Grafton City opens local baseball season vs Newburg
The Grafton Independent baseball team will open with Newburg, playing two games Sunday at 2 pm and after the first game. A large local roster is listed with F Swisher Shaw Warne Pat Walters Keener Bartlett Evans Hickman Ned Shriver Newt Walters Robinson Pugh Frank Gerkin Jones McKinney George Koch Cole Gilbert Henry Bill Gerkin Roy Shriver Carder Lobis Stolzenfels Leach Young Clarke. Manager Roy Deemus Koch and Coach Dick Williams lead. Batteries uncertain with Shrived backstopping one game and Swisher in another.
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F. Swisher
Shaw
Warne
Pat Walters
Keener
Bartlett
Evans
Hickman
Ned Shriver
Newt Walters
Robinson
Pugh
Frank Gerkin
Jones
McKinney
George Koch
Cole
Gilbert
Henry
Bill Gerkin
Roy Shriver
Carder
Lobis
Stolzenfels
Leach
Young
Twilight League opens with big schedule and tight results
In a busy week the Twilight League launched amid eight games, with Cubs beating Beaumont 10 to 4 and Maple Avenue downing Wickwire 8 to 6 on opening night. Carr China defeated Beaumont 8 to 0, while Fetterman topped Maple Avenue 6 to 1.
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Beaumont
Beaumonters
Maple Avenue
Wickwire
Fetterman
Carr China
Colts
Beaumont Boys
Fetterman Diamond
High School
Atheltic Field
Carl China
Grafton High Falls to Roosevelt-Wilson in Pitchers Duel
Grafton High lost 3 1 to 1 at Norwood Park Clarksburg in a tight pitching duel between Morton and Adams. Peters scored Grafton’s only run while Brinkley and Sullivan added RBIs. Adams walked six and Morton struck out eight in a game noted for solid defense and key plays. Also mentions other scores and an 11 year old boy killed in a fall from a New York bridge.
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Grafton High School
Roosevelt-Wilson High
Norwood Park
Clarksburg
Morton
Grafton
Adams
R-W
Peters
Brinkley
Jay
Lobis
Stolzenfels
Bryan
Cards defeat Giants again as Pirates win
Boston Red Sox blew a lead for the third time in nine games, losing to Cleveland Indians 6-5 in 11 innings. Jack Rothrock delivered a bases loaded single in the 10th to lift the Cardinals to their third straight victory over the New York Giants.
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Boston Red Sox
Cleveland Indians
Jack Rothrock
Cardinals
New York Giants
Standings and Scores From Today and Yesterday
Today games feature St. Louis at Washington, Detroit at Philadelphia, Cleveland at Boston, Chicago at New York. Yesterday Pittsburgh beat Philadelphia 6 to 4 in 10 innings and Boston defeated Cincinnati 8 to 5 while Brooklyn routed Chicago 13 to 1 and St. Louis edged New York 3 to 2.
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Weigel
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Cubs
St. Louis Browns
Senators
Suhr
Bucs
Gus Suhr
Phil Collins
Pittsburgh
Phillies
Vaughan
Yankees
White Sox
Yanks
Detroit ‘Tigers
Sra Ablepeepi
Athletics
Mackmen
Grafton
Cincinnati Reds
Rweessenene
Boston Braves
St. Louis
Washington
Detroit
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Boston
Chicago
New York
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Cincinnati
Clevland
Wol
Kidnapers' ransom letter confuses Noon in ransom saga
In a fragment from a page continuation, Noon struggles after four telephone calls and a ransom letter as investigators pursue leads in the kidnap case. The unreadable OCR leaves key details unclear but points to mounting pressures in the pursuit of the abductors.
Elks Plan Boxing Show May 26 At Lodge
The Grafton Lodge B P Elks announce a boxing show on Saturday evening May 26 at 9 pm. Exalted Ruler Jobe says several of West Virginia's scrappiest amateurs will compete in a six round windup and six round windups. Tickets go on sale in a few days as committees coordinate arrangements under Hugston Turner Ellis and friends. Weather notes mention mild snowfall in Asheville, North Carolina, last winter.
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Bradford
West Virginia
Washington
Hugston
John Turner
Ellis
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Grafton High Drops
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Rally
Brinkley and Sullivan
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Pirates
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Busingay
Berkeley Run Springs
Tom Soctoge
Fds
W. Va
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ELKS
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B. P. Elks
Benell
Jobe
Weather Bureau
Asheville
N. C
Grafton Sentinel Better Business
Wien Wan Efort
Psraree Te Iee
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