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Newspaper

The Daily Mail

Location

Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America

Date

Aug 09, 1944

Page

4

Browns Meeting Yanks In Opener Of Crucial Eastern Road Trip

Browns owner and manager face a tough eastern swing as St. Louis opens a decisive tour trailing the Yankees and Red Sox. Sewell cites balance in the league and the need for steady play to move toward a possible World Series run, with pivotal road games ahead through Detroit and Cleveland.

Browns Yanks Jack Hand Associated Press Tuke Sewell St. Louis Browns Sewell Yankees Red Sox Washington St. Louis Detroit Cleveland

Major League Leaders By The Associated Press

American League leaders include Siebert batting .328 and Doerr with 128 hits and 74 home runs for Boston. Other top stats feature Stephens 73 RBIs for St. Louis and Stirnweiss 34 steals for New York. Hughson leads AL pitching with 175 recording. National League leaders show Walker batting .358 for Brooklyn and Musial 142 hits with 82 runs for St Louis. Nicholson 80 RBIs and 14 stolen bases. Barrett 15 triples. Wilks 10-1 as NL pitcher.

Doerr Boston Stephens St. Louis Cullenbine Cleveland Lindell New York Stirnweiss Hughson Walker Brooklyn Musial Nicholson Chicago St Louis Barrett Pittsburgh Wilks

Whalen gave Zak his first job with Pirates

Frankie Zak rose from a Tarboro NC start to Major League Baseball with the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Passaic New Jersey native, 21, batted .305 and fielded well this season, earned a spot on the National League all star roster as a substitute, and energized teammates with his chatter and pep after a frugal start in a jalopy pursuit for cash.

Pittsburgh Frankie Zak Pittsburgh Pirates Merchant Pirates Giants Zak Tarboro N. C Tarbors Poke Whalen Passaic N. J Hornell Toronto Pirate Holding Mite Pirate

Cumberland Fair Opens With Record First Day Wagering

Cumberland Md August opening day at the Cumberland Fair Association meeting drew a huge crowd and set a new wagering record. Cushlamacree ridden by Sammy Palumbo won the Sloan Memorial by eight lengths, with Market Place and Manadroit second and third. Big Talk set a five furlong track mark at 56.4, surpassing 58.1 set in 1942. Wagering totaled 152 952, up 44 555 from last year.

Cumberland John Foster Big Talk William V. Keegan Anyway Cushlamacree Sammy Palumbo Sloan Memorial Market Place Manadroit Miss U Adolf

Lancaster Wins Opening Tilt Of Allentown Series

Lena Blackburne's Red Roses defeated the Allentown Red Birds 6 to 3 in the opener of the Allentown series. Lancaster pitcher Malinowski delivered relief to hold Allentown to five hits after a tie game, with Morris and Davis contributing key hits and home runs.

Lancaster Allentown Albert Malnowski Lena Blackburne Red Roses Allentown Red Birds Malinkowski Tex Harden Red Birds Vernon Rider Lefty" Mazar Roses Johnny Pakrow Morris Dancaster Abrhoa Males Rulle Polite Marsh Houck Wilkins Parisse Kare Malinowski Adrhoa Rausch Colvin Creger Ss Oo Mazar Pakran Desseeseee Merriweather Sth Aucaster Allentaws Eovresegg Canna Polita Davis Cappa Pakron Marsh Houck Fpalite Cremer Capps Pakrom Strick Kardon Hite Wardow Tripir Pe Axtell Gan

Senators Score Upset Victory at Reservoir Park

The revamped Red Sox defeated the Senators 10 to 6 at Reservoir Park. F Cordell and D Burger led heavy hitting with Burger homering. T Cordell had four hits for the losers. C Sacks struck out 13 for the winners amid a fifth inning flurry.

Reservoir Park Red Sox Senators F. Cordell D. Burger T. Cordell C. Sacks Myers Chambers and Hartle Burger

Owls Nosed Out In Ninth Inning At York

Hagerstown edged York 44 to 43 in a ninth inning rally. Gracey hit a homer for York as Mierkowicz and Rothman sparked Hagerstown with key hits. Napoles and Biros contributed plays at the plate, while Colville and Morgan matched zeroes until late.

