Crosetti Sparks Yankees Move Up in pennant chase
New York Yankees rally behind Frankie Crosetti as he hits a ninth inning homer to beat Washington 9 4 and 4 3, shrinking St Louis Browns lead to two games. Crosetti, now key to a revival since joining in August, batted .298 with 32 point above league average.
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NEW York
New York Yankees
Frankie Crosetti
Bronx Bombers
Frankie
Yankees
Washington
St. Louis Browns
Crosetti
California
Philadelphia
Alex Carrasquel
Mel Queen
Yanks
Johnny Lindell
Joe Kuhel
Nats
Nick Etten
Detroit
Browns
St. Louis
Paul
Dizzy” Trout
Frank Overmire
Willis Hudlin
Little Rock
Sig Jakucki
Tigers
Mike “Pinky” Higgins
Roger Cramer
Five Local Netmen In Burlington Meet
Five Cedar Rapids tennis players enter the Tri State meet in Burlington on Saturday and Sunday with Labor Day, while others at home resume city tournament rounds delayed by rain. Junior singles feature Don Cass 1943 city junior champ Fred Gable and Jim McLain. Cass and Gable play junior doubles. In men’s events Jim Netolicky Cedar Rapids association title winner and Frank Nye 1943 city men's champ compete. Netolicky teams with Wyn Morris for doubles, Nye with St Jonathan Fletcher who held Des Moines district title.
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Burlington
Don Cass
City
Fred Gable
Jim McLain
Cass
Gable
Jim Netolicky
Cedar Rapids Tennis Association
Frank Nye
Netolicky
Wyn Morris
Vinton
North Iowa
Nye
St. Jonathan Fletcher
Des Moines
Tigers loom in flag race on August pace
Detroit led the American League pennant chase with a 19 win August, 27 games, a .704 pace. St Louis Browns, Yankees, Red Sox close behind within 344 games. Dizzy Trout and Hal Newhouser fueled Detroit, Trout extending a nine game August winning streak.
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Associated Press
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St. Louis Browns
Tigers
Yankees
Red Sox
New York
Steve O'Neill
Bengals
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McCarthy Clan
St. Louis
Brownies
Sportsman’s Park
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Boston
Chicago
Yanks
Browns
Dizzy Trout
Hal Newhouser
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John Deere Softball Wins Two Games To Reach Third Round
DES MOINES AP Waterloo based John Deere Tractor company beat Ames Jay Dee's 8-0 and Greene 7-2 to advance to the state softball tourney third round. Ivan Dull struck out 15 in a two hit win over Ames. In the women's division Greenwo od Electric of Des Moines eliminated Broadlawns Hospital ten 12-0 to reach finals.
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Ames Jay Dee's
Greene
John Deere Tractor Company
Waterloo
Ivan Dull
Ames
Greenwoold Electric Girls
Broadlawns Hospital Ten
Pick Glenn Dobbs As Best of Stars Pick Glenn Dobbs As Best of Stars
St Glenn Dobbs, former Tulsa University All American halfback, named MVP of 1944 college all stars in their game against the Chicago Bears. Poll of sports writers shows Dobbs with a large majority. second place to St Louis Saban of La Grange Illinois, 1942 Indiana quarterback, star linebacker.
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Glenn Dobbs
Tulsa University
Chicago Bears
Dobbs
St. Lou Saban
la Grange
Ill
Indiana University
St. Louis Browns
Detroit
Yankees
Yanks
Browns
Tigers
Dick Wakefield
Rudy York
SPORT JABS AP ROUNDUP OF RESULTS AND NAMES
In Newburgh Carmine Falta drew with Joe Amico in Philadelphia. In Fall River Charlie Smith stopped Oscar Lewin in Newark. In Baltimore Johnny Flynn credited Larry Lane from Trenton. In Milwaukee Juste Fontaine stopped Pedro Ibarra of Mexico City. In Santa Rosa Ken Overlin edged John Donnelly of Kansas City.
