Briez Chats About Sports
Eddie Brietz reports on a busy New York sports scene including Nick Wall riding F in the derby amid mounting chatter about Don Meade. Maxie Rosenbloom supposedly plans a quick elopement. a few coaching changes and Masters talk with Bobby Jones’s Pinehurst round. Lefty Gomez improving and preparing return. Henry Armstrong and Eddie Mead settle minor finances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie Brietz
New York
Nick Wall
Don Meade
Maxie Rosenbloom
New York Ga
Bobby Jones
Pinehart
Lefty Gomez
Lefty
Yanks
New York A. C
Henry Armstrong
Eddie Mead
Frank Gray recalls letters from Reds to Dodgers linked star
The note mentions Scout Bob Wallace receiving a letter from Ben Tincup, former Reds farm manager, now tied to the Dodgers, implying no further explanation. A badminton final at Elmira caused knee and ankle injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Grayson
The
Cincinnati Times-Star
Bob Wallace
Ben Tincup
Reds
Ben
Dodgers
Americans Win Prizes in Irish Hospital Sweepstakes
Dublin reports Americans drew 375 of 700 consolation prizes and 26 of 50 residual prizes worth 4210 each in the second day of the Irish hospitals sweepstakes at Aintree. Yesterday US ticket holders earned chances to win up to 150000 as horses were drawn. Total ticket sales reached 12 141 735 with 6 710 500 directed to hospital trust after deductions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
Aintree
United States
Delano Park Boys Win Big Against Hartselle
The Delano Park softball team with youths defeated Hartselle 19 to 9 yesterday afternoon on the Hartselle school grounds. Lineup listed with players in various infield and outfield positions and pitchers Stricklin and Hammond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delano Park
Hartselle
Decatur—Free
Smith
Jones
Lee
Newlin
Sellers
Woodall
Street
Burleson
Stricklin P
Hammond
Walters
Stephenson P
Wiggins Hendrix
Lawrence Is
Glassce
Summers
Wiggins
Spring Training News From The Camp Trails
Camp briefs from AP report on Yankee pitching Ruffing solid in exhibition games. Bees struggle as Gehrig error aids Boston. Medwick hold-out worries Cardinals. Simmons locks job with Boston Bees. Stengel praises Demaree after three-for-three trade with Giants. De Weese slugger earns Phillies left field spot facing Browns. outfield options eyed with Martin Arnovich Scott in reserve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Sebring
Fla
New York Yankees
Charley Ruffing
Ru-fus
Lan
Gehrig
Boston Bees
Austin, Tex
Norman de Weese
Montgomery
Ala
Phillies
St. Louis Browns
Phils
Herschel Martin
Morris Arnovich
LeGrant Scott
Dentist Calls Next Prompted Missing Boy Declared Safe
In Salt Lake City on March 21 a dentist called next and 8-year-old Roy Daniels vanished from his mother who then alerted police. Roy was found five hours later. The mother said they would try again tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Roy Daniels
Roy
Exhibition Results From Florida and California Stadiums
Results recap from Bradenton St Petersburgh and other sites. Boston faced Cincinnati St Louis matched Detroit Chicago and Philadelphia played St Louis. Yesterday Chicago defeated Los Angeles 9 4 in Los Angeles and Chicago beat Pittsburgh 11 4 in San Bernardino. Boston edged New York in St Petersburg 6 5 in 10 innings. St Louis topped Brooklyn 7 5 in Clearwater. Boston beat Louisville 10 7 in Sarasota. Philadelphia and Fort Worth combined for 2 at Lake Charles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Bradenton
Fla
Boston
Cincinnati
St. Petersburgh
St. Louis
Detroit
Austin
Texco
Philadelphia
Los Angeles
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Sarasota
Kansas City
Sebring
New York
Newark
New Orleans
Cleveland
San Bernardino
Cal
St. Petersburg
Clearwater
Brooklyn
Louisville
Lake Charles
Fort Worth
