Reds face shakeup after fourth straight home loss
Cincinnati manager Bill McKechnie signaled lineup changes as the Reds, leaders, dropped their fourth straight at home 3 2 to the New York Giants. Ernie Lombardi drove in both runs as Giants benefited from Reds errors.
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Cardinals
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Giants
Reds
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Bucky Walters
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New York
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Crosley Field
Pittsburgh
Grand Circuit Opens at Toledo Under Lights
The Grand Circuit harness racing circuit opens its 1939 season under lights at Fort Miami tonight. Four hundred horses are expected to race for 21000 in prize money during the five day stay. The circuit moved to several cities for its complete schedule including Goshen Old Orchard Springfield Syracuse Indianapolis Reading Cleveland and Lexington.
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Fort Miami
Goshen
N. Y
Old Orchard
Maine
Springfield
Ill
Syracuse
Indianapolis
Reading
Cleveland
Lexington
Mac McLeod’s Ready to Seek New Job If Galento Beats Louis
Henry McLemore recounts a promotional brochure arguing Tony Galento could win over Joe Louis in Yankee Stadium. He logs comical, hyperbolic body measurements favoring Galento but hares back to predicting Louis victory. He offers to switch careers if Louis loses, joking about odd jobs and piano playing.
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NEW York
U.P
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Joe Louis
Yankee Stadium
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Gutzon Borglum
Black Hills
Stone Mountain
Joe
Zeke Bonura Drives Giants With Steady Bat In West
Big Zeke Bonura shines on the Giants Western trip hitting .512 with a 2 homer opener in Chicago and a key single in Cincinnati. He sports a .370 average, second to Morris Arnovich, as New York wins 8 of 10 on the swing and closes within 4 1/2 games of first. Bill Lehrman shines with two strong pitching performances.
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Baseball Standings and Results From Yesterday
National league scores include New York 3 Cincinnati 2 and Brooklyn 6 Pittsburgh 5. Other games feature Chicago 4 Philadelphia 3 and Boston 8 St Louis 5 with additional results and postponed games. American league action shows Cleveland 8 Philadelphia 4 and Philadelphia 10 Cleveland 2 among more pairings and standings.
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Entry blanks for summer recreation events due June 30
Entry blanks must be delivered to Recreation Director Harry Lackey at Rufus Putnam Playground or 14 Poplar Street not later than 8 p m Friday June 30.
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Rufus Putnam Playground
Poplar St
Bobby Servis Captures Ohio Amateur Title In Record Margin
Bobby Servis won the Ohio Amateur Championship by a record 10 up with nine to play against John Wood at Dayton's Miami Valley course. The 24 year old Cincinnati native fired four under par over 27 holes, adding a third title to his prior wins in 1933 and 1936. Wood, heading to Des Moines for the National Intercollegiate, suffered his only holes lost on 11 and 13 as Servis pulled away after lunch.
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Servis
John Wood
University of Cincinnati
Gem City
Ken Peterson
Janet Shock
Denison University
Toledo
Columbus Wyandot
Miami Valley
Maurice McCarthy
Cincinnati
Harold Weber
Wood
McCarthy
Des Moines
Iowa
Picard Wins Anthracite Open in Scranton Golf
Henry Picard of Hershey shot a 72 hole 273 seven under par to win $1,200 first prize in the Anthracite Open at the Country Club of Scranton. He defeated Sam Snead of White Sulphur Springs by six strokes.
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Scranton
U.P
Henry Picard
Hershey
Sam Snead
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Sports Q and A from The Athens Messenger column
The page presents sports trivia Q and A including wild deuces poker highest hand five aces and Tunney retirement 1928. It notes Franklin Meier Nebraska player on West in 1935 Fast West game in San Francisco with a 19 to 13 West victory and invites readers to submit questions to Sports Service Bureau.
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Gene Tunney
University of Nebraska
Franklin Meier
San Francisco
Country Club Golfers Lose to Marietta at Home
Athens Country Club suffered its first home defeat in eight years as Marietta won 46 1 2 to 22 1 2. Selby O Bleness and Barstow each earned three points. Thackeray led Class A with 69 net, Householder topped Class B with 67, Seiple and Algeo posted 70 and 71 respectively.
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Selby
O'Bleness
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Joe Thackeray
J. E. Householder
Seiple
John Algeo
R. Rutkoskie
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Sam Warren
E. A. Cottingham
L. Worstell
Carl Heck
W. H. Oldfield
Girl Secretary Learns To Fly as Diversion
In Cleveland Dorothy Schlecht a 21 year old private secretary and part time model began flying lessons at the Cleveland airport. She plans to pursue aviation as a hobby to satisfy a personal ambition and learned first from Maj. Clarence D. Barnhill.
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U.P
Dorothy Schlecht
New England Hosts 75 Youth Hostels Reach North
Boston reports 75 youth hostels across New England expanding to Jefferson Vermont and Portland Maine.
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New England
Jefferson, Vt
Portland
Scott Retains U S Decathlon Title at Cleveland Meet
Scott, a 23 year old from Western Reserve University, won his second straight national Decathlon title with 6 671 points. He claimed three events and tied for first in another, beating 10 top all around athletes as he aims for further improvement before the Olympic trip to Finland.
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Joe Scott
Western Reserve University
Randalls Island
N. Y
Finland
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Ken Rathbun
University of Virginia
Alphonso Gavrilavicz
Michigan Normal
Jack Kroecker
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Charles Horvath
Northwestern
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McDonnell A. & M
Ed Moiseio
Ashtabula
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Ralph Sigmund
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