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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jul 13, 1948

Page

3

Edwight Closes in on County B lead with Whitesville win

Edwight moved to within half a game of the County B league leader by a 12-7 victory over Whitesville. MacAlpin and Mantcoal, tied for second, added games as Slab Fork and Stotesbury posted early leads and later rallies.

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League Standings and Sunday Results Near Coal Town

The standings show Martfork 6 MacAlpin 4 Slab Fork 5 Montcoal 1 and Winding Gulf 9 with Stutesbur Edwight 12 Whitesville 7 Skelton 13 Eccles 5. Next Sunday's games list multiple doubleheaders including Marfork at Whitesville Eccles at Slab Fork and Monteval at Felseight among others with detailed lineups and player notes.

Martfork MacAlpin Montcoal Winding Guilt Stutesbur Edwight Whitesville Skelton Eccles Team Woo Pet MacAlpin Mob Iz Macfork Winding Gulf

Standings and results from a chaotic baseball night

Old standings show teams like Cleveland and New York in a tight race with Philadelphia and Washington. Box scores reflect a 6-3 win for Pinecrest Hardware over Winding Gail and a 9-6 score in later play, with Elam pitching five innings.

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Softball Tourney To Begin Aug 2 At WWHS Field

The annual regional softball tournament will start August 2 at Woodrow Wilson diamond. Co directors Bob Wills and George Springer announced the date last Sunday. Entries must be in by July 31 and no teams have confirmed entry yet. Eligible counties Wyoming Fayette Huge Mateigh Greenbrier Summers and Monroe may send entrants via entry blanks in the Post Herald and Raleigh Register following tournament rules. The number of games nightly depends on entries and strong interest. organizers expect the largest entry list in history.

Woodrow Wilson Bob Wills George Springer Wyoming Fayette Huge Mateigh Greenbrier Summers Monroe Post-Herald Raleigh Register

Reservations Open for Cabins at Five State Parks

The Aspirated Press reports 72 cabins remain available through November 1 at the state's five variation parks, with restaurants and recreation facilities closing earlier. Carapon Waloga and Lost River stay open until September while Bath Park and Holly River end dining September 15. Parks Chief Watt Powell notes about 100000 visitors in July across 14 parks, with Hawk's Nest drawing 125004 on the Fourth. The Trumpeter Swan weighs about 34 pounds.

Piarks C.F. McClintic Carapon Waloga Lost River Bath Park Holly River Watt BL Powell Ann

Independent Softball advances to 2nd round with wins

Jan's Market defeats Cranberry 82 to 8 while Berkley Projection crushes Lewis Chevrolet 18 to 5 to advance in the Independent Softball League. The late scores show Jan's Market 20 10 20 3 8 and Cranberry 0 0 2 9 0 0? Beek. Proj. 502 10 (10) x-18 16% Lewis Chev 0 1 0 2 1 1 5 9 1 Vlaki and Perdue, Lucas, Reed and Lilly.

Jan's Market Cranberry Berkley Lewis Chevrolet Albert & Lewis Marx Sherpnal Beek Lewis Vlaki Perdue Lucas Reed Lilly

South Squad picks for 15th North South All-State game

HINTON special reports two day to perform with South tackles and backs on the 15th annual North South All State game in Charleston Friday night August 20. Earl Sug Walthall Princeton Lloyd Shurke Beckley backs Bobby Crash Hinton Date Poe Gary Jim Daniel Stonewall Jackson are named to South roster joining 12 already chosen by South Coach Stanley Huffman.

Hinton Charleston Earl (Sug) Walthall Princeton Lloyd Shurke Beckley Bobby Crash Date Poe Gary Jim Daniel Stonewall Jackson Stanley Huffman West Virginia Reading Raleigh Register

Williams TKO's Beau Jack in Lightweight Title Fight

Ike Williams defeated Beau Jack by technical knockout in the sixth round at Shibe Park to retain the lightweight title. Both boxers weighed 134 pounds. 12,952 readers paid $83,787 to watch.

Associated: Press Philadelphia Ike Williams Trenton N. J Williams Beau Jack Shibe Park Jack Ani Neok Ike Charley Daggert Daggert Daggett Frank Knars Borough Harry Lasky

Maben Clinches League Title With 13-1 Victory

Maben Black Sockers rout Wyco 13 to 1 as Jay Warden and teammates exceed in five-hitting effort to seal first place and a playoff bye in Slab Fork Softball League. Rebels and Virginians split, boosting Rebels to second ahead of Otsego after two games in Mullens.

Register Mullens Lather Eed Maben Black Sockers Jay Warden Wycotte Slab Fork Wyco Frank Ivan Wilcox Louis D'Antoni Rebels A. Ped‘yi Bermy Selvey S. J. Smith, Jr Virginians D'Antoni Reed James Elwood Bonitisegna Franklin Virginian Carl Farley Otsego Maben Wilson Wilcox Hytes I. Warden Halsey

Cubs executive argues to retain the bonus rule in baseball

Chicago Cubs vice-president and general manager James Gallagher urges preserving the bonus rule, detailing how Landis limited club control and farm-system moves over 25 years. He notes bonus players face unrestricted selection after one year, while nonbonus players have gradual, restricted options through the minor classifications, arguing the rule prevents clubs from losing control of players.

Frank Eckap New York James T. Gallagher Chicago Cubs Gallagher Landis

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