PAGE TWO deofoofefosgecdortosdodoofoctortoctoofectoofrolsefoofocfocfoctocfoniocdocoofesfocfocordrafodoofocdoadonejonoatoetonfofooloaoctocfocfocfocfociocfoofocteododoafoctocfoofocfocforfooforfocfocfoofocfocfeforociods SPORTS dredeofecfoctocdoofurfodedeortoofeatocdede decortocfoofoofoefoofeefoedefocoofocgorfoctoriadod deofoods fooleodoedooodeofoetoodeofocfocdoodorfecdoceofrefofoeoctonfocfoofocdocdesdoadeodoodonddocfododods NORTH OF GOUNTY and General Comment LOCAL BASEBALL. NORTHERN CAMBRIA LEAGUE RESULSS Wednesday, July 18th. Spangler P, L.,, 3 Patton, 1 Thursday, July 19th Moss Creek, 4 Bakerton, 3 Friday, July 20th Spangler P. L., at Patton, post- poned wet grounds. Sunday, July 22nd. Moss Creek, 11 Spangler P. L., 9 Bakerton at Patton, postponed because of rain.e Standing of the Clubs as of Sunday, July 22nd: 7. Xu Pet. 0 1.000 667 .250 .000 Moss Creek . 4 Bakerton 2 Spangler P. L. od Patton .. 0 NORTHERN CAN SCHEDULE Sunday, July 29th Patton at Moss Creek. Spangler P. L. at Baketron. Wednesday, August 1st. Patton at Bakerton. Moss Creek at Spangler P. A. L. SPANGLER P. L. WINS OVER PATTON, 3 TO 1. The Spangler Polish Legion Club defeated Patton 3 to 1 in a North- ern Cambria League game played on the Spangler field last Wednes- day evening. A two-run rally in the fifth in- ning broke a 1-1 deadlock and gave Spangler the first win in the sec- ond cycle after two set-backs, and the loss was the third in as many starts for Patton. Pitcher Bacha allowed the Pat- ton Club only four hits, two go- ing to Johnny Hudak. The two decisive runs in the 5th, inning were scored on a base. on balls and three hits. The summary: Patton—Joe Hudak cf, Lischerel- li 1b, Grimme 3b, L. Bender If, John Hudak 2b, R. Burkey rf, 2 2 . . Vacation time IS HERE AGAIN There are many nice places not far from home for wartime outings. If you need some extra money for expenses, let us know. We make loans for vacations to both men and women. COME IN or PHONE today! BARNESBORO BUDGET PLAN, INC,, Barnesboro, Pa. i IBRIA LEAGUE | Swab, p, Mikula c¢, Litzinger ss, Milanesi ss. Spangler P. L.—-Pawlikowski 1f, Shea rf, Magulick cf, Lafko 3b, Daisley 2b, Capp ss, Spotts 1b, Tr- ybus c¢, Bacha p. Patton 000 1000x—1 4 4 Spangler P. L. 010 020x—3 8 0 oo oe oe MOSS CREEK DEFEATS BAKERTON, 4 TO 3. Northern Cambria League last Thursday evening by winning ov- er Bakerton 4 to 3 in a game play- ed on the Bakerton field. Moss Creek, the winner of the | : lin the second cylce. having three |wins to their credit. This loss was | {the first for Bakerton in three starts. McCall and McCombie did the | hurling for Bakerton with Baron and Hudak working for Moss Creek. McCombie put Bakerton in the lead in the first inning by hitting but Moss Creek came back in the third to tie the count. Bakerton scored one run in the sixth to take ithe lead, 3 to 2, but Moss Creek {landed two more in their top half | the seventh to clinch the vic- tery. Veil led the Moss Creek hitters with two safeties. The summary: Moss Creek—Veil 2b, Davidson 3b, Hromulak 1b, Tomechko cf, Matava ss, Richardson 1f, Jones ¢, Hutton rf, Weir rf, Baron bp, Hudak p. Bakerton—Contorchick 1f, Fow- ler cf, Polites 2b, McCombie ss, p, Golgosky c¢, Finui rf, Kistler 2b, | Weber 1b, McCall p, ss. i .002°000 200—4 71 200 001 000—3 6 2 Tass Crook (41053 Lire Bakerton | [MOSS CREEK WINS OVER | SPANGLER P. L., 11 TO 9. Moss Creek defeated the Spang- ler P. L.. 11 to 9, in a northern | Cambria League game played last [Sunday afternoon on the Moss Creek field. | This was Moss Creek’s fourth! | win without a loss in the second cycle of the league. | Tomechko and Matava did the | hurling for Moss Creek with Spotts | working for the Spangler Club. | Jones and Hudak were the hea- vy hitters for Moss Creek. Karmin land C. Papson knocked out two- | baggers for Spangler. The summary: { Spangler P. L.