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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1944
Page
11
Five games frame the AL as the St. Louis Browns climb to first place after a 11-5 loss to Washington and other results. Detroit sweeps the Yankees, Hal Newhouser earns win, and Stan Spence matches a modern hits record. Metkovich powers Boston past Cleveland. Barrett sparks Pittsburgh. Munger and Lanier help Phillies win. Gardella homers for the Giants as the Polo Grounds reach a sixth straight victory. Philadelphia-Chicago game postponed.
A tornado in Loup county Nebraska lifted a calf from the Moninger ranch and carried it high into the air where it appeared as a speck, then set it down in a nearby field with only a fractured jaw as damage.
Fullerton's Roundup reports Lavis York, Rudy's brother and a sailor at the naval receiving station, pitched a no hit game for a Newport News softball league last week. His strong hitting impressed Branch Rickey Jr and a Piedmont League observer, while Lou Little recovers from strain. The item also notes Babe Culnan's heavyweight show and Barney Mussill's spring pitching and Army discharge after mustard gas exposure.
Sacramento residents rallied to back the Solons after purchasing the Pacific Coast League club from the St Louis Cardinals in a campaign to boost support. Home attendances surged to 43,378 over 26 games this season, versus 14,676 the previous year, while overall 76-home-game attendance in 1943 totaled 28,100 despite a cellar position early on.
Louisville Colonels win 16-5 at home against Indianapolis to cap a four game set. Milwaukee tops Kansas City 19-4 as Columbus trails the leaders. Minneapolis-St Paul game postponed due to rain.
National games notes show Pittsburgh over Brooklyn 2-1 and St. Louis 4-2 with Boston 2-7 Cleveland 6-11 Washington 11-5 St. Louis. Detroit 4-3 New York in 16 Innings. Association results include Columbus 7 Toledo 5 and Louisville 16 Indianapolis 5. Milwaukee 19 Kansas City 4. St Paul at Minneapolis rained out. Notable players: Stephens St Louis and Tabor Boston 26. Doerr Boston 50. Cullenbine Cleveland 15. Gutteridge St Louis 9. Seerey Cleveland Hayes Philadelphia Spence Washington 6. Stirnweiss New York and Gutteridge 9 stolen bases. Borony New York 857 pitched.
Cincinnati plates seven runs on a 7th inning batted in by Fausett while subbing for Aleno, Mueller and Shaun make late-game appearances. Philadelphia musters eight runs but falls by one as Stewart commits an error in the field.
The Reds started Ed Heusser against the Boston Braves while Jim Tobin aimed to rebound from no hit games. Richard Barret, for the Blue Jays, beat Cincinnati 8 to 7 by driving in four runs with a triple and a double.
Detroit moved within a game and a half of first after a four game Yankees sweep. Manager Steve ONeill touts his pitching trio led by Hal Newhouser Paul Trout and John Gorsica as the Tigers push a 17 25 .680 pace with six straight wins and a quarter of the 1944 season played.
George Munger of the Cardinals allowed three hits in seven innings before leaving with a dislocated finger in a 4-2 win. Dick Barret drove in four for Philadelphia in an 8-7 victory over Cincinnati, aided by Bill Lee in the ninth. John Barrett homered for Pittsburgh in a 2-1 win over Brooklyn, plus a clutch ninth inning catch. Danny Gardella's Giants broke a 3-3 tie with a two run homer in the seventh for a 5-3 win over Chicago and New York's sixth. An Spence tied a major league record with six hits, including a homer, vs St. Louis. Don Ross doubled home the winning run as Detroit swept the Yankees 4-3.
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