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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1939
Page
6
Redlegs lose outfielder ace after a collision as Cincinnati splits a doubleheader with Chicago. Washington Senators ride an eight game win streak, while Boston tops Philadelphia as Moe Grove wins. Buck McCormick delivers a tenth inning winner for Chicago.
PAR May hold its own in the 10,000 Dapper Dan open golf tournament starting tomorrow as top pros debate what score will win. Ray Mangrum, back from practice at Wildwood, predicts 276 to take the $2,500 first prize, while others like Nelson Picard Bulla Runyan and more doubt that. The course, adjusted to 70 for the tourney, could yield high scores if the greens are tough.
The Welch Miners exploded for a five run sixth inning to erase a 7 5 deficit and seize the Mountain State league lead as Bare drove in a run with a bases loaded triple and Etchinson scored on a single. Beals matched the feat for his team. Meers fanned 18 Logan batters as Huntington beat Ashland 5 2. Day homered for the Colonel. Bluefield visits Ashland tonight while Welch goes to Williamson and Huntington to Logan.
In Rye New York Bob Kamrath of Austin Texas defeated Elwood Cooke in three sets 1-6 7-5 6-4 marking the upset of the tournament. Kamrath surged after a slow start and gained control at the net scoring the decisive wins. Bobby Riggs advanced, nearly dropping to Chester Murphy before rallying 4-6 6-2 10-8 as the event proceeded with favored players advancing.
Lefty Grove and Bill Lee posted wins for the Red Sox and Cubs respectively as eight hits fueled a 9-2 win over the Athletics. Buck McCormick delivered a tenth inning RBI single to lift the Reds 7-5 in night action. Johnny Rigney pitched five evenly loaded innings in a 5-3 White Sox victory over the Tigers. Joe Krakauskas limited the Yankees to three hits for seven innings in a 7-4 Senators win. Roy Hughes delivered a no-run single to defeat the Dodgers 3-2.
Chicago Aug 9 Warren C Giles defend Reds trades saying luck aided them and they built a solid roster aimed at 1940 and 1941. He notes only one slow player Wally Berger and cites DiMaggio and several youngsters as future strength while predicting the Reds will protect their lead in the stretch with only the St. Louis Cardinals likely to challenge if they heat up.
In Poughkeepsie Mello Bottina outpointed Charlie Williams at 176 3 4 pounds. Des Moines saw Johnny Paycheck defeat Maurice Strickland at 192 1 2 pounds. Los Angeles staged Ceferino Garcia stopping Bobby Pacho at 155 3 4 pounds. Garfield featured Lew Feldman beating Lou Fortuna at 133 pounds. Union City paired Billy White defeating Billy Beauhard at 140 pounds.
The article notes Speaker denying naming 15 outfielders superior to Joe Dimaggio, with six names attributed to hearing the remark. It mentions Henry Armstrong’s near finished book The Glory Road and Dodger catcher Al Todd refereeing Yale Princeton and Harvard games this fall. It also discusses Jimmy Foxx pitching in tours of Japan and Lefty Gomez boasting his stuff.
Sol Krieger the middleweight is making a book at Saratoga. A weekly bought a candid close up piece on a southern football star. Red players decline world series reservations but five signed for vaudeville after. Gus Mancuso stood behind Cubs plate prompting trade talk for Hartnett. Syd Crowder stars in Greenville. Umpiring in Coast Plain league salaries noted. Joe Medwick neighbors petition Cards trade to Giants. Bears deny Sid Luckman trade to Dodgers. Bunny Austin praises Budge as greatest.
Hambletonian action unfolds at Good Time Park Goshen with about 40000 fans expected to attend the 40050 purse event. Peter Astra the favorite at 1 to 3 is a direct descendant of the Hambletonian and seeks racing glory under Dr Lowry Muller Guilinger and driver Dr H M Parshall Urbina. Other three year olds linger, but most think they will stay in stalls to save owners the $500 entry fee.
Representative Albert Gore of Tennessee denounced the administration housing measure in a pivotal speech. He argued the plan would not self liquidate projects and warned subsidies would raise total costs to about 4.86 billion dollars, aiding defeat of the 80 million dollar measure.
New York dispatch reports Lou Nova prepares in Atlantic City for a Sept 7 bout with Tony Galento, aiming to unseat Lewin or claim a big summer rematch. Nova and manager Ray Caulsen expect to stop Galento by the fourth round, while Galento’s camp challenges the odds and a prior $2000 wager fuels confidence.
Harrisville August 9. Thirteen sandlot players from the first state semi pro tournament receive all state team recognition. Picked by director and judges, pitch ers R Adams Clarksburg Wallstreets Wright Weiss Bridgeport Wilson Parkersburg Catafesata Fairmont D-Lite catchers Zelnick Fairmont Wolfe Parkersburg infielders Gainer Clarksburg Barry Fairmont Reeder Parkersburg Corras Taylor Parkersburg shortstop Rich Taylor St Marys Kibble Parkersburg.
Baseball standings and results from both leagues show Chicago defeating Cincinnati 7 to 3 in the first game and losing 5 to 7 in the second. Philadelphia beat Boston 3 to 2, with rain postponements for Pittsburgh at St Louis and Boston at New York. American League games list Washington over New York 7 to 4 and Chicago over Detroit 5 to 3, while Boston defeats Philadelphia 9 to 2 and Detroit remains idle.
Warner Bros presents Blackwell's Island at the Strand led by John Garfield as a bold young newspaper reporter. He fights to arrest a gang boss and his men who murdered the hero’s love interest’s brother and to expose the jail's notorious racket on Blackwell's Island.
Columbia's Behind Prison Gates opens at the Dixie Theatre led by Brian Donlevy and Jacqueline Wells. The drama follows a bank robber catcher in a state pen who seeks evidence, faces visits from a sister, and uncovers a prison conspiracy ending in a jail break and a startling denouement.
Opera House Youth romance and stadium cheers frame a bold study of professionalism in intercollegiate football. Van Heflin and Marian Marsh lead a large supporting cast, with Edward Killy directing and Robert Sisk producing this action filled portrayal of money and crowds at the big game.
The two day run of Breed of the Border comes to the Opera House with a cast led by Bob Byron and Marion Byron supported by Ernie Adams Wilifred Lucas George Hayes Henry Roquemore Fred Cavens Robert Cord and Perry Murdock directed by R Ne Bradbury. A gangster plots an escape to Mexico using a champion racer as cover in this thrill packed feature. FOR QUICK RESULTS TRY 4 SENTINEL WANT AD.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes mystery is adapted to the screen starring Basil Rathbone as Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson. The 20th Century Fox presentation plays at the Dixie Theatre with a cast including Richard Greene Lionel Atwill and others in a thriller on the foggy English moor.
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