Eagles seek dark horse season with camp at West Chester
The Philadelphia Eagles plan a August training camp at West Chester State Teachers College with 30 players signed, eight holdovers, and veterans from 1943 expected. Draft picks Jove Vani Buren and Loren LaPrade headline early signings while management guards a major veteran addition for next month.
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Browns And Yankees Open Important 4 Game Series
The Yankees lead the American League while the Browns cling to first in the division as Detroit rests in a tie for sixth. Luke Sewell’s Browns and the New York club open a key four game set in St Louis, with Hal Newhouser and Dizzy Trout keying Detroit’s rotation against top division foes.
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Baks and Savold to meet for third time in Chicago
In Chicago on July 18, promoter Jack Kearns announced Joe Bakst of Kulpmont Pa and Lee Savold of Paterson N J will fight a 10 round bout at Wrigley Field on August 7. The Illinois Athletic Commission approved the date and the billed title bout as the world's duration heavyweight championship. Bakst, ranked by the NBA as an outstanding boxer behind Lots and Conn, and Bivins. Savold ranked behind Bakst and Bettina in the same category.
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Sam Parks Medalist in PGA Qualifier
Pittsburgh July 18 Six golfers from the tri-state area qualified for the PGA Tour event to be held in Spokane Washington August 14 20. War plant jobs and transport problems will prevent the six from traveling. Sam Parks Jr South Hills premier who won the U S Open on Oakmont nine years earlier led with a score of 15156.
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Indians Rout Yankees In Softball Game 16-8
Indians rout Yankees 16 to 8 as Harry Phillips and Harold Whiteley hit two home runs each and Pier Phillips Brown triple. Yankees scored 3 in first, 4 in second, 0 in third while Indians tallied 3, 8, 4 in their frames for the win.
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Roundup of football and sport notes from July issue
A compilation of sports items notes shifts in football power from the South and Southeast with mentions of Wake Forest players switching allegiances, boxing and baseball anecdotes, track endurance meet in Hamilton, Brooklyn Tigers ticket sales, and various coaching comments. Includes references to Lou Nova, Lee Oma, and Penn State figures amid a mixed bag of short sports briefs and curiosities.
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Mulcahy Says Arm U K Again
Sergeant Hugh Mulcahy, the first major league player drafted in 1941, declares his pitching arm strong though wind weaker. He warns service time will toughen hitters and that postwar baseball may face harder competition. In Washington, Aaron Perry outpointed Morris Reif as Bee Bee Washington defeated Rocky Luciano.
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Pep Outpoints Ortiz in Boston Boxing Clash
Willie Pep defeated Manuel Ortiz at Braves Field in a 10 round featherweight bout, earning about 294 to 277 on the scores with Ortiz failing to land knockouts. Ortiz’s share of the $31,451 gate was about $7,000 as Pep dominated with quick jabs and footwork. The card also featured Jimmy Mullican losing to Earl Lowman in the semi final.
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Minor league scores from yesterday in two leagues
In the International League Newark defeated Syracuse 10 to 2 and Rochester beat Montreal 7 to 5. In the American Association Toledo topped Columbus 12 to 5 and St Paul edged Minneapolis 1 to 0. Indianapolis beat Louisville 11 to 9 and Milwaukee defeated Kansas City 4 to ?
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Oilers top Sailors to clinch three game sweep
In Buffalo July 18 Olean Oilers defeated Erie Sailors 8 to 8 in Pony League action marking a three game series sweep. Lockport Cubs fell to Torex Wellsville as Wellsville played errorless ball and racked up 12 hits. Jamestown Paleans edged Bradford Blue Wings 6 to 3 after three runs in the Ski inning.
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Western Team Wins Interstate Game in Thrilling Upset
Western squad representing Hagerstown York and Lancaster defeated the Eastern team 9 to 5 before 2188 fans. Jank McGillen of Lancaster pitched four innings allowing two hits while Julian Morgan and Joe Slotter from Hagerstown kept the Easters hitless early. The West jumped to a five run lead by the fourth inning as the East rallied in the fifth with five runs on Lehman Wit’s infield hit and Harris homer, sealing the win.
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Pirates hold tryout camp for 400 baseball hopefuls
Pirates baseball school director Bob Rice organized a tryout camp with about 400 youths, aiming to identify possible future big league players. Opening session drew 40 registrants, with many others arriving without uniforms or formal registration from distant towns. Notable attendees included infielder candidates Carrick, Rimer, and Phillips, and outfielder Louins from Conneaut Lake, Pa.
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Fights Last Night Across Three Cities
Jones of New York at 204 pounds and Walker of Baltimore plus Gillen at 14344 and Donoforio of Baltimore collide in a show that ends with Henry Donoforio knocked out while a draw occurs in another bout involving Columbus fighter Joe.
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