Haag Starts Hard Training For US Visit And Race
Gun der Hagg, Swedish distance star, begins a four day week as a Stockholm fireman. He trained three times weekly and won a 7,200 meter cross country at Hedesunda in 22:59.2, though he is not in top form yet. He aims to visit the United States to meet Greg Rice and run the classic race.
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Stockholm
U.P
Gunder Hagg
Shaft of Light
Gave Fire Department
United States
Greg Rice
America
Flying Pireman
Hedesunda
Hage
Hagg
Rice
Clipper Smith Set for Marine Corps Captain Rank
Maurice Clippr Smith former Villanova coach and 1920 Notre Dame guard awaits commissioning as a captain in the U S Marine Corps. Great Lakes Naval Training Station defeats St Louis Cardinals 5 to 2 in front of 10 000 recruits with Johnny Schmitz and Vern Olsen each allowing one hit. Walker Cooper homered off Olsen in the seventh.
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Great Lakes
Johnny Schmitz
Vern Olsen
Chicago Cubs
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
St. Louis Cardinals
Schmitz
George Fallon
Walker Cooper
Olsen
Philadelphia
Maurice
Clipper) Smith
Villanova
Knute
Rockne
Notre Dame
U. S. Marine Corps
Count Fleet May Break Preakness Track Record
Count Fleet seeks to threaten the Pimlico track mark in the 53rd Preakness Stakes at Baltimore. The Kentucky Derby winner faces a small field, with Blue Swords and Vincentium as possible challengers, while trainer Don Cameron oversees Count Fleet's readiness for Maryland's top race. Riverland set a Pimlico mile thirty-six on Dixie Handicap day, just under the Preakness record.
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Baltimore
Count Fleet
John Hertz
Pimlico Oval
Pimlico
Reigh
Hertz Hurricane
Blue Swords
W. L. Brann
Count
Louis
Don Cameron
New York
Maryland
Harold Clark
Alsab
Sports writers rank football top for development in NC Navy poll
The North Carolina Navy Pre-Flight School poll shows football as one of the ten best sports for physical development. Track ranks second, with boxing and swimming tied for third. Frank Kinard moves to a Dodgers line coach role in Brooklyn. A UW official denied a Swedish travel request and Clark Griffith declined an ad space offer for a war bond. California starts daily organ recitals on campus to ease war jitters.
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Hugh Fullerton, JR
New York
North Carolina Navy
Scribes
Frank (Bruiser) Kinard
Mississippi
Brooklyn
Dodgers
Dan Topping
Gunder Haegg
Haegg
Clark Griffith
Washington Ball Park
Treasury Department
Los Angeles
University of California
Laurence Petan
Muncy Calls Meeting for Many Golfers
The Amarillo Municipal Golfers Association schedules a 8:30 PM meeting at the Elks Club chaired by Tex Muncy new president. A golf movie will follow at 9 o’clock with the entire membership invited to attend the film showing.
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Amarillo Municipal Golfers Association
Elks Club
Tex Muncy
Story of Schoolboy Rowe's long road to Phillies homer
In a Philadelphia game against the Braves, Schoolboy Rowe hit a bases loaded homer, reviving memories of his early days with Detroit and the wish to be an outfielder. The piece traces Rowe from Eldorado Arkansas to Detroit, Brooklyn, Montreal, and now Philadelphia, noting shoulder injuries and years of pitching trials alongside mentor Bucky Harris.
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Jack Cuddy
New York
Philadelphia
Schoolboy Rowe
Phils
Braves
Rowe
Ozarks
Lynwood Thomas Rowe
Ruth
Babe Ruth
Scholboy Rowe
Memory Lane
Tall Flinger
Eldorado
Ark
Grand Central Station
Tigers
Beaumont
Detroit
Brooklyn
Montreal
Phillies
Bucky Harris
Bucky
Sailors Taught Skill in Water By Ex-Champ
At Norfolk Naval Station Adolph Kiefer 1936 Olympic swimming champion and Navy chief specialist oversees a water safety program. Sailors learn to swim for combat readiness including escaping burning oil staying afloat in rough seas and strategies to survive and assist others. He notes swimming long is best on the back and emphasizes disregarding fear to focus on duties aboard ship.
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Naval Training Station
Norfolk
U.P
Adolph Kiefer
Kiefer
Navy
Chicago
Shifting Lineups Highlight Early Major League Action
Major league teams, including the Phillies and Yankees, rearrange players during spring training as wartime rosters shrink. Frank Frisch moves Al Lopez to third base with Bob Elliott at short, Cincinnati wins 7-5 as Lopez and Elliott commit errors. Reds manager Warren Giles calls the move a success while preparing for night baseball. Dodgers top Phillies 5-3 behind Kirby Higbe.
