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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1942
Page
10
A Whitney Martie-Cards column notes Dodgers and Cardinals risk army draft for fighting on field. It recalls past brawls and Seattle incidents, praising restraint while warning tempers flare may lead to military-style consequences. The piece mocks misdirected fighting spirit in the major leagues.
Seymour Greenberg of Chicago defeated Harris Everett of Jacksonville Fla to win the National Clay Courts title in a five set match 5 7 1 5 7 9 7 5 The match featured a dramatic late fifth set as Greenberg resisted defaulting with the count 8 all and missed his train for the intercollegiate tourney in New Orleans.
Judson Bailey reports in YORK that Joe Medwick, once a Cardinals star, resurges as the National League’s leading hitter for the Brooklyn Dodgers. He boasts a .950 batting average and a 25 game hitting streak, worth watching as he aims to tie the 1922 NL record and challenge Pett Reiser for the batting title.
Baseball fans will see the Cincinnati Buckeyes and Birmingham Barons in a Negro league game at Kanawha park at 8 15 tonight. Buckeyes star players include Parnell Woods Winky James Billy Horne Archie Ware Joe Brown Emmett Wilson Sam Jethroe and Sonny Harris with top pitchers Ray Robinson Eugene Brenner Willie Jefferson Frett y McKelvin and Smoky Ovens. Barons leader W S Welch manages a strong lineup featuring Lester Sackett Tommy Sampson Paul Hardy Dan Bankhead Alfred Saylor Anober Gibson John Markham Ted Radcliffe Goose Tatum Leroy Morney Black Diamond Pipkin Lefty McKinnies Ducky Davenport Jessie Warren and William Bradford.
Calumet Farms' Whirlaway, ridden by Georgie Woolf, shattered the track record for 1 1/8 miles at Aqueduct. In a close finish Whirly edged Attention by a nose after a late stretch move, paying $2.40 to place and $2.10 to show. Swing and Sway led early, with Attention leading turning for home before Whirly surged fast.
South Bend Indiana Dick Haskell a bespectacled Northwestern University golfer led the field in the first qualifying round of the National Intercollegiate Tournament at the Chain O Lakes course Haskell a 28 year old shoemaker and 1947 Chick Evans scholarship awardee carded 34 35 68 to lead by three strokes over the pack Sixteen other strong competitors from Stanford LSU Southern California Baltimore and Denver trailed as qualifiers eyed a 158 limit for the 64 man field with another round to decide the lineup
Arnold Browning and amateur Jimmy West of Huntington Guyan Golf and Country club win the West Virginia Pro-Am, edging a top field at Edgewood Country Club after a sudden death playoff. Browning teamed with Jack Bobbitt for second, Ray Vaughan and Fred Vaughan were third, and Low Amateur honors went to Fred Vaughn with 47 41 78.
Middle Atlantic Dayton at Charleston and Erie at Springfield were postponed. Springfield at Canton and Tiday's Games may feature CIARLESTON at Zanesville while Erie at Springfield and Canton at Dayton are listed, indicating a shuffled schedule for multiple teams and venues.
National League’s strength across infield and outfield is cited as the edge as the two leagues prepare for the Polo Grounds clash two weeks hence. Observers note the American League may be weakened by players in service, trades, injuries, or slumps while the NL lists Camilli Herman Vaughan Mize Jurges and Foxx as key infield options with Medwick Reiser Slaughter Elliott Litwhiler and OM in the outfield. Mort Cooper Durocher Watson Wyatt and others provide a strong pitching corps to back a catching group led by Owen Phelps Lombardi and Larmanno.
By Bob Brumby in New York reports that professional tennis has matured enough to challenge amateur limits. Pros with star names push an open tournament, while fans enjoy the egalitarian scene at Forest Hills. Wartime restrictions threaten some events but the push for cross over pro amateur play grows, with war relief cited as a potential booster.
Eleanor Dudley of Chicago, a hard-hitting golfer and University of Alabama graduate, posted a par 71 at Elmhurst Country Club to lead the field of 32 in the Women's Western Open match play. Her 7-29-76 was two strokes ahead of Dorothy Kirby of Atlanta and Phyllis Otto of Omaha who tied for runner-up at 78, with Betty Jameson close behind.
St Albans June 2 The Junior Mechanics grabbed first place in the Square softball league by defeating the St Albans Lions and Apex, with standings led by apex and cleanups by Capit Cleaners. Lions and Apex both trail in the tight race.
Pruesser Dick join Senator baseball squad as weather curtailed Ka nawha park series. Senators drop to second place as Erie wins, shrinking their lead to half a game. Savage and Tipton out. Tipton in Rome, Savage still inactive. nine-day home stand starts Friday. Watt Powell signs players amid roster uncertainty.
A flood of testimonials from wives praising Retonga the gastric tonic and Vitamin B-1 for relief of nervous indigestion weakness sleeplessness and loss of weight. Mrs Edd Cook Keystone West Virginia credits relief from heartburn gas muscle pains and loss of appetite after one bottle. Retonga available at Cohen Drug Stores with a Cohen's Drug Store representative at 160 Summers St.
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