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Newspaper

Atlantic News Telegraph

Location

Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 20, 1940

Page

3

Church League Bans Metal Spikes For Safety

At a meeting last night church league officials voted to outlaw metal spikes on the diamond starting next week. Spikes risk injury and tear up base markers and two games are set for Sunnyside tonight with Presbyterians facing Pebenges and Danes meeting Zion's Ten in a Lutheran clash. Save a life. Always dim your lights when approaching another car to prevent accidents.

Sunnyside Presbyterians Pebenges Zion's

Yankees Take Detroit Threat Seriously In Pennant Race

The Yankees acknowledge Detroit’s pennant threat as Tigers pitchers Newsom Rowe and the rest dominate recent games. Detroit sits within half a game of the league leaders as Red Sox and Indians also push. Louis Godoy boxing clash headlines boxing notes with Jacobs predicting a large gate at Yankee Stadium.

Pat Robinson U.S New York Detroit Tigers New York Yankees Newsom Bridges Rowe Gorsia Newhouser Benton Tiger Greenberg McCosky Et al Yanks Red Sox Indians Buck Newsom Athletics Schoolboy Rowe Thornton Lee White Sox Browns Senators Johnny Allen Bowman Pirates Bees Brooklyn Dodgers Cardinals

Louis Faces Godoy In Heavyweight Title Defense

Joe Louis weighs 199 pounds for his June 20 Yankee Stadium rematch with Arturo Godoy after two years since the Schmeling knockout. The heavyweight champion seeks a knockout or a 15 round decision in the title defense against the Chilean challenger amid high expectations.

New York Max Schmeling Joe Louis Arturo Godoy Yankee Stadium Lawton Carver Louis

Baseball standings and results from Wednesday's games

American League reports Detroit sweeps Philadelphia 5 4 and 9 4 while Cleveland tops Washington 4 1 Chicago defeats New York 1 0 and St Louis beats Boston 6 4. National League shows Cincinnati 85 18 and Brooklyn 33 17 tied for lead with New York 31 18. Pittsburgh 5 Boston 1 and Brooklyn 8 St Louis 3 result in two NL games.

L. Pet. G.B Boston Detroit Cleveland New York St. Louis Chicago Philadelphia Washington National League Cincinnati Brooklyn Pittsburgh

Heroes and the Goats Shine in Big League Showdowns

Buck Newsom and Schoolboy Rowe extended win runs as Tiger pitchers defeated the Athletics. Thornton Lee toppled the Yankees for the White Sox while Herb Hach, Nelson Potter and others battled in late dramatics, with a tying homer in the ninth and a blow in the tenth defining the day.

Buck Newsom Schoolboy Rowe Tiger Athletics Buck Rowe Thornton Lee White Sox Hateout Yanks Herb Hach Red Sox Browns Nelson Potter Tigers

Home Run Leaders Highlight 1940s Baseball Standouts

In a compact lead, Chapman of the Athletics and Trosky of the Indians top the home run charts while Judnich and the Browns excel among league rivals. Mize guides the Tigers, Foxx powers the Red Sox, and the Cardinals trail with 18, 16 homers in a season snapshot.

International News Service Chapman Athletics Trosky Judnich Browns National Mize American Foxx Red Sox

News-Telegraph Defeats Register and Tribune in Softball

News-Telegraph beat Register and Tribune 24 to 4 on Wednesday at Sunny Side diamond. Nielsen and Pagel pitched for News-Telegraph. Cummins, Kelly, and Clithero for the losers with Epperly catching. Nielsen hit a triple, while Bobby Carey made two sensational catches.

News-Telegraph Register Tribune Sunnyside Nielsen Pagel Cummins Kelly Clithero Epperly Bobby Carey

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