Bums Grow Close to National League Penant Crown
Baseball roundup notes Obby Jones to Army service while Reiser Medwick lead NL in batting as Dodgers, Giants and Cubs win. Dodgers beat Pirates 6 2 with relief from Laughing Larry French. Yankees edge Browns 6 5. Red Sox, Indians, Reds all win. Cubs top Phillies 8 4.
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Reiser
Joe Medwick
Larry French
Dodgers
Pirates
Wyatt
Larry
Medwick
New York Yankees
Louis Browns
Joe Gordon
Joe DiMaggio
Boston Red Sox
Detroit Tigers
Oscar Judd
Boston
Ted Williams
Jim Tabor
Cleveland Indiana
Philadelphia Athletics
Tribe
Cris Hackett
Les Fleming
Ken Keltner
Cincinnati Reds
New York Giants
Bill ‘Tlobrman
Chicago Cubs
Philadelphia Phils
Bruins
Lou Novikoff
Sports Shorts Blooming array of stray ball tales across leagues
Giants Johnny Mize bungled a first base handoff as Eddie Joost slipped the ball away and threw to the pitcher in a curious play. A Miami parachutist and a fielding miscue near Pine Bluff appear in scattered brief items across cities and dates. Tulane hosts the National Intercollegiate Team with Ted Schroeder seeded high, while Joe Muscatto defeats Franklin in a rousing first round.
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New York
Johnny Mize
New York Giants
Mize
Eddie Joost
Cincinnati
Joost
Wade Not to Be a Coach
Pr Major Wallace Wade will not coach football while in the Army. Major General Gilbison recommended he stay on his present assignment and continue as an officer. Wade volunteered for active service and is noted as making an unusually good officer who will command a battalion soon.
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Port Bragg
N. C
Wallace Wade
Army
D.C. Gilbbison
Alabama
Duke
Field Artillery Replacement Center
Wade
Major Wade
Softball season opens with Trainers beating instructors
The Southern Aviation Training School physical training department opened the softball season with a 26 9 victory over the flight instructors at Delano Park. Winning pitcher chumacker led by Hambright Piper and Adams as Kimbrel and Owens starred for the teams. The same teams meet Thursday at 6 30 PM at Delano Park with the public invited.
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Delano Park
Southern Aviation Trains School
Eashing
Chumacker
Hambright
Piper
Adams
Kimbrel
Owens
Delaho Park
Morgan County Union Grove News Notes
Mr and Mrs Joe Boyd of Hagel Green visited relatives in Arab on Sunday. Reading of recent notices reports the death of Mrs Martha Williams wife of the late Billie Williams former East Morgan resident who moved to Cookwell Texas. She left seven children and many relatives as the community learns of her passing.
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Georgia Pritchett
Joe Brown
The
Baptist Church
Velie Thomas
Tiny
Doyle Wright
J. A. Williams
Yancey
Earl Whisenant
Birmingham
P.T. A
Joe Boyd
Hagel Green
Martha Williams
Billie Williams
East Morgan
Cookwell
Texas
News Bomber fund tops target with 320000 total draw
A card notes a $25,000 net addition toward the Bomber for MacArthur fund, lifting the campaign total to better than $320,000. The entry highlights support strengthening the fundraising drive.
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Land News
South Carolina Fullback Enlists in Pilot Training
Ken Roskie from Rockford Illinois signs to the civilian pilot training program at the University of South Carolina and will enter the Navy after earning his degree this senior year.
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Columbia
8. C
Ken Roskie
South Carolina
Rockford
Navy
Birmingham Baron Little Rock Traveler Benefit at Rickwood Field
Proceeds from the Birmingham Baron versus Little Rock Traveler baseball game at Rickwood Field go to the Red Cross with a target gate of 20000 dollars. In Miami Florida the Greater Miami women's golf association moves weekly tournaments from morning to afternoon to accommodate members war work.
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Birmingham
Ala
Rickwood Field
The
Red Cross
Miami
Pla
Greater
Sixth annual Lexington junior league horse show slated
Lexington announces the sixth annual junior league horse show to run July 15 to 18 with a prize list offering 12 000 dollars in cash and 30 trophies for competitors nationwide mailed to horsemen.
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Lexington
Johnny Upson Swimmer Trainer Joins Merchant Ship
Tampa veteran coach Johnny Upson, after 13 years guiding local swimmers and producing champions, shifts to the water as a sailor. He first tried the Navy but enlisted with a merchant ship to do his bit.
