Picard Leads Open at Midway in Close Battle
Henry G. Picard, Hershey Pa, by one shot leads Dick Metz Chicago at halfway of the U S Open after rounds of 70 70. Metz 66 for 141 trails Picard by one with clear space over Harold McSpaden and others as contenders tighten before final rounds.
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Denver
Cherry Hills
Henry G. Picard
Hershey
Dick Metz
Chicago
Jimmie Hines
Picard
Metz
Ralph Guldahl
Bardie
Kind Metz
Harold McSpaden
Boston
Emery Zimmerman
Dark Horse
Portland
Ore
McSpaden
Harry Cooper
Hershey Star
Hines
Cooper
All Star selection stirs fans as Landis rules in Cincinnati
A jury led by Judge Kenesaw M Landis decided the All Star format with fan voting largely sidelined. The piece criticizes management for curbing fan input and hints at near 90 000 attendance next year at Yankee Stadium. It also attacks Davis Cup choices and argues for Bobby Riggs as No 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenesaw M. Landis
Cincinnati
Landis
Joe McCarthy
Bill Terry
Cleveland
Yankee Stadium
Will Harridge
Ford Frick
Nazi Press Frames Prague Crisis as German Patience Thinning
The article cites a continued Moscow driven pressure on Praha and a brutal Czech soldiery portrayal. It notes German border concerns and asks how long Czechoslovakia will test German restraint amid wartime tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Praha
Itsche Allgemeine Zeitung
Hitler
Czechoslovakia
Laviers Reappointed as Leader of Big Sandy Coal Group
In Ashland Kentucky on June 10 Harry Laviers of Paintsville was reelected president of the Big Sandy Coal Operators association at its annual meeting. Officers chosen included L C Howe of Appalachian Coal Company in Cincinnati. Insight from Ashland and Cincinnati addresses highlighted the gathering.
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Ashland
Har- Laviers
Paintsville
Big Sandy Coal Operators’ Association
L. C
Coppers Coal Counpary
Em. Ashland
Secret Howe
Appalachicoals
Cincinnati
Mercer Road Work 19 Authorized by State
Charleston June 10 Road Commissioner Burran Simpson authorized construction of 420 miles of primary and secondary highways by commission forces in 31 counties. The plan adds to 4.5 million dollars already let and uses revenue from an extra one cent gasoline tax. Most work to be financed locally with limited primary highway rebuilding. Details on Mercer projects were not released.
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Charleston
W. Va
Burran Simpson
Commission
Simpson
Mingo
Mercer
Raleigh
Motive Sought in Fatal Beating Case
U S District Attorney Hoyt Dav predicts a quick solution as military police and G men cooperate with Major Brooke s case. Lt Col Charles W Thomas Jr Harvard law graduate is named temporary legal advisor and will ask Brooke if he wishes to make a public statement.
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Ren
Brooke
U. S
Hoyt Davis
Charles W. Thomas, Jr
Harvard Law
LaFon Seeks Democratic Nomination for State Senate
Wm M LaFon of Union met Bluefield party leaders in support of his bid for the Democratic nomination to the state senate from the tenth district. He has served as a state legislator, and is backed by W Haythe of Hinton. The tenth district covers Mercer Monroe and Summers counties. Canada is noted for more lakes than inland waters.
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Wm. M
Bill) LaFon
Union
Bluefield
Yeserday
LaFon
W. Haythe
Hintoner
Mercer
Monroe
Open Championship to Be Held At Philadelphia Country Club
The United States Golf Association announced the 1939 open championship will be played at the Spring Mill course of the Philadelphia Country Club on June 8 9 and 10.
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Denver
United States Golf Association
Spring Mill
Philadelphia Country Club
Welch Miners Rally Tops Blue Grays 10 7 at Welch
Welch defeats Blue Grays 10 7 after a late ninth inning rally. Marty Malatin hit a bases loaded homer in the seventh to seal the Welch win and Mestnick's ninth inning pressure helped close it out.
