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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1949
Page
6
Gil Hodges belted his 21st homer in the ninth to lift the Brooklyn Dodgers to a 4 3 win over Pittsburgh as Rex Barney struggled after a prior relief appearance. The Cardinals fell 12 4 to Boston, injuring Red Munger and widening NL gaps. The Yankees dropped to three games back after a 6 2 loss to the Browns.
The Nightingales of Herrin Township Girls Major League won the Carterville tournament by beating Carterville 20 5 after an earlier 10 2 victory by Carterville over the Wild Cats. Delores Reed pitched six hits and led a 24 hit Nightingales attack with four hits from Delores and Ralls.
Preston H. M. Hennies of Columbia South Carolina captured the 1949 American Legion golf championship. He carded 74 75 for a 149 second round and 72 72 for a 151 first day total, finishing with a 301 aggregate. Don Byrd of Muncie Indiana placed seventh with 318.
Maxie Docusen defeated Lem Thomas by knockout in Chicago. The report notes New Orleans and Chicago appear in the bout details. The text also references hoop skirts fashion from 1860 to 1870.
National League leaders include Robinson of Brooklyn with a .350 batting average and 172 hits, and Kiner of Pittsburgh with 37 home runs. Musial of St. Louis tops runs and RBIs runner lists. Williams and Kell pacing the American League in several categories. Spanning pitching leaders, Wilks and Kinder post top win marks while Spahn and Newcombe lead in strikeouts.
Last night the Murphysboro Pinckneyville game in the Egyptian league at Stagno park was postponed and moved to a Friday doubleheader with Benton as the opposing team. Anna moved to second in the standings after a 2 to 1 11 inning win over Du Quoin with Bill Lee pitching the full game. The All-Star Orient series, rescheduled from mid September, will be played but the date remains unknown.
Top seeds moved through the second round of the National Tennis tournament in Forest Hills New York. Pancho Gazales overwhelmed Jack Geller 6-0 6-1 6-2 in a first round match carried over from opening day. Gardnar Mulloy lost the first set to Tony Trabert before winning 10-12 6-2 6-1 6-3. Frank Parker defeated Charles Masterson 6-2 6-1 6-1. Eric Sturgess beat Sid Schwartz 6-3 6-0 6-2 and Jim Brink routed Marcelo Del Bello 6-4 6-0 6-1.
Illinois champion Marjorie Lind of Decatur shot 39 40 79 to tie for fifth in the opening round at Shore Acres Country Club. Polly Riley of Fort Worth led at 73 while the qualifying event awards 12 berths for the National Amateur starting September 12 in Philadelphia.
Michigan City golfer Bob Steinborm is on a hot streak with two holes in one over the last three days at the municipal course. He stroked a 100 yard ace yesterday and a 106 yard shot earlier in the week.
Standings show Boston leading with 12 runs on St. Louis 4 and Brooklyn 5 over Pittsburgh 2. Today’s games include Chicago at Boston and St. Louis at Philadelphia with multiple doubleheaders and start times across 12:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tomorrow features Chicago at Boston and Washington at Chicago among others.
The Tom''s Grill team of Decatur won the Illinois state softball championship by defeating the Peoria Caterpillars 2–0 in the title game. Pitcher Dutch Seybert allowed four hits and drove in Decatur''s second run in the fourth. Bill Knorr and Gene Leake contributed the early run. Defending champions Bart''s Legionnaires of Decatur were eliminated earlier.
Mel Hansen of Los Angeles will defend his Du Quoin midget track record in the 100 mile A A A race at the Labor Day event. He also enters the 100 mile A A A big car race on Saturday Sept 3 at the Du Quoin fair. The West Coast champion of 1945 has a notable career including a 1937 Gilmore Stadium rollover that left him racing on. Other entrants in the midget class include Lank Hanks Ed Haddad Mike O Halloran and Frank Burany.
Commercial fishermen led by Illinois Association president Mathon Kyritsis report shrinking hauls on Lake Michigan. Senate approval of 256000 for lamprey research prompts debate on weirs versus larval control. Small game rising nationwide, ducks stamps up to two dollars, and river snag lines yield large catfish catches near Ohio dams. A diver near Peducah saw enormous bottom-dwelling fish while recovering drownings.
The Chicago Hornets have asked waivers on back Julie Rykovich and Jim Mello and rookie guard Jim Bailey as they trim to 32 players. Also, George Maddock, Northwestern tackle, seeks release for another job. Rykovich, ex Illinois and Notre Dame star, joined from the Buffalo Bills last season.
The fourth annual National Caddy tournament begins today with 31 boys and two girls competing on Ohio State University’s Scarlet course. A $1,500 four year college scholarship awaits the champion. Jack Chilton was disqualified for being under age at the close of the event.
Rain washed out three scheduled games in the Boys Minor league tournament at Herrin's lighted softball field. Games were moved to Thursday night with Mero Indians facing Energy Master Aces at 6 pm, Ballard & Draper meeting Bus Bombers at 7 30 pm, and Hudson Braves drawing the winner of the Mero Indians Master Aces tilt. The championship follows Friday night after the Lions Rotary tilt at 7 pm.
West Frankfort defeated Centralia six to eleven in a 9 inning game. Belleville beat Paducah six to seven in a full nine inning contest. Mattoon fell to Mt. Vernon three to eight in nine innings.
East Aurora high senior Johnny Mollis, their No 1 fullback and top All-State candidate, broke his right leg in a scrimmage yesterday. The 18-year-old star may miss the season, clouding East Aurora’s chances as a strong Big Eight contender.
A compact summary of recent results shows Toledo 3 Louisville 2 and Milwaukee 5 Minneapolis 4. Indianapolis 5 Columbus 3 St Paul 9 Kansas City 3.
Jim Brink of Seattle defeated Marcello Del Bello of Italy 6-4 6-0 6-4 to reach a second consecutive upset in the National singles championships. He had previously upset Victor Seixas as a ninth domestic seed.
In Rochester New York August 31 Robert Skee Riegel and Frank Stranahan meet in a key third round at Oak Hill as they chase Willie Turnesa and the National Amateur title. Both Walker Cup teammates, they won round prior matches 6 5 and 5 4 respectively while others like Max McCready and Ronnie White fall short.
Batting star Gil Hodges blasted his 21st homer with a man on base in the ninth to lift the Dodgers 4-3 over Pittsburgh. Pitcher Ellis Kinder hurled five hit shutout in Red Sox 3-0 win over Detroit, ending the Tigers eight game streak.
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