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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1934
Page
2
Tonight at 7 and 8 the campus schedules two basketball games. Bank versus Record at 7 and Faculty versus McNally Hall at 8, highlighting league standings and student attendance.
National League results report scores with New York 5 Cincinnati 3 Brooklyn 5 Pittsburgh 8 Philadelphia 5 Chicago 11 Boston 3 St Louis 2. The AP tally lists outcomes across games, reflecting the day’s standings and team performances.
Boston beat Cleveland 14 to 4 while Philadelphia won 3 to St. Louis 5 and New York posted a 6 to Chicago 0. Washington defeated Detroit by an unknown margin.
Fragmentary standings show American Association Milwaukee 6 12, Toledo 7 13, Paul 0 1, Louisville 2 2, Minneapolis 8 1, Indianapolis with second game ended in seventh, hot Sunday six o clock. City 6 Columbus 12.
Summary notes a lopsided 15 to 0 California league result with the Los Angeles team defeating the Missions 1 to 3. Francisco went 2 for 5. Hollywood played a second game lasting seven innings. Portland won 7 to 4 while UD and Sacramento recorded 4-6 and 2-7 results respectively.
The note lists several team records and scores across cities including Ton and Tulsa with records 2-4 and 6-6, Oklahoma City 2-3, Beaumont 6-2, Fort Worth 11-4, uston 3-3, Dallas 6-2. It mentions second games going seven innings in each case.
In a rain affected slate the Southern Association played seven inning games. My minghoy 0 faced Chattanooga 7 to 3, New Orleans 8 to 5 over Little Rock, and Knoxville 4 to 9. Memphis games were abbreviated due to rain.
Baseball brief from the International League noting Baltimore defeated Buffalo 4-0 on February 23, Toronto trounced Newark 7-1, Syracuse beat Rochester 16 to 2, and Joe posted a 5-3 result with Montreal finishing 4-4.
The Albuquerque Bulldogs won the New Mexico State Track and Field meet at NM M I field, setting four state records and tying two others. Miller and Reid led Albuquerque scoring, with Wesley of Fort Wingate and Clark of Estancia notable record setters. relay, mile, 880, and sprint marks highlighted the event.
1926 legend Miller Huggins started the Yankees with rookies Lazzeri and Koenig at short and second, a move hailed as pivotal to the pennant. Now Joe McCarthy banks on rookies Red Rolfe and Don Heffner as the new double play pairing, confident they will mirror that success and bolster defensive strength. Rolfe is a smooth fielding Dartmouth alum expected to hit around .300 while Heffner excels defensively and complements the double plays.
The report lists multiple Albuquerque high schools and rivals like La Vegas and Santa Fe in a sequence of sprint times and ties. Entries include 10.2 seconds in a 220 yard dash and 2 minutes 6 seconds in an 880 yard run, noting district opponents and school names such as Albuquerque Indians, Estancia, Fort Wingate, and Carlsbad.
National League leaders include Leslie of the Dodgers at .403 and Waner of the Pirates at .397 in batting. Vaughn of the Pirates tops runs with 20, Medwick of the Cardinals 16, Suhr of the Pirates 19 RBI, and Klein of the Cubs 18. Moore of the Giants 26 hits, Leslie 25, English of the Cubs 8 doubles, Suhr 3 triples, Ott and Klein 6 home runs, Frey and Martin with stolen bases. Bush of the Cubs 5 0 in pitching, Lucas of the Pirates and Walker of the Cardinals 2 0.
Reynolds of the Red Sox leads in multiple categories with a .49 average and 31 hits. Vosmik of the Indians posts a .424 average. Morgan of the Red Sox has 17 runs, while Manush of the Senators totals 15 runs and 26 hits. Reynolds and Foxx pace RBIs with 20 and 17 respectively. Werber leads doubles with 9, tied by Reynolds and Greenberg with 8. Reynolds shows 4 triples.
Eugene Tabor of Roswell High School defeats Everett Forrester of Roswell High 2 up with 1 to go in an 18 hole final to win the New Mexco high school golf championship at Roswell Country Club. Forrester shot 73 in the tournament.
The City Clerk will receive bids by 3 p.m. Friday May 11 for moving about 130 tons of 12 inch water main and fittings from the Southern Pacific depot at Vaughn New Mexico to the Roswell water plant. Only bonded truckers may bid. The City Council may reject all bids. Lea Rowland Wager Supt. M315e.
New York May 7 AP Cavalcade the Brookmeade stable horse owned by Mrs Isabel Dodge Sloan won the 60th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs by three lengths over Discovery with Mata Hari and Bazaar also in the money. Uncle Mack Garner rode the champion in a sweeping stretch drive as Cavalcade equaled a track record and claimed the $37000 purse. Cavalcade will skip the Preakness with High Quest to represent Sloan in the Baltimore classic.
Roswell golf champion Carl Jones shot a 66 to break the course record of 67 at the Country Club yesterday. He tied the old mark jointly held with John Neal of Hobbs. Jones played with John Poorbaugh Dave Connell of N M M I and Allen Bruce of Albuquerque as Par was 71.
In a mixed day of baseball action, the Cleveland Indians beat the Athletics 4 to 3 to stay within a game and a half of the New York Yankees, who defeated the St. Louis Browns 6 to 5. Willis Hudlin secured his second win, Jim Foxx homered for the A's, while Boston and Washington also posted decisive wins.
Childers of Albuquerque won the boys singles title over Roseau of Los Alamos 6 3 9 7 in the finals. Cummins and Rowe of St Marys captured the doubles crown 6 4 8 10 6 3 over Bourland and Rowe of Carlsbad. Helen White of Roswell took the girls singles with Dorothy King of Carlsbad 6 2 6 4. Roswell Tennis Club oversaw the event with Dick Crawford in charge.
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