Cincinnati Reds Regain Lead In Hection Race
Giants lose two to Reds dropping to third as injuries pile up. Ducky Medwick beaned, Billy Jurges concussed, Ted Williams and Roger Cramer shaken after fly ball pursuit. Dodgers slip past Pirates as Medwick returns. Jim Tabor seals Red Sox 2 0 win with two hits. Rookie Cub pitchers Mooty and Raffensberger shine.
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Baseball results and upcoming games from the National League yesterday
Yesterday's NL scores include Pittsburgh 8 Brooklyn 5 and Cincinnati 7 New York 4. Boston 10 St Louis 5 and Chicago 3 Philadelphia 2. Cincinnati 2 New York 0. Thirteen innings with darkness, eight with Sunday law. Today Pittsburgh at Philadelphia Butcher to Higbe. Cincinnati at Boston Moore to Erickson. St Louis at New York Warneke to Melton. Chicago at Brooklyn French to Casey.
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Baseball Scores and Probables for Today’s Games
In the American League Detroit beat New York 9 to 2 and Cleveland defeated Boston 4 to 1 while Boston edged Cleveland 2 to 0. Washington routed St. Louis 12 to 5. St Danis002Washington 3 to 2. Darkness halted play in the seventh. Chicago-Philadelphia rain delay. Probables list Washington at Chicago Haynes or Krakauskas versus Pisteina. Philadelphia at St. Louis Miggeling. Detroit at Cleveland Gatehouse or Rowe. New York at Cleveland Russo or Peargon versus Feller night game.
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Baseball Doubleheader Splits Across Leagues
Brown Sparkplug effects a 3-2 win while Jake’s side also takes a 7-2 second game for Boston Bees. Salvo and Sullivan deliver a Bees twin bill over St. Louis 7-5 and 10-5. Bowman hit by Sisti, left the field after being spiked in the first inning. Newsom wins ninth as Tigers topple Yankees 9-2. Senators split with Browns as Leonard’s knuckleball fuels 12-5 opener and Labs lifts Browns 3-2 in nightcap. Philadelphia-Chicago doubleheader rainout.
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Buck) Newsom
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Bluefield Bluegrays blank Huntington in shutout win
Bluefield Bluegrays defeated Huntington 4-0 in Mountain State league action. Dick Williams drove in all four runs with a first inning homer and a third inning sac fly. Lew Wilson fanned 15 in a rain-shortened doubleheader, while Williamson split with Ashland and Welch split with Logan, keeping Bluefield atop the standings.
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Arlington Park Opens 30 Day Race Program
Arlington Park in Chicago opened a 30 day meeting featuring purses near 450000. Leading the card is the 2500 inaugural handicap with 22 horses in the overnight entries. Charles S Howards Advocator is the early 7 to 2 favorite. Six additional stakes are on the schedule.
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Champs Again Win Trophies in WV Tennis Meet
In Charleston on June 24, 19-year-olds Dorothy Bell of Wheeling and Delos Parsons of Huntington claimed the Homer Sholte trophies. Bell captured her third straight women’s singles title by routing Ann Miller 2-6, 6-0, 6-0. Parsons earned the men’s crown after Rev Byron Wilkinson defaulted the final. The pair also won the mixed doubles with Radcliffe Edmonds and Bob Brosius, 2-3 6-2, while Wilkinson and Parsons took the men’s doubles earlier.
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Yesterday's Stars in Nightcap Rally Deliver Giants Loss
Gene Thompson and Bill Hershberger led the Reds with three hits in the nightcap win over the Giants. Lat ter's ninth inning triple fueled the rally as the opening game featured Danny MacFayden earning his first win for the Pirates against the Dodgers. Dutch Leonard and Chet Laabs powered two homer performances for the Senators and Browns, while Buck Newsom matched the Tigers with a nine straight victory in a four hitter as the Yankees fell 9-2. Jim Tabor and Al Smith boosted the Red Sox and Indians with two homers and six hits respectively to split a doubleheader.
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Two Entries Already In For Caddy Golf Tourney
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS June 24 Two entries have been received for the third annual West Virginia caddy golf tournament to be held here July 15 18 Secretary Robert B Parker of the Greenbrier Golf and Tennis club announced Winners of club tourneys will contest 18 hole qualifying match play and 36 hole finals Kermit Miller of Charleston is the defending champion.
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Charleston
Duke to Show Razzy Dazzle
New York sports round up notes theater swagger and boxing bids as Duke football braces for a flamboyant season. Dodgers gossip and baseball legends feature amid a string of colorful incidents and athlete updates.
