Last Chance For Foreigners To Get In Speed Classic Today
Qualifications for the 93 starting spots in the 40th running of the speedway 500-mile international sweepstakes ended today. Six places remained open with several foreign entrants at risk, including Louis Durant Jose Chitwood Louis Tome and Al Putnam. Rudi Caracciola led the invaders in a bid to enter, while the French Maserati team and London’s Robert Arbuthnot eyed possible qualifiers as rain or darkness halted further trial runs.
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Dale Burgess
Indianapolis
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Louis Durant
Los Angeles
Jose Chitwood
Reading
al Putnam
Louis Tome
Glendale
Calif
American Automobile Association
Rudi Caracciola
Switzerland
Mercedes-Benz
Europe
Caracciola
Joe Thorne
Hollywood
Harry Oreilly Schell
Louis Gerard
Duke Naton
Beverly Hills
Robert Arbuthnot
London England
al Miter
Standish
Pla
Frank McGurk
Los Angeres
Steve Truchan
Gary
Ind
Yesterday's Stars Highlight Baseball Wins
Johnny Schmitz of the Cubs limited St Louis to five hits as he earned his fourth win in a 4-1 decision. Luke Appling of the White Sox sparked a 20-hit attack with a double and three singles, driving in two runs in a 9-2 victory over the Browns.
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Associated Press
Johnny Schmitz
Cubs
St. Louis
Luke Appling
White Sox
Browns
New York Giants
Pittsburgh
Brooklyn
Schmitz
Milwaukee
Cookie Lavagetto
Lavagetto
Fights Last Night Across Cities In Boxing Cards
A roundup of last night’s boxing results shows Belloise stopping Welch in New York, Comiskey defeating Weinberg in Boston, Lewis beating Carroll in Providence, Banks stopping Powell in Cincinnati, Pep outpointing Joyce in Minneapolis, Riley knocking out Transparent in Kansas City, Millan outpointing Shaws in Baltimore, Lemmon beating Zivic in Milwaukee, McPherson outpointing Robinson in Troy, and other notable bouts across cities with several upsets and knockouts.
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Associated Press
New York
Steve Belloise
Bronx
Coley Welch
Portland Me
Boston
Pat Comiskey
Paterson
Bill Weinberg
Chelsea
Mass
Providence
R.I
Charles
Cabey) Lewis
Bill Caroll
Cleveland
Minnneapolis
Willie Pep
Hartford
Conn
Jimmie Joyce
Gary
Ind
Kansas City
Charley Riley
St. Louis
Lou Transparent
Baltimore
Cloriey Millan
Cleo Shaws
Los Angeles
Milwaukee
Tommy Lemmon
Fritz Zivic
Pittsburgh
Troy
N.Y
Charley McPherson
Brooklyn
Art Robinson
Broad sports notes mix of high school to pro figures
A gathered roundup notes Greg Rice’s Missoula successor Jim Kittel who swept mile events and hints at college choices. It mentions Sweden’s Lannart Strand arrival and Eddie Walsh’s 4 12.3 mile pace, Tomy Quinn’s 4 17.4 win, plus MacMitchell Sink Rafferty and Mitchell in training. Also Carl Heidel Colgate pitcher uses glue after shrapnel wound, Wightman cup travel delay, Gallarneau leaves radio for retail, Maine guide Miller threatens Louis Conn fight, Alabama seeks Sept 28 game, harness racing gate by Munn, Hostak back to boxing.
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Hugh Fullerton, JR
New York
Greg Rice
Missoula
Mont
Greg Jim Kittel
Rice
Miles
Sweden
Lannart Strand
Eddie Walsh
Tomy Quinn
Les MacMitchell
Roland Sink
Jimmy Rafferty
Earl Mitchell
Mitchell
London
Hugeh Gallarneau
Chicago Bears
Chicago
The
Loafer
Charley Miller
Maine Guide
Louis Conn
Alabama
Charlie Munn
Jackson
Mich
Maywood
al Hostak
Seattle
Standings and schedules in mixed baseball and labor notes
Major league standings show Chicago leading the American League with a 23 10 record and St Louis at 20 13, while Brooklyn sits 23 10 in the National League. The article also notes rainouts and upcoming games including Detroit at Cleveland and New York at Brooklyn with several matchups for today and tomorrow, plus a report on mine government control and union talks.
