Baseball Outlook for 1939 From Mitch's Musings
Mitch's Musings surveys major league teams for 1939. It weighs Yankees, Red Sox, Indians, Tigers, Senators, White Sox, Athletics, and Browns, noting managers, pitchers, injuries, and potential pivots as spring training looms. Names include Yawkey, Cronin, Feller, and Street, with claims of power, pitching depth, and lineup balance.
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P. Q
Yankees
Yanks
National League
RED Sox
Lefty Grove
Jim Bagby
Jimmy Foxx
Tom Yawkey
Joe Cronin
Grove
Bagby
Indians
Bob Feller
Bee
Oscar Vitt
Feller
Johnny Allen
Mel Harder
Tigers
Hank Greenberg
del Baker
Senators
al Simmons
Zeke Bonura
Harry Kelley
Bucky Harris
Washington
White Sox
Jimmy Dykes
Monte Stratton
Luke Appling
Gee Walker
Sox
Walker
Athletics
Shibe Park
Connie Mack
Browns
Gabby Street
Street
Buck Newsom
Ohio U Faces Run Game Woes as Montgomery Leads
Ohio University's coach Mitch Don Peden warns the ground attack must improve as Monk Montgomery's passing carries the offense. The Bobcats have scored mostly on passes and face critical blocking problems in the backfield with Snyder and Montgomery key figures.
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Mitch Don Peden
Ohio University
Bobcat
Peden
Bobcats
Monk Montgomery
Ohio
Monk
Illinois
Montgomery
Snyder
Xavier
Western Reserve
Jim Snyder
Janiak
Robbins
Wesleyan
Jimmy Snyder
Jim
Hope to Continue Fishing Boat Race
Gloucester, Mass.—The Gertrude L. Thebaud and Bluenose planned to resume the international fishermen's trophy series today as the best-of-five duel remains one victory apiece. Capt. Ben Pine’s Gertrude L. Thebaud lost the opener, while Capt. Angus Walters’s Bluenose claimed the second heat, after five postponements over 10 days.
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Gloucester
Mass
U.P
Gertrude L
Ben Pine
Angus Walters
Bluenose
NHL Opens Earliest Season With Boston Toronto Clash
The National Hockey League will start earlier than ever with Boston facing the Maple Leafs in Toronto and the New York Americans meeting the Blackhawks in Chicago on November 3.
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NEW York
U.P
National Hockey League
Boston
Maple Leafs
Toronto
New York Americans
Blackhawks
Chicago
Bobcats show blocking and running gains in close game
The report notes Montgomery Len Janiak and Er Welch gaining yards mainly through individual running. It highlights a strong blocking display by the Bobcats on Ivory's pass interception last Saturday, suggesting potential improvement ahead.
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Montgomery
Len Janiak
Er. Welch
Bobcats
Ivory
Seabiscuit and War Admiral Set Pimlico Match Race
Henry McLemore notes Seabiscuit and War Admiral will meet in a one mile and three sixteenths race at Pimlico with 120 pounds each. Seabiscuit shines on Pimlico soil while War Admiral struggles there. The piece argues against critics who doubted Seabiscuit after Laurel stakes defeat and highlights past weights and speeds.
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Henry McLemore
NEW York
U.P
Seabiscuit
Pimlico
War Admiral
Pompoon
Brush Up
Old Pimlico
Stephen
Admiral
Jacob
Star Cage Teams to Play in Garden
New York U P reports promoter Ned Irish of Madison Square Garden announced 14 college double headers for the coming season. The slate includes Temple Pitt Minnesota Northwestern Illinois Oregon Southern California Colorado Kentucky Georgetown Notre Dame Marquette DePaul Syracuse Villanova Duquesne Toledo N Y U Fordham L I U and Manhattan.
