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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1940
Page
14
Bord leads the Church League with Latter Day Saints close behind as four top teams arrange a schedule through Judy 1st. Managers must contact Jim Canterbur to reschedule postponed or tied games, with second half play starting in July.
In a rugged game Welch beat Williamson 6 to 5 as Flanington driven by a tenth inning surge. Huntington started with a run and Williamson answered with a late sequence to seal the win. Pitchers Small Young Polock Carman credited with the win while Godlewski and Curman contributed key hits.
A novelty contest between the Carpe Diem boys and girls softball teams is set for today at Virginia Street Field at 8. The Toys team will play in burlap sacks as part of the playful event.
In Charleston, the mixed doubles finals feature Mauler and partner defeating Mrs. Scott Camp with 6-2 2 scores to reach the final rounds. Other finalists include Mrs. Radcliffe Edmands and Bob Brasins who beat Caroline Freel and Tickle Reed of Huntington 6-4 -2, with women’s singles finals and further finals scheduled later. Admission was announced as free for today’s matches.
West Virginia Attorney General Clarence Meadows urged Senator Gillette to provide information the senate campaign investigation committee gathered on the May primary. He said he wants evidence of vote buying to be shared with county prosecuting attorneys. The committee had sent agents into the state before the May 14 primary but has not released detailed findings. England reports 14,060,009 miles of underground telephone cables.
The Canton Terriers beat Charleston 4 to 3 to extend their lead in the Mid-Atlantic circuit to three games. Canton outhit 8 to 5 but stacked three second inning hits for three runs and added two more in the fifth via timely hitting and steals. Grant belted a first-pitch homer, and Avazian drove in two with a single. Two games follow to complete a postponed contest.
Canton edges Charleston 4 3 while Portsmouth leads Akron 4 3 in a compact slate. Youngstown posts a 7 3 mark as Ditytech tallies 3. Tonight Charleston visits Canton Dayton goes to Youngstown Akron hosts Portsmouth.
Mountain State results show Welch 9 over Ashland 4 and Huntington 6 over Williamson 5. Logan 11 and Bluefield 7 are listed with Ashland at Williamson and Welch at Logan and Bluefield at Huntington.
Westvaco leads the South Charleston softball league with five wins and one loss. N. Y. A sits second at 4-1, Baptist third, 57 McClung and Morgan fourth at 2-6, Methodist last at 0-6. This week’s schedule features N. Y. A. vs Baptist, Methodist vs Westvacos, N. Y. A. vs Methodist, and Westvaco vs N. Y. A as the first half ends and the second half opens in July.
Chemical City baseball club defeated New York A of South Charleston 13 to 1 at St Albans. George and Austin led at the plate while Racer earned the mound victory. Chemical City next hosts High coal Sunday with Rouse or Roberts scheduled to pitch.
The Sprig Hill Panthers host N.Y. A. at Spring Hill today at 1 30 PM. A follow up game is sought for 3 PM. The Cleveland Indians won 21 games from September 1, 1939, to season end.
The Cleveland players and manager Vitt clash amid a charged scene in the dugout as fans roar in the stands. Players exchange sharp words about coaching and alleged game-throwing while Witt ignites tensions and the team contemplates morale and performance.
Detroit edged the Yankees 3 2 with Higgins delivering a ninth inning single that broke the game open. DiMaggio and Gordon homered for New York as Barney McCosky tied the score with a late triple, Benton credited with the win and Hindebrand charged with the loss in a game packed with miscues and late drama.
Your Chance captured the $10,008 added Dwyer Stakes at Aqueduct. Snow Ridge led early before Your Chance, ridden by Leon, overtook in the stretch to win by a neck over Gear’s Manager, with a final time of 2 08 4 5. Wayne B. Wright owned the winner, paying $4.10 to win.
The visitors produced two doubles and several singles in a game where St. Louis built a lead in the seventh and eighth. Morbin Cooper was the winning pitcher, with Bill Posedel taking the loss as Boston plated two runs in the ninth.
Parsons defeats Howard Ut Tum 1-8 6-8 6-2 to reach finals in Charleston. Wilkinson exits finals with one title after partnering Parsons to win men s doubles 6-4 6-1. Dorothy Bell and Ann Miller lead women s singles as Miss Tall tops Mars with Mel Cuske and Miss Boll advancing in early rounds.
Neely and Kilgore backed a pledging group forming to support the Democratic ticket in Putnam County. A meeting at Winfield elected former State Senator Wayne Cannon as president. Officers include WA Brown vice chair Neal Dent secretary J E Billups treasurer and others on the magisterial committee. A resolution urged flag cooperation as the organization’s main aim and a copy was sent to County Chairman Dave Ambler.
Crum sank long putts and set up wins as he defeated Barnett while Tulwiler known as Ed or King Tul powered drives and a strong last round to edge Bryan Brown. MooWas youth, Sam Sneads like play stunned amateurs in final rounds as Rawnd bested Shrigny and Huy.
N B A Ranke and Eric Boon lead the challengers list for Sammy An ant. Pete Stalan the featherweight champion faces likely foes Harry Jeffra Jimmy Perrin mon Chavez and Chalky Wright. George Pace of Chin the NBA nominates Tony Olivera Low Sali va Tahiny King and Jimmy Brady as top bantamweight contenders. Enrico Urbanati of Haly is No 1 contender for flyweight, Little Dado of the Philippines holds the title. Jackie Patterson of Zigland and Little Panda of the Philippines sit No 2 and No 3.
After a poor start the unnamed adult trio dominated seasoned rivals in a decisive win. The winner’s double finals are postponed until tomorrow as courts delay all matches three honors.
Youngstown Browns win their second straight over Dayton 7 to 3. Sid Peterson allowed five hits in a strong early showing while eight Browns safeties off Carl Lipp fueled the victory. Dayton homered in the fifth to plate three runs.
A man claiming to be a Jehovah’s Witness, A V Hyder of Oklahoma, was tarred and feathered by about a score of Ro Sur residents on a Wyoming highway. State officers aided Hyder after literature was burned and he was bruised. Earlier in the week a mob punished several others linked to the sect in Rawlins, forcing some to salute the flag in a downtown square.
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