Top Derby Favorites Hampered by Injuries in Kentucky
In Louisville two top contenders Count Fleet and Ocean Wave face foot ailments ahead of the 69th Kentucky Derby. Count Fleet recovered from a near-disastrous gate issue after a Wood Memorial win, while Ocean Wave shows improvement but still carries a cracked heel after a Blue Grass Stakes run and a Derby trial. Trainer Don Cameron and Don Jones discuss the horses' conditions as Derby day approaches.
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Louisville
Derbytown
Fleet
Ocean Wave
Slide Rule
Count Fleet
Don Cameron
Don Jones
College Sports Have Brighter Outlook Today
Western Conference Athletic Commissioner Major John L. Griffith says college athletics remain viable for war-era support. He notes facilities serve peacetime and wartime needs and that Western Conference schools Notre Dame and independents will push spring programs. He cites uncertain football rosters but plans for full schedules next fall.
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Chicago
John L. Griffith
Griffith
Notre Dame
Ben Ten
Hornsby Holds Highest Modern Batting Mark
Rogers Hornsby, famed Nat Leag batting star and versatile infielder, is profiled for his six straight seasons as batting champion and peak .424 mark in 1924. The piece notes his switch from shortstop to second base, exceptional eye at the plate, disciplined lifestyle, and near-miss with a $300,000 trade offer from the Giants in 1927.
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Frank Frisch
Jimmy Ring
Giants
Cardinals
John J. McGraw
Rogers Hornsby
Australian tennis star Bromwich wounded in New Guinea action
In a letter from New Guinea John Bromwich, renowned Australian Davis Cup player, reports a non-military wound from a stray .22 bullet deflected by his hands during a cricket match in which he guarded his head. The bullet hit his palm and missed his temple, with a non-serious injury.
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Adelaide
Australia
John Bromwich
New Guinea
Bromwich
Optimistic Jacobs Hints Louis Mills Heavyweight Title Plan
Sports writer Jack Cuddy reports Mike Jacobs negotiating an international heavyweight title bout between Sgt Joe Louis and Sgt Preddie Mills to be staged at Yankee Stadium after the war. Mills, a British Empire standout, has 14 straight wins and 36 knockouts in 71 fights, while Louis turns 29 soon.
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New York
Mike Jacobs
Sgt
Joe Louis
U. S. Army
Preddie Mills
Royal Air Force
Yankee Stadium
Jacobs
Louis
Corp
Billy Conn
Mills
British Empire
Jack Dempsey
Thomas
Babe” Culnan
Newark
N. J
Culnan
Ted Broadribb
London
Tony Galento
Tony
Ferry Command
Coast Guard
Louis Mills
Jack
Sugar Robinson Battles Tonight in Boston Garden
Ray Sugar Robinson the New York welterweight with strong punch power is favored to defeat Cambridge's Freddie Cabral in a 10 round feature bout at the Boston Garden tonight.
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Boston
Ray
Sugar) Robinson
New York
Cambridge
Freddie Cabral
Boston Garden
Six Players Injured In Forced Landing
A Flying Fortress named Suzie Q belly landed at Hampton Airport after a motor caught fire shortly after takeoff. Major Wyatt H. Alexander piloted the craft and brought it in. Six men from the Fifth Ferrying Group's Flying V baseball team were hospitalized with minor injuries. twenty crew and players were aboard.
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Dallas
Flying Fortress
Suzie Q
Hampton
Flying V
Waco
Wyatt H. Alexander
Eagles Favored In Track Meet At San Marcos
SAN MARCOS April 30 North Texas Teachers College of Denton is the strong favorite to win the Lone Star Conference track and field championship at Evans Field. Sam Houston and East Texas have dropped track, leaving Southwest Texas Teachers and Stephen F. Austin Teachers to compete with the North Texas Eagles.
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SAN Marcos
North Texas Teachers College of Denton
Lone Star Conference
Evans Field
Sam Houston
East Texas
Southwest Texas
Stephen F. Austin
North Texas Eagles
Pitched Matchups Listed For Today's Major League Games
The national and American leagues schedule games with pitchers Gatehouse Smith Dean Newhouser Borony Leonard Harris Judd Macon Melton Tobin Johnson on tap. The note adds a health fact about the diaphragm and a Globe News ads pitch.
