Browns Lose 12th Inning Defeat to Athletics
Philadelphia Athletics beat St. Louis Browns 4 3 in 12 innings to cut the American League lead to five and a half games. Russ Christopher earned his sixth straight win after relieving Sam Harris in the seventh. George Kell delivered the decisive blow with a long double in the 12th, driving in Bobby Estalella after intentional walks to Frank Hayes and Dick Siebert.
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Philadelphia
St. Louis Browns
Philadelphia Athletics
Russ Christopher
Brownies
Sam Harris
St. Louis
George Caster
Bob Muncrief
Bobby Estalella
Frank Hayes
Dick Siebert
Bill McGhee
George Kell
Estafella
Hawkeye Squad Emerges As standout runners take lead
Iowa City notes a record 80 players on the first week summer grid drill as Coach Slip Madigan evaluates a large freshman crop. Dick Woodard of Fort Dodge shines as a powerful fullback candidate while others vie for key spots in the 1944 Hawkeye squad.
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Tait Cummins
Iowa City
Iowa
Slip Madigan
Wen
Hawkeye
Madian
Iown
Dick Woodard
Ort Dodge
Woodard
Fort Dodge
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Roosevelt High School
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Ariz
California
LaPlant
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Quakers
Collins
Iowa Engineers
Ted Frese
Virgo Miller
Yanks
Detroit
Byron Nelson
Kid Leaguers and M J League Set For Doubleheader
Daniels Park hosts a 1 30 p m doubleheader with two all star teams from rival kid leagues facing off in the opening game. Afterward Collins Radio meets Iowa Engineering in the elimination series to decide the fourth place in the M J race, with the winner facing Quaker Oats. Regular playoffs begin Thursday with Iowa Manufacturing against Speeder.
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Arnold Pavlicek
Don
Don Kiekar
Tom Whitelaw
Bill Gaskill
Frank Simanovsky
Bob Carter
Dick Holden
Killian
Dave Wood
Walter Hanson
Bob Melsha
Alan Seabrooke
Dave Sedlacek
Keith Nemmers
Daniels Park
Allstar
Collins Radio
Iowa Engineering
Quaker Oats
Iowa Manufacturing
Speeder
Paperboy Stages Upset Win in Saratoga Race
Paperboy, nearly 18 to 1, led from start to finish to win the 42nd Saratoga Handicap at Belmont Park. The six year old bay son defeated Alex by a head in front of 37,507 fans as Warren Mehrtens rode the winner. Pavot won the Grand Union Hotel Stakes over Great Power in the co feature.
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New York
Paperboy
Belmont Park
Papyrus’ Bay
Alex
Warren Mehrtens
Walter Jeffords
Pavot
Brown
Case Ace
Nelson and Hamilton Advance In PGA Semi finals
Byron Nelson of Toledo defeated Charles Congdon 8 and 7 to reach the PGA final four, while Bob Hamilton of Evansville edged George Schneiter one up in a tense semifinal. Nelson’s seven birdies fueled a 7 under par first round as Congdon matched 73 early.
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Wash
Byron Nelson
Toledo
Bob Hamilton
Evansville
Ind
Nelson
Charles Congdon
Tacoma
Hamilton
George Schneiter
Salt Lake City
Schneiter
Congdon
Hele
Cards Sweep Giants 8-4 as Mort Cooper earns win
The St. Louis Cardinals swept the four game series from the New York Giants 8-4. Mort Cooper improved to 17-5 with nine hits allowed as brother Walker Cooper went 4-for-4 with a home run and two doubles driving in two runs. Mell Ott returned from injury for the Giants and singled in a run as part of a four-hitter effort by the Cardinals pitching staff.
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New York Giants
Mort Cooper
Giants
Walker Cooper
Mort
Cardinal
Andy Hansen
Cardinals
Mell Ott
Dodgers Beat Reds 3-2 as Durocher Benched
With manager Leo Durocher suspended he watched from a box as the Brooklyn Dodgers defeated Cincinnati 3-2. The decisive ninth inning featured two passes to Augie Galan and a Howie Schultz hit, scoring Galan. Cincinnati mounted a ninth inning rally but a double play ended the threat.
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Leo Durocher
Brooklyngers
Cincinnati R
Durocher
Lee Ballanfant
Dodger
Dodgers
Augie Galan
Howie Schultz
Mickey Owen
Galan
Reds
Curt Davis
Rube Melton
Eric Tipton
Standings and Weekend Results in National League
National League standings show New York at 46 58, Boston 45 67, Philadelphia 43 65, Chicago 36 57, Brooklyn 45 63, Pittsburg 6 46. Saturday results include Brooklyn 3 Cincinnati 2 and St Louis 6 New York 4. Sunday games list New York at Chicago and Brooklyn at St Louis.
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St Leute
New York
Pittsburg
Boston
Philad'phia
Chicago SM
Brooklin
Unclear OCR sports scores fragment
Fragmentary score line text shows multiple city teams including Detroit New York Cleveland Philadelphia Chicago Washington and Boston with partial results and a stray symbol. The readable parts hint at a broader game or standings list without a clear single outcome.
Red Pepper Gazette features Dixon Hedges in France
In the August 20 1944 issue the GI Gazette highlights Cpl Dixon D Hedges of Cedar Rapids attached to a photo interpretation unit in Normandy. The piece notes his father Horace G Hedges and home at 825 Seventeenth Street SE plus his wartime letters detailing a celebrated encounter and a Radar thwarting plane with silver foil drops.
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Cedar Rapids
France
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dixon D. Hedges
Normandy
Horace G. Hedges
Seventeenth Street SE
Gazett
GI Gazette
Medges
Sam
David
Dixon
Hedges
State
Madison
Shell Oil Company
Houston
Texas
Shell
Iowa Manufacturing Company
Iowa
Coe Corner
D. C. Wall
Ninth Avenue SE
Carl Hollis Wall
Shikoku Island
Hollis
Coe
Gazette
John Ashby
Camp Pickett
Ashby
Temple University
Deibert Ashby
Yankees Sweep Indians 9-3 to Take Season Series
New York Yankees defeated the Cleveland Indians 9-3 to clinch their first season series and move into third place. Ernie Bonham held the Tribe to five hits in a strong start.
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New York Yankees
Cleveland Indians
Yankees
Ernie Bonham
Tribe
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