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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1944
Page
10
Sports Roundup reports on Red Rolfe, a six World Series Yankee and former All-Star, urging college coaches to unite for college baseball reform. Yale's Rolfe, still early in coaching, faces skepticism from veteran mentors while rallying support for the game.
Rolfe advocates forming a baseball coaches organization to strengthen the college game. He notes parallels with football and basketball groups and urges action on schedules, national tournaments, and resisting scouts while improving coaching.
Hom er Dunham, Western Michigan college publicizor, laments that many schools coach baseball without proper knowledge or development. He suggests interested individuals should come together to push improvements and organize action.
Able Seaman Bill Froehlig, 18, of Kingsford Michigan, did 5555 sit-ups in 3 hours 5 minutes to claim a world record, surpassing 5200 set by a Sergeant Jantzen. He credits not eating breakfast and a strict training pace, though Yale Army Air Forces reported a 6034 rep record.
Joe Page of the Yankees pitched a strong 11 inning effort and hit a triple while scoring twice as Mickey Rocco of the Indians collected three hits and drove in two runs in the Indians 4 run win to even the series. Ed Carnett and Tom Turner had four hits for the White Sox in an opener marked by Turner’s homer and two singles as the White Sox doubled in the second game.
In a tight Randolph Park pitchers duel, Ken McMaster scattered five hits over eight and a half innings, fanning 13 and walking none. Paul Cuevas drove in the deciding run with an eighth-inning double, scoring Jim Henderson as Marana earns a 1–0 victory over Pinky Vargas and the Consolidated team.
Montreal defeated Newark and Jersey City while Toronto edged Buffalo and Syracuse trailed. Rochester beat Baltimore, and Buffalo made a strong showing against Syracuse with a high scoring gap across the league standings.
Davis-Monthan Mustangs beat Pyote Army Air Force 8-1 and 6-2 in Tucson. Pitchers Bill Clemenson and Eddie Radwan held the visitors to a few hits as the Mustangs remained undefeated in the Second Army Air Force league. Radwan struck out seven, Clemenson 14, and both contributed timely doubles.
Milwaukee 20 to 4 over Indianapolis in one game while Louisville improves to 11 11 and Kansas City to 4 2. Minneapolis 16 Toledo 9 with a second game postponed. Columbus 1 St Louis 1 tied after 18 innings with a second game postponed.
Memphis 12-0 over Atlanta 5-2 Knoxville 9-14 over Birmingham 3-5 New Orleans 14-9 over Nashville 5-6 Little Rock 83 to Chattanooga 6-4. Team results show decisive wins and road losses across the league standings.
The record shows San Diego 6 Sacramento 4, Los Angeles 6 San Francisco 1, Hollywood 7 Oakland 5, Portland 3 Seattle 4. A second game lasted 15 innings.
In New York on June 5 Jockey Conn McCreary faced criticism for moving too soon as Bounding Home upset Pensive by a half length in the Belmont Stakes Run, Bounding Home finished in 2 21 5 with Gayle Smith aboard The Belmont win awarded $55 070 to Bounding Home and altered the Triple Crown narrative.
The Washington Senators stagger on a western road trip, dropping a doubleheader to the Chicago White Sox 6 5 in 10 innings and 9 1, sinking to the cellar after nine losses in ten games. They face Connie Mack's Athletics in Philadelphia next, after earlier splits with Cleveland and St Louis.
Knox Corbett scored his second hole in one yesterday at El Rio using a No 7 iron on the 150 yard No 15 hole. Witnesses included Col G K Rich Captain Moore Harold Torren and Ted Shoenhair. Corbett shot 72 on the eighteenth and the club plans a monthly choose up tournament next Sunday at Rio.
Don Johnson of the Cubs and John Bolling of the Dodgers fueled a 9th inning rally with Johnson driving in the winning run and Bolling collecting four hits and four RBIs to help Los Angeles tie the game. Johnny Hopp and Bill Lee starred for the Cardinals and Phillies, Hopp with three hits and two runs in a 4 to 2 win while Lee shut out the Cards for a 1 to 0 finale.
In the first game of a scheduled doubleheader the score was 6 to 5. The second game was halted by darkness after 10 innings with the teams tied at 8 to 8.
Phil McNeil and Randall Jarrell won the Red Cross benefit tennis final 8 6 6 4 over Lt. Bob Slezak and Andy White. Brant Smith beat Jarrell 7 5 6 4 for the men's singles crown.
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