Brooklyn and Boston Lead In Majors
Brooklyn Dodgers and Boston Red Sox sit atop the leagues with help from the Cubs Indians and weather. Dodgers beat Braves 9 2. Cubs over Pirates 8 2. Red Sox fall 10 4 to Senators but hold half game lead over Yankees and Browns. White Sox top Tigers 3 1. Reds and Cardinals rested.
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Boston Red Sox
Chicago Cubs
Cleveland Indians
Weather Bureau
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Boston Braves
Cubs
Pittsburgh Pirates
Red Sox
Washington Senators
Clun T
New York Yankees
St. Louis Browns
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Red
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Max Butcher
Pirates
Jake Mooly
Butcher
Philadelphia Phils
New York Giants
al Glossop
Danny Litwhiler
Cincinnati Reds
St. Louis Cardinals
Jack Wilson
Senators
Joe Dobson
Ken Keltner
Cris Hockett
Cleveland
Denny Gatehouse
Jeff Heath
al Smith
Browns
John Rigney
Dizzy Trout
Chicago White Sox
Detroit Tigers
Sox-Sandies Lose to Rain in Home Game
The Gold Sox did not play La Mesa here yesterday as scheduled due to rain. If you ventured outdoors with a raincoat you know why.
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Sox
Gold Sox
Costly Mishaps Plague Snead in Open to Lg. Open
The article profiles Sam Snead who repeatedly faltered on crucial holes costing him money in majors and tours. It notes his resilient mindset, recalling the 18th hole blowups at Philadelphia and Los Angeles Open, and his view that risk is part of chasing wins.
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Atlanta
Samuel Jackson Snead
Hot Springs
Sammy
Philadelphia
Ben Hogan
Jimmy Thomson
Nelson
Snead
Pittsburgh
Wide World
Washington
Washington Senators
Pardon
Clark Griffith
Nelson Rockefeller
Latin-American Relations Committee
State Department
Griff
Zorro Griffith
Willow
Nat
Cuba
Jose Gomez
Mexico City
Alejandro Carrasquel
Venezuela
Carrasquel
Ortiz
Estallela
Regional track stars pace Texas schoolboy action this week
Regional meets across eight districts set the stage for about 300 contestants vying for state honors in Austin May 2. Notable marks include Coulter 56 ft 2 in shot put Vineyard 161 ft 4 in discus and Ellsworth 4 96 in 440. Regional sites: Canyon Abilene Denton Longview Huntsville San Marcos Kingsville Marfa.
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Harold V. Ratliff
Austin
Leek
Panhandle
Gulf
Grant DeWitt Coulter
Masonic Home
Fort Worth
Keith Vineyard
Edgewood
Mertzon
Jefferson
San Antonio
Jeff Davis
Houston
Steve Lobue
Sunset
Dallas
Alamo Heights
Ralph Ellsworth
Charles Parker
Red Burditt
Abilene
Parker
Lobue
Tom Tope
Brackenridge
Bill Hannan
Ellsworth
Jim Hoff
Billy Corbell
Tomball
Litton
Electra
Jet Davis
Coulter
Vineyard
Pete Carrell
Marion Flanagan
Sweetwater
Walter Schauman
North Dallas
Canyon
Denton
Longview
Huntsville
San Marcos
Kingsville
Marfa
Baseball Promoter Debate Spurs Jersey City Ticket Luck
Jersey City's opening day ticket rush ignites a promoter vote as Jimmy Powers backs Frank Hague to succeed Judge Landis. Editorials from Byron Hollingsworth and others urge backing a strong promoter while Ottawa notes draft rules for hockey players. Illinois tracks pledge wartime relief receipts and a Kansas City bowling tale ends with a punch line about a street car joke.
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Hugh Fullerton
New York
Jersey City
Jimmy Powers
New York News
Frank Hague
Judge Landis
Basball
Byron Hollingsworth
Tampa
Fla
Times
Landis
Ottawa
Canada
Illinois
War Relief Fund
Region Meet Up for Canyon Region Track Records Shattered
Region One hosts its annual regional track meet at West Texas State College on April 25 as longstanding records from 1934 to 1941 are recounted. Readouts include Compton Mobeetie 15.1 in 120-yard hurdles and Kirkland Dumas 51.2 in the 440-yard dash.
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Compton
Mobeetie
Jones
Hedley
Heiskell
Pampa
Kirkland
Dumas
Lambert
Muleshoe
Manning
Brownfield
Amarillo
Schultz
Tell
Minor
Tohoka
Hughes
Lamesa
Smith
Wilkerson
al Baggett
Stratton Will Pitch Again
Monty Stratton is expected to make his second pitching appearance of the season today in Lubbock, aiming to prove a man with an artificial leg can perform in baseball beyond bench duties. The note references his White Sox past and a public interest in his comeback.
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Bobby
Hong Kong
Keche
Caballero Gomez
Baseball Heaven
Bucky Harris
Florida
Nats
Eddie Collins
Charlie Gehringer
Harris
Dallas
Lubbock
Amarillo
Stratton
Monty Stratton
Chicago White Sox
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Prince Albert
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Panhandle Insurance Agency
Hickey Freeman
Freeman
Blackburn Bros
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