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Blue Grays
Bluefield
Welch Miners
Welch
Marty Malatin
Cainfield
Seibente
Bluefield Brhore
D'Antoni
Aes
Mitchell
Sebyegaieea Sewee
Ratliff
Coveteboenee S
Hutton
Essvascosee
Ganoe
Cafiteaux
Wineeck
Beamater
Persvers
x-Shore Krynsel
Cese
Twaley
Talbott
Mestnick
Mervar
Cash
Massie
Malatin
Jasilunas
Beluscak
Shuster
Bals
Seamater
Krynzel
Asag
Seamaster
Ball
Seameater Cash
Petrick
Hite
Toth
Bengals Beat Bees to Widen Lead in Mountain State League
Beckley Bengals defeated Huntington Bees 9 to 7 at Beckley as Marshall started a fifth inning rally for Huntington but Gardoni Sandlock Zeiger and Ereno held on. Bees led 5-0 after four but the Bengals plated six runs in the fifth and final scoring stretch.
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Bengals Widen
Beckley
W- Va
Beckley Bengals
Huntington Bees
Bees
Marshall
Bengals
Huntington
Gardoni
Sandlock
Zeiger
Ereno
Colts Win One In Williamson Over Logan Indians
Williamson Colts defeated the Logan Indians 9 to 3 in a Mountain State league game. Flannery the Williamson left fielder homered in the sixth with one aboard to drive the victory.
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COLTS
Williamson
W. Va
Williamson Colts
Logan Indians
Flannery
Ethaban
Notre Dame sets Central Classic track meet records
Notre Dame won the 13th Central Collegiate Conference track title with 37 points, six meet records fell, and a national collegiate javelin mark was set in rain soaked finals. Michigan State second with 28, Pittsburgh 27 44, Wisconsin 25 42. Larry Bell of Miami University broke the American collegiate javelin record with 231 feet 7 inches.
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Milwaukee
Notre Dame
Michigan State
Pittsburgh
Wisconsin
Rice
Texas
Marquette
Miami A
Illinois
Prairie View
Iowa
Tuskegee
Purdue
Butler
Western State
Chicago
Howard Payne
Beloit
Yankton
Earlham
Augustana
Lawrence
Bradley
Western
Mich
Larry Bell
Miami University of Oxford
Ohio
Alton Terry
Hardin-Simmons
Southern Association Scores Reported Incomplete
Montreal and Buffalo in a regional note with Atlanta 7 Birmingham 3 and Memphis 9 Nashville 3 Little Rock 4 Knoxville 2. Partial lines show teams and final counts across multiple cities.
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Atlanta
Birmi
Orleans
Jee San
Memphis
Nashville
Little Rock
Knoxville
Columbus Only Games Played In American Association
Indianapolis 9 Louisville 9 and Kansas City 9 were the only games listed as played in the American Association standings with no other results reported.
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Indianapolis
Louisville
Kansas City
Columbus
Yankees Crush Indians 8 2 Behind Gomez Pitching
New York defeats Cleveland 8 to 2 to move into second place two and a half games back. Lefty Gomez wins with a homer allowed and three RBIs by Dickey and Gehrig highlight the offense.
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New York
New
Sain Yankees
Cleveland Indians
Vernon
Lefty
Gomez
Indians AB
Hoa
Campbell
Crometti
Rolfe
DiMaggio
MOOG
Snccessecevscssse
Gordon
Cssseseseeceses
Gomes
P Cecevscsseseseee
Paak Sesvencecseevees
Cleveland
NEW York Ccoes
Keltner
Dickey
Lary
Hale
Crosetti
Gehrig
Hoag
Putiak
Whitehill
Semen
Galehouse
Gobez
Whites
Innin Galehouse
Pite
Waitehitl
Summers
Quinn
Hubbard
Aeeleness
Chicago White Sox rout Boston in 15-2 victory
Chicago battering of four rookie pitchers included four homers and a five hit performance by Monty Stratton as the White Sox crushed Boston 15 to 2. Stratton earned the win with a grand slam motive and homered with the bases loaded in the second inning.