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Gatehouse
Chicago
Smith
Cleveland
Dean
Detroit
Newhouser
New York
Borony
Washington
Leonard
Philadelphia
Harris
Boston
Judd
Brooklyn
Macon
Melton
Tobin
Johnson
Western Conference poised for pro football influx next fall
Fullerton reports word that the Big Ten may approve former players drafted by armed services who are sent to colleges for training. Reds need three more victories to clinch NL pennant chances. they sit 4 3 after 7 of 10 pennant years.
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New York
Big Ten
Armed Services
Reds
Henry Vasquez
Bob Montgomery
Holyoke
Mass
Oster mueller ordered to report for draft physical exam
St. Louis Browns pitcher Ostermueller, 35, classified 3-A, is ordered to report to a draft physical at St. Louis city hospital next Tuesday. He is married with no children. Ant bear suit filed in Los Angeles for 2000 damages involving a Brazil ant bear that allegedly mistook him for an ant. Berry and three daughters presented the tame animal in court to prove it is not dangerous. In Berkeley, UC reports dehydration vitamin prune as dining staple and boarding house standby.
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NEA
Rogers Hornsby
Tris Speaker
Hornsby
St. Louis Cardinals
Dennison
Tex
Miller Huggins
Young Hornsby
Detroit
Ostermueller
St. Louis Browns
City Hospital
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Los Angeles
Cal
U.P
Israel
P. Bower
H. F. Berry
Berry
Phony Hard Boiled Inmates Return To Alcatraz
Cecil Snow, 34, Oklahoma robber, faced a new murder trial after being found guilty by a jury. He wept openly as he returned to the Rock to serve out the remainder of his term on the federal prison island in San Francisco Bay.
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U.P
Alcatraz Penitentiary
Devil's ” Island
San Francisco Bay
Cecil Snow
Oklahoma
Rock
Vander Meer Dominates Early Season for Reds
Lefty John Vander Meer of the Cincinnati Reds pitched 29 innings in his three starts over eight days, allowing only two runs and 12 hits. He shutout the Pittsburgh Pirates until the ninth inning as Cincinnati won 6-1. The victory kept the Reds tied with St. Louis for third in the National League.
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Associated Press
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New Jersey Dutchman
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Reds
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Chicago Cubs
Brooklyn Dodgers
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Red) Barrett
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Boston Red Sox
Nick Etten
John Lindell
Yankees
George Stirnweiss
Hartford
Conn
Washington Senators
Philadelphia Athletics
Detroit Tigers
St. Louis Browns
Virgil Trucks
Browns
Texas A and M Texas clash for Southwest title
In College Station April 30 Texas and Texas A and M duel in a two game series for the Southwest Conference baseball crown each side has one loss and five wins. A and M starts Smokey Carden on the mound while Texas leans on Jim Collins who beat the Aggies earlier. Collins and Grady Hatton were set to enter service but deferred orders allow them to play the final games. Luke Kent is slated to pitch for Texas tomorrow with Leffy Shuford to start for A and M.
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College Station
Texas
Texas A
J. B
Smokey) Carden
Jim Collins
Aggies
Austin
Collins
Grady Hatton
Infield Star
Luke Kent
Longhorns
Leffy
Shuford
Bob Montgomery Fights In Jinx Town Tonight
Philadelphia's Bob Montgomery challenges for the lightweight title in a 10 round bout in Scranton against Gene Jonson of Elizabethown New Jersey. The bout aims to shake off bad luck rumors as Montgomery eyes a title bid.
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Bob Montgomery
Scranton
Philadelphia
Gene Jonson
Elizabethtown
N. J
Aggies Have Three Letterwinners Left
COLLEGE STATION April 30 Texas A and M football outlook shows only three lettermen remaining Barney Welch Hank Feldberg and Walter Stey mann all tackles and backfield duties unclear amid service calls.
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College Station
Texas Aggie
Barney Welch
Hank Feldberg
Walter Steymann
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