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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1940
Page
8
Baseball top duos hold steady as Dodgers beat Giants 5-1 and 6-1 in a Polo Grounds double feature. Indians win 2-1 in 11 innings to reclaim American League lead in a Detroit doubleheader split. Yankees sweep Red Sox 12-4 and 7-3.
The White Sox split two games with the Browns as Chicago won 7-3 and 8-5 to halt St Louis progress. Lefty Thornton Lee scattered seven hits in game one while Ed Smith and Clint Brown delivered in the nightcap. The Sox tallied eight runs in the first two innings, lifting Chicago to the sweep.
Ellis faces Co-Ops at South Park with 8 p.m. kickoff. Lawrence Sanitary clashes with Obers at Woodlawn Park.
Minneapolis Millers explode for eight home runs in one game plus fifty total bases setting a new team mark. Ab Wright alone hits four homers and a 19 total bases as Wright ties and surpasses several single game records. Despite that, Minneapolis split a holiday twin bill with St Paul, winning 17 to 5 after morning 3 to 2 victory by Bill Swift.
National League scores show Cincinnati 9 Pittsburgh 3 and Chicago 4-2. St Louis 3-5. Brooklyn 5 6 New York 1 1. Philadelphia 4-4. Boston 3-5. American League results include Detroit 5-1 and Cleveland 3-2. New York 12-7, Boston 4-3. Chicago 7-8. Washington 5-9. Philadelphia 1-5. Minor leagues list Milwaukee 7-4, Kansas City 5-8, St Paul 3-5, Minneapolis 2-17. Toledo 5-1, Columbus 3-2. Indianapolis 3, Louisville 2. Muskogee 9-19, Fort Smith 3-9, Topeka 6-6. St Joseph 5-16. Chattanooga 8-4, Knoxville 3-0, Birmingham 7-0, Memphis 6-1. Atlanta 6-4 Nashville 10 innings. New Orleans 7-12, Little Rock 3-3. Houston 3-5, San Antonio 2-2, Shreveport 7-3, Beaumont 3-2. Fort Worth 5-2, Dallas 0-0, Oklahoma City 7-4, Tulsa 6-2.
Junction City 3 7, Manhattan 8 Fairbury 4 Beatrice 5 Pratt 0 Garden City 16. Fairbury 16 Maryville 14 Parsons 5 Iola 4 Humboldt 0 Independence 1 Beloit 18 Concordia 8 6.
Fragmentary notes recount a year ago Atley Donald winning tenth, Fane undefeated, Yankee doubleheader at Washington stadium, DiMaggio 20th home run, five years ago Perry wins Wimbledon singles second round, beating von Cramm 6-2, with 61,146 present at Yankee game.
Several thousand watched the Jayhawk of Lawrence and Shawnee club of Topeka stage seven hydroplane races along the Kaw River. Bob Moss of Jayhawk won two events including the 9 to 20 hp displacement and the Jayhawk trophy race. Art Sauerberg suffered a spill in the free-for-all as crowds packed banks and police controlled traffic.
In Topeka on July 5 the Jayhawk junior doubles crown went to Wayne Anderson Shenandoah Iowa and Jack Ormsbee Kansas City Missouri after beating Frank Moseley and John Troup 6-2 6-4 6-1. Quarterfinals in singles saw Jossi Sutoris Brown Christner advance. Mary Janet McDonald Chanute reached semis by 6-0 6-1 over Lorene Bruckner. McDonald teamed with Christner to defeat Elbert Fulton Burlington 6-0 6-1 in mixed doubles.
Yankee duo Keller and Rosar homered four times in two games as New York swept Boston. Tigers starter Bridges, and Indians pitcher Bell delivered strong performances including Bridges seven innings and Bell’s eleventh inning run deciding the nightcap. White Sox pitchers Thornton Lee and Taft Wright split two games with solid starts and timely hitting. Giants hitters Phelps and Tamulis produced runs in the opener, while Yenter allowed only three hits in the nightcap. Hudson and Case starred for Senators in a two game set with Hudson six hitters and Case nine hits in ten at bats. Pirates and Cubs clash with Nicholson two run double and Shoun five-hitter in the other.