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NEW York
U.P
Ned Irish
Madison Square Garden
Temple
Pitt
Minnesota
Northwestern
Illinois
Oregon
Southern California
Colorado
Kentucky
Georgetown
Notre Dame
Marquette
DePaul
Syracuse
Villanova
Duquesne
Toledo
Fordham
Manhattan
Gallia Academy Press Club set for state convention
Gallia Academy High School Press Club members plan to attend the annual state convention in Columbus on Friday and Saturday. Members listed include Janet Booth Betty Cottrell Nancy Leaper Ellen Westerman Mary Ann Plymale John Gwinn Harold Fife Wendell Lloyd Mary Tanner Dorothy Lanier Velma Dillon Jack Gills and Wilma Cardwell.
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Gallipolis
Gallia Academy High School Press Club
Columbus
Janet Booth
Betty Cottrell
Nancy Leaper
Ellen Westerman
Mary Ann Plymale
John Gwinn
Harold Fife
Wendell Lloyd
Mary Tanner
Dorothy Lanier
Velma Dillon
Jack Gills
Wilma Cardwell
Record-Setting Racehorse Sold to Howard for Eight Thousand
The horse, once crippled and ailing, improved under Colonel Maxwell Howard. He carried a 133 pound impost and smashed two track records, overcoming earlier defeats as a two and three year old before shining at four. Howard had purchased him for $8,000.
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Gering
Maxwell Howard
United Press
Armstrong Sees Garcia Fight as Toughest Yet
Henry Armstrong trains for a 15 round welter title defense against Ceferino Garcia two weeks away. Manager Eddie Mead says Garcia is the hardest hitter Armstrong has faced and that Armstrong will pressure him constantly to disrupt Garcia’s right bolo punch. Armstrong weighs 141 pounds and hopes to reach 134 by fight night.
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Leslie Avery
New York
Henry Armstrong
Ceferino Garcia
Henry
Eddie Mead
Garcia
Glenn Lee
Armstrong
Hot Springs
Ark
Harlem
Mead
Lou Ambers
Herkimer
N. Y
Mstrong
LSU Star Bussey Quits Over Player Union Bid
University of Louisiana Louisiana State University star Young Bussey, 20, says he will leave LSU after being dropped for insubordination tied to plans to form a players union. He claims the discharge followed his efforts to reorganize the old L club into a union, while coach Bernie Moore cites smoking as the reason. Bussey plans to return to Houston and may depart soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
L. S. U. Lettermen
CIO
Committee For Industrial Organization
Bernie Moore
Bussey
McMillin Returns as Kansas State Faces Old Team
In 1926 Bo McMillin coached Kansas State and employed trick formations to upset bigger programs. Now his son or former era team meets McMillin’s influenced program at Indiana Bloomington as Kansas State sends a veteran squad to test against Marquette, Norman, and conference rivals in a Big Six context.
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Kansas City
Alvin Nugent McMillin
Manhattan
Kans
Kansas State
McMillin
Centre College
Danville
State
Mcc Millin
Indiana
Mc Millin
Bloomington
Ind
Marquette
Norman
Okla
Oklahoma
Sooners
Nebraska
Iowa State
Kansas
Ames
Missouri
Washington University
St. Louis
Grover Wins President's Cup and Directors' Trophy
B. T. Grover captured the President's Cup by beating George Rutkoskie 5 and 3 and earned the Directors' Trophy by defeating W. H. Anderson 9 and 7 at Athens Country Club. England cites over a million married people living apart in separation.
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England
Gallipolis High School Names Class Officials for 1938
Gallipolis High announces the election results naming class officers for each grade level and activity area. Senior Room 205 Robert Wagner leads as president with Norman Sheets and Lois Sheline in top posts, followed by other rooms and the Music Building slate with Mary Margaret White as president.
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Gallipolis
Gallipolis High School
Robert Wagner
Norman Sheets
Lois Sheline
Janet Booth
Melvin Gatewood
Mary Cunningham
James Miller
Garland Lanier
Ruth Martin
Fred Baker
Jean Henke
Freda Gilmore
Alice Wheeler
Robert Morgan
Wilma Cardwell
Elizabeth Farley
Mary Bradbury
Wayne Gibson
Elmer Davis
Eloise Clark
Remo Rocchi
Julia Wood
Ann Thornton
Dan Miller
Norine Long
Eugene Pickens
Maurice Kerr
Jerry Jones
Evelyn Harrison
Edward Cottrell
Leo Davis
Tommy Fite
James Gillingham
Helen Irion
Betty Jean Saunders
Maurice McKean
Earl Prose
Wanda Myers
Junior Johnson
Olen Litchfield
James Stover
Mary Margaret White
Eleanor Wetherholt
Jack Wagner
Merchants Plan Christmas Program in Gallipolis
A meeting of merchants and others interested in decorating the business section for Christmas is called for the Chamber of Commerce at headquarters on Thursday at 7 30 p m.
