Champions Need Frames To Top Machinists 2-1
Miami Cabinet edged Shattle Brothers 2-1 at Gardner diamond in an extra frame to clinch the Industrial League regular season title share. Charley Broyles sparked the bottom of the 8th with a double and scoring on Johnny Boehm’s single. Clemons allowed eight hits, fanned seven, and the Machinists remain in playoff contention as Shartles hosts Armco Tuesday. The Giants announce 260-pound linemen Tex Coulter and John Rapacz with rookie Walt Kohhanowich as the lightest player.
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Shattle Brothers
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Art McSwain
Johnny Boehm
Shartles
Carroll Yocum
Ray Janikowski
Jim Patton
Stan Armitage
Miam
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Lloyd Clemons
Broyles
W. Drury
Clemons
McSwain
Armco
New York Football Giants
Tex Coulter
John Rapacz
Walt Kohhanowich
Hofstra
Hempstead
N.Y
Dayton Marksmen Sweep Armco Trapshoot Honors
Frigidaire No 2 led Dayton shooters to 231 of 250 targets at the Armco Invitational Industrial Trap. Ray Lesher won the individual trophy in a three way shootoff, with Hooper Houck and Ray Sice close behind. Frigidaire No 1 took second overall, Inland Manufacturing third, and Winchester fourth as 17 companies competed across 34 five man squads.
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General Motors
Dayton
Armco
Sportsmen's Club
Ray Lesher
Lesher
Hooper Houck
Moraine Products
Ray Sice
Winchester Arms
New Haven
Conn
Rice
Houck
Frigidaire No 2
Dodgers Hall of Fame Moments Packed in Memoir Style
Sports Mirror recalls recent and bygone Dodgers highlights. It notes a 1940s ballpark lead by Don Newcombe and a three way trade linking Glenn Dobbs Angelo Bertelli and Joe Hoernschemeyer. It also references Earl Grace streak and a World War II era Army relief fund event with Louis Conn.
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Don Newcombe
Football Dodgers
Glenn Dobbs
Los Angeles Dons
Angelo Bertelli
Chicago Rockets
Joe Hoernschemeyer
Brookyn
War Department
Louis Conn
Army Emergency Relief Fund
Earl Grace
Pittsburgh
First Rounds Completed In Wildwood Handicap Tournament
The Wildwood Fall Handicap Tournament completed first round brackets in both the Championship and Wildwood Flights. Notable results include Tommy Greene 2-1 over Dick Getter and Cliff Sweeney 2-1 over Max Bursk, with Paul Berry advancing by default in Wildwood. Low scores led by Joe Herr at 73 and other near ties across flights.
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Dick Getter
Tommy Ritter
Bud Kuderer
Cliff Sweeney
Max Bursk
Paul Berry
Gene Smith
C. S. Jones
Ed Christman
Joe Rapp
Middletown
Frank Post
Harlan Romans
Rapp
George Davies
Jim Eliopoulos
Bill Ridge
Bill Sandston
Emil Kolczik
Kentucky
Joe Herr
Chuck Kent
Bob McCabe
Jimmy Ritter
Johnny Warner
George Ritter
Dr. W. R. Steele
Roland White
Post
McCabe
Jim Ritter
Wolner
Chuck Harmon
Two Game Wardens Shot While Attempting Arrest
In Portsmouth area, two game protectors were wounded while pursuing Julius Henderson on suspicion of out of season squirrel hunting. Peter Andre, 52, was critically wounded three bullet hits. Robert Wheeler was lightly wounded. Henderson claimed self defense and disputed warrants.
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Peter D. Andre
Scioto County
Robert H. Wheeler
Kingston
Julius W. Henderson
Henderson
Wheeler
Andre
Middletonians Win Boat Honors
Four Middletonians entered in races by the Piqua Boat Club yesterday returned with trophies. Frank Stivers won the 71g horsepower Rin ker boat class, edging Bob Jay of Middletown piloting a hydroplane. Back took third in the 10 horsepower Lassie class, with Ralph Ditmyer finishing second in the 10 horsepower standard event.
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Piqua Boat Club
Frank Stivers
Bob Jay
Middletown
Oe Back
Lassie
Ralph Ditmyer
Elks defeat Inland Knotholers in C League exhibition
The Class C Elks beat Inland Container 9 to 2 in an afternoon exhibition at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Dayton. Pitchers K Alfrey and J B Reffitt split the mound duties and Inland was held to three hits. Lucas collected two of the Elks five hits off Helton. The Elks erupted for six runs in the fifth with three of the five hits in that inning.
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Inland Container
Veterans’ Administration Hospital
Dayton
K. Alfrey
J. B. Reffitt
Inland
Lucas
Helton
Midget auto race accident injures driver Leppla in Canton
Richard Leppla 28 of Cleveland was injured when his midget car left the Motor Speedway track hit a wall and caught fire. He is listed in fair condition at Mercy Hospital.
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Motor Speedway
Richard Leppla
Cleveland
Leppla
Mercy Hospital
Fatal auto crash kills Preble County father and daughter
In West Alexandria, William H. Todd, 40, and his 17 month old daughter Marlene died when their car overturned four times four miles east of Wilmington. Todd had been awake most of the night with his wife after the birth of a new daughter in Dayton. The father was driving to his wife's parents when the crash occurred around 11 a.m. Sunday. The bodies were taken to Reynolds Funeral Home in Wilmington.
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Alexandria
Preble County
Dayton
Wilmington
William H. Todd
West Alexandria
Marlene
Todd
Cecil Tomlin
Blanchester
Reynolds Funeral Home
Historian Links Old West Variety Theaters To Disorder
Dr. Harold E. Briggs of Southern Illinois University reviews old books newspapers and memoirs to assess entertainment venues in the Old West. He notes managers struggled to maintain order as liquor flowed in early variety houses leading to drunkenness and violence, with many acts condemned compared to burlesque or vaudeville.
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Carbondale
Ill
Harold E. Briggs
Southern Iinois University
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