Four-Team Junior League Formed By Bob Wills
A county junior baseball league adds a new team to reach eight clubs and begins a two round schedule. The body adopts age limits two 18 year olds allowed and a 5 30 start time with 5 45 forfeit deadline.
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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1947
Page
3
A county junior baseball league adds a new team to reach eight clubs and begins a two round schedule. The body adopts age limits two 18 year olds allowed and a 5 30 start time with 5 45 forfeit deadline.
Boxscore snippets show Pittsburgh and Brooklyn scoring details with Robinson and Furillo for Pittsburgh and Edwards for Brooklyn. Cincinnati and Philadelphia games feature Baumholtz Zientara Hatton Haas and Galan with Raffensberger pitching, plus New York Chicago and St Louis editions detailing Frey Rickert Thomson and Musial driven scoring, hits, and errors.
Britain's bookmakers faced heavy losses as Tudor Minstrel dominated Derby odds and Oaks results. Bets poured into Evsonm Downs favorites while a French filly and other contenders stirred long-shot bets, with notable wagers reported from Australian bettors and large firms.
Freshman Harry Taylor pitched a two hit shutout over Pittsburgh to push Brooklyn to first place. The win followed earlier five and two hit performances that helped the Dodgers pull ahead as Giants and Cubs split a doubleheader. Cincinnati topped Philadelphia as Ewell Blackwell and Redlegs win, while St. Louis beat Boston to stay near the Phillies. The Yankees crushed Detroit 7 0 as Spud Chandler spun three hits and Washington beat Cleveland 3 0.
Thirty of 104 starters broke par at the National Capital Open with Sam Snead and Bobby Locke shooting 66s. Jimmy Thomson, E. J. Harrison, and others trailed by one stroke in the early round as the 72 hole event heads into its second round. Griffin of Georgetown captains the host team.
West Virginia expects a strong bass season for 1947 due to carryover stock and rapid fingerling growth. B D Wills, head of hatcheries for the Conservation Commission, notes better stream flow and larger fish numbers. The bass season runs June 28 to November 30 with bag and size limits. Frog season opens the same day, other species open June 28 and run to April 30, 1948 with no limit.
A crowded card features Milwaukee’s Jimmy Sherrer defeating Ed O’Neill in Detroit while Ben Evans falls to Sonny Horne in North Adams and Leo Merlito edges Al Pennino in Brooklyn. Other results include Diego Sosa topping Francisco Colon Garcia in San Juan and Vic Young stopping Jean Barriere in Portland. The piece closes noting a July 4 frog season limit of 10 per day or 50 overall.
Murphy's Misses beat Grant's Duties 9-6 in Girls' City Softball League. Nellie Ewing fueled the win with a three-run homer and three hits, tying for first with Embee's and Lyric Theatre. Grant's eight singles and key runs came from Neely and Mounts pitching miscues.
City league standings show Moose leading with 5 1, Elks 5 0, Universal 3 3. Bemeco 3 3, Hardingware 3 3, College 1 4, Grant's 0 5. Last night Moose beat College 13 4, Bemeco defeated Grant's 20 9. Tonight Remeco faces Stamford and College meets Hardware. Girls standings list Murphy's 9 Grant's 6, Lyric 4 1, Embee's 1 1, Nurses and Purity Maid 0 2.
Federal fish technicians hauled between 5000 and 6000 bass from the Greenbrier Hotel golf course while reporting a larger 25000 to 30000 bass fry that got away. Reuben O Knuth said the big fry was spotted during removal and efforts to capture the rest would continue. The fish are being moved to the station bass rearing pond for July distribution in West Virginia and Virginia farm fish ponds. Sequoia National Park lists over 40 peaks above 1300 feet including Mount Whitney at 14495 feet.
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