Sixteen Players Set for Augusta Women's Invitational Round
In Augusta Georgia sixteen players advance to today's championship round of the Augusta Women's Invitational Golf Tournament. Dorothy Kirby of Atlanta led qualifying with 74, while defending champion Helen Dettweiler of Washington posted 81 and Opal Hill of Kansas City shot 77 for runner up. Jane Cothran from Greenville DC shot 82.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Dorothy Kirby
Atlanta
Helen Dettweiler
Washington
Husky Atlanta
Opal
Hill
Kansas City
Jane Cothran
Greenville, D. C
Indians Need Plenty Luck For 1939 Season
Gayle Talbot argues the Cleveland Indians face a tough 1939 season. He notes weakened pitching with Allen likely out until May, Mel Harder at risk, and Bob Feller poised to shine but needing support from others. Shortstop Lyn Lary signs, Skeeter Webb replaces him, Earl Averill’s trade rumors circulate, and outfield depth expands with Heath Chapman Campbell Solters Weatherly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gayle Talbot
Indians
Florida
New York
Boston
Detroit
Oscar Vitt
Mel Harder
Johnny Allen
Bob Feller
Allen
Cincinnati
Harder
Bobby Feller
Johnsons
Alexanders
Mathewsons
Lyn Lary
Jimmy “Skeeter” Webb
Meridian
Miss
Webb
St. Louis Cardinals
Judge Landis
Earl Averill
St. Louis Browns
Don Heffner
Heffner
Odell Hale
Jeff Heath
Ben Chapman
Bruce Campbell
Julius Solters
Roy Weatherly
Averill
Official killed in Shanghai hotel shooting
March 21 reports that Wong Shih-Zung an official of the Japanese sponsored shipping control bureau was shot and killed in his hotel room in the International Settlement. The incident ends a month of inactivity by terrorists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Wong Shih- Zung
Shipping Control Bureau
International Settlement
Golf Pros Travel Costs and Wagers Highlight Touring Life
Kenneth Gregory reports on how touring golf pros often spend as they travel the circuit with little prize money. Vic Gherzi says his winter tour costs reached 650 dollars while Leonard Dodson gaps-fund his trips through side bets, including a Florida leg win of about 1,000 dollars. Gene Sarazen criticizes the tournament-heavy schedule and suggests fewer events with larger purses to spread cash more widely. The North South Open in Pinehurst wraps with 18 holes today and another 36 over the next two days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Gregory Pinehurst
N. C
United States
Big Vic Gherzi
Deal, N. J
Vic
Texas
Leonard Dodson
Springfield
Dizzy Dean
The
Fairways
Gene Sarazen
Brookfield Center Conn
Japanese Sleeping Hold Expert to Headlines
Prof Tastoo Higami of Japan will face Texas fighter Joe Wheeler in the main event of Promoter Chris Jordan's second weekly mat program of the season on Tuesday night. In the semi final World junior heavyweight champion Pete Tripodes faces Bill Hall of Toledo in a two falls from three contest with two hour time limit. Higami is regarded as one of Japan's greatest living athletes and a symbol of national athletic excellence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tastoo Higami
Joe Wheeler
Texas
Chris Jordan
Pete Tripodes
Bill Hall
Toledo
Japan
Babe Ruth
Jack Dempsey
Bobby Jones
Man Reports Robbery in Half-Pant Fashion
In Los Angeles on March 21 James Roy Roggads claimed he was robbed. He arrived with only one leg remaining on his trousers, saying the thief took the other half along with his wallet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
James Roy Roggads
Daily Crossword Puzzle Across and Down Clues
crossword puzzle from 1939 features a long list of across clues with numbers and partial phrases. The jumble includes many broken words and foreign-looking fragments but repeatedly references across clues such as 29 1 26 30 etc. The page presents a typified syndicated puzzle layout with editorial marks and garbled OCR indicative of scanning errors.
