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Newspaper
The Montana Standard
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1941
Page
7
Butte boosters aim to avoid a cellar tie with Helena as they host the Missoula Pirates at Clark Park at 6 15. Mahlon Nettleton will start for Butte against Chuck Miller or Nick Mariana for Missoula in a pivotal league duel.
Rogers Hornsby announced his immediate resignation as manager of the Oklahoma City Indians of the Texas League. He will be replaced by right fielder Homer Peel after declining attendance prompted the move. Officials stated Hornsby quit on his own motion.
American league leaders include York, Detroit with 15, Di Maggio and Johnson tied at 14 for Philadelphia and Keller of New York. National league top marks show Ott of New York with 17, Camilli of Brooklyn 15, Nicholson of Chicago 14. In Spokane, Betty Jean Rucker, 16, wins Pacific Northwest women’s title with 79 to Betty Jameson’s 80 as she misses medalist by one stroke.
Changes to Montana high school football schedules for 1941 follow Gov Ford’s Thanksgiving date. Fall practice starts Aug 25 with no games before Sept 12. Class AA to end round robin by Nov 8 with playoff dates Nov 14 15 and final Nov 27 at Butte. Classes A B C show staggered subdistrict timelines and Armistice Day options.
Twilight League Golf Play Set schedules announced by Hugh McManus president of Highland View Golf Club. American league matches planned Wednesday night and National league matches Friday night as the week’s schedule follows.
Free tennis instruction offered at 6:30 p m on the Exelsior street courts. Three top players Russ Smith Jim Henry and Babe Merritt will teach. No club membership required and organizers expect a large turnout.
George Pennington joked about a hole-in-one on the 198-yard ninth at the Smithfield country club, then watched his ball land in the cup. The piece notes baseball broadcasting this summer by 163 radio stations.
Freddie Fitzsimmons pitched his 13th consecutive win to lift the Brooklyn Dodgers 9 to 4 over the Pittsburgh Pirates at Forbes Field. The Dodgers near the St Louis Cardinals, idle today, by a half game. Franks hit a pinch homer to cap a late rally. Klinger was briefly touched for runs in the eighth and ninth.
This week schedule lists games in the State League with Missoula at Butte and Helena at East Helena on Tuesday. Thursday features Butte at Missoula and East Helena at Helena. Saturday and Sunday match Helena at Butte and Missoula at East Helena.
In New York on June 23 major league pairings list probable starting pitchers for June 24 games. AL matchups include Cleveland at Boston with Harder or Newsome, St. Louis at New York with Munchies or Auker, Detroit at Philadelphia with Bridges or McCrabb, and Chicago at Washington with Lee or Leonard. NL games feature Brooklyn at Pittsburgh with Davis or Lanning, Boston at St. Louis with Errickson or Krist or Crouch, New York at Chicago with Melton or French, and Philadelphia at Cincinnati with Beck or Hoerat against Turner or Thompson.
Arlington Park opened its summer meeting with purses totaling over 475000 to be distributed across 24 days. Kings Blue from Huntley and Sher Stable won the Myrtlewood handicap six furlongs in 1 11 3 5, paying 12 6.20 4.0. Up the Creek was second and Montaia took third for Milky Way farm. The July 26 feature is a 40000 added classic with Kentucky Derby winner Whirlaway entered, a mile and a quarter race seen as a maker and breaker of champions.
Johnny Ray, Conn's explosive manager, heads to New York Monday night to film Billy Conn in movies as part of capitalizing on Conn's brave stand against heavyweight champ Joe Louis.
Walkerville and Northwest Welders won Monday night to keep third place in the City Baseball League standings. Welders beat first place Parkways 15 8 as Robinson homered and doubled, while Walkerville edged McQueen 7 6 in a tight contest led by Kristie with a three base hit.
Helena June 23 The Pittman Robertson wildlife relief act program for Montana will begin July 1 with $130,000 allocated for 1941 42. McFarland state game warden said projects cover big game mapping ranges and carrying capacity. fur bearers data and district trapping. upland birds range mapping nesting and watering sites and environment factors affecting bird populations.
Ole Kolstad longtime treasurer of the Butte Ski club was honored at a dinner by club members and friends before leaving today with the county's 12th draft contingent for the United States Army. The group presented a gift as Kolstad, a four year officer and the first Montana state downhill and slalom champion in 1938, bids farewell for a year.
Clarence Red Burman of Baltimore knocks out Al Hart of New Orleans Negro midway in the second round of a ten round bout in Baltimore. Burman, who lost to Joe Louis recently, downed Hart twice for counts of nine in the first round.
The twentieth annual national public golf tournament drew 2824 players, eclipsing last year's mark. The Spokane championship runs July 14 to 19 at Indian Canyon with 187 qualifiers and 5 former champions exempt from qualifying. Denver district led with 517 entrants for 12 spots.
Earl Stewart of Louisiana State University, 19, red haired and freckled, returned from a broken collar bone and shot a course record 68 to lead 169 qualifiers in the first half of the 44th national intercollegiate golf championships at Ohio State. His two stroke edge tops the field as top contenders vie for medals.
Milwaukee Brewers, an American Association baseball club, were sold for 100000. George M. Trautman announced the sale and said Charley Grimm would become manager, replacing Bill Killefer. Bill Veeck will serve as president and treasurer of the new organization.
Promoter Mike Jacobs announced Baer and Simon signed to fight 15 rounds at the Polo Grounds on August 14. The heavyweight matchup pits Buddy Baer against Abe Simon in New York.
Poughkeepsie June 23. After four days of heat and slick water nine coaches prep for the forty fourth intercollegiate regatta on the Hudson Wednesday. Morning gusts and a rough tide produced whitecaps as Rutgers MIT and others tested their boats. MIT powered through big swells while Washington remained favored though not at peak form. California assumed second place with Cornell Columbia and Syracuse seen as East contenders.
McCaw pitched a one hit game to lead Montana Power past Miners Dairy 9 0 in Butte senior softball action. A J Anselmo edged Phil Judds 10 8 while Active edged DeMolay 15 14 Perino toppled Knights of Columbus 17 12 and West Side Engineers won 16 11.
Milwaukee June 21 quote by Marquette football coach Tom Stidham warns against year round stress of the sport. He argues staleness from overemphasis hurts players and urges letting football fade until fall practice. Stidham suggests thinking football in August and playing in October. The passage also notes the Cubs’ 22 inning scoreless streak against the Reds followed by a 22 run burst.
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