Gehrig Memorial Unveiled At Yankee Stadium Amid Tributes
In front of a packed Yankee Stadium crowd, a bronze Gehrig memorial is unveiled beside Huggins’s statue as Connie Mack, Mayor La Guardia, and others praise his conduct. Bill Dickey then homers in the first inning, saluting the late captain, whose 2,130 consecutive games record is honored.
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Harry Ferguson
New York
U.P
Yankee Stadium
Lou Gehrig
Connie Mack
Philadelphia Athletics
Yankees
Gehrig
Athletics
Connie
Fiorello la Guardia
James J. Lyons
Bronx
Sid Mercer
New York Journal- American
Bill Dickey
Yankee
Gherig
Dickey
Henry Louis Gehrig
Jon
Laughs and clashes fill sports page as stars shuffle
Eddie Briez reports a mixed bag of sports tidbits from boxing to golf and baseball. Lee Savold Pat Comiskey and Melia Bettina join Chick Meehan against a boxing trust while Craig Wood Byron Nelson and Ben Hogan headline the PGA event in Denver. DiMaggio extends his streak to forty eight, Dizzy Dean hints at radio chatter, and Dizzy Dean makes light of the baseball show.
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Eddie Brietz
New York
Chick Meehan
Jack Kearns
Philly
Minnesota
Bernie Bierman
Mike Jacobs
Diogenes
Midas
Dizzy Dean
Diz
Conn
Papa
DiMaggio
Jim Dykes
DiMaggio Leads All Stars In Detroit Classic
The American League stars gather at Briggs Stadium for the ninth annual All Star game in Detroit. A near 58,000 crowd is expected as AL aims to rebound with power hitters like DiMaggio Williams and Dickey and top pitchers. Net receipts approach $70,000 for soldiers at training camps. Weather forecast calls for partly cloudy skies and temperatures in the mid 80s.
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Detroit
Bill McKechnie
Cincinnati
Briggs Stadium
Amarillo
Joe DiMaggio
Bill Dickey
New York
Boston
Ted Williams
Cleveland
Jeff Heath
Bullet Bob Feller
Thornton Lee
Charley Ruffing
al Benton
DiMaggio
Williams
Dickey
Heath
St. Louis Browns
Feller
Lee
Bucky Walters
Carl Hubbell
Len Warneke
St. Louis
Claude Passeau
Chicago
Paul Derringer
Cy Blan
Appling
Joe Cronin
Lou Boudreau
Cecil Travis
Washington
Terry Moore
Pete Reiser
Brooklyn
McKechnie
del Baker
DiMaggio streak quips and regional sports chatter
A collage of baseball chatter from multiple papers notes the DiMaggio hitting streak, umpire day humor, and sport angles including Billy Conn brides, Nova-Jim Robinson gate money, and Camp Shelby baseball. References to Redskin band, Hawks, and golf travel spark brief notes.
Sugar Bowlers plot national service football championship
Bill Cunningham reviews the New Orleans Mid-Winter Sports Association alias The Sugar Bowlers plan a national service championship football event next New Year’s week. He cites patriotic framing, cost considerations, and the potential for a postwar college and service league match if college football stalls.
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Bill Cunningham
New Orleans
Sazerac
Rockefeller
United States
Chamber of Commerce
Armed Services
Boston
Tennessees
Green Bay Packers
Chicago Bears
California
Nebraska
Fort Dix
Camp Edwards
Bud Ward Wins Western Amateur Title Again
Bud Ward of Spokane Washington clinched his second straight Western Amateur championship by defeating Texas Harry Todd 3 and 2 on the 34th green at Colorado Springs. Ward becomes only the second player since Chick Evans to win the Western crown twice in a row, matching a record set in 1923. Posterity notes Ward’s place among golf’s greats as Broadmoor hosts the six day meet.
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Colorado Springs
Bud Ward
Chick Evans
Ward
Spokane
Wash
Evans
Texas
Harry Todd
Washington Wheat Country
Broadmoor
Hammett Wins Abilene Title in Dramatic Final
J T Hammett clinched the Abilene Invitational title with a 64 in the final 18 holes, overcoming a morning deficit and breaking a personal jinx by defeating Ivy Martin 3-1 in the West Texas championship. Lieut Edgar O Quint won the tough first flight, John Gilbert captured the second, and John Lochaby took the third division. The piece notes a World War cost estimate of over 200 billion dollars.
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West Texas
Abilene
Ivy Martin
Martin
Edgar O'Quint
Camp Barkeley
Billy Boyer
Santa Barbara
Calif
John Gilbert
Fort Worth
Jack Simmons
John Lochaby
San Angelo
Charles Blair
FDR Favor Pepper as Byrnes Successor in Administration
A high congressional source says President Roosevelt favors Senator Claude Pepper of Florida as the unofficial successor to retiring Senator James F. Byrnes of South Carolina as the administration’s chief troubleshooter. Pepper’s appointment would require Senate faction acceptance and would lead to tension with anti interventionists.
