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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1944
Page
4
CHICAGO June 27 They teamed up Ben Hogan with Babe Didriksen Zaharias and added George Rabe Didriksen Zaharias for the Chicago Victory National Golf Championship. Pros will be paired with a woman amateur and a senior. the aggregate score counts for a team title. George is Rabe Didriksen Zaharias. Field Hand Picked.
The Hogan Babe George group leads a strong senior and pro field in the Victory National Championship. Pro women pairs include Byron Nelson with Catherine Fox and Johnny Regolta with Lieut Patty Berg. Hogan’s first tourney outing since 1942 adds star power as amateurs join a 72 hole route ending with a 36 hole finale for a £3,000 prize in war bonds.
The University of Notre Dame captured team honors at the 1943 National Intercollegiate Golf Tournament with a 311 four-man score at Inverness. Washington University’s James Jackson won individual medalist honors with a 73. Michigan faltered, while Minnesota and Ohio State trailed the field.
In City Park last night the Senators crushed the Tigers 23 to 2 behind Hartle who had three triples and a homer. The team plated runs in every inning except the sixth. Tonight the Senators meet the Tate Cubs at Cuy Park, with McNeal, McNamee, Mowen, and Hartle leading the offense.
Tight games dominated the Y Community Softball League as CIO defeated Potomac Edison 2 to 0 with Showe earning his eighth win of the season aided by Kendle. Invasion A. C. defeated Jamison’s 2 to 0 behind O’Neill and Spigler. Fraternal Order of Eagles beat Mollers 6 to 1 as Berger piled four hits. Couchman earned a 0 forfeit victory over City Athletic Club.
Williamsport Wildcats defeated Middletown Virginia 5 to 4 on the high school field after a ninth inning balk broke a deadlock. Dukes Anderson and Judy pitched well for the Cats and visitors, with Middletown outhitting Williamsport 8 to 7 as both teams traded runs early and late.
Baymelia with Apprentice Wright aboard edged EB M Obrien's Ebra by a neck to capture the Poca hontas Purse on the Monday program of the Charles Town Jockey Club. Chop Sticks took third in a field of six, Baymelia paying 16.60. The meeting featured a $121.80 mutuel in the second race as Bobby Edens rode Tacaro Bras from behind. Tacaro Bras then completed a $212.80 Daily Double after Bugler won the opener, and pork pie and meat pie notes conclude the report.
Cletus Elwood Boots Poffenberger of the U S Marines at Parris Island continues to throw superb baseball for the Devil Dogs. His record stands 8 wins and 1 defeat with a 1 to 0 win over Camp Daniel featuring Chubby Dean on the mound. Poffenberger, in great shape this season, expects the team to win the service title as Parris Island has won about 24 to 26 games this year.
Jockey Conn McCreary, rider of Pensive, was suspended for the Arlington Park season after stewards ruled he held rival rider Al Bodio near the finish in the Miss Dogwood feature. Towsy was disqualified from first to second with Blue Skimmer promoted to first. Occupation won the Lawrin purse feature with Tellmenow second and Bright Willie third.
New York University will restart football this fall after a two year break, adopting a wartime basis. John J. Weinheimer of Mt. Vernon, New York, is named varsity coach, having coached the freshmen team in recent years.
General H H Arnold announced the discontinuance of all WASP training by the Army Air Forces after current students complete their courses. The Women Air Service Pilots number 721 on active duty and will reach 1,019 by December. no new candidates will be admitted following the House rejection of the Costello bill granting commissioned status to WASP members.
Prices paid for staple farm goods listed by Kline Bros. include wheat at mill and barn, bacon, butter, onions, potatoes, chickens, honey, lard, cabbage, apples, eggs, turnips, walnuts, sweet cherries and more with figures such as 45 cents per pound for some items and 3.00 per bushel for potatoes. The list notes OPA ceiling and selling prices where applicable and shows varied unit measures and yields for local producers.
The Boston Braves defeated Sampson Naval Training Center 6 to 3, ending Sampson’s 11-game win streak. Javery Klopp Cardoni Hofferth Klattz White Davis Ravish pitched for Sampson. Boston scored 6 runs on 11 hits while Sampson managed 3 runs on 6 hits. Total motor vehicle registrations surpassed 30 million in 1939. Cotton can be spun so fine that a pound yields 250 miles of yarn.
A new ration banking system, with deposit coupons inspected by the Office of Price Administration in New York, is launched in Maryland to deter black market activity. J William Eggleston announces the program, with a New York staff handling accounts from six states and the District of Columbia. Virgil Van Street named Maryland ration banking executive.
The Navy announced that destroyer escort Fechteler was lost in combat in the Mediterranean last month with casualties. Next of kin have been notified.
Mapleville notes Harry Cross of Yeaden Pa spent the weekend with relatives. John Hose of Hagerstown sustains a right wrist fracture while at Colonial Hardwood Flooring Co. Reginald Sampsell moves from C Ned Keadle lot to John G. Martz property. Residents pick berries and cherries as tasks fill the community. The Griffiths and Briar families visit Dallis Griffiths family. Janet Griffith returns home after months with grandparents Fred and Mary Griffith.
The Library of Congress was established in 1800 as a legislative library by an Act of Congress. The United States Fish and Wildlife Service cites 253 million pounds of dressed game processed by 8 million hunters in 1942.
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