Dizzy Dean To Pitch In Charity Exhibit With Monarchs
Chicago May 27 Dizzy Dean once a Cubs star will mound for a charity exhibition team in Wrigley Field against Leroy Paige and the Kansas City Monarchs. The Dean group includes Bobby Feller Cecil Travis Zeke Bonura and other former majors and minors with many in the armed forces. Bonura will play first base Red Johnson and Ken Silvestri to catch. Paige in the opposite lineup shares of the players fund go to the Navy Relief Fund while one navy member will donate his share.
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Mansur Wins in Muny Golf Meet
George Mansur manager of White Auto Stores captured top honors at Ross Rogers Municipal Golf Course with a 33 for the front nine in the Muny meet. Four players tied for second at 34. D M Smith Hugh King Bernard Dowell and D W Klock. Coin flip decided the runner up prizes. all but Klock won golf-ball awards.
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Dodgers to open two game set with Gold Sox at Malin Field
The Lamesa Dodgers visit Malin Field for a two game series with the Gold Sox. Uncle Jodie Tate’s Brooklynites will be the last to play the circuit in Amarillo as Tate notes they aim to post strong scores. Tonight’s first pitch is set for 7:30.
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Slugging leaders collide as Williams ties York for lead
Ted Williams hits his ninth homer to knot the major league slugging race with Rudy York of the Tigers. Joe DiMaggio trails in third. Frank McCormick and Del Ennis? wait Delph Camilli tied for fourth. Williams also leads in runs batted in with 87 and runs scored with 5. Stan Spence tops hits in the majors with 51. Ray Lamanno posts NL high average at .381, followed by Reiser Fernandez Slaughter and Cooper. Booby Doerr leads AL with 411.
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Borger Bulldogs Close Spring Grid Session With Arc Finale
Borger, May 22. The Borger Bulldogs end their spring drills with a Friday night game against ex-Bulldogs. The A team showed strong scrimmage by week’s end, and John Gaddis shifted to fullback, displaying power, agility, punting and passing skills.
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Prison Radio Trial Aids California Prisons
In Folsom and San Quentin, radio broadcasts from behind the walls aid rehabilitation. State officials cite public education on reabsorption of released inmates, with prison cells equipped for radio listening and coordinated warden messaging.
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Soap Kettles May Lien for Return Boat
Albany reports a wartime push to revive soap kettles in rural homes as a means to save cleaning materials. A Potsdam Red Grass committee proposes hiring an expert soap maker to teach housewives to produce soap from fats, reflecting Fat imports cuts and a shift back to old methods. The Farm Security Administration urges practices to stretch soap supply, including using soft water, letting soap cakes harden, not soaking bars, dissolving scraps for shampoos, dishwashing, and grinding scraps into chips.
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Coach Miller Builds New Buffalo Athletic Squads
Canyon May 22 Coach Gus Miller has rebuilt West Texas State athletics drawing strong basketball recruits and a larger, taller squad. In football he aims for a strong offense with spring scrimmages revealing solid defenses and several contenders for backfield spots. Co captains Johnny Thomas and Joed Forbus lead the present squad with lettermen in the backfield including J W Anderson William Flowers Billy Polk Hall J P McMahan and Mack Winter.
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Sandie Cagers conclude spring practice with doubleheader
The Golden Sandstorm teams wrapped up spring basketball at the High School Armory with two games. The first stringers beat the reserves 31 to 28 as Richard Tadlock scored late from midcourt to seal victory after a tight first half. The second game saw the regulars win 32 to 19 over the reserves, led by James Franklin with 10 points.
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Designers See Postwar Auto Faces Two Radical Paths
Seattle A P Gilbert Rohde New York designer and Hudson consultant predicts two postwar car designs. One is a fast streamlined family model with a side-shearing front. the other a large axle-less but slower family vehicle for long trips. Rohde lectures at the University of Washington this winter.
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Homegrown Tiger Detroit May 22
Harold Kouser is the youngest Tiger and the sole native Detroiter on the club. Ted Ivons has pitched for the Chicago White Sox for twenty years without using a shoe plate. Indianapolis Indians manager Gabby Hartnett is in his twenty-second season, wearing number 22.
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Van Meter Receives Army Air Corps Call
Leslie Van Meter former West Texas State College head coach of football basketball and track has orders to report for duty at Knollwood Field North Carolina He will join Al Baggett in the air corps physical conditioning program Van Meter a qualified swimming instructor and Red Cross lifeguard trainer plans to leave Canyon May 26 or 27.
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Roundup highlights navy sports push and campus cuts
Eastern colleges scrap programs for transport fuel. caddies buy stamps for club packing. bathe scantily on beaches. Alaska trout fishing fuels air corps practice. boxing show refs include Braddock Sharkey and Olin. Maryland T team to debut. dogs for defense fundraiser.
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Big Poison Near Hit Mark in Major League Career
Boston Braves outfielder Paul Waner known as Big Poison nears 3 000 hits aiming for a 90th hit this season He needs 21 more hits in 120 games after opening with 2 956 career hits in May The 39 year old slugger remains a dangerous pinch hitter and a steady understudy to Casey Stengel’s young outfielders The piece notes Waner’s long career and potential future as a major league star.
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Nova Savold Bout Postponed by Weather Tonight
Weather forces postponement of Lou Nova versus Lee Savold in Des Moines with promoter Mike Jacobs saying the Navy relief program continues. Nova holds a 13 pound edge and expects a quick knockout while a 20 000 crowd could push gate receipts past 50 000 with about 25 000 for Navy Relief. Sammy Angott loses title rematch chance with Allie Stolz delaying until July.
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