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Associated Press
New York
Carmine Falta
Newburgh
Joe Amico
Philadelphia
Fall River
Mass
Chariie Smith
Oscar Lewin
Newark
N. J
Baltimore
Johnny Flynn
Rochester
Larry Lane
Trenton
Milwaukee
Juste Fontaine
Milwauke
Pedro Ibarra
Mexico City
Santa Rosa
Calif
Ken Overlin
Richmond
John Donnelly
Kansas City
All Star Baseball at Daniels Park Sunday
A special Sunday game at Daniels Park features a Junior Legion all star squad managed by Joe Schaber against the ASTP team from Iowa University led by Max Smith. Smith, a former Iowa U star, will pitch as the nine inning matchup unfolds with no M J game that day.
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Daniels Park
Astp Legion
Daniels
LaPlant-Choate
LaPlant
Quaker Oats
Superbombers Open Against Peru Navy
Colorado Springs AP reports the Superbomber football team of the Second Army Air Force to play Peru Nebraska naval V-12 unit in Sioux City Iowa Saturday night as the first of a 12 game schedule. Lt. Glenn Dobbs, Tulsa All America 1942, stars in the backfield, preparing for his second game of the week after a prior appearance with the college All-Stars against the Chicago Bears.
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Colo
Second Army Air Force
Peru
Sioux City
Second Air Force
Glenn Dobbs
Tulsa University
Permane Boots Three Firsts as Apprentice
New York AP reports Bobby Permane, nearing the end of his apprentice period, rode three winners at Belmont on the Sara card. He tallied 164 firsts from 867 mounts in the 1944 season, driving in Philip Godfrey's Naval Station, A. M. Tortola's Oak ford, and Ben Gray for tickets of $11.10, $3.60, and $5.70 respectively.
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NEW York
Bobby Permane
Permane
Philip Godfrey
Naval Station
A. M. Tortola
Oakford
Ben Gray
E Rodriguez
Clarence Wilson's Labor Day Barbecue at Riverside Park
Clarence Baldy Wilson reports plans for an annual Labor Day barbecue and sports program at Riverside Park. So much meat has been obtained that the pits will be fired at 6 am Sunday to have everything ready for a daylong celebration Monday.
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Clarence “Baldy
Wilson
Riverside Park
Revised Iowa squad resumes grid drills
University of Iowa football practice resumes with a revised squad of 66 players from 32 Iowa towns and 10 out state communities. Some 20 uniformed candidates will be missing due to entrance requirements, while 57 are freshmen and 29 are 17 or 18 years old. Nebraskan players Pat Callaghan Jerry Claussen Jim Hansen and Kenneth Swanson from North Platte and Omaha are listed.
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INS
University of Iowa
Iowa
Des Moines
Burlington
Fort Dodge
Cedar Rapids
Dubuque
Monticello
Bill Benskin
Bob Jones
Ralph Katz
Gilbert Russell
Stan Mohrbacher
Dick Rust
Irvin Sword
DiMaggio Denies Medical Discharge and Reconciles in Public
Sgt. Joe DiMaggio, back from Honolulu on a military mission, appeared with his divorced wife Dorothy Arnold in San Francisco. Mrs. DiMaggio, still separated, called reconciliation talks premature. DiMaggio, stationed with the Seventh Air Force, refused to seek a medical discharge, saying he follows Army orders and will return to action.
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Joe DiMaggio
New York Yankees
Honolulu
Dorothy Arnold
Fisherman's Wharf
DiMaggios
Joseph Paul, Jr
DiMaggio
Seventh Air Force
U. S
Army
Yankees
Yankees Nips Washington in Ten Run Box Score Clash
Washington and New York produced a high scoring doubleheader with the Yankees rallying in the late innings to seal a 9 to 6 victory. Kuhel led Washington with three RBIs while Lindell and Crosetti contributed multiple hits for New York.
