Season pennant picks meet Uncle Sam's uniforms
Gullerton comments on opening of the major league season noting April selections may change by October. The column covers sports satire, bowling Congress fundraising, a fighter’s Santa Claus outreach to 5,000 service men, and service department notes on athletes and boxing instruction.
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Hugh Fullerton
New York
Uncle Sam
Women’s International Bowling Congress
William J. Crum
William B. Morehead
Clair Berry
Tigers
Louis Messina
Charley Burley
New Orleans
Santa Claus
Eddie Collins A Legendary Second Baseman of Baseball’s Golden Era
Eddie Collins known for audacious play and calm presence shaped 1910s Athletics and White Sox. A top hitter and baserunner, he led with speed and fielding while guiding teammates, later serving as manager and executive. His 1917 World Series foot race with Heinie Zimmerman became famed.
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Honus Wagner
Tyrus Cobb
Napoleon Lajoie
Edward Trowbridge Collins
Larry Lajoie
Eddie Collins
Collins
Ty Cobb
Philadelphia Athletics
Chicago White Sox
Black Sox
Boston Red Sox
Kid Gleason
White Sox
Connie Mack
Billy Evans
Gleason
Mack
Cobb
Georgia Peach
Columbia Collegian
Heinie Zimmerman
Southern Association 1943 season reshaped playoff rule change
Birmingham April 13 Officials announce 1943 Southern Association awards go to winner of a post season best of seven between the two half-season champions. Shaughnessy playoffs are dropped and a schedule pairs first half and second half champions with bonuses totaling 3000 for the champion if a team tops both halves. Season opens April 23.
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Birmingham
Ala
U.P
Southern Association
Football Sells for War Bonds in Kilgore Intrasquad
In Kilgore a high school intrasquad game halftime moment featured a football sold for 25000 dollars in war bonds. The autographed ball came from the 1940 Kilgore High School victory over the Longview Lobos and included signatures of the 1940 squad members.
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Kilgore High School
Longview Lobos
Training Camp Briefs From Nation’s Capital To Camp Dix
Washington President Griffith of the Senators presented season passes to President Roosevelt at the White House marking the opening of the big league season. St Louis managers juggle lineups in the city series as McQuillen seeks navy service. Giants suffer elbow injuries to Melton while Sunkel faces draft screening. Sunkel hopes limited service. Pirates coach Frisch holds intra squad to gauge open day lineup with Di Maggio in doubt. Indians face weather delays limiting innings for Milnar and Harder. Yankees rest Dickey due to knee while Wensloff and Turner prepare for Braves game. Dodgers and Giants clash for soldiers at Camp Dix weather cuts contest short.
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Capital City
Clark Griffith
Washington Senators
Pennsylvania Avenue
Roosevelt
William Howard Taft
Count Fleet Eyes Jamaica Start in St James Purse
Count Fleet, the 6-to-5 Kentucky Derby favorite, is the odds-on choice to win his season opener in the $3,000 St James purse at Jamaica. Jockey Johnny Longden rides the Brown son of Reigh Count over a mile and seventy yards carrying 122 pounds, with seven rivals including Bosset at 113 pounds.
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John Hertz
Count Fleet
St. James
Jamaica
Brown Son
Reigh
Johnny Longden
Hertz Star
Belair Stud
Bosset
Cardinals Repeat as Predicted NL Champs in AP Poll
AP poll of 72 baseball scribes names the St. Louis Cardinals as the likely National League pennant winner with 54 first place votes, Dodgers second, Reds third, Cubs fourth, Giants fifth, Pirates sixth, Braves seventh, and Phillies last. Reds and Cubs earn wide support across positions. In Boston, 55th National AAU boxing finals bring eight class titles with favorites Foxworth Powell and Jackson among top contenders. Giants Sunkel and Schemer face Army exams. Giants beat Dodgers 4 0 in a short exhibition at Fort Dix. Five Braves rookies released to Hartford shrink Boston roster to 25.
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Associated Press
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Brooklyn Dodgers
Cincinnati Reds
Chicago Cubs
Reds
Dodgers
Cubs
New York Giants
Pittsburgh Pirates
Boston Braves
Philadelphia Phils
Phils
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Boston Garden
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Bob Foxworth
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Samson Powell
Cleveland
Leroy Jackson
Jackson
Barry Darby
Fort Sill
Okia
Billy Tiger
Camp Upton
N. Y
U.P
Tom Sunkel
Mike Schemer
Buster Maynard
Dee Moore
Fort Dix
Rice Cagers Start Spring Practice
Rice Institute opens spring basketball practice on April 19 with six lettermen from the 1943 Southwest Conference Co Champions eligible to return. Expected to join are John McDonald David Cook Rusty Darling Bill Henry and Willie Croucher while Bill Cummins pursues track.
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Houston
Rice Institute
John McDonald
David Cook
Rusty Darlling
Bill Henry
Willie Croucher
Bill Cummins
Yankees Open Exhibition With Braves Amid Injury Woes
Rookie Charlie Wensloff and veteran Jim Turner start for the Yankees against the Boston Braves at the stadium. Manager Joe McCarthy welcomed yesterday’s postponement to rest the crippled squad as four key players struggle with injuries including Russo, Breuer, Dickey, and Keller.
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Charlie Wensloff
Jim Turner
New York Yankees
Boston Braves
Yankee
Joe McCarthy
Braves
Kzy
Bill Dickey
Charlie Keller
Marius Russo
Marvin Breuer
Russo
Breuer
Dickey
Keller
Shoun to face Bagby in exhibition clash today
Clyde Shoun pitches for the Cincinnati Reds against Jim Bagby of the Cleveland Indians in an exhibition game set in Richmond Indiana. Weather canceled yesterday's Fort Benjamin Harrison contest.
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Jim Bagby
Richmond
Ind
U.P
Clyde Shoun
Cincinnati Reds
Cleveland Indians
Fort Banjaman Harrison
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