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Hartman Seeks Clemency in Death Penalty Case
Charleston June 24 An appeal for executive clemency for 28 year old Byzantine Hartman sentenced to death for murder was to go before Governor Holt today. Hartman sits in Moundsville state penitentiary awaiting execution for killing Deputy Sheriff Wilbur H Grubb of Upshur County after resisting arrest. He sought commutation to life, with Parole Director Dadisman to present the file and psychiatrist reports to the governor. Hartman had beaten his mother prior to the fatal arrest. a pistol shot ended the incident as the officer entered the house. A jury ruled he was sane and Judge Brown imposed the death penalty on May 16.
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Guernsey Aims To Match Chase Three-Peat Title Feat
Guernsey trails a historic trio by seeking a third straight title after the 1893 94 95 run by M G Chase with Brown Yale and Georngey seeded behind Don McNeill Kenyon and Joe Hunt Navy in a strong field following a Wilmington Del middle states tourney setback.
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Grafton Nine Wins Battle On Arthurline Diamond
Grafton Independents won 6 to 2 over Arthurdale after a protest led to the game’s forfeiture in the first of the seventh inning. Stolzenfels homered and drove in runs as Grafton piled two runs in the first, second, and fifth frames while Arthurdale committed fielding errors. Final box shows Robinson mounding for Grafton with 5 strikeouts, Pickens staff for Arthurdale with 5. Time 1:45.
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Frank Guernsey Seeks Third Straight Title
HAVERFORD Pa June 24 Frank Guernsey begins a week long national inter collegiate tennis championship aiming for a third consecutive title. The Rice Institute senior seeks a historic triple win as the tournament opens on Merion Cricket Club courts.
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Frank Guernsey
Rice Institute
Bull fiddles and prodigies at the Opera House
J B Lenhart of Edmond Okla recalls his three and a half year old son’s fascination with a bull fiddle. The story links Butch now nine slapping a bull fiddle in Universal’s Sandy Is a Lady, with Buddy’s early accordion talent. His father used scaled instruments to nurture the child’s skill.
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Portsmouth Slugger Named Manager of Red Birds
Walter Alston, 29, slugging first baseman of the Portsmouth Red Birds, was elevated to manager of the Mid-Atlantic league club, succeeding Fred Dorman. A Miami University graduate and 1938 home run champion, Alston has played in Huntington, St Louis, Rochester, Houston, and Columbus. Four pitchers joined the team, including 23 year old George Turbeville formerly of the Philadelphia Athletics, as Portsmouth has dropped seven of its past eight games.
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Automobile Collision Kills Bowman in Weeds
An attempt to pass Bowman by another automobile went off the road into the weeds and struck Bowman, resulting in his death. The incident details are limited in the accessible text.
Italian Alpine Attacks Repulsed by French High Command
French High Command reports Italian attacks in the Alps repulsed with serious losses. In the St Etienne region, about 31 miles southwest of Lyomi, Germans push southward as renewed fighting continues in France.
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Driver Stops To Rest, Killed By Passing Car
Bert Bowman, 36, became ill while driving and parked on a rural road to rest in weeds. A passing car collided with his parked vehicle, killing him. Undertakers meet in Charleston as the 46th annual convention of the West Virginia Funeral Directors' association is set for Blackfoot, Idaho, June 24. Governor Holt and the State Tax Commissioner are scheduled to speak.
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Central West Virginia Radio Schedule Flashback
A fragmented listing shows Central West Virginia stations and programs across NBC CBS and MBS networks. Names include WEAF WJZ WHAP WHAF WMMN KDKA WLW and voices like Tim Healy Paul Sullivan Fred Waring Glenn Miller and Buddy Rich, with orchestras and dramas noted amidst a chaotic radio-time grid.
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Adrian Rollihl
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Stassen Talk Opens 1940 Republican Convention Night
New York June 24 The first night session of the 1940 Republican national convention opens tonight on NBC CBS and WJZ with Gov H B Stassen Minnesota expected to give the keynote. An advance schedule lists morning and afternoon sessions for Tuesday with networks planning full or partial coverage, subject to change. Program listings include a James Melton concert and varied war and convention comment periods.
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Margaret Speaks
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Kostenaletz
Martin
Howard
Shelton
WIZ
Coolinge String Quartet
Little Ol’ Holly
Wood
Greenhornet
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Mrs. Roosevelt
Golden Gate Quartet
Alma
Kitchell
Railroad Chief Dies in Virginia Hospital
John Edward Sharpleys of Princeton West Virginia age 63 chief electrical engineer for the Virginian railway died yesterday in a Richmond hospital after a long service with the railroad He was a veteran of the American war and had been with the line since 1906.
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