Bears Power and Precision Dominate All Star Game
The Chicago Bears in the annual all star game showcase explosive T formation play led by Sid Luckman. The offense features Luckman Famiglietti Nolting and McLean with rapid option passes and slants that stymied defenses. Creighton Miller and John Yonaker starred on defense as stars nearly won the game against the Bears.
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Chicago
Chicago Bears
Bears
Sid Luckman
Ray Eliot
Luckman
Famiglietti
Nolting
McLean
Creighton Miller
John Yonaker
Billy Hillenbrand
Lou Saban
Chuck Jacoby
Bo McMillin
Madigan
Iowa
Hoosiers
Great Lakes Bluejackets End Historic Season With 17-4 Win
The Great Lakes Bluejackets closed their season with a 17-4 victory over the Cleveland Indians, finishing 48-10 in 58 starts. Virgil Trucks earned his tenth win without a loss, and Schoolboy Rowe hit two homers among 21 hits. Mickey Cochrane has coached three teams here.
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Great Lakes, I
Great Lakes
Standings and Friday Games From Baseball and Basketball Grids
Standings show multiple teams with records and percentages for both leagues. Friday schedule lists Chicago at Cincinnati Boston at Philadelphia New York at Brooklyn St Louis at Pittsburgh with night games. American League matches New York Washington Detroit St Louis and Cleveland Chicago Boston Philadelphia at night.
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Fie
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Pittsborgh
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Cincinnati
Phil'd'Iphia
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Philadelphia
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St. Louis
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Cleveland
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JCARO
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Uknes Returns to Iowa U Not as Player
Charley Uknes, a 1942 Hawkeye fullback, goes back to the University of Iowa this fall under vocational rehabilitation after a marine corps discharge for rheumatic fever. He cannot play football but will pursue studies while remaining passionate about sports and hoping to coach someday. he played basketball and softball recently.
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Slip
Chicago
Sherman
Larson
Madigan
Shorty
Eddie Beales
Sioux City
Charley Uknes
University of Iowa
Hawkeye
Canammanmanee
Roctor
Chuck
Marine Corps
Charley
Iowa
Aknes
Sioux City Central
California
Charley Aknes
Toledo Edges Indians In Tight Pair In A A
United Press reports Toledo won two close games over Indianapolis 2-1 and 6-5 in the American Association on Thursday night while Columbus routed Louisville 9-0. All other league games were postponed by rain.
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United Press
Toledo
Indianapolis
American Association
Indians
Columbus
Louisville
After Upset Carver Must Meet Segura in Quarterfinals
Maj. Alexander Ian Carver, a Philadelphia Flying Fortress pilot returning from 20 months in the Pacific, faces Francisco Segura in the National Amateur tennis championship quarter-finals at Forest Hills. Carver upset eighth seed Jack Jossi to reach the round, while Segura defeated Pvt. Dave Freeman in straights.
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Nyy
Maj
Alexander
Ian” Carver
Francisco Segura
Carver
Philadelphia
Pacific
Jack Jossi
Oakland
Calif
Segura
Dave Freeman
Pomona
Jossi
Pauline Betz
Nelson Favored In Nashville Golf Meet
Nelson, of Toledo, Ohio, is the early favorite in the Nashville Invitational as he seeks a third straight strong finish with 38 under par in recent events. His top rival, Harold Jug McSpaden of Philadelphia, also claimed five major tournament wins this year and showed form at Richland course despite wet conditions.
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Tenn
Byron Nelson
Toledo
Nelson
Chicago
Harold
Jug) McSpaden
Philadelphia
McSpaden
Richland
No Softball Games At Ellis Park Tonight
Plans for softball games at Ellis park were dropped by Field Director Ken McGuire. A double header under the lights is planned for Sunday night with full details to be announced later.
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Ellis Park
Ken McGuire
Ellis
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