Briez Chats About Sports In a Patchy Column
Eddie Br writes from New York with scattered notes on boxing, baseball and football. Mentions Babe Ruth, Ken Overland, and Ben Brown for charity bouts, plus Arizona-Texas league scores and free-agent talk as summer sports chatter.
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Eddie
New York
Maki
Finland
Lord Byron
C F
Atring
Lee
Babe Ruth
Ray Dean
Baseball Academy
Chicago
Devils Rally To Face Gadsden In Alabama Tilt
Devils face Gadsden at Alabama in a strong test after a tough season. Manahan and Smith anchor the mound for the home team while McMurtrie will mask as McMurtrie likely draws the start for the visitors. The clubs aim to balance past wins and a close season record in a pitched battle at the diamond.
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Imps
Gadsden
Alabama Ark
Smith
McMurtrie
Manahan
Blue Devils
Alabama
Tennessee
Lawrenceburg
Fairfield
Ensley
Double Bill Set for Benson Field Tonight
City Softball League resumes action at Benson Field with a twin bill. Riverside faces Wingfoot in the opener while Cooper-Wells meets Alabama Hosiery. First game starts at 7 30 p m as Riverside pursues first place and Cooper-Wells seeks to regain top position.
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Riverside
Coopr-Wells
Cooper-Wells
Three Negroes Killed in Montgomery Auto Crash
Three Black youths were killed and a fourth person seriously injured when a car struck a utility pole on the Atlanta highway near Montgomery. The victims were Hubbard Williams, Clisby Williams, 19, and Dorothy Cowart, 14, all residents of Montgomery.
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Montgomery
Ala
Atlanta
Hubbard Williams
Clisby Williams
Dorothy Cowart
Your Want Ad Will Go Into More Than 7000 Homes
Tele phone 46. The note advertises placing a want ad in local newspapers, claiming reach to over seven thousand homes in the area. It emphasizes contact by phone for submission or inquiries.
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Telephone
Paycheck Announces Retirement After Loss in Chicago
Johnny Paycheck ends his boxing career after a tenth round knockout by Altus Allen in the Coliseum Chicago. The 25 year old native of Chicago, living in Des Moines, says he lost desire for boxing since a prior loss to Joe Louis, amid a 4,000 crowd and a fierce exchange that shown Allen’s edge.
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Chicago
Johnny Paycheck
Altus Allen
Paycheck
Des Moines
Joe Louis
Allen
Questiof Allen
Chicks cling to second as Barons cap recovery
Memphis Chicks narrowly stay in second in the Southern Association after a three game loss to Birmingham Barons. Atlanta Crackers win 3 2 over Nashville Vols behind Tom Drake. Barons win 5 4 with Tauby double in 10th. New Orleans loses 4 2 to Little Rock. Knoxville defeats Chattanooga 6 2.
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Associated Press
Memphis’ Chicks
Southern Association
Birmingham
Barons
Chicks
Atlanta
Crackers
Nashville Vols
Tom Drake
Sam Page
Fred Tauby
Bob Joyce
Art Luce
New Orleans
Lew Krausse
Little Rock
Knoxville
Chattanooga
Lookouts
Masterson Is Masterful Masterson Is Masterful
Washington Senators brightened a dull spring with Walter Masterson’s stellar major league debut a four hit shutout of Cleveland 6 1 eight innings and a ninth inning run. Bloodworth's grand slam cleared the bases in the fourth as the Senators muster ten hits extending a skid of injuries.
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Judson Bailey
Associated Press
Washington Senators
Walter Masterson
Cleveland Indians
Senators
Masterson
Philadelphia Athles
Baseball Results From The Associated Press
NATIONAL Four games reported Cincinnati beat New York Chicago defeated Philadelphia New York 7 2 3 2 Chicago 3 2 Only games scheduled AMERICAN LEAGUE New York 7 Chicago 5 St Louis 4 Boston 3 14 innings Washington 6 Cleveland 1 Detroit 9 Philadelphia 1 SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION Knoxville 6 Chattanooga 2 Birmingham 5 Memphis 4 10 Lite Rock 4 New Orleans 2 Atlanta 3 Nashville 2
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Hague
Cincinnati
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Boston
Washington
Cleveland
Detroit
Southern Association
Knoxville
Chattanooga
Birmingham
Memphis
Lite Rock
New Orleans
Atlanta
Nashville
Dodgers labeled Brooklyn Post in press box humor
A Daily News note mocks the Dodgers as the Brooklyn Post and lists former AL players on the club including Durocher Walker Vosmik Wasdell Hamlin Tamulis Wyatt Kay Galla gher. Clark Shaughnessy and assistants study Stanford plays from the last three years while Connie Mack expects the Yankees to finish third.
