County League Teams Battle For Second Spot
County League games highlight the chase for second place with Helen’s Bullets leading the Black Diamond standings at 13-4 after a rough stretch. Kopperston sits at 11-5, while Winding Gulf and Stotesbury repeat the tight race with key matchups across Coal City Amigo and Eccles leagues today.
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Helen
Rapperston
Helen's Bullets
Kopperston
Kubs
Millard
Red
Mike Sutyak
Ralfigh
Eccles Admirals
Coal City
Fire Admirals
Ray Bailey
Stamford Outfit
Amigo
Shell
Elmadolar
Redbirds
Winding Gulf
Stotesbury
Big Boys
Eccles
Black Diamonds
Oak Hill
Big Reds
VFW
King Coal
Big Coal River
Fayette County
Tri-County
Layland
Rainelle
Summersville
Seth
Prenter
BCRL
Ronceverte
Hinton
Minden
Fayette Loop
Stamford
Black Diamond
Man
Clintonville
Richwood
Quinwood
Crichton
Springdale
Marfork
Edwight
Montcoal
Dorothy
Alderson
Wayside
Lewisburg
Peterstown
Summertee
McCreery
Mary Frances
Brooklyn
Beards Fork
Kingston
Powellhion
Layland Upsets Rainelle 9-2 in King Coal League game
Layland wins 9 to 2 over Rainelle as Andy Ross and John Hammond combine for offense and Marvin Fitzpatrick yields five strikeouts on a mostly clean pitching effort. Hammond hits a triple and two doubles, Ross adds four singles, while Rainelle suffers it third loss in ten outings and drops to second place tied with Quinwood.
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Register
Layland
Andy Ross
John Hammond
Marvin Fitzpatrick
Rainelle
Hammond
Ross
Fitzpatrick
Quinwood
Ralnette
Fan publishes his own sports yearbook in Racine
RACINE Wis The sports bug bit Jack Shahinian as a high schooler and he now publishes his third annual All Sports Yearbook a 64 page volume of records He aims for 96 pages next year to keep costs down He types and layouts on his employer's machines and relies on 300 sources for data In civilian life since 1946 he has published since 1948 expanding to 48 pages last year with 1590 copies this year 3500 copies ready The Associated Press reports a separate note about two Yankee Stadium fans fined 25 each after a TV broadcast showed the field invasion during the New York Boston game
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Associated Press
Racine, Wis
Jack Shahinian
Shahinian
Navy
United
New York
Yankee Stadium
Joseph Tiger
Week's Sports Slate Highlights Local Softball and Baseball
A dense weekly slate lists matches across coal region leagues including Winding Gulf at Stores, Princewick at East Gulf, Lillybrook at Coal City, and Garden Ground games. Key figures include Ernie Saunders and Clem Hamilton as WV sports officials amid ongoing league play and city softball rosters.
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Raleigh County League Sun
Winding Gulf
Storesbury
Coal City
Stanafford
Eccles
Slab Fork
Moose
Itmann
Legion
Wyco
Thur
Wyceo
Otsego
Rebel Canteen
Princewick
East Gulf
Whitby
Lillybrook
Lezo
Killarney
Oak Hill
Lodgeliy
Fayetteville
Mt Ftary Frances
EMCO
Garden Ground
King Coat
Princes of
Man
Princeton
Helen
Mullens
Kopperson
Kopperston
Prion
King Coal Sun
Clintonville
Rainelle
Richwood
Quinwood
Layland
Summersville
Crichton
BIG Coal River Sun
Marfork
Montcoal
Prenter
Edwight
Highcoal
TRE County Sun
Alverson
Wayside
Everte
Hinton
Ernie Saunders
Jeff
West Virginia
Ez to Go Through With Buffalo Bout
Buffalo news confirms Ezzard Charles will defend his NBA world heavyweight title against Freddie Reshore in August at Buffalo. Matchmaker Charlie Prata and Fairview Club's Piato confirm the plan, likely August 15, with manager Mintz stating a definite date is forthcoming. Abe Greene of the NBA supports a Buffalo bout first before any other world fight.
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Buffalo
N.Y
Contrars
Ezzard Charles
Freddie Beshore Herve
Charlie Prata
Piato
Fairview Athletic Club
Pig
Pinto
Jake Mintz
Charles
Mintz
Abe Greene
NBA
Reshore
Dodgers Sign Roe's Brother Pitchers From Viola and Baton Rouge
The Brooklyn Dodgers announce the signings of righthanders Joe Joe Fetzer and Edward Vaughan Fetter. Roe, 17, nephew of Dodger ace Preacher Roe, hails from Viola Arkansas and will join Greenwood Mississippi next spring. Fetzer, 20, from Baton Rouge Louisiana, stands 6 feet 2 inches and will report to Asheville North Carolina.
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Associated Press
Brooklyn
Brooklyn ‘Dodgers
Joe Joe
Edward Vaughan Fetter
Roe
Viola
Ark
Preacher Roe
Dodger
Greenwood
Miss
Fetzer
Baton Rouge
Asheville, N. C
All Stars Game Draws Several 1933 Starters
The 16th All Star Game at Chicago's Comiskey Park will feature a few players who started the first clash in 1933. Cubs manager Frankie Frisch and Detroit coach Dick Bartell are among the surviving National Leaguers. AL stars include Al Simmons Jimmie Dykes Joe Cronin and Rick Ferrell. Joe DiMaggio Ted Williams and Stan Musial headline veteran presences as the American League aims for a fifth straight win and a 12-4 series edge.
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Sy Frank Eck
AP News
New York
Allstar
Chicago
Comiskey Park
Detroit
Dick Bartell
Nationals
Carl Hubbell
Giant
Cincinnati
Ruth
Gehrig
Simmons
Foxx
Cronin
Palo Grounds
Rick Ferrell
Joe DiMaggio
Joe
DiMaggio
Dominic
Big
Ted Williams
Stan Musial
Hunt and Fish Notes on Conserve Practices and Local Hunting
A garbled note discusses hunting and fishing ethics and rules. It stresses landowner permission and licensing, warns against uncased guns in woods, and notes limited success with large mouth bass and walleyes while predicting muddy water conditions on rivers. It mentions various streams and general hunting expectations.
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