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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1938
Page
7
The Blazing Bucs beat the Bees twice 9-4 and 5-3 in a Boston doubleheader to stretch their first place margin. Pirates rival teams struggle as Reds, Indians, and Yankees win in a tense pennant race. Joe Gordon belted an overtime homer to lift the Yankees over the Tigers 10-7, while the Reds rallied for a 6-5 win.
In Sioux Falls Horton Smith shot 66 to set a new Elmwood Park course record at the municipal links. He led rivals Harry Cooper Jimmy Thompson and Lawson Little by four under par as spectators numbered 2000 to 2500. Winds were brisk and Smith’s eight threes in ten holes aided the record effort.
Don Budge of California receives the James E. Sullivan Memorial Cup as outstanding amateur athlete of 1937 from Judge Samuel Hoyt at a New York Athletic Club luncheon. Budge, in Australia when voted, will team with Davis Cup partner Gene Mako in the eastern grass court doubles at Rye beginning Saturday, passing up singles for now.
Softball teams from Beadle Kingsbury Minor Sanborn and Jerauld counties will compete in Huron on August 21 to earn a spot in the state tournament set for September 4 and 5. Clarence Peterson, regional chairman, urged teams to submit player lists and entry fees to Harlan Gillespie by August 7. Each team may use 12 registered players, with a $1 per player fee and a $2.50 team entrance fee. Regional and state rules copies are available on request.
The Associated Press lists top batters and pitchers in the National and American Leagues. Lombardi and Berger lead NL batting with 358 and 342, while Goodman clocks 127 homers and Blanton 9 4 as NL pitchers. Foxx and Greenberg pace AL batting and home runs with Greenberg at 37 and Foxx at 29.
The sixth annual South Dakota amateur baseball championship opens at Aberdeen municipal ball park at 1 p.m. Sunday August 28 with 26 teams. Drawings show nine days of play ending Labor Day. semi finals and finals mirror tradition as the tourney grows in stature.
At Meadow Club the 49th annual grass court invite proceeds to singles quarter finals with Don McNeill as outsider facing seven seeds led by top seed Bobby Riggs. Riggs meets Joe Hunt and foes include Bevan Grant Frank Kovacs Hal Surface Sidney Wood and Charles Hare as doubles upsets reconfigure the lineup.
New York sports column notes orchid to Burleigh Grimes for managing the Dodgers well and praises Rizzo as sparkplug of a rejuvenated Brooklyn, with chatter about Armstrong Ambers bets, promoters, and boxing buzz.
Team captain Walter Pate expresses confidence ahead of the Davis Cup challenge round at Germantown near Philadelphia. He predicts the United States will beat Australia 4 to 1, with Don Budge and Gene Mako in the doubles and Bobby Riggs as the second singles player unless changes arise before August 24.
Sioux City moved five games ahead in the Nebraska State League with a 9 9 victory over Sioux Falls, as Wolfe and Schimling led the Sioux City bats. Norfolk beat Grand Island 12 1 at Cedar Rapids, while Lincoln routed Rice 12 3 amid seven errors.
Joe Gordon led the Yankees with a two run homer in an 11th inning burst to beat the Tigers 19 7. Terry Moore starred for the Cardinals with three singles driving in two in a 3 2 win over the Dodgers. Ostermueller saved the opener for the Red Sox with 12 3 innings of hitless relief as Keltner powered the Indians to an 8 3 win in the nightcap. Goodman homered in the 10th to lift the Reds 8 3 over the Phillies. Beau Bell and Bob Johnson provided key hits as Browns beat the Senators and Athletics won 14 2 over the White Sox. Joe Moore contributed four hits for the Giants in an 8 3 win over the Cubs.
The Schooner Beers defeated Iroquois at Ravine Park last evening as the game ended early in the fifth inning with the Beers ahead 8 to 3. Tom Teuber and George Erickson led a late rally, while Iroquois struggled against tight Brewers defense and timely hits.
Recap of multiple doubleheaders and scorelines across Boston Cleveland Philadelphia Chicago New York St Louis Pittsburgh Cincinnati and others. Pitchers listed include Wilson Peacock Midkiff Rogers Hevine Feller Hemssey Thomas Whitehead Sewell Grissom Hartnett Weiland and more with final tallies ranging from close one run games to blowouts.
In Indianapolis Steve Casey of Crushers defeated Jumping Joe Savoldi who could not return for the second fall. In Los Angeles Bronko Nagurski of Minnesota beat Gus Sonnenberg of Boston in two falls.
Milwaukee A A pitcher Bill Zuber, late of Cleveland, threw seven strong innings and sparked Milwaukee to a 7 4 win over Minneapolis in a ten inning game. Poffenberger added a seven hit effort for Toledo as Toledo beat Indianapolis 12 to 2. St Paul Saints swept Kansas City 5 0 and 3 2 to widen their lead to seven games over the Indians. Merritt Cain earned the win in the second game for Chicago White Sox alum.
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