Musial Sees Peak Year As Cards Rally To 3-1 Win
Stan Musial stars for the St. Louis Cardinals in a 3-1 victory over the Chicago Cubs, lifting the Cards to third in the NL standings. He enters May with 18 hits, 4 doubles, 3 triples and 12 RBIs, speeding a hot start in a season that could define his era. Dave Koslo throws a four hitter for the Giants in a 5-0 shutout of the Reds, tightening the pennant chase.
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Joe Reichler
Associated Press
Stan Musial
St. Louis Cardinals
Corora
Stan
Cardinals
Walker Cooper
New York Giants
Hank Sauer
Cincinnati Reds
Nore
Pride
Donora
Red Schoendienst
St. Louis
Chicago Cubs
Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
Dave Koslo
Giants
Cincinnati
Johnny Vander Meer
Howard Fox
Ken Raffensberger
Pittsburgh Pirates
Pirates
Gants
Washington
Philadelphia
Girls Softball Loop Slate Set
A 20 game per team schedule for the Working Girls Softball League announced by City Recreation Director Paul Vennati. Twilight games begin and progress through June with three midweek games and one Monday game, leading to City Softball League play.
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Murphy's
Harry
Working Girls
City Recreation
Paul Vennati
Murphy’s
Harry’s
Kewbees
Grant's
Purity Maid
Nurses
Grant’s
Harry's
Giants Triumph Over Reds 5-0 Behind Steller Hitting
Jack Lohrke led the Giants with three hits in four at bats as New York shut out Cincinnati 5-0. Dave Ross also excelled on four hits allowed, fanning five and issuing one walk in the victory.
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Jack Lohrke
Giants
Cincinnati
Fitching
Dave Ross
Cincinnati Reds
Med Day Tops ABC All Events
Ned Day former five time bowling champion topped the American Bowling Congress all events with 1979 at Detroit nationals. He led Anthony Pompein of Lorain Ohio and Junie McMahon of Chicago by 24 and 14 pins respectively, despite muffing the No 10 pin in the final frame.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Ned Day
American Bowling Congress
Day
Anthony Pompein
Lorain
Chicago
Junie McMahon
Raleigh Coury League B division narrows as Wills leads
W. G. Tops by 12 2 over Montcoal as Glen Adams and Lewis Waddell drive 13 hits. Marfork and Stotesbury weathered rainout, Sit Skelton wins 18-5 season opener. Eccles, MacAlpin and Slab Fork post late rallies. Kenneth Larabee and Wendell Bowyer spark Winding Gulf attack with nine runs in fourth.
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BOK Wills Register
Ecdwight
Register
Glen Adams
Lewis Waddell
Marfork
Stolesbury
Coal River Terrors
Skelton
Eccles
Kenneth Larabee
Wendell Bowyer
Glen Rogers
Winding Gulf
Larabee
Bowyer
Jin
Joseph Afchee, Jr
Oak Hill
Glen Rutledge
Montcoal
Nosing Skelton
Mortcoal
Ishaying
Trank Rogar
MacAlvin
Ecetes Generals
Slab Fork
Whitesville
Richard Shumate
Johnny Lamb
Bill Stanley
Helen
Maccabees
Herman
Babe” Sutton
Generals
Undsy
Edsight
MacAlpin
Stotesbury
Team L Pet
Edwight
Xelton
Gaebee
Stav Fork
Eeeles
Ambiguous League Standings and Player Lines
Fragmented OCR shows scattered league standings and player line notes for multiple teams. Names such as Waddell, McGhee, Adams, Rutledge, Soulsby, Harrell, and McGhee recur alongside game totals and inning-by-inning snippets, with regional team references and partial box scores.
State Biffer Favored In All Navy Matches
Mervie Red Davis of Wellsburg West Virginia a Marine private first class won his quarterfinal bout in the all navy championships last night establishing himself as the favorite for the flyweight title. Travis from the Atlantic fleet team defeated Linejacket Marvin Ja McAnnally of Birmingham Alabama with a clear decision representing the Northwestern team.
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Biffer
San Diego
Calif
Myrven
Mervie Red" Davis
PFC Usmc
Wellsburg
W. Va
Travis
Atlantic Fleet
Marvin Ja. McAnnally
Birmingham
Ala
Northwestern
Sectional Track Meet To the All Day Affair
The Sectional Track Meet at the local high school stadium Saturday will be an all day affair patterned after the State Meet in Charleston. Six schools have entered with more expected including Oak Hill Kingston Fayetteville Lookout Ansted Beckley Gauley Bridge and Mt Hope. Bob Wills was named chief clerk with other officials to be announced.
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Charleston
J.R. van Meter
Oak Hill
Kingston
Fayetteville
Lookout
lAnsted
Beckley
Gauley Bridge
Mt. Hope
Henry Danner
Bob Wills
Raleigh Register
van Meter
Navy and Cornell Crews Lead Olympic Threats
The Navy and Cornell rowing teams emerged as the East’s top Olympic threats after decisive two mile tests. Navy defeated Yale 954.2, with seven veterans in Buck Walsh's lineup, and Cornell upset Harvard on the Charles River by a half length. Navy frosh also won. Yale, Harvard, and the third varsity crews posted other results.
