20-C TNI DETROIT TIMES BREVITIES: Thursday. June 15. 1944 Tigers’ Pitching and Hitting Cools Off Indians Byrd in Sports Rifle Winner TRAPPING A TIGER IS SPORT FOR INDIANS Newhouser, Golf Tucker Tops Hit*er s, Drama 4 but York’s Gentry Friday Star NEW ROCHELLE, N. Y.. List 15 (UP)—The big four of the MACDONELL for Rurs Batted In By LEO fairways SAMm Y BYRD. By DON GILLIES CLEVELAND, ipne 15 —The BYRON NELSON. JUG Mc- By LEO MACDONF.LL Official list of all winners and glim end talented Harold New- SPADEN and CRAIG WOOD—- 15—What houaer today pointed to greater lead a field of 124 proa and ema* CLEVELAND, June their scores in the Hearst Times pr:c« hits if they don t make pitching heights aa he celebrated ! teurs Into tha first round of tha rifle tournament will be published triumph the season, SIO,OOO York Red Croat Open with the runs'* his ninth of New Tucker, mercury in the Times tomorrow. one more than ne totaled all last at Wykagyl Country Club today. Thurman against Byrd, a runaway footed White Sox outfielder, led So hot was competition that season. He won but eight on tha basis of League with an 17 losses in 1943. triumph in tha opening summer the American John S Sprague, chief statistical Em J [ffmk of Philadelphia .391 in the latest At the same time, another tournament at last o\er-stuffed officer, his assistants double week, official averages. He batted in and Steve O’NeiH's younger mound was favored to cop tha checked almost all of the 2.200 the hosiery $2,666 in war that tha only 12 runs. stars. Ruffus Gentry, bonds scores. J I mill worker from Winston-Salem, ! leader will Sunday night Far down the list is Rudy up pocket may ¦¦ of with not too glorious Rifle club officials pick n 48881 WmSmr enjoyed the proud distinction after four 18-hole rounds. York a the sports depart- M blank Yankee outfielder the prizes at Times being the first chucker to The former ment from 10 a. m. to 5 p. m.. the Indians this year will be shooting at these needle- any day except Thursday and Sat- and Gentry were like fairways and • Newhouser poetage-stamp ri i Monday. 19. • Tigers by • urday, starting June 10m* the pitching heroes as the greens with a mina weighted u-Vr’l'T^V^VT',^ On Saturdays prtees will be avail- clubbed out a smashing double family trouble. Byrd’s dad is near able after 2 p. m. I ..|Ei win over the Indians, 3 to 0 and death in Birmingham, Ala., and All shooters who fired in the 11 to 3. at League Park yesterday, the Detroit pro may ba called not i] tar- hold on third home any But, despite among the tournament may have their strengthened their at time. pt' j| w! 14646 place and stayed at the heels of this, he ranks as tha man to home run \ Tj gets by writing Sprague. Winthrop. or telephoning him at the torrid Red Sox. beat. leaders. I Tigers ran their suc- Against VE 5-8979 before 2:30 p. m week The also any Sundays, lie will cesses to five against four defeats Sheila lor Hunlerat Tiger pitch- \ days or time three days advance notice to in intercluh competition with "possibility*’ todsy, ac- need " Were a ing in Chi- u / W - - Mjjfip. Cleveland this year. The effect cago recently. at by vork locate targets. -i mr cording to the War Production of the setbacks also cooled off the Board which says there may be Tucker collected five hits—but S'EASTERN WINS Indians, since recent sin- who tri- a small supply available for shot- four of them were infield High, at first umphs in St. Louis had begun to gles. born of the Windy City Southeastern guns in the fall. thought to be tied with Redford. get big Ideas. of the lnt*mt
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