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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1939
Page
3
The Reds split a doubleheader with the Dodgers 3-1 in ten innings and 3-3 in eleven frames while the Yankees sweep the Browns in two games 8-5 and 6-1. Sweet-swinging rallies and late heroics drive the day as pennant contenders gain ground.
Casey baseball team routed Fontanelle Sunday afternoon 22 to 2. Dwayne Tracy struck out 16 opponents in six innings for the local club.
Baseball notables gathered in Cooperstown New York to mark the games centennial with a noon dedication of the Hall of Fame and Baseball Museum. Players from the American and National Leagues, including Ty Cobb Eddie Collins Babe Ruth and Connie Mack attended events at Doubleday Field.
Oakland suffered a 5-1 defeat as Emer son pitched 13 hits allowed and K McMaster limited the losers to four. Anderson struck out nine while McMaster fanned two in the game played Sunday in Oakland, Iowa.
Byron Nelson, the Texan out of Reading Pennsylvania, defeated Craig Wood in a grueling 18 hole playoff to win the National Open golf championship under a hot sun. Nelson finished at 70 while Wood posted 73, after a playoff that followed a deadlock with Denny Shute at 284.
Tied for first place with the Methodists the Catholic church kittenball team resumes play in the YMCA church league at Sunyside park tomorrow night. The Catholics face the third place Danish Lutheran club at 7 30 p.m. in the opener, followed by Christian and Congregational teams in the second game.
British distance star Sydney Wooderson arrives in the United States to chase the elusive four minute mile. He faces Glenn Cunningham Archie San Romani Chuck Fenske and Blaine Rideout in a Princeton mile meet that could yield a new record if conditions stay favorable.
Overland Park Kansas Dr James Naismith the inventor of basketball and KU physical education professor wed Florence Kincaid 56 a fraternity housemother in a weekend ceremony Naismith 77 and his wife plan to reside in Kansas.
The Audubon Cardinals defeated Harlan 4 to 3 in the inaugural game at Harlan's new lighted park, leaving Atlantic’s Cardinals undefeated and leading the Tri-County kittenball standings. The Cardinals and Atlantic All-Stars are slated to face the California Negro Ghosts in a clown contest tomorrow night.
Des Moines reports Emory Collins of Le Mars and Gus Schrader of Cedar Rapids set two new world dirt track automobie speed records at the Iowa Fair Grounds. Collins ran 7% mile in 65.054 seconds and Schrader posted a one mile time of 52.94 seconds, surpassing the existing records before 10,000 spectators.
Baseball figures from New York to Boston show standings with teams like New York Cleveland Chicago Detroit Philadelphia Washington St Louis and Cincinnati. Sunday results include New York 8 5 St Louis 5 1 Cleveland 4 3 Philadelphia 3 2 Chicago 7 8 Boston 5 4 and Detroit 6 Washington 3. Open dates and open dates for leagues noted with several matchups and records.
Marne Rambers overcome Walnut Redbirds 16 to 6 at Walnut. Darrell Newlin pitched crafty for Marne while Morten Saltmarsh hit two home runs. Batteries: Maine D Newlin and D Briggs for Marne, Walnut G Rosman pitched.
Council Bluffs Iowa hosts a luncheon at Broadway Methodist church on Tuesday noon to honor Iowa football coaches. Nearly two hundred reservations have been made for the event.
The notice lists Doctor of Osteopathy W B Melenbacker with office in the Iowa Theater Block Atlantic Iowa and a phone number 285 W. It also mentions Harriets Building location.
The University of Iowa will host honored guests sponsored by the Council Bluffs Kiwanis Club and the Iowa Alumni Association. Invited groups include Rotary Lions Elks Real Estate Board and Chambers of Commerce branches. Speakers include Dr Eddie Anderson, coach Frank Caridee, Jim Harris, Glenn Devine, Prof E G Schroeder and H W Johnson.
List of leading home run hitters across leagues with names including Camilli McCormick Kampouris McCormick Hartnett Brubaker Arnovich Gordon Johnson Tabor Sullivan Hoag Travis Kubel Heath Greenberg Foxx and Lombardi highlighted as leaders with totals reaching 11 or 15.
With almost a third of the season elapsed the New York Yankees and Cincinnati Reds emerge as league leaders. Sydney Wooderson the British star arrives aiming for a four minute mile.
National Open Golf enters a second 18-hole playoff with Byron Nelson and Craig Wood as the remaining contenders. Baseball’s stars gather in Cooperstown, New York, to celebrate the centennial of the founding of the game.
Lincoln hosts the National A. A. U. meet with former Olympic team member Don Lash leading six Hoosiers. Lash holds the national 10,000 meter record and competes alongside Tommy Deckard the 3000 meter steeplechase winner Roy Cochran and Kane in the 800 meters at the July 8 event.
Bridgewater defeated Cumberland 6 to 2 after two runs in the first inning and four in the fourth. The June 12 game at Bridgewater, Alabama, featured Bridgewater’s early surge and Cumberland’s late scoring.
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