Valdosta Scores and Mixed Results Report
Local scores from yesterday show Valdosta with varied results against Albany and Cordele. The brief recap lists teams and partial figures, reflecting a busy athletic slate in the region.
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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1939
Page
4
Local scores from yesterday show Valdosta with varied results against Albany and Cordele. The brief recap lists teams and partial figures, reflecting a busy athletic slate in the region.
Brief scores and results from area games featuring Cordele and Valdosta with Albany and Meare noted. The report highlights venue names and teams in a concise round of late scores.
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Cupid moved into control as two weddings marked the league night. Albany Cardinals edged Thomasville 4 3 to keep a slim lead while Cordelo jumped to second with a 5 4 win over Tallahassee. Valdosta Trojans crushed Moultrie 10 4 as Americus beat Waycross 12 4.
Albany rallies past Baltimore in a tense game as Riley returns to the lineup with a homer driving in the go ahead run. Pitcher Horn holds the Orioles to five hits while Riley nails a solo shot and pins the decisive fifth run on a late inning sequence.
The piece blends family pride with community events as a parent reflects on a child’s graduation and gifts, the recent state constitution amendments, and the unveiling of a new building history. It also notes the Thomasville Journal's launch by G. H. Kennedy, including an ad for a Savannah garden targeted to colored readers.
Liverpool with reference to Thetis salvage efforts halted by a northwest wind and heavy seas. Eight steel hawsers failed as the submarine rest at 130 feet in Liverpool Bay. Sailors planned towed lifting, awaiting higher tide and stronger cables. Memorial services were held for 99 men who died in the test dive last Thursday.
Alba Calif rests on a hillside where Mrs Glaydis Peterson acts as principal and teacher to her four children David John Dolly and Sammy plus younger Jimmy and Tippy. The one room schoolhouse once housed nine pupils across eight grades and doubles as a dance hall and branch library.
Big Ralph Guldahl fired a two over par 71 at Philadelphia Country Club Spring Hill to sit one stroke off the pace as about a quarter of the field finished the first round of the 43rd National Open. Armour Dutra and Wood led the early pace with 70s while Johnny Bulla and Frank Bouis posted solid starts.
Ralph Guldahl, the two time defending champion, opens the 43rd National Open at Spring Hill amid a strong field including Harry Cooper, Byron Nelson, Sam Snead and Gene Sarazen. Experts say the odds favor Guldahl but a first time winner could emerge from eight potential challengers.
AP reports results from the Southern Association National League and American League with multiple city matchups. Notable results include Chicago beating New York 7 1, Cincinnati 4 Philadelphia 4, St Louis 7 Brooklyn 3, New York 5 Chicago 2, and Boston St Louis rain affecting play. Additionally Southern Association games feature Memphis 6 Little Rock 4 and Chattanooga 6 Atlanta 2. Colsumbus 7 Greenville 1 Spartanburg 11 Jacksonville 3 Macon 8 Columbia 2 Augusta 10 Savannah 6.
The slate shows Birmingham at New Orleans Knoxville at Nashville Yuntle Rock at Memphis Chicago at New York Pittsburgh at Boston Cincinnati at Philadelphia New York at Chicago Boston at St Louis Philadelphia at Detroit Washington at Cleveland Columbus at Augusta Jacksonville at Columbia Macon at Greenville Savannah at Spartanburg.
In a long night of Southern Association action 31 pitchers appeared. The Lookouts beat the Atlanta Crackers 5 to 2 to stay atop the standings while New Orleans edged Birmingham 6 to 5 to climb to fifth. a 4-4 tie halted the Knoxville Nashville game after 13 innings. Memphis won 5 to 4 over Little Rock to stay in second place.
A Florida girls team from St. Petersburg, billed as Florida’s championship club, visits East Side Field to face the league leading Toms Toasted in a benefit for the Junior Chamber iron lung fund. Proceeds support a local community program.
Joe DiMaggio returns to center field for the Yankees in more than a month and homers as a triple sparks a 5 2 win over the White Sox. Lefty Gomez notches his fourth victory as New York ends a slump and another AL action unfolds with Washington sweeping Cleveland.
The column mixes baseball centennial notes at Cooperstown and boxing chatter on Louis and Galento. It mentions Lou Gehrig in a Minnesota clinic and various sports tidbits from rowing to golf. Multiple named figures appear, including Bill Klem and J. Edgar Hoover, with playful betting chatter on Galento versus Louis.
Hits and seven homers the day before were held to five safeties by Claude Passeau as the Cubs opened their series with a 7 to 1 victory. Bill Swift’s first start of the season resulted in a 2 to 0 shutout for the Pittsburgh Pirates at Boston. The St. Louis Cardinals toppled Van Mungo in the sixth and beat the Brooklyn Dodgers 7 to 3 in a night game. Bill McGee earned his fifth win without a loss.
The Thomasville Orioles split with Albany’s league-leading Cardinals last night and face the Cardinals again this afternoon in a twin bill. Red Kenzie is slated to pitch this afternoon with Kermit Asse scheduled for tonight. The Orioles plan to host Valdosta next, while Morgan and others deal with lineup injuries and changes.
Visitors to Crater Lake National Park Oregon rose 28 percent in 1938, reflecting growing public interest and park programs. The data highlights increased travel to the scenic site and potential impacts on park services and preservation efforts.
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