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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1939
Page
5
A benefit game for injured Charles Sandsbury, hurt at Knottsville ten days ago, is being organized by Manager Ross Gerard of the Quality Market team for next Sunday at the Athletic field. A strong out of town squad is hoped to boost the gate and aid the youth, with further details to come.
Rosemont stays undefeated in Taylor County league with a 4 to 2 victory over Lucretia at First Ward diamond. Pitcher Payne outdueled Wright, and Rosemont pulled away with four runs in the third and fourth innings before Lucretia answered with two in the fifth. The fast one hour fifteen minute game featured strong defense and timely hitting from Rosemont ledgers Artso, Jones, and Lane while Lucretia struggled to capitalize with runners and left on base five times. Umpires Phillips and Edwards called the contest without incident.
The Quality Market Juniors swept a baseball doubleheader at Athletic Field. They dominated game one 18 to 3 over Troop 6 of the Boy Scouts and narrowly won game two 11 to 10 after a tougher contest.
The Bluefield Bluegrays beat the Welch Miners 8-5, stretching their cushion to eight games atop the Mountain State league standings. Welch remained in second place after the loss.
National League results show Cincinnati over Brooklyn four to two and Chicago over Boston three to one with other games rained out. American League games include New York thirteen Chicago three and Detroit five Philadelphia nil. A messy report notes Miners, Aces, and minor league scores with several player mentions and upcoming games.
Three armed men held up a ROB Frui Stand attendant Layman Wright near Lake Shawnee and escaped with five dollars. Wright notified police and details are sought by authorities.
Dizzy Dean fired at teammates to defend Chicago Cubs amid a skid that put them in fifth, while owner William Wrigley defended ownership and Gabby Hartnett faced possible dismissal as the club failed to rise in the standings and debates over the winter trade intensified.
Bucky Walters of the Cincinnati Reds earned his 10th win, the first National League pitcher to reach double figures, as the Reds beat the Brooklyn Dodgers 4-2. Claude Passeau hurled a five hitter for the Cubs in a 3-1 win over the Boston Bees. Giants, Pirates, and Phillies games were postponed by rain. American League saw the Yankees sweep the White Sox 13-3, Red Sox defeat the Browns 8-1, and the Tigers win 5-0 while Tommy Bridges pitched shutout ball.
Charleston June 21 Fifty six top West Virginia players prepare for the closed tournament led by 18 year old Delos Parsons of Huntington seeded No 1. Parsons has dominated last season and drew a bye in the first round alongside Lawrence Smith of Parkersburg seed No 7. Women and mixed doubles pairings set tonight with Dorothy Bell of Wheeling as defending women's champion. Jimmy Allen of Charleston seeded No 3 draws Charles Schoen of Huntington in round one.
Berkeley Calif June 21 A new one mile relay record may be set as the Big Ten and Pacific Coast conference runners close their annual meet. The present mark is 3 11 6 set by USC in 1936. California’s Don Watts and Mel Pettichord of Washington State join Erwin Miller and Howard Upton of USC aiming to reach 3 09 7.
New York report: Primo Flores 135 pounds outpointed Julie Kogan 134 pounds in a third ball game for Conn. quality Market Juniors. Los Angeles report: Jackie Wilson won 6 to 3 over Louie Flyer, Cleveland, at Athletic Field. Hayes pitched solidly for the winners. Houston note: Punchin Paul Cortin knocked out Hippo Hipps in Canton, N C.
Quality Market beats Carr China 6 to 4 at Athletic field. Lobis limited Plum to three hits as Carr China errors helped the winners regain the lead after a tied fourth. Five miscues by Carr China contributed to the comeback with a second three run rally in the sixth.
The article notes Wisconsin adoption of a resolution urging a Roosevelt third term and discusses Attorney General Murphy’s praise of Lafollette as political stock. It mentions Cabinet visits fueling talk of a 1940 Democratic Progressive meeting and Roosevelt delaying his continental trip to gauge sentiment before Congress adjourns.
The account notes many Chinese nurses and a Durham Light Infantry detachment escorting the evacuation. No tearful farewells were seen as families left, milk and fresh food shortages worsened hardships, and the British concession housing 1,500 people faced ongoing strain while Japanese and British officials fretted over potential surrender terms and future relations. Admiral Yarnell departed to rejoin his flagship Augusta, taking with him wives and children of ten U S Marines for the summer in a northern China resort.
New York dateline June 21 Donnie Bush boss farmer for the Red Sox at Louisville may have to give up field generaling and move into the front office for the rest of the season. He burned himself out getting Mint Juleps into the first division and may need rest or hospitalization. Low Nova will fight two tune ups in the south before meeting Louis in September if he does.
Webster Springs notes Ward Cooper, after selling more automobiles than any other 867 men in his district, told his company he was too busy to attend the New York World's Fair. He received a $100 consolation instead.
Colonel William G. Hawthorne leads 223 U S Marines in the Tientsin area affected by the Japanese blockade of the British and French concessions. Report says Americans are deemed to be in a special category despite readiness.
The Federal Communications Commission approved WCHS Charleston West Virginia to raise its daytime transmitter power from one kilowatt to five kilowatts. This decision, issued in Washington on June 21, expands the station's broadcast reach during daylight hours.
New York June 21 Barrow president of the New York Yankees announced Lou Gehrig is suffering from chronic infantile paralysis and will probably never play again Gehrig had undergone a Mayo Clinic report after a period of weakness and a verified decline in form He remains on the Yankee payroll as non playing captain with a possible outside chance of future return at least the disease may be controllable but unlikely to worsen Gehrig aged 26 yesterday
The report cites 330 students in 13 institutions and only one unexplained accident at Bendix New Jersey. The CAA aims to stimulate civil aviation while the Army and Navy seek a pool of youthful pilots for peacetime and wartime needs. Germany trains 65,000 annually, versus the US 23,000.
Bar gains advertised properties at 473 Walnut Street and 344 Washington Street with terms. 7 room corner lot at 473 Walnut priced by part terms and 6 room 344 Washington with financing options. Cash and monthly payments offered, promoting rent money to buy homes.
Felix Frankfurter, the newest Supreme Court justice and former Harvard law professor, sails from New York to Oxford University where an honorary degree will be conferred.
Larry Fisher a 3 year old boy died after the automobile ride with Frank Farnsworth struck a tree and threw him out State Police Sergeant H L Stillman said Farnsworth was held on a manslaughter charge in connection with the fatal accident in Charleston yesterday.
In a Sunday wreck two trucks collided near Wytheville Virginia. George Gilbreath eighteen of Clinchport Virginia died yesterday. R B Scott sixty Bland county farmer and Kelly May sixty were seriously injured and remain hospitalized.
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