Ted Williams Leads Screwballs Society as New President
Ted Williams becomes president of the Screwballs Aid Society amid anecdotes of his fielding and hitting. stories recount his antics and a standout tenth inning for the Red Sox, while other leagues see Cubs Giants clash and Dodgers stumble as standings shift.
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Sid Feder
Associated Press
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Brooklyn
Dodgers
Wally Berger
Philadelphia
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Ival Goodman
Lonnie Frey
Speedsters to Meet in Indianapolis for Exclusive Club
The 100 mile an hour club, limited to drivers who have completed 500 miles at Indianapolis at 100 mph or better, seeks new members after six fatalities in motorsport. Only twenty four members have achieved the feat since 1911, with Wilbur Shaw and Louis Meyer among multi‑time honorees.
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Indianapolis
Wilbur Shaw
Louis Meyer
Huntington Park
Calif
Principal Authority to Punish Pupils Defined
Cumberland Maryland May 10 a magistrate ruled that a principal may inflict reasonable corporal punishment but teachers may not. Earl Bracey principal of Frederick Street Negro School was acquitted of assault for paddling William Page and two other pupils who left school grounds without permission.
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Frederick Street
Bracey
Perdew
William Page
Page
Upperville Horse Show Set for June 9 and 10
Prize lists for the Upperville Colt and Horse Show announce events for Friday and Saturday June 9 and 10 at Grafton Farm near Upperville. Classes include 12 breeding, 17 hunter, pony, thoroughbred and a championship with a halfbred three year old sire challenge. Founders Cup awaits Fauquier and Loudoun bred and owned horses. Entries close May 31, 1939. Judges named: Howard C. Fair Bryce Wing Pierre Lorillard Jr Col. S. E. Reynolds Courtland H. Smith Walter L. Simpson.
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Upperville
United States
Grafton Farm
Fauquier
Loudoun
Howard C. Fair
Bryce Wing
Pierre Lorillard, Jr
Col. S. E. Reynolds
Courtland H. Smith
Walter L. Simpson
Lightning Tests Fail To Ignite Starch Free Shirt
Westinghouse engineers demonstrated a hot lightning test in Sharon Pennsylvania. A starch free shirt caught fire as the bolt arced but the starch treated shirt shredded without ignition. The experiment aimed to prove starch caused ignition in ordinary shirts.
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Sharon
Westinghouse
Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons horses lead big earnings
Horses trained by Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons have won more than 106000 dollars in just over three weeks. The column mentions other sports and figures including Fred Perry, Don Budge, Ellsworth Viner, and Max Schmeling among various notes.
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Eddie Brietz
New York
Sunny Jim” Fitzsimmons
Fred Perry
Hollywood
England
Don Budge
Ellsworth Viner
Chicago
Max Schmeling
Tony Musto
Joe Batiste
Tucson
Ariz
Surprise managers and players tease a busy sports season
Richmond man Calvin Griffith, rising in Piedmont League fame, is tipped to manage the Washington Senators in 1940 though never played pro baseball. Sacramento club rosters list several players including Garibaldi, Wezilich, Sherer, Wieczorek, Ogrodowski, and Smith. Augusta’s 15 year old Steve Mulher plays 36 holes in a school tournament. Tex Christian’s Dutch Meyer says two capable passers await fall fireworks. Mike Belloise the New York featherweight shines on the coast under Gus Wilson’s supervision.
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John Oliver
Richmond
Calvin Griffith
Charlotte
Washington Senators
Sacramento
Garibaldi
Wezilich
Sherer
Wieczorek
Ogrodowski
Smith
Steve Mulher
Augusta
Dutch Meyer
Texas Christian
Mike Belloise
New York
Gus Wilson
Carpentier
Ed Barrow Reveals Plan to Stop the Yankees
In an exclusive interview Ed Barrow explains a proposed strategy to counter the New York Yankees by signing Hal Chase and Larry. He outlines possible moves and the implications for the club’s lineup and competition.
