Johnstown, a Derby Contender, Gains Attention in Training
Johnstown, bred by William Woodward, draws Derby talk as Sunny Jim Fitzsimons weighs his chances at Churchill Downs in May. Trainer Genial Jim notes Johnstown’s growing frame and mixed sprint and distance breeding, tracing his line to Jamestown and La France, with ties to Gallant Fox’s legacy.
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Sid Feder
New York
Sunny Jim Fitsimmons
Johnstown
William Woodward
Louisville
Jim
Woodward
Churchill Downs
Gallant Fox
Fox
Omaha
Ben Brush
Downs
Sunny Jim
el Chico
Aqueduct
Long Island
Jamestown
la France
Flambert
Bino
Sir Gallahad Iti
Campaign shaped in Birmingham for cancer education
A Alabama committee named to direct a state cancer education campaign met today. Members include Dr. J. P. Chaplan of Selma as chairman, Dr. H. M. Simpson of Florence, Dr. Karl Fodel of Birmingham, Dr. Eva of the state health department in Montgomery, and Mrs. George W. Adams.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
J. P. Chaplan
Selma
H. M Simpson
Florence
Karl Fodel
Eva
State Health Department
Montgomery
George W. Adams
Suspects Released in Slaying of Sam Oddo in Alabama
Three persons, two men and a woman, held by Bes semer police during the investigation of the slaying of 43 year old Sam Oddo, were released today. Oddo was shot twice and found Saturday morning in his two room apartment by his sister Mrs Frank Manfree, about 30 hours after the shots were fired.
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Bessemer
Ala
Sam Oddo
Oddo
Frank Manfree
Camp Briefs Highlight Campbell vs Foxx Faceoff
Sarasota reports rookie Paul Campbell of the Red Sox will test facing AL star Jimmy Foxx at first base. Campbell, ex J American Legion, batted .225 for Little Rock last year and may land at Louisville this season. Baton Rouge notes the Giants scored 29 runs in two games against the Athletics during a 150 mile bus ride, with Connie Mack praising power and the team’s big players as Bill Terry fronts a strong lineup.
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Associated Press
Sarasota
Fla
Paul Campbell
Boston Red Sox
Tts
Jimmy Foxx
Campbell
American Legion
Tittle Rock
Louisville
Baton Rouge
Lake Charles
Giants
Philadelphia Athletics
Connie Mack
Bill Terry
Reds Exhibition Called Off By Influenza Outbreak
In Tampa Florida the Cincinnati Reds halted plans for an exhibition with the St. Louis Cardinals as several players including Vander Meer Derringer Myers Hershberger De Forge and Doc Rhode are confined with a mild influenza outbreak affecting the squad and forcing changes to the lineup and activities.
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Tampa
Fla
Cincinnati Reds
St. Louis Cardinals
Will McKechnie
Vander Meer
Derringer
Myers
Hershberger
de Forge
Doc” Rhode
Pinky Whitney Delivers Two Doubles In Exhibition
New Braunfels Tex report notes Pinky Whitney in an exhibition for the Phillies against the St. Louis Browns. The veteran infielder produced two doubles and a single, drove in one run, scored twice, and played errorless defense.
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New Braunfels
Tex
Pinky Whitney
Phillies
St. Louis Browns
White Sox Struggle With Curve Balls In Pasadena Exhbition
In Pasadena California Jimmy Dykes contends with workouts and doubts about staying on the active list as the Chicago White Sox stumble in an exhibition game against a Pasadena semi pro team. The Chisox mustered only two hits and eight strikeouts in the last five innings.
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Pasadena
Calif
Jimmy Dykes
Chicago White Sox
Chisox
Washington Senators v Detroit in exhibition tilt hopes to use regular pitcher
In Orlando the Senators sharpen in good condition as manager Bucky Harris intends to use at least one regular hurler in the exhibition against Detroit Saturday. President Clark Griffith is ill with influenza, the only current indisposition in the club.
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Orlando
Fla
Washington Senators
Bucky Harris
Detroit
Clark Griffith
Browns Sign Howard Mills Tightening Holdout Issues
In San Antonio Texas the St Louis Browns sealed Howard Mills a left handed pitcher reducing holdout tension by 25 percent. Buck Newsom and infielders Don Heff ner and Ralph Kress remain unsigned as talks continue. In Lake Charles Louisiana Sam Chapman who left UC Berkeley for the Phillies last year revived his bat driving in three runs with a homer and two singles in four at bats against the New York Giants.
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Son Antonio
Tex
St. Louis Browns
Howard Mills
Buck Newsom
Don Heffner
Ralph Kress
Lake Charles
Sam Chapman
University of California
Philadelphia Athletics
New York Giants
Tigers to map third base duties after Higgins injury
Detroit Tigers third base duties will be shared by Bill Rogell and Mark Christian for a couple of weeks after Pinky Higgins was spiked by Roxie Lawson and received seven stitches in his right heel. Surgeons said the wound narrowly missed a tendon.
