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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1934
Page
4
Beckley Black Knights win a heads-up baseball contest against the Wheeling Stogies. Heath belts two home runs as Beckley uses timely hits to stop Wheeling’s fast start in the opener.
University of Pittsburgh Panthers defeated West Virginia University varsity 5 40 and freshmen 69 57. West Virginia freshman Grablick led in scoring with 19 points across five events including discs and broad jump while Pitt dominated the field with balanced scorers.
Beckley officials moved today's game start to 3 o clock with Wheeling as the opponent. Knight pitcher likely to start is Lloyd Moore, as Stockmen seek a fourth straight win. Wheeling's loss yesterday marked their first of the season while Beckley built a 4th straight victory behind Phil Cozad and strong fielding.
National League results show Philadelphia beat Cincinnati and Detroit edged Philadelphia, with St. Louis over Washington. Chicago defeated New York in a later game. Upcoming games list Boston at Pittsburgh, Brooklyn at St. Louis, New York at Chicago, Philadelphia at Cincinnati. Cincinnati, Boston, and Cleveland posted additional scores in yesterday’s play cast. Nearby minor league results include Beckley down Wheeling 9-6 and Huntington over Dayton 10-4 with Johnstown and Charleston also winning in 11 innings. Florida leads in honey varieties among states shown in the phrasing of a separate note. Sheehan argued a play to reverse a safe at second. umpire Osborne upheld the call and ordered Sheehan from the park. Beckley fielding featured McCormack with 17 putouts and Ale Beckley with 20 assists. McIntyre made a notable centerfield catch.
The Charleston High School track team won the seventeenth annual West Virginia state high school track and field championships in Morgantown on May 12.
Morgantown led the track meet standings with a first place finish in the seventeenth annual state high school meet in Charleston. Moundsville placed second followed by Parkersburg and Triadelphia with lower teams including Washington Loving Clarksburg Mor gantown Wheeling Huntington East Bank and others completing the roster.
Charleston clinched its fifth track crown with victory in a two day event. Moundsville placed second with 30.5 points followed by Parkersburg third with 22.5 and Triadelphia fourth with 18.16. Washington Irving and Morgantown tied for fifth and sixth with 14 points each. Four state records were set and three tied. Smiley of Charleston ran 41.2 in the quarter for a new standard. Charleston’s mile relay 3 34.2, and Moundsville medley 3 26.8. Parkersburg set a 400 yard shuttle hurdle record in 1:03.3. Skolik led Moundsville to the 880 in 2:02. Merrill Riddick of Huntington injured late in the 220 and did not finish the furlong final. Richmond of Parkersburg won the 220 and led the meet in scoring.
The Associated Press highlights include Gehrig and Dietrich each hitting one homer for the Yankees and Athletics respectively, with Rogell and Jurges also homering for their clubs. Leaders list Klein and Huth pace with eight and seven round-trippers, while Gehrig and the Yankees show seven, and Giants and Cubs players tally six to nine in various lines. National and American totals reach 113 and 103 respectively, with 216 total homers recorded.
Earl Cook of the Tornado club is detained at the Canadian border after being optioned to Beckley. Beckley officials and league leaders, including U.S. senators and congressmen, petitioned Toronto and International League presidents to secure his entry. Cook, born in Canada, faces an unusual delay in crossing the border amid a high level appeal.
A Terry school tournament produced Mae Martin as a girl champion over more than forty contestants advancing girls in Raleigh and Fayette counties. She will join Ross Irle to represent in a playoff for Raleigh Fayette honors and a possible trip with Irle to Ocean City New Jersey for national games. Several schools reported girls advancing rounds while Miss Martin alone won the championship round. Coaches and principals were asked to extend their cooperation as more local finals finish early this week. Additional school champions include Troy Wills Monteval Ly ons Garter Withrow Oliver Royceo Sweeney Melvin Bivens Bernard Trent Galdwell Osborne Poster Knighton Thurman Brucella Loturco Perkins Brucella.
The Beckley Homecraft Club will hold its regular weekly meeting in the offices of Dr J Re Kock in the Lilly building this afternoon at 2 o'clock. All members are requested to be present.
Huntington pounded two Dayton pitchers for 16 hits en route to a 10 to 4 victory as Myers and Grazdis each had three hits. Davis contributed key two runs, with Burgers relief allowing five runs.
Washington and Lee defeats West Virginia 5 to 3 in Lexington with Joe Pelte earning the win in relief. Pelte entered in the third, after WVU built a three run lead, and struck out 13 batters to preserve the Generals victory.
In St Louis on May 12 the New York Giants edged the Cardinals 6 to 4 after Tex Carleton faltered in the later innings. The win lifts New York into a third place tie with St Louis, as strong early pitching gave way to a late Giants surge.
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