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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1941
Page
13
The article reports Bernie Alzua and Gregory contending in bowling events and city tournament play. It highlights Bernie’s fluctuating scores and potential if he concentrates on higher pin counts, plus various league results and individual performances from the matches and teams involved.
An important notice for the city bowling tournament set for Sunday outlines top prizes for bowlers in leagues including the All-Employee. Competition uses 190 scratch with 2-3 handicap and averages as of the week ending May 16. An official average requires 21 or more games in a Tucson league, and bowlers with multiple leagues use their highest average from leagues with 48 or more games.
Major League leaders list batting rookies and pitchers by league with figures for average runs hits doubles and home runs. Names include Cullenbine Dickey DiMaggio Cramer Travis Heath York and more with team affiliations and counts across American and National Leagues.
Bowlers without established averages in a Tucson league must post 190 with an entry fee of 2 dollars per man per event. Prize money splits 40 30 20 10 for regulars while all events awards divvy 50 50 between handicap leader and actual wood leader. Sign up soon for a fun, valuable tournament experience.
Rochester beats Toronto 3 to 0 while Newark defeats Syracuse 9 to 5 and Montreal tops Buffalo 10 to 1 as Jersey City over Baltimore 11 to 5. The meet offers a $75 000 Gold Cup and a $25 000 Derby across its 51 day schedule.
Hollywood Park opens its fourth annual racing meeting tomorrow with a $10,000 premiere and an eight race program. A field of 11 top thoroughbreds led by Big Ben was shaping up, with 22 nominations and high attendance expected at the big green plant in Inglewood California.
Jimmy Demaret aims to rebound at the Goodall round robin in New York after shedding about 20 pounds. The event runs four days with 126 holes and a $1000 prize, leading into sectional U S Open qualifying. Also adds a pre-competition golf lesson with top players like Ben Hogan and Gene Sarazen.
The San Bernardino Stars defeated Bakersfield 10-2 to maintain a thin lead in the California State baseball league. Stockton moved to fourth with a 6-2 victory over Anaheim, while Merced beat Riverside 5-2 to climb half a game.
Ted Williams clashes with Beantown press over clubhouse access as articles for the Sammy Angott Lew Jenkins title fight are set to be signed in Pittsburgh. Fritz Crisler pegs Tommy Harmon’s fame at about 100000 dollars. Jockey Eddie Arcaro bought 75 dollar wristwatches after Derby and Preakness wins for Pinky Brown and Greentree stable contacts.
Lester Bromberg notes the September match between Sammy Angott and Lew Jenkins with Angott claiming 17 percent of the gate and Jenkins 37 percent. The piece touches on Snead’s pool loss, Del Baker’s winddown routine for Buck Newsom, and lingering Wendell Eads criticisms.
A football coach frets that his Marquette players may skip fall football due to many summer job opportunities. The column notes Tom Stidham has found numerous jobs for his players, while baseball star Bob Feller had an 11 inning scoreless streak against Washington, following a recent label from a Brooklyn paper calling the Giants bums.
John Budge Sr a longtime Oakland laundryman on 60th street and his son J Donald Budge recently bought a laundry business in New York on 6th street, linking two generations in the laundry trade.
Local advertisers in Brooklyn push products claiming to be “as good as the Dodgers” but face a slow week. The taunt appears to have limited impact as merchants report dwindling sales and cautious consumer response.
The report notes Byron Neb son capturing the Ohio Open title with a 72 hole score of 284. It recalls earlier results including Glenn Cunningham beating Gene Venske in 4:12.9 at Randall's Island and the Phillies routing the Giants 15 0.
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