Major Batting Pace Sets The Pace In NL And AL
Jackie Robinson charges within 28 points of Stan Musial as he aims to dethrone the NL batting leader. Musial slips to .392 after a 2-for-21 slump while Larry Doby holds the AL lead at .395 with a widening margin over the field. Dom DiMaggio shares leading hits with 60, Kell tops runs with 45, Williams leads homers with 13 as Boston dominates several leaderboards.
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East Gulf Tops Coal City In Softball Clash
East Gulf defeated Coal City 9 to 6 as Ralph Coleman pitched nine hits for his fifth win against one loss. Don Hunter led East Gulf with two hits in four at bats, while Brinegar and Peters had two safeties for Coal City. Three games were scheduled in the Stonecoal Softball League with East Gulf at Coal City on the slate.
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Oak Hill Legion Nine Blanks Ex Stars 6 0
Oak Hill Post 59 Ameri can Legion junior team blanked former players 6 to 0. Four hit pitching by Franklin Thomas Guy Harvey and Babe Stover supported by strong defense. Leon led the offense and steady handling on the mound.
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Beckley Biffers Meet Huntington Gloves Friday Card
Beckley boxers seek a bigger win at the VFW Hall on Friday night in an eight bout card likened to a Golden Gloves event. Main bout repeats the February state final with June Larkin of Fireco to face Huntington’s Alex Funuri, aiming to defend his state title in heavyweight.
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Weirton Shades East Bank 5-3 For State Title
Weirton Shades East Bank won 5-3 to claim the state schoolboy baseball crown behind Jim Hanna who allowed seven hits, struck out 10, and drove in three runs. East Bank led briefly on a second-inning homer by Buck Tincher, but Hanna and Weirton surged late, with Castillo and Hanna driving in key runs in the eighth inning as Weirton sealed its 17th win of the season. The crowd totaled about 1,100 as Hanna pitched through the final outs to secure the title.
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Bemeco Proves Softball Bid No Flash in Pan Victory
The Machinists, led by pitcher Reynard Pack with six hits allowed and a three run homer, defeated Appalachian 5-4 in the City Softball League. Remeco's fifth win and a 11-0 Pinecrest win kept them atop the standings with Arnold Pack contributing a two run single and a crucial somersault catch. Eddie Pence limited the Princes of Syracuse to a single hit, a double by Bobby Crouch.
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EMCO Mary Frances win in Oak Hill Loop
EMCO defeated Garden Grounds 8-5 to extend the league lead to 6-1 while Mary Frances club beat Mankin Lumber 9-1, tying for second with King Coal at 4-2. Two games are set for tonight Mt Hope vs Mont coal Juniors and Packsville vs Montcoal in the Big Coal River circuit.
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Exhibition Game Set at Pinecrest
The Pinecrest softball team of the City League hosts Mary Frances of the Oak Hill circuit tonight at 7:45 in Ballard Stadium in an exhibition game after a Prosperity versus First Baptist Church League clash at 6 p.m. Pinecrest, 3-0, sits second in the local circuit, while Mary Frances, with ex City Leaguer Johnny Shanks pitching, is 4-2 and tied with King Coal for second at Oak Hill.
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Post 75 Juniors Open Twin Bill in Whitesville
Whitesville Post 75 Legion junior team hosts Cabin Creek in an exhibition at Lion Park at 5:30. Edwight of the Big Coal River League faces the Detroit Clowns at 8. Dorsey White to start likely, with Borowsky and Combs in reserve.
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Major League Leaders From The American and National Leagues
The Associated Press lists top hitters and pitchers across the leagues. In the American League Doby Kell Williams leads in batting runs and runs, with Kell atop hits and doubles, Williams homeruns, and Reynolds strikeouts. In the National League Musial leads batting and hits for St. Louis, Glaviano tops runs, Sauer leads RBI.
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Kopperston Kubs Meet Logan Coalers In BD League Night
Kopperston Kubs host Logan Coalers in a rescheduled Black Diamond League game at 8 PM with Kubs aiming to move up from second place. League stats show Kubs lead team batting at .322. Helen, 313, second. Individual leaders include Scarafino 533, Sutyak 4 6. Engle named Penn State coach. highlights list various players and upcoming schedule across Mulens Mullens Princeton Oak Hill Man and more.
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Rebel Jrs. Win Two Games Tonight
Mullens junior league team, after slamming Crab Orchard 18 to 2, records its second win in three starts. Little Rebels tally six in the first inning and score in most frames, with Dillon and McClain among the batters driving in runs. Coffman survives as losing pitcher for Crab Orchard as Mullens piles up 22 hits and 0 errors.
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