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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1940
Page
7
Chicago Aug 2 Balloting in the nationwide coaching poll shows Iowa's Eddie Anderson and Missouri's Don Faurot likely to join a five man staff to train the all star collegians against Green Bay at Soldier Field Aug 29. The East South and Far West races are cited as very close.
Schoolboy Rowe adds nine wins against two losses as he helps Detroit stay atop the American League. He beat the Yankees 11-2 with seven-hit pitching and drove in three runs with a triple and a double. Teammate Bucky Newsom leads with 13-2. National League notes include Brooklyn sweeping Pittsburgh 8-3 and 8-7, aided by Whitlow Wyatt seven-hit games and Harry Lavagetto's seventh-inning double.
In yesterday's National League action Pittsburgh fell to Brooklyn 3 to 7. Brooklyn also posted an 8 to 8 result against an implied opponent, leaving a mixed set of outcomes and no further details available.
Philadelphia defeated by Chicago 5 to 4 while Boston 5 beat Cleveland 2 and New York lost 2 to Detroit 11. The day’s results show Detroit dominating with an 11 run win as the league standings flicker.
In El Paso the Arizona and Texas League game saw El Paso 3, Bisbee 1 as Albuquerque posted a 9 to 3 victory over Tucson, who managed 6. The scoreboard reflects first inning runs and late-inning defense for the El Paso win.
Scores list shows American Association games with Columbus beating Toledo 7 to 4 Louisville edging Indianapolis 3 to 2 Kansas City defeating Milwaukee 5 to 1 and St Paul 4 Minneapolis noted with incomplete final entry.
Oakland fell 14 to 1 at home to San Diego while Sacramento defeated Hollywood 7 to 3 and Los Angeles beat Seattle 7 to 1. San Francisco posted a 4 to 1 win over Portland in a day of league play.
Fort Worth blanked Beaumont 9 to 0 while Dallas defeated Houston 5 to 0. Oklahoma City topped Shreveport 10 to 1 and San Antonio edged Tulsa 6 to 3.
Memphis leads with 9 wins and 9 losses while Chattanooga sits at 1 and 7. New Orleans is 6 and 5, Nashville 2 and 3, Birmingham 3 and Knoxville 2 in the latest league table.
The data lists top players across categories. Danning leads batting with 841 in May for New York and Philadelphia 329 runs. Mize of St. Louis drives in 77, McCormick 72. Herman 122 hits, McCormick 113. doubles led by Hack 29 and McCormick 27. Ross 11 triples, Mize 10. Mize hits 30 homers, Nicholson 16. Reese Brooklyn 13 stolen bases. Prey Cincinnati 11. pitching led by Fitzsimmons Brooklyn 10 1 and Sewell Pittsburgh 8 2.
Batting totals feature Radcliff of St Louis 370 and Finney of Boston 356 with Williams of Boston 85 runs and Greenberg of Detroit 90 RBIs. McCosky and Cramer lead hits while Greenberg and Boudreau top doubles. Keller ties for triples with New York. Foxx and Greenberg pace home runs. Newsom and Rowe lead pitching for Detroit.
Senate and house are in recess. Military committee continues study of conscription bill while House Ways and Means subcommittee begins work on the excess of its tax bill. Yesterday the House passed measures regulating investment trusts and adding 1000000 to the Commodity Credit Corporation lending authority. Senate confirms Rep Warren as comptroller general.
Tennis tidbits report Alice Marble skipping the East Hampton tournament to prepare a lecture The Will To Win She will present this winter in the Hinterlands Sidney Wood still chases much of today s field Muriel Magnuson a 17 year old from Minneapolis is hailed in the East as Marble s potential successor if she ever quits winning
Cobb says Bobby Feller is first rate but not Walter Johnson. He notes Johnson won many games despite predictable pitches, reflecting on their star quality and pitching styles.
New Castle Pa News notes Ed Head, from Elmira, who began as a left handed pitcher, suffered a broken arm, and then converted to a right handed hurler for the Dodgers. Charlie Landolf comments on the natural move to promote him.
The retired Canisius College standout Bill Harnick passed up the pony league all star game to take the Buffalo police examination. The piece notes only two pitchers, Walter Johnson and Lefty Grove, have won the American League MVP award, and questions whether Bobby Feller will join them this fall. It also asks why umpires in the hot Texas League wear coats.
The Waner brothers served as faculty at a world fair baseball school where star pupil Buc ky Walters, a reformed third baseman, sat in the audience. He later remarked he would rather listen to the Waner brothers than pitch against them.
State Bureau of Revenue notes July receipts show sales tax at 312222.40 dollars, up 1.2 percent from July 1939 but down 8.4 percent from June. Severance levy brings 55329.37 dollars, up 5.5 percent from July 1939 and down 1.09 percent from June. Use tax division records 34547.73 dollars in July, up 4.4 percent from June. No July 1939 figures exist. Two truck line operators were involved in another item.
Sears Roebuck promotes a time limited sale with bold pricing and savings. The item 8-212 is featured among discounts while shoppers flock to the store for bargains and limited stock.
Charged in federal district court today with boycotting shipments of Hill Lines Inc Amarillo Texas R G Spitzer Albuquerque operator of Rio Grande Truck Lines and G C Lebeck Los Angeles operator of the Los Angeles Albuquerque Express were ordered to show cause August 3 why an injunction should not be issued requiring them to accept shipments on transfer from Hill Lines.
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