Baseball statistics list leaders in the National and American Leagues. Key names include Danning and Fletcher for New York and Pittsburgh in NL batting, and Foxx and Greenberg for Boston and Detroit in AL. Pitching leaders mention Mooty and Newsom with notable win totals.
Ray Bush of the Independence Ban Johnson team pitched a no hit game in Independence Kansas securing a 1 to 0 victory over Humboldt. He allowed one walk but no hits and earned the win for his club.
Coach Elmer Schaake of Lawrence high school seeks a November 1 night football game with offers. The piece notes holiday crowds, soccer action, and local sports figures. It mentions Kenneth Bruce hired to teach science and social science, and references former athletes at Southern California and Kansas, plus Omaha World-Herald comments and Nebraska athletic staff.
Joplin Missouri reports the Miners scored five times in the third and again in the fourth to beat Springfield 10-5 in the opener. They added four more in the eighth of a 6-2 nightcap victory as other Western Association games produced mixed results.
Bill Mills son of Mr and Mrs George A Mills Corpus Christi Texas will start work around August 1 in the advertising department of Westinghouse Electric company at St Louis after a degree from KK A in June. He will then attend a technical course in Pittsburgh. Mills previously worked for the Kansas Electric Power Company where his father was president and later in the advertising department of the Standard Life association.
The Fourth of July program fund needs more money to cover expenses. Art Weaver, finance committee chairman, urged small donations and noted any surplus will carry over to next year’s fund.
The Baldwin all-stars formerly the Lawrence semi pros will travel to Brookfield Missouri for a Sunday game. Players meet at the Goodrich store at 8 a m. Sunday. Hinweis: also scheduled to meet the Paseo all stars at Baldwin on July 14 in Baker stadium.
The Obers won the invitational softball tournament tied to a Fourth of July celebration with a 2 to 0 victory over Lawrence Sanitary. Reed started the scoring with a walk and Krum homered. Pitcher Jack Pearce held Lawrence Sanitary to two hits while Winnie Harwood allowed three. Other first round winners included Lawrence Merchants 6 5 and semi finals Clothiers 14 2.
Chitter chatter notes signs and traditions favoring the Dodgers and Indians on July 4. Mentions Signor Galento lawsuit over Boer fight earnings and Tony selling $13 000 worth of pasteboards at his Orange pub. Browns reportedly pitch Master Feller, Bobby Jones to play four Red Cross exhibitions starting July 13 at Lido Club. Dodgers and Tadler Tribe teased as front runners with July Fourth leading team likely to win the flag.
The column bundles July prophecies and bets: Rosar of the Yankees to marry July 9 despite McCarthy’s midseason ban, Walter Hagen bets $1000 on the U S Ryder Cup team vs Gene Sarazen’s all stars in Detroit July 16 17 with Red Cross funding if Hagen wins, Dizzy Dean urged to quit baseball for preaching, and Bill Dickey of the Yankees honored by the Washington Lions club.
Buck Newsom remains undefeated in the 85th big league season as he hasn't lost since the Browns beat him 5-1 in the opener. El Goofy Gomez, once a knuckleball specialist in the Pacific Coast League, debuted the pitch in the majors in a recent win.
The report notes Jackie Hayes who has recently lost his sight and mentions Kell in the White Sox lineup. It records advice from George Kelly of the Boston Bees and Mike Kelly of the Pirates to "Get a good ball, kid, get a good one" as part of the game narrative.
Today's Guest quotes Dan Parker denouncing a boastful rival as uncouth and unethical. He argues the fighter Baer has been thoroughly deflated and that boxing has fallen from its proper sport into the gutter.
Fourth of July baby Lawrence Hatfield, an eight round son, born at Lawrence Memorial Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Hatfield of 1132 Tennessee Street.
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