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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1942
Page
6
The New York Yankees overpower the St Louis Browns 8 to 3 to widen their AL lead to ten games. Joe Gordon hits a bases loaded grand slam, with DiMaggio and Keller aiding the rally as Bonham cruises with eight hits allowed.
Williams of Boston led in batting with 351, while Pesky and DiMaggio also starred. Williams topped runs with 124. Keller and DiMaggio led RBIs with 100. Pesky had 188 hits, Heath and DiMaggio posted 13 triples. Williams hit 30 home runs and Case stole 38 bases. Borony led pitching with 14 3 and Bonham 19 5 in the National League note unchanged.
Joe Gordon hit a grand slam in the first inning to spark the Yankees past St Louis while Erle Bonham earned his 19th win with an eight hit game on the mound. Phil Marchildon allowed no hits for five innings in relief, earning his 17th win for the Athletics against Cleveland.
American League results show New York 8 over St. Louis 3 and Philadelphia 5 over Cleveland 4 in nine or thirteen innings. Upcoming games list New York at St Louis Washington at Chicago Boston at Detroit with no other matches.
Baseball results show St Louis at New York and Chicago at Brooklyn postponed. Cincinnati at Boston and Philadelphia games affected by unrefined copper feed commodity notes and unclear peripheral references.
DeMolay of the City Softball League defeated Price Bros 12 2 to ice the second half championship behind Abrecht pitching and strong hitting. The Fraternals lead Frederick Iron and Steel by a full game as they head into a seven game playoff starting Friday with Dr Pepper as the city champion.
Local social notes list weekend visits by New Windsor and Westminster residents. Names include Hal Lett Baile and family in Baltimore with Mr and Mrs John Baile, and Dallas Reid with daughter Jean in Thurmont visiting Mrs M D Reid. Also mentions Mrs Joseph L Englat now homebound, Sgt Jack Thompson of Camp Pickett Va and Miss Doris Harris in Mount Washington visiting his mother, and Private Kenneth Harmon at Fort Washington visiting relatives. Other entries note John D Englar and Ray Barnes visiting family in Westminster, and Grace Fisher hosting, plus the New Windsor Ladies Missionary Society meeting.
Cedar Grove events list Mr and Mrs Russell Windsor and children of Gaithersburg hosting. Nearby families from Ellicott City Damascus Takoma Park and Colesville join for weekend visits. Local fried chicken supper at Salony Methodist drew $175. Anna Barbar home from Philadelphia. WN Mrs Lenox Hewes visits Pennsylvanian kin in Damascus after week with Minnie Watkins. sister Chel Allnut accompanies her home.
Detour Tech corporal Karl Smith from Fort Devens Massachusetts spent days with his parents Mr and Mrs E J Smith and Miss Isa belle Albaugh. He visited relatives in Emmitsburg Westminster Petersville Waynesboro and Motters Station. A wide circle of family and friends gathered for weekend visits and one relative, Walter Albaugh, prepared for Army service on September 15.
Dorothy D Neumaier returns to Brooklyn after a week with her parents Mr and Mrs B H Dutrow. Earl Payne Rainier and others visit Mrs William Dutrow and Mrs Melen Richards. J D Linthicum and Pol Linthicum visit Cassidy Linthicum at Mrs H H Jennings home. Joe Price Mary Tyan visit Washington and Jasper Price. J O Murphy dines with W W Darby family. Mary Elia Burdette and A Cea visit Miss Mary and Barbara Ann Thompson. Ernest Mullican visits Paul Kelly family in Rockville. Locomotive contains more than twenty five thousand parts.
Court records show Equity Catherine E Harp against Earl D Harp with a bill of complaint for absolute divorce. Marriage licenses list Melvin F Wills 21 Adamstown and Margaret Elizabeth Neel 16 Podlesville and Edward Myer 22 plus Regina Mary Keefer 18 Hancock. David H Smith 49 and Maybelle K Ennis 40 from Washington. Daniel Lee Kirk 23 and Betty Kathryn Blair 20 both Waynesboro Pa.
New York notes boxing crowd guesses for Louis Conn bout at Yankee Stadium, mentions potential all service referee ideas. Texas high school coaching churns, Tugboat Jones moves on, Cox takes over as sixth coach. Giants face Army All Stars with uneven pro experience, Service types and guests cited. War-era farming nitrogen advice offered, with future crop nitrogen cuts hinted.
Nancy Jane Donaldson of Baton Rouge Louisiana wears the smile of victory after taking first prize at a doll show for her two jitterbug dolla.
Pvt Billy Conn leaves Fort Wadsworth for a 47 day furlough to fight Joe Louis October 12 in New York. Conn plans a Pittsburgh visit then returns to train at Rumson New Jersey. Louis, at Fort Riley Kansas, heads to Greenwood Lake New York to begin training after arriving Friday. Louis is promoted to sergeant just before departure.
In a Wednesday contest Charley Keller walked twice and scored two runs as his only hits. Glenn McQuillen collected four at bats with a single. Rollie Hemsley did not play. Westminster announces Western Maryland College captain Mike Mitton for 1942, a 185 pound center who starred last year. Western Maryland opens at George Washington on September 25. Male gnats avoid blood drawing and feed on nectar.
New York reports Ernesto Natali Lombardi of the Boston Braves leads the National League batting race with a .329 average after 265 at bats in 93 games. Pete Reiser of Brooklyn trails as Lombardi fights for the title despite limited at bats while still facing the 400-at-bat rule question and a potential late-season push by Reiser who slides from a July .382 mark amid a lingering injury.
The Western Army All-Stars defeated the Detroit Lions 12 to 0 as former Texas A&M teammates Bill Conatser and Bill Dawson delivered the deciding blows after Detroit slowed John Kumbrough. The win leaves the All-Stars up 2 to 1 in the series.
In a charity football clash before 24 000 fans, Army dominates with scoring from multiple plays. Comasters Sa yard touchdown came on a Kay Eakin pass. Dawson added a field goal and a late safety on a bad snap.
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