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Gallipolis
Chamber of Commerce
New Municipal Building and Legion Headquarters Dedication
A large crowd gathered at the new Municipal Building and American Legion headquarters in Gallipolis for dedicatory exercises by Lafayette Post. The event featured a high school band concert and a speech by Judge A. J. Stormont, with tea served by the Woman's Auxiliary. Parents of sons who died in World War I sat on the lawn, and officers will be installed tonight followed by a county ex-service men’s party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
American Legion
Lafayette Post
A. J. Stormont
Woman's Auxiliary
Democratic Clubs to Hear Sakers in Gallipolis Hall
Members of the Men’s and Women’s Democratic Clubs meet Friday at 7 30 p m in the Knights of Pythias Hall Second and Locust Streets to hear addresses by Mr and Mrs J Alden Saker of Portsmouth.
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Gallipolis
Knights of Pythias
Second
Locust Streets
J Alden Saker
Portsmouth
Huntington Grange Plans Pie and Cider Meeting Night
Huntington Grange holds a meeting in Vinton Town Hall Friday night with a pumpkin pie and cider refreshment course. Bulaville Grange will bring the traveling corn service and initiatory work for third and fourth degrees will be given, led by Mrs. O. E. Painter.
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Gallipolis
Huntington Grange
Vinton Town Hall
Bulaville Grange
O. E. Painter
Condition Improves in Gallipolis Patient
The condition of Mrs. Harold Mackenzie after an appendectomy shows improvement at Holzer Hospital in Gallipolis.
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Gallipolis
Harold Mackenzie
Holzer Hospital
Neophytes Initiated by Gallipolis Hi-Y Gang
Gallipolis Hi Y Club held a nine person initiation Tuesday with playful tests. Candidates Wendell Ligod John Swain Robert Morgan Thomas Urwin Clyde Valentine Fred Baker Brownie Hatfield Aldo Fontana Harold Smith wore mismatched attire and carried books in market baskets as part of the daylong antics before formal initiation Tuesday night.
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Gallipolis
Wendell Ligod
John Swain
Robert Morgan
Thomas Urwin
Clyde Valentine
Fred Baker
Brownie Hatfield
Aldo Fontana
Harold Smith
Steel Structure to Replace Covered Bridge in Huntington Township
Gallia County commissioners vote to raze the old Gee Bridge on Mt. Tabor Road and replace it with a new 86 foot steel bridge. Estimated cost is 5000 dollars. Work will be done by the county highway department. The Gee bridge is among the few remaining Civil War era covered bridges in Gallia County.
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Gallipolis
Mt. Tabor Road
Huntington Township
Gallia County
Large Open House At Gallipolis Schools Draws Big Attendance
Gallipolis held an open house for all city schools Monday night drawing a large crowd. The event concluded with a concert by the high school band in Washington auditorium.
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Gallipolis
Washington Auditorium
Gallia Farmers Attend Corn Field Day in Madison County
Gallia County farmers plan to attend Corn Field Day and Corn Husking Contests in Madison County eight miles north of London on Oct. 27-28. County Agent E. G. Royer says Gallia has never entered a contestant and efforts are under way to urge locals to compete for the offered prizes.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Madison County
London
E. G. Royer
Plant 300 Tulips in Beautification Program
Gallipolis Garden Club leads 300 tulips along City Park riverfront with iris nearby. Club members expect a vivid spring bloom and ongoing beautification effort downtown.
