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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1939
Page
3
Moultrie 2 VS Valkihassee 0 and Va Americus 7 VS Wises. Albany at Ateneus, Valdosta at Wiserens, Tallahassee act Vierpasee, Cordele at Moultrie.
A garbled box score lists RBI tallies for Kimbrell McVay Tyson McAdams McKenzie Swo poda Dove Mueninghoff Vickers. It mentions base hits by Summ McAditos Mueninghoff Jumenville with errors and outs. Pitchers Pickel Ogiego Bosser Prin kle are noted with incomplete inning counts and umpires Atkinson Matesic. Time of games old.
The Yankees and Cardinals aim to halt the Detroit Tigers on a nine game run and the New York Giants on an eight game streak. Detroit beat Boston 8-7 as Boston collapsed in the seventh while the Giants beat Chicago 6-4 after an early lead. The Cardinals edged the Dodgers 7-6, the Yankees swept Cleveland to win 4-3 in a two run inning surge. Pirates beat Boston 4-2 and Athletics edged Browns 11-10 as Senators topped White Sox 4-1. Cincinnati and Philadelphia had idle day.
New York reports Morrie Arnovich of Philadelphia and George McQuinn of St Louis contending for the major league batting lead. The week’s leaders include Arnovich 78 runs batted in 193 hits and a .404 average, McQuinn 74 RBIs and a .365 mark with other top averages from McCormick Brook and Kaufer among the NL leaders.
Brief sports chatter notes Joe Louis plans a Galento bout with a fast start if a Jersey racing bill passes. Mentions three new tracks near the George Washington Bridge Camden and Red Bank. Also quotes Obie Keeler on golf and Ed Bang predicting Earl Averill impact for the Tigers.
The undefeated Toms edged Standard Oil 4-3 to stay atop the City Softball League standings. The Goodyear Lifeguards exploded for 34 runs in a three inning rout of the Georgia Packers, 34-5, as Graddy and McMath homered twice and Bill Swift starred on offense. The Kiroy Club toppled Foremost Dairies 17-10, with Dub Dekle and Frank Hancock homering for Kiroy and Walter Moreland guiding the win for Foremost.
Swashbuckling Johnny Cummings Jr of Memphis faces Bobby Dunkelberger of High Point NC in the southern golf championship at Belle Meade. Cummings defeats Stiedle and Rogers to reach the final while Dunkelberger eliminates Stark and Harris in a fierce showdown. Dunkelberger struggles on the 6 656 yard course but advances as Cummings leads.
Georgia-Florida League President A. D. Walker reinstated Waycross player Harry Stratton who had been suspended for charging an umpire. Larry Frey, the umpire later released, was unhappy with league work and was replaced by George Kashner.
George Pfund, a rookie catcher out of George Washington University, has been sent to Baltimore and will join the Orioles roster next week. The move may lead to the suspension or release of backup catcher Dan Vickers as Mike Ulisney has been ill.
Poughkeepsie N Y June 17 Leven crews will line up this afternoon for the climactic four mile varsity race in the Intercollegiate Regatta. Some 90000 spectators are expected to watch shells from California Cornell Washington Navy Columbia Syracuse and Wisconsin race down the Hudson.
Track fans packed Shady College town for Princeton invitation mile as Sydney Wooderson of England, aiming to attack his world record, prepares to race against four top American distance stars in Palmer Stadium.
Rambling notes discuss the Orioles finally having pitching but suffering clutch hitting, with other clubs strengthening pitching. It predicts Moultrie’s Packers as a Shaughnessy playoff contender and mentions Cy Morgan’s back injury keeping him out a week. Several local sports figures and events are noted, including former Albany Herald editors, Geary's hot Florida State League form, and a Rose theater film on anglers.
Georgia Florida League update from Thomasville details Albany Cardinals manager Johnny Keane surging to a .392 average after 17 hits in 35 at bats for the week ending June 13. He tops Ed Hartness of Americus I, while Pat Riley and Valdosta's Lukon lead in other categories. Vernon Horn and others pace pitchers with eleven and ten wins respectively.
Memphis highway department examiner Ray L. Wheat claims men perform better than women on state driver license tests arguing women grow nervous during exams. The brief quotes Wheat stating the belief though no formal study is cited.
Georgia enacts a new drug act banning over the counter sales of amytal luminol sulphanilamide and related drugs without prescription. Doctors praise a new pneumonia treatment while other notes cover a hockey game crowd in Tallahassee, fan reactions and a radish stem tip.
Albany Cardinals, leading the Georgia Florida league, were shut out 7 to 0 by Americas. Waycross exploded for 12 to 0 over Valdosta, with Patchin allowing only two hits. Moultrie beat Cordele 2 to 1. Tallahassee edged Thomasville 7 to 6 in a high scoring day.
The Orioles trailed 7 6 after a five error night as Tallahassee Capitalists edged them by one run. McAdams led the Capitals with a trio of hits including a triple and a double, while Rosser wobbly support and eleven stranded runners hampered Baltimore’s comeback bid.
Mueninghoff sparked a chaotic seventh inning as Tyson walked and McAdams doubled for the winning run in a tense Baltimore rally. Dove scored on Mueninghoff's double, while misplays by Vickers and others fueled a chaotic frame before a late Orioles defensive stand sealed the victory.
Report highlights Lou Nova in a comic park mishap and Forrest Behm joining Lincoln Cathedral Acapella at a Waldorf event. Mike Jacobs serves ice cream during a Galento workout. The scene shifts to Gus Lesnevich vs Dave Clark, Freddie Hutchinson earning big money with bright shipping chatter in Toledo.
Cunningham first Ferake second Wooderson third. The note outlines top finishers in the mile preview at Princeton with Cunningham leading followed by Ferake and Wooderson.
Lancaster New Era notes George W. Kirchner reports on Galento claiming he acts tough as he pitches Horge shoes without removing the horses.
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