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Chicago
St. Louis
Washington
New York
Detroit
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Brooklyn
Krug
Lewis
National League
Boston
Pitt
Philadelphia
Fighters Finish With Fractured Hand Bones
Baltimore May 28 Charley Millan of Baltimore won a unanimous decision over Cleo Shans of Los Angeles in a 10 round lightweight headline. Shans fractured a bone in his right arm in the fourth round and fought the rest with only his left.
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Baltimore
Charley Millan
Cleo Shans
Los Angeles
Shans
Charles Town Opens With Packed Track Crowd
Charles Town racecourse fills Wednesday opening day as about 600 horses are entered for the inaugural featuring a $1,000 seven eighths mile sprint. President Albert J. Boyle says all stalls and many private barns are taken and visitors will need nearby lodging. In Parkersburg, Rev. Robert A. Moore, a Huntington native and longtime pastor at Marion Baptist, is named pastor of First Baptist Church.
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Charleston
Charles Town
Fang
Albert J. Boyle
Boyle
Parkersburg
Robert A. Moore
Huntington
Marion, W
First Baptist Church of
Belloise Stops Welch in Five Minutes at Garden
New York middleweight Steve Belloise extended his win streak to ten with a technical knockout of Coley Welch of Portland at Madison Square Garden. Belloise floored Welch for a seven count in the second round and later put him down again for an eight count in a ten round affair.
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New York
Steve Belloise
Madison Square Garden
Navy
Coley Welch
Portland
Garden
Bronx
Welch
Park Enlarged Berkeley Springs Dining Hall Expanded
May 28 park officials said Cacapon state Park near Berkeley Springs has doubled dining room capacity and added improvements ahead of the June 1 season opening.
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Berkeley Springs
Cacapon State Park
Cubs Defeat Cardinals For Third Straight Loss By Cubs
Cubs top St Louis 4 1 behind lefthander Johnny Schmitz as Chicago extends streak against the Cardinals. Schmitz allowed five hits in eight innings while Grimm’s ace improves to two runs in 18 innings to date. Ted Lyons starts another White Sox win as Lopat dominates Browns for a 9 2 triumph with Appling collecting four hits.
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Johnny Schmitz
Wausau
Wisconsin
Chicago Cubs
St. Louis Cardinals
Bruins
Redbirds
Charley Grimm
Cubs
St. Louis
Schmitz
Micago
Cardinals
Grimm
Ted Lyons
Resime
Chicago White Sox
Pale Hose
Luke Appling
Sox
Brownies
Ed Lopat
Lopat
Major League Leaders Batting and Runs For Nine Categories
Baseball leaders list top performers in batting runs batted in hits and home runs with names including Kurowski St Louis Reiser Brooklyn Holmes Boston Musial St Louis Papke Chicago Seminick Philadelphia Herman Brooklyn Mize New York among others.
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Vernon
Washington
Pesky
Boston
Williams
Associated Press
Kurowski
St. Louis
Reiser
Brooklyn
Holmes
Slaughter, Sr
Musial
Pafke
Chicago
Seminick
Philadelphia
Herman
Mize
New York
Public Sale at Bailey Residence in Grafton West Virginia
Public sale scheduled for June 4 at 1 00 P M at the late Sarah E Bailey residence 120 McGraw Ave Grafton WV consisting of an electric refrigerator washing machine piano and eleven rooms of household furniture Terms cash
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Sarah E. Bailey
McGraw Ave
Grafton
W. Va
Notice to creditors and beneficiaries of Cleophus Cole estate
To the creditors and beneficiaries of the estate of Cleophus Cole deceased all persons having claim against the estate whether due or not are notified to exhibit the same with voucher legally verified at his office West Main Street Grafton Taylor County West Virginia on or before the 2nd day of December 1946 otherwise they may be excluded by law from all benefit of said estate. All the beneficiaries are notified to be present on the said date to protect their interests. Given under my hand this the 28th day of May 1946 J Guy Allender Commissioner of Accounts May 28 June 4 11 oe
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Cleophus Cole
West Main Street
Grafton
Taylor County
West Virginia
J. Guy Allender
Byron A. Sturm
J. Guy Cr—sioner
Act
Classified Rates and Style Rules from the Sentinel
Sentinel classifieds outline pricing at 21 2 cents per word for the first insertion and 11 2 cents per word for each additional insertion, with a 55 cent minimum. Initials and figures count as words, ads must follow regular column style, and errors are to be reported immediately.
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