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Ed Barrow
Yankees
Hal Chase
Larry
Local Poets Win National Literary Recognition
Wilmer PF Shryock of Winchester has poem Intolerance accepted for the 1939 World’s Fair Anthology by Exposition Press. Caroline Carver of 303 North Brad duch street Also recognized for Make Up poetry and already published song lyrics.
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Wilmer PF. Shryock
Winchester
Exposition Press
New York City
Tony Won
John Kerr High School
Randolph-Macon College
Ashland
Jean Elizabeth Shryock
New York
Caroline Carver
North
Bradduch Street
Making Separate Replies To Hitler
Stockholm May 10 four Nordic states Sweden Norway Finland and Denmark will issue separate replies to Adolf Hitler s non aggression pact offer. Denmark may accept while nations insist neutrality excludes them from any political combination with the powers and may negotiate if allowed by officials in Copenhagen Stockholm Oslo Helsinki and Copenhagen proceed with caution.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Norway
Finland
Denmark
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Germany
Admiral Yarnell reports Lindenbank救援66 aboard no lives lost
Admiral Harry E. Yarnell of the Asiatic fleet reports the rescue of 66 passengers and crewmen from the British steamer Lindenbank after it sank near the Philippine Islands following a reef collision. No lives were lost and all escaped injury.
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Washington
Harry E. Yarnell
Navy
Lindenbank
Philippine Islands
Baseball Greats Praise Yankees Competition
The era’s stars Lajoie, Honus Wagner, Jimmy Collins, Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, Tris Speaker, Mickey Cochrane and Walter Johnston predict the Yankees face a stern test, noting they would give the Yanks a good going over.
Classy Field In Dixie Handicap At Pimlico
Pimlico hosts a superb Dixie Handicap with sixteen top older thoroughbreds for the mile and three sixteenths race. Pompoon is top weighted at 1225 pounds after last year’s win and track record, facing rivals Cravat, Jacoja, Burning Star, Masked General, Isolator, Hypocrite, Tattersdemalion, Aethelwold, Brown King, Jolly Tar and Invermark. Bull Sea was sidelined by a training breakdown.
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Pompoon
Townsend B. Martin
Parker Cornine
A. G. Vanderbilt
Fly
Marshall Field
Sir Damien
Edward Friendly
Shandon Farm
Burning Star
Brandywine Stable
General Belair Stud
Ral
Parr
Thomas Healy
William Ll. Brawn
Aethelwold
Challephen
Joe W. Brown
Brown King
Walter M
Eight Athletes Defend Titles At Atlantic Meet
Eight defending champions will attempt to retain their titles at the twenty seventh Atlantic track and field championships at Rutgers stadium. A record 376 entries from seventeen colleges across the region will compete over two days with trials Friday and finals Saturday. Rutgers seeks the team title against a field including Alfred, Bucknell, Delaware, Dickinson, Drexel, Franklin and Marshall, Gettysburg, Haverford, Juniata, Lafayette, Lehigh, Muhlenberg, St Josephs Philadelphia, Swarthmore, Ursinus and Washington College.
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N. J
Rutgers Stadium
Basil Tully
Washington College
New Jersey
New York
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Delaware
Rutgers
Alfred
Bucknell
Dickinson
Drexel
Franklin and Marshall
Gettysburg
Haverford
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Lehigh
Muhlenberg
St. Joseph’s of Phildalephia
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Ursin
Indian Hollow Mission Reopens With Mother's Day Program
Mrs Henry W McVicar returns to Indian Hollow after six months in Staunton and East Radford Va The Helping Hand Mission will reopen at 3 o clock Sunday afternoon a Mother Day program directed by Rev E J Rohart invites all to attend this special service and other meetings at the mission
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Henry W. McVicar
Staunton
East Radford
Indian Hollow
E. J. Rohart
Treasury Status May 8 Receipts and Expenditures Filed
The Treasury reports receipts of 32,185,621.81 and expenditures of 43,496,078.81, with a gross debt of 40,154,841,764.59. The daily deficit rises by 16,148,881 to date from the previous day.
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