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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1940
Page
10
Cleveland blanked New York 4-0 as Bob Feller allowed no hits until DiMaggio’s seventh inning single. The world champions dropped their sixth straight. Other games: Walters pitched five hits for a 4-1 Reds win over the Bees. Dodgers beat Cubs 4-1 in ten innings. Giants toppled Pirates 17-6. White Sox edged Tigers 8-4. Hash led Red Sox past Tigers 6-5 in ten. Leonard and Harris contributed for Browns and Athletics wins respectively.
The item previews a future feature about the world’s largest baby, implying a record setting infant case to be explored with curiosity and details on size growth and context.
Three Kansas teams track tennis and golf meet Missouri crews at Columbia. Jayhawker golfers look strongest to win while track and field face injury absences and a weak field in events. Golf captain Dean Ritchie leads KU defending Big Six champion squad.
The Haskell Indians beat Baker University 4 to 3 for the second time this season. Battese drove in three with a bases loaded single in the fourth. Lee Black held Baker to two runs through seven innings, with Doctor closing in the ninth.
Coach Elmer Schaake takes eight Liberty Memorial high tracksters to Leavenworth for the state regional at Abeles field. Goehring competes in shot put discus and broad jump plus medley relay. Stannard runs high hurdles Kappelman 880 Woody 440. Park er runs 220 in medley. Burgess 440. Harriman 880.
Joplin Miners defeated league leader St Joseph Saints 15 to 5 as Earl Hamilton and Joe Merrick watched from the mound amid 17 Saints hits. The roundup also notes Topeka Owls victory in extra time and other western league results including Fort Smith and Salina scoring wide margins.
AP roundup lists results across American Association National League Western and Southern leagues. Notable tallies include Kansas City 5 Indianapolis 3 and New York 17 Pittsburgh 6 with multiple extra innings and postponed games. Cincinnati 4 Boston 1, Dallas 6-0 Oklahoma City 5-2, Tulsa 10 Fort Worth 4.
Yesterday's scores feature Bob Feller and the Indians blanking the Yankees on three hits through six innings. Dolph Camilli led Brooklyn with a first inning triple and a run, then a single to drive in two more in the 10th against Chicago. Stu Martin hit his fourth homer in three days as the Cardinals beat the Phillies 8-4. Jimmy Bloodworth and Gee Walker powered the Senators to an 8-4 victory over the White Sox with a trio of homers and four singles. John Peacock and Jimmie Foxx sparked the Red Sox with a bases loaded single in the 10th and a bases loaded triple in the fifth against the Tigers. Bucky Walters earned his fifth win without a loss on five hit pitching for the Reds against the Bees.
Kansas and Oklahoma meet tomorrow at 3 PM in the second game of their Big Six series. The teams open here this afternoon at the varsity field. Also note practice for the Lawrence Semipro at Haskell next Wednesday. Elks bowling scores listed with high men Spears and Rising noted.
Oklahoma baseball hosts weekend action while Kansas track and tennis and golf teams head to Columbia. Regional high school track meet set in Leavenworth with the Kansas City Blues to play in May home schedule from May 9 to May 18 1919 with games in Indianapolis Louisville St Paul and Minneapolis.
The piece notes bets on Kansas University and Kansas State field house prospects, mentions campus growth needs, and references Dr James Naismith as a memorial possibility. It also covers sports figures and opinions on spring practice, coaching moves, and Chicago football controversy.
A year ago Dave Coble, 24 year old Phillies catcher, snared a ball hurled at 125 miles per hour from William Penn Tower, a 521 foot height. Three years back the Indians insured Bob Feller for $100000 amid hype of the young ace. Five years ago Tony Canzoneri defeated Lou Ambers in New York in 15 rounds earning the world lightweight title.
Mart Enoch Jr. earned the Dick Williams sliding handicap cup honor at Lawrence Gun Club as Hartman won the 50 third added target race. Williams and DeLong teamed to take the doubles, Snider led the 25 yard protection, with about 3000 targets used and a shootoff deciding sliding handicap. College track results show St Benedicts 80 Washburn 51.
John Folley died suddenly Thursday at his home at age 86. Burial took place in Tonganoxie on Saturday. Mrs. Mildred Pettengill and children along with several local pupils attended the grade school relays in Tonganoxie where Mary Pettengill placed third in the broad jump.
New York fans jeered the Yankees after a rough home return from the West. Bob Feller defended the team, citing Rollie Hemsley as a key factor, as about 1,000 Dodgers fans greeted the club at Floyd Bennett Field with brass band noise.
A Kingston resident seeking medical help lamented that his only illness is the Yankees losing. He told the doctor his jawbones ache and that the team’s bad form has him in a state of fevered concern, dubbing his malady Yankee doodle.
Report claims Freddie Smith was derided by rivals in the Derby as his mount Bimelech was barred from wiring. Jockeys mocked him all day from noon until the post as the band played My Old Kentucky Home. Smith, riding his first Derby, grew pale and jittery before the start.
Joe M Connor remarks on a losing streak while the Yanks face a poor run with 15 southpaws in 18 games. Wilbur Wood profiles and Frank Rice appoints E W Burt as district semi pro baseball tournament commissioner for Haven June 13 16 with state berth at Wichita July 12 24.
Reloit beat Junction City 16 to 10 while Manhattan led Fairbury and Marysville 6 to 4 and Concordia 1 in a series of scores. The report lists results from several teams with varying margins.
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