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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1941
Page
6
The Columbus beat Milwaukee and Kansas City dominated with a 7 0 score In other results Toledo beat Louisville 5 5 and St Paul posted a 4 1 edge Indianapolis faced Minneapolis in a rain night game.
Tuesday Lawrence Merchants versus South Park unknown opponent at South Park. Wednesday Haskell faces Auto Wrecking Co at Woodlawn Park. The O Matics meet Lone Star at South Orrite Co. Thursday Oll O Matics versus Vinland at South Park. Friends confront Auto Wrecking at Woodlawn Park. Friday Auto Service vs Lone Star at South Park. Haskell versus Lawrence Merchants scheduled at Woodlawn Park.
Chick Pontius will leave as club professional and greens keeper after three years at Old Mission Country Club. Frank Dutch Stanberger will become club professional and Mrs Stanberger will serve as stewardess starting September 2. Cecil Smith moves to Shawnee CC in Topeka. Pontius will return to greens keeping.
Dodge City Kansas August 20 Southwestern Kansas farmers and stockmen inspect beef herds in Kiowa Comanche and Barber counties this week. Earlier in the week herds in Clark and Meade counties were viewed.
The Chicago White Sox own the best pitching in the majors with Thornton Lee and Big Johnny Humphries combining for a double shutout against the Philadelphia Athletics. The club has eight straight wins and 17 of 20, though they remain light at the plate with no homers in 14 games. Joe DiMaggio injures knee and Ted Williams hits three homers in a double header as Boston and others post varied results. Brooklyn wins fifth straight as Pirates stumble in a rain-soaked day across the league.
Columbus blues swept Kansas City 8 0 in six innings to clinch a doubleheader victory and move 3 games behind the league leaders Louisville. Brecheen tossed five hitter in the nightcap while Louisville held off St Paul and Minneapolis rainout altered the schedule.
Veteran coaches Clark Shaughnessy Ralph Jones and George Halas outline the modern T with Man in Motion. They stress quick backs good pass receivers and a fast strong backfield to execute the system with deceptive fakes and sharp blocking. The method relies on responsive linemen who can fake charge and accelerate without telegraphing actions.
The report lists top performers by league with leaders in batting runs and RBIs. Notable names include Mize Camilli and Reiser in the NL and DiMaggio Williams Heller in the AL, along with pitching leaders Riddle White Gomez and Murphy.
Scouts at the seventh annual semi pro showcase in Wichita say baseball will be paid back tenfold as armed forces loaned talent boosts the sport. Major league figures Becker Morris and Greenwade identify four top prospects Monte Basgall Pete Layden Grady Hatton and Matthew Batts with Batts hailed as the best in the southwest. Basgall Batts and Layden are Baylor and Texas products joining Enid refiners through the defense program amid draft upheaval.
John L. Batt, war department appraiser, opens offices in Baxter Springs Kansas to appraise land for the new 18 million dollar ammonium nitrate plant north of Riverton. Work will take two to three weeks.
Teams listed with scores include Joplin 0 Parsons 3 Fairbury 2 Manhattan 8 Concordia 5 Marysville 10 Independence 5 Pittsburg 1 Coffeyville 2 Tola 9 Junction City 13 Beloit 2.
Roundup reports on Steve ONeill linked to Indians job rumors. Bitsy Grant eyeing first-ten success, Ted Bishop as a dark horse, Talent Scout’s Saratoga win, and Greenberg trading down. Whit Wyatt, Alec Holmes no-hitter twist, Barney Dreyfuss at Pirates game, Dodgers’ ladies day fashion prelude, knuckleball rise for Jim Tobin, Lukas’ travel to Boston for doubles, and fan ball recovery sent to Army camps.
Bonura shines as assistant athletic director at Camp Shel and discussion grows to name a ball field after him. The Dodgers lost 23 players to the draft and three to defense, with seven rookies on standby. All servicemen in uniform may buy Penn State home grid game seats at half price.
The Owls, in fourth, have won 14 of 18 and crushed Hutchinson 4 to 1 and 8 to 2 behind strong pitching. Joplin and Fort Smith split two games with home runs and late runs while Springfield broke a seven game slide with a 12 to 7 win over Muskogee. Tonight’s slate features Joplin at Fort Scott Springfield at Muskogee Salina at Carthage and Hutchinson at Topeka.
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