Derby Day Card Draws Crowds and High Stakes
Trainers filed entries for the classic mile and a quarter at Church Downs with a $500 starter fee as Derby preparations drew thousands by train and air. Matt Winn predicted a Derby day crowd of 100900 with a mutuel handle near $2,000,000 while favorites included Boots and Swain with several challengers and outsiders also listed at long odds.
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Razor Sharp
Racing Specretary
Matt Winn
Bull Dog
Royce G. Martin
Woodvale Farm
Cnx
Charrles
Briez Chats About Sports
Eddie Brietz reports from New York on spring sports chatter including Johnny Allen and a promised Porter's Cap event. Bets on Swain at 40 to 1 loom as a bold long shot amid fall practice worries for Minnesota and Washington Huskies.
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Eddie Brietz
New York
Special News Service
the Daily
Johnny Allen
Porter
Swain
Bernie Bierman
Minnesota
Washington Huskies
John Faunce
Fred Perry
Washington and
Lee Netters
Louisville
Royce Martin Neeee Cenenneee
Conn McCreary de
Carroll Bierman
Robert Morris
Fred Byers
Harry Richards
Len
Vera Bragg
Basil James Market Wise
Lou Tufano Voomneee
Eeving Anderson
Little Beas
Rocky Palladino
George Moore
Staretor
Ease Hugh
Nesbitt
Eorge Woolf
Sheneete
Swain Ow Gleaveland Putnam
Johnny Adams
Therseee
Herb Lemmon
Valdina Paul
E. F. Woodward
Allen's Spitters Stir Big League Hitter Jitters
The verse alleges players blame Allen for spitters used by big league hitters. It frames the claim as a chorus of jitters among batters unsettled by the suspected grip.
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Johnny
Allen
Durocher Bonds, Jabs and Joins in Quick Fight Roundup
Leon Durocher buys the first U. S. defense bond sold in Brooklyn. Mike Jacobs counsels Lew Jenkins about his motorbike talk. Fight results splash across cities with Frume Zivic toppling Marteliano in New York, Angott beating Castilloux in Louisville, and Georgie Martin defeating Honey Melody in Boston.
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Leon Durocher
U. S
Brooklyn
Mike Jacobs
Lew Jenkins
Uncle Sam
Ed Oliver
National Oper
Frume Zivic
Tony Marteliano
New York
Sammy Angott
Dave Castilloux
Louisville
Georgie Martin
Honey Mellody
Boston
Mike Gongales
St. Louis
Mike
Inocurable Affection St Petersburg News Note
A fragment from Milon Plumb, longtime newspaperman in Clearwater, is cited as absorbed in Florida propaganda. Now with the Essee Michigan Press, he writes for Pineallas County and requests literature and public stories, as noted by Paul A. Davis and Harold Ballew in The Independent.
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Fila
Milton Plub
Clearwater
Florida
Essee
Mich
Pineallas County
Paul A. Davis
Harold Ballew
Independent
Burrell Neal
Our.c
C. Man
Mars Dances Form Three Battalions At Fort Whiting
Mobile girls join the Mars unit of the Mobile Army Recreation Service for morale duty during training. Each dance battalion has 12 captains, 12 lieutenants, and 108 enlisted dancers.
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Mobile
Ala
Mars
Fort Whiting
Mobile Army Recreatm Service
Boxer Max Baer Receives Fracture Diagnosis in Nova Fight
Baer suffered a fracture of a cervical vertebra with anterior border detachment and traumatic arthritis after the Lou Nova bout. Doctors describe the injury as serious but nonfatal and note the fighter will undergo further evaluation.
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Max Baer
Reading farm gains new Brooklyns business manager
Larry MacPhail Jr is named business manager at Brooklyns Reading farm Arthur Francis Wallace begins his annual pigskin preview A Broadway column notes Jack Dempsey may tour South America as a goodwill ambassador for FDR Eddie Shokes could join the Reds avoiding a long Duke Athletics pipeline Coach Jack Coombs alma mater Rutgers standout Frank Brock draws three scouts at second base for Rutgers
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Larry MacPhail, Jr
Brooklyn
Reading Farm
Arthur Francis Wallace
B'way
Jack Dempsey
South America
FDR
Duke
Eddie Shokes
Reds
Philadelphia Athletics
Jack Coombs
Frank Brock
Rutgers
Missing Phillies Star Reported From National League Cellar
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin notes a missing Phils player with a tongue in cheek line Finders keepers No reward offered Please do not return. The note frames a playful tease about team misfortune and a lighthearted mystery in baseball circles.
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Lynn CC. Doyle
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
National League
Phils
Cracks Take Bigger Lead In Southern Association Race
Atlanta Crackers grow to 18 3 after an 8 6 win over Memphis as Nashville trails. Charlie Clock homers for the Crackers while Frank Veverka and Bob Joyce are beaten. New Orleans beats Knoxville 4 1. Birmingham defeats Nashville 6 4. Chattanooga beats Little Rock 11 5 for fourth straight Travelers loss.