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Tampa
Fla
Johnny Upson
Johnny
Navy
Me Ol’s boys and a summer ball game clash
Sports columnist notes Giants losses during the summer run and a string of odd plays. Freddy Zivic, junior lifeguard in Pittsburgh, is mentioned alongside a Texas league incident where a muffed third strike led to a baserunner being tagged out on a flamboyant putout sequence.
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Hugh Fullerton, JR
New York
Bill Terry
Giants
Bill
Freddy Zivic
Fritzie
Pittsburgh
Sateman
Joplin Miners
Joplin Enatcher
Shorts and Shells Reflect Navy Station Grid Rebuild
A rumor notes no backfield material at the Great Lakes naval station football team with only a line nucleus. Earl Averill, ex AL outfielder, won the Washington State handicap trap shooting title. Bil Dudley has gained weight since last season while aiming to join as an airman. Roughly 90 percent of Midwest dirt-track racers use Sundays for joyrides after wartime plant work.
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Great Lakes Naval Station
Earl Averill
Bil Dudley
Virginia
Midwest
Former Marine Great Frank Goettge Praised by Walter Camp
The article recalls Frank Goettge as a star back on the All Marine Corps team after World War I, praised by Walter Camp as as great as Jim Thorpe. It mentions Lt Colonel Goettge overseas with the Marines and ties Cary Cox to Holt East and the Go Devil regiment at Fort Bragg where Lt Rast received a message about contacting Lt Cary Cox.
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Frank Goettge
Walter Camp
Jim Thorpe
Holt East
Alabama
Cary Cox
Rast
Ath
Fort Bragg
N. C
Williams released from Stateville runs with crooks
Karl Williams, star first sacker of the Stateville penitentiary team, was released and began taking orders from crooks. He joined a Chicago team managed by Otto Crooks. Jerry Nason of the Boston Globe reported that Bill Shirley had signed with the Little Rock Travelers, noting a ballplayer who will have the last word against the umpires.
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Shear
Frank Metzinger
Peru
News-Herald
Karl Williams
Stateville
Crooks
Chicago
Otto Crooks
Jerry Nason
Boston Globe
Bill Shirley
Little Rock Travelers
Umps
Scotsman Hugh Robertson Gives Blood for Ill Son
Chicago on Father’s Day Hugh Robertson a Scotsman in a Mississippi camp sent a wire to his son Navy lieutenant Hugh Robertson Jr who is seriously ill thanking him for the extra pint of Scotch drawn for a transfusion.
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Chicago
Hugh Robertson
Hugh, Jr
Navy
Mississippi
Robertson
DAILY CROSSWORD PUZZLE AND CRYPTOQUOTE SOLVE
Crossword clues span across and down with multiple word answers listed. A cryptoquote puzzle quotes a message, and a solved example from yesterday praises positivity for teachers and preachers.
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Swift
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Barons Beat Chicks 9-3 In Hot Atlanta Clash
Barons topple Chicks 9-3 in Atlanta as Memphis and Birmingham vie for second after several standings shifts. New Orleans scores 4-3 over Rocks, while Chattanooga ends Nashville’s six game win streak 8-3. Birmingham wins 9-3 behind Burpe pitching as Memphis and Nashville drift into a virtual tie for second.
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Atlanta
Rocks
Memphis
New Orleans
Crackers
Knoxville Smokies
Chattanooga
Nashville
Birmingham
George
Wildman
Burpe
Woods
Kleinke
Gautreaux
Burpo
West
Knoxville
Cortes
Rambert
Richards
Warhol
Evans
Finley
Nowak
Lochbaum
Smith
Anderson
Lewis
Little Rock
Trexler
Hawleyn Callahan
Moran
Bremer
Horn
Berry
Burmeister
Kennedy
Guerray Pulford
Malone
Helf
Baseball Scores From The National and American Leagues
The Associated Press reports NL games with Cincinnati losing 0 to 7 to New York and Chicago 8 to 4 over Philadelphia while St. Louis at Boston was postponed and Brooklyn defeated Pittsburgh 6 to 2 in a night game. In the AL Boston beat Detroit 6 to 2 and Cleveland won 7 to 5 over Philadelphia as Washington at Chicago and New York at St. Louis night games were postponed or incomplete.
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Cincinnati
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Boston
Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
Southern Association scores report from Atlanta and nearby games
In Atlanta the Knoxville team won 5 to 4 after 11 innings in the first game, while in Chattanooga Nashville fell 8 to 3 at night. Little Rock edged New Orleans 4 to 3 and Birmingham defeated Memphis 9 to 3.
