Top Golf Stars Ready for Tate America Benefit Start
The Ridgemoor Club hosts a final practice for the Tate America benefit tournament with over 100 players preparing for the 72 hole event. Capt. Bobby Jones and Bob Hope were slated for a special 18 hole exhibition while Sammy Snead misses due to Navy duties and a $1,100 prize hangs on a wide open field.
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Gayle Talbor
Chicago
Ridgemoor Club
Bobby Jones
Air Corps
Bob Hope
Jones
Slim
Hope
Connecticut
Sammy Snead
Golfers’ Association
Sam
Golfdam
Dukes Seek Amarillo Shift for series with Sox
Clovis leads Pioneer threat as Harold Miller requests for the Albuquerque Dukes to move their series to Amarillo to aid a struggling franchise. Miller cites league crisis while the Sox eye one more game against Clovis and a later home series.
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Gold Sox
Clovis Pioneers
Albuquerque Dukes
Harold Miller
Duke
Sox
Amarillo
Albuquerque
Miller
Hal Lucas
Dukes
Pampa
Milton Price
Pioneers
Ken Wyatt
Clovis
D. B
Hargrove
Prather
Moore
Te Lero
Tenorio
Golf Lesson Pivot Errors Cause Slice, Aulbach Explains
George Aulbach outlines pivot fundamentals in golf. He notes that improper pivoting leads to slicing and warns players to rotate around an arc from upstroke to weight transfer to the right foot. The top swing should show the body unwinding toward the ball from the left shoulder view.
Cardinals On The Prowl Headed Toward Flatbush Rivalry
The St Louis Cardinals win streak grows to six with 14 wins in 17 as the pennant race tightens in the National League. Brooklyn rivals the Dodgers as the season opens with a cross series set for Thursday, spotlighting a fierce early battle for supremacy.
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St. Louis Cardinals
Flatbush Country
Associated Press
Gowanus
Larry MacPhail
Brooklyn
Flatbush
East River
Dodgers
Second Half Opens In Inter Church Softball League
The second half of the inter church softball season starts at 7 pm Thursday with San Jacinto Baptist leading the pack. First Baptist faces Polk Street Methodist. San Jacinto Methodist meets Nazarenes at Maverick Club diamond tomorrow. Victory in the Central Presbyterians versus Salvation Army game next Tuesday could tie them with San Jacinto Baptists for first place. The YMCA sponsors the league with six churches participating and plans for tennis, horseshoes and bowling to be added later.
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San Jacinto Baptist
Interchurch
First Baptist
Polk Street Methodist Boys
San Jacinto
San Jacinto Methods
Nazarenes
Maverick Club
Central Presbyterians
Salvation Army
San Jacinto Baptists
Polk Street Methodist
San Jacinto Methodist
Central Presbyterian First Baptist
Nazarene
Y.M C.A
Southworth Vows Rugged Dodgers Battle for Pride
St Louis manager Billy Southworth says the Cardinals will answer Brooklyn’s intensity with tough play. He vows reciprocal roughness if the Dodgers roughhouse, declaring the club will give them first choice in the clash.
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Dodgers ST. Louis
Brooklyn Dodgers
Billy Southworth
St. Louis Cardinal
Slaughter's 10th-inning homer lifts Cards past Giants
Enos Slaughter drove in the deciding run with a tenth inning homer as St Louis defeated New York 4-3. Nig Beezley provided key relief to seal the win and shrink the Giants' advantage on the pennant race. The Red Sox also won, beating St Louis 4-2 to extend a nine-game streak while the Yankees split a doubleheader with Detroit.
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Ebbets Field
Giants
Enos Slaughter
Beezley
Red Sox
New York Yankees
Detroit
Lefty Judd
Frownies
St Louis
Brooklyns
Cards
New Yorkers
Yanks
Tigers
Bronx
Rudy York
Mth
Jimmy Bloodworth
Detroits
Hank Borowy
Johnny Murphy
Borowy
Standings Update as White Sox Edge Athletics in Tight Tilt
The Standings seated elbowers with five wins as Orval Grove beats Bob Harris 2-1 in Chicago to lift the White Sox to sixth place. Cincinnati Reds blank the Braves 5-0 at Boston with Johnny Vandeer Meer in control. Phillies snap nine game skid by routing Pirates 5-1. Washington Cleveland game postponed.
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Orval Grove
Bob Harris
Chicago
Grove
White Sox
Athletics
Johnny Vandeer Meer
Boston
Cincinnati Reds
Braves
Johnny Rodgajny
Phillies
Pittsburgh Pirates
Moore and Mann Lead Women At Victory Bowling
In the Victory Bowling League at Amarillo Bowl M Moore of Amarillo Commercial College and Claire Mann of Builders' Supply tied for high series with 515 each. Moore added a 218 in the final game to claim high single game honors.
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Victory
Amarillo Bowl
V. Moore
Amarillo Commercial College
Claire Mann
Builders’ Supply
Moore
Ohio National Life
Fifth Avenue Shop
RuDelle
Ready-To-Wear
Amarillo Cigarette Service
Reager’s Market
Moore's
Mann
Commercial College
Murray Franklin, Detroit Shortstop, Classmate of Lou Boudreau
Detroit shortstop Murray Franklin, born in Detroit, was an infielding classmate of Lou Boudreau who later became Cleveland’s manager while they attended Illinois.
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Detroit
Murray Franklin
Lou Boudreau
Cleveland
Illinois
Hale America Tourney at Ridgemoor Yardage Par Set
Ridgemoor Country Club will host this week’s Hale America golf event. Team entries and qualifiers will play the course with designated yardage and par listed for the competition. Chicago players participate as part of the national tour kickoff.
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Chicago
Kroner Named Manager of Oklahoma City Indians
Kroner, longtime second baseman, is chosen to manage the pilot Oklahoma City Indians succeeding Homer Peel. Bill Terry of the Giants advised the pick after a phone call with club president John Holland. Kroner has played for Indianapolis, Baltimore, Syracuse, Philadelphia, Boston, Cleveland and Knoxville before joining Oklahoma City on May 15.
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John Kroner
Oklahoma City Indians
Homer Peel
Jimmy Payton
John Holland
Holland
Kroner
Bill Terry
New York Giants
Indians
Terry
Indianapolis
Baltimore
Syracuse
Philadelphia Phillies
Boston Red Sox
Cleveland
Knoxville
Stanford Coach James Lawson Quits After Spring Practice
James Lawson, Stanford's head football coach, resigns today after being named to succeed Clark Shaughnessy. He leaves for Annapolis to serve as a physical education instructor and was head coach only through spring practice. Indiana players to wear red white and black uniforms.
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San Francisco
James Lawson
Stanford
Annapolis
Lawson
Clark Shaughnessy
Bloomington
Ind
Indiana
Hoosiers
Pacific Coast hurler stars in 7 inning army post win
Loren Thornton volunteered for the reception center baseball club at Leavenworth. He struck out 18, allowed one hit, and faced 22 batters in a 7 to 0 victory over seven innings. Dutch Thornton, formerly a Pacific Coast pitcher, led the performance. A Wellington factory built nearly 200 aircraft for the Royal New Zealand Air Force prior to the war.
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FT. Leavenworth
Kas
Reception Center
Army Post
Loren
Dutch) Thornton
Dutch
Wellington
N. Z
Royal New Zealand Air Force
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