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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1939
Page
6
Tony Galento carries a 33 pound weight edge over Joe Louis as they prepare for a heavyweight title clash at Yankee Stadium. Louis weighs 200 3 4 pounds and Galento 233 3 4. Galento vows to win and plans a farm purchase in Orange Mountain if successful. Louis entourage includes Julien Black and trainer Jack Blackburn.
The 15 round world heavyweight title bout features champion Joe Louis of Detroit against challenger Tony Galento of Orange N J at Yankee Stadium New York on Wednesday June 28 1939. Preliminaries start 6 45 p m with seven four round bouts. Attendance expected around 55000 with a $450000 gate and Louis favored 1 to 6 to 1 to 10. Officials to be named by the New York state athletic commission. National Broadcasting Company will carry the fight.
Tonight at stadium around nine o clock eastern standard time the heavyweight championship will be decided in a bout between Louis and Galento. Louis seeks a seventh title defense since taking it from Jim Braddock just over two years ago while Galento, underestimated, vows to end it early within 15 rounds.
In the second game, teams including Barnett Hughes Vance Smith Crouse and players Hutchings Mann Duggan Peck Moss face Pensacola Gadsden and Anniston Selma. The scoring line shows Gadsden trailing 0 1 3 1 0 3 1 x for an 118 0 final while Selma posts 47.
Six wrestlers including a referee square off Thursday night to decide a wrestling royal with the masked Shadow risking his mask if pinned. Sailor Watkins may clash with Shadow or Buck Davidson. Frankie Hill and Ace Freeman also appear as promoter Gus Kallio guides the event.
Greenville Mississippi June 28 Harry Whitehouse former Meridian manager arrives to take over the Bucks in the Cotton States league succeeding Jimmy Powell He previously worked with Savannah in the Sally league and Atlanta in the Southern Association The Bucks led the Cotton States on May 16 but have since lost 32 of 39 and sit in last place with Helena
El Dorado Arkansas June 28 Earl Harrist a young right hander from Dubach Louisiana won his thirteenth victory of the season for the El team at home against Monroe.
Hot Springs Bathers, rising from a second division to a serious title contender, visit Casino Park to play the Monroe White Sox in a three game set. First game starts at 8 15. Fisher leads Bathers who sit second, seven games behind the White Sox. Previous visits produced tight 2 1 and 3 2 games. White Sox host Hot Springs Pine Bluff El Dorado in nine home games. El Dorado is July Fourth opponent.
Zeke Bonura extended his hitting streak with a two for three vs the Phillies. Frank McCormick and Paul Derringer fueled the Reds four straight hits and Derringer pitched four hit ball in a 6 0 win over the Pirates. Ted Lyons and Eldon Auker, White Sox and Red Sox, starred in wins with four hit games and a shutout respectively. Bob Feller pitched a one hitter as 55 905 witnessed the Indians first night game in Cleveland history.
New York falls 3 to 2 to Philadelphia Athletics under lights as the Yankees suffer their first arc start loss this season. The article notes few players reach the majors without night-game experience and highlights Zeke Bonura's strong Giants stretch and Hank Greenberg’s RBI pace. It also references Red Sox veteran Robert Moses Grove’s seventh win and Joe Cronin’s camp remark about pitching weekly.
The Atlanta Crackers defeated the Birmingham Barons 6 to 4 in a Tuesday game led by Relief Pitcher Harold Carson in a high scoring fifth inning. Henry Johnson left the Barons after three innings due to illness.
A fragment lists lenders and associated towns including Horner Chappuis Cal lender Fletcher Richards Opelousas Abbeville Hall Woodward McBride Ferguson Lake Lake Charles Alexandria Durham Griggs Ricketts Furman Novick Lafayette New Iberia Robertson Whitney Colosky Gleason with figures resembling loan or tax entries and locations across Evangeline and surrounding areas.
Crowville defeated Jones 7 to 5 in the first game and 3 to 2 in the second at Crowville Louisiana. Mercy and Redfield were the winning pitchers in games one and two respectively.
Yesterday's results show El Dorado defeating Monroe 1 to 0 while Greenwood routed Greenville 12 to 3. Hot Springs game at Pine Bluff postponed by rain. Helena at Clarksdale also postponed. Remaining games list Totley's schedule with Hot Springs at Monroe Pine Bluff at El Dorado and Helena at Greenville Clarksdale at Greenwood.
Brooklyn Dodgers and Boston Bees played 23 innings to a 2-2 tie in Boston marking the third longest game in big league history. Whitlow Wyatt lasted 16 innings for the Dodgers as the Bees and Dodgers combined for timely hits and late defense before darkness ended the marathon.
Boston 8 Washington unknown Chicago 11 St. Louis 2 Cleveland 5 Detroit 4 Schedule lists St. Louis at Chicago Harris 1 2 vs Lee 5 6 Boston at Washington Ostermueller 3 1 vs Leonard 8 2 New York at Philadelphia 5 2 and Pearson 6 1 vs Nelson 5 2 and Potter 5 1 Double header indicated.
Memphis beat Knoxville 9 to 2 while Nashville won 7 to 2 over Little Rock. Atlanta defeated Birmingham 8 to 4 and New Orleans at Chattanooga was postponed by rain. Other results include Houston 7 San Antonio 4 and Beaumont 11 Shreveport 1. Dallas at Oklahoma City was called at end of the fourth due to rain. Fort Worth at Tulsa postponed for rain.
Dallas at Oklahoma City Fort Worth at Tulsa Shreveport at Beaumont San Antonio at Houston Lake Charles 10 Alexandria 2 Rayne 6 Jeanerette 5 Abbeville 12 Opelousas 1 Lafayette 6 New Iberia 2 Montgomery 3 Meridian 1 Gadsden 11 0 Pensacola 2 4 Mobile 13 Anniston 8 Selma 4 Jackson 2.
Shreveport and Beaumont played in a lopsided game with final scores 14 to 11 and 19 to 9. Beating San Antonio 4 to 0 in another entry, while Wagener Cordell Cox Swift Dickson Barrett Brecheen and Turner are listed as players.
New York June 2 4 Eddie Kleinman cites Galento as a heavy favorite at ringside while noting other boxing and league rumors. DiMaggio chases flies in Philly and Tony Galento defends his plan of morning roadwork and afternoon pub time. Cunningham fans form a club as Rogers Hornsby pushes Orioles in the International League amid talk of Louis versus Galento.
A garbled listing shows batting leaders Arnovich Bonura and Foxx plus pitchers Wyatt Gumbert Warneke and Ruffing with counts and team ties. Other top figures include Berths by Greenberg Case and McQuinn across hits runs and RBIs with mixed punctuation and misspellings.
Five American women won opening matches at Wimbledon 1930s era. Helen Hull Jacobs and Dorothy Andrus advanced on center court while Dorothy Marble dominated, Sarah Palfrey Fabian impressed with graceful play, and Graelyn Wheeler defeated Betty Nuthall. Jean Nicoll dropped a center court upset.
In Farmerville Louisiana the Black Eagles defeated the Huttig Wild Cats 10 to 2 as Archie held a hitless stretch until the sixth inning and the club collected 19 hits led by Wheeler with four safeties in five at bats. The Eagles plan a return game at Huttig Sunday afternoon. Airplane stewards receive charts showing altitude egg boiling times.
Elden Auker pitched six hitter as the Boston Red Sox defeated the Washington Senators 8 to 0. Buddy Lewis and Taft Wright each had three of Washington's six singles, while Finney drove in the Lunette and other Boston runs. Cronin, Williams and Berger contributed, with Auker earning the win.
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