Dodds Aims to Upset Swift Swede Haegg in Chicago Race
Boston divinity student Gil Dodds, 24, plans to challenge Sweden’s Gunder Haegg in their July 2 two mile in Chicago. Dodds trained under Jack Ryder at Boston College and Ashland College coach Lloyd Hahn, with future races planned across the country. He vows to run his own race and push Haegg, citing recent 1500m title and strong two mile times as evidence of his form.
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Boston Divinity
Dodds
Haege
Haegse-Dodds
Chicago
Greg Rice
Merchant Marine
Haegg
Ashland
Ohio
Sweden
Boston A. A
Passaic
N. J
Rice
Boston College
Jack Ryder
America
Lloyd Hahn
Fall City
Neb
Ashland College
Hahn
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
Washington
Boston
Barkley Debuts as Dodgers Shortstop After Strong Start
Dodgers claim three wins over the Phillies as BJ Barkley, a 27 year old from Childress Texas, impresses at short. John Duncan Jr will debut Wednesday at Ebbets Field against Cincinnati marking baseball's return to full schedule after travel pause.
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New York
Dodger
Duncan Barkley, Jr
Childress
Tex
Thas Arkie Vaughan
Albie Glossop
Bobby "Peace
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Leo Durocher
Unot Ohly
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Phillies
Barkley
Ebbetsfield
Peewee Reese
John Jr
Kansas
Beccause Glossop
John Duncan, Jr
Dorcher
Danville
Medidian
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Til
Evansville
Ind
Browns
Braves
Enid
Okla
Wilhelm
Dom Greenwade
Ebbets Field
Cincinnati
Whirlaway Retires From Racing To Calumet Farm
Whirlaway the famous Calumet thoroughbred will retire after a brilliant four year career. Warren Wright confirmed the decision following a disappointing showing at Washington Park and the horse will move to Calumet Farm in Kentucky. Next spring he will stand at stud alongside Blenheim II.
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Chicago
Whirlaway
Kentucky
Green Pastures
Warren Wright
Calumet Stable
Washington Park
Maryland authorizes full racing program fall season
Baltimore reports the land racing commission approved a 30 day fall meet for Maryland tracks over Pimlico. The commission set an average daily purse of 20000 dollars and plans a season from Saturday to November 13. Dates for Havre De Grace Pimlico Laurel and Bowie will be decided later after a conference with track representatives. Pimlico was chosen for its city location amid transport concerns for other tracks.
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Baltimore
Land Racing Commission
Auone
Maryland
Pimlico Course
Havre de Grace
Pimlico
Laurel
Bowie
Commission
Jackie Wilson Stops Lew Hanbury in Eighth Round
Jackie Wilson former NBA featherweight champion knocks out Lew Hanbury in the eighth round of a scheduled ten. Wilson fought in Washington and led 127 1 2 to 131 1 2 as Hanbury failed to rise after a cut over the left eye. Hanbury, bleeding heavily, was 19 and from Nova Scotia as other race references appear in the report.
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Washington
Jackie Wilson
Lew Hanbury
Wilson
Henbury
Hanbury
Pittsburgh
SOS And Moose Win Ball Games In Soft League
The city league opened with SOS defeating Recreation 5 to 2 at Bowen field, Matoaka Moose besting Appalachian 10 to 9 in a wild finish, and Bluefield and Doughboys tying 0 0 when rain halted play. Greyhounds forfeited to N W, dropping from the roster, as director Lotito noted all others filed protests.
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Moose
Bowen Field
Wadefield
Recreation Outfit
Matoaka Moose
Appalachian
Bluefield
Doughboy
Greyhounds
Lotito
Bowenfield
Doughboys
Richardson
Young
Sutherland Pite
Harold
Alabian
Iun
Doljack Signed by Indians After Private Workout
The Cleveland Indians added Frank Doljack to a 25 man roster today the 33 year old outfielder who had remained out of baseball last year after a career with the Detroit Tigers He entered pro ball in 1930 and left the Tigers after 1934 later playing in Milwaukee Sacramento San Francisco Indiana and Albany Doljack a right handed hitter starred in Cleveland sandlots before joining the tribe and has been working out with them for two weeks.