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Boston
Chicago White Sox
Boston Red Sox
Monty Stratton
Stratoni
White Sox
Chicago
Oo Berger
Besesevcesvesseee
Owen
Steifsbacher
Évebesaees
Stratton
Boston Abrh
Cramer
Sesesccesersees
Nonnenkamp
Vosmik
al Chapman
Foxx
Cronin
Higgins
Gaffe
Doerr
DeSautels
Peacock
Bagby
Kreevich
Radcliff
Berger
Sewell
Walker
Hayes
Steinbacher Vosmik
Lefebvre
Havea
Deer
Gah Lefebvre
Wagner
Rogers
Venor
Fix Iit
Balk
Loang Cecher
McGowan
Rommel
Grieve
Double Christman to Greenberg Wright to R Ferrell
Detroit and Washington games feature hits from Chase and Eisenstat with several pitchers to note. Auker and Chase combine for ten strikeouts as Eisenstat earns the win and Appleton takes the loss in a 3 24 time game with 15 000 in attendance.
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Washingon
Detroit Tigers
Washington Senators
Ossie Bluege
Geoe Case
Rudy York
York
Fox
Rogell
Detroit
White
Gehringer
Greenberg
Christman
Auker
Eisenstat
Goslin
If & Simmons
Bonura
Soos
Travis
Seer
Almada
Srcsars
R. Fe Chase
Schith
Wright Goslin
Lewis
Taabe
AY York
Wright A
Chase
Wright
R. Ferrell
Bluege
Washington
Weaver
Appleton
Hitse
Leton
Rue and Geisel
Jawn Allen Details Umpire Shirt Feud As Yankees Tie
John Allen describes his ventilated sweat shirt clash with umpire Bill McGowan after a Boston game. He sold a shirt for cash to prove McGowan’s actions, recalls prior ejections, and notes plans for a novelty shirt gift while recalling Red Sox banter and player reactions.
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New York
John
the Ripper
McGowan
Mt. Airy
N. C
Allen
Jawn
Jimmy Foxx
Chapman
Joe Cronin
Joe
Johnstown and Springfield Dayton Game Result
In a middle Atlantic league note rain interrupted play with Johnstown scoring 7 and Springfield Dayton tied at 0. Eric Canton recorded 3 goals while Charleston remained at 3% with rain affecting the schedule and no further scoring listed.
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Johnstown
Springfield & Dayton
Eric C. Canton
Charleston
Hal Schumacher Sharp in Giants Win Over Cardinals
Hal Schumacher pitched tightly for New York as the Giants defeated St Louis 3 to 1. Danning Kampouris and Medwick paced the offense with key hits while Henshaw took the loss. Attendance was officially recorded.
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Sttate
Prince Hal Schumacher
New York Giants
Our Forest
Schumacher
Dy Ducky
Prince Hal
Giants
New York Danning
Kampouris
St. Louis
Abrh OA Dwe
Cocssusccscess
SB. Martin
Owen
Sseess
Gutteridge
Henehaw
S-Bordagaray Secesseessee
Bhomn
Henshaw
New York
Runa
Danning
Medwick
Stripp
Mize
Sacrifice
McCarthy
Bartell
Leiber
Mulcahy on mound as Phils triumph
Mulcahy starts on the mound as Philadelphia defeats Pittsburgh 3 to 2. Weintraub and Todd contribute key hits, Baueres allows tight pitching, and the Phillies complete a late rally to secure the win before 1,034 fans.
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Mulcahy
Phils
Haskell Indian Leads Field In Altoona Event
Altoona Pa June 10 Former Haskell university track star Joe Chitwood wheeled his Vance special at 97.4 mph to pace 22 qualifiers for tomorrow's 100 mile flag day race at the Altoona Tyrone speedway. Chitwood's 41.43 sec for the mile and an eighth topped Floyd Roberts 1936 track record by over two mph. Other top times included Jimmy Wilburn 41.49 Everette Saylor 41.70 Gus Schrader 41.91 and Richard Spike Webb 42.08. Seventeen more drivers posted 85 mph plus led by Shorty Drexler 44.47 Peter Alberts 43.57 and Butch Gardner 45.85. Top 23 fastest to start at 2:30 p.m. EST.
