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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1949
Page
13
Renning to ride in Belmont Stakes will be broadcast on KTUC in Tucson at 1 30 p m Saturday. The El Paso game near riot incident is noted with a 3 2 score.
In a Phoenix El Paso game a near riot erupted in the eighth, leading to an initial 9-0 forfeit and later a 12-4 El Paso win due to players leaving the field. Umpire Ray Cady ejected Don Fracchia and others, drawing gendarme involvement and prompted league officials to review the spectacle.
Tucson baseball fans vote in the Mation All Star game rosters with ballots in the Tucson Daily Citizen. Ballots list one player per position for both leagues except pitcher chosen by Lou Boudreau.
Eddie Feliz collected three hits with two triples for the Chamorros. Rudy Ruiz and Hugh Downs homered as Friday games unfold. Rockets meet Raiders at Oury Park at 5 630, Telephone Numbers face Veterans Hospital, 9 30 Knights play Stuckey Auto.
The Philadelphia Phillies hold the longest major pennant drought among the big league clubs, last capturing a title in 1915.
Partial standings show teams from the INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE and SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION with players Lee Sy 66 and Rottanere 5 amid scattered club names like Birmingham. The readable fragments indicate league positions but lack full context or complete results.
An unusual item from a Texas page notes local events and names without clear context. The fragment mentions places and people in terse lines, reflecting a small newspaper snippet with minimal readable detail.
Laconia star Bernie Lacroix exceeded the state mark with a 157 feet 4.6 inch discus throw to win the title, after pre season chatter predicted a 25 foot gain on the 130 feet 8 inch record.
If Palestinian and Eddie Arcaro win the Belmont Saturday, Arcaro will equal Earl Sande's modern Belmont record of five winners. The Duke golf team, champion of the Southern Conference 11 of 12 years, withdrew from the NCAA meet due to ROTC cruise obligations. Art Wall, with 26 holes-in-one, aims for the individual title but passed the National Amateur after a pulled muscle. Fordham football may improve next fall but won’t be New York City's top squad.
Cleveland Browns rookie Ted Hazlewood injured his thigh by an accidental self shot last season. Coach Paul Brown has ruled pistols out of the Browns training camp citing risk and focus on healing.
The Cyclones defeated the Cats 11 45 in a Northern league baseball practice at Mansfeld High School. Bill Ochen and Joe Ochoa shared mound honors with strong outings. The game featured a left fielder driving in a run with a first inning homer and a third baseman collecting three hits. In a separate Southern loop game at Eagle Field the VFW Sharks beat the Wildkittens 12 3 as Eddie Torres hit a two run homer.
Jamaica’s Herb McKenley, holder of the 440 world record, headlines the Friday night lineup for the Alhambra meet in California. He may chase a new world mark in the 500 yard race if George Guida of Villanova runs that event. Also entered are USC’s Bob Chambers UCLA’s Craig Dixon and Occidental’s Bill Parker with races across high school to open divisions.
Three years after the fatal accident in Franklin North Carolina, Jack Johnson 68 the former world heavyweight champion is remembered for his storied career and impact in boxing.
Bud Younger of Eloy hurls a three hit gem to beat Hall insulators of Tucson 6 to 0 in front of 179 at Randolph Park. Younger fans eight, adds a hit, and scores once while Bud McBride leads Eloy with three hits two RBIs and two steals. Hall’s Bob Ruman homers and doubles but the Insulators fall to 1 3 on the year.
The Pacific Coast conference plans its annual meeting in Portland to study athlete hiring and alumni recruiting practices. Officials will discuss television contracts open competition of unattached athletes and the new head coaches Henry Red Sanders UCLA Ted Shipkey Montana Kip Taylor Oregon State attending the session.
The Hitching Post baseball team beat VFW Post 4903 16 to 4 in six innings on Thursday. Winning pitcher was Donnie Moore, a former Arizona-Texas league hurler. Interested Class A teams may contact the Hitching Post for practice games.
San Diego Padres hitters Max West and Luke Easter homered twice each to power a 7 3 victory over Hollywood Stars while Johnny Ostrowski added a long shot for Seattle in a mixed Pacific Coast League night. Sacramento beat Oakland 7 3 as San Francisco Seals fell 10 9 to Portland. Dempsey allowed 10 runs as San Francisco lost to Portland in a slugfest.
El Paso 26 86 to ) Pings R Cannon but Gistnbauer leads with Fracchia 3 Rabourn 3 Lara Cecil Martinez 3. RBI by Stein haver Newman Bacciocco Mendoza 32 Lara 3 Tamone 3 Cummins Gibb 2B Bacciocco Lara Martinez. W P Martinez 1 1. Loser Erickson 2 1. Five years ago Bill Hulse won Metropolitan AAU mile 423.7 and 880 1 56.1.
Celebrities gathered in Burbank California to fete Jim Jeffries on the 50th anniversary of his world heavyweight title win over Bob Fitzsimmons at Coney Island New York. Primo Carnera and Roy Rogers attended as plans floated for a Jim Jeffries day on Apr 15 1950.
Eddie Susalla from Tucson shoots 41 46 87 in the National Open at Medinah No 3 course. His score, 16 over par, is among the day’s highest as he battles treacherous greens and rough holes. Les Kennedy leads after a 69 as only five players break par in the first round.
In San Francisco on June 10, Oakland Oaks trade catcher Billy Raimondi to end an era and San Francisco Seals move outfielder Dino Restelli to the Pittsburgh Pirates for two players and $20,000. Restelli leads the Seals in most batting categories and will join Pittsburgh next Tuesday. Pirates would acquire Hal Gregg and Cully Rikard if Restelli makes the majors, with Gregg as an option and Rikard retiring to the Seals if needed. both to report for next week's Seattle series. The Raimondi trade continues Oak president Clarence Laws’ housecleaning. Raimondi, Oaks catcher since 1931, batted .273. Kerr, acquired for $10,000, hits .243.
Arizona mails grid season ticket applications for next fall. Aug 15 deadline for holders from last year. Changes include New Mexico A&M on Sept 24 and Michigan State on Nov 19 with higher prices. General admission tickets sold at each game. season passes set at 15 dollars. Whitley expects about 4,200 season tickets versus 4,089 last year.
The Los Angeles Angels, in seventh place in the PCL, acquire right handed pitcher Bryan Stephens from Baltimore in exchange for third baseman Lee Handley. Stephens previously played for Oakland in the PCL and for Cleveland and St. Louis in the American League.
Kennedy, the red haired Rhode Islander, enters Friday with a one stroke lead after a 35-34 69 in tough hills and woods. Notables like Worsham Palmer Harmon and Nelson posted mid 70s while Demaret shot 82 amid oak laden 580 yard No 7 and 445 yard 13th dogleg chaos.
In Chicago on June 10 Willie Wansa of the Arizona Country Club led state players with a 39 38 77. Amateur T Suf fern Taylor of Phoenix and pro Eddie Susalla of Tucson posted 82 and 87 respectively as others faced difficulties.
Tony Zale defeated Rocky Graziano in Newark New Jersey to win the world middleweight title with a knockout in the third round.
Manager Eddie Dyer dismissed reports that the St Louis Cardinals were throwing bean balls at Giants and others. He defended pitcher Ken Johnson and praised Musial and Slaughter for lifting the club as it won 15 of 17. Sid Gordon and Sid Gordon noted as target but Dyer defended his staff as accurate and non hostile.
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