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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1944
Page
2
Wartime baseball holdouts list Cooper Star catcher from the Pirates DiMaggio and Walke the Reds and Phillies figures and others unsigned or negotiating. Reports from spring training camps detail contract talks and possible delays as teams adjust rosters for the season amid wartime constraints.
The Grafton High and Flemington teams will play a charity exhibition tonight at 7 30 in the local high school gym. Proceeds go to infantile paralysis relief. Principal Kenneth Hillowhead announced the event with a flat admission for all ages.
Boxing results from Philadelphia New York Hartford Chicago Holyoke Trenton Newark Scranton Springs Dallas and San Francisco show multiple decisions with several boxers outpointing or KOing opponents. Contests feature names and weights, with notes on stoppages and defeats as the card details unfold.
Boxing card tonight features Ortiz defending bantamweight status against Mexican challenger Aguilar from El Gentio California and managed by George Parnassus. Aguilar known for solid punching, Ortiz seeks another win after a decisive defense and potential move in weight class.
Pinehurst March 14 A typical field matters as Bobby Cruickshank of Richmond Va is tipped to win again as the North and South Open tees off today The absence of PGA sponsorship and stars Jag McSpaden Byron Nelson narrows the contest boosting veterans and elder statesman Gene Sarazen While Horton Smith Clayton Heafner Leonard Dodson and Johnny Kinder line up for the first round the tournament promises a tighter race with 36 holes remaining today and tomorrow
Fairmont March 14 The annual Big Ten conference track meet will be held at Billins April 29 with at least four teams competing Entries will represent Morgantown Washington Irving of Clarksburg Fairmont East and Elkins During the session the coaches also picked Morgantown as the basketball champion of the conference on the basis of the school's 11 victories and one defeat during the regular 1943 44 season The Big Ten conference five selected by the coaches included Lemine of Morgantown and Hirson of Shinnston forwards Alderman of Fairmont East center Defenbaugh of Grafton and Greene of Washington Irving guards Honorable mentions included Gardner and Scott both of Elkins and P Swisher of Grafton forwards and Kesling of Elkins guard
Notre Dame opens spring practice with 105 candidates for the 1944 Irish baseball team. Coach Jake Kline plans to select a starting nine soon as only three of the prospects are lettermen. Seven standout players were assigned by the Navy from other schools for the wartime squad.
The Allied drive through Burmese jungles and mountains aims to trap Japanese near Maungkwan, with 2,000 killed and about 2,000 surrounded as American and Chinese forces press south. British troops push from Assam toward Myitkyina, seeking to join Ledo and Burma roads, build air bases, and block Japan from Yurinin. Stilwell’s effort is step one toward a larger strategic push.
Allied units describe continued operations against rail bridges at Sarzaria and Viategio and rail yards at Spoleto Perugia and Fabriano. German raids hit the beachhead four times and once at night with no damage reported. Fighter bombers hit roads and rail lines south of Rome and near coastal positions while coastal aircraft strike docks at Santo Stefano and targets at Misita Di Pisa and Montalto Di Gristio. Forty five enemy planes were active in the battle area yesterday.
Major league managers call this a pitchers year though the overall pool remains light beyond teams like the Yankees and Senators. Gil odds shatters the indoor mile record but four minutes remains elusive without a four-quarter surge. Obscure notes recall Jimmy Conzelman targeting Robert E. Hannegan for blocking and kicking in politics, and remarks on boxing fortunes, college baseball growth, and army exploits in Pacific campaigns.
N Fannin announced funding for supervisor advisory posts and supervision of victory garden projects by the board of education. In Huntington three bellhops and a hotel porter were held on $500 bonds after pleading to selling liquor to out of town inductees at pre induction examinations. Sheriff Taylor and deputies acted on a complaint from Captain Blume of the induction center. Blume said selectees housed in Huntington hotel had access to liquor, noting some were hard to manage. Roy Edwards oman WA
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