletics notes from colleges and high schools.
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Hugh Fullerton, JR
New York
State College
Barney Ewell
Barney
AL Penn State
Chick Werner
Ewell
Norm Gordon
Tom Lieb
Florida
Alabama
Tom
Crimson Tide
Sid Benjamin
Hazelton
Second Contingent Heads to Keyser Training Camp
A second contingent of candidates for West Virginia University's 1946 football team reports to the summer camp at Potomac State College as Bill Kern begins a new week of practice. The first group arrived last Wednesday and scrimmage daily. The squad stays until June 22 with a possible final day game planned. provisions mention tile for bathroom installations.
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Keyser
West Virginia University
Bill Kern
Kern
Potomac State College
Canterbury to Be Tough for Open
Cleveland June 12 The 47th National Open golf championship faces par busting but not by much. Jimmy Demaret predicts 284 while others gamble on 290 291 or 283. A heavy downpour drenched the final practice round as 133 pros and 39 amateurs prepared for golfdoms No 1 classic.
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Harold Harrison Cleveland
Jimmy Demaret
Sanford
Bud Ward
Spokane
Wash
Freddie McLeod
Fred Corcoran
Professional Golfers’ Association
Golfdom
Baseball Guild Hit By Second Major Setback
The American Baseball Guild faced its second major blow as the National Labor Relations board ordered charges against the Pittsburgh Pirates to be withdrawn or dismissed. No comment from Guild chief Robert Murphy who was reported in New York City. In games, Pinky Higgins drove in six for Boston in a 10-5 win. Hank Greenberg homered as Detroit beat New York 8-3. Edgar Smith pitched a 1-0 shutout for Chicago over Philadelphia. Hank Wyse lasted as Philadelphia beat Chicago 4-1. Hank Camilli hit a bases loaded triple as Pittsburgh edged Boston 5-3. Johnny Vander Meer pitched eight innings as Cincinnati beat San Francisco 3-2. Enos Slaughter led St Louis with two triples and a single in a 9-3 win over the Dodgers. Walt Judnich sparked a Cleveland rally in a 6-2 win over Washington.
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Pittsburgh
American Baseball Guild
National Labor Relations Board
Pittsburgh Pirates
Robert Murphy
New York City
Standings update from American and National Leagues
In the American League Boston leads Cleveland 10 to 5 while Detroit defeats New York 8 to 3 Chicago edges Philadelphia 6 to 1. In the National League Philadelphia beats Chicago 4 to 1, St Louis defeats Brooklyn 9 to 3, Cincinnati 3 New York 2, and Pittsburgh 5 Boston 3.
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Philadelphia
Chicago
St. Louis
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
New York
Pittsburgh
Boston
Man Injured As Clothes Entangled In Cement Mixer
Judson Adams, a U S Navy storehouse employee at Pleasants, was in serious condition at a Gallipolis hospital after his clothing caught in a cement mixer. Attendants reported fractures to his arms and shoulder.
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Pt, Pleasant
Judson Adams
U. S. Navy
Gallipolis
Adams
Girls State program opens in Brooklyn for 250 attendees
Two hundred fifty girls will attend Rhododemon Girls State training a Brooklyn program similar to the boys’ week, opening here June 24 under American Legion Auxiliary sponsorship. The article also notes night games, league leaders, and a WV Synod meeting in Elkins with Rev. Charles Pindar elected moderator.
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Jacksons Mill
Brooklyn
American Legion Auxiliary
St. Louis
Chicago
Cincinnati
Boston
Pittsburgh
New York
Philadelphia
Elkins
Charles Pindar
Concord
West, Virginia
Synod of the
Presbyterian Church
Conn to face Louis in better mental state
Billy Conn arrives at Yankee Stadium for a title bid against Joe Louis and will fight in much better mental and physical shape than five years ago. He had suffered severe mental turmoil, unable to eat or sleep, before his previous bout.
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Gayle Talbot
Greenwood Lake
N. J
Billy Conn
Joe Louis
Yankee Stadium
Conn
Pittsburgh
Hoosman Criticises Joe Then Proves His Words
Al Housman of Waterloo Iowa taunts Joe Louis and then meets him in the ring to prove his criticisms are valid. Housman’s bold challenge follows his assertion that Louis is overhyped as a fighter. The piece notes trainer Jimmy Johnston’s influence and the perilous risk Housman takes entering the squared circle.
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Hoosman
Joe
Sid Feder
Pompton Lakes
N. J
Joe Louis
al Housman
Waterloo
Iowa
Jimmy Johnston
Army Major Watson Held in Calif Theft Case
Army Maj. David Watson, stationed in Europe, has been taken into custody in connection with the theft of jewels valued at 1.5 million dollars belonging to the House of Hesse. Officials say Watson admitted involvement in part of the disappearance.
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ARMY
David Watson
Burling Game
Calif
House of Hesse
U. S. Army
Europe
Maj
Watson
International
Reece Calls Executive Committee Meeting in Chicago
June 12 dispatch: Republican National Committee executive committee summoned by Rep. Carrol Reece to meet in Chicago to elect James S. Kemper as national treasurer and plan the November congressional elections. Also notes a separate Pt Pleasant arrest for driving while intoxicated after a truck crash.
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Chicago
Republican National Committee
Carrol Reece
Reece
James S. Kemper
PT. Pleasant
Warren Knight
T. F. Yost
Huntington Publishing Co Buys New Site
Huntington Publishing Co announces purchase of a new site for future newspaper plant to house its three publications. Board chairman Colonel J H Long says the 130 by 210 foot site replaces a former church parsonage and will allow a larger, better facility with offices kept in the Herald-Advertiser building. a railroad siding will aid delivery of newsprint and materials.
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Huntington
Huntington Publishing Co
J. H. Long
Long
Herald Dispatch
The
Advertiser
Herald-Advertiser
The Power Of Suggestion Lands Boy In Hospital
Mr and Mrs Denver Roy blame a jungle picture for injuring their son Charles 12 who was taken to a hospital after attempting to swing on a grapevine following a vine scene in a jungle film. The grapevine broke and he sustained a broken left arm.
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Parsons
Denver Roy
Charles
Classified advertising rates and rules summary
Classified rates are two and a half cents per word for the first insertion and one and a half cents per word for each additional insertion. Minimum charge 55 cents. Each initial and each figure count as a word. Insertion must be consecutive and in regular style. The Gentile will not be responsible for more than one inch.
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