All-Star Game Setup Promises Mixed National American Action
As Joep McCarthy prepares to manage the American leaguers for the July 11 All-Star game, rosters remain unsettled with selections announced next Monday. Both leagues expect strong pitching, with names like Tex Hughson Dizzy Trout Harold Newhouser Hank Borowy and Rip Sewell highlighted for the Americans and Musial Ott Marion Miller among National picks. The game features three-inning stints and strategic substitutions as teams vie for the midseason honor.
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Lawton Carver
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New York
Joep McCarthy
New York Yonkess
Er Ho
Tex Hughson
Red Sox
Dizzy Trout
Tigers
Harold Newhowsser
Hank Borong
Yankees
Tandom
National Feam & Mound Corps Buca
Reds
Menger
Cardinals
Rip Sewell
Pirates
Bobby Doerr
Lou Boudreau
Cleveland Indians
Ahortatop
Vern Stephens
Browns
Dixie W
Brooklyn
Sten Musial
Plertahs
Aeagon
Maneger Mel Ott
Shrines I 1944 Navy Trainees and Iowa Football Plan
Coach Slip Madigan explains 1944 season will feature naval and marine trainees at universities with an advantage over non military schools. Mature players from service schools and 1943 freshmen will join in, while non military colleges must repeat conditioning of 17 to 18 year olds and 4F players. Season margins expected to tighten and games more closely contested.
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Town City
Janew
ENS
Marghy
Naval
Marine
Slip Madigan
University of Iowa
Madigan
Iowa Nore
Hawkeye
Redbits Face Uncertain Tossups Amid Material Gap
The piece notes that Redbits struggle this season due to uneven player material, making many matchups unpredictable and dependent on late lineup changes and individual performances.
Lujack Transferred From Notre Dame To Navy Training Base
Notre Dame reports Johnny Lujack the first four letter man to leave in 29 years plus 22 other letter men in a group of army and marine trainees transferred from the university. Lujack will report to the midway school at Asbury Park New Jersey for training as part of wartime assignments.
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Notre Dame
Ind
INS
Johnny Lujack
Talay
Lujack
Asbury Park
N. J
Women and Aged in Victory Meet at Edgewater Golf Club
Davis Walsh reports from Chicago on preliminary rounds of the National Golf Championship. The piece notes a pro-amateur ladies event with seniors like Chick Evans and mentions a Joe Louis tour and boxing stars, with casual commentary on Sugar Ray Robinson and Rogers Hornsby.
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Davis J. Walsh
INS
Chicago
Edgewater Golf Club
Chick Evans
Bob Curley
Evans
Curley
Sugar Ray Robinson
Jackie Wilson
Los Angeles
Wilson
Robinson
Foretold Bets and a Lady Lead Chicago Handicappers
A Chicago Herald-American note claims Dave Feldman led the town’s handicapper standings with 99 winners while Ann Joy trailed closely at 98 or 96 depending on Memorial Day picks. The column toys with prophecy, humor, and the rivalry between male and female bettors.
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Ann Joy
Chicago
Dave Feldman
Chicago Herald-American
Anin Joy
Feldman
Segura Reaches NCAA Tennis Tournament Quarterfinals
Evanston Illinois June 28 Francisco Pancho Segura of the University of Miami swept Dale Lewis Utah State 6 1 6 0 to reach the NCAA tennis quarterfinals at Northwestern. He faces Stanley Clark California Tech after Clark defeated Jerry Evert Notre Dame 6 1 7 5. Joe Willett and Howard McCall Georgia Tech also advanced. Willett beat Victor Soukup Western Michigan 6 3 6 0 while McCall defeated Bob Stuckert Lawrence 6 1 6 3.
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Evanston
Ill
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Francisco
Pancho) Segura
University of Miami
N.C.A.A
Northwestern University
Dale Lewis
Utah State
Stanley Clark
California Tech
Jerry Evert
Notre Dame
Joe Willett
Howard McCall
Georgia Tech
Victor Soukup
Western Michigan
McCall
Bob Stuckert
Lawrence
Willett
Phillips 66 Tire Saving Service Spotlighted
The notice highlights Phillips 66 branded service at the Orange and Black 66 Shield with the Phillips 66 Gasoline and Phillips 66 Motor Oil association.
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Phillips
Phillips 66
Texas player advances past Navy in tennis match
John Hickman of Texas defeated Navy's Bob Davis 6-2 6-4 to move on. McCall faced Charles Samacon of Notre Dame, who beat Utah's Robert Lewis 6-4 6-2.
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Day John Hickman
Texas
Navy
Bob Davis
McCall
Charles Samacon
Notre Dame
Robert Lewis
Utah
Baseball standings and upcoming interleague schedule
National Leagues show St Louis leading with a .719 mark and Pittsburgh at .654. Brooklyn and Cincinnati around .524 to .608. Tonight features multiple twinbill and twilight games including New York at Pittsburgh and Chicago at Boston with suspended May 16 game to be completed.
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Pittsburgh
New York
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Boston
Philadelphia
Chicago
Fischer
Melton
Butcher
Brookly
Head
Wyatt
Chipman
Wyse
Hutchinson
Andrews
Carter
Shoun
Schans
Raffensberger
Schmidt
Brechee
Lanier
Washington
Detroit
Cleveland
Muncries
Donald
Grove
Wooda
Smith
Black
Gentry
Overmire
Niggeling
News-Telegraph Carriers by Towns and Names
News-Telegraph carriers deliver the paper for fifteen cents a week in sixteen Atlantic territory towns. Listed are Adair Bill Sporting Anita LaVen Rathman and Levejoy Spry Audubon Dale Petersen and Joan Reser Brayton Sylvia Jencen Casey Robert Griffith Cumberland. A telephone call to any carrier or to The News-Telegraph office will bring you service.
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Atlantic Territory
Adair
Bill Sporting Anita
LaVen Rathman
Levejoy Spry Audubon
Dale Petersen
Joan Reser Brayton
Sylvia Jencen Casey
Robert Griffith Cumberland
News-Telegraph
Seahawks Face Ottumwa as 12-Game Streak Hangs
The Iowa Seahawk baseball team travels to Ottumwa on Saturday to meet the Ottumwa Navy nine. Return of four former first-team men to the Pre-Flight school base boosts the Cadets' hopes. Galpin Steuber Tourek and Wendland lead the Seahawks in a powerful batting lineup.
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Iowa City
Iowa Seahawk
Ottumwa
Ottumwa Navy
Three Omaha youths held after mud accident near Greenwood
Three teens including Bob Hutt 19 of Omaha veteran of five Pacific battles Wilbur Fore 28 at Fairmont Army Air Base Dean Stolts 18 of Crete were detained by Nebraska highway patrol captain William Sanders after a mud covered highway incident near Greenwood. Their car belonging to Joe Malley of Omaha, reported stolen by Hutt, plunged into twelve feet of water.
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Omaha
INS
Pacific Theatre
Nebraska State Highway Patrol
Bob Hutt
Wilbur T. Fore
Golding
Fairmont
Neb
Army Air Base
Dean Stolts
Crete
Ned
William Sanders
Highway Patrol
Greenwood
Sanders
Joe Malley
Hutt
Land
Save Ail Yeer Tin Cane War Savings Stamps
A wartime purchase note from The Atlantic Lane Telegraph records the acquisition of War Savings Stamps under the title Save Ail Yeer Tin Cane. The entry reflects local effort to fund national defense and support for the war economy.
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Atlantic Lane Telegraph
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