Barons Crax Remain Tied In Long Drawn Baseball Night
In a 16 inning Southern Association game at Ponce De Leon Park Birmingham Barons and Nashville Vols battled to a 2-2 tie when rain halted play after the 16th inning with bases loaded and none out. Nashville extended its lead with a 7th win as Memphis Chicks fell to 3-17, while Birmingham slipped to a lower position. Tray Cenrfielder Bob Leeds sparked a late rally with five hits in 6 at bats, aiding a 10-inning 5-3 Chattanooga win over Knoxville behind Ox Milstead. Lookouts built a five-run early lead and cruised past Orleans 5-2 as Milstead pitched effectively.
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Hog market to shift to lighter hogs forecast
Washington reports the Agriculture Department forecasts that corn and other feeds will be scarce this feeding season. Hog weights are expected to be lighter as producers adjust to anticipated feed shortages.
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Clarke Count Democrat Lists Bag of Wild in 18 Communities
The Clarke Count Democrat reports a tally of bagged wildlife across 18 communities during the recent hunting season, totaling a sum not disclosed in the fragment. The item catalogs counts by locality, reflecting regional hunting activity and harvest levels.
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West Coast Plans To Field Kid Teams
In the Far West the 1943 college football season faces uncertainty with a potential North South division among PCC members. California four schools propose home and home play, while Northern members fear travel and finances. Navy calls, war impacts, and uncertain rosters shape prospects for California Washington UCLA Stanford Oregon and others. Gonzaga and several others plan to field teams if feasible amid wartime constraints.
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Sam Robinson
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George Phillips
Oregon State College
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National and American League Baseball Schedule Today
Listed games include Philadelphia at New York Pittsburgh at St Louis Boston at Brooklyn Washington at Boston St Louis at Cleveland Chicago at Detroit Little Rock at Knoxville Birmingham at Atlanta Memphis at Nashville New Orleans at Chattanooga all slated for today with twilight and night starts where noted.
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Bonds Bid For Baseball Stars In Record Sale
In New York on June 9 194?, investors sponsor ball players from the Yankees Giants and Dodgers in a record Treasury bond sale totaling about 124 million dollars. Top bidders include Dixie Walker Hubbell Dickey and Freddy Fitzsimmons with pledges covering future performance levels, while 37 players were bid in and sponsors buy bonds per hit or win.
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Tribe given chance now
The Cleveland Indians seek to rebound in the American League as the schedule leans homeward. They add Mike Rocco and Eddie Turchin, and buy Pat Seerey to cover injury gaps after Hank Edwards injury. First home slate opens with five games against the St Louis Browns.
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Southern League Scores Tie But Affected By Rain
Associated Press baseball results report Little Rock 5 Knoxville 3 in 10 innings while Birmingham 2 Atlanta 3 ended early. Memphis 3 Nashville 7. New Orleans Chattanooga incomplete due to weather.
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Youthful players gather for Southern Lawn Tennis event
In Clinton South Carolina the annual boys and junior tennis championships of the Southern Lawn Tennis Association begin with about 60 players expected. Defending junior champ Jack Tuero of New Orleans and last year's boys champion Wade Herren of Birmingham play in the juniors and boys divisions respectively.
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New Orleans
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Augusta, Ga
Memorial drive launched for Iowa football star Niles Kinnick
Chicago alumni club of the University of Iowa started a fundraiser to memorialize Niles Kinnick Iowa's famed 1939 iron man. Kinnick was a Navy pilot aboard an aircraft carrier reported killed in action last week.
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Wyoming Coach Ev Shelton to Lead Dow AAU Team
Logan Utah June 9 Coach Ev Shelton who steered the University of Wyoming to the 1943 NCAA title will coach the Dow Chemical AAU basketball team at Midland Michigan He is in Utah as a summer coaching instructor at Utah State Agricultural College and said he would accept Dow Company’s offer Wyoming officials announced Shelton’s leave of absence.
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Warmerdam to defend AAU pole vault title in New York
Ensign Cornelius Warmerdam, four time AAU pole vault champion, announced he will defend his national title at the AAU meet June 19-20 in New York. The report highlights his past successes and upcoming defense in a major track field event.
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War Bond Auction of Ballplayers Sparks Brooklyn Bids
A chaotic baseball player auction drew heavy Brooklyn money as Giants players fetched mixed bids. Amid the frenzy a bidder offered 26 cents for the entire Giants squad while others emptied pockets to send a pitcher Elsie the cow bought Bobo Newsom for 3,375,000 and a publicity wire joked about milk and cream.
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Parker misses AAU bid sparks junior race challengers
Charley Parker the Texas sprinter cannot run in the A A U championships but his entry prompts another boy to test for the junior title while Parker focuses on the senior race. Dan Ferris mails a bid from St Louis to enter the junior 880 with a best around two minutes. Sal Bartol reluctantly watches fights wishing he could be ringside. Temple U expands co ed sports as women rail for soccer and touch football. Jimmy Conzelman says the Browns are in the American League cellar by planning a mousetrap play.
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Johnny Riddle Earns Praise From Birmingham Manager
Henry Vance notes a distinction between level headed leadership and flat headed rashness as he quotes Birmingham manager Johnny Riddle praising steady judgment and control in team handling.
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Navy Officers Win Decorations and Clarify Training Stats
Lieut Joe Kilgrow received a field commission for leadership in New Guinea as his anti aircraft platoon shot down four Japanese Zeros in a raid. Ensign Johnny Roberts, Kilgrow's Alabama teammate, is missing in the Pacific. Lieut Johnny Miller at North Carolina Navy pre flight school reports cadets at Chapel Hill received 116735 dollars worth of free swimming lessons to help 1216 novices learn to swim.
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Johnny Roberts
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Chapel Hill
Notable Title Fragment Reaches Boxing Crown Challenge
A fragment notes Chalky Wright and Jackie Callura contesting for the boxing title, with purses reported at thirty thousand dollars per fight as the ultimate crown hangs in the balance.
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Women clubs stage Red Cross dressings contest in Cullman
The Business and Professional Women's Club Unit I challenged the Sunshine Club of St. Pauls Lutheran to a sewing contest benefiting the American Red Cross. The six weekly event ran June 7 to July 6 with the winner to be entertained by the loser. Social notes report gatherings hosted by Mrs. Clarence Green for daughter Dorothy, and visits by Mr. and Mrs. Horace Wells in Columbus Georgia. Corporal Margaret Hartung plans a Daytona Beach trip after visiting her parents.
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Medical Unit at Base Entertained by Army Detachment
The medical detachment at the base hospital hosted a Saturday night party in the enlisted men’s mess. USO show cast members joined guests and personnel for a evening of jokes by Major Zielinski and Private Cohen, plus songs by the unit chorus and string quartet.
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