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Newspaper

The Daily Mail

Location

Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America

Date

Aug 09, 1939

Page

4

Range of NBC TV transmitter expands to Cape Cod

New York reports television signals from NBC atop the Empire State Building reaching Cape Cod, 185 miles away, with earlier 130 miles noted from Schenectady. Amateur Dean R Barker of West Falmouth Mass shares success on a five inch picture tube home-made set. NBC and CBS advance experiments. WOR applies for an experimental license. Programs and schedules listed for WEAF WABC WJZ and other stations.

New York NBC Empire State Building Cape Cod Schenectady N.Y Dean R. Barker West Falmouth Mass WOR MBS CBS

Booster Day For Wildcat Tossers

The Williamsport Wildcat baseball club will host a Booster Day on Sunday for the deciding game with Mercersburg A C. Each side has won one of the three games. A reorganization meeting at Miller's Barber shop is set for Thursday at 8 p m to elect a new manager and discuss funding for the rest of the season.

Williamsport Wildcat Mercersburg A. C Cats Miller's

Local Market Prices for Wheat Butter Bacon and More

Prices paid to producers for local staples listed by Kline Bros Benevole Wheat at mill and barn. Wheat corn butter country bacon lard potatoes and springers area mentions show per pound and per bushel rates with small variances. Reading indicates fluctuating local farm prices across several commodities at the local market.

Kline Bros

No Upsets In Net Tourney In Cumberland Valley Tennis

On day two in Cumberland Valley Tennis, top contenders advanced with no upsets. Notables include Jack McLaughlin of Mercersburg defeating Sonner Stenger 6 4, 6 2 and Victor Palmer the top seed beating Bill Kroetzer 6 1, 6 2, while William Buzzard fell to Fred Wright 6 1, 6 3 and Joe Stevenson beat John Spangler 6 0, 6 1. A heavy schedule follows with men’s singles and doubles featuring Ross and McLaughlin versus Palmer and Creeger at 2 PM and a slate of 4 and 5 PM matches including Wright, Ramsburg, Dorsey, Hines, Thomas, and Creeger.

Cumberland Valley Jack McLaughlin Mercersburg Sonner Stenger William Buzzard Middlei Fred Wright Joe Stevenson Wayneshors John Spangler Victor Palmer Bill Kroetzer Ross McLaughlin Palmer Creeger McBain Wright Ramsburg Dorsey Hines Thomas

Yanks Lose in Washington Slugfest 7 4

New York trailed 7 4 after Washington capitalized with two runs in the final frames. Krakauskas earned the win with 7 43 innings, Donald took the loss, and 12,000 watched at the field as errors by Selkirk Crosetti Rolfe Keller Ferrell Vernon hurt the Yankees.

New York Washington Selkirk Crosetti Rolfe Keller Ferrell Vernon West Bloodworth Ferell Krakauskas Dahlgren Henrich Lewis Case Gordon Travis Rases Krakauskas S Donald Russo Chandler Appleton Dickey Ruffiing R. H A. Case Wright Esiatella Els Eaeh Poerets Ferrell C . Wennee Oeke Krakauskas

National League standings and upcoming games

The National League standings show Cincinnati at 63 35, St. Louis 60 55, Chicago 54 47, Pittsburgh 49 46, Brooklyn 49 46, New York 43 54, with Boston and Philadelphia also listed. Today's schedule includes Cincinnati at Chicago, Tremendous at New York, and Pittsburgh at St. Louis, with only games scheduled.

Cincinnati St. Louis Chicago Pittsburgh Brooklyn New York Boston Philadelphia Ginevnnath Treston Burgh St. Jy Chicinnati Chicas Wokign Huston

Baseball scores and standings from yesterday

American League results show New York beating Washington 7 to 4 while Philadelphia won 2 to 0. Chicago and Detroit arranged matchups, standings list New York leading with a .690 percentage, Boston at .622, Cleveland 525, Detroit 815, Washington 2447, Philadelphia 360. Upcoming schedule lists New York at Washington and other city pairings.

New York E.ee Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit

Lefty Grove Tops A’s In Boston Rout

Lefty Grove pitched well for the Red Sox as Boston defeated Philadelphia 4 to 2. Jimmy Foxx contributed at the plate while Grove handled the A’s for the eighth win in ten games this season.

Boston Ang & IP Jimmy Foxx Robert Mosts Grove Boston Red Sox Philadelphia A's

Doubles Pairings Set For Tournament Draws

In the men's doubles draw McCardell and Radcliffe secured top seed, McLaughlin and Stoner claim second seed. Ramsburg and Adrian McCardell drew a bye and face the winner of the McCardell-Radcliffe pair versus Green-Dorsey. Second-round matchups include Irvine Rutledge and Arch Rutledge, a bye for Bogart and Wright, and pairs like Rowe-Stevenson. Ramsburg notes his new partner while Clapp is in Baltimore and ineligible.

Malcolm McCardell Atlee Radcliffe Jack McLaughlin George Stoner Ramsburg Adrian McCardell Tad McLanshiln William Ross Edvin Creeger Palmer Irvine Rutledge Arch Rutledge Stoner McLaughlin Bogart Wright John Rowe Joe Stevenson J. Richard Ramsburg Fréderick Robert Clapp Baltiomre

Pax's Sportorials on Softball League Fight

Umpires Kenneth Brashears and H E L Hoover are scheduled to work Friday night at City Park for a league game between Kays and Meyers Berkson. The result will decide a recent league tie as Stations are the only team not yet posting complete second half scores and face fines under league rules.

Kenneth Brashears H. E L. Hoover Kays Meyers Berkson

Score, grounds under review in local league

No standings can be published until all scores are turned in and checked. Managers must have score-keepers attend to this at once as complaints arrive about unmarked or unsatisfactory grounds. Umpires may forfeit games if grounds are not ok. Rogers and Fairchilds teams gain experience amid rough play and tough opponents. Louis Braille became blind at age three. Seventy five Mennonite church members in Berne are over seventy. The planets move around the sun in the same direction and nearly the same plane.

O. K Rogers and Fairchilds

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