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Associated Press
New York
Navy
Cornell
Philadelphia
Poughkeepsie
Yate
Alan Walz Jinx
Housatonic
Elis
Stark Sanford
Harvard
Charles River
Tom Bolles
Buck Walsh
Yale
Eli
Walz
Yale Shell
Wisconsin
Navy Frosh
Vale
Teacher's Home Targeted by Bombing Attempt
Huntington police say an apparent bombing attempt was made on the home of Vinson High teacher Mrs Maxine Stewart. A crude device wrapped in newspaper bound with wire was tossed onto the porch but failed to detonate, and a student reported absent may be involved.
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Associated Press Huntington
Maxine Stewart
Vinson High
Lombardo Fails To Crack Record In Speed Trials
Deser y Beach California. Bandleader Guy Lombardo plans another attempt at breaking the American speed boat record next fall after failing in three tries to reach 224.915 mph set in 1932 by Gar Wood. Lombardo registered a top speed of 119.601 mph on a lap of his third trial in the Tempo VI, a $100000 boat.
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Associated Press
Deser Y Beach
Calif
Guy Lombardo
Gar Woorf
Lombardo
Mount Hope Softball Meet Slated Tonight
Mt Hope residents and nearby teams are invited to a 7 20 p m meeting in the high school gym to form a Mount Hope Softball League organizer W L Bud Jennings says the gathering is open to city teams and teams from nearby communities.
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Register
MT. Hope
Mount Hope
W. L
Bud) Jennings
Mt. Hope Sunior High
A's Have Perfect Record On Road
Philadelphia's American League entry is undefeated away from home but struggles at Shibe Park. Connie Mack hopes the A's finish the season on the road after a rough home stand that saw losses to Boston and New York. On the road, they swept Washington in a four game set, though a rainout left them short of a fourth win. The note also lists scores from the American Association games.
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Philadelphia
Connie Mack
Endlels
tA’s
Alvay
Mackmen
Shiber Park
Athletics
Boston
Mr. Mack
A's
Washington
New York
A’s
Senators
Preakness Belmont Threats Rise For Derby Contenders
Aboard the Calumet pair Citation and Coaltown, Derby runners My Request Mount Marcy and other rivals face tough prep schedule ahead of the Preakness two weeks away and the Belmont June 12. Belmont favorers include plodders like Big Dial while Getters Sells and River d Lanes seek chances against the top two in the three year old division.
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Associated Press
New York
Citation
Coaltown
Ben Whitaker
Calumet Twins
Louisville
C. V. Whitney
Mount Marcy
S. E Veitch
Baltimore
Jacobson and
Hart
Big Dial
Hialeah
Section 20 State Changed Eagles Face Cats Today
Section 20 Baseball Tournament schedules altered with a double header tomorrow Thursday and Friday instead of single games. Beckley and Sophia open at 3:30 p.m., Marsh Fork and Stoco play Thursday at 3 p.m., Clear Fork Tran Hill at 1 p.m. on Thursday, semi finals and title remain as planned. Coach Wiseman’s Hinton game proceeds with Craddock starting and Legursky Zeigler held for tournament.
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Thursiday
Vimorrow
Nanager Gy. OR. van Meter
Beckley
Sophia
Marsh Fork
Stoco
Clear Fork-Tran Hill
Lawrence Wiseman
East Bank
Greenbrier Military School
Hinton
Wiseman
David Craddock
Bobcats
Carl Legursky
Dick Zeigler
Oak Hill Lions Nominate Officers at Dinner Meeting
Oak Hill Lions will nominate officers and directors at their regular dinner at Hotel Hill. Following pianist resignation Mrs. RB Tissue, Joe N Jarrett and W F Price Jr were selected as successors. H R Cole will attend the Lions International Convention in New York July 26 to 29 with Frank C Thomas W F Price Sr Elie Patrick John Frisk and J R Mc Donata.
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Water Oak Hill
Oak Hill Lions
Hotel Hill
RB. E. Tissue
Joe N. Jarrett
W. F. Price, Jr
H. R. Cole
New York City
Frank C. Thomas
W. F. Price
W. F. Price, Sr
Elie Patrick
John Frisk
J. R. McDonata
Unsted Lions Club
G. Lee Massey
Walter Ferguson
International League scores and a wage contract note
The standings show Syracuse tied 3-3 with Toronto and Baltimore leading Rochester 6 4 while Buffalo trounced Newark 9 0 and Montreal defeated Jersey City 4 0. The 1947 48 wage contract places coal miners among the highest paid U S workers across 158 classifications measured by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Toronto
Buffalo
Newark
Montreal
Jersey City
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Rochester
U. S
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
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