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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1939
Page
5
Sewell Beats New York, Reds Lose Hitfest as Bob Feller earns his fifth win in a 7-4 victory over the Athletics. The Indians surge into the AL first division, with Bridges and other pitchers delivering strong showings across the day.
LouFette of the Bees, three hits to snap Boston's five-game skid. Truuett-Sewell of the Pirates shut out the Giants on six hits and homers. Babe Phelps of the Dodgers hit a homer with bases loaded and added a two-run single in a win over the Reds. Tommy Bridges lifted the Tigers from last place with a five-hit complete game against the Senators. Bob Feller of the Indians earned his fifth win with eight strikeouts in relief against the Athletics.
National League results include Pittsburgh 5 New York 0 and Chicago 2 St. Louis 4 Philadelphia 3 with Cincinnati 5 Brooklyn 10 hurts. American League shows New York 7 St. Louis 1 and Detroit 5 Washington 1 as standings shift. Boston, New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Cleveland, and St. Louis in pursuit. Today’s schedule lists Pittsburgh at New York Cincinnati at Brooklyn and St. Louis at Philadelphia Chicago at Boston while leagues blend for a compact update.
New York May 11 Veteran fighters and sports figures popular gossip mix in a late 1930s style roundup. Billy Conn aims to beat Sally Krieger in a Garden bout while Jimmy Stout denies gossip about his marriage. Other notes reference Henry Armstrong preparing for Ernie Roderick, Johnny Cooney, Lou Gehrig walking to umpires, and Ted Williams being tracked by Samuel Williams. Pepper Martin sports a mule hair mascot as Syracuse Orange prediction leans toward Duke in football.
Maryland Jockey Club president Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt eyes an unprecedented win as Impound prepares for the 49th Preakness Stakes at Pimlico. The field includes Johnstown, Challedon, Gilded Knight, Volutama, Ciencia, and others in a battle for the Woodlawn vase.
Charleston plans interview day for the West Virginia exhibit at the New York world fair. Only 20 to 25 of about 200 applicants will be chosen. executive committee invites selected candidates to Charleston for personal interviews on May 18. No salary is offered, but a small daily expense allowance will be provided.
Morgantown May 11 The Mountaineers of West Virginia University won on the track but lost on the baseball diamond yesterday The track team took nine first places and tied for another to defeat the Waynesburg Yellowjackets 85 to 314 in a dual meet here However St Vincent's Bearcats rang up hits at Latrobe Pa to win an 8 to 1 decision over the Mountaineer baseball team
San Francisco May 11. A church basement ceremony will honor Amos Alonzo Stagg, 76, named world champion coach for a full sized gold football trophy. The aging icon, once Springfield College educator and Yale athlete, has coached since 1933 at the College of the Pacific, Stockton, now in strong form.
The Bluefield Bluegrays rose to first in the Mountain State league by sweeping Williamson and Ashland, with a 19 1 win over Ashland. Williamson lost to Welch 10 3 amid numerous errors, while Huntington Aces defeated Logan 81 as Tom Bridges fanned eight and allowed five hits.
New York May 11. Helen Moody, 33, defeats top pro Walter Senior in a two set display 6 4 1 5 as she trains for Wimbledon. Moody, once known as little Poker Face, continues to sharpen her precision and power while noting slower footwork. She plans no remarriage, illustrates ongoing painting and book writing.
A telegram from Lew to district leaders outlines signing immediate union shop contracts with extension of the old wage agreement for 50 operators in outlying districts. The plan adds two sentences recognizing United Mine Workers as exclusive bargaining agency and requiring union membership, with contracts provisional pending international approval.
Mickey Rooney headlines the Strand in Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn a first solo vehicle set on a Mississippi river with Rex Ingram Walter Connolly and William Frawley in key roles. Richard Thorpe directs and shoots on dramatic Martian sets with Crane, Rogers, and others.
Former Olympic champion Buster Crabbe, star of Universal's Mars Attacks The World, says electric guns light ray pistols and rocket ships zooming between planets may soon become as real and practical as radio and airplanes are today, as Mars Attacks The World captures audiences.
Paramount’s new comedy Cafe Society opens at the Dixie Theatre starring Madeleine Carroll Fred MacMurray and Shirley Ross. The film spoofs Manhattan Cafe Society elites as a spoiled socialite marries a hard boiled newspaperman to gain gossip column fame and discovers the man behind the glamour.
In the Appalachian field negotiations for a blanket contract falter. An unnamed operator says small operators may sign individual pacts with the United Mine Workers while larger captive mines stay silent. Alan M. Scaife of Pittsburgh Coal questions polling among operators and notes regional divides between northern union shop operators and southern miners less inclined to sign.
A barn at Millard Maxwell's Blandville farm burned with undetermined cause, killing two horses and a calf. Maxwell estimates losses at 1800 dollars.
South opens clubs as West shows spades and North diamonds. After an erratic sequence the hearts and clubs are tested with a potential finesse. The dealer leads from spade or diamond, and the play unfolds with varied ducking and forcing actions across both tables in the match.
Mrs. Stafford notes hospitals now offer essential care and hope, contrasting past fears. WPA labor aid speeds building of the new city hospital atop Finnegan's rock, with completion targeted by January 1, 1940. Mayor Gillispie urges residents to visit the Beech Street facility Friday afternoon.
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