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Judson Bailey
Associated Press
Victory Gardens
Phillies
Jim Wesdell
Pittsburgh
Babe Dahlgren
Rowe
New York Yankees
Johnny Lindell
Brooklyn Dodgers
Billy Herman
Frank Edison Frisch
al Lopez
Pittsburgh Pirates
Lopez
Dodgers
la Pepper Martin
Frisch
Bob Elliott
Elliott
Cincinnati
Crosley Field
Reds
Warren Giles
Pirates
Kirby Higbe
Brooklyn
Dolph Camilli
Alex Kampouris
Today's Pitchers National and American games
National and American baseball matchups list starting pitchers with team matchups. Players mentioned include Wittig Tobin Derringer Kraus Melton Rescigno Starr White and others across New York Boston St Louis Chicago Philadelphia Pittsburgh Cincinnati Cleveland Detroit Washington. Games set across leagues with 0-0 to 2-2 records.
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New York
Wittig
Boston
Tobin
St. Louis
White
Chicago
Derringer
Philadelphia
Kraus
Brooklyn
Melton
Pittsburgh
Rescigno
Cincinnati
Starr
Dietrich
Cleveland
Bugby
Dobson
Chandler
Detroit
Overmire
Hollingsworth
Washington
Haefner
Flores
St Louis
Broklyn
Jailed for Failing To Salvage Cans
Newark police court sentences Evelyn Jacques in a February ordinance case. Judge Ernest Masini jailed her for one day for failure to prepare discarded tin cans for salvage at the Italian Kitchen, Inc.
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Newark
N. J
Evelyn Jacques
Italian Kitchen, Inc
Ernest Masini
Ed Delahanty Led Major Leagues In Batting History
NEA Sports Editor Harry Grayson recounts Ed Delahanty’s record bat totals in 1899 and 1902 with Philadelphia and Washington. The piece covers his power, injuries, and fiery temperament, plus career highlights, untimely death, and a note on his family's Baseball lineage.
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Harry Grayson
NEA
Edward J. Delahanty
Philadelphia Nationals
Washington Americans
Ed Delahanty
Babe Ruth
Del
Bill
Adonis Terry
Bill Dahlen
Chicago
Old West Side Park
Delahanty
George Pinckney
St. Louis
Big Ed
Pat Tebeau
Galoot
Tebeau
Cleveland
Players’ Brotherhood
Cap Anson
Harry Wright
Phillies
Mansfield
Wheeling
Tri-State
Players’ League
Long Bob Meusel
Washington
Frank
Jim
Joe
Detroit
Pittsburgh
Tom
Billy
Fort Erie
Bill Cummins Enters Seven Track Events
Rice athlete Bill Cummins leads a seven event plan for the Southwest Conference meet in Houston with high hurdles low hurdles 100 yard dash 440 yard relay pole vault broad jump and high jump. He notes the cramped schedule prevents entering all 15 events, limiting his participation.
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Houston
Bill Cummins
Rice
Cummins
Bill
Owls
Stuttgart Railway Station Wrecked
A traveller reported the Stuttgart station in southern Germany was wrecked during a recent RAF raid. He left his luggage three hours earlier and returned to find neither luggage nor the station. Santa Fe carloadings for the week ending May 1 1943 rose to 23 048 from 20 707 year earlier. Cars received totaled 12 951 versus 10 922. Total cars moved reached 35 999 up from 31 629. The prior week saw Santa Fe move 36 624 cars. In Portland Oregon the number of women industrial workers rose 275 percent in three months from 56 339 to 14 682.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Stuttgart
Germany
Santa FE
P. C
Portland, Ore
U.P
Portland
Steers and Aggies Won't Have Playoff
At College Station May 4 coach Homer Norton of Texas A and M announced there would be no playoff for the Southwest Conference baseball championship though the Aggies and the University of Texas led for first place when the schedule finished last week. Norton said Texas coach Blair Cherry agreed to share the title since Texas is losing key players Tom Collins and Grady Hatton to the army.
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College Station
Homer Norton
T. A. and
Aggies
University of Texas
Norton
Blair Cherry
Texas
Tom Collins
Grady Hatton
Army
Crosetti Reports to New York Yankees
Frankie Crosetti, veteran Yankee infielder, reported to the team in New York after arrival from San Francisco. He had been suspended for his 1942 World Series incident with umpire Bill Summers and was not eligible to play until May 1. Brazil abolished slavery in 1888, the last Western Hemisphere country to pass abolition laws.
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New York
Frankie Crosetti
New York Yankee
San Francisco
Crosetti
Stockton
Cal
Bill Summers
Brazil
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