Victory National opens Friday with top pros and amateurs
Chicago June 28 The nations top ranking pros begin their 36 hole prelude at the golf course pairing pros amateurs women and seniors. Favorites include Sammy Byrd Byron Nelson money leader with 53975 this season. Notables include Wilford Wehrle Dale Morey Bob Cochran Steve Kovach George Rawson Mike Stolarik and Lieut Ben Hogan a strong contender.
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Gewater
Wilford Wehrle
Racine
Wis
Dale Morey
Martinsville
Ind
Bob Cochran
St. Louis
Steve Kovach
Taretum
George Rawson
Mike Stolarik
Great Lakes
Army Airforce
Ben Hogan
Hogar
Babe Didriksen Zaharis
George Byrd
Cochran
Bob Hamilton
Evansville
Morey
Johnny Revolta
Patty Berg
Gene Sarazen
Marjorie Row
Anniston
Ala
First Half Race Heats Up in Southern Association Stakes
Doc Pro thro's Memphis Chicks sweep five games from Knoxville Smokies to move into second place three percentage points behind Atlanta. Little Rock drops to third after a 9 to 10 loss to Nashville as Atlanta and Memphis battle for the first-half crown with Independence Day twin bills looming.
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Knoxville Smokies
Doc Prothro
Memphis Chicks
Southern Association
Atlanta
Little Rock
Memphis
Nashville
Knoxville
Crossword Puzzle Clue Grid From an Era
Readable fragments show a cryptogram style puzzle with many clues across and down including animals, weather, metals and scripts. The page also contains a cryptoquote quote and a coded answer line with mixed letter strings typical of late print puzzles.
Veterans pace opener one hitter as Braves edge Birmingham
Ed Greer pitched a one hitter through seven innings as the veteran pitcher led to a 4 to 1 win over Atlanta. George Bradley homered in the sixth for the decision. Cozart struck out seven in reaching his 10th win, allowing two hits after the second. Chattanooga took two from New Orleans 3-2 and 6-1, with Bob Albertson and Lefty Lawson stellar in the wins.
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Ed Greer
George Bradley
Charlie Cozart
Atlanta
Birmingham
Cozart
Chattanooga
New Orleans
Bob Albertson
Pels
Lefty Lawson
Notable track duel and golf leads across several cities
Sweden's Gunder Haegg faces Arne Andersson in 1500 meters with world record note. Ellis Knowles seeks third straight national seniors golf title after leading round. Johnny Lujack moves bases with Notre Dame transfer among Navy trainees. Rampelt of Baldwin-Wallace tops Michigan field in golf semi-finals. Teagle to battle Thomas in Southern tennis third round with Floyd facing Lurie.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Gunder Haegg
Arne Andersson
Andersson
Haegg
Rye
N. Y
Ellis Knowles
New Yorker
Paul Hyde
Buffalo
South Bend
Ind
Johnny Lujack
Notre Dame
Navy
Marine
Toledo
Henry Rampelt
Baldwin-Wallace College
Rampelt
Berea
Sterday
Phil Marcellus
Michigan
Johnny Jenswold
Louis Lick
Minnesota
Tom Messinger
Atlanta
Jack Teagle
Pny
Bruce Thomas
Lake Worth
Fla
Teagle
Donald’ Floyd
North Carolina
Bill
Lurie
Baseball relief fund games set to raise five hundred thousand
Baseball aims for a third 500000 war relief goal with games across Western NL parks and later Eastern and American League dates starting July 7. Mets? No. The report notes St Louis and Cincinnati attractions, Chicago doubleheaders, and a Yankees–Browns matchup as part of the war relief effort.
Baseball Scores From National and Southern Circuits
No games scheduled. In the southern section Atlanta defeated Birmingham 4 to 1 while Chattanooga beat New Orleans 3 to 2 in the first game of a doubleheader after 8 innings. Memphis lost 19 to 1 at Knoxville. Nashville edged Little Rock 10 to 9.
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Birmingham
Chattanooga
New Orleans
Memphis
Knoxville
Nashville
Little Rock
Todays Schedule with MLB Matchups and Suspended game note
New York at Pittsburgh and Boston at Cincinnati with two games in Brooklyn at Chicago and Philadelphia at St Louis. A May 16 suspended game followed two innings. American League saints include St Louis New York Chicago Boston Cleveland Philadelphia Detroit Washington. Southern League Birmingham Atlanta Little Rock Nashville two games. Only games scheduled.
