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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1944
Page
6
Roundup notes debate over bonus payments for young players like Dick Callahan of New Orleans and the idea of territorial rights to limit independent minor league clout. It covers minor league talent, Navy service comebacks, and other sports veterans amid postwar shifts.
A second rescue party prepared to descend into the Grand Canyon to save flyers. Army airmen were deployed after a prior attempt using a harpoon van and a sectional wooden boat.
Fragmentary OCR text lists scattered items including musical instruments, legal terms, and place names. It mentions Donalder Pet amie for close relative and Captain of the host of Alossiom, alongside various obscure terms like Wadenstad and Hort. The garbled passage lacks coherent narrative or verifiable facts for a precise summary.
Atlanta clung to a three point lead over Little Rock after Lew Carpenter blanked Birmingham 8 to 6 and Ellis Kinder held Knoxville to two hits in Memphis 10 0. Little Rock beat Nashville 10 6 in 11 innings as Frank Papish won his ninth. Luther Gunnels drove in a go ahead triple for Atlanta.
In the American League no games were scheduled yesterday. In the Southern Association Memphis defeated Knoxville 10 to 0 and Atlanta beat Birmingham 8 to 0. Little Rock beat Nashville 10 to 6 in 11 innings.
No games scheduled. Birmingham at Atlanta and Little Rock at Nashville. New Orleans at Chattanooga and Memphis at Knoxville. A Durham rock allegedly used by tribes for war god prayers. Dog days named by ancient peoples from Sirius rising.
Last Wednesday a three man air crew crashed on Tonto Plateau 500 feet above the Colorado River. A second party of four park rangers and 12 mules aims to establish a base by the stream below. Rescue could occur Friday. The airmen are second Lt. Charles Goldrum of Pittsburgh flight officer Maurice J. Cruickshank Jr of Lawrence Mass and Cpl Roy W Embanks of Kalispell Mont.
Finney General Hospital baseball team schedules an exhibition at Newton Field Waycross Ga tomorrow night Wednesday June 28 Lt John F F McDonnell post athletic officer says Nimeth will replace Bud Ecker at catcher due to a sprained wrist Reed will start on mound Balster and Miler are reserves with Balster in left field Infielders are Maynerich Pizzo Jadoin Jarvis and Ready Anderson will guard the garden spots.
Francisco Segura of Miami, the top seed, won easily yesterday and enters the third round in the NCAA singles at Northwestern. Dale Lewis of Utah State looms as a next potential upset, while doubles action begins with last year’s champions Hickman and Driver not both competing. Hoard McCall defeated George Druliner in a notable upset as third round pairings shape the contest.
Herbert Hoover arrived in Chicago to address the Republican convention and pledged to participate vigorously in the election campaign. He told reporters he would stay in the fight until he dies and would devote his energies to the Republican ticket, though he did not confirm barnstorming plans.
Washington June 27 AP Abandonment of the Women’s Air Service pilot training program announced by the Army ends training as soon as current students finish. WASP totals 721 active pilots now. they foresee 1 019 by September. General H H Arnold cites House vote against officer ratings for WASP as prompt for the discontinuation.
Yale's 1944 football hopes hinge on a two month no ball conditioning program led by Coach Howie Odell and swim coach Kipputh. Over 50 candidates endured six weeks of grueling calisthenics to build agility strength and endurance with no kicking passing or tossing. Odell says the team looks fit and ready for the revised eight game schedule opening Sept. 30 against North Carolina and including Dartmouth Brown and Cornell among others.
Rep. Myers says War Production Board has no present plan to reduce national newsprint use in 1844. Subcommittee headed by Rep. Boren reviewed the issue after reports WPB considered a fourth quarter cut. Myers warned further cuts would devastate many newspapers and harm the industry, urging cooperation in conservation.
Roy P. Arnold testified at a mass sedition trial that a farmers strike near New York City would spark a nationwide revolt. Arnold said Hans Diebel, among the 29 defendants, planned a Nazi style government, with Diebel allegedly owning the Aryan bookstore in Los Angeles. The case also notes mummies found in Mammoth Cave Kentucky identified as pre Columbian and about 1500 years old.
Barracks 10 defeated the Officers 9 to 6 at Thomasville Municipal Stadium to secure undisputed first place in Finney General Hospital Softball League. Pitcher Joseph Nimeth fanned 14 and hit a third inning triple, while Maynerich homered for the enlisted men who scored in every inning except the seventh. The Officers, led by Lt. William Froelich, used two hits and two errors by Reed and Hazen Hunt but could not overcome Barracks 10's five-run first inning and steady defense. The barracks matching schedule shifts caused the game to be moved up from tomorrow night.
AP Moscow correspondent Eddy Gilmore says Russian preparations exceed previous efforts as fronts shift south and west toward Brest Litovsk and Kovel. He notes Ukraine as the likely ground for great activity with Poltava serving as an eastern bombing base, signaling early summer blows.
St. Louis Browns lead the American League by four games over Chicago and face the Yankees in an eastward trip. The club, seeking its first pennant, has struggled against New York, with only two wins in seven starts this season, while Detroit Boston and Chicago hover behind. Seventeen games remain as the Browns push to overcome the Yankee jinx and secure coast-to-coast support.
James Jackson 21 of Kirkwood Missouri and a Washington University of St. Louis student rose to Medalist honors with a 49 73 and advanced in the National Intercollegiate Golf tournament. He faces Notre Dame foe John Fitzpatrick in the round of 32 as individual play continues after Notre Dame captured the team title.
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