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Newspaper

Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Location

Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 07, 1940

Page

9

Londos Defends World Title In Albuquerque Match

World champion Londos headlines a three fall bout tonight against Joe Maynor at Sportarena Albuquerque in support of the National Hellenic Tuberculosis Sanatorium fund. Maynor, Brooklyn tough, meets Londos in a no time limit feature while Maurice Chappelle faces Garibaldi in the semi finals.

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Brooklyn Dodgers Win Fifth In Row By Beating St Louis

The Brooklyn Dodgers stretched their win streak to five with an 8 to 4 victory over St. Louis. Walker and Mize homered for Brooklyn as Durocher, Camilli, Vosmik and Owen contributed key hits. Hamlin earned the win with Kimball closing, in front of 1,802 fans.

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Third win for Olmose Grove in Red Sox defeat of Browns

June 6 Boston captain Jimmy Foxx hit his 14th homer with two out in the ninth to back Bob Grove’s third 1940 victory for the Red Sox a 3-1 win over the St. Louis Browns. Grove allowed six hits two walks and six strikeouts. Ted Williams drove in his 48th run as Boston gained the decision.

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International League Update From Fragmented Scan

A fragmented OCR item from the International League mentions Redtesier 561 and other text unclear. No clear event or names are readable to define a concrete headline or summary.

World Championship Wrestling at Sportarena June 7

Jim Londos meets Joe in a world championship wrestling match at the Sportarena on Friday night June 7 at 8 30 p m Admission 75 cents or one dollar plus tax. Enemas on sale at Jimmy's Restaurant and Commercial Hotel, C Bidg., Bluenela, West Virginia.

Sportarena Jim Londos Joe Oo Jimmy

Pirates whip Bees to gain NL tie in late race

The Pirates defeated Boston 8 to 7 to pull even with the Bees for the final National League spots. Early in the second frame the Pirates took the lead as Bob Klinger yielded five runs on six straight hits, with Rip Sewell entering to relieve.

Bees Bob Klinger Rip Sewell Pirates

American Association Scores Report

The Columbus team defeated Minneapolis 9 to 8 in a close game. Louisville beat Milwaukee 6 to 3, and Toledo edged Paul 1 to 0.

Columbus Minneapolis Louieville Milwaugh Toledo Paul

Indians Beat Senators 5-4 in Scoring Slugfest

Cleveland defeats Washington 5 to 4 as Putlak delivers a key triple with two out. Boudreau and Mack contribute as Jim Hadden and Harder split pitching duties through 9 innings with 7 and 9 strikeouts respectively. Attendance about 7,400.

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Macks Rally Beats Detroit In Tight 74

A three run rally in the eighth inning broke a tie and propelled Macks to a 74 victory over Detroit in Philadelphia on June 6.

Detroit Philadelphia

Knoxville routs Atante in Southern Association game

In a Southern Association matchup Knoxville defeated Atante 7 to 4 while Birmingham led Little Rock 9 to 4 and Memphis posted a 6 to ? result.

Knoxville Birmingham Little Rock Orleans Memphis

Buddy Baer Knocks Out Galentin Cam polo in Debut Return

New York June 6 Buddy Baer stopped Galentin Campolo in 1 53 of the first round at Square Garden raising Baer in the heavyweight ranks. Baer weighed 246 pounds to Campolo 225 and his victory marks a strong return for Pat Comiskey of Paterson New Jersey in Irish ring wars.

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