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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1939
Page
13
Tony Lazzeri former Yankees star infielder who moved from Cubs to Dodgers and then Giants was released today. He contributed two errors and a misplayed bunt allowed two runs as Giants fell behind in the game.
Orville Brown meets Olaf Olson in a main event at the Armory next Monday night as part of a four bout card. Mephisto returns to face Gil Knutson, while Indian Carell meets Davey Reynolds in the opening. A four man team match follows before the Brown Olson headline. Ringside seats available at 25 195.
Angell wins 1 up after 19 holes over Robson. Pettry defeats Miller 76 ae to ae. Ohatchfield defeats Herlihy by faults. Bill Ford edges Ted Patrick 1 up after 22 holes. Vineyard defeats Osterholtz 4 and 3. Today’s pairings list multiple matches across Championship and Flights with players named and times noted.
Garden of Eden defeated Arcade Fruit Market 10 to 9 to take first place in the city league Commercial division. Lacy and Isaac pitched for the winners while Summers and Mace pitched for the losers.
Eddie Schumacher’s relief pitching and late hitting lift the Charleston Senators over the Dayton Wings 6 to 5 in the opening game of a three game set. Hall drove in three runs and Schumacher earned the win with five strikeouts.
Standings show Youngstown 23 4 .657 and Akron 22 13 .629 in the Middle Atlantic League with Canton 22 16 .579 and Portmouth 13 22 .371. in the Kanawha Valley League Park Car 8&8 3 0.889 leads Elk Refin. 7 4 .636 and DuPont 8 7 0.727. Bluefield 26 10 .722 and Huntington 18 20 .474 pace the Mountain State League with Welch 20 16 .556 and Logan 16 28 .390. Williamsport 22 19 .537 and Ashland 12 24 .333 trailing.
The Daniel Boone Small Bore Rifle league of four tri state clubs released results from Sundays match in Huntington. Charleston led with 1561 points followed by Ashland 1556 Huntington 1531 and Portsmouth 1524. George Randall of Portsmouth had the high aggregate score with Bernard Simpson of Charleston second. Randall won the 50 yard stage and Wagner of Ashland took the 100 yard stage. Charleston shooters included B Simpson 392 Oscar Hall 391 Jim Crenshaw 390 Jack Hatcher 388 Clarence Pring 386 R McDougall 383 Art Meredith 383 Jake Friend 381 C Rollinson 372.
Milburn in Milburn seeks a baseball game for Sunday. Eulas Sanders Box 81 Milburn requests contact to arrange a matchup.
West Side Cubs beat Sixth Avenue 10 to 6. Crafton's Essos defeated Watts Street 7 to 6. Crago's topped Institute 11 to 7. Three games reported with scores and competing teams.
Gene McDonough's Juniors and Dr. Jack Herlihy's ABCs shared first place in the American Legion Junior Baseball league after second round games. At Kanawha Park the ABCs crushed Frank Polk's Park Your Car Juniors 17 to 4. The Senators beat South Charleston American Legion 5 to 2 at South Charleston and Belle Legionnaires defeated the John Brawley Juniors 10 to 3 at Belle.
Duo Tigers topple Clifftop 13 to 4 as Gadd Tolliver Thompson and A Franco form the winning battery. Clifftop counters with J Herndon and Aldridge. In Richwood Anjean's Clippers beat Richwood 6 to 5 in 10 innings. Next Richwood at Anjean. Liberty seeks schedule options with southern West Virginia teams.
Dunbar Race Track will precede the feature race of 20 laps at 4 o'clock. Eight entries already under the wire are Bill Chittum of Columbus Elbert Booker of Detroit Bob Simpson of Cleveland Bob Garringer of Dayton Chick Smith of Frankfort Ky Harold Bolender of Indianapolis H L McCurdy of Marion C and Tom Caskey of Springfield.
National League results Chicago 7 New York 1 Cincinnati 5 Philadelphia 4 Pittsburgh 2 Boston 0 St Louis 7 Brooklyn 3 American League Philadelphia 5 Detroit 4 New York 5 Chicago 2 Washington 10 13 Cleveland 4 9 Boston Saint Louis rain delayed game noted.
Six games listed with pitchers and records: Cincinnati at Philadelphia Derringer 7-1 vs Mulcahy 3-5. Chicago at New York Lee 5-6 vs Gumbert 5-2. Pittsburgh at Boston Tobin 5-4 vs Fette 6-2. New York at Chicago Donald 5-0 vs Smith 2-4. Philadelphia at Detroit Beckman 1-0 vs Trout 2-3. Washington at Cleveland Kra kauskas 1-7 vs Harder 0-3 plus Boston at St Louis Gatehouse 1-2 and Bagby 3-3 vs Gill 0-5 and Kennedy 2-6.
Players aiming to join Capitol View’s golf squad should report to Admiral Pop Galligan at once. Capitol View will face the Richwood Admirals in a team match at Richwood Sunday.
Greenbrier Military school cadet track team, coached by Capt. D. P. Bartholomew, received the DuPont trophy for a standout season. They finished second in the Gazette relays college division behind Marshall College, and second in the C club meet in Washington, D. C., with a loss only to West Virginia freshmen in regular competition.
A 4 3 upset at Armor Park gives Lowman's Drugs a win over New York A backers in the Kanawha Valley league B Division. Key plays came in the sixth inning as Lowmans clinched the deciding run while Farrel, Baka, and Hollstrom starred with notable hits and runs batted in.
In a span of action, the Bruins beat the Giants 7 to 1 while Reds continued building Cubs pitching. Key plays featured Gleeson homering and Whitehead and G Russell adding two base hits as New York ousted Chicago with strong support from Passeau and Melton. Attendance reached 7,058 with umpires Pinelli and Reardon.
Boston pitchers Dominated with a 2 to 0 win over Pittsburgh as Klein and Brubaker drove in the only runs. Hassett West Suhr and Warstler star the field with sharp defense while Swift and MacFayden lock down the mound in a terse contest.
Dixport lost to Marmet 8 to 4 and defeated Dixport Juniors 1 to 0 in a Sunday double header. Moundman Thompson fanned 17 in the nightcap. Dixport hosts Chelyan next Sunday on the Cinco diamond.
Sullivan faced two batters and was hit by a MacFayden pitch Vaughan. MacFayden took the loss with Ballanfant and Kiem umpires. Campbell credited r. time 1 52 attendance 2795.
Brooklyn falls 3 to 9 to St. Louis in a high scoring game. McGee gains the win as Mungo takes the loss. Phelps hits a homer for Brooklyn while Mize drives in two for St. Louis. Attendance reaches 33,299 with 2 35 time.
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