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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1948
Page
9
About 350 wrestling fans filled Mec-Curey Field for a 2 bout card staged by the Frederick Optimist Club. June Biers won over a substitute for Lilien Ellison, while Babe Sharkey defeated Russian Joe Komarter in a striking performance. The event drew praise for the female wrestlers and promises of rematches and larger crowds.
Frederick High School travels to Hooverville Pennsylvania for a 2 30 p m kickoff against Washington Township High School. Coach Glass begins his second season with the Cadets while Jim Martz leads Washington Township in their inaugural season. Officials for the game were not named.
The Elks beat the Civitatans 7 to 2 in Staley Park Friday evening to stay in the Civic Softball League race. Corker Zigler led with two doubles and a single in four at bats as W. Smith, Dutrov and H. Zigler helped drive the offense. They next face the pace setting Junior Firemen Monday evening for a possible second half honor.
Edgar A. Shrover of Brunswick has been appointed Special agent for Atlantic Life Insurance Co of Richmond. A WWII veteran and former B&O railroad telegraph operator, he studied at Hyndman High School and serves in the Loyal Order of Moose and Methodist church. He joins Western Maryland Agency with Ralph Benson as contact.
Yesterday New York defeated Detroit 13 to 5 and Philadelphia beat Chicago 9 to 6 while Boston crushed Cleveland 9 to 4 and St Louis defeated Washington 3 to 1. Today’s games feature New York at Detroit Boston at St Louis Washington at Cleveland and Philadelphia at Chicago.
National League results show Boston 6 over Pittsburgh 2 and St Louis 4 to Brooklyn 2 while Philadelphia 5 beat Chicago 3 and Cincinnati defeated New York 3. Cincinnati at New York and St Louis at Brooklyn with Pittsburgh at Boston schedule pending. Osher clubs not scheduled.
New York Sept 17 Joe Louis said he may return to defend his heavyweight title for the 26th time. The announcement came through Mike Jacobs's 20th Century Sporting Club. A planned co feature with Lesnevich was scrapped after an injury in Cliffside Park New Jersey. Louis, 34, has talked of retirement since last June.
The list outlines tonight and upcoming college football games including Arkansas at Abilene, Elon at Davidson, Washington State at Wake Forest, Idaho at Oregon State, Iowa Teachers at Iowa State, LSU at Texas, Marshall at Miami Ohio, Oklahoma A M at Wichita, Randolph Macon at Richmond, Santa Clara at California, Santa Barbara at Oregon, San Jose State at Stanford, Texas A M at Villanova, TCU at Kansas A and West Virginia at Warnesboro, among others. Several games show venues like Franklin Field and city alignments, with night matchups noted for several SEC and regional programs.
Pennsylvania officials say the deer situation is acute with about 1,006,000 animals roaming the state. Hossy Leffler of the Pennsylvania Game Commission warned that winter starvation and harm to crops accompany an overlarge herd as deer decline in health and signals of overpopulation rise.
Second playoff game features Point of Rocks and Sjams ville veterans from Maryland State League clashes. Judge Moylan recalls past pennants as Bob Hanesen leads in a 219 hit 31 bases, with Abrecht boasting a noted pitching line. Start of a three game series noon on Lovet diamond. Lovellsville league nine to play on neutral diamond.
St Louis September 17 two St Louis pitchers struggled as Boston Hed Sox kept slim lead over the New York Yankees by beating the Browns 8 3 in a decisive game. Dobson pitched well and the Sox offense produced timely hits in support.
Boston hustling Braves moved closer to their first pennant in 34 years by routing the Pittsburgh Pirates 6 to 2. Jub Sain earned his first win as Boston expanded its NL lead to five and a half games. Brooklyn and St Louis also won to close the gap.
In Brooklyn on September 17 the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Dodgers 4 to 2 to pull into a second place tie with the Pirates, five and a half games behind the Boston Braves. Lefty Pollet earned his 13th win with eight hits allowed, aided by Stan Musial’s three great catches though he went hitless. Battered Brooklyns’ offense mustered three runs off Baker as Edwards closed.
Three local teams enter the Blue Ridge major bowling league as the 1948 season opens this weekend. Frederick Keglers, 1947 champions, clash with Everedy mainly from Winchester and Martinsburg area clubs. Palace and other local centers host first round action, with Neptune teams and Waynesboro, Pa. in attendance.
Weekend slate features Potomac and Tri County matchups with Brunswick at Damaset Um and Heart of Md at Mt Airy with umpires Hargett Jackson Curry Wachter. Johnny Crone, son of Samuel Crone, sets a track record at Conococheague near Hagerstown on September 5 driving an Engle-Offenhauser from Darion Ohio, averaging 25.2 seconds per half mile. He won the opening race and led 19 of 70 laps in the feature before magneto trouble forced retirement.
A historical brief notes that about 442 tone of air are used in the production of a tun of iron, detailing the basic process metric and indicating practical efficiency concerns for early industrial methods.
Mount St Marys College football team under new coach John Law scrimmaged at Carlisle Pennsylvania against Dickerson College at 2 pm as part of the season’s straight test. Frederick announced Mason-Dixon conference schedule possibilities at McCurdy Field and listed players including Bell and Liberty in the unattributed notes.
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