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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1941
Page
28
Baxter faces Turner tonight in a high profile boxing bout. Frankie Moran and Milton Donell clash in the undercard, aiming for decisive wins to bolster title dreams at the venue.
Russell Baxter of Lawrence county faces Johnny Turner of Clairton in a main middleweight bout in the air cooled Arena. Baxter trains with Moran and Beale for speed and power and seeks to top Clairton’s best. Evening card includes Moran versus Donelli and Leasure versus Burke along with several lighter bouts. Doors open 7:30 pm. first punch 8:30 pm. Matches approved by the state athletic commission and the Amateur Athletic Union.
The New Castle Field Club A and B teams defeated Squaw Creek Country Club’s A team at Youngstown Field Club course Sunday 21 to 11. Medalist honors went to Ross Bridenbaugh with a 76.
Lawrence Indies beat West Side A C 10 to 7 at Lee Avenue field after seven runs in the seventh. Monk Rainney pitched a four hit game but six errors nearly cost him. Indians remain 18 2 first half, next game vs Elder A C at the Flats. Knight Chmura Pyle homeruns. Rainney winning pitcher, Pyle losing. Umps Smolnik and Orlando. Also notes Montana State’s 1940 football squad has 22 in military service and George Blake promoted boxing in Honolulu.
New York June 30 Mickey Harris and Jack Wilson prepared to oppose the Yankees in a double header as Joe DiMaggio aimed to tie Wee Willie Keeler’s 44 game hitting streak. DiMaggio extended his own streak to 42 straight games with two hits in the Washington doubleheader, threatening a historic record set in 1897.
Local jeweler and sportsman Jack Gerson hosted his basketball team Saturday night at his summer home Noahs Ark on Neshannock Creek near East Brook station. Twenty players and guests attended despite heavy rain and shared a social evening of talks, cards, music, and a substantial repast. Ray Wallace thanked Gerson for supporting athletics, and Gerson spoke about their luck to be in America, then handed each player a personalized billfold. Gifts were given to Coach Kulich, Joe Factor, Ray Wallace, and Bugs Walther.
Universal Sanitary employees held a June 28 gathering at New Castle Field Club and Idlewood Park with a 9:30 am golf tourney. George Shook won the year’s trophy, presented by George Lamoree. A 2 pm dinner preceded an Idlewood stag picnic and athletic events overseen by Universal A A, with trophies awarded to Shine Piatek Kirk and Dutch Hill in Class A B C.
Lawrence County Sportsmen's Association will sponsor another skeet and trap shoot on Wednesday evening at 8:30 at the New Castle fair grounds. H N Drie secretary announced today.
Washington report notes a Department of Agriculture finding that inserting toothpicks saturated with indole-3-butyric acid into pecan tree roots stimulates growth. Researchers L C Romberg and C L Smith of the Bureau of Plant Industry show root penetration with chemical tips boosts new root formation, reducing first year deaths and supporting top growth.
New York dispatch notes seven months of layoff and 3-1 odds as Al Davis returns to boxing to face Fritzie Zivic in a twelve round welterweight bout at the Polo Grounds. Davis, recently released from a Boxing Commission ban, seeks a victory to “win for the army” amid a season of outdoor sports and shifting allegiances. The report also mentions Leo Novak coaching at West Point and Billy Rogell taking a managing role with Lancaster in the Inter-State League.
Umpires for the city league game at Lee Avenue Field tonight will be Adams and Tex Richards. For the Lawrence county league game Tuesday the umpires are General and Castelo. Leo W. Hill, head of the umpires organization, announced the assignments and called a meeting of umpires for 8 o clock Tuesday night at the Y.
City-county baseball league managers and officials will hold an important meeting in Carm's at 112 West Washington Street tonight at 8 o'clock. All teams must be represented. Croton A. C. will likely be extended a franchise replacing South Hills.
The Slovak-Ryantown city league game scheduled for tonight at Ryantown field has been canceled. The Slovaks will instead play Croton in a practice game at Cascade field on Tuesday night, as announced by Slovak management.
Archie Frank, 17, of Wampum, fills second base for Beaver Falls in the Penn State League, after strong showing in Lawrence County. Nick Scala takes shortstop for Cambridge on the Eastern Shore League. Jim McCready praised as a top southpaw in the Penn State loop. Sergeant Fletcher nearing return home after 24 victories and 9 scraps. Financial note ends with Champion Joe.
