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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1941
Page
5
Cleveland Indians win streak hits ten with a 12 4 rout of the Senators as Bob Feller limits batters while his teammates provide 15 hits including a six run eighth inning. Newsom dominates Yanks. Grove wins with Red Sox. Hughes shines for Phillies against Reds. Cardinals stretch to nine in a row with a 3 1 victory over the Braves.
Golfers from Bluefield Huntington Becking Splershire Charleston and other cities met today on the Karawha Country Club links for the first sectional pro amateur tournament sponsored by the West Virginia Professional Golfers Association.
Tom Hughes of the Phillies delivered three singles in a 3-0 win over the Reds as only two baserunners reached third. Buck Newsom starred for Detroit with five hits and two RBIs in a 10-1 rout of the Yankees. Babe Young homered and added two singles in the Giants' 9-4 victory over the Cubs. Elbie Fletcher homered with two on and two singles as the Pirates beat the Dodgers 6-4. Beau Bell drove in three with a triple and a single in the Indians 12-4 win over the Senators. Mort Cooper fanned seven over seven innings in the Cardinals 3-1 loss to the Braves. Wally Moses and Dick Siebert helped the Athletics in an 11-run surge during a 17-11 win over the White Sox.
The standings show Pittsburgh defeated Brooklyn 6 to 4, Philadelphia beat Cincinnati 3 to 0, St Louis won over Boston 3 to 1, and New York defeated Chicago 9 to 4.
Yesterday's American League results show Philadelphia defeating Chicago 17 to 11, Detroit 10 to New York 1, Cleveland 12 to Washington 4, and Boston 11 to St. Louis 4. Probable pitchers listed include Klinger versus Casey and White versus Errickson among others for upcoming games.
Whirlaway, the Derby winner, meets Bold Irishman in the 75000 Preakness at Pimlico as both horses sprint for the broken late stretch duel. King Cole and Market Wise also lurk, raising the odds on a fierce early pace and a historic stretch run. Meanwhile, in ERWIN an automobile crash killed Mack Moats, 68, with two others injured.
The Grafton Tri-C horseshoe team defeated a Wheeling and Bridgeport, Ohio combination four matches to two on Saturday. Star captain Junior Hensel led the locals with Junior Fowler Carl Bolliger and Raymond Hensel earning wins. A match is set for next Saturday on the Grafton lot near the Imperial building against Hawesville.
K F Fidler, state semi pro baseball commissioner, outlined plans for a Northern league season starting May 18 and abandoned plans for a Southern league. Six Northern teams will form the circuit including St Marys Oilers, United of Fairmont, Barton of Webster Springs, Dupont of Charleston, Stumptown, and Ritchie County of Harrisville. The league will play a 20 game schedule on a split season basis and will affiliate with the National Association of Semi-Pro Baseball Leagues.
The Welch miners’ seven game win streak ends as Williamson's Red Birds top them 6-3 behind Herrmann after a slow start. Logan's Indians rally for an 8-5 win over Ashland. Bluefield beats Huntington 12-3 after a seventh inning rally. Ashland begins a two day stand.
Ty Cobb, sidelined by a sprained side, asks to postpone his benefit golf matches with Babe Ruth from May 16-17 to June 15 or later. The piece blends sports bets and trivia, noting Arcaro's Derby acclaim, Dizzy Dean’s hotel perks, and various boxing and track references, with light social gossip mixed in.
RAF aircraft crossed the channel to strike Brest where German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau have been a British target. The Air Ministry reports six months of war service. In Greece, Bluefield hosts Logan versus Welch and Huntington against Williamson this evening.
British planes destroyed about 300 Axis warplanes in the air and damaged many more both in the air and on the ground. A single squadron accounted for 100 Axis planes amid reports of the RAP in Greece as a thrilling tale of achievement against poor bases, brutal winter flying conditions, and foe numerical superiority.
MBS announces the Joe Louis Billy Conn heavyweight bout at the Polo Grounds on June 18 as the first boxing broadcast under the new Mike Jacobs fights contract moving from NBC Blue to MBS. NBC Blue will carry the ongoing Overlin Loose lightweight title bout on June 1 and the radio schedule lists multiple programs across NBC CBS and MBS.
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