Coombs Sets AL Record With 13 Shutouts In 1910
John Wesley Coombs, standout pitcher and all around athlete, set an American League record by throwing 13 shutouts in 1910. The six foot one inch, 185 pound right hander starred for Philadelphia Athletics and later pitched for Brooklyn, delivering a storied career highlighted by World Series battles and a famed comeback from typhoid-related back injury.
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Philadelphia Athletics
Colby Jack
Chicago
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Tom McGillicuddy
Worcester
Connie Mack
Colby
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Barre-Montpelier
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Larry Gardner
Jack Murray
Birdie Cree
Ed Reulbach
Mack
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Iowa
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Big Ed Walsh
White Sox
Skein
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Maine
Cubs
Brown
Ed Reusbach
Christy Mathews
Polo Grounders
Brooklyn
Dodgers
Giants
McGraw
Matty
Carl Mays
Sports Parade Highlights Major League Action and Upcoming Fights
Earl Hilligan notes rising home run totals in the American League this season with 18 homers in 28 May games. Massachusetts says Willie Pep-Sal Bartolo will be for the world featherweight title in Boston June 8, while Jackie Callura-Jackie Wilson bouts are recognized for the World Featherweight Title. Also: Cubs Phillies crowd numbers, Yankees westward schedule, extra innings trend, Paul Waner batting .375, Galento sparring, and Bill Brandt praises Phillies throwing outfield.
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Jack Cuddy
New York
Earl Hilligan
American League Service Bureau
John J. Phelan
New York Boxing Commission
Massachusetts Commission
Willie Pep
Sal Bartolo
Boston
Massachusetts
Jackie Callura
Jackie Wilson
United States
Royal
St. Andrews
Simonpures
U. S
Opticians of America
Paul Waner
Dodgers
Tony Galento
Milwaukee
Herbie Katz
Tampa
Fla
Bill Brandt
National League Service Bureau
Phillies
Texas Fighter Loses By the Associated Press
NEW YORK Ben Moroz 295 Philadelphia knocked out Gilbert Stormquist 256 1 2 Austin Texas 1.
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Associated Press
New York
Ben Moroz
Philadelphia
Gilbert Stormquist
Austin
Texas
Braves Hold Second Place
The Boston Braves beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-0 to climb into second place behind the Brooklyn Dodgers as the St. Louis Cardinals overpowered Brooklyn 7-1 but could not pass the Braves. Phillies beat Cubs 5-4 in a night game, Reds edged Giants 3-1 in 10 innings, and all American League clubs were idle due to weather.
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Judson Bailey
Associated Press
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St. Louis Cardinals
Boston Braves
Philadelphia Phillies
Cincinnati Reds
Pittsburgh
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Chicago Cubs
Cardinals
Brooklyn
Dodgers
Redbirds
Walker Cooper
Stan Musial
Ernie White
Harry Brecheen
Braves
Pittsburgh Pirates
Phillies
Cincinnati
Cubs
Reds
Mel Ott
Dick Bartell
Giants
Fullerton Contemplates Baseball's Weekday Use Versus Travel
The columnist reviews wartime Major League plans to limit games to weekends and assesses attendance by weekday versus Sunday games in both leagues. He notes American and National Leagues show balanced strength, with weekday totals around 241 thousand to 284 thousand and Sunday crowds near 241k to 299k, plus a remark on a former six day bike racer turned steak shopkeeper in Paterson, New Jersey.
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Hugh Fullerton, JR
New York
Harry Mendel
Paterson
N. J
Harry
Betsy Ross Named Abilene Sports Writer
Betsy Ross becomes chief sports writer for the Abilene Reporter News as Howard Green leaves for Navy duty May 31 in South Bend Indiana. Ross has five years of sports reporting at Pecos enterprise and previously wrote society news and general reporting.
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Waacs
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Abilene Reporter
Howard Green
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Ind
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Pesos Enterprise
Sports Sparks
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Bill Cox uses Harum style deals to build Phillies
Philadelphia May 18 1943 Young Bill Cox the Phillies owner earned a reputation as the trading mogul of baseball by pursuing a Harum Nugent inspired strategy during a player shortage. Cox acquired Babe Dahlgren Charley Fuchs Jack Kraus Schoolboy Rowe Al Gerheauser Tommy Paden Gordon Phelps and others while managing a lean roster and balancing deals that sometimes netted only travel money.
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Phillies
Dizzy
Bill Cox
David Harum
Cox
Gerald P. Nugent
Harum-Nugent
Dave
Gerry
Frank Hoerst
Tommy Hughes
Sam Nahem
Ike Pearson
Bill Burich
al Hodkey
Roosevelt to appoint wartime sports study committee
President Roosevelt indicated a three man wartime sports committee may be named soon to study the sports situation and advise him. Officials expect selections this week from spectator sports including racing baseball and football plus college football. The panel would study issues and only make recommendations to the president.
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New York
Roosevelt
Washington
Service Stars May Run Against Haegg
New York May 18 Top ranking American service track stars to compete against Gunder Haegg in a nationwide meets series planned for Chicago Los Angeles San Francisco Boston Cleveland and Pittsburgh The tour starts July after the National AAU Championships at Tri Borough Stadium June 19 20 Haegg to be flown from Havana arriving June 4 to gain extra training time
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Gunder Hagg
Ational Aaa
Chicago
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Boston
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
Daniel J. Ferris
Ferris
Triborough Stadium
Hagg
United States
Havana
Cuba
Galveston
Tex
Ringer Golf Meet Opens At Ross Rogers Course
The Amarillo Municipal Golfers Association starts the 36 hole Ringer Tour at the Ross Rogers Course running through Sunday. Paid members enjoy free entry with 36 holes playable any time. Prizes in War Stamps go to first four places: $4, $3, $2, and $1.
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Amarillo Municipal Golfers Association
Ross Rogers
Ross Pleads For Sports To Continue
Marine Sgt. Barney Ross urged keeping professional sports alive, saying delaying sports would be a real blow to men on front lines. He recalled Guadalcanal bets on home events and paying off in Japs, while touring Philadelphia shipyards to boost war production.
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Barney Ross
Guadalcanal
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