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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1942
Page
6
St Louis Cardinals ride a six-game win streak, 14 of 17, pressuring the Dodgers in the pennant chase. Enos Slaughter’s 10th inning homer helped beat the Giants 4-3 as rookie Nig Beezley shines in relief. Yankees lead, Red Sox win, and Dodgers rest as Brooklyn eyes a critical series with St. Louis at Ebbets Field.
The Associated Press reports Williamson kept a slim lead in the Mountain State league after Walter Goodall tossed a four hitter to blank Ashland 6-0 for his 10th win. Goodall fanned 12 as Ashland was limited to 4 hits. Bluefield led Huntington 4-2. Welch rallied to beat Logan 5-4 on a ninth inning run aided by two singles and an error. Ashland visits Williamson tonight while Bluefield goes to Huntington and Logan hosts Welch.
St Louis beat New York 4 to 3, Cincinnati defeated Boston 5 to 0, Philadelphia topped Pittsburgh 5 to 1. Only games scheduled.
Enos Slaughter of the Cardinals hit a tenth inning homer to beat the Giants 4-3 as Beezley worked two hitless innings in a five inning relief role. Judd of the Red Sox limited the Browns to six hits in a 4-2 victory. Vander Meer of the Reds shut out the Braves 6-0 on seven hits. Kennedy of the White Sox delivered a ninth inning double to spark a 2-1 win over the Athletics. Podgajny of the Phillies blanked the Pirates 5-1 with six hits. Henshaw of the Tigers and Murphy of the Yankees combined to hold the Yanks to three hits in four innings of relief in a 7-6 opener win, with Murphy preventing a Tiger threat in the nightcap 5-3 decision.
Reiser and Medwick lead Brooklyn in batting averages, Ott and Mize top runs, Mize, New York, and Wick, Brooklyn appear among top hitters. Standings show New York, St. Louis, Cincinnati, and Brooklyn leading divisions with misc. batting and pitching leaders and scattered stats from both leagues.
Detroit leads New York 7-3 while Boston tops St Louis 4-2 and Chicago defeats Philadelphia 2-1. Washington vs Cleveland postponed as night games loom with Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, and Brooklyn facing key duels. Teams list pitchers like Cooper, Melton, and Hagby amid a schedule-heavy card.
Leavenworth Kansas April 17 Lacking a pitcher the reception center baseball club at this army post called for volunteers Let me try coach Private Boren Dutch Thornton begged We fanned 18 allowed only one hit and faced only 22 in the Telminis Trodh victory Tse yeas was a Pacific Coast league hurler
Chicago June 17. Hale America practice rounds at Ridgemoor as 105 players prepare for the 72-hole event. The easy 6519 yard course is favored by many stars for its short length and open greens. Notable absences include Sammy Snead and the possible appearance by Bobby Jones and Bob Hope in a 18-hole exhibition.
Kansas City Blues blamed knee action for errors that helped the invading Louisville Colonels win the first game of a doubleheader in Kansas City. Centerfielder Morgan fumbled Exte Tipton's drive, and Pires misread a catch, turning into a double play that halted a Bills rally.
June 17 Logan Tadians manager Grover Hartley former major league catcher resigns amid a poor season. Troy Walker names Charlie Hone as new second baseman and interim skipper for the Indians, amid franchise change chatter.
Advance sale for the National A A U track championships approaches the 100000 dollar goal, with 60000 dollars in program ads sold. Larry MacPhail warns Dodger fans tickets bought from speculators will be refused at gates, and any service charges will be handled personally. Several sports notes follow, including Tilden's LA pro post, Zeller’s catcher search, and other miscellaneous items.
FBI supplied 15,876,275 cards to materials makers and 10,000,000 to the Army for war industry employees. Fingerprint records flood at 60,000 daily, with at least 30,000,000 sets anticipated soon. Congress likely to act on mandatory fingerprinting, citing civilian defense value and general usefulness amid wartime needs.
New York June 17 Ed Danowski former Fordham football star becomes a lieutenant junior grade in the U S Navy pre flight physical training department. He is the twenty second contribution of the New York Giants to the armed services.
Curtin told Australians the war in the Middle East nears a critical stage and warned that a Japanese victory would threaten Australia. A complete Allied setback could allow enemy control of the Suez and a gateway to India, opening the Indian Ocean to attack. He urged unity and resilience in a dominion-wide broadcast.
The Soviet press reported a four week buildup with six boats sunk by coastal artillery on Monday near the Caucasus, while Red Army units attacked a German village in Kharkov region on June 10, destroying a column including 30 vehicles, 12 guns and four tanks and killing over 200 soldiers and officers.
Marshal Petain rebukes profiteers and the money powers while urging resilience. He invokes mortality, appeals to loyalty, and vows to uphold leadership as France faces a stormy, historic anniversary.
The House group nearly finishes review of the entire issue and finds it impractical to delay tax increases on corpora tions and individuals. Coughton says enacting two bills now would not be feasible. Roosevelt’s earlier suggestion to limit individual income to 25 000 and 50 000 for married couples was shelved by the committee after treasury’s two day proposal.
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