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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1943
Page
7
Brooklyn Dodgers rout St. Louis 7 to 3 as Mort Cooper is battered in the fifth inning. Whitlow Wyatt bests Cooper Dickson White while Brooklyn explodes for four runs in the frame and Reds hot pitchers Vander Meer and Gee chase wins in separate games.
AP leading hitters and pitchers by league with names like Musial Vaughan and Sewell. Also Pimlico meets plan 29 stakes at $272,500 total purse and $399,975 overall, plus conditions for the Pimlico Special. Result summaries show Washington, Cleveland, New York, Chicago, Boston, St. Louis scores. Count Fleet trainer Hertz notes grave doubt over a return to racing this year.
Sports Roundup notes Maxie Rosenbloom as the glamor boy in boxing circles while Abe Attell jokes about being ugliest man in the fight game. Hollywood chatter links Gloria Callen to a Navysbiography role. Rudy York turns 20. plans may involve batting and pitching. Rumors of Henry Armstrong vs Sugar Ray? White in LA. Ortiz offers Ortiz vs Young in Honolulu. Manuel Ortiz may defend in Hollywood if travel fails. Benny Goldberg eyed in Sept. 0.9. Jim Schlemmer cited as guest star. Phillies involved in nine of 14 National League trades with seven coming to Philadelphia, batting .218 as a team. Arm Miss-born Corp. Bob Davis noted. Capt. Fred Frink to coach Jacksonville naval footballers. Sgt. Tommy Gomez edits Cane Van Dorn’s Serpent. AL box office figures show 2.9 million see movies in service regions. Will Marshall hitting .380 for Marine team. Sampsons booked for base football scrimmages. season opener set vs Giants and Cornell. Dodgers trade Joe Orange to St Paul as Open Go away quip echoes.
Yesterday's results show Pittsburgh beat Boston 5 to 1 and Brooklyn defeated St. Louis 7 to 3. Cincinnati won 5 to 2 against New York and Chicago won 7 to 4 at Philadelphia in a doubleheader.
Washington uses a three-run eighth inning to defeat Cleveland 6-3 and move into second place behind the Yankees. Lefebvre pitched well through eight. Bagby allowed six runs in the late frame as Washington bats finally reach him.
Joe Louis will start an exhibition trek August 16 that will move through Army camps in the Ninth, Sixth and other service commands, then go abroad for workouts before combat troops. He will appear at Fort George Meade Crump Mure Standish Camp Edwards and Port Devens with Sgt George Nicholson and Sugar Ray Smith assisting. Exhibitions and talks on physical fitness will be arranged by commanding generals in each area.
Yesterday's stars include Whitlow Wyatt of the Dodgers limiting the Cardinals to eight hits while contributing three himself to gain the decision. Steve Mesner and John Vander Meer for the Reds combined for a strong start, with Mesner driving in three via a bases-loaded double in the first and Vander Meer tossing an eight-hit game in a win over the Giants. Johnny Sullivan of the Senators homered in a three-run rally to top the Indians. Schoolboy Rowe pitched five solid innings for the Phillies to defeat the Cubs. Hank Borowy shut out the White Sox on four hits, and Mike Ryba allowed four hits in a Red Sox shutout of the Browns. In Maryland news, stallion Bud Lerner, sire of many winners and valued at over $890,000 in earnings, was destroyed at a farm near Hydes after illness. The Orphans' Court named Margaret A. Buzzell administratrix for Grace A. Castle and E. Glenmore Castle. John W. Sigler was named administrator for Charles S. Sigler.
A column of letters and advice discusses choosing love over money in marriage. A middle aged widower and a poor but ambitious youth contend for a woman’s hand, with elders urging practical partnership and personal virtue. Various readers seek guidance on relationships, social pressures, and modern romance in American life.
In a heavy hitting barrage the Yankees beat the White Sox yesterday behind 14 hits from Yankee batters against two Chicago pitchers. Charley Keller went 0-for-5 with a plate appearance earning minimal batting value.
NEA writer Erskine Johnson reports on a Jesse Lasky project using in film the music of George Gershwin for Rhapsody in Blue. It features Robert Alda as Gershwin, Katina Paxinou, Doodles Weaver, Ann Miller, and others in a backstage Hollywood panorama with potential Academy buzz.
An Equity Court order signed Monday by Chief Judge Edward S. Delaphine directs Larvey C. Butler Sr. to pay attorney W. Jerome Offutt a $240 legal fee and to provide his wife Clara M. Butler with $12.50 weekly temporary alimony pending settlement of the divorce proceedings.
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