Cubs on pace for futility record against Cardinals
The Cubs trail toward a rare slump after a 6-4 loss to the Cardinals as manager Charlie Grimm used six pitchers and six pinch hitters. Cards extend lead over Pirates to eight and a half games amid a busy day of MLB results across the circuit.
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DiMaggio Shows Not Lost Punch After Army Leave
ATLANTA June 22 DiMaggio ez New York Yankee star outfielder after two years of army service preserves punch that won him the AL batting crown. Now 29 and a staff sergeant in the Army Air Force he landed at a central Pacific base with former majors. In four games he hit four home runs, one of 450 feet in a night game. Also named with him were McCormick Fain Priddy Judnich Lodigiani and Dillenger.
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York White Roses Triumph Over Allentown Cardinals
York White Roses pounded Allentown for 19 hits to win 11 to 4 in an Interstate League game in York. Joe Biros led with four hits, while Bunny Griffiths Lloyd Randol and Dick Gracey added three apiece. Patton held Allentown to eight hits and struck out nine as York pulled away after a 6 2/3 innings.
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Lancaster Wins Doubleheader to Take Series Over Trenton
Lancaster swept a twin bill from the Trenton Packers, winning 4 2 and 8 1 to extend their win streak to three. Bill Wood, ex Villanova, held the Packers to seven hits in the first game as Lancaster struck early with two runs in the first and third innings. The nightcap featured a quadruple play by Lancaster’s infield and a late surge with four hits for three runs in the sixth frame followed by three more in the seventh to secure the contest. Petty and Jarvis pitched while Wood and Mills closed out.
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Outsiders Win At Charles Town
At Charles Town in June, Mardi Gras ridden by Sammy Palumbo captured the Fayette purse for Army and Navy relief and West Virginia charities, paying $7.60 after 444 furlongs. Palmetto stables' Post-War Style finished third. In the opener Feeling High owned by John Bosley Jr won in a photo, returning $71.30, $60.80 and $18.40. Norman Cortin's Freetest was second at $41.40 and $19.60, with Chat Hopkins third. The daily double on Feeling High and Jack's Star paid $5169.20.
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Owls Win Again To Pull Away In Loop Lead
Glenn Thomas pitched a farewell win as Hagerstown beat Wilmington 10 to 3. Napoles and Higgins scored on key hits, and the Owls benefited from Rocks errors to surge ahead and never relinquish the lead. Ripple started for Wilmington, then was relieved in the fourth as Hagerstown used four runs to seize control.
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Free For All Is Feature Winner At Arlington Park
John Marsh trains Free For All who won the Hyde Park stakes by five lengths at Arlington Park in 1 04 5 recording a track record for five and a half furlongs. Otto Grohl steered the two year old to the front amid 13 starters as Sir Oim finished second and Bangett third. The crowd of 16000 sent the colt a heavy favorite paying 3 40 2 40 2 20 with Sir Bim and I can get it among the others. The stable previously produced Occupation and Occupy and now sees Free For All as a leading futurity hopeful.
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Fistic Festival Nets 22 Million Bond Sales
Houston readers witnessed the Fifth War Loan fistic carnival as $22,080,000 in war bonds were purchased to enable the boxing gala. In the main event Corp. Al Hostak of Camp Bowie defeated Corp. Glenn Lee of Camp Claiborne by a third round knockout to claim the Texas light heavyweight title, with Jack Dempsey refereeing.
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Major League Leaders United by The Associated Press
American League leaders include Ticker Chicago batting .362 and Doerr Boston with 74 hits and 38 RBIs by Cullenbine. National League shows Walker Brooklyn batting .385 and 90 hits, Ott New York 18 homers, and Munger St. Louis 9 1 as pitching leaders with 9 wins.
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Weekend Stars Shine As Giants Dodgers Dah 11-2
Johnny Rucker led the Giants with three hits three runs and three RBIs in an 11 2 victory over the Dodgers. Danny Litwhiler and Harry Brecheen fueled the Cardinals in a 64 win over the Cubs with Litwhiler homering and two on Brecheen limiting Cubs to six hits in the nightcap. Ray Starr and Dick Siebert were among others delivering key performances for Pirates and Athletics.
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Urges Building Of Fighting Men In Wartime Sports
Lt Col Richard E Hanley former Northwestern football coach urged college and high school grid coaches to quit building better football men and start building better fighting men. He directs combat conditioning for Marine aviation on the Pacific Coast and advocates transforming unfit youths into fighting men to aid wartime and postwar efforts. He cited coaches Lt Comdr Jim Crowley Lt Comdr Sam Barry Lt Comdr Dick Harlow Lt Comdr George Halas and Major Tuss McLaughery as examples of leaders who would support this shift to wartime fitness. He criticized wartime football but welcomed sports broader postwar value.
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Will Rogers Widow Dies At Ranch Home
Betty Blake Rogers the widow of humorist Will Rogers died at the Rogers ranch in Santa Monica canyon at age 65 after weeks of illness and a severe winter influenza attack in Washington. She remarried the famed performer who died in a 1935 Alaska crash. burial planned in Claremore, Oklahoma, following her interment in the Will Rogers memorial.
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Favorites Gain In Golf Tourney
Defending champion Patty Berg returned to competitive golf in the Women's Western Open and advanced to the quarter finals along with Dorothy Germain and Babe Didriksen Zaharias. Berg, who rejoined the Marines last fall, shot 37 on the front nine to defeat Lois Penn 4 and 3 and was one over par at match end. Babe Zaharias defeated Ann Casey 5 and 4 while Germain edged Joanne Barr Tracy 2 up with late pars to seal a 2 up win.
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Pangborn Machinists Defeat Assembly Floor 5 3
For the third time this season Pangborn Machinists beat Assembly Floor 5 to 3 at Pangborn Park. Basore and Lucas powered the win with 15 strikeouts by Basore and Young starting the field while Hull and Forsythe fought for the visitors.
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Senators Score Over Tate Cubs at City Park
A big fifth inning carried the Senators to a 9 2 victory over the Tate Cubs at City Park. The Senators scored seven runs in the fifth, breaking a tight contest. Dr Myer Huber Butler and Cordell had two hits each for the Senators. Tate Cubs 011 0000 2 Senators 260 070 x 9. Smith and Snyder P Butler and Hartle.
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Armstrong Wins Narrow Decision Over Latsios at Griffith Stadium
Henry Armstrong defeated Nick Latsios in a 10 round decision before about 8,000 spectators at Griffith Stadium. The bout highlighted Armstrong’s famed ring career as Latsios struggled with backpedaling throughout the contest. In a separate note, guidance advised rinsing kitchen cutlery with cold water after citrus fruits.
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