Rogers Hornsby a Hall of Fame bat with unique stance
Twentieth in a series recalls Rogers Hornsby as a brilliant hitter and controversial manager. The Rajah posted a .358 lifetime average with 16 NL seasons, including a .424 in 1924, and drew big bids from rivals before and after 1927. His strength, diet, and field versatility defined a staggering, idiosyncratic career.
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Rogers Hornsby
Tris Speaker
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St. Louis Cardinals
Dennison
Tex
Miller Huggins
Young Hornsby
Rajah
Tennis Star Wounded in New Guinea Action
Adelaide April 30. John Bromwich Australian Davis Cup star is wounded while fielding in a cricket match in New Guinea. A .22 bullet deflected by his hands entered his palm and narrowly missed his temple. The injury is not serious.
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Australia
John Bromwich
New Guinea
Bromwich
Count Fleet Still Favored In 69th Kentucky Derby
Louisville April 30 The field for the 69th Kentucky Derby appears led by Count Fleet with Ocean Wave as the second choice. Both horses show foot troubles but Count Fleet's left hind leg is improving while Ocean Wave is reportedly 50 percent better according to trainer Don Jones. Slide Rule also reports soreness after a prior workout.
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Derbytown
Fleet
Ocean Wave
Slide Rule
Count Fleet
Don Cameron
Don Jones
College athletics pursue war effort in Western Conference
Major John L. Griffith, Western Conference Athletic Commissioner, states college sports facilities peacetime value for the war effort. He notes spring programs proceed at all member schools and independents including Notre Dame, while football teams plan full schedules despite uncertainty about players next season.
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John L. Griffith
Griffith
Notre Dame
Ben Ten
Boxing Prospect: Louis Mills Clash Aboard Postwar Stage
Mike Jacobs pushed an international heavyweight title bid pairing Sgt. Joe Louis and Set Preddie Mills for a Yankee Stadium bout after WWII. Mills, 23, boasts 14 straight wins with 36 knockouts, and Culnan expects terms to line up if war ends soon.
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Set
Preddie Mills
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Louis
Corp
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Mills
British Empire
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Thomas
Babe” Culnan
Newark
N J
Culnan
Ted Broadribb
London
Tony
Ferry Command
Coast Guard
Louis Mills
Jack
Sugar Robinson Battles Tonight at Boston Garden
Ray Sugar Robinson a New York welterweight with power and skill is favored to stop Cambridge's Freddie Cabrab in a 10 round feature at the Boston Garden tonight.
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Ray
Sugar) Robinson
New York
Cambridge
Freddie Cabral
Boston Garden
Six Players Injured In Forced Landing
In Dallas on April 30 a Flying Fortress nicknamed Suzie belly landed at Hampton Airport after a motor caught fire soon after takeoff. Six of the twenty aboard, including the Fifth Ferrying Group's Flying V baseball team, were hospitalized with minor injuries. Major Wyatt H. Alexander piloted the craft to the rough landing as flames reappeared.
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Flying V
Waco
Wyatt H. Alexander
Eagles Favored In Lone Star Track Meet
North Texas Teachers College of Denton is the strong favorite to win the Lone Star Conference track and field championship at Evans Field in San Marcos. Sam Houston and East Texas have dropped track, leaving Southwest Texas and Stephen F. Austin to challenge the North Texas Eagles.
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U.P
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Evans Field
Sam Houston
East Texas
Southwest Texas
Stephen F. Austin
North Texas Eagles
Today’s pitchers in American and National leagues
Listings show AL games with Gatehouse, Smith, Dean, Newhouser, Borony, Leonard, Harris, Judd, and NL matchups featuring Macon, Melton, Tobin, Johnson. The note finishes with a health fact about the diaphragm and a Globe News Want Ads promo.
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Cleveland
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Philadelphia
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Melton
Tobin
Johnson
Globe News
Pro Football Pros May Enter Western Conference Next Fall
Fullerton suggests the Big Ten will approve former service players to colleges. Reds eye steady march to NL pennant with 4 3 start. Henry Vasquez, infantile paralysis survivor turned boxer, trains through rebuilding. Eric Pedley, polo star turned aerial gunnery instructor, compares sport timing to hit moving targets. Harold Ratliff jokes about War Bond pledge during windy Fort Worth stop.
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Big Ten
Armed Services
Reds
Henry Vasquez
Bob Montgomery
Holyoke
Mass
Eric Pedley
Ostermueller Ordered To Report For Draft Exam
Detroit April 29 Oster mueller a 35 year old southpaw pitcher for the St. Louis Browns says he has been ordered to report for a draft physical examination at city hospital in St. Louis next Tuesday He is married with no children and has been classified 3 A.
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Ostermueller
St. Louis Browns
City Hospital
St. Louis
Vander Meer Shuts Out Pirates in Reds Rally Lead
Lefty John Vander Meer of the Cincinnati Reds dominated in a six hitter performance to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-1. The win kept Cincinnati tied with St Louis for third in the senior circuit as St Louis edged Chicago 4-3 in 12 innings. Brooklyn swept Philadelphia 4-3 aboard unearned runs while Charley Barrett and the Braves moved to second with a 5-2 defeat of the Giants. In the American League, the Yankees outlasted Boston 7-3 in 12 innings as Stirnweiss was rejected at induction. Washington beat Philadelphia 5-1 and Detroit downed St Louis 3-2 with Virgil Trucks holding four Browns hits.
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Reds
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Red) Barrett
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Yankees
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Browns
Southwest Conference baseball title hinges on Texas Texas A&M two game set
April 30 report from College Station notes Texas and Texas A&M in a two game series for the Southwest Conference crown. Both teams enter tied with five wins and one loss, Smokey Carden for A&M and Jim Collins for Texas set to start, with Hatton in the infield. Texas to start Luke Kent and lefty Shuford in following games.
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Texas
J. B
Smokey) Carden
Jim Collins
Aggies
Austin
Collins
Grady Hatton
Infield Star
Luke Kent
Longhorns
Lefty
Bean Shuford
Montgomery Fights In Jinx Town Tonight
Philadelphia's Bob Montgomery meets Gene Jonson of Elizabeth town New Jersey in a scheduled 10 round lightweight bout in Scranton Pennsylvania as he pursues a title shot in what promoters call jinx town.
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Bob Montgomery
Scranton
Philadelphia
Gene Jonson
Elizabethtown
N. J
Aggies Have Three Letterwinners Left
COLLEGE STATION April 30 Three Texas A and M lettermen remain after service calls. The players are Barney Welch back Hank Feldberg and Walter Steymann tackles.
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Texas Aggie
Barney Welch
Hank Feldberg
Walter Steymann
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