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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1939
Page
5
Major league managers secure new contracts, with Oscar Vitt re signed by the Indians and Del Baker by the Tigers. Billy McKechnie, Ray Blades, Doc Prothro, and others win extensions. Durocher and Stengel, Terry and Hartnett all secure futures amid a busy signing day as teams plan for 1940.
Walter High of the Phillies pitched a two hit game to beat the Giants. Buck Newsom of the Tigers struck out 11 and drove in the winning run in a 4 3 win over the Browns. Bill Lee of the Cubs earned his first victory in an era with a 17 hit assault on the Pirates. Joe DiMaggio of the Yankees had a double and two singles as they piled up 13 hits against the Athletics.
Fights last night across Canada and the United States featured Dave Castilloux defending featherweight honor by stopping Mansfield Driskell in Detroit, while Aurelien Lamothe KOed John Smith in Detroit. In Long Beach NY Walter Franklin outpointed Ernest Orgovan, and Junior Munsell KOed Eddie Mader in Hollywood.
Johnny Mize pushes into the NL batting lead, lifting his average from .345 to .346 and passing Morrie Arnovich who drops from .351 to .344. DiMaggio remains AL leader at .392, while Bob Johnson of the A's jumps from .333 to .351.
St Louis hosts Cincinnati in a pivotal weekend series as the Reds seek to extend a 74 game edge atop the standings. Bill McKechnie tabs Bucky Walters against Lon R. Meek, hoping to halt St Louis nine game win streaks and bolster a potential late-season push.
Ross Gerard delivered a decisive ninth inning double and subsequent hits to spark Quality Market past Rosemont 6 to 5 in Game two of the County League playoff. Rosemont led 5 1 after eight, but Quality Market rallied with four hits and a pair of runs off Humphries before Lobis closed it out. Rosemont had eleven hits to eight by Quality while Errors favored Rosemont but the payoff runs determined the result keeping the series even heading to a possible full seven-game stretch.
George's Place representatives among the junior baseballers of the county continued their record of superiority over the Quality Market Juniors in a ball game at the High School athletic field yesterday, winning 14 to 7. An eight run spurt in the final inning gave Quality the business. Up to that time Quality had been leading George Bowles' boys but when the Tacy brothers got their big bats gains 10 was short work.
Ab Jenkins ends 1939 salt flats endurance attempts after 16 hours 33 minutes due to monoxide fumes and a damaged course. Rex Mays aids as Jenkins, halted by a loose exhaust manifold and gas leakage, confirms the finish while noting records set across multiple distances and hours.
Two Midwestern players meet at Oakland Hills for the 36 hole final of the Western Women's Closed Golf Tournament. Ellamae Williams age 22 and Edith Estabrooks age 18 reached the final from a 14 player field, Williams beating Elizabeth Hicks and Estabrooks defeating Mrs. Russell Matin in tense matches.
Two naval flyers were killed when their plane crashed north of San Diego. Ensign T. R. Wood, 28, was the pilot and passenger radioman C. P. Armstrong, 33, died as the aircraft caught fire.
Rye New York Aug 12 The article notes a potential revival in American tennis as hard hitters like Welby Van Horn Don McNeill and Alice Marble draw attention coach Eleanor Tennant says the sport could produce punchy rallies akin to a Joe Louis fight Van Horn failed to upset Frankie Parker who outlasted him to reach the finals Parker awaits the winner of the Bobby Riggs Ladislav Hecht semi final scheduled for today with Sunday set as the final date
Boston, Aug 12 The Red Sox close in on the Yankees as 131/2 game lead vanishes to six. Fans and players sense pennant fever with schedules favoring New York. Lou Finney notes Yankees feel pressure, while Boston eyes more wins. The rest of season favors the Yankees at home and on the road.
New York Aug 12 A week’s wash centers on Eddie Briezs sports notes. Readers see Wills Moody’s detective thriller rated A by critics and Bill Terry lauded for a strong speech during Burgess Whiteheads on air moment. The column hints at pennant predictions and LA team activity amid busy sports chatter.
A collage of sports and media notes mentions Lynn Waldorf on tour and Bill De Cortevant’s B-plus average. It cites Henry Andrews as Patsy Perrone’s manager named NY Boxing Managers president with a stronger guarantees platform. Detroit papers note Schoolboy Rowe’s fast pitching. Rumors touch Mayor Hague’s stake in Jersey City Giants and other sports gossip from Chicago and Birmingham.
American League yesterday games show New York 9 over Philadelphia 5 and Detroit 4 over St Louis 3. Other matchups include Cincinnati at St Louis, Pittsburgh at Chicago, Philadelphia at New York, Boston at Brooklyn. Only games scheduled. Cleveland reference appears as garbled text.
Pittsburgh August 12 Gene Sarazen and Vic Ghezzi each shot 66 to set the pace at Wildwood Country Club in the first two days of the $10,000 Dapper Dan Open. Sarazen, at 37, praised his putting as key as he posted 137 through 36 holes to grab a two stroke edge, while Ghezzi matched the best round of the day to tie for lead despite an 81 opening round. Denny Shute also moved into second with 139 after a 71, as 75 players advanced to the final 18.
Kingwood resident and former Preston county clerk George A Walls died in Orlando Florida yesterday. The body will be returned to Kingwood for burial relatives announced.
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SEABRIGHT N J August 12 It is Australia against Yugoslavia for the right to meet the United States in the Davis Cup world team tennis final Australia and Cuba meet on grassy Seabright courts in two American zone finals but results are uncertain. The Aussie pair Adrian Quist and John Bromwich swept opening singles dropping only one set and won the doubles to clinch the series and earn a place in the interzone final at Brookline Massachusetts August 24 26. The United States awaits.
A three man board of inquiry investigated the Douglas B-18A bomber wreck at Langley Field Virginia. The takeoff accident killed two officers and seven enlisted men of the 25 reconnaissance squadron. The crash occurred about 1:30 p m after one engine failed and a glide attempted toward Back River. Fire and explosions followed. responders recovered the crew and listed casualties including Lieuts Mackay and Butler and several sergeants and a corporal. The board’s findings were to be sent to the War Department within days.
Pittsburgh plans honor for Honus Wagner with a Wagner Day on a September Saturday as the Pirates host the St. Louis Cardinals. James J. Davis directs the event with the lodge sponsorship and Wheel Wheeling club involvement noted.
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