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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1940
Page
6
Giants win 7-2 behind Harry Gumbert as Brooklyn’s homecoming ends in defeat. Yankees drop seventh straight to Boston in 10 innings. Pirates, Newsom and Tigers shine with early-season wins while Athletics slug Bob Johnson key homer. Cleveland T. leading to more notes.
An analysis of four four-card trump distributions, highlighting the cross-ruff potential and the master-hand technique. Includes a detailed example of reverse play using dummy as master with a diamond setup and ruffing sequence, plus notes on different bidding styles and a sample problem.
Yesterday New York beat Brooklyn 7 to 2 and Pittsburgh defeated Chicago 8 to 3 in NL action. Today’s games feature Bowman against Passeau for Pittsburgh at Chicago and Lohrman facing Fette for New York at Boston, plus Mulcahy vs Hamlin for Philadelphia at Brooklyn, and Thompson or Davis for Cincinnati at St. Louis against Cooper.
In the American League Boston beat New York 3 to 2 Adelphia 8 defeated Washington 7 Detroit shut out Chicago 3 0 Cleveland triumphed over St Louis 9 to 4 Today's games feature Chicago at Detroit Knott 1 0 versus Bridges 2 1 St Louis at Cleveland Bildilli 4 0 against Allen 1 2 Washington at Philadelphia Hase 1 3 versus Potter 2 2.
The Indians spotted St. Louis four runs then recovered to win 9-4. The victory kept Cleveland one and a half games behind the Boston Red Sox for the American League lead. Four National League teams had a day off.
Bobby Feller asks Oscar Vitt for more work time while recalling past daily pitching. The piece touches on Joe DiMaggio's start, Dempsey and Engel's boxing ambitions, Giants in New Jersey, McCoy's resurgence with the Athletics, and a Yale Colgate game featuring Joe and Steve Wood as brothers. Also notes Smoky Joe’s squeeze play for Yale and a Boston knife and fork club head expressing Sox support.
Williamson channeled a home run triple and three singles into four runs to power a 9 8 win over Ashland in the Mountain State League. Ashland left fielder Bobby Byrne made a dramatic fourth inning catch, preserving the rally chances for Williamson.
New York May 11 Taft Wright moved from Washington to Chicago and quickly became the leading hitter with a .405 average. Harry Danning tops the National League with a .403 mark while Hank Leiber and Joe Moore follow. Frankie Hayes and Lou Finney trail Wright in the American League with strong averages.
In New York on May 11, a field of 15 top golfers led by Byron Nelson Jimmie Demaret Ben Hogan Martin Pose includes Sam Snead Gene Sarazen Clayton Heafner Paul Runyan Craig Wood Horton Smith Lansom Little Jimmy Thompson Jimmy Hines Dick Metz and Henry Picard. They will play the Goodall Round Robin at Fresh Meadow near the World’s Fair for four days facing 14 rivals in threesomes. The player with the most wins will take 1000 dollars. Harry Cooper won last year.
Harry Gumbert pitched Giants to a 7-2 win over the Dodgers with five hits. Mace Brown scattered five hits as the Pirates ended a nine game skid with an 8-3 victory over Chicago. Jack Wilson closed out the Yankees with a scoreless seventh and extra innings win for the Red Sox. Bob Johnson drove in five as the Athletics beat Washington 8-7. Newsom of the Tigers threw the season's first shutout after a seven hit effort.
Lew Jenkins of Sweetwater Texas knocked out Lou Ambers of Herkimer New York in Madison Square Garden in under three rounds. Referee stopped the bout at 1:29 of the third as Ambers was down four times. Jenkins earns the lightweight crown and extends his winning streak to eleven straight.
Maryland's Preakness Stakes marks the 50th running with a near 40,000 crowd amid cloudy weather. Gallahadion and Bimelech, both strong contenders, lead a field including Sun Pharos Dit Andy K Pictor Midand Royal Man Your Chaner. The race offers a $73,365 purse with $52,000 to the winner as post time nears.
New York: Lew Jenkins stopped Lou Ambers in a lightweight bout. Cumberland: Ira Hughes outpointed Tiger Red Lewis. Boston vs Hartford: George Salamone drew with Bob Ivy. Event summary notes multiple fights across cities with various outcomes.
Morgantown hosts 183 contenders from 26 schools for state track and field, seeking team points. Defending Huntington, Charleston, and Falls Church challenge Morgantown’s seven-man squad after strong sectional showings by McAninch, Sharpenburg, and Cooper. Events include discus, high jump, sprints, and 1 mile, with finals to follow afternoon.
Advertisement notes numerous home buying deals with HOLC loan details and price points. Blueville listing features 5 rooms, level lot, fine condition, owner selling at once for 2700 dollars on Walnut Street. Walnut street listing offers 6 rooms and bath, good lot, sacrifice price 1750 dollars.
A compact schedule lists events including a 2 30 p m Golden Rule Mother s Day program at Fisk singers 30 N Grama critics award 9 Good Will hour MBS 2 30 p m Olivet college choir 7 American forum Veterans Pension 9 05 WGN symphonic hour.
An official from the Coal Exporters Association notes coal demand expanding beyond Europe to South America and Canada. He cites potential annual buys of four to five million tons in Canada and new South American demand, totaling about 10,000,000 tons and a revenue impact of roughly $21 million to producing mines. Railroads would gain about $12 million moving coal to Canada and $10.9 million for shipments to Hampton Roads and other ports for South American use.
Former Senator Davis Elkins, last survivor of the Elkins political dynasty, declares strong support for Thomas E. Dewey. He praises Dewey as able and aggressive, favors his White House bid, wants no new wars, and believes Dewey can tackle unemployment as the top national priority.
Classified rates 20 cents first insertion and one cent per word after. Minimum charge 45 cents. Notices include for sale items and creditor notices for the Laura M. Rowe estate with deadlines. Also addresses real estate auction notices naming D T Fray and Grace Frey and Cipuce E McDaniel with redemption terms after May 30 1940.
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