Softball Season Set to Open May 14
Thirty three teams confirmed for the 1944 softball season with a twilight Open league of top clubs and a Major Minor division structure under consideration. Open league games begin May 14 at 8 30 p.m. with possible expansion to eight teams and Sunday evening play.
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Iowa Steel
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Becks
Co-op Dairy
Iowa Manufacturing
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Unil
Ken McGuire
McGuire
First Trust and Savings Bank
LaPlant Choate
Universal Engineering
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Sanitary Dairy
Turner Co
Town Manufacturing
Y.M.C.A
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M and J League Opens With Unset Lineup at Daniels Park
The eight team M and J league begins an 84 game schedule with a doubleheader at Daniels Park today. Manager Tom Elwood tests a mix of veterans and rookies to improve on last season's Packers second division finish while no set positions are declared.
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Tom Elwood
Elwood
Packers
Jim Zamastil
Bob Russell
Mike Thomas
Darrell Sawyer
Dick Ferreter
Bill Harbaugh
Duff Chandler
Wes Cranston
Leo Unash
Hal Waltemeyer
Dennis Erger
Stan Miller
Henry Michels
Bob Eaton
Bill Marlowe
Rumors on Bainbridge Naval Coach Job Dismissed
Officials at Bainbridge naval training station say Chicago reports of Lt Frank Leahy taking over as football coach are incorrect The top choice remains Lt Joe Maniaci a Fordham Rams and Chicago Bears backfield ace who led Bainbridge through a strong season and would be head coach next fall if still assigned to Bainbridge Maniaci has been mentioned for Fordham after the war.
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Chicago
Frank Leahy
Notre Dame
Bainbridge Naval Training Station
Maryland
Joe Maniaci
Fordham Rams
Chicago Bears
Commodores
Fordham
Charles Yates to Marry in Late May
Lt Charles Yates USNR former nationally known golfer will wed Dorothy Jane Malone in late May announced by Mrs James C Malone and Mr Malone of Atlanta. Yates just returned from duty aboard a destroyer after wartime service.
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Atlanta
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Dorothy Jane ‘Malone
Yates
Camp Grant Resumes Varsity Sports After Sabbatical
Camp Grant Illinois will restart varsity athletics after a pause since last March. Commanding general James E. Baylis said the camp will compete in football and basketball this season and plan baseball and other spring sports with Illinois Michigan and Wisconsin installations. The post previously faced strong records against colleges civilians and military teams.
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Sun Again Wins Dixie Handicap at Pimlico
Calumet Farm's Sun Again captured the 40th Dixie Handicap before about 19,000 fans at Pimlico. The five year old son of Sun Teddy rallied from behind to win by two and a half lengths over Rounders, with Alquest third and Anticlimax fourth in a seven horse field. Carrying 120 pounds and ridden by F A Smith, Sun Again paid 4 29/10 to win the mile and three sixteenths in 1 48 1/5 on a fast track, earning 25,700 dollars and his third straight Maryland stakes victory.
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Fred Corcoran recalls wartime touring and danger overseas
Traveling golf official Fred Corcoran recounts experiences during World War II while entertaining troops in Africa and Italy. He describes shelling, hospital scenes, meeting Jimmy Hines’s son, a ward nurse and a lemon juice anecdote, and the wartime sense of risk and resilience.
Forest Field and Stream Fishing Tales From Smokey the Dog
Smokey the dog writes about fishing events at Manchester Delaware County and a Palisades trip. He notes 900 fed with 300 prizes at a conservation feed, opening trout day success, and a humorous look at a no man’s land women fish area. He mentions a Linn County meeting May 12 featuring Decker French and Ducks Unlimited films.
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Linn County Fish and Game Club
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Decker French
Ducks Unlimited
Canada
Roosevelt Hotel
Palisades
First Fiddle Wins Grey Lag Handicap at Jamaica Racecourse
In the 1944 spring meeting Jamaica grey Lag Handicap First Fiddle ridden by Johnny Longden won in 1 49 3 5 equaling the track record for 1 mile. Alex Barth with Eddie Guerin placed second while J Boysy finished third. First Fiddle paid 4 80 3 30 2 40 with long odds. Bogsy ridden by Ted Atkinson finished third after a bold drive.
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Longden Slipped Mrs. E. Mulvenan
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Walter Hagen Still Idol of Golfing Clan
Oscar Fraley recalls Walter Hagen as the enduring idol of golf fans in New York. The piece highlights Hagen as a colorful figure in golf history with a record of major wins and legendary on course bravado that shaped the sport’s culture.
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Oscar Fraley
New York
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Haig
Fairway
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