Pancho Segura Captures Third Straight Collegiate Crown
Francisco Segura of the University of Miami defeated Lt. Frank Mehner of West Point on Northwestern courts in straight sets 6-2 6-3 6-3 to win a third consecutive national collegiate title. Segura extended his undefeated record in championship play and 38-0 over three titles, with the drop shot stifling Mehner who never led after the first game.
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Evanston. IL
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University of Miami
Frank Mehner
West Point
Army
Northwestern University
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West Pointer
Mehner
M. G. Chase
Yale
Tigers
Yanks
Hank Greenberg
Dodgers
Kurowski
Sanders
Butternut Bakers
Clinton
Davenport
Chuck Claypool
Cee
Shenandoah High School
Chuck
Southwest Pacific
Terrell and
Pella
Coe
Sammy Byrd
Byron Nelson
Detroit
Middle West
Collins Redic
Fruehauf
Kids League
VFW
Indians Fall Behind as Gromek Loses Again in Twin Bill
In the first game of a Saturday twi night doubleheader, Steve Gromek pitched eight innings for Cleveland, allowing two runs and seven hits but taking his fourth defeat while seeking his ninth win. Jack Salveson gave up an unearned run in the ninth.
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Steve Gromek
Tribe
Jack Salveson
Washington
Cleveland
Abhoahoa
Meyer
Myatt
Rocco
Dea Kuhel
Heath
Clift
Boudreau
Torres
Binks
Hayes
Ferrelle Niggeling
Mack Icz
Gromek
pitCarnett Iveson
Ross
Vaughn
Kuhel
Ferrell
Ires
Salveson
Veland
White Sox Rally Past Yankees 3-1 In Series Opener
Earl Caldwell held the Yankees to seven hits as Chicago snapped a 1-1 tie with a three run eighth inning. Le Roy Schalk doubled Kerby Farrell and Wally Moses drove in runs with a triple and a single. Farrell, Dick and Hockett contributed in the late inning rally for the White Sox.
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Chicago
Earl Caldwell
Chicago White Sox
New York Yankees
Sox
LeRoy Schalk
Kerby Farrell
Caldwell
Wally Moses
Farrell
Johnny Dickshot
Cris Hockett
Mike Tresh
Browns and Braves Game Ended In Rain Tie
A baseball game between the St. Louis Browns and the Boston Braves was halted after seven innings due to rain with the score tied 2 to 2.
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St. Louis Browns
Boston Braves
Montana State Golden Ghosts remembered by Bobcats
Montana State College mourns eleven players from its 1949-41 Golden Ghosts squad killed in World War II. Athletic director Shubert Dyche says no fall eleven this year, but a war‑scarred legacy endures as director Louis True lists graves from New Guinea to Germany and dates unknown for several.
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Bozeman
Mont
Montana State College
Golden Bobcat
Bobcats
Golden Ghosts
Uncle Sam
Montana State
Shubert Dyche
Bobcat
Louis G. True
Dana Bradford
Army Air Forces
Yoakum
Texas
Joe Hall
Newell Berg
U. S. Marine Corps
New Guinea
Jack Burke
Army
France
Joe MecGeever
Bernard Cluezen
Uv.marine Corps
South Pacific
Carl Fye
Europe
Dick Toman
Rick Roman
Germany
Orin Beller
al Zapan
Sted
Army Men Beat British Netsters on Wimbledon
The U S Army tennis team defeated British representatives three matches to one in the first international contest on Wimbledon courts since 1939. Sgt Bobby Harmon beat Dan Maskell 6-3 2-6 6-3 in a pivotal singles.
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Mary
United States Army
Bobby Harmon
San Francisco
Dan Maskell
London
U. S
O. W. Sidwell
Archie Henderson
Chapel Hill
N. C
Eighth Air Force
Frank Guernsey
Orlando
Fla
Russell Bobbitt
Atlanta
P. J. Pearson
Grayner Raper
Canada
George Lott
Charles Hare
Davis
Chicago
E. W. O. Felan
Australia
E. W. Sturgess
South Africa
Okoboji Yacht Club Sets Late August Series
Okoboji Iowa yacht club announces a sailing series scheduled for August 23 24 25 and 26 with competitions across multiple days in a weekend style event.
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Okoboji, Ia
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Okoboji
V.F.W. Baseball Sunday Game Highlights Local Matchup
The Iowa Mfg team faces the Roosvelt hotel outfit on Riverside diamond at 1 p.m. A doubleheader is canceled with the second game moved to Monday evening on the same field.
