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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1928
Page
6
Gus Sonnenberg former Dartmouth football star and long winning heavyweight drew a brutal bout with Ed Lewis ending in Sonnenberg unconscious with a brain concussion after leaping from the ropes. Lewis retained the title as 10 000 spectators watched the climactic match.
Yesterday’s scores from the Mid Atlantic League and major circuits list multiple rain affected games. Key results include Charleroi beat Clarksburg 4 1 in 5 innings, Jeannette over Cumberland 5 1 in 6, Wheeling defeated Fairmont 3 0, with Scottdale Johnstown rained out. National League showings St Louis 9 Pittsburgh 4 and Cincinnati 4 Chicago 2. American League Philadelphia 6 New York 4 and Cleveland 9 Chicago 8. American Association results include Columbus 4 1 Louisville 3 2 and Kansas City 9 St Paul 3. Standings show New York and Philadelphia atop the American circuit.
Women swimmers from across the nation gather at Rockaway Beach for four days of competition with twenty Olympic team spots at stake. Four 1924 Olympic champions headline the field, including Ethel Lackle Martha Novelius Carolyn Smith Chapman and Betty Becker Pinkston. Promoter Jim Mullen signs Sandy Seifert to face Otto Von Porat in July. Loughran vs Lomski world heavyweight title set for August 8 at Ebbets Field. Seals clinch first half Pacific Coast League pennant by defeating Los Angeles. Hollywood trails.
Chicago June 30. Goose Goslin of the Senators slips to a .425 unofficial batting average as a rough week drops several leaders. Reeves falls 24 points while Gehrig, Kress, Lazzeri, Dugan, Fothergill, Manush, Koenig, Easterling and B Miller all post strong showings. Grant leads in wins among rookies with six and Pipgras tops pitchers with 13–2. the Yankees hold a .306 team mark with Carrigan's Red Sox at .976 team fielding.
Fights last night featured Milwaukee’s Red Fry stopping Joe Azzarella and St Paul’s Jack Nitti falling to Louis New in Milwaukee. Des Moines saw Billy Rolfe KO Jimmy Robinson, Davenport’s Jack Malone beat Billy Atkinson, and Genaro Pino from Cuba shaded Charlie Genaro in New York after fighting in Des Moines and Davenport.
Charleston June 30 The new state road map has been completed and is being distributed free on request by the state road commission. This year's map is an entirely new production and shows state routes county roads rivers and railroads along with maps of 23 cities.
Rates listed for used goods show two cents per word or figure for the first insertion and one cent thereafter with a minimum charge of 45 cents. Public phone contact provided as 185-1.
Larger towns are included. An improved mileage chart and index are featured. Detours are indicated in red. The map was designed and compiled by the state road authorities. Callaghan Reds .354, Pienich Reds .353, Roettger Cards .349, Herman Robins .346, Ott Giants .340. Larry Benton, top hurler of McGraw’s clan, shows 12 wins and 3 losses for a .800 percentage. Pirates lead offensively at 304 for 62 games while Cards hold defensive honors with a .974 percentage.
Rogers Hornsby posts a .399 average over 58 games and remains at the forefront of NL hitters. He trails only Jim Bottomley of the Cardinals and Del Bissonette of the Robins, each tied with 15 home runs, as the league leaders. The top ten list includes Waner, Grantham, Douthit and others from the Pirates and Cardinals in close pursuit.
Two aged pitchers, Grover Cleveland Alexander and a left hander, bolster the St. Louis Cardinals as they maintain a long lead in the National League. Alexander, the standout right armer, anchors the rotation while the unnamed left hander provides balance in the staff.
Houston Bishop Cannon and Arthur Barton arrange a dry Democratic gathering in Asheville, North Carolina, on July 11 to organize for congressional elections and unite against Smith. Albany reports Mrs. Woodrow Wilson congratulating Smith.
Santa Barbara-McAdoo refuse comment on Smith nomination. Washington says Democrats named their strongest candidate James Good to be Hoover's western manager. The dispatch lists multiple incidents including lynching in Brookhaven and a dam break in Cookeville.
Helen Wills, American holder of the Wimbledon women's championship, advanced to the semifinals by defeating an unnamed opponent in straight sets. Helena Senator Walsh praised M. Holcroft Watson, the veteran British Democrat and tournament star, as part of the day’s unrelated remarks in Wimbledon, England.
General Obregon returns to Cajeme Sonora to be informed of the election result and sworn in December 1 for a six year term under a constitutional amendment. He faced two rivals, Generals Serrano and Gomez, both dead after rebel executions. U S relations improve with Ambassador Morrow and military attaché McNabb fostering closer ties.
In Wallula Washington June 1 Cal Heck a former National League player reputed to have played for Boston and an unidentified man were shot dead by Lee Faulkenor a government trapper and farmer. Faulkenor said the two men burst into his room demanding money and he fired after declaring he had none.
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