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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1941
Page
33
The first national remote central golf championship shows women far more consistent than men. Among 7,315 contestants in 1940, under par variances were under three strokes for women, while more than 32 percent of men varied up to 10 strokes. The 1941 event plans a field near 20,030 with entry blanks via phone.
New York reports that at least 314 clubs and 18,300 golfers have enrolled for the one day national handicap tournament on June 14. The event will benefit British air raid victims across courses nationwide.
Umpires for City league games Thursday were Mehalic A Price at Croton West Pittsburg general Castele at Marshall Field McIntyre Stevenson Clifton Flats Smolnik Rotuno. County league Friday umpires Adams Tex Richards at Wampum and General Castele at Hillsville. Minnesota reports a new came fish hybrid and the conservation department pauses further reports pending more experiments.
In a Lawrence County league game at Bessemer Tuesday Bessemer beat Wampum 9 to 1. Olson allowed nine hits while Herbert and Marshall combined for six. Samsa and Powell Soth hit two base hits and doubles by Samsa and Powell boosted the winners.
Dubuque University claimed the football basketball and track championships in the Town Intercollegiate Conference this year. The sweep underscores the school's broad athletic strength across multiple sports and showcases its dominant program.
Boston pitcher Jim Tobin is described as top batter among the Braves. He works on hitting on off days, balancing strong pitching with improved batting.
Brooklyn outfielder Ducky Medwick missed his first game of the season due to a sore throat. Jimmy Wasdell started in his place in the lineup.
Ryantown built a six run first inning led by Bob Bechtel but West Side A C rallied behind Smed Pyle who silenced Ryantown for six innings as West Side won 14 to 8. Maher Sisley and Knight sparked the winners while Riley banged a three base hit for Ryantown.
Croton A. C. edged the Slovak Club 5 to 4 at Cascade street field as Billy Grimes scored from third on a long fly in the seventh with one out. Chiafalla pitched the seventh to secure the win. Prybilski took the loss. Calderaro led with a triple. Conti Micco and Marshall contributed timely hits. Crowd turnout was high as Croton notches its sixth win, three losses.
Bessemer defeated Wampum 9 to 1 on Tuesday. The Blue Eagles added a 7 to 1 win over West Side AC and a 12 to 0 rout of Ryantown Juniors. Upcoming games feature Bessemer at Wampum and Hillsville at Ellwood City.
The Lawrence Indies and Moose meet in a postponed league game at Marshall Field at 6 tonight. Indies ace Monk Rainey and Majocha on the hill hope to avenge a recent 5 to 4 defeat by the Moose. Johns asks for another chance at the league top, with Picato possible for mound duty if needed. May improve Notre Dame star Eddie Riska’s draft chances after leading scorer three seasons.
Cy Pfirman Jr 21, a former Cotton States league umpire and son of a former National League umpire, follows in his father’s footsteps after a 17 year major league career behind the plate.
Billy Conn trains outdoors at Pompton Lakes with sparring partners ahead of his June 28 meeting with Joe Louis at the Polo Grounds for the world heavyweight title. He projects speed to carry him to victory and was named The Fighter of 1940 by boxing writers.
The South Side Civic club met Tuesday to organize a softball team led by Rev. Fr. Joseph L. Abbate of St. Vitus church who will coach. Organizers hope to form multiple teams on the South Side to run a league this summer.
Miss Alice Sewall daughter of Mr and Mrs Edward E Sewall of 124 East Garfield avenue and Miss Gene Kaminski of Erie represent Edinboro State Teachers college in an inter college tennis match at Lake Erie college Paineville Ohio. Play opens today and runs through Saturday. Sewall traveled from New Castle this morning to join Kaminski and Nettie Ruttle Edinboro girls athletic instructor for the trip.
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