Grafton High Opens Football Season Tomorrow Night
Grafton High Bearcat eleven will start the 1944 grid schedule tomorrow at 8 p m under coach Mickey Mcfie. Bridgeport Indians return with a veteran squad. Bearcats rely on speed after losing weight and two regulars from last season. Key players include Russell Pepper Knott and Gilone. Referee Mazza of Salem to officiate. umpires Avington and Fowler. Complete schedule listed.
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Bearcat
Tomornight
Charles
Mickey” Mcfé
Bidgeport Indians
Bearcats
Bill Russell
Jerry Pepper
Russell
Ed Knipple
Altough
Dude
Phillips 9
Sprites
Ellersckworth
Tighe
Cross
Wetzel
Stevenson
Hovatter
Pepper
Schilts
Barrett
Joe Génette
Roger McAvoy
Per
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Ball
Hawkins
Nestor
Cassell
Gilligne
Ie Mazza
Salem
Carl Avington
Virginia Wesleyan
Bob Fowl
Fairmont State College
Bridgeport
Shinnston
Roosevelt - Wilson
Washington Irving
Buckhannon
East Fairmont
West Fairmont
Philippi
Morgantown
Weston
Veteran Doc Cramer Sparks Tigers Past White Sox in Close Race
Veteran Doc Cramer led Detroit with a triple and a single as the Tigers edged Chicago 3-2. Rafe Gentry allowed eight hits in a complete game, earning win number eight. Detroit trims the gap to a game and a half behind the Yankees in the American League.
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Doc Cramer
Detroit
White Sox
Jack Hand
Associated Press
Steve O'Neill
Rafe Gentry
Detroit Tigers
Yankees
Roger “Doc” Cramer
Hal Newhouser
Dizzy Trout
Cramer
Philadelphia A's
Tigers
Pinky Higgins
Dick Cramer
Jimmy Outlaw
Rudy York
Cramex
New Jersey
Bengals
Tums
Chicago
Gentry
Rufe
Johnny Humphries
Detroi
St. Louis Browns
Cleveland Indians
Boston
Brownies
Sox
St. Loui Cardinals
Cubs
Pennant Race At A Glance
In a report from the front Allied offensives push in France and Belgium as German defenses stiffen near Luxembourg and Liege. Patton and Hodges advance with hopes of bringing Germany within range of big guns while Canadian forces threaten Belgian coast as Rimini battles in Italy intensify for final north Italian push.
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Anchamps
Polgum
Ardennes
Duchy of Luxembourg
Ull
Belgium
Calais
France
Dunkerque
Ostend
Zeebrugge
Bon Whitehead
First Army
Associated Press
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Courtney H. Hodges
Germany
Liege
George 8
Patton
Moselle
Nancy
Metzere
New York
al- Detroit
Cleveland
Philadelphia
Chicago
Rimini
Italy
Classified ads offer loans and tonics in old Sentinel page
The notice lists classified ad pricing for word counts and insertions, warns of errors, and notes loan services including private service lenders and product pitches like Ostrex Tonic Tablets. It mentions handling mistakes quickly and directs readers to Graf ton and Malone's Drug & Chemical for purchases.
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Grafton
Malone's
Drug & Chemical
Boxing Results From Associated Press
Ike Williams of Trenton outpointed Angott of Washington 10 to 8 in Philadelphia. Bob Jacobs of Philadelphia outpointed Tee in Washington DC. Dave Castilloux of Montreal defeated Joe Men from Detroit in a technical knockout. Mike uk of Buffalo KO Joe in Palo.
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Philadelphia
Ike Williams
Trenton
N. J
Angott
Washington
Bob Jacobs
Tees
D. C
Palo
Dave Castilloux
Montreal
T. K
Joe Men
Detroit
Mikeuk
Buffalo
Joe
Major and minor leagues set winter meeting dates
The big leagues plan December 5 6 7 in New York while the minors start December 6 in Buffalo. Other notes cover Navy Tulane Gym and Army auditorium for football, Giants backfield hopefuls at Bear Mountain, and a Cabrera incident in a Piedmont league game. Pitcher drama and college chatter wrap the sports brief.
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Hugh Fullerton, Jr
New York
Buffalo
Jedge Bramham
Navy
Tulane
Army
Football
Bear Mountain
Arnie Herber
Green Bay Packers
Howard Livingston
Keith Beebee
Princeton Divinity
Steve Owen
Yost
Dodger
Newport News Dodgers
Richmond Colts
Richmond
Cabrera
Boxing Results and Miscellaneous Facts From The World
Boxers Glenn 138 Pittsburgh and Oscar Goode 176 Newark faced off in a bout with Goode edging out Glenn. Fernand Demers 147 Montreal defeated Willie Smith 142 Newark, while Willie Joyce 140 Gary defeated Chester Slider 143 Fresno. The piece also notes the Suez canal 104 miles long and longer than Panama, mentions the Seaman's Church Institute in New York, and remarks that Indianapolis ranks high in population but is not on navigable water.
Victory Golf Open starts with bond prize in Texas
The National Professional Golfers Association launches the $10,000 Texas Victory Open as 71 pros and 110 amateurs tee off. Favorite Ben Hogan of Fort Worth army air field and Bryan Nelson of Toledo lead the field, with Nelson set to win a top prize of $2,000 and Hogan excelling as he pars the course. Corcoran notes war bond prizes totaling $200,000 so far this year and a potential $300,000 by year end.
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Harold WY. Ratliff
Dallas
National Professional Golfers Association
Bryan Nelson
Toledo
Ben Hogan
Fort Worth Army Air Field
Hoan
Lord Byron
Little Ben
Nelson
Harold
Jug) McSpaden
Minneapolis
McSpaden
Corcoran
Bob Hamilton
Nashville
Soreoran
Williams Beats Angott In Ten Round Decision At Shibe Park
Ike Williams defeats Sammy Angott in a 10 round decision before 11 568 fans at Shibe Park. Judges split rounds with Williams winning most essential frames while referee Matt Adgie’s 6 4 ballot gives Williams his 47th victory in 48 fights as Williams enters the army September 19.
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Fritz Howell
Philadelphia
Ike Willams
Sammy Angott
Shibe Park
Trenton
N. J
Loug Tress
Williams
Angott
Edie Loughran
Tommy Loughran
Tress
Loughran
Pennsylvania
Matt Adgie
Army
Adgie
Baseball results and schedule in National League
Associated Press brief notes no NL games except Brooklyn at Philadelphia listed as the only scheduled game. American League yesterday’s results show Detroit 3, Chicago 2.
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Chicago
Cleveland
Detroit
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Washington
Brooklyn
Allied Fifth Army Delays Enemies At Gothic Line
Continental advance details from the south report Fifth Army likely to meet resistance as they approach the Gothic Line with delaying actions. In the north of Florence German withdrawal continues while Indian forces capture La Verna gaining northward observation toward the Tiber and Arno valleys. The Eighth Army pushes along the Adriatic front with strong air and sea support and British naval actions are noted.
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Fifth Army
Florence
la Verna
Tiber
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