Lawson Little In Goodall Invitational At Fresh Meadow
Abridged profile of Lawson Little entering the Goodall Invitational May 16 19 at Fresh Meadow. The article notes his amateur British and American titles and 33 straight matches, plus his career shift toward professional money games and ineligibility for the PGA Championship. It also lists other notable players in the field and recalls Little’s famed 1938 Metropolitan Open recovery shot.
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Harry Grayson
NEA
New York
Lawson Little
Fresh Meadow
Little
Cleveland
Reds and Cardinals Play 14 Inning Tie At Crosley Field
A 14 inning 8–8 tie between the Cincinnati Reds and St. Louis Cardinals ended at darkness after a long rally. Johnny Vander Meer started for Cincinnati and Pat Mize hit his third homer for St. Louis as Bill Werber tied a major league record with four doubles. The game followed an earlier flood postponement on April 23 and left the Reds a half game ahead of the Dodgers. Giants beat the Phillies 6–3 and New York beat Boston 11–5 elsewhere.
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Associated Presu Sports
Cincinnati Reds
St. Louis Cardinals
New York Giants
Boston
Brooklyn
Phillies
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Crosley Field
National League
New York
Ford Frick
Larry Gertz
Jim Wilson
Reds
Lon Warneke
Bill McKechnie
Johnny
Vander Meer
Johnny Mize
Joe Orengo
Bill Werber
Clyde Shoun
Cards
Milt Shoffner
Mize
Bill Hershberger
Werber
Goetz
Dodgers
Phils
Giants
Texas League Results and Standings Roundup
Monday night scores Oklahoma City 3 Fort Worth 7 Beaumont 3 Shreveport 5 Houston 1 San Antonio 6 Tulsa 0 Dallas 2. Standings show Houston and San Antonio atop with 14 and 17 wins. Schedule Tuesday features Shreveport at Beaumont, Tulsa at Fort Worth, Oklahoma City at Dallas, San Antonio at Houston.
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Oklahoma City
Fort Worth
Beaumont
Shreveport
Houston
San Antonio
Tulsa
Dallas
Boy Scout Creates His Own Home Weather Bureau
In Canaan Connecticut a 14 year old Boy Scout Roger Keener established a personal weather bureau at his home. He records wind velocity direction humidity barometric pressure and precipitation with proper instruments and forecasts with surprising accuracy. He credits Scouting with sparking his weather interest and hopes to pursue it as a profession.
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Canaan, Conn
U.P
Roger Keener
Roger
Broadway Books Favor Yankees At Shorter Price
In New York on May 14 the sports column notes Broadway books still favor the Yankees, listing a lower price than the 7 to 20 opening quotes. It also jokes about Shirley Temple’s retirement and other sports gossip including signed talks and boxing plans.
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New York
George Preston Marshall
Zeke Bonura
Buck Newsom
R. G. Lake Villa
Alabama Pitts
North Carolina
Cafe claims second class status sparks downtown ads
A Columbia downtown restaurant displays a wall sign proclaiming "the only second class cafe in the world" while a peanut vendor touts his goods as "guaranteed worst in town" in a case of adversarial advertising.
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Columbia
8. C
West Texas State College Closes for All-College Picnic
West Texas State College at Canyon closes this afternoon for an all college picnic at Buffalo Lake. Skipper Hill will direct the first Southwest regatta and a bathing revue with 1200 students, a dance, and a Powder Puff event. The Dust Bowl Navy boats are used by students and Raymond Raillard and His Majors provide music for the lake party.
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West Texas State College
Canyon
Buffalo Lake
J. A. Hill
Southwest
Hill
Palo Duro Canyon
Dust ‘Bowl Navy
Rayemond Raillard
Aire
Jim Golding
Mrs Madsen Cancels Benefit Barbecue After Fire
At the request of Mrs Florence Madsen a planned barbecue to raise funds for rebuilding has been cancelled She operates a dining room east of the city that burned a month ago and plans to rebuild Her friends had bought over 200 worth of chicken dinners and her fried chicken dinners are well known coast to coast
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Florence
Ma) Madsen
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