Ring legends and bouts fade in talk of Louis and Conn
A rough, opinionated narrative recalls boxing legends Louis, Conn, and other heavyweights. The piece muses on rematches, ringside reputations, and the shifting odds as old rivals and new contenders are debated. It mentions Boxers like Pastor, Nova Whitney, and Lesnevich, speculating on matchups and past glories.
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Lidie Brieviz
Arturo Gatley
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Hart Billy Conn
Bully Conn
Ain
Bob Pastor
Bilh
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Issey
Fractured OCR Sports Card From Weeh League Page
Fragmented text shows baseball box scores and player names across teams Red Sox Pirates Cardinals Indians and Senators. Partial entries include runs scores and player mentions such as Greenberg and Greenberg Torry, with unclear dates and venues.
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MrCouy
Feaning
Glanby
Walker
Pirates
Cardinals
Indiane
Fleletiers Vitale
Jonavon
AthHoo
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Ganke
Nalianial Teague
Yous
Red Sax
Hletberr
Firatenstk
Waller
Senators
Manning
Glatt
Greenberg
Torry
Mie Cauhealy
Browns Blast Four Homers To Beat A's
J Louis Browns powered to a 9 4 victory over the Philadelphia Athletics with four home runs including two by Walt Judnich and one by Babe Didrickson? Don Hedlund added a solo shot as Elden Auker kept the A's in check through five. Philadelphia rallied for two runs in the eighth but the Browns pulled away with late scoring, led by Frank Hayes and Rip Radcliff as Cleveland?
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Radclffe
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Coy
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Dodgers Pitcher Van Mungo Placed on Retired List
The Brooklyn Dodgers announced pitcher Van Lingle Munro is on the voluntary retired list and will travel to Baltimore to consult Dr George Bennett about possible arm surgery. Secretary John McDonald said Mungo prefers to postpone the operation until after the season and may return in a pitching or training capacity.
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Brooklyn Dodgers
van Lingle Munro
Baltimore
George FE. Bennett
John MccDonald
Mungo
Woul
Pirate Coach and Player Fined and Suspended
In the National League, Pittsburgh Coach Mike Kelly receives a three day suspension and a $50 fine, while infielder Lee Handley is fined $25 for protesting a decision by umpire Ziggy Sears during the 10th inning of the second game against Brook. The incident occurred as the Pirates sought to challenge the call. The Decatur Giants defeated the Char Tigers 8-8 in a separate game, with Temes Henderson and Clarence Migetn noted in reporting.
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New York
Ferd K Today
Pittsburgh
Mike Kelly
Lee Handley
Ziggy Sears
Brook
Akron Defeats Senators in high scoring game
Akron defeated the Charleston Senators 33 to 7 in a game marked by five Akron runs in the fifth and four in the sixth. Halperin walked six through two thirds, relieved by Goldstein, as Charleston’s pitching struggled. Horstadt homered for Akron, while Kahn, Brock, and Morgan produced key hits for Charleston before Akron pulled away in the later innings.
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Akron Yankees
Gerass
Charleston Senators
Jim Halperin
Sid Goldstein
Vsitors
Consol
Minarsiic
Haas
Charleston
Henry Horstadt
Senator
Rie
Senators
Kahn
Orden Brock
Siwvetko
Morgan
Halls
Cy Pur
Alexander
Sublette
Bobilie
Akron Sored
Heee
Bill Morgan
Tighe
Suns
Sweetko
Kaha
Jerome Horning
Akronsande
Caliber
Major Leagues Postponed Games and Day’s Results
Rain halted several American League games while others were played with mixed results. Scores included Cleveland 7 New York 1 and Philadelphia defeating St Louis 8 to 5. Cincinnati at Boston and Chicago at Brooklyn were among the postponed contests with listed pitchers and matchups for the night’s schedule.