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Atlanta
Atlanta Crackers
Nashville
Memphis
Chicks
Crackers
Frank Veverka
Bob Joyce
Little Charlie Clock
New Orleans
Knoxville
Johnny Beazley
Birmingham
Zach Schuessler
Chattanooga
Little Rock
Travelers
Orchestra Leader Sentenced to Pen
Sidney H. Pratt a 34 year old former assistant U S revenue collector died in a Monroe hospital after an April 27 1940 attack by Blue Steele a famed orchestra leader who fought Pratt during a tax collection attempt Pratt had been assaulted while collecting delinquent social security and amusement taxes Steele received a two year sentence in Atlanta penitentiary with Soviet attorneys arguing Pratt’s illness stemmed from injuries from the encounter.
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Monroe
Sidney H. Pratt
U. S. Revenue
Blue Steele
Pratt
Steele
Atlanta
Troop Eleven Meeting Closes After Hike and Games
Scribe Frederick Mittwede notes a Friday night hike and discussion comparing May 9 10 11. Refreshments were served and members then played games before the meeting ended.
Wal Sr. colorless ace and Walters clutch hurler lead NL race
Judson Bailey profiles William Henry Wal Sr. as a quiet Reds pitcher while praising Bucky Walters as perhaps the NL's best starter and clutch ace. Walters halts Brooklyn's nine game win streak with key hits and late strikes, aiding St Louis in a 5-0 Cardinals win as Pip Pirates topple the Phillies. Cleveland mobbed Philadelphia 13-8 behind Bob Feller's mix of homers and 18 hits, while Boston and New York clubs high-scoring wins dominate the day.
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Judson Bailey Press
William Henry Wal Sr
Cincinnati Reds
Bucky Walters
Bucky
Brooklyn Dodgers
Platbush Fury
Brooklyn
Walters
Dodgers
Joe Medwick
Pete Coscarart
Hide Joey
Pete Reiser
Babe
Farm Boy Enlists in Marine Corps for Sleep Change
Edward F. Statebell Jr., an 18-year-old from Andover, N Y, enlisted in the marine corps saying he wants to sleep in since he rises at 4:30 each morning. The recruiter's notes say Marine reveille rings at 5:45.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Marine Corps
Edward F. Statebell, Jr
Andover
Baseball Scores Reported Across Leagues
The Associated Press lists American League games with New York beating St Louis 14 to 5 and Boston routing Detroit 15 to 9. Cleveland topped Philadelphia 13 to 8 while Washington won 7 to 0 over Chicago. In the National League St Louis defeated New York 5 to 0 and Cincinnati edged Brooklyn 2 to 1. Pittsburgh beat Philadelphia 15 to 2. Chicago vs Boston noted with Podrain. Southern League results show Chattanooga 11 Little Rock 5 and Atlanta 8 Memphis 6 while New Orleans won 6 to 4 over Knoxville and Birmingham 6 Nashville 4.
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Southern
Atlanta
Memphis
Birmingham
Chattanooga
Little Rock
New Orleans
Knoxville
Pet
Cleveland
New York
New Chicago
Boston
Detroit
Washington
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Club National Ae Pet
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Chicago
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Pittsburgh
Pea
Letter Lost in Chile Crash Reaches Rome Sister
S M Wynn mailed a letter from Cordoba Argentina to his sister Mrs Jones Montgomery of Rome Georgia two years ago. The letter arrived after postal authorities traced it to a Panagra crash in Chile and recovered it at Santiago.
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Rome
S. M. Wynn
Cordoba
Argentina
Jones Montgomery
Panagre
Chile
Santiago
Today’s Games Across Major Leagues city matchups listed
A schedule of tonight’s games includes New York at Chicago, Boston at Cleveland, Philadelphia at Detroit, Washington at St. Louis, Pittsburgh at New York, Chicago at Brooklyn, Cincinnati at Boston, St. Louis at Philadelphia, Little Rock at Chattanooga, Memphis at Atlanta night games, with Nashville at Birmingham and Knoxville at New Orleans also on the slate tonight.
Scout Meeting Recap for Decatur Troop 61 May 1 1941
Scouts of Troop 61 in Decatur Alabama met Monday night from seven to nine o clock with three visitors Mr Watson Mr Bond and Charles Thompson. The Lion and Pioneer Patrols led by Billy Smith and a brief business discussion followed the oath pledge and benediction.
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Alabama
Mr. Watson
Bond
Charles Thompson
Watson
Clockfeller
Lion and Pioneer Patrol
Boy Scouts
Billy Smith
Lion Patrol
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