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Cleveland Indians
Frank Doljack
Detroit Tigers
Doliack
Tigers
Milwaukee
Sacramento
San Francisco
Indiana
Albany
N. Y
The
Tribe
Petition To Block Hearing By Board Is Refused
The supreme court refused Marion G. Rogers's bid to bar the Lewis county board of education from a hearing on new charges against him. Rogers, county school superintendent, sought to stop the board and members Ralph M. Fisher Arthur R. Ward Dewey Hawkins and George Harrison from proceeding. The board reinstated Rogers at a June 17 meeting but also filed fresh charges set to be heard tomorrow.
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Charleston
W. Va
Supreme Court
Marion G. Roger
Lewis County Board of Education
Rogers
Ralph M. Fisher
Arthur R. Ward
Dewey Hawkins
George Harrison
General Celebrates 64th Birthday With 78 Inch Cake
Brig. Gen. Edwin Butcher, third service command chief of staff, turned 64 on June 28. Fort Meade cooks and bakers school prepared a 78 inch circumference cake decorated with the West Point insignia in icing for the birthday tribute.
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Baltimore
G. I
Edwin Butcher
Third Service Command
West Point
Fort George G. Meade
Count Fleet Won’t Run in Arlington Classic
New York June 28 Count Fleet the three year old triple crown winner was scratched from the Arlington classic by owner John D. Hertz. Hertz said the swelling in Count Fleet’s leg is nearly gone and the horse will rest another month before resuming training with a possible start in the American Derby at Chicago or the Travers at Saratoga. The Arlington classic is set for July 24 at Washington Park. Count Fleet won the Kentucky Derby Preakness Belmont and Withers Mile this year and would be aiming for further delay before resuming. The Bolivian president serves a four year term and cannot seek re election until eight years after his term ends.
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Blenheim II
Whirlaway
Whirly
Mr. Longtail
Imen
Wright
Jones
Klaway
New York
Pleet
John D. Hertz
Chicago
Hertz
Jamacca
Count Fleet
Belmont Park
Pirates Larrup Cincinnati 7 to 1 in Seventy-Second Victory
Pittsburgh Pirates batter Cincinnati Reds 7 to 1 as Rip Sewell earns his tenth win of the season. Bob Elliott hits a first inning homer with a man aboard to spark the attack before 12,979 fans. Sewell triples with two on to drive in two in the second as Cincinnati counters with a single run.
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Pittsburgh Pirates
Cincinnati
Rip Sewell
Reds
Bob Elliott
Buccaneers
Bucky Walters
Wild
Elliott
Jack Barrett
Jimmy Russell
Sewell
Walters
Eric Tipton
Miller
Eddie Miller
Wittam
Mareha
Ke Walker
Cormick
Haas
Messner
Tipton
Mueller
Scscceseusess
Cosserenarte
Torals
Cincinnath
Inusheukhch
Emiett
Rune
Geary
Gustine
Fletcher
Pittehorgh
Kalia Watters
Son
Firike Oruts—Y Riters
Show
Hite
Watters
Bshoun
Waters
Dunn, Stewart
Navy officer links athlete traits to war service strategy
A naval officer told Frank Leahy he favored athletic crews for gun teams noting basketball players for the middle position and a quarterback for the pointer. The idea is that sports training enhances coordination, quick decisions, and offense setup in naval gun crews.
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Hether
Frank Leahy
Notre Dame
Navy
John L. Griffith
Fifty One Kids Report to New Pitt Grid Boss
Pittsburgh June 28 A group of 51 youngsters turned out for spring practice and met new Pitt coach Clark Shaughnessy with assistants Dr Danny Fortmann and Doc Hartwig. He assigned each player to a team and announced 90 minute workouts as the program begins.
