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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1939
Page
4
The piece argues Joe Louis dominates the division as aging rivals fade. It credits his improved discipline, streamlined physique, and focus on training since Braddock’s title win. Time is the only looming challenger, with Louis near prime at 25 for a later era.
Tony Galento and Joe Louis meet for the heavyweight crown at Yankee Stadium with Louis favored to KO Galento inside three rounds. Promoter plans 15 rounds, odds offering big bets as fans expect a quick finish from the champion though Galento carries surprising punching power.
Predicters from AP and major papers foresee Louis stopping Galento quickly. Majority pick Louis inside three to five rounds with several favoring a three or four round finish at the New York arena.
The June 1 championship bout between champion Joe Louis of Detroit and challenger Tony Galento of Orange, N J, scheduled for Yankee Stadium New York, with seven preliminaries at 8 p m and an estimated attendance of 55000. Gate about 450000. Louis 40 percent of the purse. weather warm and partly cloudy. odds Louis favored 7 to 6. officials unnamed. broadcast by NBC and mutual network at 9 p.m.
Firemen's League announces today's schedule with matches including Fonksrawn at Maugsuisville and Took & Ladder at First tage. Unclear names and places appear due to OCR errors while a rule enforcing ampket wearing armbands is urged by the president. A league meeting is planned for Wednesday evening to prep for the second half and all star game management.
The AP feature lists leaders across both leagues. Batting honors include Arnovich and Bonura for hits. Camilli and Ott for home runs. Pitching leaders show Gumbert and Warneke tie for wins in the NL and Donald for wins in the AL.
Dizzy Dean, renowned pitcher and speaker, was set to start against the St. Louis Cardinals in a key National League matchup. His return to St Louis marks his first appearance here since being traded to the Cubs last April, with strong fan interest and anticipated reception from former teammates and fans.
Pax's Sportorials notes four game set where Kay Meyers Berkson and Pax's team split two ties and two wins with 15 inning 3 3 finish. Al and Roy Barnhart pitched all games as 1500 fans watched. Officials cite unclear foul lines and uniform violations with spikes limits and shoe standards urged for compliance.
The schedule lists Pittsburgh at Cincinnati and Chicago at St Louis with Philadelphia visiting New York and Brooklyn facing Boston. Also shows Philadelphia at Greenklyn and Chicago at St Louis with Boston at New York among other city pairings.
Yesterday's results list Chicago 1h St Louis 2 Boston 2 Washington 6 with only game scheduled. Today games include New York at Philadelphia Detroit at Cleveland Boston at Washington St Louis at Chicago. Additional matches New York at Washington Philadelphia at Boston. War office orders call for 1,000,000 pairs of boots for militiamen and territorials since the new recruitment program began.
The Brooklyn Dodgers and Bees played a 23 inning marathon ending in darkness. Whitlow Wyatt pitched 14 innings for the Dodgers as seven pitchers combined for the long contest. The game set the season’s longest in extras, with Boston and Chicago also posting NL and AL results in a busy day of baseball.
Seattle’s Kid Hostak regained the National Boxing Association middleweight crown with a fourth round technical knockout of Solly Krieger of Brooklyn. Hostak battered Krieger with a rapid right-handed attack, floored him twice in the third and twice in the fourth, forcing a knockout after 46 seconds of the period. Referee James Braddock halted the bout. Krieger fell, slipped, and failed to rise.
A clipping notes a health oriented golf event linked to Sunshine and Exerest with references to Fyn Boe and Cluby Rented. Pohleaedivs Invited appears as organizers or participants alongside Hagerstown Golf Club.
The Delmar softball team defeated State Penal Farm 21 to 1 on Sunday morning. L Kuhn allowed two hits, Pryor and Doffimyeyer hit home runs, and Delosier made several fine catches in the field. Delmar seeks out of town games. contact Lloyd Kuhn at 604 Mulberry Ave, Hagerstown. A Japanese opera Reimei dramatizes Commodore Perry's 1846 landing in Japan.
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