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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1946
Page
3
Rainin enhances the North Ad advantage for tonight's football game as Boston Red Sox eye a pennant clinch in the current Yankees series. The piece notes the rush of attendance at Laidley Field and the start of grid practice under a new state rule.
The Mountain State Beagle Club will hold a Plan A field trial on their Princeton grounds tomorrow and Sunday. The 13 inch combined class runs tomorrow and the US inch combined class Sunday. Secretary M W Powers says two Plan A trials are needed for a license to hold a future point trial next year. Required are 23 paid members and 49 running hounds at each trial. Place Gravings begins at 8 p m each morning.
Morgantown West Virginia University announces ticket orders for home football games this fall are now being accepted by the Mountaineer athletic department. A downtown ticket agency will operate for fans near Hotel Morgan on game days, with several out-of-town agencies reopening after wartime curtailment.
Baseball standings and leaders highlight the National and American leagues with top batters and pitchers led by Musial, Williams, Pesky, and Ferriss. Schedules show nightly games including Brooklyn at New York and Cincinnati at Chicago with rain postponements.
Mustang football coaches Henry Danner and Sam Mandich call about 50 candidates to Mt Hope High School gym at 8 a.m. Monday to begin drills. In the afternoon a meeting will review training and pre season plans. The slate includes tough games with Fayetteville and Montgomery and several others.
The Boston Red Sox maintain a 12 game edge in the American League race with a four game set against the New York Yankees opening today. New York swept Washington and built momentum as Brooklyn solidified its NL lead by tying a major league assists record. Cincinnati snapped a nine game skid, while Philadelphia and Boston split a pair in a doubleheader.
Beckley American Legion baseball seeks two wins today to capture the banner after a rainout gave rest for star pitcher Otis Dickens. If Beckley beats Baltimore in the first game, Raleigh County faces Washington, D C in the finals. Washington beat Beckley 7 0 midweek. Coach Red Martin reshuffled the batting order with Elkin leading off and McNeish dropping to fifth as Smith becomes a top hitting prospect. Baltimore counters with lefty Scatterfield who pitched eight innings in the last game before a wild streak.
Softball results show Methodist O12 1000 and Episcopal O31 0212 121. Basketball scores list Catholic Doublas Bon ker Massinople Lytton G Har per Thomas 4 and Baptist Lowe 2 N Rahal 16 Michel 13 J Rahal 6 Wright 5.
Amos Alonzo Stagg, aged 84, launches his 14th season as head football coach at the College of the Pacific in Stockton. The veteran coach, now 57 seasons in coaching, expects 75 or more in spring practice and remains optimistic about a tougher upcoming year despite youths with mainly high school experience. Stella, his wife, 85, remains his chief assistant.
Brooklyn manager Leo Durocher known as The Lip avoids predicting a National League title for the Dodgers after a four game sweep of the New York Giants in front of 106337 fans. He says the team will be tough if it stays in first and hopes to stay even in the West.
Sam Chapman hit three home runs to power Philadelphia to a 5-3 win over Boston. Detroit pitcher Newhouser held the White Sox to four hits as Eddie Lake homered twice in a 3-0 Tigers victory. Johnny Wyrostek collected five hits in Philadelphia's 15-11 first-game win over Boston, while Lou Boudreau drove in two for Cleveland in a 3-2 win against the Browns.
A sellout crowd was expected for the 13th North-South scholastic football game in Charleston as rain and muddy fields threaten records. North relies on weight to upset South, while South counters with speed and passing. Ticket sales top 15 000 with standing room left and a near 20 000 crowd anticipated at Laidley Field, plus halftime music by a 125 piece Kanawha High School band and Miss North and Miss South pageant.
The first national caddy tournament kicks off Monday in Columbus Ohio with 92 youths seeking the Presidential trophy. Qualifying rounds start Monday for a match play event across Gaie State fairways. The North South Football Game will name two $2,000 WVU schol arships with captains Dave Steindler and Dick McCoy guiding the teams.
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