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Lakeland
Fla
Bill Rogell
Mark Christian
Detroit Tigers
Pinky Higgins
Roxie Lawson
Cage Results Show Mixed College Scores
A collage of results returns with Columbia 43 over Cornell 42 and Princeton 45 over Pennsylvania 28. Other games include Notre Dame 46 and New York University 42, California 42 and Southern California, Montana State 53 and North Dakota 32, with Yale 42 and Harvard 20 and Pittsburgh 49 and West Virginia 43.
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Columbia
Cornell
Yale
Harvard
Princeton
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
West Virginia
Brown
Providence
Notre Dame
New York
Labor Conference Resumes Amid Labor War Split
In New York on March 13 negotiators from the American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations resume talks aimed at ending four years of civil war within labor. Previous meetings in Washington and New York left the committees divided, but leaders hopeful that pressure from President Roosevelt and active union members could push toward an armistice.
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New York
American Federation of Labor
Congress
Aids
Washington
Roosevelt
New Tobacco Tax Schedule Enters Birmingham
A new tobacco tax plan takes effect Wednesday in Birmingham. Two-cent tax stamps for each cigarette pack go on sale at city hall. Five-cent cigars will incur a half-cent tax, higher priced brands taxed at the same rate, and five-cent smoking tobacco taxed one cent.
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Birmingham
Ala
City Hall
Sox Face Uphill Battle in 1939 Pitching and Depth
Pasadena report says the Chicago White Sox, short on talent yet heavy with brains, aim to climb from last season’s sixth place. Manager Jimmy Dykes leans on pitchers John Whitehead Clint Brown Thornton Lee and veterans Lyons Herring and faces infield shuffles with Appling, Hayes and Sewell uncertainties. Exhibition games with the Cubs and Pirates will help decide the roster.
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Pasadena
Calif
Chicago White Sox
Pale Hose
Jimmy Dykes
John Whitehead
Clint Brown
Thornton Lee
Luke Appling
Jack Hayes
Eric
Booth) McNair
Boston
Hayes
Ollie Bejma
St. Paul
Luke Sewell
Caching
George Rensa
Mike Tresh
Ken Sylvestri
Norman Schluether
Chicago Cubs
Pittsburgh
St Petersburg Rifle Meet Produces Tight National Wins
Neil R Cocking edged Thurman Randle of Dallas for the Southeastern championship as the eighth annual midwinter small bore tournament concluded in St Petersburg Florida. The Sunshine Rifle and Pistol Club claimed the national interstate team match with 1144 points while Cocking and Randle tied at 1981 in aggregate. Cocking won on X ring tiebreaker.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
Cocking
Randle
W. P. Schweitzer
Hillsdale
N. J
Russell Gardner
Troy
Exhibition Results Across Cities From AP
Results show multiple baseball matches with teams including Cincinnati Brooklyn New York St Louis Philadelphia Jersey City Cleveland Chicago and Pasadena in games held in Tampa St Petersburg Lake Charles San Antonio New Orleans and New Orleans Inning details note Jersey City beat Cleveland in 10 innings and St Louis defeated New York in Tampa and St Louis 11 Philadelphia 6 in San Antonio.
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Associated Press
Tampa
Fla
Cincinnati
St. Louis
St. Petersburg
New York
Brooklyn
Lake Charles
Philadelphia
San Antonio
Tex
St.Louis
National Collegiate Tourneys Keep College Hoops Alive
Despite the end of major league and conference races, four national titles are at stake as about four dozen teams enter the National Intercollegiate Tournament in Oneas City the New York Writers Invitation tourney and the National Collegiate A A Regional events. Wake Forest meets Ohio State in the Eastern Region first round while Oklahoma and Drake vie in the Midland. Carnegie Tech edges Temple to tie Georgetown in the Eastern Conference race. Dartmouth clinches the Eastern League title by beating Princeton. California must face Oregon in a Pacific Coast playoff.
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Hugh
Fullerton
New York
Oneas City
Denver
Wake Forest
Ohio State
Philadelphia
Oklahoma
Missouri
Drake
Oklahoma Aggies
Carnegie Tech
Temple
Georgetown
Dartmouth
Princeton
Columbia
California
Tournament of Champs in New York Tonight
More than 100 young men in 86 bouts fight three rings at Madison Square Garden for the Golden Gloves tournament of champions. Winners advance to finals tomorrow to decide the Eastern inter city champion team joining the Western champs.
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New York
Meadison Square Garden
New York Daily News
Daily News A. A
Chicago Tribune
Philadelphia
Atlanta
Wilmington
Del
Weat Palm Beach
Fla
Cordele, Ga
Columbia, Ga
Buffalo
N. Y
Charlotte
N. C
Raleigh
Union City
N. J
Miami, Fla
Rockville Center
L. I
Newark
Newburgh
Passaic
Perth Amboy
Harrisburg
Alabama Hosiery Mill 1939 Basketball Team Shines
The 1939 Alabama Hosiery Mill basketball team impressed by facing top independent and college programs in the Tennessee Valley and Sand Mountain region. They met the New York Original Celtics New York Giants and the Fire Trucks Five and won a large portion of their games. Pete Barre of the Giants praised their smooth play. The team capped its season by beating Merrimac of Huntsville, the Tennessee Valley champions.
