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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1938
Page
5
Cincinnati’s 5 players named to the NL squad for the midsummer classic led by Johnny Vander Meer while Bill Terry names Will McKechnie as coach. The roster includes Hartnett Lombardi McCormick Goodman and others across the league with six teams represented.
Louis. Catchers Bill Dickey Rick Ferrell Rudy York Infielders Jimmy Foxx Joe Cronin Charley Gehringer Hank Greenberg Red Rolfe Lou Gehrig Buddy Lewis Cecil Travis Outfielders Earl Averill Joe Dimaggio Roger Crammer Bob Johnson Mike Kreevich Manager Joe McCarthy Coaches Art Fletcher Del Baker bat ting practice pitcher Dave Keefe batting practice catcher John Schulte trainer Doc Painter.
Washington Huskies driven by stroke Don Hume are favored in the annual four-mile race from Krum Elbow with California, Navy, Syracuse, Cornell, Columbia, Wisconsin also competing. Roosevelt attends. 550 Annapolis cadets watch as Washington seeks a 13 mph pace, last year’s record 18:33.3.
Welch pitcher Hank Mestnick shut down Mitchell’s homer as the Bluefield Bluegrays lost 8-2 in a Mountain State League game. Miners’ In sley and Cash homered, while Huntington locked up its first win in eight starts by beating Beckley 6-3 with Eastman driving in three. Williamson beat Logan 6-3 behind strong hitting from Sessi and Robinson.
Al Simmons, nicknamed Assassin Al, drives in 10 hits for the Senators in a doubleheader sweep of the St Louis Browns, lifting Washington to fourth in the American League. He homered twice in yesterday's games, part of a hot 11-game stretch on the tour. Monte Pearson shines for the Yankees as the pennant race tightens. The NL slate sees Hubbell notch his 200th win as the Giants hold a two game NL lead. Reds, Phillies split, Dodgers and Cardinals tied. rain halves several games.
EVANSTON June 27 The Pacific coast and Big Ten track stars scheduled for an intersectional meet were rained out Saturday and will try again this evening at Dyche stadium. All 16 events were to run in an hour and a half before dark as the stadium has no lights. The field is stacked with national champions 1936 Olympic team members and world record holders. The Trojans of Southern California are a heavy favorite to repeat last year’s 82 to 44 victory.
Yesterday's Stars include Harry Kelley Wes Perréll and Simmons who pitched a seven hitter for a 9-1 open er win over the Browns. Ferrell won the nightcap with a nine hit performance and Simmons homered in both games including a bases loaded shot in the nightcap.
National League results include New York defeating Chicago 5 to 1 and Philadelphia winning 10 to 3 over Cincinnati in the first game. Cincinnati then beat Philadelphia 8 to 0 in the second game. Brooklyn and St. Louis were tied 1 to 1 when rain halted play, while Pittsburgh versus Boston was postponed by rain.
In WPA county league play the Carr China Potters overtook the Rosemont Cubs at Athletic Field as Leroy Grimm starred. Pruntytown Farmers upset Rosemont 2 to 1 in the opener, then the Potters won 10 to 9 in extra innings behind Grimm’s strong pitching and timely hitting. Keener and Grimm led with doubles and singles while Rosemont’s Bensky and Shaw produced the only safety for the visitors. Next games listed with standings and notable performances from major league crossovers reflected in the box.
Stella Walsh of Cleveland swept nine of ten women's events to lead the Women's Olympic Club of Cleveland in the meet. She won the 50, 100 and 200 yard dashes, 70 yard low hurdles, javelin, discus, baseball throw, broad jump, and other titles. Bob Sulkowski of Canonsburg led the men with wins in 120 high hurdles, high jump, broad jump, hop step and jump, and a fourth in javelin.
18 year old Deacon Parsons of Huntington claimed the West Virginia state amateur tennis crown in a breakthrough victory that ended a 11 year reign by a trio led by Sam Cohn B F Arkle and Eddie Buckle. Parsons dominance and temperamental growth promise new era in the state championships as Buckle and Arkle and Cohn had rotated the title since 1927 with Buckle last holding it before Cohn regained it.
Loveland baseball team defeated Chickadee Holler nine by 13 to 7. A five run rally in the second inning boosted Loveland as Stolzenfels pitched and limited Holler with support from Skinner Stevens Rutherford and Hawkins in the field and at bat.
New York June 27 Mike Jacobs presses Max Schmeling for forty thousand dollars in advances over two years. Schmeling must pay before returning to Germany amid talk Washington or California offers. Babe Phelps and Hank Lieber receive NL All Star notice, while Dizzy Dean’s health looms and Oscar Vitt comments on Johnny Allen.
Rain halted the scheduled Valley League contest between Market team of Grattox and the Grant Town Pirates on Athletic field Sunday. The postponement leaves two games to be played off with Grant Town, as Clarksburg Chemics clinched first place in the league for the first half of the season.
Morgantown police probe into a lottery incident centers on Suhe 27 and Stover 47. Bond set at $53.60 tied to charges of license plate misuse and sale of lottery tickets from an automobile claimed to be given away at a picnic near St Albans, West Virginia.
Vocational agriculture teachers from 14 northern West Virginia high schools elected Moore of Moundsville at their annual election meeting held in Moundsville on June 27.
Sead Snead captures $1,000 first prize at the Goodall invitation golf tourney in Cincinnati, finishing 126 holes with a 487 while Henry Picard led the field for 126 holes with 485. Sarazen tied Snead after regulation, then lost in a playoff deuce on the Kenwood course.
Rogers Hornsby seven time National League batting champion and 1926 Cardinals pennant and World Series manager is named manager of the Chattanooga Lookouts. Engle confirms Hornsby will be paid more than any prior Lookouts recruit with estimates around eight thousand dollars for the season. He has coached and played for the Baltimore Orioles in the International League.
Southe Bend News-Times photographer and Deputy Dixon investigated a minor auto collision at an intersection. A red haired driver struggled to start her stalled car when Dixon offered help. a gunman fired four shots, wounding Al Hengings.
The State Road Commission of West Virginia invites sealed proposals in Charleston until ten A M, July 6, 1938 for four federal and state projects in Taylor County. Work includes 0.683 miles of road surface on Fetterman Road and related grade crossing improvements. Bids require a $3,200.90 check.
Walter Sanders, 22, who had been involved in an automobile incident near La Porte, fled as a trooper and deputy sheriffs closed in. Sanders watched from the woods as the deputies confronted the suspects, one with a pistol entering the Trent seat and the other taking the wheel during a tense escape attempt.
Sixteen year old William E Callahan Jr of Duquesne Pennsylvania drowned when a canoe capsized in Lake Lynn. His companion swam to shore safely but Callahan, despite being a reputed good swimmer, disappeared in about thirty feet of water.
Pittsburgh markets show mixed livestock and produce with hogs 2700 head 1700 direct mostly steady. Cattle 950 with steady to lower bids. steers 10.00 to 10.65, cows 3.75 to 6.50, calves 8.50 to 9.00. Sheep about 1000 with spring lambs 9.65 to 9.75, shorn lambs down to 7.00. Produce demand moderate with apples 2 cars steady and potatoes 14 cars steady including No 1 Virginia and Maine stocks.
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