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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1944
Page
2
Associated Press reports Bucky Walters, Reds ace, failed in his bid for his 16th win as New York Giants defeated Cincinnati 11 hits to 0 in the opener of a doubleheader. Walters had earlier won 15 of 17 but has dropped three straight. The Reds would win the nightcap 9-3 behind Frank McCormick’s two homers and five RBIs.
The Wilmington Blue Rocks edged Allentown 24-2 in the nine inning opener then lost the nightcap 4-2 before 1,799 at Wilmington. Tevan led Allentown with a home run and multiple hits, while Korponay supplied a homer for Wilmington as the two teams split the twin bill.
The Owls won the nightcap at Trenton as two games ended 4-3. Hal Kelleher struck out 11 through eight, allowing two hits, before a late error and a single sparked Trenton to edge ahead. In the opener Flagerstown fell 4-3 as the Packers rallied in the fifth. Walt Alston drove in two with a double for Trenton.
The Burmese are descended from Mongolian tribes which migrated from western China and Tibet. Musial of St Louis leads NL in batting with 359, 134 hits and 34 doubles. Sanders drives in 71. Barrett tops NL triples with 14. Ott leads NL with 22 homers. Lupien has 13 steals. Wilks of St Louis leads NL pitching with 91. Doerr leads AL batting at 332 and 122 hits. Stirnweiss runs and 32 steals. Stephens drives in 67. Lindell has 9 triples. Maltzberger 10 2 in the AL.
In front of about 1500 fans the Pittsburgh Crawfords edged the Atlanta Black Crackers 4 to 3 in the first game while the Crackers won 9 to 6 in the nightcap. Simms pitched for Atlanta, struggled in the sixth as Pittsburgh scored four, and Mellix and Rowe were hit hard in the fourth inning of the nightcap. Both clubs fielded well as Strong, Napier, Barnes, and Guinn supported a seesaw doubleheader.
Don Gutteridge doubled in the 10th to score both Browns runs in a 2-1 opener win over Senators and added three hits in the nightcap as Browns swept the doubleheader. Tommy Warren won his first major league game for the Dodgers while Ray Sanders fueled the Cardinals with three RBIs in the nightcap of a 9-7 win. Stirnweiss led the Yankees past the Tigers 10-2 with four hits and two stolen bases, while Wakefield drove in four as Detroit won the nightcap 13-7. Fischer blanked the Reds in the opener, McCormick homered twice in the nightcap as the Reds split. Metkovich had three Red Sox hits in the opener. Boudreau doubled in O'Dea in the ninth of the nightcap to split. Wyse won his 19th for the Cubs in the opener. Parke had four hits and three RBIs in the nightcap for a Cubs sweep. Carnett had three hits for the White Sox in a 6-4 opener. Flores blanked the Sox in the nightcap to split. Hofferth and Javery each helped the Braves sweep the Pirates with a 6-4 opener win and Javery’s two-hitter in the nightcap.
Eagles battle CG I 0 and Order of Eagles in a 6:15 p.m. Community Softball League showdown on the reservoir diamond. Both teams enter with four straight wins and share top half standings. Pitching unknown but likely Snuffy Shows or Walt Miller.
Lancaster take game one 10-7 and York win nightcap 6-5 as Lancaster takes the series three games to two before 1676 fans. Lloyd Randall, Don Schmidt pace York with multiple RBIs and triples while Lancaster errors and pitching decide the outcome.
A total of 190,408 baseball fans attended eight major league doubleheaders. The largest National League crowd, 22,678, watched the New York Giants and Cincinnati Reds split at the Polo Grounds in New York, while 49,904 saw the Yankees and Tigers in Detroit. Servicemen numbered 2,058 among the attendees.
Saturday results show Hagerstown 9 over Trenton 2 and York 9 over Lancaster 2, with Wilmington 6 defeating Allentown. Tomorrow venues include Hagerstown at Lancaster and Allentown at Trenton, York at Wilmington. Yesterday’s box shows Brooklyn 10 over St. Louis 4 and Boston 6 over Pittsburgh 4.
The day lists standings with Chicago six and Cleveland four losses to Panadelphia four and Detroit thirteen, plus New York ten wins seven losses and St Louis two and seven. It notes Mets over St Louis and Boston over New York, with several upcoming games including Washington at St Louis and New York at Detroit.
New York estimates for the 1944 horse racing season at Belmont Park expect wagers near 40 million dollars by mid November. If the second half matches the first, statewide take could reach about 27 million, with total betting around 416 million and breakage near 3.35 million after 192 days. First Fiddle won the Butter Handicap at Jamaica.
Baltimore fell to Montreal 5 to 3 in a tense game while Newark hammered Toronto 9 to 3. Buffalo blanked Syracuse 4 to nothing as Rochester dominated Rochester 10 to 1 and Jersey City shut out an opponent 9 to 0.
The Hagles align new pitcher John O’Neill the district’s sole Softball Tournament veteran for a pivotal game. A large season crowd is expected to fill the stands for this crucial match.
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