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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1944
Page
6
Baseball's War Relief Funds Receive 80 000 From Four Games. AP Sports recounts fund totals from early season games as Philadelphia Phillies top St Louis 4-0 behind Ken Raffensberger while Charley Schanz and other stars pace the drive. Rival teams including Chicago and Cincinnati post wins as crowds donate roughly twenty thousand dollars to the cause.
American League leader Tucker Chicago .466 in batting while Doerr Boston tops hits with 81 and runs by Doerr 47. Stephens St Louis leads RBIs with 45. Cullenbine Cleveland and Hayes Philadelphia tie for home runs with 8. Walker Brooklyn leads NL batting at .378 and hits 96. Bordagaray Brooklyn has 55 runs. Munger St. Louis 10 1 leads NL pitching.
York White Roses defeated the Allentown Redbirds 8 to 5 to drop Allentown from second place. Jim Patton allowed seven hits with strong late innings, while Frank Lugos started for Allentown and struggled with walks before being relieved by Johnny Patron.
Palmetto Stable's Cuantos won the Anniefield Purse at Charles Town in a photo finish over Queen Minatoka for second place by W. S. McClintock. Rover Amos ran third for Mrs. W. S. McCabe as the field closed.
The Owls lost 7 to 2 to the Wilmington Blue Rocks in front of nearly 2000 fans in Wilmington. Bob Stafford led Wilmington with three hits, Milt Welch hit a fifth inning homer, and Roger McKee tossed six strong innings for the Rocks while Slotter took the loss.
This excerpt compiles the Declaration of Independence and the Preamble to the U S Constitution, presenting core ideas of equality rights and government by consent. It references the 1776 Philadelphia declaration and the 1787 constitutional framework, plus Lincoln’s Gettysburg-era dedication lines. It highlights national ideals of life liberty and the pursuit of happiness, justice, and a government of the people.
In a Gerstmdale Ha gerstown High game the Redbirds defeated the Tate Cubs 3 to 1 with the winning runs in the seventh inning after two were out. Pitchers Kline and Domer matched zeroes until Hoffman delivered a seventh inning single to drive in two runs. McNeal and Long starred for Tate. Redbirds piled hits evenly. Final: Redbirds 3 Tate Cubs 1.
Trenton Packers won their fifth straight Interstate League doubleheader by beating Lancaster 1 0 in seven innings and 7 2. Lancaster pitcher McGillen held Trenton to one hit in the opener until Kermit Kitman lined a sixth inning single to score Hal Kelleher. Tart won the nightcap as Trenton jumped to an early lead and with Red Kaiser and Tart combining in relief, held Lancaster to four runs.
Yesterday's stars include Atley Donald pitching eight innings for the Yankees in a 7-2 win over the Browns, Dick Siebert homering for a 7-3 Athletics triumph over Cleveland, Joe Cronin driving in the decisive run in a 4-3 Red Sox win over the Cubs, Johnny Niggeling and Phil Cavarretta guiding the Cubs in a 12-6 first game victory over the Dodgers, plus Nicholson's two homers and a triple in the nightcap. Johnny Barrett moves into NL triples lead with two drives as the Pirates beat the Giants 4-2. Daii Clay and Lester Crabtree Reds win 4-3 in 20th inning clip. Crabtree later delivers a pinch hit in the ninth for a 4-3 split with Boston. Raffensberger wins a 4-0 shutout for the Phillies over the Cardinals as Cardinals suffer first seven-run setback.
Chicago June 29 An energetic crowd at Edgewater watches McSpaden blaze to a 29 for nine holes in a team tournament linking pros amateurs women and seniors. The event sets up a 77 hole grind for the Chicago victory national championship with pro amateur pro woman and pro senior titles on tap as Dorothey Germain posts a 77 and more scores materialize.
Hagerstown leads with 34 wins and 15 losses, Wilmington 29 29, Allentown 29 33, Lancaster 22 44, York 20 42, Trenton 10 4. Today Hagerstown at Wilmington, York at Allentown, Lancaster at Trenton. tomorrow Allentown at Hagerstown, Wilmington at Lancaster, Trenton at York. yesterday’s results New York 7 St Louis 2, Philadelphia 7 Cleveland 3, Boston 4 Chicago 2, Washington 4 Detroit 1.
McSpaden German and McSpaden Minkley top the field with 75s in a pro-amateur and pro-senior mix. Don Armstrong of Aurora and Arnold Minkley of Chicago score 75s helping lead the pro-amateur and pro-senior divisions, while Sam Byrd and Bob Cochran hold the 138 total for the pro-amateur and Simon Pires, with McSpaden Armstrong close at 139.
The Senators edged the Red Sox 4 to 3 in a tight City League game at City Park. Don Myers sealed the win with a two on base double in the second inning as Chambers fanned 14. Ruffing and Berger faced Hartle and Hartle.
The Coachman Center Service schedules two softball games this evening with the Invasion Athletic Club at Pangborn Park. The opener features competitive action as local teams vie for early season momentum under lights.
Hancock A C schedules a Sunday twin bill against the Hagerstown Indians with the first game at 2 30 p m. The team also hosts Shepherdstown on Tuesday July 4 at 6 20 p m and plays the CIO at Reservoir Park Friday at 6 20 p m.
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