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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1939
Page
3
The 1939 League B schedule lists home teams first for each game. Games are played on Diamonds 2 and 3 at the Park outside the fence, with details identifying home and visiting teams for each matchup.
Editor notes celebrate the hundredth birthday of baseball with a series on odd plays and decisions. Hal Adams provides cartoons alongside brief recollections from majors to sandlots, inviting readers to recall unusual moments across the game’s history.
In Willmar Minnesota on July 14 1903 Thielman collapsed near home as O Toole rounded the bases. O Toole carried the prostrate pitcher to home plate and scored the tying run before Thielman died of heart failure.
JER RY TERLINGO new executive secretary to JUSTIN FUNKHOUSER at O Sullivans suffers a broken shoulder in a practice game with the softball nine. CAPT BILL ARGENBRIGHT of Friendship Fire Co. sprains a foot sliding into second during a softball moment at the Park. Orchids celebrate 18 SAR GENT track team members for monograms and certificates as JONES hits the first Junior Board B team home run. DOC TIDLER returns to town amid applause while ROUSS PARK hosts park activity with two softball games and four occupied tennis courts. CHANDLER HARPER and BILL CUNNINGHAM represent Virginia in the U S Open County Club of Virginia. See you Monday at the Chester Trapshooting Team event.
Moose Baseball club meets Winchester Wholesale Grocery nine at the fairgrounds tomorrow afternoon. Leo Smallwood, who pitched a no hitter last Sunday, will start on the mound with Bill Anderson behind the plate. The Grocers won both prior games this year, but Moose manager Coffelt stays confident his team will prevail.
United States and British polo teams face off again in the second game of the best-of-three series. After a 11-7 loss last week, the home side seeks rebound with unchanged lineups in tomorrow's match.
Track coach Sargent announces eighteen monogram winners from Handley with fifteen seniors. Notables include Ward Snyder who set a C V A L mile record and Donald Stewart who broke the school 880 mark. The list includes state record holders in javelin and 220 low hurdles. Few returning veterans are named for 1940.
Lexington June 10 Harry K Cy Young veteran Washington and Lee basketball coach since 1933 will leave coaching to become full time alumni secretary next fall He has done alumni secretarial work alongside coaching and the appointment was praised by alumni leader Joe T Sykes Young previously coached at William and Mary for two years as freshman football and basketball coach and varsity baseball coach.
In the National League the top hitters include Marie Arnovich of Philadelphia and Jim McCormick of Cincinnati with averages around .400 and .344. In the American League Saint Louis and Boston players lead, with St Louis and Boston regulars posting high two numbers and strong on base and slugging indicators.
NBA chatter on Bettina Conn Harvey Lewis exam and potential light heavyweight moves. boxing notes include Lewis greenlee clash, British board ruling, Don Padgett bid, Eric Boon last fight claim, Gallery Louis bet, Conn Bettina gear, Louis workout, and various track and football tidbits.
Standings show Detroit beating Philadelphia 14 to 4 and Boston trailing 4 to 18 to St. Louis 3-7. Today’s schedule lists New York at St. Louis with Hadley facing Mills, Boston at Chicago Grove vs. Marcum, Washington at Detroit with Leonard and Carrasquel against Bridges and McKain, and Philadelphia at Cleveland Potter vs. Allen.
New York defeated Chicago 4 to 3 in ten innings. Brooklyn beat St. Louis 7 to 4. Boston won 4 to 1 over Pittsburgh. The schedule lists Cincinnati at Brooklyn-Gris som with Hamlin. St. Louis at Philadelphia led by Weiland and Cooper. Senacene and Higbe in game notes. Pittsburgh at New York with Sewell facing Schumacher. Chicago at Boston with Whitehill opposing Shhoffner.
Bertil Mattsen, a motorist from St Paul, ignored time and distance as he faced an overtime parking fine on May 2. Six weeks later police reported he paid a $1 penalty while vacationing in Roneby Sweden.
Si Burick reports in Dayton that Cincinnati venues have drawn 250000 paid admissions at home so far and officials are projecting a million dollar season as fans continue to fill seats.
Supreme Court Justice Ernest E. L. Hammer ordered the arrest of Paul Derringer, Cincinnati Reds pitcher, for alleged nonpayment of an $8 170 judgment. The suit, filed by Robert E. Condon of Larchmont, claims Derringer assaulted him in a Philadelphia hotel room in July 1936.
Conciliators in Harlan county discuss next steps to end a long deadlock over a mine contract. Three United Mine Workers representatives and three operators’ association members met Gov. A B Chandler in Frankfort for three hours. no decision was reached.
Firemen from 15 county volunteer companies tackled a blaze at the long lumber mill in Fruitland Maryland as drought dried timber. Damages were pegged at 25000 dollars by partner Curtis W Long. Fire crews used pickle brine to supplement water when supplies ran low and saved nearby canery owned by John H Dulany and son.
Hank Greenberg clubs his 13th four base hit as the Detroit Tigers beat the Philadelphia Athletics 14-4. Jimmy Foxx and Barney McCosky add homers, while Foxx also stars for the Red Sox in a doubleheader sweep of the Browns. Dodgers move up to third with a 7-4 win over the Cardinals.
Sam Snead held a five stroke edge over Ralph Guldahl midway through the final 36 holes at Spring Mill as Horton Smith Craig Wood Bud Ward and Denny Shute trailed. Yardage and par for the Philadelphia Country Club course were listed with Nos 1 through 9 totaling 3 413 yards and par 34.
Wally Sears and Nick Young suffered knockouts in separate bouts at Mount Freedom and Philadelphia venues. Frank Jamaris stopped Sears after two rounds while Harry Cooper defeated Young, delivering a knockout in the later card.
O Sull ivan age 11 junior board beat Miller and Anderson 8 to 5 while Parcel Post lost 4 to 4 in a 1478 game. Monday junior board vs parcel post with O Sullivan facing Miller and Arider. Va Woolen Dr Pepper and United Food and Joe's games were postponed Thursday.
London June 10 police leave for scores of Metropolitan officers across 20 divisions was cancelled due to bomb violence blamed on the illegal Irish Republican Army. A smouldering mailbag a flaming letterbox and a parcel explosion occurred in separate incidents as incendiary bombs exploded in England last night. Two men were slightly injured by two small blasts within ninety minutes. Small fires erupted in over 20 London mail boxes overnight.
SAN PEDRO Calif June 10 The captain of a U S cruiser which searched 152 000 square miles of the Pacific for Richard Hallimorton s 75 foot Chinese junk saw only a faint possibility the adventurer is alive.
Treasury data shows receipts of 10 million 59 thousand 616 dollars and 25 cents against expenditures of 15 million 197 thousand 30 dollars and 39 cents. Gross debt stands at 40 billion 351 million 912 thousand 451 dollars and 44 cents.
A Des Moines man with an allergy to money quit his job as a store clerk after handling $5 and $10 bills caused a rash. Medical records supported the condition, and he was deemed eligible for weekly unemployment benefits.
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