Six Dodgers on All-Star Squad
The 1941 National League All-Star team includes six Brooklyn Dodgers as selected by eight managers to face the American League in Detroit. Hank Leiber and Joe Medwick replacements adjust the lineup. Frank McCormick and Dolf Camilli leave the squad due to injuries and illness.
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Brooklyn Dodgers
Detroit
Dodgers
Ford Frick
Bill McKechnie
Reds
Cardinals
Cubs
Giants
Pirates
Phillies
Braves
Dolf Camilli
Brooklyn
Leo Durocher
Camilli
Frank McCormick
Hank Leiber
Joe Medwick
Walters
Derringer
Wyatt
Warneke
Passean
Gold Sox and Gassers Split Twin Bill in Borger Series
Amarillo Gold Sox split a doubleheader with the Borger Gassers, losing 9 5 in the opener and winning 5 0 in the nightcap. Game two featured Risinger’s pitching mastery and a Buchanan homer as Borger claimed the seventh inning margin. The series continues at Malin Field with game four slated for 8 30pm and a Borger visit planned for July 4 back in Amarillo.
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Amarillo Gold Sox
Borger Gassers
Gassers
Sox
Gold Sox
Malin Field
Borger
Amarillo
Gordon Nell
Gasser
Nell
Risinger
Bill Buchanan
Poae
Peteraon
Ee So Gilchrist
Spoto
Willingham
Williams
Sie
Ek Riordan
Webster
Ort
Monroe
Moore
Cato
D'Antonio
Hargrove
DeCarlo
la Sacko Dorman
Vie
Buchanan
Fulenwider
Ray
Huckabee
Reynolds
Yarborough
Ethridge and
Rowland
Panzers Went to War Like Sunday Drivers
In a column, Bill Cunningham criticizes military maneuvers in Tennessee using mock German panzers to simulate war. He recalls training inequities, notes tanks moved by rail to Shelbyville, and argues the exercise failed to test realistic combat, calling it a hollow IT.
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Bill Cunningham
George Washington
Tennessee
Tam
Camp Devens
France
Georgia
Fort Benning
Herr Schickelgruber
United States Army
Washington
Chicago
Mississippi
Cumberland
Greece
Shelbyville
Tenn
Barnum & Bailey Circus
Fort Meade
Maryland
Roundup of sports notes from New York July edition
Sixty percent of Pittsburgh sports desk calls fixated on DiMaggio hitting streak. Dodgers restock with five new players. college grid cards teased for Oklahoma U 1942. Track star Les MacMitchell shifts to twilight meets. Ted Williams shines. Keeler’s hitting streak fact noted. McNeill may retire if a job appears. Boxing, boxing monopoly critique. Novikoff praised. Seeds benches for weak hitting. O’Rourke wedding party counted to thirteen. Correction on pass gate lead by National Semi-Pro Baseball Congress. Wakefield offered forty thousand. Kovacs drafts. Zeke Bonura joins Camp Shelby staff. Sisti paints portrait. NBC Hatter broadcast Philly fights with Stern and Taub officiating.
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New York
Pittsburgh
Joe DiMaggio
Dodgers
North Carolina
Duke
Oklahoma U
Les MacMitchell
New York U
Ted Williams
Willie Keeler
Don McNeill
Chick Meehan
Ebbets Field
Bob Seeds
Baltimore
Joe Medwick
Charlie O'Rourke
Boston College
American Legion
Connolly
Washington
Fox” Griffith
Dick Wakefield
Michigan Star
Frankie Kovacs
Zeke Bonura
Camp Shelby
Miss
Tony Sisti
Buffalo
Bill Stern
Hatter
Herman Taylor
Philly
Sam Taub
Army Draft Quip Highlights Johnny Rigney Work Troubles
A Lowell Sun item mocks Johnny Rigney’s car trouble linked to his failed MLB tryouts. Francis Sargent notes the Army’s rejection after comparing him with Jimmy Dykes on the White Sox staff.
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Francis Sargent
Lowell
Mass
Army
Johnny Rigney
Jimmy Dykes
Baseball Bench Woes Spark Dialect Time Worn Debate
The quotation reflects long standing tensions over benching players and the broader drama around drafts. References to Durocher and Frisch underscore the managerial discourse and concern about roster decisions affecting future seasons.
Old Man Refuses to Stop Driving After Train Crash
Eighty three year old Treffley Soucie collided with a fast Illinois Central train at a Manteno crossing. His car was demolished but he escaped injury. A bystander questioned his age. Soucie retorted that younger people have died in similar accidents and he was not hurt.
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Manteno
Ill
U.P
Treffley Soucie
Tlinois Central
Soucie
Feller
Eight Register On TCU Squad
Kyle Gillespie led eight Frog players to register for selective service. Seven already registered earlier. Others listed include Emery Nix Bill Ramsey Fred Taylor Dean Bagley Ronnie Brumbaugh Drummond Slover Leonard Pugh ending with note that Frogs weren’t expected to lose players before September. Gypsies entered Europe from India in the 14th or 15th century.
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Lopez
Danning
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Hack
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Simsdale's Jewelry
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Kelly Vee
Pleasant Valley
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Cobb Ee
Morrow- Ences Hardware Nugent
Frizzell
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By Eddie Brietz
Tom Akers
San Diego Tribune-Sun
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