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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1939
Page
13
Major league title races hinge on history as the Yankees and Reds extend drives for league crowns. Dodgers beat Bees 7 6 in Brooklyn with Dixie Walker debuting for the Merry Macs in a tense eighth inning battle.
A bumper crop of 1938 college stars move toward pro football with many big names in talks or signed. Marshall Goldberg joins the Chicago Cardinals amid expected $10 000 to $12 000 contracts. Davey O'Brien signs with the Philadelphia Eagles. Sid Luckman and Billy Patterson among two passers signed by the Bears. other stars like Waddy Young Ki Aldrich Johnny Pingel and Howard Weiss ink deals or near deal terms with multiple teams.
Beaumont Texas Righthander Red Barrett of Houston pitched a seven inning no hit Texas league game against Beaumont Monday winning 11 0. He hit one batsman and walked two.
A playful AP round up notes assorted items from Dixie Grapevine about Seymour Weiss and Pelicans talks with Bill Terry. It also corrects Mike Welch choosing Minnesota over Alabama and mentions Mike Jacobs eyeing Boston with Patrick Edward Comiskey. Bloomington Pantagraph mocks a bunt hit in a no hit game and lampoons Benzenberg. Bill McKechnie seeks Joe McCarthy headache cures for jitters.
The Yankee Stadium is said to be infested with Japanese beetles as Joe M'Carthy questions whether the Yankees can triumph. Ed Danowski, a football star now at Columbia, might object to the leak. Manitowoc High bans No 13 after Otley Smith, an eight-letter sports star who died in a plane crash, wore it.
Today’s guest star Tom Meany recalls Al Schacht at Ebbets Field and Dodger fans. Carl Canale boasts six reasons why Cornell will be stronger this year. Old Charlie Root among Cubs over 50, Mel Hein leaves coast for Giants. In Hollywood paparazzi measure sunken stars. Georgia center Steve Hughes out with a broken toe.
Chicago reports that head coach Elmer Layden and four nationally known assistants will begin drilling 69 college seniors Saturday for the charity game with the New York Giants at Soldier Field on August 30. Layden was chosen after a national coaches poll yielded 5 127 888 points. His assistants are Harry Stuhldreher Carl Snavely Bob Neyland and Edward Slip Madigan.
Thunderstorm delays forced a postponement as Knights of Columbus face Zoller's Beer nines tonight at 8 15 p m under floodlights to start the second half of the Inter-City kit tenball league. Post Office and South End Merchants renew the series in a Friday playoff under Oregon field lights to decide the first half champion after a three-way tie.
Rain delayed the Iowa state tennis tournament after Monday washed out most opening rounds. Only five matches started with four completed. the Dunn Yard match halted at 1-0 in the third set. Completed results include Wagner def Crain 6-3 6-2, Buren def Peulus 6-1 6-2, Van Ginkel def Mangold 6-4 6-4, Swartz def Metcalfe 6-1 6-3.
National League matches headline a full slate with Brooklyn at Philadelphia Cincinnati at Chicago Boston at New York Pittsburgh at St Louis listed as the night games and only game scheduled for the day.
Charles Meerdink of Geneva Golf and Country Club fired a 69 to tie the 18 hole course record at Mad Creek for the all city championship qualifiers. His 32 on the second nine fell one stroke short of the nine hole record held by Harold Figg. Fred Gembler and Ollie Bently also recorded qualifying scores for the 1939 all city event.
Charlie Meerdink and Fred Gembler teamed to qualify for the allCity championship at Mad Creek after a first round pairing drew scrutiny. Meerdink carded a 69, tying the course record set by Sport Figg, with Only two others matching or beating 32 on the front nine. Jim Brockway spoke of Iowa football legends, reunion plans for 1940, and high school coaching moves with Al Mitchell noting Iowa All Stars prospects. The piece also highlights Iowa football leadership in a Chicago era All Stars selection and hints at a new era for Hawkeye football.
Le Mars Iowa announcement declares Pete Westra former University of Iowa star in 1928 1929 as football line coach at Western Union College. Westra brings collegiate experience to the gridiron program and was introduced yesterday.
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