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Cleveland
New York
Cincinnati
Boston
Derringer
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Errigksan
Chicago
Branklyn
French
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Detroit
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Wilson
Rowe
Newhouser
Washington
Maxtison
Rigney
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Chase Amentear
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Reed
Wes Ao
Women’s Western Golf Tournament Opens Today
Milwaukee hosts a field of about 100 as the Women’s Western Golf Tournament opens with a qualifying round underway weather permitting. The event was postponed from Matting due to conditions at Bluemound.
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Milwaukee
Ence Whigh
Feller Dominates Yankees In 7 1 Victory
Cleveland pitcher Bob Feller hurled a strong game as the Indians routed the New York Yankees 7 to 1 to widen their lead over Detroit. Feller struck out five, allowed several hits, and the Indians capitalized on Yankees mistakes to pull away early and secure the win.
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Ip Sever Ditts
City-Wide Tennis Opens July 4 In Charleston Area
The eighth City-Wide Tennis tournament begins July 4 at Central and Park avenues. President Etmont lum announced the event with Millee heading the committee and an advisory panel from Charleston and nearby towns. Entrance fee listed as 50 cents per entry.
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Charleston
Andy Bela
Niirn
Treanor
St. Albans
Jake Siener
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fragmented OCR content mentions people and places in a garbled way. It references Sundays and upcoming dates but contains no coherent event or outcome to summarize with confidence. The readable items include names like Barker and Hania and generic terms without a clear narrative.
Alston Named Pilot of Portsmouth Club
Walter Alston longtime home in the Mid-Atlantic League returns to manage Portsmouth to lift the Ket Birds from slump. The veteran first baseman, 24, takes command of the Conleemes No organization in Class D North Carolina League, under Branch Rickey of the St. Louis Cardinals.
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Walter Alston
Hiller
Inlay
Portsmouth
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Alston
Meyear Wle
Clube Reptares
Wie
St. Louis Cardinals
Porsmouth
Conleemer
Mountain State Scores and Upcoming Games
Mountain State results show Ashland defeating Bluefield 4 to 1 with Weleh and Williamson noted among players. Upcoming matches list Bluefield at Ashland Rundington at Lagan and Williamstown at Welot in a rainy Huntington area schedule.
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Logan
Weleh
Momiamson
Huntington
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Rundington
Lagan
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Ninth Annual City Golf Tournament Entry Form
Golfers wishing to compete in Meadow Brook Golf Club’s Ninth Annual City Tournament should complete this form and mail or deliver to tournament chairman Jaule Krueger at Meadow Brook. Include the entrant’s address and contact details.
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Meadow Brook Golf Cuh
Jaule Krueger
Meadlow Frook
Pouty Foe
Isaymie Na
Croonquist Leads Field In Golf Event At Ekwanok
ANCHESTER Vermont June 24 24 AP Neil Croonquist of Minneapolis freshly graduated from Minnesota led 245 rivals in the NC A A golf qualifying at Ekwanok with a two under 70 first half, while his putter cooled later. He finished 33 and 37 for a two under 70. Close behind were Johnny Burke Georgetown Stan Ford Warren Berl Bill Cordingley Harvard and Bill Clark Dartmout h. Sixty three shot 78 or better as UCLA’s Frank Nowell and Princeton’s Jack Selby joined the pack. After 18 more holes tomorrow the field narrows to 64 for match play.
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Neil Croonquist
Minneapolis
University of Minnesota
A. A
Ekwanok
Croonquis
Crannquist
Johnny Burke
Georgetown
Portsmouth Red Birds Beats Dayton Wings 3 to 1 in opener
Portsmouth took the first game of a four game Mid Atlantic league series from the Dayton Wings by 3 to 1. Fred Schmidt pitched four hitter for the Red Birds while Moon and Myers supplied Dayton’s lone run with a long drive over the wall in the seventh. Walter Alsten is named new Red Birds manager.