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Alabama Hosiery Mill
Tennessee Valley
Sand Mountain
New York Original Celtics
New York Giants
Fire” Trucks
Pete Barre
Alabama Five
Merrimac
Huntsville
Lady Champion to Headline Decatur Wrestling Card
Pro promoter Chris Jordan of the American Legion brings world champion Mildred Burke to Fort Stephen Decatur for three big matches. Burke meets Babe Myers of Minneapolis in a marquee girls bout while Joe Gunther defends against Rowdy Red Roberts and Leo Jensen faces Jack Steele in men’s action.
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Decatur
Fort Stephen Decatur
Chris Jordan
American Legion
Mildred Burke
Miss Burke
Joe
Former Birmingham Resident Dies From Car Collision
F. 8 Salser, 41, former Birmingham resident, died in a Dothan hospital from injuries after a Friday night wreck on the Alabama Florida highway. His car was sideswiped by an auto driven by Morris Roberts of Blakely. Salser owned a soft drink distributing company and had lived in Dothan the past year. He was a Mason and Baptist. Survived by wife, daughter, son, parents, two brothers and four sisters. Funeral services set for Birmingham tomorrow.
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Dothan
Ala
Salser
Birmingham
Morris Roberts
Blakely
The
Baptist Church
F. S. Salser
Virginia Rhodes
F.S. Salser, Jr
J. E. Salser
Parl B
John Salser
Graves
Ernest Chambers
Ruth Macon
Blanche Buchanan
Beverly Hills to Use Candid Cameras for Traffic Patrols
Beverly Hills police will issue small cameras to all motorcycle and radio traffic patrol officers. Chief Charles Blair says photographs are the best evidence for enforcing traffic rules and improving enforcement.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Charles Blair
Bratish Notes on Sports and Personalities
New York gossip column by Eddie Brietz surveys sports and public figures. Schmeling nudges Galento toward Louis title shot while Virginia schools eye a North Carolina coach. Connie Mack at 76 shows vigor. Art Rooney reports twins. Dix Cassiano shines academically.
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Eddie Brietz
New York
Max Schmeling
Tony Galen
Joe Louis
Virginia
North Carolina
Jess Willard
O. K
Jack Dempsey
Hoop hysteria: high school hoops in the Carolinas and beyond
The story notes a massive high school basketball sweep across North Carolina and Virginia. The Winston-Salem Journal editor sponsors a marquee event while the Southern textile tourney in Greenville hosts 75 teams and 800 players from six states.
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Indiana
Greenville
N. C
Frank Spencer
Winston-Salem
Virginia
Bishop Cannon's temperance lecture drew Lake Charles crowds
Connie Mack recalled a past era when he would have led his entire team to hear Bishop Cannon of Virginia speak in a Lake Charles church. The remark underscores the influence of temperance talks on baseball figures of the time.
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Ponce de Leon
Whitney Martin
Dixie
Connie Mack
E. J. Hawkins
Coffeyville
Kans
Cannon
Virginia
Lake Charles
Connie
Mack
Clemency Pleas Heard for Four Negroes in Alabama
Governor Dixon and the state board of pardons heard clemency pleas for four Black men convicted of murder and sentenced to die in Kilby Prison’s electric chair. Named petitioners include George Ivory of Mobile Grady Adams of Pike County Ed Winbush of Jefferson County and Joe Lee Kennedy of Jefferson County.
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Montgomery Ala
Frank M. Dixon
State Board of Pardons
Kilby
George Ivory
Mobile
Grady Adams
Pikes County
Ed Winbush
Jefferson County
Joe Lee Kennedy
State Supreme Court
Enrollment Slated for April for CCC Recruits
Mrs. Carlton Kelley Morgan County public welfare director announced April enrollment for CCC camps. It was unclear whether enrollment would be in Decatur or Athens and the exact date and location would be announced later.
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CCC
Carlton Kelley
Morgan County Department of Public Welfare
Decatur
Athens
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North Alabama
H. & HW. Machine Works
Moulton Street
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Art Herring
Ahs
Yost
Vic Frasier
Monty Stratton
Stratton
Mery Connors
Chicago
Joe Kuhel
South Chicago
Zeke Bonura
Gerald Washer Kreevich
Henry Steinbacher
Rip Radcliff
Walker
Radcliff
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Champs
Ding
Milton Camp
F. A. Voehringer
Eddie Black
Aston Bolding
Eg Telat
Oliver Dice
Baron Cockrell
James
Buck) Robinson
Charles Hobbe
Joe Cottrell
Russell Sims
Ross Graham
Horace Stanford
Lady Champ
Brietz
Art Rooney
Johnny Evers
Albany Senators
Pitt
Dix Cassiano
Brown’s Office Supply Co
Upstate
Grant Harrison
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