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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1940
Page
7
The Chicago White Sox surged to within one game of the first division by winning their seventh straight. They beat the Boston Red Sox 6-4 as Joe Kuhel hit his 18th homer and set up a new batting surge. The Tigers also extended their lead with a 5-2 win over Washington.
The report names top hitters and pitchers from both leagues. Key figures include Mize and Nicholson leading NL home runs, Frey and Frey with runs, and Radcliffe and Greenberg among batting leaders. Pitching leaders include Fitzsimmons and Newsom with win totals.
New York reports rising attendance in multiple markets as fans flock to home games. Ed Head, a 20-year-old pitcher, has struck out 220 in his pro debut year and is drawing attention from teams like the Dodgers and Abbeyville. Ab Wright of Minneapolis earns praise for fielding prowess while Joe Schultz of Portland ends the season with a shoulder injury.
Bob Brown cites rising attendance for baseball and hockey in Canada while noting general drop in participation. Albie Booth posts an 83 in an upstate golf event. Ab Jenkins, Salt Lake mayor, sets and breaks speed records then drives 120 miles home. Ralph Hunn’s Wisconsin dismissal sparks speculation on wider effects.
AB Wright, star outfielder for the Minneapolis Millers, fueled a doubleheader sweep over Toledo by blasting two homers in the first game and adding a third baseman’s hit in the third. His 24th and 25th homers of the season helped trim Kansas City’s lead to four and a half games as Minneapolis won 6 1 and 5 4. The Blues beat Louisville 4 1 behind Don Hendrickson’s 10th win, while Columbus and St Paul split a pair. Indianapolis at Milwaukee was rained out.
Scores list for multiple leagues includes Pittsburgh 2 New York 1 Chicago 8 Boston 4. Detroit 5 Washington 2 Philadelphia 7 Cleveland 6 New York 13 St Louis 8 Chicago 6 Boston 4 Kansas City 4 Louisville 1 Minneapolis 6 5 Toledo 1 4 Columbus 9 1 St Paul 1 4 Topeka 4 Fort Smith 0 Muskogee 6 St Joseph 3 Salina 8 Springfield 0 Nashville 11 Knoxville 7 Atlanta 6 Chattanooga 5 New Orleans 3 Birmingham 1 Memphis 4 3 Little Rock 2 2 Shreveport 4 San Antonio 1 Fort Worth 3 Tulsa 2 Houston 2 Beaumont 1 Oklahoma City 3 Dallas 2 Sioux Falls 3 Norfolk 0 Mitchell 5 Worthington 4.
The rules committee of the United States Golf Association clarifies golf terms. It explains bogey is not one over par, defines fair score as the target on a hole, and warns against misused words such as bir die eagle single or threesome. It prescribes proper usage for foursome four ball and medal play and explains dormie.
In the Western Association standings Muskogee leads with an eight game edge over Topeka, while Fort Smith sits four games behind St. Joseph. The Owls blank Fort Smith 4-0 behind Frank Tincup, and Salina beat Springfield 8-0 as Muskogee uses a triple play to top St. Joseph 6-3. Joplin splits with Hutchinson, and Pirates aim to halt a skid with Springfield at Salina tonight.
Truett Sewell and the Pirates scattered nine hits to back a win with key runs via fly balls. Joe Gordon powered the Yankees with two home runs as the team mounted a 16 hit assault. Joe Kuhel led the White Sox with his 18th homer in an extra base attack to rout the Red Sox. Archie McKain saved a Tigers victory with three innings of one hit relief. Sam Chapman started the Athletics scoring with a first inning homer to lift Philadelphia over Cleveland.
Jack Zeller, Detroit Tiger official, bankrolled Oklahoma City and Dallas Rebels with about 10 000 dollars each for pitchers Charley Fuchs and Bob Uhle. The piece notes Zeller's influence in keeping the league vibrant while also highlighting La Marble's dominant form since Wimbledon 1937 and Auburn's 1940 football team facing a heavy travel schedule of ten away games.
Jim Doyle of the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports that the horse Mr. Ambassador was scratched at Thistle Down after a bee sting on its neck. Doyle notes the incident prompts a joking line about ambassadors being withdrawn with neck pains from Europe.
Wichita Kansas reports the new ground level microphone device by Ray Dumont drew mixed reactions as umpires and players showed "mike" fright. In the games Cha nute beat the Kansas City Rudy Patricks 2 to 1 and Wichita Soloms defeated Emporia Humphreys 8 to 1, eliminating two losers and trimming the field to five teams.
In St Paul the $7500 St Paul Open opens at Keller course with ideal conditions after a heat wave. Pros seek to beat Dick Metz's 72 hole 270 record while Lawson Little returns for another shot at the $1600 first prize. Metz had just posted a 278 at the Chicago Open.
A year ago Frank Guernsey beat Bobby Riggs in an invitation tourney at Seabright 7-5 6-4. Three years ago Whitey Moore of Syracuse tossed a no hitter to win 1-0 over Jersey City. Five years ago England won two Davis Cup singles as Bunny Austin defeated Wilmer Allison and Fred Perry beat Don Budge in straight sets series.
The South Enders defeated Auto Service 10 to 8 in a Senior Softball League game in South Park. Auto Service mounted a five run rally in the seventh but fell short. No games are slated in South Park until Monday night when the Lions face Lone Star.
The wind erosion committee of the Southern Great Plains Agricultural council estimates 1940 winter wheat planting in the southern plains will be 1,627,613 acres less than last year. Nearly five million acres seeded last winter were abandoned due to short winter precipitation amid a moisture shortage spanning Oklahoma Kansas Texas New Mexico and Colorado with 47 of 101 counties reporting below normal precipitation.
The California Supreme Court orders a new trial for Martin Snyder known as The Gimp on charges of attempting to kill Myrl Alderman, who later married Ruth Etting the radio singer, overturning prior rulings.
The Long list of Sunday visitors includes Mrs. C Sheldon and family in Dallas with stops in Lawrence and nearby towns. Numerous pairs and individuals from New York City Overland Park Edgerton Cass Lake Vinland Eudora Kaw Valley and Forest Lake join dinners and calls at homes of the Kaegl Strobel Robertson Neis Laughlin Dickerson and others amid Sunday travel to Newmarket and lasting visits.
Chicago July 26 The national vote for head coach of the charity all star football game to be played August 29 at Soldier Field lists Michigan’s Fritz Crisler first with 9 921 votes followed by Purdue’s Mal Elward 9 646 Big Ten leaders show Crisler 9 521 Elward 9 646 and Francis Schmidt 5 132 Don Elser 4 396 Hart Blaik 954 etc The five man staff will be chosen from five sections: west east south middle west and Big Ten with the top vote getter becoming head coach.
The Association of American Railroads reports 729,897 revenue freight cars loaded in the week ending last Saturday. This shows a drop of 10,568 cars or 1.4 percent from the prior week, but a 12 percent rise from a year ago and a 25.7 percent increase from 1938.
A party of 67 friends and relatives gathered at the George Henik home to celebrate his birthday on July 20. Attendees included numerous families from Knowledge Hill, Linwood, Lansing, Fall Leaf, Bonner Springs, and Lawrence, Kansas.
A long list of visits and family news dominates the page with relatives from Lawrence Topeka Lansing Bonner Springs and Linwood stopping by homes of Toyne Mitchell Anderson and others. Wedding news notes Henry and Catherine McCarthy wed in Tonganoxie and left for Texas. Merle Harbaugh’s death in Linwood ends the district update.
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