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Gallipolis
City Park
Gallipolis High Plans Basketball Schedule Release
Gallipolis will host and visit multiple opponents this season with dates from December to February. Games include South Columbus December 2 at Gallipolis and December 3 at Burnham, Athens December 9 at home, and concluding February 20 with a Pomeroy matchup.
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Gallipolis
C. C. Byers
South Columbus
Burnham
Athens
Middleport
Jackson
Pt. Pleasant
Logan
Nelsonville
Wellston
Pomeroy
Ironton
Release Appointments for Roll Call Chairmen Named
Mrs. C. W. Booth releases additional appointments for Red Cross roll call chairmen. Named are Miss Mary Swick Morgan Luther Shelton Greenfield Mrs. L. H. Nelson Addison Mrs. Briggs Kirby Cheshire. Annual roll call runs from Armistice Day November 11 to Thanksgiving Day November 24.
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Gallipolis
C. W. Booth
Red Cross
Mary Swick
Morgan
Luther Shelton
Greenfield
L. H. Nelson
Addison
Briggs Kirby
Cheshire
Absent Voter Ballot Applications Slower Under New Rule
Mrs Helen Russell county election board clerk says applications for absent voters ballots are moving slowly due to a new written requirement by Secretary of State William J Kennedy.
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Gallipolis
William J. Kennedy
Helen Russell
County Election Board
Will Watch Expert Gallipolis Typist Demonstration
Students in Gallipolis will witness a speed typing demonstration Thursday morning by Cortez Petters a former world champion typist at local schools The event showcases rapid keystrokes and expert technique in a live display.
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Gallipolis
Cortez Petters
Arraign Pair Charged With Grudge Killing
In Newark municipal court Walter Hendrick 17 pleaded guilty to first degree murder in the grudge killing of Finley Fry 42 buried at Salem Cemetery Gage Gallia County. Alvertus Hendrick 19 not guilty. Walter’s plea not accepted. will face juvenile court, brother in higher court. Neighbors say the pair shot at a mark Friday and Walter admitted firing the fatal shot.
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Gallipolis
Newark
Finley Fry
Salem
Gage
Gallia County
Walter Hendricks
Fry
Alvertus
Walter Hendrick
J. C. Hendricks
Columbus
Johnstown
Ohio
Gallipolis High School Sets Record Enrollment
Gallipolis High School reports 533 students enrolled daily, up 33 from last year two months after opening. Senior and junior each have 111 pupils, sophomores 117, freshmen 188, with 60 students housed in the music building to handle overflow.
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Gallipolis
Gallipolis High School
Honored List for Holzer Hospital Acknowledged
Holzer Hospital in Gallipolis is placed on the uplift list by the American College of Surgeons as announced by Dr. George Crile of Cleveland, a board chairman. The honor has long been enjoyed by the local institution.
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Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital
American Collee of Surgeons
George Crile
Cleveland
Teachers Meet Gallipolis Faculty Meeting
High School faculty gathered Wednesday afternoon for a meeting addressed by Harold Brown. Tea was served by the home economics department with hosts Frederick Stone and Miss Ruth Milles.
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Gallipolis
Harold Brown
Frederick Stone
Ruth Milles
Opera presentation by Gallia Academy choir and band
Gallia Academy High School will present the opera Chimes of Normandy early in December directed by Miss Elizabeth Shough. The accompanying instrumental music will be provided by the high school band under A Jord Bayless. A public concert by the band is planned for January.
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Gallipolis
Gallia Academy High School
Elizabeth Shough
Normandy
A. Jord Bayless
Gallipolis Band to Join Nelsonville Athens Trip
Gallipolis high school band will travel with the football team to Nelsonville Friday and then to Athens Saturday for the Ohio M Wayne game. Fifteen bands will form at the Armory in Athens and perform a five minute drill before the game. Meanwhile Mrs Hannah Hughes 86 of Gage Gallia County died in Kentucky at the home of her daughter Mrs Ermel Shermer in South Gate.