—A. Papron If, { J. Papson cf, C. Pason 1b, Capp ss, |Lafko 3b, Wilks 2b, Kormin 2b, | Ashcroft rf, Trybus c, Spotts p. Moss Creek—Jones cf, Davidson 3b, Hromoluk 1b, Richardson If, Matava ss, p, Hudak 2b, ss, Hut- ton rf, Weir rf, Baron c, Ager c, Tomechko p, 2b. Moss Creek 500 013 02x-11 14 2 ek geokok LIP : EAKERTON PLAYS PATTON ON EAGLES PICNIC DAY. Bakerton and Patton have swit- ched games so that Patton will be at jome on the Eagles’ Picnic Day, August 5th. According to the regular sche- | dule set up by the Northern Cam- |bria League Bakerton was to play Good Telephone Service Will Be Better Telephone Service After the War For more than half a century, the telephone has served the farmer well. In the past 10 years, for example, the growth of rural telephones in the territory we serve has increased 78 percent ... or 15 percent above city gains in the same period. Then came war, and the peace-time manufacturers of telephone equipment went all-out for the Army, | the Navy, the Marine Corps, and the Air Forces. The | expansion of rural telephone service dropped to the pace of a snail. It had to, of course. But after the war, even more farmers will have even better telephone service than ever before. Moss Creek took the lead in the | first cycle, are without a set-back | a home run with a man on base, | HIGHLIGHTS Edited by LEO GRIMME Patton on Wednesday, August 1st and Patton to visit Bakerton on | Sunday, August 5th, The games | have been reversed with Patton | playing at Bakerton on Wednes- | day, August 1st and Bakerton vis- iting Patton cn Sunday, August Sth. This game will be the highlight sports activity of the picnic day and as Bakerton and Patton clos- | ed the first cycle of the Northern | | Cambria League roll tied for sec- | ond place, the game promises to be | a thriller. A good crowd is expec- | ted to witness the game. ok [ALTOONA ALL-STAR JUNIOR [TEAM TO PLAY PATTON JR’S. Tommy Irwin's Altoona All Star | ! Junior Baseball team will play the | Patton Junior Team on Eagies’ Picnic Day, Sunday, August 5th. The game has been scheduled for 11 a. m., so as not to interfere | with the Northern Cambria League game between Patton and Baker- ten at 3 p. m. Fans in Patton who wish to see our future baseball players in ac- tion will be afforded the opportu- nity on the mcrning of the Eagles’ Picnic day when one of the best Junior teams in the state will visit | Patton. Tommy Irwin, former shortstop | with the Cleveland Indians a few years back, is in charge of the Al- toona Juniors and from reports he has a team comprised of future major League material. | Fans will remember Tommy Ir- | win back in the days of the Al- | tocna Works and Penn Central se- | |ries. Irwin was the shortstop on | | the Penn Central Team, which then | | consisted of “Jim” Sketon, Jack | Cummings, Jimmy Reiser and oth- | {er former professional players. Ir- | win was picked up by the Cleve- | land Indians shortly after this | series in 1931, and starred as the | 534 and ranking third in the Lea- | Re- | | shortstop for the New Orleans | | Club in the Southern Association. | At the same time Tommy attended | North Carolina University and af- { | ter leaving ccllege was sent up with the Cleveland Indians in 1937. | Kerr, Keltner, Oscar Grimes and | Tommy Irwin all went up to Cle- | veland in the same year. | Tommy Irwin is now spending | his time in developing the younger | [ge neration for the future baseball { players of the nation and at the | present time has a classy team of | boys all under 18 years of age. | Tommy Irwin and Leo Grimme, lo- | cal Patton ball player, were both | members of the same Altoona Ca- | | tholic High Basketball team which | went into the state finals in the | tournament at Duquesne Univer- | sity in 1929. Irwin was voted at | | that time the most outstanding | { high school guard in the state. The Junior game promises to be | Patton and a record crowd is ex- pected to be on hand for the game. All Patton boys who wish to | ccmpete in