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Portsmouth Red Birds
Dayton Wings
Fred Schmidt
Red Birds
Moon
Myer
Walter Alsten
Porsmouth
Schmiat
Ballinger
Albosta
Sash
Canton Terriers Sweep Youngstown Browns In Opener
Canton Terriers, leading the league, defeated the Youngstown Browns tonight to halt Youngstown’s three-game streak. Nieman hit two homers driving in three runs, while Canton's offense surged despite being outhit. Base running by the Browns produced a brief threat but Canton halted it to secure the win.
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Gruge
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Lantan
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Godwillas wins national marathon at Philadelphia meet
Barney Godwillas a 21 year old West Virginia University alumnus won the National A A U 3d kilometer championship in Philadelphia on opening day of the Republican convention festival. He covered the course in about one hour to claim the title narrowly ahead of Meineke and Suili.
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Barney Godwillas
West Virginia
Uiversity Alumus
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Thomas
Wy van
Bon Meineke
Himiare
Racy Doe
Belle Plays Senators at Legion Field Tonight
The Belle American Legion junior baseball team hosts the Charleston Quinioy Senators at Legion Field at 8 o'clock. Belle players are asked to report by 10 Hutts Store at Levi at Ad o'clock.
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Parkway Bridge Possible Site For 1940 Derby
Derby officials held their first formal meeting of 1940 at the Kanawha hotel to discuss the feasibility of hosting the fourth Southern West Virginia derby on the Elk River parkway ridge. A committee inspected the Elk bridge and plans include a ramp if used. Local dealers McMillion Motors and Rhodes Walker Chevy showed strong interest as entrants gather rule books. The date was announced Sunday.
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Blizzard Shoots 72 in City Wide Golf Championship
Roy Blizzard and Carl Steadman set pace in wet Meadow Brook rounds as 41 qualifiers reduce field to 75 for Gazette ninth city wide title. Blizzard-a former Kanawha champ with a 72-par 35-27 led day scoring. Davis and 1937 champ Steadman tied at 71. Qualifying continues with plan to trim to low 64 for match play starting Wednesday.
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Gazette
Roy Blizzard
Kanawha
Carl Steadman
Larry Davis
Jack Boueger
Charleston
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Herb Dreinpac
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Joe Rugel
Warden
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Winesett
Ed Carskarion
Bud Cabell
Alfred Morean
Max Montague
Roy Wey
Bobby Lowe
Alfred Igo A.W Cole
John L. Hawking
George Tully Russell Hennen
Hill Wins Mythical Fifth Flight Title
C A Foster and Sam Hill of Charleston created their own finals in a mythical fifth flight at the Ninth Annual City-Wide championship at Meadow Brook Golf Club. Unable to place in a main flight, they declared themselves finalists and played nine holes for the title as Tournament Chairman Jack Krueger planned a special prize at next Sunday's awards.
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Sam Hill
Charleston
Meadow Brook Golf Club
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Jack Krueger
McNeill Upsets Bobby Riggs at National Clay Courts
William Donald McNeill of Oklahoma City defeated top amateur Bobby Riggs 6 4 7 9 to win the men's singles at the national clay courts. Alice Marble of Beverly Hills won the women's singles by sweeping Grayen Wheeler 6 0 6 0.
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Oklahoma City
Alice Marble
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Bobby Riggs
Chicago
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Riggs
Kenyon College
Gambier
Philadelphia
Miss Marble
Grayen Wheeler
Santa Monica
Cabt
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Los Angeles
Miss Wheeler
Helen Bernhard
New York
Cincinnati
Robert Harmon
Berkeley
Robert Peacock
Frank Parker
Pasadena
MccNeill
Shrewsbury seniors edge Point Lick in 4-3 win
The Shrewsbury senior club defeated Point Lick 4-3 on Sunday. Bes boul, Perry and White stood out while Akron Portsmouth Canton and Youngstown remain in the standings with Akron leading behind by two games. Charleston hosts Akron and Portsmouth visits Dayton in today’s games.
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