Louis Retains Crown as Conn Quits Ring After Loss
Joe Louis defeats Billy Conn in eight rounds at Yankee Stadium with a decisive finish. Conn, bleeding from a left eye cut, declares he will never fight again. Louis earns about 577700 for his end of the purse while Conn takes roughly 289000 despite the loss.
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Gayle Talbot
New York
Joe Louis
Billy Conn
Conn
Yankee Stadium
Pittsburgh
Louis
Yankee
Billy
Joe
Alost
Big Negro
Eddie Joseph
Mike Jacobs
Jolin
Pittsfield Boxing Results Highlight Knockouts
In Pittsfield last night Vinnie Vines of Schenectady stopped Red Doty of Hartford in the seventh round. Jimmy Sherrer of Milwaukee knocked out Lincoln Stanley of Oakland in the tenth round.
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Pittsfield
Mass
Vinnie Vines
Schenectady
N. Y
Red Doty
Hartford
Oakland
Calif
Jimmy Sherrer
Milwaukee
Lincoln Stanley
Appoints Edwin Snead Biologist in Charge of Fur Studies
Des Moines reports Edwin Snead of Mason City named biologist in charge of fur studies on the Mississippi river. Studies focus on muskrat management as part of the upper Mississippi conservation survey a cooperative effort among Iowa Minnesota Illinois Missouri Wisconsin and the U S Fish and Wildlife Service.
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Des Moines
State Conservation Commission
Edwin Snead
Mason City
Mississippi River
Iowa
Minnesota
Illinois
Missouri
Wisconsin
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Veeck Aims to Dress Up Cleveland Indians for Purchase
Bill Veeck announced plans to revitalize the Cleveland Indians as a syndicate led by a 32 year old ex marine continued toward purchase. He placed a cash escrow and a written offer with Indians stockholders, hopeful for completion in two to three days at about 2 million dollars.
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Cleveland
Bill Veeck
Cleveland Indians
Veeck
Milwaukee
Brewers
Indians
Cleveland Club
Major League Leaders By The Associated Press NL Batting Leaders
National League leaders include Walker of Brooklyn batting .369 and Musial of St Louis at .372. Slaughter leads runs with 42, Musial tied for RBIs at 46, and Hite tops hits with 77. Pitching leaders include Higbe of Brooklyn 6 0 1.000 and Ruffing/Caldwell at 4 0 1.000.
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Associated Press
Walker
Brooklyn
Hopp
Boston
Musial
St. Louis
Slaughter
Hite
Ennis
Philadelphia
Holmes
Cavarretta
Chicago
Mize
New York
Steven Bases — Reiser
Brookln
Higbe
Rush
Vernon
Washington
Williams
Rune
Pesky
Doerr
Edwards
Cleveland
Keller
Greenberg
Detroit
Case
Stirnweiss
Ruffing
Caldwell
Columbus breaks losing streak with 1 0 win over Blues
Columbus Reds, behind four hit pitching by Pete Mazar, defeated Kansas City 1 to 0 to snap a seven game skid in the American Association flag race. Minneapolis beat Indianapolis 7 to 1 in one of two doubleheader games. rain halted Louisville at Louisville and postponed Milwaukee Toledo.
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Associated Press
Columbus
American Association
Red Birds
Kansas City
Pete Mazar
Minneapolis
Indianapolis
Louisville
St. Paul
Saints
Milwaukee
Toledo
Hatten Blanks Bucs for Third Win of Season
Dodgers pitcher Joe Hatten blanked the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-0 over seven hits to lift Brooklyn in a tight NL race. St Louis’ Ted Wilks followed with a strong relief outing as the Cardinals beat Boston 8-3. Virgil Trucks’ six-hitter helped Detroit top Philadelphia 3-0. The Giants upset Cincinnati 4-3 as Sid Gordon drove in the decisive runs. Rain halted several games including Yankees at Chicago and Red Sox at St. Louis.
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Joe Reichler
Associated Press
Leo Durocher
Brooklyn Dodgers
Eddie Dyer
St. Louis Cardinals
Joe
Brooklyn
Dodgers
Cards
Durocher
Dyer
Hatten
Pittsburgh Pirates
Brooks
Redbirds
Bancroft
Iowa
Speedboy
Wilks
Red Barrett
Boston Braves
Tribe
Stan Musial
Boston
Johnny Sain
Detroit
Tigers
Philadelphia Athletics
Virgil Trucks
Bengals
Mackinen
Russ Christopher
Boston Red Sox
Cincinnati
Ewell
Cleveland
Washington
New York Yankees
Chicago White Sox
St. Louis Browns
Chicago Cubs
Philadelphia Phillies
Three New Marks Hoped At NCAA Track Meet
Minneapolis reports prospects for the 25th NCAA track and field meet with potential records in the two mile, low and high hurdles, high jump, and pole vault. Jamaican star Herb McKenley from Illinois is expected to duplicate his world best :46.2 in the 440 and also has a :20.6 220 yard dash showing, with strong entries in the mile.
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Minneapolis
Ateast
NCAA
Herb McKenley
Ilinois
Champaign
Sprint Record Hint Points to Metcalfe Benchmark
A second slower than the NCAA mark set by Ralph Metcalfe of Marquette 13 years ago is expected to be bettered. The report suggests imminent improvement over the long standing record.
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Ralph Metcalfe
Marquette
Congressman Seeks Louis Conn Bout Investigation
Rep. O'Toole demands New York boxing commission suspend purses for Joe Louis and Billy Conn until an investigation into last night's championship fight is completed.
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Washington
O'Toole
D-N.y
New York State Boxing Commission
Joe Louis
Billy Conn
Edward Egan
Commission
United States
O’toole
Mike Jacobs
War Department
Louis
Conn
Favorites Move Up In The Western Junior Tourney
Bob Abrahams of La Grange and Mac Hunter of Santa Monica advanced to the semifinals of the Western junior amateur golf tourney in Ames Iowa. Abrahams defeated Bob Tilden 6 and 5 and Hunter beat Dick Knight 5 and 4 as Abrahams stood five over par and Hunter even par through their matches. Start sooner-drive slowerlive longer.
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Ames
Bob Abrahame
la Grange
Mac Hunter
Santa Monica
Calif
Ites
Abrahams
Northwestern University
Bob Tilden
Hunter
Dick Knight
Omaha
California
Knight
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