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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1941
Page
16
The Gazette sponsors the Tenth Annual City-Wide Men’s Golf championships at Brook golf club with a near 150-player field and a $1 entry fee. Former champion John Chenoweth and many top players return as match play begins June 18 and runs to June 22, with prizes funded by entry fees and local donors.
Detroit June 7. Walter Briggs denied reports that Louis Newsom Buck Newsom was fined five thousand dollars for alleged use affecting his coaching duties. Briggs and Tigers officials dismissed the rumor as unfounded while noting Newsom’s past World Series heroics and ongoing role with the club.
In Alabns on June 7 Grover's Texaco of Nitro led the Kanawha Valley Softball League as standings and results from the week appeared. The schedule listed Apex vs Dunbar, Monsanto vs K P Wednes, Dunbar Glass, St Albans, and South Charleston Merchants with Grover Texaco atop a fluctuating table.
Greentree stable swept the $5000 added handicap at Delaware Park with its coupled entry of Jam and Red Rock finishing first and third in the race. Indywn stable's Masked Gen Stal, a seven year old gelding, also figured among the top finishers.
A moving picture titled Lets Go Wilk will be shown at the Ruffner hotel Tuesday night, hosted by the Transportation Solution of the Chamber committee. Negotiations for the film have been ongoing for four months, and organizers expect it to entertain a broad audience. The Fisher Betsy Works of Detroit produced the movie, with a Tuesday morning announcement from the committee.
Golfers wishing to compete in the Tenth Annual City-Wide Men’s Golf Championships must mail entry forms by June 14 to Jack D. Krueger, Meadow Brook Golf Club, Charleston. Entry fee of 1 must be paid before qualifying.
The 1941 Charleston individual checker crown round robin opens Tuesday at 8 pm. Idle Hour Cigar store, 144 Summers Street, hosts four games per contestant under Standard Draught laws. Contact Paul Staats at 20-568 for details. lineup includes Walker, Vandale, Ingram, Gale, Palmer, Mikkiff, Staats, Crede, Greiser, Parsons, Kinison, Ezeil, Hiner, and Dutt.
Tip Kincaid limited the Red Caps to three hits as Ducos exploded for 12 runs at Kanawha Park. Hance struck out ten for Red Caps. 15 hits supported Ducos, with Red Caps errors widening the gap. Kearns led the offense with three hits, and Ducos faces Harrisville next at 2:30 p.m.
The Fourth Annual Free Golf School sponsored by The Gazette begins tomorrow night at 8 at the Charleston Golf Driving Range near Kanawha Park. John Price Jarvis, 1933 West Virginia Open champion, tutors with special lighting. Men’s classes Mon Wed Fri. women Tue Thu Sat. Only one golf club per participant required. balls not needed. Open to men and women, with contact at 29-186 for applications.
Charleston pro Pop Galltieeog, born in Formby England, built a long career across clubs in Scotland Canada and the United States. He arrived in Charleston in 1930 to complete Meadow Brook, later led Capitol View and now presides over a Presidents Cup at Southmoor with partners and many notable local players. The event schedule runs through June with first round by June 14.
J Donald Budge and Frederick Perry advanced to the top bracket of the round robin tennis event at Forest Hills. Budge defeated William Tilden 7-5 6-2 6-0 while Perry beat Dick Skeen 6-1 3-6 5-0 8-3. Gledhill and Stoefen beat Tilden and Richards 2-6 10-8 15-13, with Budge and Perry beating Barnes and Bell 6-2 7-5. The final round, for British war relief, will pair Budge and Perry undefeated together.
Counselor Toby Chandler of Woodrow Wilson Junior High will serve as a counselor at Camp Carolina in Brevard North Carolina this summer. He departs June 24 and returns August 12 to again serve on the ticket committee for the North South football game at Laidley Field on August 22.
Whirlaway, Warren Wright's redcoated star, became the fifth horse to win the Turf Triple Crown by capturing the Belmont Stakes at Elmont Park. He led from the half mile, finished two and a half lengths ahead of Robert Morris, and completed the 1 3/8 miles in 2:31 earning $39,000. Robert Morris paid $2.40 to place. Whirlaway paid $2.50 to win. A new betting record was set at Belmont with $22,311,349 total and a daily handle of $929,639.
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