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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1942
Page
5
ADE ABBOTT notes the recent City Bowl tournament at Old Pueblo alleys was well handled by Roy Krabbenhoeft and the Tucson bowlers. He predicts the event will expand annually with nearly every Tucson bowler participating.
Bowlers needed established averages in ABC sanctioned leagues to enter. Five man teams doubles and singles were contested. Two thirds handicap with 190 scratch. The event stretched over two days and future tournaments may extend the period to accommodate all entrants.
Grand Central market won the five man event with 2 957 pins. Steinfelds B C and the Elks followed in that order. Ayup and Mackey won the doubles with 1 236 pins. Wachs Spring Manney Greg ory and Norton Hardy followed in order. Joe Hardy won the singles with 641. Manney Mullins and Ayup followed. Wall Spring won All Events with 1 784 actual pins. Joe Ayup won All Events with handicap 1 803.
Manney, previously in a season slump, found form in the tournament, posting 203 and 225 before finishing with 164 in singles. Spangler, town’s top bowler last season, managed only 542 in singles. Beers, once rolling well, did a different kind in his singles.
Eddie Mackey rolled 544 in singles to win the crown while Joe Hardy scored 242 to finish strong. Vance struggled with 421 as Russell Eve led Tregaskes in the team event with 609, though the rest of the squad took a free ride.
The champions were D. Soulvie 589 Griffith 564 J Czar 519 Anderson 548 and Spring 584 plus handicap 162. It was good even bowling with team spirit and young players. They entered with little risk and won repeatedly, earning praise for their effort.
In Speed Way lanes a ladies only league may start if enough interest is shown. Women want to bowl without men present and would meet Friday evenings if organized. Interested women should see the desk at Speed Way to join.
A list of bowling do s and don ts emphasizes controlled, precise throws and proper stance. The column notes not to rush deliveries or cross foul lines and mentions a bowler named Handy who, despite losing thumb and forefinger, maintains a 186 average using only one finger.
Army orders prohibit soldiers on fur lough from accepting money for athletic performances. The rule jeopardizes Joe Louis and other fighters like Tommy Gomez, Young Kid McCoy, Mike Raffa, and Joe Muscato from earning purses this summer. Washington crowds average 9,000 for six night games, far above daytime attendance. Los Angeles writers plan roles in the Gentleman Jim Corbett film.
In his first Kitty league game Kenny Screw Ball singled and handed coach a comb while asking for time out. He warned he might slide into second and hurt himself. Ball later slid to third and spiked both ankles before the game ended.
San Francisco report indicates Stanford may lose its second head football coach within a year as Jim Lawson Clark Shaughnessy’s successor appears headed to Navy. Kay Kyser, the Tar Heel bandleader, described the Yankees workout and praised their team, joking about their shower room quarter before noting he hopes to air them.
In a Baltimore Sun piece, Connie Mack’s decades of signaling energy are described as immense, with the Athletics still struggling near the bottom of the standings. The quote emphasizes Mack’s ceremonial influence over players as he nears the end of his storied tenure.
Jack Jacobs, an Oklahoma football player, declined a field artillery commission to enlist in the air corps. He was deep into his advanced ROTC program. Also noted is store keeper Frankie Webb training Ken Overlin at Norfolk Naval Station for the upcoming bout with Fred Apostoli, recalling Webb’s service on the U. S. S. Idaho during Overlin’s Navy championship.
Southern California freshman sprinter Bill Mayo runs 100 yards under 10 seconds and 220 yards around 21.4. He is a portrait painter with work shown in top west coast exhibitions and won his fraternity scholarship cup in his first year. The article asks if he can sing or dance.
Buenos Aires authorities prohibit the use of motor headlights and mandate sidelights only. The rule aims to standardize vehicle lighting and improve night visibility across the city.
Dodgers idle long enough to consider hip boots and umbrellas as standard gear. Seven majors games yesterday only five started, with two not reaching records. Dodgers postponed at Cincinnati again, while Cardinals beat Phillies 2 1 to close gap. Cubs beat Braves 3 2. Pirates-Giants halted at 7 4 Giants lead. Athletics top Indians 5 4 in Philadelphia.
The league leading Tucson Groves meet Ochoa Center Dons in a city baseball clash at Eagle Field at 2:30 p.m. tomorrow. Reyes is likely to start with Olivas and Aguirre available. The Northsiders Tigers game at 10:00, and Eagle Millers versus All-Stars at 2:30, complete the day with the Martin Druggists on a bye.
Whirlaway and Market Wise square off in a seven furlong Carter handicap at Aqueduct on June 13 with 12 others. Each has two wins in five meetings, but longer races suit them and either could win. Top weight Whirlaway carries 130 pounds for an $8000 purse.
The Tucson Tennis club hosts the Hale America Red Cross tennis tournament on July 4 and 5 at the high school courts. Four events including Men's doubles Mixed doubles junior mixed doubles and mixed A and B groups. Entry is 1 dollar per team with all receipts to Red Cross. Winners receive a USLTA-Red Cross certificate.
In today’s mirror a year ago the St Louis Cardinals defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers 1-0, extending their National League lead to three games.
In a June dispatch from New York, Adolf Hitler's war on Roman Catholic and Lutheran churches is described as covert yet relentless. The piece notes a secret Rosenberg memorandum barring church members from government jobs, Nazi hostility to Christianity, and the suppression of church services, schools, press, and orders. It also cites wartime observations of growing church attendance and the strong resolve of Christians to resist a Nazi national church.
A historical note recalls Hitler appealing to churches in his era as platitudes and acknowledges later understanding that those words anticipated his own plans. The speaker reflects on how initial dismissal gave way to recognition of underlying intent.
The Copper Institute reports May 1938 domestic copper production at 101,683 tons, a new monthly high, up from 94,295 tons in April and 95,265 tons in May 1937. May refined copper output rose to 98,632 tons, with domestic shipments totaling 134,079 tons and May stocks at 77,383 tons. Domestic origin copper was 105,038 tons in May and 86,420 in April.
The excerpt discusses a plan to fuse Christianity with a racial philosophy centered on blood and soil. It describes a national church built on Nordic racial principles, replacing Christian doctrine with Nordic sagas as symbols to glorify the Germanic race as divine.
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