Dayton Ducks Hope for Strong Season Under Ducky Holmes
Dayton manager Ducky Holmes predicts a solid season for the Ducks after a 9 4 opening win over Portsmouth Pirates. Key pitcher Joe Blackwell is eyed to anchor the rotation, with veterans Ed Gray Lloyd Sterner Frank Benz and rookies Duffy Colgan Potter adding depth in a reshaped infield and outfield.
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Dayton
Ducky” Holmes
Petre
Dayton Ducks
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Portsmouth Pirates
Ducky
Joe Blackwell
Marvin Ulrich
Holmes
Bob
Katz
Mike Roscoe
Ed Black
Bob Duffy
Boston College
Brooklyn Dodgers
Elmer Daily
Allentown
Joe Paiement
Johnny Kalafat
Johnny Madden
New York Pennsylvania
Carl Kentling
Ed Gray
Lloyd Sterner
Frank Benz
Howard Frost
Phil Colgan
Loren Potter
Changes in Beckley softball loop include new team and sponsor
The Beckley Softball League resumes with the Koppers of Stanaford replacing Richmond Cleaners and Cranberry renamed Purcoil with Purcoil funding future play. Highlights include Beckley Music’s triple play in a 12 6 win over Utilities and a Sportsmen's Club rally to beat Beckley Hardware 12 10 as Purcoil posts a 9 2 victory over Steve's Shop.
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Richmond Cleaners
Koppers
Stanaford
Cleaners
Cranberry
Purcoil
Beckley Music
Utilities
Wilkes
T. McQuade
Penn
Douglas
Eddie Berginnis
Craft
S. Turner
Ceseratto
Kent
Cooper
Beckley Hardware
Bob Long
Hatcher
Charley Harless
Steve
Williams
J. Thornton
Griges
Purceil
B. McCullough
Killarney Track Meet Opens At 10:30 A.M.
Tomorrow morning at 10:30 the Killarney Grade School track and field meet for Raleigh county youngsters starts at Killarney baseball field. Cecil Shrewsbury directs with judges Roy Stephens Stoco Grimm Wallace Atkinson Hughes Wintford Mitcham Rumberg Swimm. Teams win banners and ribbons for places. top scorer gets a special prize.
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Killarney
Raleigh County
Cecil Shrewsbury
Roy Stephens
Stoco
Grimm
Wallace
Atkinson
Hughes
Wintford
Mitcham
Rumberg
Swimm
Sherwsbury
Beckley visit for NC State coach Hunk Anderson
North Carolina mentor Hunk Anderson formerly of Notre Dame stopped in Beckley en route to North Carolina. He met with Coach Jerome R. Van Meter and evaluated Beckley athletes, showing interest in standout Eddie Berginnis, former Beckley Flying Eagles tackle.
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Hunk” Anderson
Notre Dame
North Carolina State
Beckley
North Carolina
Jerome R. van Meter
Eddie Berginnis
Mammoth
Beckley Flying Eagles
Mid-Atlantic Clubs Contest in Zanesville routs Johnstown
Reis the Zanesville pitcher excelled as the Greys crushed Johnstown 16 to 2 in a Mid-Atlantic game. Reis allowed four scratch hits and fanned six, with Sadd belting a homer with one on in the fifth. Scoring included two runs off errors and a big early surge. Kukin Gigliard Sansoni Gray Reis Hahn were the listed players.
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Zanesvile
Ohio
Reis
Zanesville
Greys
Johnso
Sadd
Johnstown
Kukin
Gigliard
Sansoni
Gray
Hahn
Dayton Ducks Dominate Portsmouth In 9-3 Victory
Dayton Ducks routed Portsmouth 9 to 3 as Kentling collected five hits including a double and Sterner went 4 for 5. Dayton capitalized on Portsmouth errors, pulling away in the first two innings. Roscoe and Trost to Colgan, Allen, Koral and Erenos.
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Dayton
Associated Press
Portsmouth
Ohio
Dayton Ducks
Kentling
Sterner
Ducks
Roscoe and Trost
Colgan
Allen, Koral
Erenos
Akron Crushes Canton In 13 1 Win At Akron
Akron-hurlers held Canton to one run as Akron piled up 15 hits in a 13 to 1 victory. Russell Brown allowed three hits in the first inning before settling in, while Jack Graham homered in the eighth. Canton's offense scored in the top of the second and later innings, but Akron pulled away with a dominant performance.
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Akron
Canton
Associated Press
Ohio
Terriers
Russell Brown
Jack Graham
Gonders, Clark, Kelly
Condon
R. Brown
McCullough
Senators overwhelm Huntington in 14 to 6 opener win
Huntington hosts Charleston as Senators explode for 14 runs. Dugan earns the win after a rough first inning, while Zontini homers and collects three extra base hits in six at bats. Quante, Farmer struggle on the mound as Charleston pulls away with a strong fourth inning rally.
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Huntington
W. Va
May
Charleston
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Farmer
Dugan
Southpaw
Red Birds
Walter
Zontini Als
Swift
Williams
West Virginia Students Elect Barnum Student Leader
Leonard Barnum of Parkersburg was chosen president of the student council for next year at Wes leyan College Buckhannon. Marshall county sportsmen formed a Wild Life League electing Dr. C. D. Williamson of Moundsville as president. H. A. Cokeley as fish culturist stocked 35,000 deep water trout in Lake Lynn near Morgantown under the conservation commission.
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West Virginia Wesleyan College
Leonard Barnum
Parkersburg
Barnum
Buckhannon Institution
Marshall County
C. D. Williamson
Moundsville
H. A. Cokeley
Lake Lynn
Morgantown
Conservation Commission
Army boxers miss Olympic posts in Hawaii tryouts
In Honolulu area tryouts for the U S Olympic boxing team seven Army boxers faced 20 year old Lou Gevinson and others. Gevinson scored two knockouts, while Milton Shivers and Tom Ponticarco earned notable wins. Ted Kara claimed two victories, and Robert Cummings adopted a showman persona.
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Chicago
Uncle Sam
Hawaii
Berlin
United States Army Post
Lou Gevinson
Treasury Department
Washington
Gevinson
Corp
Paul Bensille
Army
Elmer Kelly
Loyola University of New Orleans
Loyola
Kelly
Plans Completed For Beckley Track Meet Tomorrow
Late entry arrivals prompted Beckley officials to accept post time entries for the sectional track and field meet at Woodrow Wilson Field on Saturday. Officials expect eight schools and a large turnout with trials in crowded events and prizes to be awarded by Beckley civic clubs.
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J. R. van Meter
Woodrow Wilson Athletic Field
Morgantown
Stansbury
Beckley
Oak Hill
War
Northfork
McComas
Ansted
Pax
Kingston
Mark Twain
Mullens
Fayetteville
van Meter
Seth
Shady Spring
P. W. Feigley
Erskine Caperton
Culpepper
Rev. Overstreet
J. R. Skull
Ed Skull
J. P. Bonner
W.R. Fugitt
D. W. Bryson
Ross Irie
D. C. Lynn
Weeks
K. Willis
Herbert Ash
Grover Trail
Harvey Pauley
Paul Stover
Ervin Maddy
Wood County Board Names George E. Allen to Post
Charleston May 7 Wood county board of education appointed George E Eck Allen former West Virginia University official to fill a vacant post.
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Charleston
W. Va
Wood County Board of Education
George E. (Eck) Allen
West Virginia University
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