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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1944
Page
7
Boston crowd reports 40 000 seats already oversubscribed for October 2 football matchup featuring Dartmouth, as Army Navy competition and college football prospects stir interest. Analysts note transfers and rookies shaping elite teams with high anticipation from fans and sponsors.
The Pittsburgh Pirates routed Hornell in an exhibition, winning 25 to 0. The line featured strong hits from Bob Lobo and Hornell’s Backes, while manager Frankie Frisch shuffled pitching with four hurlers used.
The tenth annual All-Star game will be played July 26 in Milwaukee and dedicated to Kelley owner of the Minneapolis bat club. President Traut Man announced the honor as Kelley marks his fiftieth season in professional baseball. Valutman visited to check arrangements for a Milwaukee Brewers star team from each of the other seven clubs. Pregame ceremonies include tributes to war trends for both squads.
Standings show iAlbany 4 Scranton 2 in 12 innings, Scranton 2 Albany 0, Hartford 14 Wilkes-Barre 3, Utica 10, Elmira 7, Williamsport 10 Binghamton 9. Today Albany at Scranton Etica at Elmira Binghamton at Williamsport Hartford at Wilkes Barre. National results note no games yesterday. today features St Louis Brooklyn hurlers and Pittsburg New York matchups. American league yesterday none. today New York at St Louis Bonham Mancrief Jakucki. Washington Merrott Niggeling Overmite Gorsica. Philadelphia Cleveland Christopher Smith. Rooster Chicago Terry Dietrich.
A dead heat for third highlighted Saratoga Raceway’s eight race card with Dan O Day and Victor Benover in the tight finish. Auburn Volo won the feature, while Frances Projogue and Miss Brooke Dale scored elsewhere. racing secretary Frank Woodlend arranged tight fields amid several photo finishes.
Elmira loses for the fifth straight time as Utica Blue Sox win 10 to 7. Johnny Long pitched the victory with solid run support from teammates. The Blue Sox, now seven and nine, built a 3-0 lead in the first inning and never trailed.
Liners continued their undefeated run in the Watervliet Arsenal Softball League defeating the Breeches 4 to 3. Johnny Dunden led the winners with four hits in four plate appearances while Finger and Merchant also starred. In the other Arsenal League game the Inspection team downed the Administrations 6 to 1. Gill went 3 for 4 and Hynes 2 for 4 for the winners as Roy Schumen powered the losers with a triple and a single.
Williamsport Grays erased a late deficit to beat the Binghamton Trips 10 to 9. Bob Albertson earned the win in both ends of the Sunday doubleheader, delivering the decisive hit after a key bunt moved runners into scoring position.
Wilkes Barre Pa. Dave Odom struck out 12 while allowing eight safeties as the Hartford Laurels beat the Wilkes Barre Barons 14 to 5 at Artillery Park. The Hartford offense pounded Wilkes Barre pitching with four hits by four players and a triple and a double for Odom. Clark was the only Hartford batter without a hit though he showed signs of weakening in the fifth. Odom closed strong in the seventh.
New York UP Freddie Schott formerly of Akron now fighting out of Paterson NL won a split eight round decision over Johnny Flynn of Buffalo at Queensboro Arena before 4 000. Judge Gearns supported Schott six two while Gilfoyle favored Flynn six two. Referee Susskind had Schott four to three with one even. Schott 207 pounds Flynn 213. Mick Toretto stopped Johnny Harris in 53 seconds of the second as Harris suffered a head injury. George Knox Newark outpointed Bobin Herry Tibia New York in six. Emil Pace New York outpointed Verne Atkins Youngstown O in four.
Bramham, president of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues, predicts a postwar revival as inquiries pour in about franchises. He says 15 suspended leagues are poised to resume with former member cities, some restructured, and notes hands-on interest from communities eager to bring back baseball once conditions allow.
Veteran players from New York, Boston, St Louis and Detroit bolster major clubs as Frank Crosetti and Dick Wakefield return to lineups. War plant alums Roy Mack and Buddy Rosar join Cleveland, while Wakefield’s Detroit spark and other veteran reentries shift race dynamics in the early season.
Washington welterweight Aaron Perry defeated Morris Reif by technical knockout in the seventh round of a scheduled 10 round bout in Brooklyn. Perry weighed 143 pounds to Reif 144. referee stopped the fight at 1 minute 59 seconds after Reif twice went down. About 7300 spectators attended.
New York promoter Connie McCarthy offers lightweight Ike Williams of Trenton free services for a no purse bond show at Madison Square Garden if the proposed bout between Bob Montgomery and Beau Jack falls through. Williams would fight for nothing against Montgomery Beau Jack or any opponent named by the committee, with Rogan of New Haven as a possible foe in the main event Thursday night at the Garden.
Seabiscuit’s full brother and a Cambridge Sea Base connection are driven to a maiden event at Garden State Park. The horse, the second-wealthiest racer, seeks debut success as a notable connection to the famed champion.
The National League batting race tightens as Dixie Walker of Brooklyn narrows the gap on Stan Musial of St. Louis to within one point after Week 13. Musial leads with a .389 mark while Walker sits at .388 after both totaling 305 at bats. Other leaders shift as Phil Weintraub, Joe Medwick, Roy Hughes, Mel Ott, Whitey Kurowski, Johnny Barrett and Bucky Walters post moves in runs, RBIs, triples and pitching standings.
South Bend Ind UPA reports 146 players turned out for Notre Dame summer football practice led by coach Ed McKeever. Top names include Bob Kelly halfback and George Sullivan tackle, both from the Navy V-12 unit. Navy trainees Kelly and Sullivan stay through Oct 2 with Sullivan eligible all season. Assistants Ray Nolting Adam Walsh and Clem Crowe join the session to coach backs and line.
Veteran driver Tom Berry led five winners across ten heats at Old Orchard Beach Kite Track opening day. The two year old trot saw Titan Fran from Goshen New Jersey’s Alden Homestead stake a split win with Slishing second to Precision owned by C F Gaines of Sherborn New York. Fighting Scot won the three year old trot in straight heats as a Hambletonian contender.
Boston athletes dominate AL batting averages as Ay chaser Pete Fox leads with 299 and Bobby Doerr slips to 297. Thurman Tucker appears third at 320 in the Big Ten listing compiled through Sunday.
Willie Pep of Hartford defeated Manuel Ortiz of El Centro in a ten round non-title bout before 10,000 at Braves Field. Pep used superior lefts and smarter defense to outbox Ortiz, who pressed early but failed to force a knockout. Ortiz had moments in rounds two six and eight, but Pep dominated the final rounds.
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