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Iowa Mfg
Roosvelt Hotel
Riverside
Nationalmerich, Erickson, Harrell Lead Offenses In Pitch Duel
Nationalmerich 2 Erickson 7 Harrell 1. Strike outs Emmerich 2 Erickson 2 Bain 1. Hits Off Emmerich 8 in 4 innings Harrell 0 in 2 1 2 3? Bain 1 in 2. Hit by pitch Erickson Reyes Harrell Nicholson Erickson Ott. Losing pitcher Emmerich. Umpires Conlan and Pinelli. Time 2 30.
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Merich
Erickson
Harrell
Emmerich
Bain
Reds defeat Phillies 13-5 in Debut for Chapman's Phillies
Cincinnati Reds pounded three Philadelphia pitchers to hand Ben Chapman's Phillies a rough debut as manager. Al Unseeer's second homer helped tie the game in the sixth, but Cincinnati pulled away with nine runs in the seventh. Fox earned his third win, while Heusser took the loss after the fourth inning.
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Philadelphia
Cincinnati Reds
Ben Chapman
Philadelphia Phillies
Phils
al Unseer
Reds
Ed Heusser
Howard Fox
Dodgers Rally Past Pirates in Late Inning Win
Brooklyn Dodgers explode for six runs in the eighth inning to defeat the Pittsburgh Pirates 8 to 5 before 23,736 fans. Pirates commit three errors as Brooklyn bats collect five eighth inning hits and contribute RBIs from Walker, Dahlgren, Coscarart, Gionfriddo, Olmo, and Bordagaray.
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Dodgers
Rip Sewell
Pirates
Bucs
Schultz
Herring
Yee Wien
Handley
Gionfriddo
Barnhart
Walker
Dahlgren
Coscarart
Olmo
Bordagaray
Gionfridds
Ben Chapman Vows Steam Up Phillies After Pennock Era
Ben Chapman pledges to steam up the Phillies after talking with manager Herb Pennock before Saturday’s game against the Cincinnati Reds. He will retain coaches Chuck Klein and Mervin Shea as part of his new staff.
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Ben Chapman
Phillies
Philso
Herb Pennock
Phils
Pennock
Cincinnati Reds
Chuck Klein
Mervin Shea
Ewell Stars In A A U Track Meet
Jimmy Rafferty, national indoor mile champion, led a strong field at Triborough in the 1500 meters but faded after a fast pace finishing sixth. Barney Ewell dazzled with an all sprinter display winning the 100 in 10.3 seconds tying the championship record.
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Charles Einstein
New York
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The
Sun
Jimmy Rafferty
Triborostaum
Rafferty
Metropolitan
Roland Sink
Harvard
Fordham
Link
Tom Quinn
N.Y.A.C
Jack Dianetti
East Rochester
Ewell
Barney Ewell
Barney
San Antonio
Perry Samuels
Nelson Takes Lead at Victory National Open
Byron Nelson moved into first place at the Victory National Open with a seven under par 137 after two rounds at Calumet country club. Harold McSpaden and Ky Laffoon matched 68s Friday and sit two strokes back while Jug McSpaden aims to close the gap as the event nears the final round. The $2,000 winner’s share is at stake in the $10,000 purse.
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Chicago
INS
Byron Nelson
Toledo
Calumet Country Club
Harold “Jug” McSpaden
Sanford
Ky Laffoon
Nelson
McSpaden
Jug
Apache Captures Carter Handicap at Aqueduct
Belair stud’s Apache ridden by Jimmy Stout carried 130 pounds to lead from the start and win the 59th Carter handicap at Aqueduct by a neck over Wait a Bit. First Fiddle finished third. Brownie, Tex Martin, Sorisky and others followed. Apache paid $11.50 $6.00 $3.20. Wait a Bit paid $4.60 $2.70. First Fiddle paid $2.30 for show.
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New York
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Belair Stud
Apache
Carter
Aqueduct
Jimmy Stout
Wait
First Fiddle
Brownie
Tex Martin
Sorisky
Mugwump
Salto
Return Call
Bossuet
Hawks Cancelled at Iowa City Rainout
The Iowa Preflight Ottumwa base baseball game was canceled Saturday due to rain. The Sea hawks will travel to Fort Madison Saturday to play the state penitentiary team.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Ottumwa
Seahawks
Fort Madison
State Penitentiary
Army Vet Burkemo Leads In Chicago Victory Pro-Am
Sgt Walter Burkemo of Evanston on convalescent furlough from an army hospital tops the Chicago Victory National pro-amateur field at Calumet Country Club, tied with Harold McSpaden of Sanford Maine. Burkemo, badly wounded in France and Belgium, credits golf gains to his recovery.
