DuPont Wins 3-1 To Capture First Half Pennant
DuPont’s ninth, led by Virgil Kearns, defeated Highcoal 3-1 at Kanawha Park to clinch the first half pennant for the Viscose outfit. Blake allowed four hits while Kearns fanned five as DuPont broke a 1-1 tie in the fifth with three runs, Copeland, Patton, and Griffith driving in runs.
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Corcoran Plans Dream Tournament for Golf Stars
FremOW June 26. Fred Corcoran, head of the PGA, proposes a spectator friendly champion of champions event on one course with 37 active golfers holding 21 National Open wins, 24 PGA titles and 29 Amateur crowns. No scores, no prizes, but fans could fund war bonds or charity as legends like Hagen, Sarazen and Von Elm join Burke and Jones in England sidelines.
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Hogan Teamed With Zaharias for Victory National Golf
Chicago reports a standout pairing at the Victory National golf championship featuring Babe Didrikson Zaharias, Ben Hogan, and George, with a senior 59-year-old added. The event blends pros, amateurs, and seniors in four-somes, aims for a team title, and offers $3,000 in war bonds for first prize across a 72-hole schedule ending Sunday.
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Ecuadorian Defeats Talbert In Five-Set Tennis Final
In Cincinnati on June 24 Pancho Segura from Ecuador defeated Bill Talbert in Indianapolis tri state finals after a five set battle. Segura won 9 11 6 2 7 6 2 6 7 3. Dorothy Bundy beat Pauline Benz 7 5 6 4 in the women's final.
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Baseball batting leaders and player stats snapshot
A fragmented AP styled table lists leading hitters and batting averages for both leagues. Names include Musial, Doerr, Williams, Kurowski, and Weintraub among others with figures for games at bats runs batted in hits and totals, reflecting a league wide stat roundup.
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East Side Legion Team To Practice
Fifteen boys reported to Torchy McClure at Legion field yesterday hoping to earn a place on the West Side Junior American Legion Team. The East Side team will practice today at Kanawha Park as Beers announced. The West Side squad yesterday included George Pierson Jerry Frasier Mickey Akers Buddy Bonsall Corky Snyder Bob Wolf Jimmy Wick W Melton Ewing Blessing Carey Welcher Acaro and W Jones.
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Browns Begin Eastern Trip With Lead And Questions
The St Louis Browns, four games ahead, head to New York for a 20 game stretch as the pennant race heats up. Coach Luke Sewell hopes 11 road wins with a five man rotation led by Muncrief Jakucki Hollingsworth Potter and Cramer. Vernon Stephens fuels a weak attack with 24 hits in 51 at bats and leading RBIs. Browns return home 24 games back then bounced back to win 10 of 15 vs eastern clubs at Sportsman Park. Strincevich, Pirates Pushed, Classified 2-A.
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Cardinals surge with 92-point pace atop 1943 season
New York dispatch notes Billy Southworth's St. Louis Cardinals maintaining a 92 point lead over their June pace as they sit nine and a half games ahead. The club threatens to dominate the National League with almost 100 games left as they face eastern visitors and rival contenders Pittsburgh and Cincinnati. Only New York Giants and Boston Braves have troubled them this season with Boston holding the edge in wins. St. Louis has a 4-3 cushion on the Giants and has routed the Cubs as they enter a long home stretch.
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