1945
Brooklyn Dodgers infielder Gene Mauch, stationed at the Marana Army Air Field, was the player-manager of the Marana Hosses, who played a featured Fourth of July night game at Randolph Park against Davis-Monthan. New York Yankees scout Joe Devine was in the bleachers to watch Tucson High prospects Lee Carey and Bill Hassey.
In a ceremony at Arizona Stadium, the Marine bronze star was presented to the family of Arizona welterweight boxing champion Willie Cocio, who had been killed by Japanese forces in the battle of Saipan.
Entry fees for the Fourth of July Tucson Tennis Club Open increased to 75 cents. It was suggested tennis players phone tournament director J.D. Tickle at his home. The number was 2547-M.
