Phillies Rally As Cox Rebuilds Ailing Club
The Philadelphia Phillies show steady improvement under Bill Cox and manager Bucky Harris. Crowds at Shibe Park rise as the team climbs toward respectability, with key wins over the Giants and a doubleheader split keeping them in fourth place.
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Iowa State Naval School Wins 6-5
The Iowa State naval training school baseball team defeated its opponent 6 to 5 in yesterday’s game. Despite six to five hits, the Typhoons rallied in the fifth with a double a single two walks and a sacrifice to erase a three run lead. The sailors opened with a run in the first added in the third and fourth and finished with two more in the fifth.
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Columbus Red Birds Stumble With Narrow Losses
The Columbus Red Birds drop to third in the American Association after four of ten games, with three defeats by one or two runs. Toledo Mud Hens pitcher Harry Kim beats Columbus 2 to 1, ending a brief doubleheader sweep win for Columbus.
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Two Teams Tied in Big Ten Net Race
Northwestern and Ohio State led the Big Ten tennis chase after the first round with six points each. Wisconsin and Illinois followed with five, Michigan and Minnesota four, Chicago three, Purdue out of contention, Indiana and Iowa not competing. Ohio State had a strong singles showing but limited doubles credit. Wasserman and Samson won their match while Franklin and Hoeinger lost.
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Managers Hurry To Get Title Bout With Willie Pep
Pep the featherweight champion in New York remains unchallenged by a size rival as managers rush deadlines for title bouts Bobby Gleason offers 20000 to fight Phil Terranova Pep has rivals Chalky Wright Sal Bartolo Pedro Hernandez and Lulu Costantino chasing potential Pep bouts Other notes include Paul Erickson’s Cubs lunch tale Charley Grimm’s baseball anecdotes and Yankees standings hint.
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Former Red Card Manager Hendricks Dies at 68
Chicago report says Jack Hendricks, ex manager of the Indianapolis Indians, Cincinnati Reds and St. Louis Cardinals, died at home reading a newspaper. Born Joliet Illinois, he played for Washington and the New York Giants starting in 1904. Death caused by a blood clot.
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Oxford Junction Awards Athletic Monograms
Athletic letters were awarded to Oxford Junction high school students for activities this year. Girls basketball captains Velma Burda Donna Lou Christensen Lenora Divoky Virginia Hansen Donna Mae Zaruba Doreen Beranek received letters. Boys basketball captains Delbert Steffens Robert Peckosh Pete Bahnsen Paul Lasack Arnold Zaruba Louis Lasack Vernon Steffens earned letters. Boys baseball captains Delbert Steffens Louis Lasack and others earned monograms and letters.
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Harman to Succeed Bierman as Navy Preflight Director
Lieut Har vey J Harman USNR will replace Lieut Col Bernie Bierman USMC as director of athletics at the Navy preflight school in the University of Iowa when Bierman leaves June 5. Harman, a former Pittsburgh star and Penn coach, has led athletics at UNC preflight. Lieut Comdr Burt Ingversen will take over Harman’s duties. Denny Myers is mentioned for Iowa City football coach.
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Thornton Lee Faces Shoulder Surgery After 1941 Glory
Chicago White Sox left hander Thornton Lee, once a 22 game winner in 1941, will undergo manipulations Saturday to remove adhesions in his left shoulder as part of a $1 per year agreement until he proves himself fit again.
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Rickshaw Linked to U S Marine Visit of 1854
A U S marine who toured Japan in 1854 with Commodore Perry is credited with inventing the rickshaw. The device emerged during his time abroad as a practical passenger conveyance in Japanese streets.
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Michigan Illini Favored to Win Big Ten Meet
Illinois and Michigan are favored to win the forty third annual Big Ten track and field meet opening Saturday at Northwestern. Interest centers on a three man fight for individual honors among Herb Matter Illinois Dallas Dupre of Ohio State and Whitey Head of Chicago. Dupre defending champion in broad jump and a favorite in dashes 220 low hurdles will face Matter in these events and also compete in pole vault and high jump. Hind is a dash and hurdles star. Preliminary events Friday finals Saturday.
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Babe Phelps Sold To Philadelphia
Pittsburgh Pirates catcher Gordon Babe Phelps has been sold to Philadelphia for an undisclosed sum. Pirates president William E. Benswanger announced the sale in a Friday telephone call from New York. He said this was the first part of a transaction with the Phillies as he and Phillies president Bill Cox discussed details in New York.
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Babe) Phelps
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Commando) Cox
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