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Newspaper
The Montana Standard
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1941
Page
8
Craig Wood has long been considered one of golf's great talents yet he had never captured a major title until recently. The piece recalls his eight year wait and repeated runner-up status as a major triumph finally emerged.
Married Senators players face steep rents in Washington as Griffith did not raise salaries. One player paid $85 a month last year, only to learn rents average about $135 annually, highlighting the burden of living costs in the nation’s capital.
The Charles Town track in West Virginia prospers miles from a big town as fans travel from Washington and Baltimore. Owner defies friends' advice and profits. Frank Shaughnessy of the International League urges limiting night games to three per week.
John Lardner notes a heated dispute over whether pitchers can throw a curve ball. He questions baseball superstition, cites reader letters, and recalls Thorpe’s fate, arguing many so called curve balls may have been straight.
Harry Jeffra of Baltimore is a double ex champion with wins and losses across bantam and featherweight titles. In each division the opponent who took the crown later reclaimed it, with Sixto Escobar and Joey Archibald. Jeffra eyes a rematch with Archibald or a bout with Pete Scalzo as a potential third title. In Jeffra’s hometown Lou Transparenti contemplates a bantam move after a close loss to Lou Salica.
Los Angeles officials pursue the 1944 American Bowling Congress tournament. ABC field secretary Charles Vance, after a month on the coast, supports Los Angeles as suitable. Harold Lloyd chairs the invitation committee with support from the Southern California Sportsman’s Association, the LA Junior Chamber of Commerce, and other civic groups.
Carlton Molesworth credits Bill Terry with giving Carl Hubbell latitude to throw any pitch. Under McGraw Hubbell reportedly relied on a single screwball.
Art Nehf a former New York Giants pitcher recalls that pitch stealing was common in his era. He says two clubs Brooklyn and Philadelphia regularly tipped pitches and named Jake Daubert as a player he crossed up by mixing a hook for a curve. He notes adjusting grip to hide signals after detection.
A guide to improvised beds for camping suggests conifer twigs stacked in layers as a bed base, with small logs to keep twigs in place. It covers alternative bedding like camp cots, air mattresses, and DIY sleeping bags, plus cost ranges from seven to seventy dollars and step by step stitching of a denim bag using ticks filled with down or duck feathers.
Akron pro Al Espinosa, based at Portage Country Club in summer, outlines a new pistol grip putter with a weighted off center head and triangular flat base. He says the grip promotes an upright stance and a hard left hand pull, claiming putts are sunk with near automatic accuracy. He plans to use the club in the May 25 national open qualifier at Congress Lake Country Club near Canton.
Harold Muddy Ruel, 45, quietly mentors the Chicago White Sox, guiding pitchers and catchers with talks in buses and lounges. His method has sharpened players bought from bargain shops, turning the team into a pennant contender alongside manager James Dykes.
Madison Wis based Dr Llewellyn Cole head of Wisconsin student health says well trained college athletes rarely get hurt. He notes only four or five fractures of consequence in a year and blames careless high school play and necktie free alley athletics for most injuries.
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