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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1930
Page
16
P A C riflemen invite the public to an open house on the National Guard range this Sunday. Civilians may qualify on the D course at 200 yards. guns and ammo provided, small range fee. Scores up to 250 earn medals. 9:30 am start with coaches present.
June 7 AP report: Hollywood wins a double header 6 3 and 10 1 over the Angels to pull within a half game of first in the Pacific Coast League. San Francisco tabs Missions 11 to 3 as Seals pitchers shut down early rallies. Dittmars homers twice and other stars push Hollywood to victory. Sacramento routs Portland 14 to 2 as Tony Freitas wins, tightening standings.
Decatur, June 7 AP A leading candidate for the season’s unluckiest pitcher is Evansville right-hander Tom Bridges from the Three Eye league. In eight innings he fanned 19 against Decatur but took the loss as his team fell 5 to 2.
In Kansas City the Kansas City team defeated Columbus 5 to 3 while Milwaukee beat Toledo 7 to 1 and St Paul edged Louisville 8 to 7. Three results recorded.
National leaders include Herman Robins in batting with 417 and runs at 50. Klein of the Phillies leads RBIs with 54. Frisch Cardinals has 21 doubles and Cuyler Cubs 9 triples. Wilson Cubs 17 homers and Cuyler 14 steals. American leaders show Rice Senators with .401 batting and 74 hits, Ruth Yankees with 52 runs and 50 RBIs, Gehringer Tigers 19 doubles, Combs Yankees 8 triples, Ruth 18 homers, Rice 10 steals.
Baseball box scores and game notes recap several MLB games with scoring, hits, and pitchers. Mahaffey wins for Philadelphia. Cleveland beats Boston 9 to 4. Chicago and Brooklyn combine for a 13 innings. St Louis and Philadelphia chase totals. multiple double plays and home runs noted across games. Also mentions no championship boxing bouts in San Francisco last year despite former boxing luminaries.
Oakland leads Seattle 8 to 5 Sacramento 14 to 2 over Portland San Francisco 11 to 3 Missions 6 to 11 Hollywood 6 11 Los Angeles 3 10 Tribune Want Ads drive results.
The American League shows limited chance for young hitters against Babe Ruth and Sam Rice. Rice extended a hitting streak to 28 games before it ended May 18, while Ruth kept leading batting. Rain and wet fields limited games, but hits spread in other matchups with Joe Sewell and Russ Scarritt delivering multi hit days for their teams.
In Endicott New York on June 7 AP reports heavyweight champ training for the June 12 title defense at Yankee Stadium. Max Schmeling brutalizes sparring partners to mimic Jack Sharkey while explaining his plan to adapt to any Sharkey tactic.
In Boise on June 7 the Vancouver Barracks officers beat the local Boise National Guard polo team 15 to 13 after spotting nine goals. The Vancouver squad’s accurate hitting decided the match as Boise failed to connect on several potential scoring opportunities.
Plans finalized at Tribune offices for a two day mutual trap shoot by the Pocatello Trap Club and the Elks. Sunday events on June 22 offer 175 registered targets with four 25 bird events, added money and entry fees totaling 22.75 plus dues. Monday June 23 features a 100 bird Elks shoot for members only starting at 8 am.
Seattle pitcher Ruether was wild allowing a walk with bases loaded and two more walks that scored in an 8 to 5 loss to Oakland. He exited in the eighth after a wild pitch, with Hurst Lombardi Ruether Cox listed in the box score.
Gallant Fox seeks the American Triple Crown in the Belmont Stakes with Which One a strong rival after wins at Pimlico and Church Hill Downs. Odds favor Which One at 4 to 5 while Gallant Fox, ridden by Earl Sande, faces three other entrants including Questionnaire Swinfield and Flying Gal. An auto accident limited Sande slightly but not expected to affect the ride.
In Omaha on June 7 Billy Wells former British welterweight king was knocked out in the second round by Jack Thompson world negro welterweight champion. Wells was counted out with seconds to spare after a powerful overhead blow. The bout was even until the KO, but the title was not at stake as both fighters were overweight.
George Nelson of Logan defeated Ray Westergaard of St. Louis in straight falls in their 200 pound wrestling match last night. Nelson won the first fall with a headlock in 21 minutes and the second with a body press in three minutes. Del Baxter of Cornish won a heavy weight decision over Ed Shepherd of Salt Lake City in a six round boxing semi final.
Sergeant John C. Carlson of Fort Missoula won the first event in the Northwest Rifle Matches with 94 of 100 in the Anthony Wayne event. L. E. Wilson of Cashmere, Washington took the Founders Day match with 246 of 300. Other placers included Sergeant L. B. Weymouth of Salt Lake City 241, Captain Goodrick of Spokane 241, and Captain T. J. Roberts of Spokane 230.
In Omaha world welterweight champion Jack Thompson KO’d Billy Wells of England in a non-title bout. In San Francisco Chick Devlin stopped Joe Roche in the ninth at National Hall. Dozier of Wichita won a six round decision over Freddie Hoppe. Speed Crank of Missoula won on a foul in a four rounder over Jack Commel. In Vancouver Ted Morgan and Santiago Zorilla drew after 15 rounds.
Southern California led by Frank Wykoff qualified 12 Trojans in nine of ten events as the team sought the national collegiate track title at Stagg Field. Ohio State and Illinois trailed with six finalists each, while 41 schools entered finals in a day of sprint hopes and weather soured by drizzle.
Ira Dern of Salt Lake City erased an early fall loss to Nick Lutze of Venice California and won the next two falls in a rugged wrestling match in Salt Lake City. Lutze led 19 minutes before Dern sidestepped a tackle and Lutze crashed through the ropes groggy. Dern finished Lutze with an airplane spin after 23 minutes. Velcoff of San Francisco defeated Andy Brown in a 25 minute one fall match.
The Union Verein of Union New Jersey won the national A A U gymnastics meet with 95 points to defend its title. Los Angeles Athletic Club placed second with 60 points and Los Angeles Turn Verein third with eight. Alfred Jockim led Union with 3 907 points, claiming the cit championship. Frank Haubold was runner up and Glenn Berry took third in the scoring.
The Omaha police department baseball team wants Grover Cleveland Alexander as pitcher. They would tender him a beat pounding job to secure his presence, noting Alexander lives in St. Paul Nebraska.
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