Reds and Dodgers in hair-raising race for NL lead
The Cincinnati Reds and Brooklyn Dodgers battle for the top NL spot with the Dodgers at .714 and Reds at .710. Cincinnati wins twice to Pirates while Dodgers post a 6-0 shutout of the Phillies as Cubs and others chase, with key pitching shaping outcomes.
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Reds
Dodgers
Hy Judeon Bailey
Associated Press
Cincinnati Reds
Brooklyn Dodgers
Cincinnati
Dodkers
Pittsburgh Pirates
Whitey Moore
Joe Beggs
Pittsburgh
Jim Turner
Philadelphia Phillies
Whitlow Wyatt
Brooklyns
Cubs
Bill Posedel
New York Giants
Boston Bees
Chicago Cubs
St. Louis Cardinals
Claude Passeau
Speedway Qualifiers Take Shape For 800 Mile Indianapolis Race
Indianapolis May 28 The 800 mile race field at the Speedway nears completion as 14 cars qualified yesterday and more speeds are expected today. Top time of the day was Bob Swanson at 124.619 mph, with contenders from Los Angeles Chicago Detroit and others among the 33 entrants. Faster cars to qualify include Rene Le Begue Rene Dreyfus and Louis Durant among slower hopefuls.
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Lt Pet
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Culchee
Indianapolis
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Rene Dreyfus
Rene LeBegue
Louis Durant
Herrington
Kans
LeBegue
Dreyfus
Durant
Bob Swanson
Ralph Hepburn
George Robison
al Putnam
Los Angeles
Emil Andres
Duke Nalon
Chicago
Chet Miller
al Miller
Detroit
Joe Chitwood
Topela
Paul Riganti
Argentina
Paul Russo
Kenosha
Wis
Swanson
Yankees Pull Off Shutout in Five-N0 Victory Over Senators
New York Yankees won 5-0 behind Spud Chandler who allowed only singles as Charley Keller hit his fifth homer with two aboard and Joe DiMaggio added a key hit. Washington managed four hits, but the Yankees prevailed.
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el Paso
Albuquerque
Tucson
Bisbee
Boson Red Sox
Sox
Fort Worth
Nelson
Hogan
Byron
Ben
Texas
Dickman
Harris
Yankees
Baseball Tonight Matches With Probable Pitchers
Philadelphia at Brooklyn Mulcahy four two faces Fitz Simmons three zero. New York at Boston Melton four one opp Errickson one zero. Cincinnati at Pittsburgh Thompson five three vs Butcher zero four. St Louis at Chicago Warneke five and Lanier one one against Olsen two one.
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Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Boston
New York
Brooklyn
Phiadelphia
Chicago
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Baseball Scores From Tuesday Slates Across Leagues
In American League action Boston played Philadelphia with rain in the forecast. New York beat Washington 5 to 0 while Chicago triumphed 7 to 5 over St. Louis. Cleveland beat Detroit 6 to 1 in the night game. Washington and New York scheduled two games with Monteagado and Haynes starting, and Breuer and Russo pitching in relief. Cleveland’s Newhouser faced Allen, and Chicago’s Rigney and Knott opposed Har Wig and Kennedy in a 2-? affair. Boston visits Philadelphia in the nightcap with Butland and Potter listed as starters.
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Boston
New York
Washington
Chicago
St. Louis
Cleveland
Monteagado
Haynes
Vons
Breuer
Russo
Detroit
Newhouser
Allen
Rigney
Knott
Har‘Wig
Kennedy
Philadelphia
Butland
Potter
Touring Golfer Happy O'Brien Stops in Grafton
World touring golfer Happy O'Brien visited Grafton yesterday afternoon briefly. He says he has played 1,027 courses worldwide. War in Europe is limiting the tour to the continent.
Pruntytown Tops Colfax 12–3 On Fet Term an Diamond
Pruntytown hammered 19 safe hits to score 12 runs and defeat Colfax 12 to 3 on the Fet Term an diamond. P. Jones hit two triples, with H. Plum and C. Plum sharing pitching duties after five scoreless innings. Davis was chased in the sixth as seven runs crossed. Nichols also took a hit.
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Pruntytown
Colfax
Fetterman Diamond
Davis
Nichols
Jones
Pountytown
C. Plum
H. Plum
P. Jones
Carpenter
Drainer
Shaw
Hawkins
Nineteen Nominated For Wheeling Meet Feature
Nineteen thoroughbreds have been nominated for the Memorial day handicap at Wheeling Downs. The opening day feature for three year olds and upwards runs five furlongs on Thursday. Eight races are on the card starting at 2 30 p.m. EST.
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Wheeling
Wheeling Downs
Island Oval
Open battle started as par is cut down in national open
In New York on May 28 the national open qualifiers show fierce scoring across districts. Lawson Little led with 65 69 134 in Chicago district, eight-under. Leonard Dodson shot 68 69 137 in Kansas City. Many amateurs and several former champions failed to qualify. Hogan and other pros also missed, while six former open champions qualified including Sarazen Farrell Hagen Goodman Manero Parks and others.
