Grapefruit Circuit Reveals Spring Baseball Secrets
In a Tampa report, major league clubs prepare war department transcriptions for soldiers from Iceland to Bataan. Dodgers top fans in Florida with strong crowds while Red Sox and Tigers show spring activity. Notables include Cronin, Pesky, Yawkey, Feller, and Gehringer among others.
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George Kirkley
Tampa
Fla
U.P
War Department
Iceland
Bataan
Brooklyn Dodgers
Brooklyn
Florida
Amarillo Women Musketeers Continue To Pelt Targets
Amarillo Women Gun Club members fit for Wednesday shooting. Rose Read and Rowena McGee duel as Geor g ine Thielman and Elise Hall pace scoring in divisions. Names include Ethel Davis Roweta McGee Edith Bibolet Grace Vann Georgine Thielman Maurene Lewis Sally Roberts Veimar Thomas Rachel Milam Welthea Johnson Rose Read.
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Amarillo
Cobl McGee
Vent
Milam
Lewis Sector
Thielman
MA Sc Ec Eens
Bibolet
Navy Relief track meet previews sensational mile duels
New York University star MacMitchell and Boston University athlete Dodds duel again on March 25 at the Coliseum nine-lap track. Dodds won the AAU title in 4 08.7. MacMitchell later beat him in Knights of Columbus games with 4 08. Sammy Hale Jr signs with the Amarillo Gold Sox as a rookie. Prather undecided and Hargrove rumored lost to the team.
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New York
Leslie MacMitchell
New York University
Gill Dodds
Boston Divinity
Navy
Coliseum
Dodds
A.A.U
MacMitchell
Knights of Columbus
Jerry Malin
Amarillo Gold Sox
Sammy Hale, Jr
Sammy
Hale
Connie Mack
Texas
Midland
Pampa
Wichita Falls
Sammy Junior
Allen
Dutch Prather
Gold Sox
Frank Hoergrove
Hargrove
Pacific Coast
Bob Seeds
Baltimore Oriole
Florida
Draft mixup puts Violet Starrett in Oklahoma City list
A local draft board misplaced Violet Virginia Starrett No 161 in a scanned list. At the state tax commission she learned she had been drafted. She had last signed a registration card that another girl had jokingly altered and thought torn up.
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Oklahoma City
Violet Virginia Starrett
State Tax Commission
Violet Virginia Sterrett
Two Simons To Pilot Tulane
Tulane University nombró a Claude "Little Monk" Simons como nuevo entrenador de fútbol para sustituir a Lowell Dowell, quien pasó a ser asistente en Minnesota. Su padre, "Big Monk" Simons, ha entrenado o dirigido equipos de Tulane desde 1919, y juntos podrían marcar historia al dirigir una misma plantilla. La dupla padre hijo, si permanece unida, buscará convertir a Tulane en un equipo ganador en 1942.
Pirates face major facelift under Frisch at Forbes Field
United Press reports Captain Frisch has overhauled the Pirates, with only Elbie Fletcher and Bob Klinger among Traynor era regulars likely to start in 1942. Major trades sent stars away while new faces move in as Pittsburgh rebuilds.
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New York
U.P
Pittsburgh
West
Forbes Field
Frisch
Kidd
Morgan
Bligh
Buccos
Deadwood
Pie Traylor
Traynor
Pitsburgh
Elbie Fletcher
Pep Young
Arkie Vaughan
Lee Handley
Paul
Lloyd Waner
Chuck Klein
Johnny Rizzo
Ray Berres
Ray Mueller
Joe Bowman
Mace Brown
Max Butcher
Bob Klinger
Bill Swift
Jim Tobin
Fletcher Butcher
Klinger
Handley
Frank Gustine
Bob Elliott
Truett Sewell
Ken Heintzelman
Waners
Vaughan
Berres
Mueller
Tobin
Boston
Rizzo
Brooklyn
Brown
Red Sox
Jim Wasdell
Pete Coscarart
Luke Hamlin
Blimp Phelps
Bric-A-Brac
Will. Hamlin
Phelps
Wasdell
Regutar
Vince DiMaggio
Maurice van Robays
El-iott
Coscarart
Alf Anderson
Fletcher
Gustine
Butcher
Winthrop students protest grace policy at meal
About 500 Winthrop College students protested a new dining policy requiring food be served after the Grace. They complained food went cold and staged a noisy demonstration in the dining room and later at the president’s home. A committee will meet college officials to resolve the issue.