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Southern Association
Atlanta
Knoxville
Chattanooga
Nashville
Little Rock
New Orleans
Birmingham
Memphis
South Atlantic and Georgia Florida League Scores
Augusta defeated Savannah 9 6 Columbia topped Macon 4 3 Jacksonville played Columbus post Charleston 5 Greenville 4 Dothan at Americus postponed Waycross beat Moultrie 4 3 Tallahassee 3 Albany 0 Cordelo at Valdosta postponed
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Augusta
Savannah
Columbia
Macon
Jacksonville
Columbus
Charleston
Greenville
Georgia
Dothan
Americus
Waycross
Moultrie
Tallahassee
Albany
Cordelo
Valdosta
Southeastern League scoreboard results summary
Meridian 2 Montgomery 6 Mobile 3 9 Anniston 5 2 Jackson 6 1 Pensacola 0 1 Second game ended after 7th inning due to dimout.
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Meridian
Montgomery
Mobile
Anniston
Jackson
Pensacola
Delano Park Sets Seven Day Supervised Schedule
Delano Park will operate seven days a week with WPA supervision. Weekdays and Saturday run from 2 PM to 10 PM while Sunday hours are 2 PM to 7 PM.
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Delano Park
WPA
Baseball Schedule for Today Across Leagues
Today's American League games feature New York at St. Louis Boston at Detroit Philadelphia at Cleveland Washington at Chicago St. Louis at Boston and Cincinnati at New York Chicago at Philadelphia. Additional night matchups include Atlanta at Nashville Little Rock at Birmingham Memphis at New Orleans.
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Southern Little Rock
Memphis Weaetesseneseeee
Nashville
Atlanta Peactveres
SIT
Pirmingham
New Orleans
Chattanooga
Knoxville
Otpoessdaeeue
National
Brooklyn
St. Louis Sopeee
Cincinnati
New York
Pittsburgh Soni Andipanes Enne
Chicago
Boston
Philadelphia
American New York
Cleveland
Cupid Retrieves Dog With Marines In San Diego
Corporal Orin Tufts of Chicago finds a stray dog near Camp Allen in San Diego. He feeds and locates its owner a girl with a lovely voice. He borrows money for a date, the girl arrives with two armed Marines as escorts.
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CUPID
San Diego
Calif
Corp
Orin Tufts
Chicago
Camp Allan
Tufts
Army pilot father awaits news of newborn daughter
Tacoma report says Mrs Everett Holstrom, wife of an Army air force lieutenant who aided General Doolittle in bombing Tokyo, gave birth to a daughter. The father, on undisclosed active duty likely in Shangri La again, has not yet learned of the birth.
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Tacoma
Wash
Everett Holstrom
Army Air Force
James Doolittle
Tokyo
Shangri-La
Morgan County Rock Creek
Janet visits Decatur while Pearl Roberts from Tennessee joins a party hosted by Martha and Rheba Martin. Albert King departs for the army Wednesday as Loris Smith stays with Edward Smith near Joppa. The Lonely Trio performs while Elzin Childers and Don visit Decatur with the Tanner family.
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Janet
Decatur
Albert King
Elzin Childers
Don
J. F. Tanner
Peere Ford
Roy Oden
Arnice Oden
Gadsden
Jim Woodall
Cleveland Williams
Eva
Dolorese Smith
Edward Smith
Joppa
Bobby Jones turns soldier eyes to Atlantic coast defense
Bobby Jones, now Captain Robert Tyre Jones, begins training in the Army Air Forces observation service. He will organize civilian volunteers for coastal watch Posts from Maine to Key West, leveraging his vision and leadership to aid fighter aircraft guidance along the Atlantic seaboard. He notes Hogan’s Hale America performance and raises funds for war effort.
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Hogan
Ben Hogan
Hershey
Ridgemoor Country Club
Chicago
Bobby Jones
Atlanta
New York
Bobby
Robert Tyrer Jones
Ben Hog
Uncle Sam
Peachtree Street
Army
Atlantic Seaboard
Maine
Key West
Aircraft Warning Service
John K. Cannon
First Fighter Command
Jones
Ben
Winter
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Stanford
No. 1
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Franklin
Joe Louis
Joe Muscato
Buffa N. Y
REE Comic BooKs
Servicenter
Vine
Morgan County Union Grove
W. B. Lemley
Daily Crossword
Hinder
Lick
WBQ
Barons
Chicks
Detroit
Washington
Dillehay
BY Jack Lordi
Pae Reiser
Gatters
Morgan County
Rock Creek
North Alabama
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Decatur Kiwanis Club
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