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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Nov 05, 1937

Page

9

Pirates Aim to Take Lead in County League Tilt

Collins Pirates prepare for a 3:30 p m Saturday game at Winding Gulf against the Stoco Indians. Fans packed with pep meetings and practice drills back a bid to seize a one game lead and secure the league cup. Probable lineups and officials listed amid season results showing Collins season wins and margins.

Winding Gulf Collins Pirates Stoco Indians Pirates Collins Shady Spring Stoco Marsh Fork Harry Snouffer Beckley Kenneth Hunt Rev. W. S. Overstreet Carl Neff Shady Collins Pos Stoco Kidd LE Smedley Shrewsbury Hornbeck R. Gibson LG Meador C. Miller Cc Ritter O. Gibson Clark Thompson RT Saunders Pyles Rubin White Atkinson Miller Elam Marcinko Peters Southern Green Lego Roy Stephens Stephens Harlan Groach Mark Twain Mullens Kingston Colcord Trap Hill Talcott

Mammoth squid attacks woman at Fort Bragg

Mrs. H. C. Graves told of minutes in the clutches of a giant octopus at Fort Bragg California as she gathered abalones. The animal grabbed her ankle and waist with tentacles, pinned her arm, and was beaten to death by companions who rescued her. The octopus measured 10 feet 5 inches from tip to tip of its longest tentacles.

Fort Bragg Cal H. C. Graves

Surgeon saves mangled hand in Brielle

Brielle New Jersey November 4 AP Adolph Mills 40 survived a wood chopping accident when an ax severed his right hand above the wrist. Dr J Bruce Henriksen wired the bones and stitched the flesh. If infection does not set in Mills will regain use of his left hand with the aid of surgery and care.

Brielle N. J Adolph Mill Mills J. Bruce Henriksen

Grid Officials Like New Rules

Nicholas Kearns, veteran football official and DePauw graduate, says officiating this fall is easier after the new rules. He cites fewer penalties and clearer calls, noting calmer crowds and better football, though basketball changes ahead may complicate duties.

Associated Press New York Nicholas Edward Kearns Middlewestern Pat O’brien DePaul University Nick

West Virginia possum lore and game anecdotes in parade

The West Virginia Sports Parade covers the value of possum hides to trappers, hunting season opening November 13, and tales of the nocturnal animal. It recalls football memories, including Nick Kearns and Notre Dame Army clashes, plus famous Grange feats and a colorful quip about sugar for cramps.

Associated Press West Virginia the Conservation Commission Commission Australia Notre Dame Army Nick Red Grange Grange Kearns Illinois John Schomer

New Score Board Fully Automatic For Stoco High

The Senior class at Stoco High School ordered an electrically operated score board from a Cincinnati firm at a cost of 140 dollars. Money raised at a Halloween carnival sponsored by the senior class. Miss Annabell McParland said the board is fully automatic with scores and time controlled from the score table. It will be presented to the school with the class of 1938 printed in silver on the lower right corner, and should arrive before basketball season.

Register LEGO Stoco High School Cincinnati, O Annabell McParland

Charles Gwinn Builds Homes in Coal City

Charles Gwinn, formerly manager of the Lynwin store and now at Lamar, is overseeing the construction of three frame houses at Coal City.

Icharles Gwinn Register Coal City Charles Gwinn The Lynwin Lamar

Hinkle's remarkable Vanderbilt center shines on field

Sport Slants recalls Carl Columbus Hinkle, a 60 minute player who has started every game in two seasons. In a 1935 night game against Temple in Philadelphia he dominated the line, stopping runners and making key plays amid rain and loudspeakers. Hinkle's leadership and football instinct mark him as one of Vanderbilt's great captains.

Vanderbilt Carl Hinkle Temple University Philadelphia Hinkle Columbus Hinkle

Youth Drowns After Car Crashes Into Creek

Wellsburg reports 25 year old Lewis Treadway of Hooverson Heights died after his car crashed into a bridge abutment and plunged 75 feet into Cross Creek. Doctors Ott and Bernstein attempted half an hour of artificial respiration before pronouncing him dead. Constable Romick noted A J Smith witnessed the plunge. It marks Brooke county's twentieth traffic fatality of the year.

Wellsburg Lewis Treadway Hooverson Heights Cross Creek Lewis Ray C. Ott L. J. Bernstein Oscar Romick A. J. Smith Warwood Treadway Brooke County

Golden wedding for three Newberry brothers carpenters

James John and Harry Newberry of the Isle of Wight celebrated their joint gold wedding anniversaries, each marking fifty years of marriage as skilled carpenters and long time residents.

James John Harry Newberry Isle of Wight

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