Major Leagues Brace for Tight Races as Schedule Opens
Major leagues begin a six month run with promising pennant races and night games. Rosters stabilized though many players remain on lend-lease or in service. veterans and newcomers mix as teams await calls.
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Spud Chandler
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Joe Beggs
Reds
Armed Services
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Damon Phillips
Connie Ryan
Butch Nieman
Boston Braves
Bobby Gragan
Brooklyn
Johnny Lindell
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Phils
Tom Warren
Casablanca
Jack Kramer
St. Louis Browns
Navy
Rudy York
Detroit
Ken Keltner
Cleveland
Keltner
Milwaukee
Buddy Rosar
Tride
Buffalo
Denny Gatehouse
Browns
Editor Under Fire in AMA Journal Dismissal Move
The California Medical Association delegates urge members to seek the dismissal of Dr. Morris Fishbein of Chicago as editor of the American Medical Association Journal And Hygeia, a publication for laymen and physicians.
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California Medical Association
House of Delegates
Morris Fishbein
Chicago
American Medical Association
Milnar predicts Browns to win 1944 pennant at Fort McClellan
Al Milnar, now in Army conditioning at Fort McClellan, says the St Louis Browns will capture the 1944 American League pennant. He praises Browns infield and pitching, recalls 1939 win over the Yankees, and notes his peak form comes with military training. He questions Cleveland Indians’ misfortunes as a longstanding mystery.
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St. Louis Brownies
New York Yankees
al Milnar
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Browns
Milnar
Lefty Gomez
Yankees
Milnaf
Courtland Wins First Doubleheader In Baseball
Lt Donald Forhey a flying officer at Courtland air base and ex semi pro star hit a solo homer in the first game but was ruled a single as he failed to touch a base. Courtland swept the twin bill over Columbus Army Air Field 5 3 and 7 1 securing the doubleheader series win.
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Courtland Air Base
Courtland
Columbus Army Air Field
Forney
Cotton Resilient in Drought by Dormant Growth Cycle
The cotton plant can endure drought better than many plants by halting growth during dry periods and resuming once rains return. This dormancy-like behavior helps it survive arid spells and recover when moisture returns.
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Boxing in Schools Aims to Build Strength and Discipline
New York May 9. Abe Greene urges NBA members to promote boxing in schools as physical training and to prepare future soldiers. The program focuses on discipline not street fighting. Tulsa reports Sax Judd, end drafted by the Chicago Cardinals, may be discharged by the Marines over a knee injury. Billy Thompson notes a three greeting from Uncle Sam in three weeks.
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National Boxing Association
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Chicago Cards
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Nashville Banner
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Hal Anes Early Rise Aces Rookie Lefty Pitcher Tale
Rookie Hal Anes of the Indians, once a St. Louis kid, rose to the majors quickly after befriending Al Smith. He burned two fingers as a child but became a portsider and starred in American Legion play. In his first big league start this year he held the White Sox to five hits in seven innings.
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Golf push to lure Henry Cotton faces health hurdle
The P G A aims to bring Henry Cotton from England for a summer tour but his health may stop him. Buff Donelli has played soccer for the Pittsburgh Morganstrassers while keeping it quiet all season. Art Van Tone, Detroit Lions back, boots six miles on his off season mail route in Bryan. Coach Gus Dorais may soon propose road work.
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England
Henry
Buff Donelli
Pittsburgh Morganstrassers
Art van Tone
Detroit Lions
Bryan
Gus Dorais
Preakness Stakes Field Shaped by Derby Hero Pensive
Baltimore May 9 A crowded Preakness field forms after Calumet Farm's Pensive dominated the Kentucky Derby with a 15-length victory. Nine or ten colts may challenge the Derby winner in the mile and three sixteenths Pimlico race while six contenders were named for the final prep, including Alerter, Gramps Image, Gay Bit, Skytracker, and Stir Up with Picotee and Megogo as largely uncertain starters.
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Picotee
Hal Price Headley
Megogo
Daily Double Winners at Belmont Include Dream Bet
Belmont Park paid out 1 556.70 with 40 winners. An unidentified woman bet 4 and 8 after dreaming of them. No. 4 Floodtown won the first race and No. 8 Sorisky won the second. Ivy Paul Andrews, ex Yankees pitcher, joins Knoxville club after 16 seasons and Army delay.