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UPI
Roosevelt
Claude Pepper
Florida
Senate
Sen
James F. Byrnes
South Carolina
Pepper
White House
United Press
Byrnes
Britain
Walter F. George
Georgia
Foreign Relations Committee
Finance Committee
Pat Harrison
Mississippi
David I. Walsh
Massachusetts
Naval Affairs Committee
Harrison
George
Help Wanted Classified Notices Seek Domestic Help and Dairy Work
Readers seek dairy workers to join three men in taking over a dairy or any farm employment. Other ads request a housekeeper for a modern farm home, aged 25 to 40, with no drinking, and a live‑in helper for a single mother with a sewing room job in Cameron New Mexico.
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North
Grant Street
Elmer Bobs Up With a Record
Elmer Riddle of the Reds has emerged as a standout pitcher with nine straight wins after a 3-0 three-hitter of the St. Louis Cardinals. The article notes his birth, size, and early career, while detailing other MLB results including Dodgers over Braves, Pirates over Cubs, and Yankees triumphs as Gehrig memorial events unfold.
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Associated Press
Elmer
Cincinnati Reds
Elmer Riddle
Department of Vital Statistics
Columbus
Welans
Wausau
Wis
Regis
St. Louis Cardinals
Redbirds
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Dodgers
Riddle
Reds
Kirby Higbee
Boston Braves
Phillies
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Pirates
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New York Yankees
Stace
Lou Gehrig
Philadelphia Athletics
Ted Lyons
Chicago White Sox
Cleveland
Yanks
Budge
Indians
Boston Red Sox
Washington Senators
Detroit Tigers
St. Louis Browns
al Benton
Detroit
Browns
Dizzy Trout
Missing Boston Bull Snappy last seen near Parker Street
One year old Boston Bull with button tail named Snappy vanished from 1508 Parker two weeks ago. Described with a white throat, white stomach and feet, she is intelligent, sits up, begs, and rolls over. Likely let out by accident.
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Tack
Button Tail
Parker
Snappy
Spike Sullivan the Irish Jack of the British Ring
Irish Jack Spike Sullivan, a 68 year old bosun aboard a Canada to Britain cargo ship, recalls a half century of combat. He is a former British ring champion who fought 700 bouts, survived Titanic 1912, served in the South African and First World Wars, and was aboard a Narvik raft for 38 hours. He aims to avenge two sons killed at Dunkirk.
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U.P
Jack
Spike) Sullivan
Bosun
Canada
Great Britain
Victor McLaglen
Jim
Sullivan
Narvik
Spike
Stanley Ketchel
Jack O'Brien
Tommy Burns
Missing dog and rescued cats seek homes in Texas
Mrs H S Hudson of San Antonio asks help finding a lost female dog bred May 26 and due pups July 29. Contact in San Antonio while she is away from Amarillo. She also offers three pets, a blue Persian bitch, a white Persian male, and a blue point Persian kitten, all house trained and seeking good homes.
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Austin
Amarillo
San Antonio
H. S. Hudson
Elmira St
Texas
Tack
Odds Against Slot Machine Renc
Police question whether player or machine has better odds in a local $1 slot game after finding 40 slug-sized metal cuts filed to dollar size.
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New
U.P
Promoter claims Galento may miss bout with Levinsky
Abilene fans expect Babe Hunt to defend Texas heavyweight crown against Joe Vandiver in a billed card. Promoter L D Thomas says Tony Galento may skip his match with Levinsky after a quarrel over the pairing, casting doubt on the heavyweight bout.
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Abilene
Texas
Babe Hunt
Joe Vandiver
Fort Worth
Hogan Leads Field in PGA Championship Qualifying
Denver reporters describe Ben Hogan as hottest scorer amid ailing Bryan Nelson’s PGA run at Cherry Hills. Craig Wood, Open champion, and George Fazio posted sharp rounds as over 100 pros begin two qualifying rounds to trim to 64 for match play. Nelson competes for the Alex Smith trophy as defending champion.
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Denver
U.P
Bryan Nelson
Cherry Hills
Nelson
Ben Hogan
George Fazio
Glenolden
Hogan
Alex Smith
Four Round Fight Sparks Crowds With Controversy
Hunt of Lubbock at 196 pounds and Vandiver at 202 are set for a ten round bout billed as a title fight by the state labor commissioner. Tony mocks publicity while fans anticipate a lively, if branded, clash between rivals dubbed “bum” by their own camp.
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Tony
Thomas
Hunt
Lubbock
Vandiver
Fiddle crab found in head of lettuce in Connecticut
A Connecticut housewife, Antoinette Stearns, bought a head of lettuce that contained a fiddler crab inside the middle. She turned it into crabmeat salad for dinner. The report notes the University of Pittsburgh football team is known as the Panthers.
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Conn
U.P
Antoinette Stearns
University of Pittsburgh
Panthers
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