Berg and Page Duel in Southern Pines Golf Tilt
Patty Berg, defending national champion, and Mrs Estehe-Lawson Page of Chapel Hill, champion in 1937, lead the mid-south women's 54 hole medal play at Southern Pines Country Club. Berg shot 37 38 75 eight under par to hold first round. Page 41 36 77 two strokes back. Alliance Hoover and Mrs Thomas Rudel were also among top finishers after round one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Pines
N.C
Patty Berg
EsteHe — Lawson ~ Page
Chapel Hill
N. C
Miss Berg
Southern Pines Country Club
Page
North Carolina
Allience Hoover
Thomasville
Thomas Rudel
New York
Cloaking Husbands Ruled Illegal by Alabama Judge
In Birmingham, Judge H. R. Abernethy set a $10,000 peace bond for Violen Sheaford after she was charged with cloaking a negro husband whose wife filed the complaint. The judge warned that cloaking is a serious offense and must stop, and Sheaford was released on her promise not to cloak again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
H. R. Abernethy
Violen Sheaford
Three Drown Near Rosedale in Mississippi River Incident
C. M. Carroll aged 45 his daughter Lucille 25 and Doc Walker 25 all farmers from Merigold Mississippi drowned when their automobile plunged into the Mississippi River at Terene Landing two miles north of Rosedale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosedale
Miss
C. M. Carroll
Lucille Carroll
Doc Walker
Merigold
Mississippi River
Terene Landing
Here
Scout Activities at Westside Presbyterian Church Meeting
Boy Scout troop 47 held its regular meeting on Monday night March 20 at Westside Presbyterian church. The patrols reported, tests were passed, and Bob White patrol won a bandage relay. Outdoor games followed with Wolf patrol taking two of three events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westside Presbyterian Church
Bob White
Wolf Patrol
Petition seeks vote on form of city government in Sheffield
A petition signed by 201 qualified voters requests an election to decide abandoning the commission form of government. Substitution to a council manager system is sought. The Sheffield board of trade sponsored the movement and the petition was submitted to Probate Judge C. E. Carmichael of Colbert county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheffield
Ala
C. E. Carmichael
Colbert County
Sheffield Board of Trade
Fatal Motor Crash North of Wetumpka Claims Two
Two men died and their chauffeur was critically injured in an auto crash ten miles north of Wetumpka Alabama. Victims were Amos Langley 24 of Montgomery and Grady Morgan his brother in law of near Wetumpka.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wetumpka
Ala
Here
Amos Langley
Montgomery
Grady Morgan
Near
Want Ads Offer Quick Trade and Sale Notices
If you buy sell or swap use the Want Ads. It’s to your ad vantage for fast results and wide exposure.
Bowser Named Pitt Head Coach After Sutherland Era
Bowser, long connected with Pitt football and formerly coach at Bowdoin, was named head coach by the Pitt board of trustees in a closed session. He signed a three year contract for about 7500 dollars annually as the university shifts leadership after Glenn Warner and Jock Sutherland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh
Glenn
Warner
John Bain
Jock
Pitt
Grove City
Sutherland
Bowdoin
Bowser
Congress schedule today features multiple committee hearings
Senate moves toward a vote on a government reorganization bill at 12 noon EST. Labor weighs Wagner act hearings at 10 30 a m. Special silver panel questions Fed chair on silver purchase act. Agriculture panel reviews new farm legislation at 10 30 a m. House advances minor bills while Judiciary panel reviews Perkins impeachment report at 10 30 a m. Agriculture panel hears Secretary Wallace on farm legislation at 10 a m. Ways and Means probes Social Security changes at 10 a m. Labor panel discusses wage hour amendments with Administrator Andrews at 10 30 a m. Military panel examines strategic war materials bill at 10 30 a m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Labor Committee
Special Silver Committee
Federal Reserve
Agriculture Committee
HOUSE
Judiciary Committee
Perkins
Wallace
Ways and Means
Andrews
Military
Roosevelt nominates Douglas for Supreme Court seat
President Roosevelt names William O. Douglas of the SEC to the Supreme Court. The House approves a 159 million dollar Interior Department appropriation. The Senate adds an economy declaration to the government reorganization bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
William O. Douglas
SEC
Supreme Court
House
Interior Department
Senate
Also Mentioned on This Page
Brietz
Elmira
Sam Snead
Helen Hicks
Sammy Snead
Tony Galento
Fordham
Tulane
Louisiana Satate
Loyd’s Drug Store
Jack Lords
Milwaukee
Whitlow Wyatt
Pruvders
Kung Features Syndicate
Fila
Joe Medwick
Joe
Gayle
al Simmons
Casey Stengel
Casey
Baton Rouge
Bill Terry
New York Giants
Ken O'Dea
Bill Jurges
Frank Demaree
Demaree
Bill
Bailey Motor Company
Johnson
Johnson Motors
Bailey Motor Co
First “Avenue
Decatur
Scott
Portola
LA Rowe Ee
R.J. Scott
Earth
Yerba Buena Island
San Francisco
King Features Syndicate Inc
Daily Cross
Guido
America
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Patty
Mrs Page
Brown's Office Supply Co
Congress
Baker Auto
E. Moulton St
Prince Albert
Charley
Martin
R. J. Reynolds Tob. Co
Winston-Salem, N. G
This
Charley Martin
Pesala
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!