Louis earns 8100 per start while Joe makes 2800 per fighting minute. About 163 radio stations broadcast baseball this season. Bill Feldhaus leaves the Detroit Lions to be assistant grid coach at Miami University in Oxford Ohio. Bob Carpenter of the New York Giants serves on the Chicago Board of Trade in his spare time. Lou Stringer of the Chicago Cubs haunts hospitals to watch operations. Luke Sewell takes over the St Louis Browns potentially missing about 5000 world series money if the Indians win. Wee Willie Keeler held the all time mlb mark by hitting safely in 44 straight games in 1897.
The Pittsburgh Pirates strive for their initial victory of the season over the St. Louis Cardinals while Chicago Cubs report losses near $230,000 from the prior season. Pale Hose and Babe Dahlgren show costly trades and quick power in early games.
West Pittsburg Gas House wins 8 to 6 behind Jimmy Attisano on the mound. Ryantown errors behind losing pitcher Dolly Hartman set the tone. DeGenermen produced six runs in two innings, with Hartman collecting the lone extra-base hit. Ryantown rallied for three in the ninth.
Boston Braves sign Paul Waner and field the oldest outfield yet in a big league lineup while placing the youngest infield in history. Center fielder Johnny Cooney will be 40 next March with Waner at 37 and a youthful infield including Buddy Gremp 21, Bama Rowell 25, Willie Wietelmann 21, and Libby Sisti not yet 21.
A reorganization of the Moose baseball team will take place tonight at 8 o'clock in the club rooms on South Mercer street announced by Manager Fiz Rodenbaugh. All players from this year and any interested in playing the second half are asked to attend as Moose aim for the second half flag in the city Baseball league. Rodenbaugh says we will have a much better team this next half, watch our smoke.
Five Lawrence county softball games slated this evening weather permitting. First half ends tonight with postponed games in reserve for playoffs. Matches include Sunny Boys at Ellport, Ellwood Sons of Italy at Dono fries, Sons of Italy of N C at Fannins Radiators at Columbus Club, Valentios at Johnson Bronze.
Members of the New Castle Ramblers of the City County Independent Baseball League will gather Tuesday evening at 8 o clock in the YMCA. Manager Bishop announced today.
Yesterday's games feature Chicago defeating Cleveland 9-3 and Detroit 3 over St. Louis 1. New York won 9-7 and Boston crushed Philadelphia 13-2 while Washington fell 5-4. Cleveland visits St. Louis and Detroit plays Chicago with no other games scheduled.
New York beat Philadelphia 10 to 7. Second game postponed due to rain. Brooklyn 5, Boston 2 with the second game ending early due to Sunday law. Pittsburgh 8, Chicago 3 to 2. Cincinnati 6, St. Louis 4 to 14. Schedule lists Chicago at Cincinnati, St. Louis at Pittsburgh, Philadelphia at Brooklyn, New York at Boston.
A brief table shows team records with Columbus at 6-3, Louisville 4-4, St. Paul 4-3, Sere City 3-1, Indianapolis 5-5, Toledo 4-2, Milwaukee 19-12, and Minneapolis 12-5 in an 11 innings first game.
Toledo faces Louisville while Columbus meets Indianapolis. Milwaukee travels to Minneapolis as Kansas City plays St. Paul in a set of tonight's basketball showdowns featuring four city pairings and the potential for key conference wins.
United States Golf Association officials announced that starting January 1 1942 the speed of a first grade golf ball will be frozen not to exceed 250 feet per second Tests will run at 75 degrees Fahrenheit with a maximum tolerance of 2 percent The size and weight will remain unchanged The move aims to halt the gradual lengthening of golf ball distance over time
Induction in the army and injuries notwithstanding Bobby Feller could win 36 or more games this season. Only Walter Johnson Ed Walsh and Jack Chesbro have matched such tallies in the past four decades, making him the fourth in 40 years if he achieves the mark. New York DeFilppo Fordham captain named as first pick for Eastern All-Star eleven to meet the New York Giants September 3 in the Tribune charity game.
When his arm grew too sore to pitch Fred Blake veteran quit as playing manager of the Huntington Club in the Mountain State League.
Bill Stewart Jr a standout in football hockey and baseball at Notre Dame is the son of Bill Stewart Sr the National League umpire.
Pinky Woods, unbeaten at Holy Cross, is pitching for Scranton in the Red Sox farm system. The standout hurler works to keep his momentum against rivals as Scranton strengthens its minor league push this season.
New York Yankees win twice 9 4 and 7 5 as Joe DiMaggio’s record hitting streak looms. Tommy Henrich and Joe Gordon homered in the wins. Ed Barrow’s club remains in first place amid a busy day of AL action. Indians lose. Dodgers and Cardinals split. Pirates beat Cubs twice to seize fifth. Detroit ends skid with Hal Newhouser gem.
Dodgers sent Alex Kampouris to the International League this year as he played at shortstop third base and in the outfield for Montreal. He filled almost every position except his own.
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