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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1940
Page
17
Arturo Godoy of Chile aims to challenge Joe Louis for the heavyweight crown at Kee Stadium. The 27 year old, 200 pound challenger enters with belief despite long odds, while Louis seeks to defend his title in a rematch that could solidify his dominance.
The world heavyweight championship fights Louis of Detroit defending against Arturo Godoy of Iquique Chile in a 15 round decision bout at Yankee Stadium New York tonight. Expected crowd about 30000 with a 150000 gate. Main bout at 9 p m with preliminaries beginning 730 p m. Weather forecast fair and cooler.
Lexington pounded Kannapolis 11 to 7 as Conner faltered late allowing five runs in the ninth. Capps triple and two singles fueled the Lexington offense while Saab handled 16 chances at second without error and Culberson homered.
Rainouts postponed two Industrial League games yesterday Tomlinson versus Melrose and Oakdale versus Marsh. Today Marsh faces Adams-Millis at Marsh diamond while Tomlinson meets Triangle at the college field.
Piedmont League matchups feature Charlotte at Rocky Mount Asheville at Portsmouth Richmond at Winston-Salem and Norfolk at Durham. National League routes Chicago New York and Pittsburgh Boston with key pitcher matchups. American League includes New York Chicago and Philadelphia Detroit and Washington showups. Sally Southern and State leagues list numerous city pairings across minor circuits with local stakes.
The data lists leaders in batting and pitching from multiple teams. Danning and Mize top RBI. McCormick and F. McCormick lead hits. Frey and Moore steal bases. Melton and Fitzsimmons lead pitching. Radcliff and McCosky post high batting averages.
Beckers defeated High Point Weaving 5 to 4 yesterday afternoon. Dillon pitched in place of Dudley for Beckers while Samuels started for High Point Weaving. Batterymates were Frith and Dillon for Beckers with Vance catching, and Samuels and Frith for the losers.
June 20 report from New York cites Italian radio that Leon Blum and several French deputies have taken refuge in Switzerland, according to a CBS pickup. Japan fails to substitute whale meat for beef. Mexico zinc mines suffer war impacts. U S motorists use about 20 billion gallons of motor fuel annually.
Ray Tuttle age 11, son of Mr and Mrs Ray Tuttle, died at home on route three after a 16 month illness. Survived by parents two sisters Mabel and Mrs Wallice Copeland of Macon Ga one brother Roy Jr maternal grandparents and paternal grandmother. Funeral set for tomorrow at Glenola Baptist Church with interment in the church cemetery.
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