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Rookies About 'Players Gained Recent Promo- Creator, Tt Ft O L • O 0 Have INC, 8800) Friday, 5, PAGE 26 DE T KOI f EV E N TIMES (PHONE CHERRY June 1942 Soldiers in Golfers Hubbell Warns The Greater Game Service Gurman Defeats Tiger Box Score Royal Oak Plans By EDGAR HAVE* (Downriver League of suburban De- DETROIT AB R H PO A E before enlisting . Some of Gel More troit Franklin, a* 4 0 0 3 Two former Detroit Northern teammates are Frank Sordyl. 10 Tech football his 1110 0 0 High and Detroit second baseman who played in- 5-Time Victor JltoMlltchcock, *a 10 0 10 0 To Build Large Rookies About 'players gained recent promo- Creator, tt ft o l • o 0 have . field for Highland Park, ILL MeCoakjr, if ft 1 1 1 0 0 ' Clubs tions . Reuben Iden is now a f shortstop Ernie Tomczak from York, lb 4 3 S 7 3 0 • the marines . John N. Harrla rs ft 1 3 3 1 0 captain in . center fielder Flint, Mich. Hlfitna. 3b 4 10 3 10 WASHINGTON, June 5 (INS)* Hazen won his wings in the army Stan Zorinich from the Catholic Prep Woodworth, 3b 4 1 3 3 3 0 Range Pitching Paraona.c 3 0 3 Outdoor Tennis 1 0 0 Brooks Field. Tex. In leeway on at got a corps . —Golfers month’s 'Freak' air League in Besseman, . j Pa. Trout, p 3 0 0 0 4 1 games I Two major football are George Deziel, Hamel, Hanahaw, p 0 0 0 0 0 0 getting new clubs today. M Knox, Ky.. from Minn. Gerald Gurman of Northwestern By DON GILLIES CHICAGO. June 5 (UP). —One scheduled by Fort i tOahrlnaar 0 1 0 0 0 0 The WPB's division of where the members of the armored Joe Campagna, hard hitting on the advice that if an Mandara. p 0 0 0 0 0 0 of baseball's greatest exponents third baseman for Notre Dame is sold <Tabbatta 10 10 0 0 Because Royal Oak’s municipally operations from May 31 force to a powerful Goralca, p 0 0 0 0 0 lj extended ‘ plan have high school tennis player, owned indoor rifle range met with a freak*’ pitch warned you/tg last year, is an aviation cadet at ambitious Nawhouaar, p 0 0 0 0 0 0 to of ele\cn ... on the 1942 card are success during past June 30. the time when manu- today Enid flying school in Oklahoma. does not succeed in one tourna- such the few major league moundsmen Ohio State, considered one of the Total* 40 ft 13 37 13 3 months, city officials are now facturers must cease making golf . He played at Morton High in ment to try another. Until yes- eighth. against experimenting xs ith un- finest teams for next year, and IBattad for Hanahaw In planning to construct an outdoor of Cicero. 11l , and for an American courts he IBat ted for Franklin In eighth. clubs from their Inventories Indiana, with the spectacular terday at Northwestern ißatted Mandera range capable of training hundreds orthodox deliveries. Legion ?. urn that went to the Jnr In aixhth. iron and steel which had been Rilly Hillenbrand ... A big name had never defeated Al Gross of PHILADELPHIA of new marksmen. Carl Hubbell of the New York IK finals the national tournament. prior to April coach will he enlisted at the post of Central in tournament play and AB R H PO A E fabricated for clubs . Royal a . Oak Giants, whoso "screw ball’’ has He had offers from the St. Kraavlcb. cf 4 113 0 0 ha« record few 9, production restriction* shortly. Maj. Gen. Jacob L. Devers. Gross held five decisions. Budar, aa During past when top forces, Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs ft 1 3 4 2 O cities can match. the kept him at or near the of chief of armored and Col. It was Gurman’s day yesterday Slabart. lb 3 10 9 10 more were imposed. ... few months than 400 persons for Rutler Briscoe, post com- but decided to enlist He hopes in the city high schools’ west side Johnaon, If ft 0 2 4 0 0 National League hurling ranks N. Valo, 4 have been in the proper mander, okayed to become a flight instructor. drew Gross out of posi- rs 0 1 3 0 0 instructed the past 15 seasons, was the vet- have the deal. final. He Bwlft, c 2 0 110 0 handling of firearms. A complete sports program is tion repeatedly in the first and Caatlglla. e 11110 0 the warning. SOFTBALL NO-HITTER Blair, 3b 0 1 2 0 0 eran star who issued being arranged at Camp Chaffee third sets to score corner place- 4 Through the tireless efforts of The Baer Field softball team 'Knickerbocker l 0 0 0 0 0 “Because of the suoeeaa some under the direction of Capt. Wal- ments and w'in the match. 