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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1944
Page
8
Jim Tobin, Boston Braves pitcher, threw his second no hitter of the season in a 7-0 five inning win over the Philadelphia Phillies. The doubleheader also featured late drama with an opening 1-0 15-inning loss for the Phillies and other NL and AL action including Pittsburgh winning both ends of a twin bill and a Yankees 4-0 win over the Senators.
CP says all the $100 and $1,000 bond tickets for the Yankee Dodger Giant round robin baseball game at the Polo Grounds Monday are sold. Last year the game sold about $80,000,000 in bonds. Chicago joins Maltzberger in the Sox Spectacle club as he wears glasses to see signals better while pitching.
AP report notes Whit Wyatt pitched his first complete game of the year for the Dodgers, allowing six hits in a downing of the Giants. Also highlights Bill Zuber of the Yankees blanking the Senators, Ralph Hodgin's multi hit attack for the White Sox, Joe Orengo's two run double for the Tigers in a 4-3 win over the Indians, Ike Ryba and Estatella lifting the Athletics, Spud Davis and Al Hubeling powering the Pirates past the Mets, and Northey’s 15th inning homer for the Phillies in a 1-0 win over the Braves as Tobin tossed the second no hitter of the season in a five inning rain-shortened game.
Summer football practice looms as Shorty McWilliams may suit Mississippi State. Georgia faces schedule changes after a $500 fine last season. Alabama has a 250 pound line with many others. Clemson VMI Tulane strengthen rosters. Ice sports in Lake Placid and curling in St. Paul set July events. A host of player tidbits follow, including bowling scores, golf rounds, and old-time pitchers, with light humor throughout.
Promoter Jacobs seeks a top-flight lightweight emerging from tonight's Madison Square Garden 10 rounder featuring Ike Williams of Trenton Nido and Cleo Shans of Los Angeles. Jacobs expects 10,000 fans paying about 20000 dollars with Williams a 1 to 2 favorite after a long winning run and a January 12 knockout of Bob Montgomery.
Boston crowds were tiny as Jim Tobin of the Braves delivered a second no hitter this season, fanning two Phillies before darkness halted the nightcap after five innings. Only 2,556 fans witnessed the feat, far fewer than the April 27 showcase against the Dodgers, as weather and fading light were blamed. Tobin dismissed photographers and reporters while praising Vandemeer for two no_hits in a season.
Historical batting and pitching leaders listed by league from 1875. Grants include Walker of Brooklyn with 92 hits and 385 batting average, Mulliganed by Musial and Barrett, while Munger leads pitching in the 941 era for Stouts. Notable names include Ott, Ryan, Lupien, Doerr, Hayes, and Case among others.
The report notes a Brooklyn Dodgers win over the New York Giants as part of a National League chase, mentions Rogers Hornsby resigning as a team manager, and references a London tennis semi final where Bobby Rigas defeated Baron Gottfried von Jones 6-0, 6-1. It also briefly mentions a parrot named Carolina Baroquet born in 1904.
London reports Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told Parliament Germany admitted killing 50 Allied officers at a Dresden area camp, calling the act an odious crime. He said Germans claimed RAF officers killed while resisting capture, and vowed to pursue those responsible to exemplary justice. He noted Gestapo involvement and mass escapes in March prompted harsh measures.
In Chicago Betty Jane Haemerle, 18, defeats defending champion Patty Berg in 19 holes to reach the Western Open semi finals of the wartime women’s golf tournament. Babe Didrikson Zaharias, famed for driving nearly 250 yards, also advances as Jeanne Cline of Illinois and Dorothy Germain of Philadelphia join for the next round.
Hutchinson, Kansas, Pvt. Vern Wood, 19, is held on $5,000 bond after Miss Goldie McCarty says he pushed her from a hotel fire escape in Fort Leavenworth barracks. She sustained a broken back and remains in dangerous condition awaiting treatment. Wood denies intent and claims the girl wished to leave by the escape.
Emporia Kansas June 23 E H Dewey associate professor of education at Emporia State Teachers college has been granted leave to become director of civilian training at Fort Leavenworth He will spend a week in Omaha before starting his duties overseeing job training program development of skills and morale under civil service
S/Sgt Elgin Woody parent reports in a V mail from Italy that his son Elgin Woody Jr a military policeman shows a strong pitching arm. He has won three games in as many days including a 10 inning 2 to 1 victory with 17 strikeouts. His brother Hobart Woody also pitches on an army base team in Norman Oklahoma.
Republicans work to finish preliminaries for their Chicago convention starting Monday as Dewey backers push a draft movement and Bricker stays in the race. Democrats in Washington weigh Roosevelt’s renomination prospects amid southern revolt rumors and Arnall predicts a fourth term. Norman Thomas says Roosevelt will run. the Texas Supreme Court setback affects Roosevelt supporters on the November ballot.
The last meeting of Wartime Homemaking classes for Lawrence homemakers featured a lecture demonstration on salads. Miss Lucy McCormack noted strong participant appreciation and requests for another course. She oversees Woodlawn playground activities and will attend a postwar education workshop in Minneapolis before returning for fall term.
Representative Thomas of New Jersey, a Dies Committee member, said in the house that evidence in the committee’s files shows the C 1 0 Political Action Committee is the political arm of the New Deal administration. He described it as a communist dominated group with a 4 million dollar slush fund aimed at the political death of any dissenting congressman and touching the White House. The claim followed discussion of a Westbrook Pegler column alleging a White House PAC link. In Douglas County court, the city of Lawrence versus Chris Hunsinger taxi license case was dismissed for lack of jurisdiction. the city must pay appeal costs.
A Wisconsin Illinois tornado last night left at least eight dead and many injured as countless homes and buildings were destroyed across Belmont Darlington and Stephenson County. Wisconsin Home Guard units were sent to the stricken zones while in Kansas Gov Schoeppel appointed Vinnie Eindhecks to the state board of education succeeding Howard Stone.
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