Yanks Lead AL Pace As Browns, Tigers Win in Tight Race
In the American League pennant chase the Yankees hold a lead with Detroit and St Louis fighting for position. Freshman ace and Grafton High notes loom as Cal NPCARTHY’S CHIMP passes over line by 1 2. Two rookies Dubiel and Queen shine in shutouts. Boston, Chicago, and Cleveland stumble in a late-season stretch toward Oct. 1.
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Calif
Joe Forbes
Carl Fennema
Joe
al del Greco
Hackensack
Gergen
Trout
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Fresdo "Thompson
New Orleans Pelicans
High school football opens with coaching changes and new faces
The season begins with widespread coaching changes as about 30 schools appoint new leaders, while many teams juggle schedules and prep for two early games. Ex servicemen return to play, and towns like Huntington, Bluefield, Beckley, and Morgantown adjust lineups amid wartime constraints and shifting state bylaws.
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Beckley
Flying Eagles
Ken Hunt
Jerome van Meter
Stoco
Art Clyde
Morgantown
Baseball by the Associated Press Eastern War Time
Schedule shows St Louis at Cincinnati doubleheader at 6 00 and 9 00 p m with only clubs listed Tomorrow no games Chicago and Detroit appear in late games 930 p m Other scores indicate Chicago St Louis Washington and Philadelphia results though OCR is garbled. main item is wartime baseball schedule info and game times for today
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Cincinnati
Pirates Falter as Mets Surge in Tight National League Race
Fragmented sports brief notes Pirates clinging to second by six games while New York Giants edge toward lead. Phillies shutout 7 0, Boston fades, and Harry Feldman among pitchers mentioned in a jumbled report highlighting late season NL standings and key performances.
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Brooklyn
Harry Feldman
Boston
Phils
Labor Day draws eclipsed by racing crowds and records
On Labor Day about 272000 fans flocked to 10 racetracks while eight major league doubleheaders drew 144932 fans. Aqueduct set track records with 501927 on a single race and 145776 on the daily double, totaling 3440404 in bets, near the world mark. Yankees overtook Phillies and Browns in the race for first place.
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Boxing Results From Baltimore and Syracuse Card
In Baltimore Buddy Walker 194 of Columbus knocked out Harry Bobo 210 of Pittsburgh in the first. Maxie Jarr 139 1 2 of Philadelphia outpointed Frankie Gillem 140 of Baltimore over six rounds. In Syracuse Joey Garcia 144 of Newark outpointed Johnny Greene 146 of Buffalo in a similar six round bout.
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Columbus
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Pittsburgh
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Philadelphia
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Syracude
Joey Garcia
Newark
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Buffalo
Parker Wins National Tennis Title After 13 Years
Frankie Parker, 13 years in pursuit, finally wins the men’s singles championship. He has claimed all major American titles, including junior, indoors, outdoors, clay, and national indoor crowns, plus the 1942 doubles with Jack Kramer. Parker beat Billy Talbert 6-4 3-6 6-3 6-3 in the final, with Don McNeill eliminated in the semifinal. Pauline Betz wins the women’s title for the third time. Osborne and Brough retain women’s doubles and Osborne with Talbert holds mixed doubles.
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Indianapolis
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Segura
Pauline Betz
Los Angeles
Margaret Osborne
San Francisco
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Santa Monica
Calif
Behan Couple Seek Adoption and Name Change
Elmer E Behan and Marguerite Behan filed September 6 1944 in Taylor County Circuit Court for the adoption of Rose Marie Graham an infant under 12 and to rename her Rose Marie Behan. The court ordered a hearing at 10:00 AM September 22 1944 in the circuit court room to appoint a next friend for the infant and obtain written consent acknowledged for the adoption.
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Marguerite Behan
Circuit Court
Taylor County
Rose Marie Graham
Rose Marie Behan
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Fiduciary Notice Before Commissioner of Accounts
Fiduciary notice before the commissioner of accounts for settlement. The First National Bank of Grafton is committee for James Lee Hannon non compos mentis. Mary B Staples executrix of the estate of John T Staples deceased. Dated September 5 1944.
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Sale Notice and Public Proceedings in Taylor County
Legal advertising item notes a sale of deed of trust on September 6, 1944 at 2 PM at the Taylor County Courthouse front steps to secure a $1600 debt for John William Brown and Ada B Brown. Terms cash. executor Joseph A Jolliffe of Webster Fleming deceased. Also creditors notice for Rose P Martin estate with claim deadline February 26, 1945 and a name change petition for Carl Dwight Cloud to Carl Clark filed in Taylor County Circuit Court for September 15, 1944.
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Webster P Fleming
John William Brown
Webster P. Fleming
Joseph A. Jolliffe
Rose P. Martin
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West Virginia
William P. Samples
County of
Taylor
Carl Dwight Cloud
Circuit Court
Said County
Carl Clark
Carl Dwight
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