Record-Setting base theft chase and sports notes
The piece tracks Maynard De an Lilinois native’s bid to break the 11-year record in stolen bases with 106th steal as Lyle Judy and others set pace in minor leagues. It also covers Williams Musial leading in batting and runs for the Cardinals, Red Sox and other league notes, plus racing headlines including the Atlanta Labor Day crash and Indy connections. Sources: May, June era sports notes focus on players Judy DeWitt Williams Musial and Musial’s three batting, on-base, and run stats, with broader mentions of team standings and a fatal auto race.
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Maynard Dean Lilinois
Zanesville
Lyle Judy
Cardinal
Springfield Western Association
Judy
DeWitt
Indians
George
Washington
Gil Coan Lima
Dee
Cincinnati Mtcds
Shortstom
Horace Ford
Hugh Critz
George Kelly
Boston Red Sox
St. Louis Cardinals
Stanley Frank Mu Sial
Donora
Williams
Willams
Musial
Detroit
Guy Lombardo
Chioans
Gibson Bradfield
Buckeye Baby
Barnesville
Lombardo
Lou Fageol
So Long Jr
Silver Lake
Atlante
George Robson
George Barringer
Robson
Indianapolis
Joe Langies
Dayton
Colonels Lead in Pennant Race Open Three-Game Set Tonight
Louisville holds a 31-2 edge over Columbus and Toledo in the American Association pennant race as they open a three-game series. Louisville won four of six meetings with Columbus and Toledo, boosting their lead to 3 1/2 games. In last night’s doubleheader, Louisville won 3-1 after pushing two runs in the eighth. Bobby Rhawn led with a homer and two doubles. Columbus beat the Madhens 8-1 behind Eddie Marone and Tommy Nelson. Also noting Bowling Green State reports 181 football candidates as preseason practice begins.
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la Homer
Peden Buckles Down to Work First Day
Ohio University's Bobcats began football drills with 80 players under Coach Don Peden. The session focused on scrimmage preparation, kicking and passing as workouts run two sessions daily until September 16. Seven lettermen, including three war veterans, joined by coaches Blosser Snyder Trautwein Pille and Szalay.
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Ohio University
Bobcats
Don Peden
Bobcat
Peden
Kermit Blosser
James Snyder
W. J
Dutch" Trautwein
Roy Pille
Frank Szalay
Murray Thoroughbreds Open 10 Game Schedule at Athens
Murray State's football squad, with 30 on the roster and 23 lettermen, visits Ohio University in Athens to start a tough 1946 schedule. Coach Jim Moore aims to revive a program that returned to play in 1944 and 1945 after a 1943 hiatus. The schedule features several strong opponents including Mississippi State and Marshall College, with homecoming set for November 9 against Marshall at Dutchin Stadium.
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Snyder
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Mayfield
Ronald Yokum
Hammond
Ed Donoho
Poston Atwood
Ripley
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Paducah
Dale McDaniel
South Bend
Ind
Sam. Jones
Tampa
Fla
Alfred Sherman
Portland
Paul Willoughby
Flip’ Sanchez
Baton Rouge
Bud Dubin
Wid Ellison
Corbin
Vito Brucchieri
Cleveland
Tommy Walker
Brownsville
Fenn
Kenneth Evitt
Eldorado
Braxton Sanford
Sheffield
Ala
Cliff White
Herold Manson
Asbury Park
N. J
Charlie Walsh
Jackson
John Witt
Dennis Taylor
J. W. Parker
Moore
John Miller
Huntington
W’ Va
Murrays
Dutchin Stadium
Sity
Morehead
Eastern Kentucky State
Richmond
Univer
Chattanooga
Evansville College
Evansville
State College
Miss
Y — Marshall College
W. Va
Eastern Ilinois
Charleston
Ill
Tennessee Tech
Cookeville
Dayton Flyers Face Busy Football Practice Amid War-Era Returnees
Dayton coach Harry Baujan begins his 25th year directing a 100-man preseason squad as official practice starts a month before the season opener with Wichita on September 28. The program resumes varsity football after a three-year wartime layoff, with many ex servicemen and ten 1942 lettermen back, promising a mix of strong backfield potential and hefty line play. Baujan emphasizes daily five workouts focused on conditioning and fundamentals, while assistants Jim Carter and Joe Quonn join to guide the backfield and freshman coaching duties respectively.
