Bonura Trade Sparks Controversy Over Griffith’s 30 000 Deal
Mitchs Musings questions Clark Griffiths motives in selling Henry Bonura to the New York Giants. Stanley Raymond Harris and others criticize Bonuras fielding and speed, noting his poor defense despite solid batting. Walter Johnson joins in, defending the trade as fans adjust to Bonuras style at the Polo Grounds.
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Clark Griffith
Washington
Fox
Henry J. Bonura
New York Giants
Griffith
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Connie Mack
Big Zeke
Athletics
Stanley Raymond Harris
Bonira
Dale Alexander
Detroit
Bucky Harris
Bonura
Hal Chase
White Sox
Joe Kuhel
Jimmy Dykes
Zeke
Harris
Banana
Giants
Polo Grounds
Comiskey Park
Ruhel
Walter Johnson
Joe Judge
Kuhel
Johnson
Orlando
Griffith Stadium
Gamecocks Break Ninth Frame Tie
Ohio University led by eight runs but South Carolina scored in the ninth to win 11-10 in Columbia. Lowry tripled in Baxter for the winning run as Bobcats’ Coen slugged his second homer in two days.
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Columbia
S. C
Ohio University
South Carolina
Bobcats
Lowry
Baxter
Gamecocks
Chuck Coen
Bobcat
Don Peden
Ralph Doubler
Ed Wierby
Newberry
Newberry College
Williams
Ss . Robinson
O Clary
Petronne
Henson
Hymason
Wolfe
Tovcese
Ohio AB
Baumholtz
Secseersee
Cee
Novak
Haynes
Frey
Maiden
Gander
ORO Chcccesscerevecs
Robinson
Peer
Farroni
Coen
Kish
Montgomery
Ae Baxter
Weyne
Malden
Ohio
College Baseball Scores Reported With Big Margins
Miami defeated Oberlin 17 to 3 while Elon beat Ohio Wesleyan 12 to 6. Michigan State topped West Virginia 6 to 4 and Northwestern defeated Louisiana State 6 to 2.
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Miami
Oberlin
Elon
Ohio Wesleyan
Michigan State
West Va
Northwestern
Louisiana S
Reds Get Nod for National League 2 Pennant
New York reports Cincinnati Reds favored to win the 1939 National League pennant due to strong pitching. The piece highlights pitchers Derringer Walters Vander Meer Grissom and Moore, with Werber adding depth, and predicts Cubs second Giants weak infield, Cardinals rise, Pirates decline, and a final NL order led by Cincinnati followed by Chicago New York St. Louis Pittsburgh Brooklyn Boston Philadelphia.
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New York
Cincinnati Reds
Reds
Billy Myers
Lonnie Frey
Myers
Frey
Chicago Cubs
New York Giants
Cubs
Dick Bartell
Giants
Bill Terry
Cincinnati
William Boyd McKechnie
Paul Derringer
Bucky Walters
Johnny Vander Meer
Lee Grissom
Whitey Moore
Grissom
Vander Meer
Walters
Derringer
Bill Werber
Goodman
McCormick
Lombardi
Wally Berger
Berger
Lee Gamble
Harry Craft
Billi Lee
Clay Bryant
Whitehead
Chicago
Dizzy Dean
St. Louis
Medwick
Mize
Pittsburgh
Brooklyn
MacPhail
Boston
Philadelphia
Doc Prothro
The Question Box Sports Quiz and Chess Castling
The item lists Q A on Maxie Rosenbloom Battling Bozo bouts in Birmingham with two results and covers Castling in Chess. It notes six left handed MLB catchers who threw left and provides mailing instructions for submitting questions to the Sports Service Bureau in Washington.