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New York
Cleveland
Canterbury
Yesteday
Little
Lawson Litle
United States
Ray Billows
Bud Ward
Simon Pyres
Chick Evans
Art Doering
Bobby Dunkelberger
Bill Holt
Ellsworth Vines
Hogan
Ben Hogan
Billy Burker
Willie MacFarlane
Wilfy Cox
Chandler Harper
Joe Kirkwood
Alvin Krueger
Bill Mehrhorn
Jock Hutchison
Gene Sarazen
Johnny Farrell
Walter Hagen
Johnny Goodman
Omaha
Tony Manero
Boston
Sam Parks, Jr
Pittsburgh
Hard Hitting Marks Games In Mountain State Doubleheader
Huntington and Williamson split a Mountain State league doubleheader with 16-9 and 15-5 scores. Ashland swept Wes 12-2 and 11-9 to climb from cellar, while Logan piled up 16 hits in a 12-8 win over Bluefield. Kenneth Mounts and Stanley Wentzel homered for the Indians. Steve Urick drove in Bluefield runs. Logan hosts Welch tonight as Williamson visits Ashland and Huntington goes to Bluefield.
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Associated Press
Huntington
Williamson
Redbirds
Ashland
Colonels
Wes
Logan
Bluefield
Kenneth Mounts
Stanley Wentzel
Indians
Steve Urick
Welch
Yesterday's Stars Charley Keller Shines in Yankees Shutout
Charley Keller homered and drove in four of New York's five runs in a shutout of the Senators. Buck Newsom starred for Detroit by quieting the Indians on six hits and nine strikeouts, with Saw contributing for the Tigers.
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Buck Newsom
Tigers
Indians
Fetterman Tonient MATS OVERLIN STAR OF WEEK
In Grafton a twilight baseball opener pits Pruuty town against Fetterman at 5 pm with a Sunday 2:30 pm game against Quality Market on the First ward diamond. New York headlines note Benny M Coy’s riches and Ken Overlin named sports star of the week amid Globe-Telegram attention.
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Tonient
Mats Overlin
Twlight
Grafton
Pruutytown
Fetterman Club
Quality Market of
Pruntytown
First Ward
New York
Benny
Ken Overlin
California
Virginia
New York World-Telegram
Fights Last Night Across Cities Feature Notable Knockouts and Decisions
In Pittsburgh Jimmy Webb fought Iry Sarlin with Webb earning an outpoint victory. Scranton saw Dick Jones edge Jimmy Davis in a decision. Baltimore had Kid Cocoa scoring a knockout over Billy White. New York’s Steve Belloise defeated Sammo Luftspring by decision. Providence witnessed Larry Bolvin stop Lou Transparenti in a knockout.
PLAN TO RUSH CONTINUES ON AIR FEEDER SERVICE
President Richard Du Pont of All American Aviation described the plan as very reliable and satisfactory and outlined a feeder service with trunk lines centered on Pittsburgh. Representative Johnson of West Virginia urged route expansion to stimulate country youth interest in aviation.
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Richard du Pont
Pittsburgh
Johnson
W. Va
Knottsville Wins Battle at Home Diamond
Knottsville trounced Fetterman 11 to 2 on their home diamond in a shortened Sunday contest. Corad scattered four hits to limit First Warders to two runs, while Knottsville stacked 13 hits including a three-base hit and two doubles. Fetterman pitchers issued four walks and hit a batter.
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Knottsville Ball Club
Fetterman Club
Corad
Knight
McCue
Rutherford
Fetterman
Knottsville
H. McDaniel
B. McDaniel
New Break A the Pinens
A terse report notes Allied air raids on Dusseldorf last night with no immediate details on damage. A border region spokesman says such raids occur nearly every night, describing the event as nothing new.
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Dusseldorf
Notice to creditors of Howard B Newton estate in Grafton WV
Creditors and beneficiaries of the Howard B Newton estate are notified to present claims with vouchers, verified, to the commissioner at the Taylor County Bank Building Grafton WV by December 2, 1940. Beneficiaries must attend on that date to protect their interests. Dated May 28 1940 Commissioner of Accounts Taylor County WV.
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Howard B. Newton
Taylor County Bank
Grafton
Taylor County
West
Virginia
William P. Samples
County of
Taylor
Alfred A. Holt
Grafton Banking and Trust Company
West Virginia
Masioner
Tae
Prison escape group returned after Huttonsville break
Two coNyICTs along with five companions were manacled and sentenced to one to five years for escaping from Huttonsville medium security prison. They were loaded into a truck and en route to Moundsville, while the five others were brought back to Littleton for overnight lodging.
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Spoonagal
Huttonsville
Moundsville
Littleton
Dail
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