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Newspaper
The Montana Standard
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1944
Page
8
Miners Union rally over Silver Bow Parks 8-6 as Stregar and Connors homer propel comeback. Connors key with a sixth inning three run blast. Park threats in seventh thwarted by solid defense and late misplays.
Coach Eddie Gerry leads the Legion Juniors in their first game tonight at 6:30 against Grant School’s undefeated Junior league leaders. The club stages a full-dress rehearsal ahead of intercity play at the Cinders facility.
The war finance committee announced all $100 and $1,000 bond tickets for the Yankee Dodger Giant round robin game at the Polo Grounds Monday are sold. Last year the event raised about $80 million in bonds.
Albert E. Sigla of the California division won the ski patrol system trophy as outstanding member in the United States and Alaska for the past year. Honorable mention went to Cortlandt T. Hill Los Angeles Hugh Hough Boise Ole Daiber Seattle George Bell Casper Buck O'Donnell Butte.
A USC unit of five baseball men and a manager toured Alaska and the Aleutians for six weeks entertaining service members. Frankie Frisch led the group with players Dixie Walker Stan Musial Hank Borony and Danny Litwhiler delivering four to eight shows daily to homeward bound GI audiences. Despite bleak surroundings the trip lifted morale and highlighted top players who continue strong seasons upon return.
In Cincinnati on June 23 Pauline Betz and Dorothy Bundy advanced to the semifinals of the 43rd tri state tennis tournament. Betz defeated Gloria Thompson 6 2 6 1 and Bundy beat Elaine Passow 6 2 6 1. Semifinal foes set for Saturday include Betz vs Mary Arnold and Bundy against Shirley Fry. Francisco Segura appeared in men's doubles semis with Billy Talbot defeating Gor don Naugle and William Anderson 6 1 6 2.
St Louis Browns, led by Sig Jakucki’s second shutout over Detroit, opened a three-game gap atop the American League with a 5–0 victory. For Detroit, Frank Overmire allowed early damage as the Browns surged in the first.
Ben Hogan, Army Air Forces officer and top golf money winner, takes 15 days holiday from Fort Worth to play in the Victory National tournament in Chicago starting Wednesday. He plans Sunday practice rounds and reflects on past success at Dallas Victory Open.
John Brandl of 1803 South Washington brought home a nine pound native trout from Wade Lake in the upper Madison district after recent rains. Few extraordinary catches were reported as fishing conditions declined.
Butte Country club events ramp up for the state tournament set July 21 to 23 with a booster handicapping race drawing in out-of-town players. weekend finals determine honors in the spring handicap, followed by qualifying rounds July 1 to 3 for the club championship.
In Pittsburgh the Pirates and St. Louis Cardinals battled 14 innings ending 5 to 5 after the night game was called at 1 a m. Coscarart opened a potential late win but Donnelly, Barrett, Russell and Rubeling produced outs. Other games: Dodgers beat Phillies 2 to 0. Cubs top Reds 3 to 1. Seminick optioned to Buffalo and Copeland sent to Utica.
Highland View announces a Sunday luncheon team match at the Municipal course with a blind draw among rivals captained by Fred Henselt and Elmer Rodda. Lunch follows play with a noon start, players pay a 50 cent war stamp entry, four low net scorers on the winning side receive stamps, and the losing team hosts the winners.
In American Legion junior baseball league play, St. Patrick and St. Joseph nines won games yesterday at Clark Park. St. Pats defeated St. Marys 13-1 behind McGee’s homer and Davis’s one hit allowed. P. C. nine beat Washington 17-8 with Lyons homering and Toole holding Washington to three hits. St. John beat Longfellow 10-9 and St. Joseph beat Greeley 9-7 in Southern division action.
More than 100 greyhounds arrive in Butte as the Highland View club prepares for its annual race meet opening July 1. Early arrivals come from Phoenix after a banner meet was marred by a fire destroying many dogs. General Manager William Van Vleet is to arrive tonight to finalize plans as the track is readied and new lights go in.
Ike Williams of Trenton NJ stopped Cleo Shans Los Angeles in 26 seconds of the 10th round in Madison Square Garden main event. Williams weighed 136 pounds. Shans 135. A crowd of 5,842 paid $14,292 gross as referee Billy Cavanagh halted the bout after a hard right hand dropped Shans.
Ellery Queen narrates a dramatic courthouse scene as Patricia Wright’s attempts to influence juror Number 7 trigger a mistrial for James Haight. The judge orders a new trial and Nora suffers a sudden mental breakdown, leading to hospitalisation as Easter events loom.
In Chicago on Friday Dorothy Germain defeated Jeanne Cline 4 and 3 to reach the final with Babe Didriksen Zaharias, who beat Betty Jane Haermerle 2 and 1, for a 36 hole championship showdown to decide the open crown. Both players fired long drives with Germain finishing strong in late holes.
Pitcher matchups listed for both leagues feature the American League games among New York Boston Philadelphia Cleveland Detroit and National League games including Boston New York Philadelphia Brooklyn St Louis Pittsburgh Chicago Cincinnati with listed starting duties and current records.
A Friday court sentence saw a woman identified as Dot Colbert receive 60 days in the county jail after a state vagrancy conviction. The roundup includes births at Murray and St. James hospitals and patient admissions and discharges at Murray and St. James facilities.
Friday birth at St James hospital for Mr and Mrs John Kunst Walkerville a son born to Mr and Mrs Kunst at 1411 B street. Friday marriages licensed by the district clerk include Morris Bruce and Bessie Reilley both 28 Great Falls, Hugh Redmond 48 Butte and Helen McCabe 45 Walkerville, and T L Oaas 25 with Martha M Thompson 21 both of Butte.
Claude Passeau, longtime Chicago Cubs pitcher since 1939, has been rejected for military service for undisclosed reasons. The decision was announced June 23 by U P.
The U S Signal Corps film Report From the Aleutians and Walt Disney's South of the Border were screened before a large audience of American residents in Buenos Aires Argentina drawing attention to wartime efforts and cultural ties.
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