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Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh
Clark Shaughnessy
Shaughnessy
Danny Fortmann
Chicago Bears
Charles Doc Hartwig
Charley Bowser
Stanford
Hugh Gallerneau
Minnesota
War Correspondents Face High Casualties In War
New York dispatch notes Harold Denny of the Look article on war reporters who enter battle zones. It lists Edward Henry Crockett Jack Singer Vern Haugland and Leo Disher among the killed or wounded and states the reporter wears an officer's uniform but remains a civilian under military law.
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New York
Harold Denny
New York Times
Look Magazine
Denny
Edward Henry Crockett
Associated Press
Mediterranean
Jack Singer
International News Service
Wasp
Vern Haugland
General MacArthur
New Guinea
Leo
Disher
United Press
Oren
Beckley Baseball Hopes Stir After War Says Local Writer
A West Virginia note discusses the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Association meeting with representation mainly by presidents, not coaches. The writer voices doubt Beckley will revive organized baseball postwar and recalls Beckley’s brief but strong past in the Mountain State league. Lefty Bralley, now in Kingsport, Tenn., asks for papers on his three no-hit games in the region.
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West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Roy Lee Harmon
Beckley
Guy
Lefty) Bralley
Lefty
Kingsport
Tenn
Poca
Boissevain
Welch
Tazewell
Patty Berg Wins Medalist at Western Open in Comeback
Patty Berg, 25, after learning to walk again, tees off shaky yet drives 220 yards and posts an even par 76 to win medalist honors at the Women's Western Open. Berg spoke calmly about her kidney and knee injuries, detailing her recovery and the course’s favorable conditions.
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Chicago
Patty Berg
Minneapolis
Phantom Player Dominates Charles Town Feature Race
Phantom Player with jockey Carson Kirkup won the mile and a sixteenth purse event by four lengths over Big Jack. Ballacon placed third in a six horse field while Phantom Player sped to 147 2-5, slower than his prior 145 3-5 effort. Backers received $5.40 on a $2 wager as the crowd watched at Charles Town.
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Charles Town
W. Va
P.O. L. Bonifay
Phantom Player
Carson Kirkup
Strolling Player
Phantom Lady
E. P. Minor
Big Jack
Charles E. Newson
F. H. Vohees
Straw Nest
Cedar Hill Farm
Rostan
Real hazards confront British golf players
Colorado Springs report on Pred Cacoran former PGA director now Red Cross sports head in the British Isles. He says courses in Britain are barricaded by barbed wire and land mines. Balls lost in these zones require replacement as mines and wandering sheep create dangerous conditions for players.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Great Britain
Pred Carcoran
PGA
Red Cross
British Isles
Cacoran
United States
Two Pitching Records For Richmond Flinger
Julio Acosta a top class B Piedmont League pitcher for the Richmond Colts in Richmond Virginia has two notable season feats He struck out 19 close to Johnny Vander Meers Piedmont record of 20 and spun a no hit no run game against the Ports mouth Cubs He walked one batter noted as the only flaw in the performance
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Richmond
Julio Acosta
Cubanarea
Richmond Colts
Acosta
Johnny Vander Meer
Piedmont
Vander Meer
Cincinnati Reds
Durham
N. C
Bulls
Beau Jack to Battle Hutchinson at Shibe Park
Pim Beau Jack from Augusta Ga signs for a 10 round match with Johnny Hutchinson of Philadelphia at Shibe Park on July 19 Promoter Herman Taylor said. The card also features three other 10 round bouts pairing Jose Basora Puerto Rico with Louis Cocoa New Haven Joe Pereira Tamaqua Pa Terry Young New York Ike Williams Trenton N J and Jimmy Hatcher Florida.
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Philadelphia
Pim Beau Jack
Augusta
Johnny Hutchinson
Shibe Park
Herman Taylor
Jose Basora
Puerto Rico
Louis
Kid) Cocoa
New Haven
Joe Pereira
Tamaqua
Terry Young
New York
Ike Williams
Trenton
N. J
Jimmy Hatcher
Florida
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