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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1935
Page
7
Officials of Pimlico race track outline renewal plans for the Futurity Stakes for two year olds with races set for this year and next through 1938. The event will be run November 2 over a mile and one sixteenth route, signaling a major juvenile showcase at the Maryland track.
H C Boorse, a well known trainer in this region, was suspended for the remainder of the current Charles Town Jockey Club meeting. Stewards accused him yesterday of stimulating one of his entries on May 30.
Olin Dutra of Los Angeles begins defense of the National Open at Oakmont amid an all star field including seven former champions and top amateurs. The 39th tournament features tough greens and hazards, with international entrants from South Africa and Japan adding flavor. Dutra notes Lawson Little’s back to back British Amateur titles as inspiration while aiming to repeat as champion.
Key NL figures from yesterday include Vaughan of the Pirates batting .399 with 41 runs and 65 hits, Martin of the Cardinals at .380 with 37 runs and 64 hits, plus Medwick and Waner high in RBIs and doubles. In the A L, Johnson of the Athletics leads batting at .410 with 40 runs and 66 hits while Greenberg of the Tigers drives in 45.
The H. L. Mills softball team will play a tie game off against DeMolay at Mills diamond, with first pitch scheduled for 5 30 o clock.
In Cleveland on July 3 1931 William Lawrence Stribling the fifth pride of Georgia challenged Schmeling for the world heavyweight title. Referee George Blake stopped the bout with 14 seconds left in the 15th round granting Schmeling the victory by technical knockout. Attendance reached 37396 with receipts of 249415. Stribling endured a severe body assault and faded late, having been counted out in the 11th round and near collapse as Blake halted the fight. A rumored right-hand injury in training seems to have limited his power. Stribling died in October 1933 from injuries suffered in a motorcycle accident near Macon Georgia.
Bob Johnson drove in six as Athletics beat the Yankees with a bases loaded hit and a double. Larry French struck out seven for a 5 2 Cubs win over the Reds. Mickey Cochrane homered doubled and had two singles in a Tigers Indians double header. Dolph Camilli and Joe Moore homered in the Phillies Giants twin bill, Camilli's shot with two on helping win game one while Moore had six hits in two games. Jack Knott shut out the White Sox in two-hit fashion for the Browns. Van Mungo and Wally Berger led Dodgers Braves with Mungo’s five-hit shutout opener and Berger adding three hits including a homer in the nightcap, driving in three. Roy Johnson tallies singles and a theft in Red Sox loss to the Senators.
Charles Town W Va June 6 state racing commission approved a two day extension of the Charles Town horse race meeting for charity. Races will run through July 6 with fifty percent of net proceeds to the West Virginia crippled children's clinic at Berkeley Springs and twenty five percent each to Berkeley and Jefferson county courts for crippled children under age 12. Williamsport Wildcats hold practice at Conomac Park this evening. Martinsburg Blue Sox and Hoffman Chevies games ahead. Desk space in Hagerstown sought in classifieds.
Arrangements are under way for two Negro league exhibitions at Municipal Stadium. The Brooklyn Eagles of the Negro National League may face the Nashville Tenn. club of the Negro Southern League, while the Pittsburgh Crawfords may meet the New York Cuban Giants. Dates to be announced by the promoter.
Results from Charles Town include seven races for three year olds and upward with purses from 200 to 800 dollars and times ranging from about 1:01 to 1:50. Notable finishes include Wise Mona and Busy Master in main events and racing names such as Susan Tao Tag Princess Queen and Hot Cake among others. Also Woodmen of the World announce a practice session at City Park and Harrystown A C seeks a strong Sunday game opponent with tractors investment noted.
Pittsburgh June 6. Dizzy Dean admits pressure mounts on him to regain form with the Cardinals. Manager Frankie Frisch cites pitching tactics bench incidents and outbursts of public criticism. Frisch delays discipline while Dean remains on probation and requests may arise for a sale to another club.
The last rookies to lose this season, including John Whitehead of the White Sox, fell as his seven hit outing yielded a 2–4 defeat to the Browns. Jack Knott delivered the big two hit game, while Whitehead’s teammates failed to supply runs despite two walks and a lone homer from Ed Coleman. In other NL action, the Cubs beat the Reds 2–5 with homers by Klein and O’Dea, and Philies topped the Giants 4–3 before winning 7–4.
The annual motorcycle races move from July 4 to Labor Day in Frederick. Promoters Chester F. Delphey and J. Paul Delphey cite conflicting meet in Nashville as cause. Top riders like Joe Petra Lou Balinski Fred Tos cani expected. six mile national championship to feature, with riders arriving from Syracuse, North Carolina.
New York June 6 An experimental 1935 season continues with Jimmy Foxx back at first base for the Philadelphia Athletics after five weeks of batting duty behind the line Connie Mack hints he may keep Foxx there The season also recalls Babe Ruth and night baseball in Cincinnati while the Deans endure pitching woes Foxx asked for the transfer amid disappointing play and shuffling rumors persist
Nico De SBarcy of Drummond Oklahoma, a 56-pound midget, celebrated his fiftieth birthday. He is described as the son of the late Madame Sidonia, known as the hearded lady.
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