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Jimmy Jordan
Chicago
Walter Burkemo
Evanston
Harold “Jug” McSpaden
Sanford
Metz
France
St. Vith
Belgium
Jag McSpaden
Gil Dodds Becomes Wheaton Track Coach in Part Time
Gil Dodds the former top miler known as the flying parson took a track and cross country coaching post at Wheaton College in a part time role. He will focus mostly on the youth for Christ movement and pursue a theology master’s degree, leaving for Harvard for a postgraduate course before returning with his wife and son.
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Wheaton, Ill
Gil Dodds
America
Wheaton College
Dodds
Youth For Christ
Harvard
Golf entries from Missouri and Illinois poised for amateur event
Missouri entrant Jack Perdum, a former St. Louis Metropolitan champ, qualified for the National Amateur in each pre war edition and recently won the Aston Invitational in Illinois. Illinois entry Tiny Mercherle, Bloomington city champion and noted long hitter, enters alongside four submitted by Monticello as George Harless expects more eastern Iowa golfers to sign up.
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Missouri
Illinois
Jack Perdum
St. Louis
Perdum
Aston
Guy Moreland
Moreland
Ilinois
Tiny Mercherle
Bloomington
Mercherle
Monticello
George Harless
Iowa
Happy Chandler Plans Senate Exit For Baseball Role
Senator Happy Chandler of Kentucky says he will quit the Senate after casting two votes the Bretton Woods plan and the San Francisco charter, then take a full-time baseball commissioner post. He notes the Bretton Woods and San Francisco votes before resigning, aiming to move to a seven-year 50 000 annual contract as Kenesaw Mountain Landis’s successor.
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Happy Chandler
Senate
Washington
Rts
Sen. Chandler
D-Ky
San Francisco
Bretton Woods
Barkley
Chandler
Calve
Kenesaw Mountain
High Shine Wins Hyde Park Stakes at Arlington Park
High Shine trained by Ben Jones led Washington Park turf to win the Hyde Park stakes at Arlington Park by three and a half lengths. The two year old colt paid $6.00, $4.20 and $3.40 with Imroc second and Breezy Louise third, in the $15 000 added race.
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Chicago
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High Shine
Ben Jones
Warren Wright
Imroc
Breezy Louise
G I Gazette laughs as new Santa Monica sports editor takes post
In a light column a new sports editor at Santa Monica paper recounts notes from Cedar Rapids ties and shipyard gas odor that halted nearby repairs. He mentions Carl Kane moving to Australia, Mike Gallagher’s South Pacific softball team, and a small world report of Roger and Charles Schwarz meeting in Germany while serving with the 90th Division and stationed in Pilson Czechoslovakia and Gottingham Germany.
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Santa Monica
Frank Heerner
Cedar Rapids
LaPlant-Choate
Andy Coleman
Carl Kane
South Pacific
Australia
Camp Seabee
Small World Dept
Roger
Charles Schwarz
William Schwarzes
Fourth Street NW
Germany
Pilson
Czechoslovakia
Charles
Gottingham
Bob Procok
Tinian
Procox
Navy
Coe Corner highlights wartime news from alumni
Lt. Alan Parker recalls meeting Lt. John Walters in France as both serve in wartime Europe. Messages detail other Coe graduates, nurses, and officials across the Pacific and Europe, with notes on reunions, decorations, and home leaves. The column covers sports, local events, and a humorous honeymoon aside.
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Crawford
Flager
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Foxx
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Wasdell
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Rf J.riddle
Spinde
Ss Heusser
Parrett
A.A. U
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Gunther Katsmar
Joe Scott
Eddie Petorella
Frazier
Robert Kelley
University of Illinois
Stanton Callender
Charlie Morgan
New Orleans
Gus Erfurth
Erfurth
Morgan
Herb McKenley
Boston
Jimmy Herbert
John Taylor
Ben Thelen
Burkemo
Wheaton
Nelson Gary
Los Angeles
Pete Gray
Pete
Kentucky
Alias Red Peppers
Mike Gallagher
M-J
Wilson
Honolulu
T. J. Sheas
Eighth Avenue
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Byron “Speck” Collogan
Shea
R. F. Anderle
Lew Dochtermann
Roger Schwarz
Holland
Alan Parker
John B. Walters
Alan
Jack
Gatha Baughn
Calif
Army Nurse Corps
92Nd Field Hospital
Pacific Area
George W. Hidinger
Oelwein
Pacific
Francis Hidinger
David P. Thompson
Bellevue
185Th Labor Supervision Center
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W. E. Mickel
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Seine
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Mickel
Leslie J. Meyer
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Hot Springs
Ark
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Readlyn
Stan
Ebansee
Austria
Gehrke
Ollie Marquardt
Luxembourg
Remagen
Ruhr
Dehrke
Bill Crissman
Leyte
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