Yankee Stadium Vastly Ponderous In Pottenger Memoir
In a reflective piece Bob Pottenger recalls visiting Yankee Stadium and Polo Grounds, tracing sports venues from childhood fantasies to vast realities. He contrasts Forest Hills and Winged Foot with iconic arenas, noting how imaginative visions gave way to tangible scale and lasting memories of baseball and tennis venues.
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Yankee Stadium
Polo Grounds
Giants
Forest Hills
Tilden
Willsie
Madison
Meen
Kramer Prevails in National Pro Tennis Round Two
Ack Kramer of Los Angeles, 21st annual national professional championship, advances to the next round at Forest Hills losing only a few tough games. He breezed past Mickey Gornto of Fort Lauderdale 6 2 6 1 6 2, while fellow seeds Welby Van Horn and Bob Harman also won, with Van Horn narrowly beating Al Doyle and Harman fending off Joey Fishback.
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Forest Hills
N. Y
Jack Kramer
Los Angeles
Bobby Riggs
Altadena
Calif
Kramer
Mickey Gornto
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Welby van Horn
Germantown
Bob Harman
van Horn
Riggs
al Doyle
Wood Haven
Harmon
Joey Fishback
New York City
Imagined Yankee Stadium memories at silver anniversary
The piece reflects on how memory colored a 25 year lookback at Yankee Stadium and other venues. It compares imagined impressions of the Polo Grounds Madison Square Garden Forest Hills Fresh Meadow Winged Foot and Kansas City venues with the actual experiences noting Yankee Stadium memories will differ yet remain joyful.
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Babe Ruth
Polo Grounds
John McGraw
Bill Terry
Frankie Frisch
Madison Square Garden
Municipal Auditorium
Kansas City
Forest Hills
Winged Foot
Midwest
Yankee Stadium
Skipper Lacy Near The Top In League Averages
Blue Gray hitters pace the Appalachian league averages through June 5 with Bob Pottenger at .411 and George Lacy at .357 amid a strong team showing. Nora Postelese leads in five hitting categories for Pulaski with 427 average, 64 RBI, 6 home runs, 99 total bases, 61 hits and 48 runs.
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Bob Pottenger
Howe
Bob
Postolese
Pulaski
George Lacy
Jack Cooney
John Karpinsky
Nora Postelese
Postelese
Atolem
Beuno Poyereme
Elizabethton
Norma
Pottenger
Jerry Reetche
Bristol
Back
Reetche
Orleman
Coates
George Pfister
Former Pitt end to coach Steelers line in 1947
Harvey Rooker a 36 year old former Pitt end and ex athletic director at Davis and Espey college from 1941 to 1946 after military service has been named end coach for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the NFL. He resigned from D. and EF. last year to enter private business.
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Pittsburgh
Harvey Rooker
Pitt
Pittsburgh Steelers
Davis and Espey College
D. and
McKinnley Misses Bid For New World Mark At Meet
Sprinter Herb McKenley failed to set a new world record in the 400 meters during a benefit meet in New York. The Jamaica star won the 400 at the event, his first appearance as a promoter, but his showdown with Lloyd LaBea ch did not occur as Panama flash did not arrive, and only a portion of the expected crowd attended.
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New York
Herb McKenley
University of Illinois
Jamaica
Lloyd Labeach
Panama
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