Owls York Hagerstown Pennsy Club White Roses Martin Nowak Felder Gratey Homan Mierkowicz Shope Rothman Napeles Lites Welch Morgan P 'Pesh xOne Ear i York Gracey Sweeney Brandol Biros Griffiths Ss Homan jAnske Colville

Vienna Beats Twilight Tear in Alabama Stakes Upset

In Belmont Park's Alabama Stakes Vienna, a 1 to 20 outsider, rallied by Jockey Jimmy Stout to defeat Twilight Tear, the 1 to 20 favorite, in a neck finish. Thread O Gold and Dare Me trailed before late turn. Vienna paid $18.20 with no place or show betting. Twilight Tear, hailed as horse of the year, finished out of the money.

New York Twilight Tear William Woodward Vienna Belmont Park Thread O'Gold Jimmy Stout Brookmeade Dare Me Buddy Haas Belmont

Wilmington Blues Bow To Trenton Twice In Stormy Showdowns

The Wilmington Blue Rocks lost 10-3 and 5-0 to the Trenton Packers in a doubleheader. Hal Kelleher of Philadelphia blanked Wilmington in the nightcap, striking out 14 and adding three hits including a triple. Seven Wilmington errors fueled the first game's lopsided outcome as Kaiser pitched steadily for Trenton.

Trenton Wilmington Blue Rocks Trenton Packers Philadelphia Hal Kelleher Wilmington Packers Howard Red) Kaiser Carter Copeland Antolick Kaiser Shubilla Wilmington Aba Glaser Korponay Levan Dale Narle Antolic Wetterholm Stan Chetkov Prenton Kitman Dames Alstan Smyres Porter Haines Pelleher Arlesk Augustyn Antolick Kelleher Alston Chetkovicha

Race results note with pacing and placements

In a tight field under 126 pounds Jon Vienna led early as Thread O Gold set the pace with the odds-on favorite faltering. Dare Me finished fourth, with the winner and other placings noted among the final quartet.

Jon Vienna Thread O’gold Dare Me

Many Stakes On Card For Laurel

Seventeen stakes were listed for the 50 day meeting at Laurel with five increased in value and one new event. The top race is the 25006 added Washington Handicap on Oct 28, raised from 20000. Other increases include the Capital Handicap 10000 from 7500, Richard Johnson 3750 from 5000, Queen Isabella 10000 from 7500, and the W P Burch Memorial 10000 from 7400. A new race, the 5000 added Butler Steeplechase Handicap, two miles for three year olds and up, debuts. it will be run the same day as the Bureh Get. 18.

Laurel Maryland Laurel Course Pimlico Bowie Havre de Grace Washington Richard Johnson W. P. Burch Butler Empire City

Yesterday's Stars VoiseNe Lead Giants to 14th Win

VoiseNe and a scattered Giants attack powered a 14th win as they outhit the Pirates four to none. Pittsburgh broke through in the seventh era, but New York mounted a decisive three run rally in the sixth to pull away.

Associated Press Bill VoiseNe Giants Pittsburgh New York

Interstate League schedule mixed with consumer survey

A garbled list shows games in the Interstate League with matchups like Boston at Cincinnati Brooklyn at Chicago New York at Pittsburgh and Philadelphia at St Louis. A survey finds 75 percent of grocery store shoppers bought items not planned.

Utaans Boston Cincinnati Brooklyn Chicago New York Artsburgh Philadelphia St. Louis Pittsburg St Leuln Detroit Cleveland Sikass Washington Phidelphia Merrow Wallington Nyesterday Pittsburgh Schedu St. Toutse Pittsburch Philadelphian Tak Ian

Coachman's Will Faces Pepper Team On Reservoir Diamond

Coachman's Will plays Dr. Pepper Thursday at 6 30 PM on the Reservoir diamond in a top softball attraction. Dr Pepper, a strong state contender, recently returned from Maryland State tourney where Bainbridge Nava Training defeated them 5 to 2. A large crowd is expected as hurling duties and lineup decisions are anticipated with Max Keen likely to start and Hic Browning in the rotation.

Reservoir Diamond Dr. Pepper Maryland Bainbridge Nava Dr Pepper Max Keen Mgr. Browning Hic

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