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Rock Hills
Winthrop Woman's College
Shelton Phelps
Winthrop
USC Names Cravath New Head Grid Coach
Jeff Cravath former USC aide and SFU coach was signed as head football coach at the University of Southern California succeeding Justin M Barry. Barry resigned to join the Navy. No salary disclosed though reports cited about 7000 dollars. Smid said Cravath will serve for the duration.
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Los Angeles
Jeff Cravath
University of Southern California
San Francisco University
Rufus B. von Klein Smid
Cravath
Justin M
Sam) Barry
Barry
United States Navy
von Klein Smid
Tires for Sale in Spokane Auction Set for April
In Spokane on March 19 authorities confiscated four automobile tires and will auction them to the highest bidder on April 11. The public auction is open to all bidders. Separately in New York, Rangers goalie Jim Henry and teammates Bill Juzda Hub Macey Alan Kunz and Grant Warwick face Canadian Army induction after the season ends.
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Spokane
Wash
Leggo
Rangers New York
Jim Henry
Bill Juzda
Hub Macey
Alan Kunz
Grant Warwick
New York Rangers
Pirates Rally Spurs Frisch Fight After Poor Start
The Pirates struggled with fielding and made nearly 200 errors but showed Frisch era grit. After a rough 1941 start they hit winning streaks, rising to fourth, and anticipation builds for a Brooklyn visit with Hamlin and Phelps as battery announcements.
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Pirates
Frisch
Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
Hamlin
Phelps
Detroit Tigers Slash Salaries and Meals In Spring
Detroit reports cutbacks in spring spending with a $4 daily meal allowance and reduced eating options following a record $11.25 pitcher signing last summer. Larry Atkins seeks Bob Pastor versus Jimmy Bivins for mid April. Abe Simon marches in St Patrick’s parade. Michigan State considers cauliflower ear trophy idea for visiting NCAA wrestling coaches. ash trays to be souvenirs.
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Hugh Fullerton
Wide World
New York
Detroit Tigers
Detroit
Tiger
Washington
Larry Atkins
Cleveland
Bob Pastor
Jimmy Bivins
Abe Simon
Summit
N. J
Abe
Jacobs
Ralph Young
Michigan State
N.C.A.A
East Lansing
Move to Transfer Feller Sparks Norfolk Naval Training Shuffle
A push to move Bob Feller from Norfolk Naval Training Station to Great Lakes faces a potential fight. Gary Bodie hopes to retain Feller and Freddie Hutchinson to join Sam Chapman Ace Parker Hooks Devours and several Class B to AA veterans. Billy Conn made his Broadway debut in a soldier suit after crossing from Fort Wadsworth. Major General John H. Hester of the 48th division and Major General Jacob Devers are noted at Camp Shelby basketball games.
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Fort Wadsworth
John H. Hester
48Rd
Camp Shelby
Miss
Jacob Devers
Pirates add four in Arky Vaughan trade with aims for 1933 season
In San Bernardino four Pirates veterans Jim Wasdell Babe Phelps Luke Hamlin and Pete Coscarart join the squad in the Arky Vaughan deal. Manager Frankie Frisch targets a strong catching staff with Phelps and Al Lopez while prospects include Wasdell in right and Handley at third recovering from injuries. Worcester notes report Holy Cross schedules a September 26 game at home against Dartmouth.
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San Bernardino
Calif
Pittsburgh Pirates
Brooklyn
Leo Durocher
Jim Wasdell
Babe Phelps
Luke Hamlin
Pete Coscarart
Pittsburgh
Arky Vaughan
Dodger
Frankie Frisch
Pirates
Durocher
Frisch
Phelps
al Lopez
Wasdell
Coscarart
al Anderson
Shorts
Lee Handley
E Foot
Bob Elliott
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Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Mickey Cochrane
Bob Feller
Sam Chapman
Benny McCoy
Bob Harris
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Joe Grace
Charlie Fuchs
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Ival Goodman
Charlie Gehringer
Bill McKechnie
Dom DiMaggio
Gerry Priddy
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Claude “Little Monk
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Jack Guenther
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Sidney R. Kent
20Th Century-Fox Film Corp
Thomas Holcomb
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Fort Knox
West Point
Tom Sweeney
Worcester
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Evening Gazette
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Braves Field
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West Virginia
Ed Hickey
Creighton
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Jim Ballanger
Houston
Roy Simmons
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