6-1. Darla, 2b 3 110 7 0 Tom Pounder, recreational direc- DRINK A defeated the city champions of 2-6, Chrtatophar, p 3 10 10 0 tor; Young. Howard Pierce, IX . was with the . the steadier A 1 pitchers have had ter C. Owen . Boxing and base- 6-2. Gross Wolff, p 1110 0 1 Fort Wayne 9 to 0 the other eve- in Burt Pickens and Frank Trezise, screw hall, the folk hall, the ball are rated the major sports . the middle session and scored TOAST TO . A ning . Joe Daniels pitched a no- Totata 38 7 12 27 10 1 volunteer instructors have per- . decisively. b* part Knox . tfl knuckle hall and other odd Chaffee is of Fort ~ hitter for the soldiers . and Monday at Northwestern Gur- 'Batted for Blair In ninth. formed a great service to their pltehe* there appear* to he a Fort Knox proper has a 23-team ono ic Y fanned seven . The post wide man meets the winner of the east DETROIT 010 034— ft country by training boys and girls league . Among the Philadelphia mad rush on the part of some baseball softball tournament is now in 000 100 321—7 players is Grodzicki, side final, set for today between Rune Roa* as well as men and women in the good young hurler* to try and Pvt. John for- I progress and umpires were batted in—Tork, 3. N. Harrla civilian McKay Enos of 2, on balk; principles of marksmanship. put one all of these pltehe* mer St. Louis Cardinal hurler. Don and Glenn 3. Tebbetta Blebert. arorad or . 2, Wolff, \ imported for the meet . The of- Highland Park. McKay defeated Buder Johnaon. Kreevlrh, Caa- Into their mound stock. I hate 1 tl«lla. Two-bare hit —Wolff. Home run*— Some of the accomplishments of CINDERS TO BOMBERS ficers of the field have built volley Myron Joboulian of Northern, 6-1, York, floaa. N Harrla. Left to *ee It. Such effort# will hurt on barer— the indoor season include taking . Philadelphia 0, AC^ ago ball and horseshoe courts 2-6. 6-4. Enos eliminated Ed Detroit 12 Baaa on balla— state sec- r Zamperini, not so long Chrtrtopher first and third in the more pitcher# than It’ll help,** Lou swimming, golf and handball are 6-2, Off ft, off Wolff 2, off Trout one of the best milers anywhere, Kl I BI N IDEN Koliba of Hamtramck. 6-3. 3. off Mandera 1. Struck out—By Chrla- tional interscholastic tourney at Hubbell said. available. topher 1. by Wolf 1. Hlta- Off Chrialopher Wasn't it to the benefit of a will he a full fledged bombardier DOUBLES RESULTS ft In 7 2-3 Inning*. off Wolff 4 In 1 1-3 Ann Arbor. The team finished they call the bombardier ... He is The chaplain at MacDill Field Inning*. Trout 8 A pitcher to have as wide an assort- soon . The former University of off In 2-3 Inning*. off sixth in the national interscho- Hogan Niagara |in is hunting some matches, Ham- Henahaw 0 in Inning, 2 is at Cadet John V. ot Florida for one In doubles 1-3 off Mandera meet. largest ment of pitches as possible? Southern California runner camp In 1 Inning, off Ooralca 2 In 2-3 Inning, lastic The number of Falls. N. Y. ... He is 23 years old in the to talk fishing . tramck s No. 1 team. Sam Parry . Inning. pitch Ellington Field. Tex. Churk Cronin, off Newhouaer 0 in 1-3 Wild team entries from one unit com- YOU CANT FOOL . 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighs Chaplain Sydney H. Croft was an and Bert stopped the No. —Trout. Balk -Trout Winning pitcher— Fenske. one of his bitterest rivals Mandera. Loatng pitcher—Wolff. Umplrea peted in the recent Detroit Times- 160 , He had two years of col- Episcopal rector in Marion, Ind., 2 pair of E. Pochamara and “Not always," Hubbell said. on the track, is at another south- —Gelael, Grieve and Rue, Tima of game Hearst rifle matches. Out of this Bujak. 7-5, 6-4. —2:37, young lege ... He is actively interested before he joined the army air Louis 2-6. Attendance- 3,000. Royal "Take a left-hander for west air field. 1, Weinberg competition the Oak in sports and played basketball at force . Fishing is his hobby and Central’s No. Ben example. II he has a real good Handsome Duane Purvis, one of won west women's team and Junior girls* Niagara High Niagara swaps any . and Bob Hennessy, the curve ball he’s foolish to experi- the Touchdown Twins at Purdue a School and he tales with one team won second place in their re- .
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