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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1944
Page
3
Browns win 11-6 over the Nationals to push their lead to five games with 11 of 16 home wins. Cardinals beat Dodgers 14-3 as Mort Cooper guides Cincinnati edges New York. Philadelphia noses out Chicago 2-4. Yankees fall to Detroit 4. Also suspends game between Pittsburgh and Ruston pending Sept. 25 completion.
Angott and Perry eye upcoming meetings with Williams and Larkin after Angott scored a 12 round decision over Perry. Angott weighed 143 pounds to Perry’s, and dominated most of the in fighting, though Perry had bursts in the fifth and seventh.
Western Maryland College announced that head coach and athletic director S Leroy Byham left to serve as recreational director with the American Red Cross. He is training at Fort Meade and has requested overseas duty after coaching at Western Maryland for two years and leading Collingswood High teams previously.
AP sports roundup highlights Hall Athletics coverage of major league wins. Tripled in the 12th and scored the decisive run for Cleveland over Chicago, while Buddy Rosar drove in two with doubles and a single in an 8-4 Indians victory over Boston. Joe Hoover led Detroit's 8-4 win vs New York with a double and two singles. Babe Dahlgren fueled Pittsburgh's 18-hit attack with a homer, triple and two singles for six RBIs in an 18-run swing at Boston. Ed Heusser earned the relief win for New York, Mort Cooper bounced back to help St. Louis beat Brooklyn, and Vern Stephens aided St. Louis with two doubles and two singles in a key rally.
Hagerstown offense rallied with a fourth inning double by Rothman and a sixth inning homer by Bob Martin to tie the game, but Joe Rullo hit a decisive eighth inning homer in Lancaster. Both teams had eight hits, Parisse making his debut with a double and two walks for the A’s.
The Coach team defeated the Blue Sox 4 to 0 on Lambert. Martin, Martinsburg player, earned the win as Anderson collected eight hits while Browning and others contributed steady plays. Sry and Menes were noted in the Werke as part of the game action.
The Wilmington Blue Rocks beat the York White Roses 7 to 4 in front of a season record crowd of 5,003. Mitchell Chetkovich earned his 13th win, helped by George Stock in the eighth as York rallied with three hits and three runs. Augustyn hit a two run homer, while Colville failed to hold the pace for York.
In an Interstate League game at Trenton, manager Walt Alston led the Packers to a 9-8 win over Allentown. Alston drove in five runs with homers in the seventh and eighth innings, while Kaiser earned the win in relief despite four Red Wing safeties. Johnny Capna homered for Allentown, and Brunsche took the loss. The article notes the Porcelain Tower of Nankin as a closing digression.
The annual Booster Night at Hagerstown Municipal Stadium this Friday precedes the Owls game with Trenton. Retailers have gathered more than 75 prizes on display at Potomac Edison and prize variety includes coffee percolators, handbags, dinners, jewelry, and gift items.
Major League leaders include Musial of St. Louis leading National League batting with .361 and 74 runs, Sanders driving in 72, Barrett stealing 14 bases, and Wilks 9 1/2 wins. In the American League Doerr of Boston tops batting at .331 with 74 runs and 69 RBIs, Stirnweiss 33 steals, Maltzberger 10 8 in pitching.
Chicago August 2 The Illinois racing board passed a resolution opposing any legislation authorizing off track betting arguing it would eventually subordinate the breeding owning and caring of thoroughbred horses.
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