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Belmont Park
Floodtown
Sorisky
Barons Rally Edges New Orleans In Nine Inning Finish
Birmingham Barons surge to an 3 to 2 win over New Orleans in a ninth inning rally. Jake Daniel started the decisive sequence with a single, Jodie Beeler belted a go ahead triple, and Dick Sipek drove in the winning run as Howard Fox earned the decision.
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John Orphal
Pels
Fred Wells
Scout Troop 19 Meets at First Methodist Church May 8
Troop 19 gathered Monday night at 7 30 in the First Methodist church. Assistant Patrol Leader Jack Whitmire led the Scout Oath followed by the pledge of allegiance and Lord's prayer. Joe Shaw joined the troop as new member. fourteen present, twelve registered Scouts. Indians won a Tenderfoot contest with six points while the Cobra scored five.
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First Methodist Church
Jack Whitmire
Joe Shaw
Penn State Coach Schroyer Missing in Action Story
Service dept notes missing in action status for Johnny Schroyer linked to postwar football memories. The report mentions his ties to Connellsville and Notre Dame star Johnny Lujack. Separately Private Jimmy Moore returns to Chester with a letter from Gulfport Field praising his sportsmanship in Army Air Forces boxing.
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Penn State
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Beachhead
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Johnny Lujack
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Army Air Forces
Clemency Hearing Set for Wade Teague in May
Gov Chauncey Sparks office schedules a clemency hearing on May 29 for Wade Shorty Teague of Jefferson county Negro condemned to death for murder. Convicted last May for killing Hubert Eli Blevins, a white man.
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Chauncey Sparks
Wade
Shorty
Teague
Jefferson
Hubert
Eli Blevins
Cardinals Win Benefit Exhibition Behind Kurowski and Verban
In Memphis a crowd of about 14 000 watched Whitey Kurowski and Emil Verban each collect a double and two singles as the St Louis Cardinals beat a star studded ferrying group 9 to 3. Johnny Beazley started and took the loss after giving up six hits and four runs in two innings. The Cards logged ten more hits at Toones and Sgt Hugh Mulcahy.
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Whitey Kurowski
Emil Verban
St. Louis Cardinals
Johnny Beazley
Cardinals
Toones
Hugh Mulcahy
The Bear and the Keeper and Snitch the Bacon Play Recap
The meeting closed with Scoutmaster Syer leading a benediction after a discussion of two games The Bear and the Keeper and Snitch the Bacon The Green Bar patrol, consisting of patrol leaders the troop scribe and the troop quartermaster, met afterward to plan next week’s meeting Fred Murray Murdock served as troop reporter and scribe
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Syer
Green Bar Patrol
Fred Murray Murdock
Crax Rookie Dick Mauney Wins Third In Five Days
Atlanta Cracker pitcher Dick Mauney, a 22 year old rookie signed by Claude Dietrich, earned his third win in five days as the team started the season with six games played. Mauney, who debuted with a 14–4 mark in the victory league, impressed after a strong pro trial. Dietrich previously signed two Concord players, Bill Goodman and Hoyle Boger, to the Cracker roster.
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Atlanta Crackers
Dick Mauney
Southern
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Mauney
Hoyle Roger
Albemarle
Goodman
Chick Hosch
Atlanta
Claude Dietrich
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Tarrant votes in mayoral runoff
Voters in the suburban city of Tarrant ballot in a runoff between incumbent E. M. Cambron and former alderman Felin E. Erwin. In the first election Cambron led with 277 votes, Edwin 196, and a third candidate 170.
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Tarrant
E. M. Cambron
Felin E
Bud) Erwin
Cameron
Erwin
Board of Aldermen
Cambron
Edwin
Baylor star tops Chattanooga for city baseball crown
A Baylor Red Raiders senior pitched seven no hit innings with five strikeouts and drove in three runs to power a 4 to 1 victory over Chattanooga City High School in the city baseball championship yesterday.
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Baylor Red Raiders
Chattanooga City High School
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