this game are asked to | be on hand at the local Patton ball | field this coming week for prac- {is | tice. | SOME FACTS ABOUT | AL GIONFRIDDO. | Albert Francis Gionfriddo, Pitts- burgh Pirate outfielder. Born Mar. | | 8, 1922, in Dysart, Pa. Resides in | Cresson, Pa. Left-hand hitter and [ | thrower. Height, 5 feet, 6 inches. | { Weight, 165 pounds. Purchased by { Pittsburgh from Albany, of the | Eastern League last fall. : SER Honorably dis- | charged from the Army late in 1943. For] Albany last sea- | son he was one of the outstand- ing players of | freshmen of the 1945 season. | bat, in the field, and on bases, and | in the al-important matter of hus- | tle and fight, young Al looks to be | all that the doctor ordered. | steadily in the .300 division | after taking part in 52 games BACK IN STRIDE - - . . . se a5. 5] Eos ~& UNION PRESS-COURIER By Jack Sords LAST WINTER, HIS FASTEST TIME BEING | H:12.7 AT THE PENN RELAYS HAGG, ba la. "BACK IN STRIDE WitH . A RECORD-BREAKING 4:01.4 MILE VICTORY OVER HIS RIVAL, ARNE ANDERSSON AT STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN, | gue in stolen bases with 21. niaining with Oil City in 1942, he batted .348 to take second place among the League regulars in the stickwork, and again he was am- | cng the leading base-stealers, with 18. Selected from Oil City by by Hutchinson to Albany ofter he came out of the Army in 1943 at | the close of the baseball season of that year. He was given a taste of | major league ball in the final game oi the National League's 1944 sea- son, when the Pirates used against the Phils. He took care of two fielding chances, but failed to make a hit in three tries. | It was not until after the mid- | dle of May, this year, that Gion- friddo was given a chance to play regularly, but once he got the op- portunity he lost no time in es- tablishing himself in the Pirate Spangler P. L 110 400 013—9 11 2) of the best ever witnessed in | line-up. First in right field, next in left, and then in center, he proved himself big league stuff in every respect. At once he became the spark-plug of the Pittsburgh club, and it was not long until fans ev- erywhere were raving about him as one of the most sensational At Up to the time that the Pirates came home from the East last wieek, Gionfriddo had been hitting he had a current average of .301. His hits have included seven doubles, three triples and one home run, report back to Mitchell Field, New | and he has stolen three bases. Gionfriddo’s discharge from the| © Army almost two years ago was |Visited her home the past due to a severe abdominal injury | €nd. This is her first visit home | and Since her enlistment. | suffered while in training which required an operation. | Hutchinson, Kansas, of the West- | | ern Satte Association, he was sold him | and | Re- | ASHVILLE NEWS | By Mrs. Georgia Lidwell. | | Mr. Walter Hollen spent a week [visiting his son, Robert, at an air- | base in Mississippi. | Pvt. Cletus Bieswenger e week end here, Leo Lidwell, of the U. S. Navy, spent a 72-hour leave here with his wife and parents. | Pte. Joseph Suckinos has return- ed to California after a 25 day fur- lough spent at his home here. | Cpl. George Brown has returned | to Hunter Field, Ga., after spend- ing a nine day furlough with his spent | th | parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ned Brown. | | Miss Betty Holléen, who is em- | ployed in Washington, D. C., | spending a few days here, visiting |her parents and friends. | Staff Sgt. Oran wsaumgardner | has been extended a nine day ad- dition to his 21 day leave. Mr. Roy Chirdon, who has been seriously ill, is now on the way to recovery. Mrs. Frances Brannigan was a servation. ghter, July 19th. R. Burgoon. ger ,and daughter, otf Windber, are Pvt. Dorothy Hincherich of the a fifteen day leave with her moth- er, Mrs. Rose Hincherich. She will ork. | Second Lieut Elitba week Baker 2-¢c Wilmer Hollen, is | patient at the Altoona hospital a | few days the past week, under ob- | Mr. and Mrs. Ross Burgoon, Jr., | announce the birth of a baby dau- | The paternal | grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. A. | Mrs. Margaret (Stoy) Beiswen- | | visiting relatives and friends here. | Womens’ Army Corps, is spending | Burgoon | son | the Eastern League. Batting | 229 in 138 games Gionfrid- do was the fifth | ranking hitter A in the League, among those players who took part { in 100 or more games, being tied | {in average with another new Pi- | rate, Bill Rodgers, who figured in | {only 99 contests. The Dysart boy [led the League in the scoring of | runs, with 126 tallies carried ac- | ross the plate, and was second in | base hits, with 169, which included | 20 doubles, 27 triples and one home | run. He was also the League's lead- jing base-stealer, with a total of | 40 pilfers to his credit, and he | knocked {in 73 (runs. Gionfriddo | made his professional bow in 1941 | with the Oil City Clug of the Penn- | sylvania State Association, hitting Eat More Mertens Quality Bread Fresh Daily cently he was recalled and reclass- [of Mr. and Mrs. George Hollen, is | ified, passed his physical, and now | spending a 3 Oday furlough here | is in line for induction into the after biing in the South Pacific on Army, following a thirty day de- the Destroyer U. S. S. The Sulli- | Those attending the party were: | Mr. and Mrs. Joe Lidwell, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Ganoe, Mrs. Mary Bur- goon, Mrs. Nora Conrad, Mrs. Ol- ive Basal, Mrs. Margaret Lidwell, | Mrs. Eleanor Mansfield, Mrs. Rose | Chirdon, Mrs. Dorteha Hollern, | Mrs. Terese Miller, Joan Ganoe, Mrs. Pat Lidwall, Terese Hollern, | Tommy Ganoe and May Ann Mill- | er, | Former Ashville Girl Weds. | Miss Phyllis McCoy was given | in marriage by her father, Mr. A. R McCoy, at the 8 a. m. Mass at the Lady of Mt. Carmel Catholic Church in Essex, Maryland, July | 11th, to John Meilhammer. The | bride was attired in a beautiful marquisette gown and wore a gown length veil. She carried an bouquet | of white lilies. The maid of honor, | Miss Sophie Koech, of Amsbry, Pa., | were a blue gown. The flower girls — Miss Koech, wore a pink gown, | and Miss Meilhammer, a sister of | the groom, wore a yellow gown, and all carried bouquets of pink | carnations. The best man was the | bride’s brother, James McCoy. The | ushers were Mr. Charles McCoy | and Mr. Steve Herchi. The newlyweds had a wedding | | breakfast and dinner at the home | of the bride, and then left on a| honeymoon trip to Ocean City. At- | | tending the wedding from here | | were the bride's aunts, Mrs. Sadie | Glass and Mrs. Marie Dascanio; | | Merle and Milliard Ballagher, | Frank Herhie, Jerry Capoulez, and | Mary Butterbaugh, of Amsbry; | Mrs. Ellie Fye, Mrs. Ray Nagle Miss Clemmie Litzinger and Dr. and Mrs. Flick. FORE, XT es imine HUGE REDUCTION IN | STATE'S GRAPE CROP | Grape production in Pennsylva- nia this year is estimated to be 48 per cent less than in 1944, the Sta- te Department of Agriculture an- nounces following a July 1 survey by the Federal-State Crop Report- ing Service. Production of 10,200 tons com- pares with 19,500 in 1944 and 17,- 590 tons average, 1934-1943. In| the Erie belt grapevines bloomed | a little later than usual this year | cespite the early warm weather. | Vines frozen back by late May | frosts put out new shoots which klossomed in many vineyards. Da- | mage from frosts in the western | portion of the belt and on the hills | as still showing up and losses ran- ge up to 15 to 100 per cent of the crop. In the eastern part of the | belt vines are setting will and the | ciusters are large. Hot weather, | however, late in June, blasted seme of the late blossoms. DO YOU KNOW? Only 1,200 soldiers died of con- tageous diseases in the present | war as against 23,000 in the first World War when America had a | | much