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Harry Baujan
University of Dayton
Gudders
Floer
Baujan
Wichita
Ath
Letes
Ballian
Rockne
Notre Dame
Jim Carter
Purdue
Carter
W. D
Joe Quonn
Fullerton's Roundup of Postwar Sports Tidbits
United Nations chief Trygve Lie attends West Side club matches as foreign players thin in the National championships. Jack Kramer rates Don McNeill as tougher than Frankie Parker, while Kramer believes he owns Parker on that court. Alabama coach Frank Thomas misses drills due to illness, and Major League Baseball schedules expand for the first time in 50 years since 1915. Oklahoma football shifts to the I formation under Jim Tatum. Bears versus Yanks exhibition in Boston pits Sid Luck, Drachus, and Governor against top New York passers from Columbia, with travel required for the pros.
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Forest Hills
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al Weill
Don McNeill
Frankie Parker
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Birmingham
Shaughnesay
Bennie Owen
Oklahoma CU
Jim Tatum
Chicago Bears
Boston Yanks
Goston Toorrow
Sid Luck
Dreckine
Paul
Drachus
Bronx
Lou Littie
Columbia
Gromek set to start for Indians in Tigers opener
Steve Gromek, winless since June 7, will take the mound for Cleveland in Detroit to open the series with the Tigers. He is the guest of honor at a Hamtramck banquet tonight where the Indians will also attend, marking an added incentive to end the skid.
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Steve Groimek
Cleveland
Dians
Tigers
Gromek
Hamtramck
Reds Face Pirates at Crosley Field Closing Night
Crosley Field hosts the last National League game of the season as the Reds, in fifth place, host the Pirates in a two game set. Probable pitchers are veteran righties Bucky Walters for Cincinnati and Nick Strincevich for Pittsburgh.
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Crosley
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Pirates
the Reis
Bucky Walters
Nick Strincevich
iPittsburgh
Bulldogs Get New Plays in Athens High Practice
Athens High football drills shifted to forward passing with Dick Coury and Red Evans as primary passers in Coach Harry Lackey’s E formation. Linemen practiced blocking and a pass-focused scrimmage followed as Joe Tritipp returned from a stiff leg strain and eyed next week’s opener against Oak Hill invaders.
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Athens High Xridders
Harry Lackey
Dick Coury
Lackey
David “Red” Evans
Joe Tritipp
Oak Hill
Dodgers Cut Cards Lead To 2 Games
Dodgers close to within two games of the NL lead as St Louis idled. Hank Learman saved a 5-4 Dodgers win over Philadelphia. Chipman shut out Pittsburgh 2-0 as Chicago's Cubs push toward third place. Boston edged New York 5-4 on a clutch bases loaded double. Sox beat St Louis 7-3, saving with relief from Feller.
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Pittsburgh
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New York Giants
Braves
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Bil Lee
Billy
St. Louis
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Bobby Feller
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Philadelphia Athletics
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si.Louis
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Beith
Baseball Scores and Tonight's National League Lineup
Yesterday results show Brooklyn 6 Philadelphia 4 Boston 5 New York 4 Chicago 2 Pittsburgh 0 plus American League games Chicago 4 Detroit 3 in 16 innings Cleveland 5 7 St Louis 3 3. Tonight Brooklyn visits Boston Philadelphia at New York Pittsburgh at Cincinnati Chivern at St Louis Boston at Washington New York at Philadelphia St Louis at Chicago Cleveland at Detroit.
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Indiansapolis Oa
St. Paul Alnnes
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Toledo
St. Louis
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Chiccago
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American League
Thanking friends and mourners for support after death
A note of gratitude from the widow expresses appreciation to her newehhers and friends for assistance during the illness and after the death of her husband. Special thanks are given to Rev Father Wadowicz the undertaker Mr Arbashm and Dr Win Jeric Mrs Leo Warner.
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Arbasmh
Win. Jeric
Leo Warner
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