No Front Office Shakeup For Pioneers, Knebel Says
Austin Pioneers owner Ed Knebel denies front office dissension and says no removal of GM Jack Knott or Field Manager Hank Dana. He asserts plans to improve the 1950 team through targeted signings while eyeing 1951 and the Big State League playoffs.
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Bill Lee
The
Austin Pioneers
Jack Knott
Hank Dana
Ed Knebel
Pioneer
Knebel
Knott
Dana
Pioneers
Oana
Austin
Knott and Dana
Harmony
Chappuis Leaves Pro Football After Two Seasons
Bob Chappuis, Michigan’s 1946-47 star halfback, quits professional football after two seasons with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1948 and the Chicago Hornets last year, saying his aim is to golf on weekends and attend fall Michigan games near Ann Arbor. He cites his prior pledge to play only two seasons and notes his current job as a special representative for an appliance company.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
University of Michigan
Bob Chappuis
Chappuis
Rotary Club
Ann Arbor
Stranahan Seeks a Good Show at U S Open
Frank Stranahan arrives in Ardmore P A to play Merion Golf Club in the U S Open next week. He aims for a solid showing rather than a grand slam and notes his past Open finishes. Stranahan predicts a tough course and vows to stay in the hunt despite fatigue from the British events.
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Ardmore
Frank Stranahan
Bobby Jones
Stranahan
American Overseas Airways
England
Jones
Toledo
Merion Golf Club
Frank
St. Louis
USGA
Texas League Through Wednesday May 3 Batting Leaders
Batters appear with counts and leaders across teams including Saucier Becker Repulski Lemon White and Locklin. Notes show hits by Locklin and Lemon, stolen bases by Fongy, and innings pitched leaders Van Cuyk Presko Nevel Rutherford with totals around 94 to 75.
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Ibs
Btorok
Ey Us
Robbe
Una
White
Russel
Lemon
Fongy
Tatum
Lemon’ Oe
White We Mepouria Ou
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Presko Compe
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Presko
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Nevel
Rutherford
Braves Rout Pirates 14-2 in Disastrous Pittsburgh Slugfest
Boston Braves shellacked the Pirates 14 to 2 at Pittsburgh as Sid Gordon belted his second grand slam of the year and Bob Elliott homered with a runner aboard. Mel Queen and Vern Bickford held the Pirates to seven hits as Boston racked up 18.
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Pittsburgh
Boston Braves
Pirates
Sid Gordeons
Bob Elliott
Braves
Jack Phillips
Mel Queen
Gordon
Elliott
Ralph Kiner
Walker Cooper
Jim Walsh
Boston
Earl Torgeson
Cooper
Pete Castiglione
Tommy Holmes
Phillips
Nanny Fernandez
Dale Coogan
Fernandez
Vern Bickford
Bob Chesnes
Queen
Fishermans Outboard Race Entries Grow Ahead of Bastrop Event
Bastrop announces second annual Fishermans Outboard Motor Boat Race part of Homecoming and Rodeo. Deadline extended to 9 a.m. June 4 for out of town entries. $550 in cash prizes, $5 entry fee. Two divisions for motors up to 7.9 hp and up to 74 hp. Start at Montopolis bridge Austin and finish at 290 bridge Bastrop.
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Bastrop
Sam Gurwitz
Montopolis
Austin
Gurwitz
J. R. Wilkins
H. C. Wilkins
W. B.townsend
J. W. Ash, Jr
C. A. Long
S. Muzny
R. E. Jenkins
M. E. Rabensburg
O. E. Wallin
A. B. McAfee
A. N. Ed
Veteran Gene Sarazen Enters British Open at Troon
London June 1 The entry of veteran Gene Sarazen of Germantown New York for the British Open was received Thursday. Play begins at Troon Scotland July 3. Sarazen won the British Open in 1932.
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London
Gene Sarazen
Germantown
N. Y
Troon
Scotland
Sarazen
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