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Gallipolis
Nelsonville
Athens
Armory
Kentucky
Hannah Hughes
Gage
Gallia County
Ermel Shermer
South Gate
John W. Gills
Richard Morgan
John Morgan
Cincinnati
David Morgan
Jackson
Parole Board Orders Release of Verne Miller
State Parole Board has ordered the release of Verne Miller a Morgan Township resident sent to the penitentiary for wounding his uncle and a neighbor by shooting Miller may face prosecution in Michigan for auto theft and related offenses
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Gallipolis
Verne Miller
Morgan Township
Miller
Michigan
Licenses Issued to Four Local Couples in Nitro and Middleport
Marriage licenses issued to Howard Arthur King 21 and Myrtle Critchfield 21 of Nitro West Virginia and David Cochran 21 and Mary Lanier 21 of Middleport.
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Gallipolis
Howard Arthur King
Myrtle Critchfield
Nitro
W. Va
David Cochran
Mary Lanier
Middleport
Braley Released After Car Truck Collision
John Braley a 23 year old Vinton resident was injured in a car truck crash Saturday night and released from Holzer Hospital on Tuesday.
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Hospital Gallipolis
John Braley
Vinton
Holzer Hospital
Conduct Last Rites For Gallipolis Man
Gallipolis Alexandria Church hosted funeral services for Charles H. McCormick with Rev. C W Frye and Rev. Thomas Taylor presiding. Interment followed at Mound Hill Cemetery. Gallipolis Council, Jr. O U A M members performed graveside rituals. McCormick is survived by his wife Gwennie Jones and brothers and sisters E G Waddell Frank McCormick Mrs Roscoe Fox Bert McCormick Clyde McCormick.
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Gallipolis
Alexandria
Charles H. McCormick
C. W. Frye
Thomas Taylor
Mound Hill Cemetery
Roscoe Fox
Gallia County
Bert McCormick
Athens
Clyde McCormick
Somerset
Baptist Church Dedicatory Program Set for December 4
Reverend George Sagen announces a dedicatory program for the new Baptist Church building to be held Sunday December 4, preceded by a week of preparatory services. The pastor says the new building will be completed by then.
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Gallipolis
New Baptist Church
Reve
George Sagen
Sagen
Vinton suit filed over truck possession in Gallipolis
Homer Chamberlin of Vinton sues neighbor James Dodrill for possession of a truck after a disputed trade. He seeks $100 damages for use denial since September 28. The text notes the polar regions as the fifth largest land mass at 4,892,000 square miles.
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Vinton
Gallipolis
Homer Chamberlin
James Dodrill
Dodrill
Chamberlin
Polar Regions
Bids Sought for Sale of Obsolete Lock and Dam Properties
Gallipolis reports bids to be received by November 15 at Huntington West Virginia for obsolete lock and dam properties due to the Eureka supreme dam project. Two Ohio River sites near Ches and Racine and six similar structures on the Kanawha River are included with brick lockmasters homes on two acres each.
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Gallipolis
Hunteington
W. Va
U. S. Engineer Department
Eureka
Ohio River
Ches
Racine
Simi
Great Kanawha River
Ohio ministers' council sessions set in Toledo this week
Rev. George Sagen, president of the Ohio Baptist Ministers' Council, travels to Toledo Thursday for sessions through Sunday. Rev. W. T. Packer of Rio Grande College will address the Ohio Baptist Association and press for financial support for the college during the gathering.
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Gallipolis
George Sagen
Ohio Baptist Ministers’ Council
Toledo
W. T. Packer
Rio Grande College
Ohio Baptist Association
Local teachers plan Schoolmen's Dinner in Athens
Edward N. Wise Ben Eachus C C Byers E E Higgins and Ben Eachus plan to attend the Schoolmen's Dinner Thursday Oct 27 at 6 P M in the First M E Church Athens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Edward N. Wise
Ben Eachus
C.C. Byers
E. E. Higgins
Ben Eacheus
M. E. Church
Athens
Gallipolis Boy Breaks Leg During Oak Hill Scrimmage
Roland Miller 12 son of the Oak Hill school principal sustained a broken right leg in a scrimmage during football practice. He was admitted to Holzer Hospital Wednesday for treatment and recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Oak Hill School
Roland Miller
Holzer Hospital
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