Rain Big Aid 0 Cracker Victory Delays Rally
Rain washed out the Shville rally and sparked the Crackers to a 5 to 3 win over the league leaders before a large Atlanta crowd. The Crackers staged a late eighth inning rally but rain halted play, moving the game into a later frame.
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Long Hopes To Fill Luckman's Shoes With Bears Up
Johnny Long, a 29 year old former Colgate triple threat, will join the Chicago Bears to try to fill Sid Luckman's quarterback role. The Newark Bears alum, now an aircraft parts plant owner, reports to camp August 8 at Delaware Field after shedding weight and keeping sharp with golf and touch football. Long recalls 1936 Army and Holy Cross games, and notes his familiarity with the Bears T formation from Newark. His 23 year old Duke alum brother Lee Long serves as a Marine lieutenant.
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Marquette
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Columbia
Sid
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Boston Stars Train Together at Navy Center
Ted Williams and Frank Maznicki, former Boston athletes, now serve as student and instructor at the Naval Air Training Center in Pensacola Florida. Williams, a 1940s batting star and 400 hitter, coaches Maznicki, BC and Bears grid standout, in flight training at Bronson Field.
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Fenway Park
Naval Air Training Center
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Frank Maznicki
Boston College
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Williams
Bronson Field
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Bronson
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Frank
Wolves
Red Sox
Pennant Hopes For Browns Highest Yet
The St. Louis Browns, riding an eight game win streak, lead the American League by six and a half games. They close the 22 game road swing against the New York Yankees after a double victory over Cleveland.
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Associated Press
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Yankees
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Cal.Hubbard
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Sports Roundup by Fritz Howell
New York column teases night baseball quirks and adds playful questions about players managers and columnists. It poses trivia about a 20 year outfielder with two homers in 1171 games and a club that won pennants in consecutive major leagues.
Golf star sets course record but misses writeup
The Mansfield News Journal notes Thelma Linster posted a course-record 77 yet did not file a story. It also mentions Bud Tomlin’s hole in one at Arkansas, 822 players in summer football practices, and a NY area turf workers policy change by the War Manpower Commission.
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Mansfield
O.) News-Journal
Buckeye
Bud Tomlin
U. of Arkansas
Chicago
Iowa
Yzle
Coast Guard Academy
Cornell
Columbia
New York
WMC
Answers To Questions From 19th Century Baseball Clues
Johnny Cooney, released last week by the New York Yankees, is noted in survey. The Brooklyn Bridegrooms won the American Association flag in 1889, then the National pennant in 1890. Hugh Fullerton Jr. is listed among respondents along with Howell.
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Johnny Cooney
New York Yankees
Brooklyn
Hugh Fullerton Jr
Howell
Contracts Awarded to Firms in Six Southeastern States
Thirteen Army contracts totaling 623838 have been awarded to construction firms across six Southeastern states. Notable sums include 15500 for parachute escape facilities at Tyndall Field Alabama by Mac D Saxon, 17600 for a range at Gulfport Field Mississippi by Algernon Blair, and 17086 for paving at Northington General Hospital Tuscaloosa Alabama by Lumine Construction Company.
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Army
Fourth Service Command Headquarters
Alabama
Mac D. Saxon
Montgomery
Tyndall Field
Ala
Algernon Blair
Gulfport Field
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Lumine Construction Company
Northington General Hospital
Tuscaloosa
Alabamian Dies in Washington Former Official Henry D Green
Henry Duncan Green 69 retired lawyer and former government official died after a long illness. A native of Troy Alabama he practiced law in Manila from 1900 to 1916 and later worked in the Alien Property Custodian's office with duties in territorial affairs inland possessions and Alaska.
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Washington
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Alaska
Noted racer Alsab retires to stud after storied career
Five year old Alsab, turf domains famed bargain horse, retires from racing to stand at stud next spring. Owner Albert Sabath cites injury risks and bulking up since last year, noting Alsab trained daily at Washington Park this summer but will not race again. He will reside at Alsab Farm in Lexington, Kentucky.
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Army Needs Men as Replacements in Prolonged War
Spokane reports Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey saying the Army is nearly built but must still recruit more men to relieve overseas troops. He notes some have served two to three years and even those up to age 38 could be drafted, stressing continuity of mobilization.
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Wash
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Barkley Opposes Republican In Kentucky Senate Race
United States Senate Majority Leader Alben W. Barkley and Commonwealth Attorney James Park were nominated for November’s general election senatorial contest. In the state primaries, voting was light and six Democratic congressmen plus two Republicans were renominated, with the seventh Democratic congressman withdrawing amid pressure from organized opposition.
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Alben W. Barkley
Paducah
James Park
Lexington
Penicillin Cuts Gonorrhea Treatment Time For Service Men
The Public Health Service reported new methods that could allow gonorrhea treatment to be completed in seven and a half hours using penicillin. The findings aim to widen the use of penicillin in U S military health programs and treatment protocols.
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Washington
United States Public Health
Eastern flying command meets at Cochran Field
A tennis tournament at Cochran Field opens with seedings omitted due to missing information. Army air fields from Napier to Cochran are listed among the entrants in the field.
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Esquire All American boys game set for Polo Grounds
A crowd of 25 000 was expected at the Polo Grounds to see the Esquire All American boys baseball game featuring 29 youngsters divided into East and West squads. Bill Pierce of Detroit was named starting pitcher for the East with Jim Nelson of Birmingham, Alabama, catching. Virgil...
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Detroit
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Birmingham
Ala
Virgil
Fragmentary OCR Note on Treatment Schedules
An unreadable fragment references a treatment schedule and time constraints. The text hints at nonstandard hours due to dangerous conditions but provides no concrete facts, dates, or names to anchor a fuller record.
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