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Chanute Beats Thomasborom .— -Dick Newell, Howell Star; Royal Upset»T n»D!E T. JONESCmrkr Sports EdlierGiffordCh«cuU new. pitching and hi,. UI balance. which elevated the * A-r.T.C. nine to the I9M chan-PJoaehip with 12 victon#. and twor*m. •*» “*•5^ to ,h' *'“lt;•» E ' program *»* the Fla™.Utl? ?«d.Sa.lbe «®w»nt«nl “u» to their collection.Box ScoresCHAMPIONSHIP GAMCHANUTE Hedrick, rf Tomaisek. 3b Howell. Cf Johnson, lb Atibrittcei. c Nance, s* Pacheco. 2b HarviJl. if Mathewj. p Hanunes. ,• Scribner, pH HYankees Pass Browns in Mad PennantChaseCARmBy JACK HAND (Anaeiated Pre*. Sperls Writer'Beware the Yank, was the AmrKutoxort battle err again |he^.Ifc'.u0P*re'‘ ,hP «M*B. behind the One-bH pitching of Lieut. Dkk Newell. undefeated in blanked aMkMlUft TTwmasboro lineup. 8-C. «icJ la the aftertiucei. against Seymour in th% fouls they won a M ** ',r *‘th four runs ln a* seventh ar.d eighth innings.A crowd of upwards of 1.X0 latu paid a record gross, M».69. to see the three games.Newell and the soldiers' hitting star. Aryan Howell, were outstanding The blonde left-handcr. sent » 'be hill against Thomasboro m a surprise move by Lieut. Ed Kuhn. A.A.F.r.C. coach, allowed only one single, to Forrest Fisher, third sacker. in the fourth inning. He struck out 11 batters.Totals SEYMOUR (2) C. Young, c Ar.dcrsnn. rf Seymour, 3b Vancii. ss A. Young, lb llcrges. M Hillman. 2b-p Flanigan, rf Pfeffer p ArmantioJt, c Nelson, p Corny, 2:33AB334 lt;34Seven For HowellHowell. E 1 . hitting leader with • .466 average, collected seven hits In nine trips and played nnlv six inr.ings of I he. oper.cr. He hit three dountes and a single :n th* title game, and in the morning, before he was benched by a sl.dmg injury, he batted in three runs with a double ard two singles.George Mathews’ pitching exhibition in the championship game was brill:or.t for sever, innings. af-ter which he retired in favor of Wildun Scribner. Joe Pfeffer, who Came out of retirement to hurl for Seymour's Oilers, worked well for six innings, errors contributing tc the scoring of two runs by the Plenesmon In the first six frame? Willard Nelson, who had hurled the Oilers to a 6-1 win over favored Royal in the serond !em:-finalt contest, relieved Pfeffer but was touched for three hits, and Hillman finished the last '.wo inningsThomasboro did not have n eom-’TotaU Inn res:Seymour MO 000 026—2Chanute 1M00I23X—6Runs bitted H—Nance. Howell 2. Seymour. A. Young Hsrvili Two-bate n.ts—Howell 3. Vend]. Hill-nan, P-Cheo. Hammea. Stolen tUses—Vancll. Tcmir.sek. Sacrifice —Toiriruek- Left on bascs-Chu-nut# « Seymour 9. Btw on backoff: Pfeffer ?. Nelson 1. Hillman ’ Mathews 2. Stuck out, by Pfeffer 3. Nelson !, Hillman I. Mathew# A Scribner I. HU elf Pfeffer S in 6 innings: off Nelson 3 in 1 toning; .off Mathews S in 7 1-3 Inning#. Winning pitcher — Mathews. Loiin* pitcher—Pfeffer.Umpires—Henrlchs, Suits. L Pfef-ter. Thorr.sbrotgh,.SEMI-FINALS GAMESSEYMOUR (8) ABCfC Young .. Anderson. rf Seymour. 3a Vanci! u A. YOU38. lb Herge*. if a. Young. 2b Armantrcut. c Nelson, pTotals ROYAL (1) Monigemrd. St Thomsbxnugh. ; Reeves, c Dickers mi. p-rf Flessacr. lb. cry again .today as Jce McCarthy# champs.! smelling World Series cash In the offing, surged from Bt* games back on Aug. 13 to pass -.he stag-geiing St. Louis Brown, by a half game with 21 to play.As the four contenders hit the stretch drive toward the Oct. I deadline with the Yankees, rnak-ng a bid fur the fourth straight OoK. showing the way. the race looked Lke this:Behind TO Play Heine AwayNew York 21 2 jjSt. Louis *4 22 17 5Detroit 2 r 2« i# 6Boston s 2; 4 !7New York has won 20 of its last-i since losing three out of four to the Brownies and beir.g wnttea out of the race A tough series ir. Bosico loomed ahead before the Yanks and Red Sox hit the roadto wind up the season In the west.I zii.i- Detroit had on 8-game sc*, withStolen Cleveland and tax; more with Chi-'• cago. ar.d SI Louis nine tilts w.tbChicago before they entertain the easterners.Two rookies. Wall Dubicl and Mel Queen- helped boon the Yar-ka up on top yesterday by shutting out Philadelphia. IM and 14 0, re-spectively, on a pair of fivehttors while the revived New Yorkers climbed cn Hobo Newsom. Joe Ber ry and Luke Hamlin for a totnl of 32 hits.Poller Slops TribeSt. Louis was knocked off the parch it held since May 3: »hee. Cleveland grabbed a fust game 6-4 victory for Mel Harder or. Roy Cul-'cr bine's three-run homor Nels Poller stopped the Tnbe In the fninle, 5-1, but the Brownies, who had won only five of the;.- last 18. dropped down a slot.Detroit walloped Chicago. 12-2 behind Stubby Overmire, bu* bowed to Ed Lopat mi the nightcap.'•*1Pennant hop Tigers to the 1 upon the pitcf Nc who user (leT_ .. -- *7.....63. Boston also split, drubbing,Washington 11-7 but succumbing to Mickey Eacfner'j pitching. S-2. inDefense Ag Single WintSince a numbs noli’ 1W4 footha nr.gle wing form was drilled on di 1:motion Marcia Iwice and ajreni 1 at it was Labi Still mining a wn, right half I cording to his o'the second tilt.Pittsburgh picked up a half game Cincinnati in their scrap for secend place in the National byago. plansJack Curry of t ter-guard lost tha coaching si ago that he d b season With thlt;
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Champaign Evening Courier
Champaign, Illinois, US
Tue, Sep 05, 1944
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