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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1946
Page
8
Dodgers sit 3 games ahead as Howie Pollet battles Brooklyns. Pollet lasted short while and Lippy Dodger defense tied game with Reese and Walker contributing. Furillo delivered clincher as 31,446 at Ebbets Field. attendance surpassed 1,022,400 for the season. Giants beat Cubs 8-2. Yankees, Tigers duel for second as Red Sox widen AL lead with 4-0 win over Cleveland. Williams homered, Trucks struck out 13 in 6-5 loss.
Louisville closed the gap to within three games of league leader Indianapolis by beating Mintonpolite 9-4 behind George Diehl and Chick Genovese’s grand slam. Milwaukee then shut out the Indians 4-0 as Lefty Pyle won his seventh in a row. St Paul beat Columbus 4-2 with Harry Taylor earning his 11th win. Toledo crushed Kansas City 8-0 as Fred Sanford notches his fifth, and today’s slate features Louisville at Minneapolis, Columbus at St Paul, Toledo at Milwaukee.
In a dramatic ninth inning, Goody Rosen lined a pinch hit single with the bases loaded and two out to give the New York Giants a 3-2 victory over Chicago. Rube Melton out-pitched Howie Pollet for Brooklyn’s 2-1 win over St Louis with Behrman providing ninth inning help. Semnick’s four hits included a three run homer as Philadelphia beat Cincinnati. Ferriss blanked Cleveland 4-0 on three Boston hits. Trucks fanned 18 for Detroit in a 6-5 win over New York. Heath hit a three run homer in the eleventh to lift Browns past Bees. Chapman’s Athletics erupted for six in the seventh to roll 8-3.
American League games showed Detroit 6 over New York 5 and Boston 4 over Cleveland 0, with St. Louis 6 defeating Washington 3. Inningal. Philadelphia 3 over Chicago 2. National League action had New York 3 over Chicago 2, Brooklyn 2 over St. Louis 1, and Philadelphia vs Cincinnati at Boston postponed or postponed.
New York reports Mrs. Barney Dreyfuss’s price for the Pittsburgh Pirates at 2.5 million dollars as new owners must seal a long term front office deal for Bill Benswanger. Musings on Bing Crosby’s potential buy and other sports notes fill the page, including Hambletonian chatter and college football coaching updates.
Tonight at Clinton Virginia the South Park Softball Eagles host Ober’s at 7 48 p m at Winter Chevrolet venue. Woodlawn hosts Independents versus Stuart’s Tavern at 6 50 p m McLouth plays Starlings at an unspecified time.
The piece describes baseball owners clashing with players over contracts and revenue sharing amid calls for a players guild led by Jorge Pasquel and Robert Murphy. It notes suggested benefits, reserve-clause debates, and fears for minor leaguers as major teams seek control and power shifts in the era of free agency.
The piece notes possible cuts to the duck season due to duck populations, recalls Ernie Quigley with a quip from Pie Traynor, mentions 15 Cotton Bowl football games in Dallas, and reports Lawrence Kansas lacking a public baseball park while hosting junior talent. It also covers Topeka Owls adding Vic Bradford, a 30 year old former Alabama star, and a Glasgow whiskey shipment of 25,000 cases arriving in New York.
Pratt Kansas July 31. Dave Leahy director of the State Forestry Fish and Game commission says duck hunters have little to live for as the federal government may set a season too short for Kansas and when no ducks remain. He notes a recent Kansas survey shows better conditions than expected with quail rising in eastern and north central Kansas and pheasant crops up across western and north central areas. The commission is distributing live birds to various areas.
Pirates on the Block reports that the Pittsburgh baseball club sale may occur soon. Pirate President William Benswanger notes interest is narrowing to two parties, with Charles Margiotti and Frank E. McKinney named as potential representatives for buyers.
A retrospective look recalls Del Bissonnette becoming Boston Braves manager a year ago after Bob Coleman quit during a nine game slide. It also notes three years past when Dodgers traded Dolph Camilli and Johnny Allen to the Giants for Lohrman Sayles and Ice Orengo. Ten years back the IOC voted 86 to 27 to award the 1940 Olympics.
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