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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1947
Page
3
In a Milford vs Maynard contest a 18 to 19 year old non batter pinch hitter calmly faced the pitcher without a bat. He drew four balls and reached first on a walk, helping Holy Cross College coach Albert Rippel's Milford rivals pull off a late game rally for the win.
Baseball box scores show Runsbatted in for Reiser Edwards and Aberson, and a home run by Abernson. Highlights include two-base hits by Reiser and Waitkus, and a double play by Mack Waitkus Lowrey. Detroit Boston game details list Lake Kell Evers DiMaggio Doerr with cited RBIs and a winning pitcher Dobson.
Steel for the planned bleacher additions at Woodrow Wilson High School at local fields is only a third received. Principal C G Peregoy said completion by Friday is doubtful as workers raise the framework for 16 more subsections intended to expand seating from about 2100 to near double. Peregoy to confer with Pennsylvania steel firms today to locate remaining supply. Coaches Van Meter and Underwood drill the team against Pony Express style offense.
Cliff Akerson hit a grand slam as a pinch hitter in the eighth to lift the Cubs to a 4-3 win over the Dodgers. Bucky Watters pitched the Reds to a 2-0 victory over Boston, recording his 198th win and 42nd shutout with four hits.
At Pomona California a jockey named Ray Neilson felt a ripping sound on the first turn. He stopped the horse at the far turn and rode toward the stables after realizing his pants tore.
Derby dog events open with Big Dipper owned by Evelyn Thorne winning best in show after competing with over 150 entries. Duan Jan owned by Red Newland received best of opposite sex. Thorne and Newland entrants earned multiple blue and white ribbons as derby dog trails continue with final casts scheduled Friday and Saturday.
In the National League Brooklyn faces Chicago Hatten as Chipman handles 13-8, Boston plays Cincinnati-Shoun at 4-2 against Lively 4-6, and Philadelphia meets St. Louis with Leonard 16-9 opposing Brazie 11-7. New York contests Pittsburgh with Janssen 17-5 against Queen 3-4. In the American League Cleveland meets New York Fel ler 18-9 versus Shea 12-4, Chicago visits Washington with Grove 5-7 against Haefner 9-11, St. Louis at Philadelphia Muncrief 6-14 versus Fowler 10-11, and Detroit hosts Boston Hutchinson 13-10 facing Johnson 10-7.
Luther Poling Marshall College's new athletic director outlines a future intercollegiate program. Baseball track and tennis likely next spring with golf to follow. Fall and winter will focus on football and basketball with boxing and wrestling added later. Clinics for high school coaches in southern West Virginia eastern Kentucky and southern Ohio will be conducted.
Baseball league leaders listed with players and stats for batting runs RBI hits doubles triples home runs stolen bases strikeouts and pitching records across multiple teams including Boston New York Cleveland Philadelphia Detroit Cincinnati Brooklyn Chicago and St Louis with figures such as Williams Boston 341 111 94 and Mize New York 121 125 46 61 7 17-17 0.750
Chicago defeated Brooklyn 4 to 3 while St. Louis beat Philadelphia 2 to 0. New York edged Pittsburgh 3 to 1 and Boston won 9 to 2 over Cincinnati. Boston routed Detroit 5 to 3 and Chicago beat Washington 6 to 1. Other clubs not scheduled.
Pineville prepares for a Thursday 8 pm kickoff at Mullens field as the Minutemen face Trap Hill Wildcats in the second game of the season. Pineville's home venue is unavailable due to ongoing construction and may force rescheduling of home games. The Minutemen lost 20 to 0 to Mullens in the opener, while tomorrow’s game marks Trap Hill’s debut.
The National Boxing Association wraps its 27th annual convention with Abe J. Grene reelected to a seventh term as president and most current vice-presidents retained. Named to next year’s board are Kenna Clark of Fairmont West Virginia Leon Raines of Philadelphia and Sheldon Clark of Chicago. Harvey Hill and Frank Landry also retained as executive secretary and treasurer. Next year’s meeting is set for Philadelphia.
W. C. Campbell of Huntington West Virginia was eliminated from the U S National Amateur Golf Championship by Luke Barnes of Atlanta who beat him one up on the 25th hole in the second round. Campbell had earlier defeated Clarence Early of Peabody Massachusetts 4 and 3 in the first round.
Ed Burns, a former Villanova football backfield player from the 1943 team and a former Marine, has become backfield coach at Niagara University in Niagara Falls, N Y.
Richmond reports say preparations for the opening Southern Conference clash between Duke and N C State dominate early football drills. Duke, under Wallace Wade, and N C State, led by Beattie Feathers, staged scrimmages as Wake Forest Clemson and others fine tune before September games.
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