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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1944
Page
25
St Louis right hander Mort Cooper regained form delivering an 8-0 shutout of the New York Giants in the first game of a doubleheader. The Cardinals’ lead held at four games over the Pirates after Dodgers and Braves upsets. Giants, Dodgers, Braves wins, and other MLB results from a busy day across the league.
Three years ago Bob Feller defeated the Detroit Tigers 9-0 for his tenth win and third straight shutout setting a remarkable pitching run in a single season.
A May 29 column notes Big Ten football coaches avoid risky kickoffs while basketball coaches pursue rougher tactics. It posits coaches expanding roles during wartime to keep teams competitive and mentions a potential bypass of rules committees to enliven football action.
The writer muses whether major football coaches will imitate Slip Madigan by assembling teams and schedules for college programs and taking profits from tours. He wonders if students and alumni will keep college spirit or treat football as a semi pro show trading on college names.
Rookie pitchers Walter Dubiel and Joe Page, Yankees farm stars from Newark, won 16 and 14 games respectively last season. Dubiel rose quickly after pitching for Hartford sandlot clubs in 1940 while Page began pro ball at Butler, Pennsylvania.
Pvt. Jerry Gibbons, son of the old heavyweight Tommy, trains as an operator mechanic at the air force radio school in Sioux Falls South Dakota. A confusion of names led Bob Wilson, son of a former Cubs manager, to spend three months in the air force before joining the payroll. his father could likely advise on payroll arrivals.
Nogales Internationalists defeated the Tucson Junior American Legion team 12 to 1 in Nogales Sonora. The Sternats scored five in the first inning and chased pitcher Joe Tully in the second. Legion added their only run in the seventh as Sainz Grayeda Leal and Lizamaga worked for Nogales.
Yesterday's action saw Mort Cooper pitch the Cardinals to the opener shutout against the Giants, limiting them to three hits with 10 strikeouts. Bill Voiselle matched in the nightcap, yielding three hits as New York also managed three. Dixie Walker and Eddie Basinski fueled the Dodgers in an 8-7 win in the opener, and Basinski's bases loaded single in the sixth of the second game sealed Brooklyn's double victory over Cincinnati.
The national collegiate football code remains unchanged for war time. Fifty coaches met to discuss potential revisions, with Bingham of Harvard chairing the rules committee. The Big Ten already bans outdoor kickoffs and will apply current rules if openings occur. Eleven major schools plan fall teams, Princeton declines.
The Tucson Tennis Club Memorial Day event saw Virginia Caldwell upset University of Arizona coach Marguerite Chesney 6-2 7-5 as defending champion. Brant Smith and others won in singles and doubles. finals set to feature Caldwell against Bailey/Flowers winner.
Semipro Consolidated, Southern Pacific and National Leagues show Boston beating Chicago 7 3 and 7 4 while Pittsburgh and Philadelphia split. American League scores feature Philadelphia over Cleveland 4 3 and Detroit over Washington 15 2. International, American Association, Pacific Coast and Southern Association results include NYC 6 3 in 11 innings, San Francisco 4 Seattle 3, Oakland 15 Sacramento 2, and Memphis 10 Chattanooga 2.
No games scheduled for today. National Cincinnati with Walters facing Brooklyn Gregg. St Louis Jurisich opposes New York Fischer. Pittsburgh Butcher meets Philadelphia Raffensberger. Also listed are Washington Leonard at Detroit Gorsica and Philadelphia Hamlin at Cleveland Peat. Boston Hughson at Chicago Ross and New York Zuber at St Louis Muncrief.
Pete Gray the one armed outfielder for Memphis belted a solo homer 330 feet into right field as Memphis beat Chattanooga 10 to 2 in the first game of a doubleheader. He added two stolen bases to lead the league with 15 thefts.
New Haven Conn May 29 ex Yankee third baseman Red Rolfe now Yale coach proposes a college baseball world series. He suggests major leagues cooperate and hold a June after term series with regional eliminations, groundwork to be laid during wartime and played after students return.
Former Yankee ace and Dartmouth alum Rolfe envisions a national college championship. The plan would pair winners from major conferences in a playoff and final series, possibly in a major league stadium, within 10 days after June term ends. He believes college officials will back the financing.
A year ago National League president Ford Frick fined Brooklyn pitcher Johnny Allen $200 and suspended him for thirty days after he caused a disturbance in Pittsburgh.
Geologists estimate the continent's surface wears down about one foot every 10,000 years due to erosion, reflecting long term geological processes shaping landscapes across North America.
The listing shows a daytime lineup with 10:48 and 11:00 blocks starting Our Gai and Glenn Hardy followed by news at 11:00. Portia Faces Life at 12:00 guides daytime fare, then 12:15 Today's Children and 12:30 Young Dr. Malone, 12:45 News Dinner Bell. 1:00 Mary Marlin and 1:18 Neighbors Irene Beasley conclude the block.
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