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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1941
Page
6
The St. Louis Cardinals edged Philadelphia 7-6 in 11 innings as Crespi delivered a bases loaded single for the winner after trailing 6-4 in the ninth. The win keeps St. Louis three games ahead of the Dodgers amid a flurry of late-inning runs across the National League.
The Highcoal Red Sox are the first team certified for the state tournament starting July 12, sponsored by Anchor Coal. Other entries include the Ritchie County club Harrisville, the Du Pont club Charleston, and the United club Fairmont. The bracket features 16 teams with district events and supervision by E. J. House as district commissioner.
In Charleston on June 20, a quarter-final singles match of the 43rd annual State Closed Tennis championships features 19-year-old Ed Selfe Jr. taking on seed No.2 Charley Gore, with Dark Horse contenders from Huntington entering the fray. Belfe and Lingo also reach quarters as seeded players advance, while Huntington hopes persist with Delesy Parsons Reed Ali McGabe remaining in contention.
A near riot at Armco field in Ashland led to police escorting umpires and players after a seventh inning clash. Logan forfeited 9-0 over Colonels amid frequent disputes as Bluefield and Huntington games followed with Williamson edging Welch 6-5 in ninth.
Defending champion Joe Hartman of Pittsburgh faces Dorothy Boll of Wheeling in the Western Pennsylvania Women's Tennis tournament semi finals. Boll, No. 4 seed, defeated Myra Ann Graf 6 2 6 2 yesterday and had earlier beat Hartman in last week’s County Park event.
Baseball roundups report several stars from the day. Dutch Leonard and the Senators shut out the Browns on three singles. Jeff Heath and Jim Bagby keyed Indiana scoring with a home run two doubles and a single while Charley Keller and Marvin Breuer limited Athletica. Keller belted a two run homer for the Yankees with bases loaded and Breuer held White Sox to five hits. Red Sox beat the Tigers as scoring surged and Busch Reich kept Tigers in check. Cardinals won with a bases loaded hit in the 11th. Kirby Higbe of the Dodgers allowed nine Cub hits in a trimmed victory. Hank Danning drove in four for the Giants with two doubles and a triple against the Pirates.
In Richmond Virginia Jimmy Webb of St. Louis knocked out Johnny Romero of Los Angeles. Georgia Abrams of the U S Navy defeated Joe Spangler of Richmond in a ten round decision. In Harrisburg Louis Brooks from Wilmington knocked out Sammy Slatke of Johnstown in two rounds.
Toledo reports a heated flare between Johnny Bulla of Chicago and Ioh Guldahl of California during the Inverness invitational round robin four-ball. Bulla demanded a referee with a stopwatch after a past Asheville incident. Corcoran noted tensions persist as teams prepared for the $7,000 event.
Promoter Mike Jacobs and managers debated the plan for Joe Louis to defend his heavyweight title in September against Lou Nova. Louis, exhausted from seven months of training and a 13th round victory over Billy Conn, aims to fight a new challenger after Nova was favored over Abe Simon.
Eddie Brietz reports Billy Conn was offered 25 000 to star in a film adaptation of Octavus Roy Cohen's fight story Kid Tinsel. Louis earns 1 987 663 96 from 54 fights in seven years. Conn had previously declined 200 000 for a Louis bout, taking 77 000. The piece weaves boxing gossip, finance, and other sports notes, mentioning Abe Simon Buddy Baer plans and Mel Ott homers.
National League results show New York 9 over Pittsburgh 6 and Brooklyn 9 to Chicago 4, with St. Louis 7 edging Philadelphia 6 in 11 innings. All games were scheduled, highlighting shifts in standings and key late innings performances.
American League results show New York 7 Chicago 2, Cleveland 12 Philadelphia 1, Boston 6 Detroit 4, Washington 12 St. Louis 0. Tonight features New York at St. Louis with Carpenter against Warneke, Brooklyn at Cincinnati Casey versus Walters, Boston at Chicago Erickson versus French, Philadelphia at Pittsburgh Podgajny against Wilkie, Cleveland at Washington Smith versus Hudson, Detroit at New York Newsom against Russo, St. Louis at Boston Auker against Dobson.
After defeating the Parking Juniors three matches to one last night on Beech Street rear courts, Tri-C Boys club junior horseshoe team secured the state junior championship by winning eighth straight over junior teams. Key bout saw Captain Junior Fowler lose to Buck Resler in three games 19 21 14 21 19. Other results: Ray Hensell beat Herbert Isner 21 9 0 21 21 12, Carl Bolliger beat Don Cassell 21 5 21 7, Harold Clovis lost to Fred Cook 21 2 21 3.
The fourth annual North ern West Virginia Pistol tournament opened at the Watson range in Fairmont with top out of state shooters. Capt H P Shupe of Quantico Marines and John Cash from White House police led the field from Washington. West Virginia state police are well represented by Lieut B E Stout and several troopers. Tomorrow sessions begin at 8 a m and 1 30 p m DST.
Chicago June 20 John Dungan Rigney 26 year old star pitcher for the Chicago White Sox was rejected for service in Uncle Sam s selective service army on the ground that a perforation of the right eardrum made him unfit physically for service. Rigney reported at 7 am to his local draft board in suburban River Forest then went with other selectees to the Chicago induction station in the 132nd armory where he was given the customary final physical examination.
Lawrence A Christy, a former Kanawha County commissioner and longtime Putnam County sheriff, died yesterday at his son's Charleston home. He was 87.
The listing at Eight Rooms on W Main Beth advertises a fully re conditioned property featuring a new heating system. HOLC sale plan offers only 44 percent interest with $370 cash and monthly balance of $25.47.
In this Garden Graph column Dean Halliday notes friendly insects for gardeners. Ground beetles and praying mantises prey on caterpillars and canker worms, with ground beetles active at night catching pests and even climbing trees. Ground beetles appear large and vary in color from black to blue green brown or spotted.
In Wheeling the West Virginia Association of Circuit and County Clerks elected officers today before adjourning their annual meeting Judge J H Brennan of Wheeling spoke at a banquet that night.
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