Tobin Faces Brooklyn Today In Bid For Another No Hit
Tobin aims to extend a 13 inning hitless streak as he meets the Brooklyn club at home. The matchup follows recent relief work and a Dodgers game scamper, with Durocher fined after a previous game.
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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1944
Page
8
Tobin aims to extend a 13 inning hitless streak as he meets the Brooklyn club at home. The matchup follows recent relief work and a Dodgers game scamper, with Durocher fined after a previous game.
Sparta Wisconsin Hoppy's Bowl alleys hosts doubles event with $846 in prizes. Top pair M E Hagen and Thorson Cashton won $250 for a 1305 total, with many teams across Cashton Friendship Tomah Winona and others earning smaller amounts from 19 to 8615 dollars in prize money.
Balduzzi Templars and West Avenue Fools opened the season with a twin bill split at West Avenue field Sunday. Sonny Beranek edged Ben Banasik 6 5 in the opener. Hecht struck out seven as the Fools won 7 5 in the nightcap. John Gilles homered for the winners and Cibulka did so for the Fools. Breuer starred for Balduzzi with strong hitting and defense. Lepsch took the loss. Six double plays and sharp fielding highlighted the day.
Milwaukee correspondent describes Cpl. City’s 1941 42 football fame now stationed in China. He recalls a 30 course dinner and says he has become adept with chopsticks.
Nine veterans in the Navy V-12 program join Marquette University spring drills under Coach Tom Stidham. The group includes Howard Gelsinger of Chambersburg and Robert Chambers of Buffalo along with Ray Jones Syracuse, Richard Hobanks Madison, Andrew Szkolak New York Mills, Ray Snigowski Toledo, and others from Michigan and Minnesota.
Central high hosts Winona Red Raiders with Dale Rudy pitching as they seek a third straight win. Logan Rangers with Wiley Stuhr faces Westby at Copeland diamond, while Aquinas travels to West Salem with Charlie Schmickla likely on the mound after a 3-2 setback to Independence in the BluGolds opener.
National League leaders include Musial St Louis batting 467 and Walker Brooklyn hits 18. Weintraub New York leads runs with 11. Schultz Brooklyn and Lombardi New York top RBIs with 14 and 13. American League features Myatt Washington 16 hits. Epps 11 runs leads.
In New York Timmy Reed stopped Gus Dorazio after 9 rounds as Willie Pep outpointed Jackie Seamus in Hartford. Robert Simmons beat Johnny Rozina in Chicago, Danville’s Bill Parsons stopped Roy Lewis in Milwaukee, Bee Bee Wright edged Ernest Robinson in Pittsburgh. Gunnar Barland defeated Buddy Goo in New Orleans while Lee Oma fought Earl Lowman in Newark. Detroit saw Buster Peeks draw with Johnny Lawer.
Milwaukee beat the Little World Champions from Columbus 14 to 4 as Julio Acosta blanked the Millers and fanned 11. Vernon Curtis limited Charley Grimm’s squad to five hits in seven innings, Bill Nagel driving in two with a late two run single as Milwaukee extended its win streak.
Veteran infielder Zeke Bonura declined a teaching offer to train British troops, saying he has a couple of good baseball years left and plans to return to the game after the war. Joe Gooter notes Bobo Newsom’s shutout win cements his status as a continued threat to live up to his hype.
Jimmy Wilson announced his resignation as Chicago Cubs manager amid a nine game losing streak. Roy Johnson to serve as acting manager while speculation swirls on a permanent replacement, with names like Stengel and Terry raised in Chicago baseball circles.
Eddie Arcaro, a 29 year old Italien from Newport Kentucky, rises as Derby favorite in pre race chatter as seven hopefuls test in the Derby trial at Churchill Downs. The field includes Broad Grin and Broadcloth while Arcaro rides Stir Up Saturday, seeking a third Derby win to join legends Murphy and Sande. Other top riders Johnny Adams Conn McCreary and Jack Westrope bring veteran Derby experience as Leonard Bowers leads the apprentice charge aboard Gramps Image.
Associated Press report: Washington beat Boston 11-4 as Senators equalled a modern big league record with six hits in six innings. Jimmy Grant came off the Indians White Sox bench to take over second base and hit a payoff double, aiding Cleveland’s 9-3 victory with a seven run eighth inning.
Central high school's tennis squad under Coach Walter Weigent faces its first test of 1944 as it hosts Eau Claire high school Old Abe netmen. Veterans Captain Tommy Howe Ben Overton Bud Graham and Dave Solie lead the Raiders with Howie Robert likely to play the fifth singles if Eau Claire brings five. Two doubles matches to finish the meet at Teachers College courts.
Today's schedule lists Boston at Brooklyn and New York at 1 30 p m St Louis at Pittsburgh 2 15 p m Only clubs scheduled Tomorrow's slate includes Boston Brooklyn Philadelphia New York St Louis Pittsburgh Cincinnati Chicago New York Philadelphia Milwaukee Kansas City Minneapolis St Paul Louisville Indianapolis Toledo Columbus
George Susce led the Cleveland attack with three singles and three RBIs as the Indians defeated the Chicago White Sox 9 to 3. The game featured a seventh inning flurry after an eighth inning explosion and solid pitching by Lee and Maltzberger.
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