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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1945
Page
12
Report cites 1000 youths under 16 admitted free as shoving and umpire baiting mar an evening between Davis-Mon than and Marana. Critics say officials and players, including Gene Mauch, deserved penalties for unruly conduct and protests.
The league watchdogs review a ninth inning fracas involving May, Marana manager Art Feay, and Mustangs shortstop Gus Mills. Feay’s shove and crowd jeers marked a tense night while Salcedo served a 214 week suspension for cursing umpire Slim Williams.
Yankees face potential setback as Lindell Stirnweis and Zuber prepare for preinduction physicals in New York City. Loss of either could open AL title race. Browns and Indians pick up key players while Boston climbs toward pennant contention with Ferriss extending win streak.
Today’s games include Brooklyn at New York Cincinnati at Pittsburgh Chicago at St Louis night Boston at Philadelphia plus American League games Philadelphia at Boston St Louis at Chicago Detroit at Cleveland. Tomorrow’s NL slate lists New York at Boston Philadelphia at Brooklyn Pittsburgh at St Louis and Cincinnati at Chicago with AL Boston at New York Washington at Philadelphia night St Louis at Cleveland night and Chicago at Detroit twilight.
A climate observation notes that, excluding Greenland, over 90 percent of Arctic land is devoid of snow in August. The finding highlights extensive summer snow melt across Arctic regions.
Sport Roundup notes that about one third of Kentucky Derby nominees come from imported sires. Four leading contenders are among the foreign-bred group, highlighting international bloodlines in the field.
In a mild protest over criticism, Baseball Commissioner Happy Chandler says no specific protest from Birmingham Alabama over high school players signing with pros was received. He includes a general letter from Athletic Director Homer L. Thomas of Birmingham schools, arguing details were not provided. Chandler suggests Thomas should supply the basis of his complaint and notes no investigation is warranted.
Buck Cheeves, regarded as the South’s top referee by football coaches, turned down a rose bowl assignment. He chose to stay home with his furloughed son instead of working the Tennessee vs Southern California game last January.
Marine Lt. Jack Hildebrant recounts a southwest Pacific incident where he fired an unloaded anti-aircraft gun at a friendlies plane. The old crate shattered and the pilot bailed out as the craft disintegrated, a misfire caused by a misread sighting and a loose trigger of luck.
International League Baltimore defeats Rochester 9 to 2 while Jersey City wins 9 to 6 and Montreal tops Syracuse 4 to 3 in 10 innings. American Association Portland dominates Los Angeles 15 to 1 and Seattle edges San Francisco 8 to 4. Southern Association Mobile 10 Chattanooga 3 and Memphis 7 Birmingham 6 in extra innings. Pacific Coast Portland 15 1 Los Angeles 2 2 and Hollywood 3 San Diego 2 in 14 innings.
Pima Pistol club members will fire two hand gun matches Sunday with the R. K. Shelton cup on the line. Raymond Inskeep defends the 50 yard slow fire event while Henry S. Weddle and others vie for multiple legs and the all time high record. The sixth leg of the Pansy Armant rout trophy also takes place on the Colt silhouette targets with centerfire handguns. Hathaway, Mansfeld and Muffly are among earlier winners at the Dr A G Schnabel range.
Moses is cited as the first sanitarian for promulgating a cleanliness code that guided his people and remains observed in tradition today.
Louisville reports the Kentucky Derby field near 17 contenders amid a wartime racing ban lifting. HoOP Jr and Jeep lead east entries after Wood Memorial wins, with Pot O Luck and Burning Dream as western hopefuls. Eddie Arcaro expected to arrive to ride Hoop Jr as trainers seek optimal conditioning for the 1 1/4 mile classic.
In a 10 round lightweight bout Ike Willians outpointed Sammy Angott to secure a disputed split decision at Shibe Park Philadelphia. A separate note recalls a 73 238 crowd watching the Yankees and Indians in a doubleheader as Ernie Bonham ends an eight game win streak.
Davis-Monthan Mustangs beat Marana Hosses 7-6 in 11 innings as Gus Mills delivered a game ending hit after a back and forth late. Clinard earned the win with a strong relief effort while Fontaine took the loss after a marathon duel witnessed by about 3,000.
Yesterday's Stars Dutch Leonard pitched to beat the league-leading Yankees as four singles fueled a 4-0 victory. Dave Ferriss and Ben Steiner led the Red Sox in Philadelphia, Ferriss notching an eighth straight win and Steiner driving in the decisive run in a 3-2 finale. Doc Cramer fueled Detroit's 8-1 victory over Cleveland with a base-loaded triple. Orval Grove blanked St Louis as Chicago White Sox won 4-0. Bucky Walters broke a scoreless duel with a homer in the eighth to lift Cincinnati over Pittsburgh 3-0.
Jerry Dodson a catcher for Chuck Hollinger's Legion team has signed with the Boston Red Sox and will leave Saturday for the Roanoke club in the Piedmont League. A Tucson High School standout Dodson was a starter on two state championship teams and starred for the Legion in last year's national finals in Minneapolis. He will make his final appearance here tomorrow night against the D M Mustangs before graduation.
The Tucson Semipro Legion will be without starting catcher Jerry Dodson who joins the Boston Red Sox and reports to Roanoke. Long Joe Tully will start on the mound for Tucson with a 2-1 record and 2.49 ERA. Guillermo Grajeda will start for the Internationals after a strong 23 strikeouts in two games.
The Williams Field Fliers defeated the Marana Liners 5 to 2 in an eastern division WFTC league softball game at Marana. The winners outhit Williams 10 to 6.
The text notes that the two flowers most commonly used in perfume are orange blossoms and jasmine.
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