smaller army. g of ) JAPAN KAGOSHIMA Thursday, July 26th, 1945, BLATT BROTHERS GRAND THEATRE PATTON Friday, Saty., July 27-28 2 Big Hits! HEY RE MAD. YAYF othe WHIRLWIND ACTION UNDER WESTERN SKIES! La 4 wn LUCILLE BALL Keenan WYNN * Carl ESMOND ¢ PATRICIA MORISON + FELIX BRESSART Screen Play by Donald Ogden Steward Based on the Play by Philip Barry Directed by HAROLD S. BUCQUEY Produced by LAWRENCE A. WEINGARTEN 8 A GRAND NATIONAL PICTURE Sun. & Mon., July 29 & 30 MATINEE ON SUNDAY AT 2:30 P. M. with 3 AGNES MOOREHEAD + iLL JOHNSON M-0-M | NATALIE SCHAFER * LEE PATRICK picture | JESS BARKER + JUNE LOC aT val Screen Play by Mary C. McCall, Jr. and George Bruce ALSO NEWS AND CARTOON Ori KUSAGAKUIMAZZ _s “ob KUROSHIMA ': 7 KUCHINOERABU-D CY es! * 9 se * SUWANOSE | TARAMANg" AKUSFKI é . KIKAJIMA AMAMI Bo . > AMAMIOSHIMA 5° TOKUNOSHIMA A OKINOERABY YORON HIYA IS AGUNI « oO; TORISHIMA » xume® =. [7 OKINAWA 2) TWO SMALL ISLANDS in the Ol nawa group were seized by U. S. 2nd Marine Division troops early in i- 4 Lod ferment granted to him so that he might be home with his wife am- | cng her relatives in Pitcairn, Pa, | for a “blessed cvent” that is ex-| pected some time this month. [ i SPORT PICK-UPS: Byron Nelson, defeated sammy | Byrd to win the National P.G.A. 1 and 3 for his eighth major tour- nament victory in as many starts and is now rated as the world’s greatest golfer. Gallonette won the $50,000 add- ed Empire City horse racing stakes at Jamtica as she ran the mile and three-sixteenths race in the fast time of 1.56. Pavot finished second in the contest. Bert Shepard, ex-Army Air Ccrps pilot, who lost the lower part | of his right leg when shot down | over Berlin, has been put on the | active players’ list of the Washing- ton Senators. He had been signed as a coach and recently pitched 4 innings against Brooklyn in the War Charity game and did so good that he is now an active player. Bill McDowtll, 158, Dallas, Tex., won a ten round decision over for- mer world middle-weight champion Fritzie Zivic, 149, Pittsburgh, Pa., in a dull and slow battle last week at New Orleans. The Pittsburgh Steelers begin training for the National Football League season at Pittsburgh on Monday, August 13th, as announc- ed by Coach Jim Leonard. Baseball men were confident that the world series would be played this fall following a request by Sec- retary of the Navy Forrestal and Adm. Chester Nimitz that arran- gements be made to send the win- ner of the series on a 90 day tour of the Pacific to meet army and navy teams. Commissioner Chandler said he | could see no reason for not playing | the world series since it was evi- dent servicemen were eager for it to be played. —A group of sixty former Civil- ian Air Patrol Pilots are training as an air ambulance squadron, the first of its kind, for services with the British in Burma. vans. | June, it has been announced by Ad- A surprise birthday party was | miral Nimitz. As shown on the map held in honor of Mrs. Joe Lidwell| (A) they are Ihiya, 25 miles north- on July 18th. The evening was en- | west of the Okinawa tip, and Aguni, | joyed by playing “500”. A very| due west. Their capture gives the tasty lunch was served and Mrs. | Yanks a total of eighteen islets Lidwell received many useful gifts | flanking Okinawa. (International) | FOR EVERY HOUSEHOLD NEED Start Building that TOOL KIT now, Furnish it with tools from Binder Bros.’ Hardware, Tools from Bin- ders’ give you years of de- pendable service. WE HANDLE A COM. PLETE LINE OF PAINTS VARNISHES AND SUPPLIES BINDER BROS. Hdwe. Barnesboro, Pa. Tuesday, July 31 You'll Like These! MARTHA NOAH BEERY, Jr. ANN MILLER JENNIFER HOLT IAN KEITH DOROTHY GRANGER SHAW and LEE A UNIVERSAL PICTURE Wed., Thurs., Aug. 1-2 Hedy Lamarr George Brent in EXPERIMENT PERILOUS with Paul Lukas, Albert Dekker Added - Special Shorts Always a Good Show at the Grand!
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