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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1941
Page
7
In a tense NL duel the St Louis Cardinals beat the Chicago Cubs 3-2. Johnny Mize returned to action pinch hitting and lined a base hit with runners at the corners to clinch the victory as the Dodgers won 6-0 over Philadelphia.
Members of the Huron Junior and Junior-Junior baseball teams will march in next Sunday's parade. The event, part of the Junior-Junior program, aims to show local interest in the sport. Boys should meet at Campbell Park at 1 o clock.
American League batting leader Williams of Boston at .400 with St. Louis at .385 and other standouts including Travis and Cramer. National League batting leader Reiser of Brooklyn at .379 with Slaughter of St. Louis at .362. hits leader Slaughter with 54. home run leader Ott of New York with 10. pitching leaders Warneke and Coover of St. Louis with 5 and 6 wins respectively. Indianapolis note: Maurice defeats Ernie Dusek in two of three falls at the Angel Tilist event.
Chicago May 28 NBA. Two young men of similar size wear number 15 on Cubs uniforms. Al Stringer just finished freshman year at Saint Mary's College and joined the team with his mother from the Pacific coast. Al is a shortstop while Lou Stringer plays second base and insists he is the best ball player in the family.
National Open contender Lawson Little eyes a repeat bid as Hank Greenberg powers through camp with a homer and a double. Francis Stan previews Louis Baer film conflicts while Ben Hogan endures a slump in 48 straight money finishes. Billy Conn trains for Louis. Max Baer returns to films. Mutual System airs Jacobs fights. Madison Square Garden hosts a big dance night. Charlotte Hornets spend $1,200 on baseballs. Lefty Grove seeks 300th win as another box score rolls in.
Concordia College coach and athletic director Joe Rognstad resigns citing dissatisfaction with how teams were treated by the administration and board of directors. He led the Cobbers in football basketball and track.
Johnny Mize of the Cardinals drove in a winning run with a bases loaded pinch single in the ninth inning to defeat the Cubs, while Hugh Casey took the loss. The Dodgers shut out the Phillies on seven hits for their sixth win. Bruce Campbell of the Tigers homered twice with a run-scoring on base outing against the Indians. Joe DiMaggio led a 18-hit Yankee attack on Washington with a homer and three singles. Carl Hubbell of the Giants dueled the Braves with a crucial ninth inning single.
The Shase Golf Club will hold its annual golf tournament on Sunday June 1 inviting all Central South Dakota golfers. The event features two man row ball with prizes in each flight and an entrance fee of fifty cents.
Joe Fo outpointed Mickey Farber in New York. Pete Lelio defeated Paco Villa in Gary Indiana. Results list a third fight in Mexico City with abbreviated details.
A partial weather bulletin lists historical temperature extremes, precipitation totals, sunrise and sunset times, and forecasts for South Dakota Minnesota Iowa and surrounding areas. Partly cloudy conditions persist with a few scattered showers and warm temperatures through Thursday.
INDIANAPOLIS May 33 cars prepared for the 23d annual 500 mile race with two places left in the lineup. Mauri Rose of Indianapolis was favored to win in a secret ballot by the 100-Mile-an-Hour Club at its meeting. Sixteen of the 27 living members attended, about a dozen to compete Friday.
The District of Columbia Boxing Commission upheld referee Arthur Donovan's ruling that Buddy Baer lost by disqualification to Joe Louis after Baer claimed fouling at the end of the sixth round. Promoter Mike Jacobs arranged a return bout for early October.
Chicago May 28 Tony Zale the Gary Indiana fighter will defend his middleweight crown against former champ Hostak in a 15 round bout at Chicago Stadium. Hostak seeks to prove the comeback axiom as he aims to regain the title he lost to Zale in Seattle last July after previously losing it in 1938 to Solly Krieger.
The Cheyenne Indians outlasted Sioux City 5 to 4 in 13 innings to climb from the Western league cellar as Pueblo dropped to last with a 5 to 2 loss to Sioux Falls and Norfolk fell 11 to 9 to Denver.
Luke Appling of the Chicago White Sox struggles with a new batting cage that traps foul balls and sends them ricocheting back into the enclosure. The veteran shortstop, former league batting champion, watches balls rebound like boomerangs as he adapts to the setup.
The 1941 Huron baseball opening features all eight games free to the public with family outings encouraged. Four clubs appear evenly matched with no returning former players from last year on the Sport Shop roster, promising lively battles as the league starts. Decalcomania note at the end stands separate from the sports item.
In Chicago on May 28 J Donald Budge was knocked out of the National Professional Championship by a California rival in straight sets 6-4 6-1 6-3. The match followed Budge’s debut the day after his marriage to a Stanford coed.
Harvard crew finished the sprint season unbeaten by beating Columbia by one percent length on the Hazel River. Five years ago Woody English of Chicago and Lee Stine of Cincinnati tangled at home plate as the Cubs defeated the Reds 11 to 5.
Young Bill Butland returns to the American Association but struggles. Columbus falls 6 to 5 as home runs by Hugh Poland Ray Sanders and Bert Haas spark the attack. Bill Cox tosses seven perfect innings for Indianapolis in a 12 0 win over Toledo. KC Minneapolis game rained out.
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