Feller Heads for Top American Honors in 7-1 Win
Oscar Vitt’s Cleveland Indians stay in second place as Bob Feller, age 20, wins his second start and fans nine more White Sox for a 7-1 victory. He now has 19 strikeouts in two games and a 2-0 record.
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1939
Page
7
Oscar Vitt’s Cleveland Indians stay in second place as Bob Feller, age 20, wins his second start and fans nine more White Sox for a 7-1 victory. He now has 19 strikeouts in two games and a 2-0 record.
Middleport opens practice at Pythian Park under manager Harley Rife as it joins the Ohio Valley Baseball Association replacing Bradbury. Standout players include Bill Barker Don Manley Charles Pickens and Gene Cunningham with others from Bradbury and Rutland. First game set for Sunday April 30 at Hartford.
Janet Shock the Dayton born Ohio women’s golf champion defeated Fred Gagnier of Detroit 3 and 2 on 18 holes to regain a varsity spot at Denison University. The junior carded 86 to Gagnier’s 91 and earns eligibility to face Wooster College in Granville Thursday.
New York report recalls Connie Mack at 76 still managing the Philadelphia Athletics with the same boyish zeal. Henry McLemore notes Mack calls pitches, positions outfield, and follows every game from the bench despite doctors once giving up on him.
Cincinnati Reds beat the St Louis Cardinals 3 to 1 in the second of a two game set as Lloyd Moore pitched all nine innings, allowing 10 hits while fanning seven. Billy Myers homered with one on, and Myers led the Reds with two singles and a walk along with McCormick Werber Lombardi adding two hits apiece.
Ohio University baseball faces a disrupted week with four games washed out by floods and rain. The Bobcats travel to Marietta today to face the Pioneers, then host Ohio Wesleyan Thursday, with Muskingum at Athens next week and Xavier on Saturday. Ray Farroni returns while Monk Montgomery competes at second or third base.
Bruce Campbell pinch hits twice homering in the second and seventh innings to back Bob Feller as the Cleveland Indians defeat the Chicago White Sox 7 to 1. Campbell replaces Earl Averill as Cleveland gains three wins in five games and sits second to the Yankees.
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