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Altoona
Joe Chitwood
Haskell University
Vance
Altoona-Tyrone Speedway
Chitwood
Floyd Roberts
Los Angeles
Roberts
Jimmy Wilburn
Everett Saylor
Dayton
Gus Schrader
Des Moines
Iowa
Richard
Spike) Webb
Bell
Calif
Shorty Drexler
Miami
Fila
Peter Alberts
Louis
Butch Gardner
Johnstown
Bob Walker
la Island
Texas
Moody leads U S in Wightman Cup opener at Wimbledon
Mrs Moody returned at 33 after a two year layoff and defeated Peggy Scriven in straight sets to spark the United States near victory. Kay Stammers beat Alice Marble 7 5 6 3 as the U S squad fell behind 2 1. Marble and Fabyan won a doubles 6 4 6 2 over Lamb and James.
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Wimbledon
Eng
Great Britain
Mrs Moody
Peggy Scriven
Kay Stammers
Paw
Alice Marble
Helen
Peggy
Mrs. Moody
U. S
Miss Marble
Sarah Palfrey Fabyan
Boston
Margot Lamb
Preda James
National League Results From Yesterday
Phillies edged Pirates 3 to 2 as New York beat St Louis 3 to 1. Other games delayed by rain with slated matchups Melton versus McGee and MacFayden versus Vandermeer. Walters faced Swift and Mungo opposed Lee in planned Philadelphia Pittsburgh Brooklyn Chicago games.
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Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
New York
St. Louis
Melton vacGee
Boston
Cincinnati
MacFayden Va. Vandermeer
Walters
Swift
Brooklyn
Chicago
Mungo
Lee
Detroit
Washington
Cleveland
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Henry Picard
Sam Snead
Sammy Snead
White Sulphur Springs
Olin Dutra
Tommy Armour
Byron Nelson
Read
Denny Shute
Mortie Dutra
Leonard Dodson
Springfield
Toney Penna Dayton
Leonard Ott
Nest
Sam Byrd
Bobby Cruickshank
Richmond
Paul Bunyan
White Plains
Monard F. Crocker
Reading
Chan
Lacey
Ray Mangrum
Pat Sawyer
Birmingham
Richard D. Chapman
Greenwich
Conn
Kasmir O. Zabowski
Winnipeg
Cana
West Newton
Mass
Victor Gheazzi
Deal
N. J
Wille Goggin
San’ Bruno
Cali
Joe Kirkwood
BK. J. Benning
Lawson Littl
San Francisco
Ray Schwartz
Sam Parks, Jr
Bob Servis
Olin du
Sarazen
Brookfield
Ea Hines
Great Neck
Noeilie Burke
Sidney B. Wood
Walter Pate
Wood
Wimbleton
Don Budge
Bobby Riggs
Harry Laviers
Big Sandy Elkhorn Head
China
Road Commission
Canada
Altadena
Tedworth
Dudley
Jimmy Thompson
Shawnee-on-Delaware
Dick Meta
Ton Manero
Masa
Nel Christian
Yekima
Wash
Miners
Montreal
Reese
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Stee
Southern Association
American Association
NEW York Yanks
Clevelanders
CUBS
Dickey Clouts
Chicago Hammers
Buck Newsom
Browns
Athletics
Moe Tun Homer
Thomas
Seeeeene Seve
Heath
Omnith Newsom
Williams
Newsom
Smith
B Smith
Willams Ames
Moriarty
Mountain State League
Kley Treererererseeeeess
Poy Sane
Williamson Bluefield
Wes’ Ve Welch
Bill Williamson
Hintington
Mid-Atlantic League
Hal Schumacher
Terrymen
Gas House Gang
Se Mulcahy
Phillies
Handley
Ueale
Waner
Pestissse Poorgre Ai
Ker
Todd
Lucas
Jensen
Mueller
Vaughan
Nape
Weintraub
Aughan
Youn
Vane 'Hn Thartin
Martin
Suhr
Mucahy
Scharein
Young
D. Young
Eo Traub
Philadel
Olf
Goets
Mrs. Moody Saves
America
Standing OF the Cree
Mati
Chicago Wee
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AMG
Philadelphia Pheusieiats Gocee
Ont
Tietje
Easter
Lyons
Marcum
Lawson
Leonard
Mee
Wee
Averill
Tigers
Galan
Cardinal
Tri-County League
Arista
Princeton
McComas
Maybeury
L. B. Kegley
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