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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1944
Page
11
St Louis ace Mort Cooper, slow to start, back in form with an 8-0 shutout of the Giants in the first game of a doubleheader. Dodgers and Braves win key games as pennant chase tightens. Yankees widen margin over Browns with two wins.
Three years ago Bob Feller defeated the Detroit Tigers 9 0 for his tenth win and third straight shutout, dominating the mound with a flawless performance.
In a wartime era the sports world notes a shift as coaches push beyond stale rules to keep teams alive. Fullerton surveys football coaching trends, from kickoffs to scheduling, predicting a possible future where top coaches tour for profits.
Walter Dubiel won 16 games and Joe Page 14 last season as Yankees pitchers from Newark. Both came through the chain system with Dubiel rising after stints with three sandlot teams in Hartford in 1940, while Page broke in at Butler, Pennsylvania. Hartford fans once hosted a dinner for Dubiel and he found work pitching, a twilight game avoided, and he was shanghaied still in uniform but kept silent. He prefers to let the records speak for him.
Service Dept Pvt Jerry Gibbons, son of Tommy, trains as operator mechanic at the air force radio school in Sioux Falls South Carolina. A mixup put Bob Wilson, son of the Cubs manager, in the air force for three months before joining the payroll. His father could advise on payroll entry.
Nogales International overwhelmed the Tucson Junior Americans Legion team 12 to 1 in their season debut. The Iternats opened with five runs in the first inning and added seven more across later frames. Tully started on the mound for Legion with Swanson, Lopez, and Weinstein contributing on offense as Nogales rolled to the win in Sonora.
Yesterday's stars Cooper hurled first shutout of the season for the Giants in a 3 hit effort, while Bill Voiselle limited the Cardinals to three hits. In the nightcap Dixie Walker and Eddie Basinski sparked the Dodgers with three hits and three runs, Basinski delivering a bases loaded single in the sixth for the winning runs. Brooklyn completed a double triumph over Cincinnati.
May 29 New York The national college football code remains unchanged for war time though coaches discuss possible unofficial changes. Big Ten schools will ban outdoor kickoffs next season unless the ball bounds out of play. Other rule topics include scrimmage behind the line and defenders not running with a fumble. Honorary memberships were given to Tom Hamilton and Frank Wickhorst. Eleven major schools return to play after a one year layoff. Princeton drops football this season.
The pupil beat the teacher yesterday in the annual Tucson Memorial Day tennis tourney. Virginia Caldwell defeated Marguerite Chesney 6-2 7-5 to lead favorites toward the finals while Brant Smith and Frank Jaccino won in men's singles and junior doubles went to J. D. Tickle and C. Z. Lesher. Today's schedule includes Caldwell vs Slezak and Bailey vs Flowers with doubles matches Pfeiffer-Edwards and Caldwell-Beatty.
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Summary of yesterday's scores from the Benipeg League Southern Pacific National League American League and other circuits. Highlights include Boston vs Chicago and New York vs St Louis in multiple matchups with decisive 7 3 7 4 8 2 results across cities and leagues.
Games scheduled list National League matchups including Cincinnati at Brooklyn and St. Louis at New York, with pitchers Walters Gregg Jurisich Fischer and others. American League entries show Washington at Detroit and Philadelphia at Cleveland among several matchups. several teams noted with probable starters Raffensberger Hughson Muncrief Peat.
In Chattanooga Tennessee on May 29 Pete Gray one armed outfielder homered 330 feet to right field in the ninth inning of the first game of a double header. Memphis won 10 to 2 as Gray also stole two bases to raise his league leading total to 15.
A paleogeographic note states that around 300 million years ago one third of the U S terrain was blanketed by dense, tangled swamps shaping early landscapes and ecosystems.
Red Rolfe former New York Yankees third baseman and Yale coach calls for a college baseball world series with a regional elimination format. He argues major leagues would cooperate and games could be held after colleges close to avoid academic conflicts, with planning to begin as soon as possible after wartime returns.
The ex major league star Rolfe touts a college program joining top finishers from the Pacific Coast Missouri Valley Western Conference Eastern Intercollegiate South west and Southeast to create a national playoff. He cites financing and campus glory as incentives as college officials warm to the idea while remembering Ford Frick fining Johnny Allen a 200 dollar suspension for 30 days after a Pittsburgh disturbance a year ago.
Geologists estimate land surface wear on North America at about one foot every 10,000 years due to natural erosion processes. The finding highlights long term landscape change and the slow pace of geological shaping over vast regions.
Radio network air list shows a sequence of programs and hosts across hours from morning to evening. Entries include musical hours news reports interviews and variety segments with names like Aunt Mary Art Baker Boake Carter and Porter Faces Life guiding light and sports updates and baseball scores.
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