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Howard Roberts
Chicago
Daily News
Dodgers
Brooklyn Post
A. L
Manager Durocher
Dixie Walker
Joe Vosmik
Jim Wasdell
Luke Hamlin
Vito_Tamulis
Whitlow Wyatt
Ernie Kay
Joe Gallagher
Clark Shaughnessy
Stanford
Yanks
Connie Mack
Tulane Coach Glenny Sidel Pursues Northwest Talent
Glenn Sidel, former Minnesota quarterback and Tulane backfield coach, promotes players in the Northwest while declining to recruit in Minnesota. The piece notes his family link to Bernie Bierman as a cousin and his firm stance on recruiting geography.
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Glenn Sidel
Minnesota
Tulane
Bernie Bierman
Glenn
Northwest
Watts Scores Ace On Oak Park Green In Two Years
Benton C. Watts carded an ace on the 13th green at Oak Park Country Club in Chicago on June 2 1939 and again on June 2 1940 preserving a rare repeat feat at the same course and hole.
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Benton C. Watts
Chicago
Oak Park Country Club
Watts
National League Games On Tap Across Cities
A slate of League games scheduled includes Boston at Pittsburgh Philadelphia at Chicago Brooklyn at St. Louis Chicago at New York St. Louis at Boston Detroit at Philadelphia Cleveland at Washington Atlanta at Knoxville Little Rock at Birmingham Chattanooga at Nashville Memphis at New Orleans.
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National League
Boston
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Chicago
Brooklyn
St. Louis
Davey O'Brien Weds Frances Buster in Fort Worth
TCU star Davey O'Brien, 1938 All American quarterback, married his schoolday sweetheart Frances Buster in Fort Worth last night.
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Davey
Fort Worth
Tex
Davey O’brien
Texas Christian University
Miss
Frances Buster
Baily Crossword Across 2 Platform Bowman Cry of Pai
Across clues list includes many entries with numbers and hints such as Rent spherical body Biblical mount Cakes Bog One of the Musketeers Method of dyeing cloth Young cow Withered From one birth Emblem of Talon Mortified Adays march Set again Beholds Disable Pretender to gentility Bright colored fish Ceremony In arrears Macaws Couch down A cushion A kingdom Pain Kind of engine Begin Urge forward Sweet Fiery Periods of time Does archaic Gentle breezes One who lies Bombard Like Male sheep Title of respect Twist Establishes Foray Placed Turkish title Performer Mingle One of the Great Lakes Fodder vat Level Dregs A number is Delirium tremens
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Pai
Manhattan
Talon
Couch
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Fiery
Limestone County Social News Roundup
Mrs. and Mrs. Lester Evans with son visited the Allen families in Proctor while Vern Zehner and kin from Dayton spent a weekend with Clif ford Zehner clan. Many attended church and local visits marked the week along with several trips to Birmingham and New Orleans.
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Lester Evans
Oliver Allen
Leon Allen and
Proctor
Vern Zehner
Dayton
Tenn
Clifford Zehner
Richard Grubbs
Ernest Varnell
Athens
Santford Jarratt
Ripley
Lindsey Hudson
Bonnie Romine
Concord
Evelyn Zehner
Ruth Parker
Near Flint
Ernestine Varnell
Lovrce
Sarah Evans
George Brown
Henry Grayson
Nannie Grubbs
Crutcher Baugh
Redus Baugh
Burford Hardy
Morgan County Penns Crowe Visit Noted
Miss Christine Crowe spent Monday night with Mr and Mrs Coy Crowe while Howel Morris of Florence State Teacher's College spent last week.
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Christine Crowe
Coy Crowe
Howel Morris
Florence State Teacher's College
Conn Defeats Lesnevich Then Hints at Heavyweight Move
Billy Conn won a 15 round decision over Gus Lesnevich in Detroit to retain the light heavyweight title and signal a possible move to heavyweight. Lesnevich, from Cliffside Park New Jersey, challenged Conn who showed late power to secure the unanimous verdict. The bout drew 6075 fans and marked Detroit’s seventh championship fight.
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Dale Stafford
Detroit
Gus Lesnevich
Cliffside Park
N. J
Billy Conn
Lesnevich
Conn
Billy
Gus
Joe Louis
New York
Sam Hennessy
Michael
Dad) Butler
Harry Hall
Louis
Battler
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Philadelphia Athletics
New York Yankees
Thornton Lee
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Cincinnati Reds
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Delirium Tremens
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King Features Syndicate, Inc
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Hollis Dutton
Crestview
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Louise 1
Mitchell Poole
Clarence Smith
Walker Steeler
A. R. Dutton
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Ruby Doss
Edward. Hunter
W. L. Morris
Emmett
Morgan County
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R. J. Scott
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Wis
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