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Maxie Rosenbloom
Bozo
Birmingham
Ala
Calvin C. Broughton
Cleveland N. L
John T. Clements
Philadelphia N
Sports Service Bureau
The
Athens Messenger
18Th St
Washington, D. C
Creaking Invalids Found in Majors Not Ball Players
Daytona Beach column argues major league players are pampered leading to many injuries. Henry McLemore cites examples like Gehrig and Hubbell, contrasts minor league ruggedness, and warns excessive care may reduce sports writers and shift to medical reporting.
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Henry McLemore
Daytona Beach
Fla
Washington
Florida
California
Texas
Gehrig
Bartell
Hubbell
Dean
Rowe
Mungo
Miss Edward's School For
Legion adopts frog legs for all future banquets
Eureka California The Humboldt County Council of the American Legion approved a resolution requiring frog legs to be served at every future legion banquet. The move cites the adage 50 000 Frenchmen can t be wrong and frames the policy as a festive culinary tradition for the organization in the region.
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Eureka
Cal
Humbolt County Council of the American Legion
Baseball results from multiple games across leagues
Cincinnati, Boston, Columbus, Cleveland, Pensacola, Dallas, Shreveport, Detroit, Brooklyn, Pittsburgh, New York, Fort Worth, L View, St. Louis and Birmingham fixtures show varied scores with pitchers and batters named in line scores. Multiple doubleheaders and rain cancellations noted across sites including Bisbee Arizona and Chicago.
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Cincinnati
Boston
Schott
Naktenis
Walters
Lombardi
Heving
Dickman
Kersieck
Peacock
Rochester
Columbus
Wahonick
Roe
Tichacek
Deal
Fisher
Macon
Bremer
Burmeister
Cleveland
Pensacola
Drake
Zuber
Hemsley
Haas
Hutchins
Laskowski
Bisbee
Ariz
Chicago
V. Chicago
Phila
Brooklyn
Rowe
Eisenstat
York
Tebbets
Crouch
Tamulis
Todd
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Blanton
Sewell
Berres
Susce
Reninger
Byrd
Hayes
Gooter
Lawless
Eckmier
Twibell
Richards
B'm
Cincinnati Reds explode for 18 runs against Red Sox
In Columbia, the Reds pounded Boston for 18 to 7 as Billy Myers led a 22 hit attack with a homer and a double. Pitching by Schott and Naktenis limited Red Sox misery as five errors aided Cincinnati in their fourth straight win over Boston. The game followed by a rematch today.
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Columbia
S. C
New York
Cincinnati Reds
McKechnie Clan
Boston Red Sox
Billy Myers
Reds
Boston
Redlegs
Beantown Crew
Gene Schott
Schott
Pete Naktenis
Bucky Walters
Moose Vanishes From Northern Saskatchewan Reports
Regina reports say the moose, Canada’s largest land mammal and a prized game species, is increasingly hard to locate across northern Saskatchewan yielding hunting challenges this season.
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Regina
Saskatchewan
Billiard King Babe Cranfield Set For Syracuse Show
Art Cranfield long prepared his son Babe to follow Ralph Greenleaf as pocket billiard champion. Babe won the Junior National and the 1938 World Amateur title, defeated pros in Syracuse, including a 210 ball run on July 5, and is billed to play at the Varsity Billiard Parlor on Thursday April 6 at 7 o clock.
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Cranfield
New York City
Buffalo
Syracuse
Babe
Arthur E. Cranfield Jr
Ralph Greenleaf
New York
George Kelly
Willie Mosconi
Sth
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University of Michigan
Board of Regents
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Mexico
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Myatt
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Pirates
Leo Durocher
Dodgers
van Mungo
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Phillies
Frank Donald
Croucher
Billy Rogell
Wik
Detroit Tigers
Brown
U. S
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Mobile
Mel Harder
Johnny Humphries
Cleveland Indians
Indians
Sammy Hale
Tom Drake
Bill Zuber
Tribe
Dallas, Tex
James
Doc) Prothro
Philadelphia Phillies
Harry Matusak
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Dallas
Athens National Bank
Athens
All America
Tis Bank
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