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Memphis
Little Rock
Birmingham Ashville
Knoxville
Chattanooga
New Orleans
St. Louis
Chicago
New York
Boston
Washington
Detroit
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
New York Wawweweers
Brookly
Cincinnati A Neape
Shicaton
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Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Philadelphia-at-St. Louis
American St. Louis
New York City Champion Faces Quarterfinal Test in Tennis
In Evanston Illinois on June 28 unseeded Stan Clark of California Tech upset the field to reach the quarterfinals of the NCAA tennis tournament at Northwestern. The women's draw features Mrs Joe Hunt of Pensacola Florida matched against Louise Fowler of Georgia in quarterfinals as top seed status remains. Doubles competition began yesterday with 16 teams in the field.
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New York
Joe Hunt
Pensacola
Fla
Louise Fowler
Evanston, III
Stan Clark
California Tech
University of Miami
Sater Fes University
Son Writes From German Prison Camp in April 1944
Mrs Emma Duttoni Falkville 1 receives a POW letter from son Howard Dutton reporting he is in good health in a German prison camp. He thanks her for the package and letter and sends regards to the family.
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Falkville 1
Howard Dutton
Howard
Madison Square Garden Boss Plans More Basketball Teams
Ned Irish says Madison Square Garden has many basketball teams lined up for next season and could use three more dates. He would have to run court shows on successive nights, which would hurt box office. George Parnassus says Juan Zurita will train in a month and begin the East tour by late August.
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Ned Irish
Madison Square Garden
Ned
George Parnassus
Juan Zurita
Watchful Waiting Ends With Alaska Bear For Drake Alum
Allen Dillon, once a Drake University athlete, traveled to Alaska with the aim of killing a bear. He discovered a non resident hunting license cost 100 while residents paid two. After waiting a year to qualify as a resident, he paid two and on his first trip bagged a 300 pound bear.
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Allen Dillon
Drake U
Alaska
Allen
Al Akins Tops NCAA Fielding Hopes for Intercollegiate Title
Al Akins from the University of Washington led with a .656 average on 46 plate appearances, a mark that could win the intercollegiate championship if no one surpasses it. The item also notes 14-year-old Jo Ann McGowan rising in ice show potential and Dwight Pfirman being dropped from the Southern Association umpires roster.
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al Akins
U. of Washington
Jo- Ann McGowan
Everett
Dwight Pfirman
Southern Association
Pony League
Wykagyl
Johnny Wyrostek
Columbus
Southeastern Conference debate on Alabama Auburn rivalry
At the SEC meeting coaches debated renewing Alabama Auburn football relations and potential bad blood among players. Florida's Tom Lieb quipped asking what Malinkovich from Chicago would have against Auburn.
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Auburn
Florida
Tom Lieb
Malinkovich
Chicago
Ex-Cardinal Lou Klein joins Coast Guard ball team in Florida
Lou Klein, ex-Cardinal, now with the St. Augustine Coast Guard ball team in Florida, plays shortstop but couldn’t beat Joe Muffoletto for second base. Bill Smith, the Hawaiian swimming champ, graduates Navy Physical Training School at Bainbridge with specialist athletics second class rating, likely his first time at that rank.
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Lou Klein
St. Augustine. Fla
Coast Guard
Joe Muffoletto
Bill Smith
Navy Physical Instructors’ School
Bainbridge
Bill
Moon Distance From Earth Measured at 240000 Miles
A report notes the Moon lies about 240000 miles from Earth. This astronomical distance is a standard reference in celestial measurements and is used for rough orbit calculations.
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Moon
Earth
War Production Board chief calls to curb absenteeism
Colonel James P. Barnes district manager of the War Production Board urges reviving the term slacker to label workers who miss war jobs without cause. Speaking to a Kiwanis club in Birmingham he said absenteeism must be unpopular and cited 25 000 Alabama workers absent daily.
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Birmingham
James P. Barnes
War Production Board
Kiwanis Club
Barnes
Alabama
West Coast forms loop forms coast league for grid pro play
The American Professional Football League forms on the West Coast after failing to secure NFL status. Backed by William Freelove and owners in Seattle Portland Oakland San Francisco San Diego and Rec yeven, eight clubs each place 5100 on the table for a $50 000 bank. Babe Didrikson Zaharias and George Zaharias will run the San Diego franchise. Uniforms bought and a National Football League style constitution adopted.
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Russ Newland Hollywood
Pacific Coast
National Football League
American Professional Football League
William
Big Bill) Freelove
Los Angeles
Freelove
Seattle
Portland
Oak
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