Memorial Day draw shatters crowd records across tracks
A three day Memorial Day weekend drew nearly a million sports fans across tracks and ball parks. Baseball games drew 160 020 to eight doubleheaders with Detroit’s 37 685 crowd topping the day. Belmont Park set betting and attendance records despite not meeting the expected four million wager day. The Library of Congress opened in 1802 with 864 books.
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Baseball standings and scores across leagues
In the American League New York and Detroit tied one game each while Boston led Cleveland and Philadelphia and Chicago and St Louis posted mixed results. The Southern Association saw Atlanta prevail over Little Rock and Memphis beat Chattanooga while Knoxville toppled New Orleans and Lynchburg shut out Roanoke. Piedmont League results include Norfolk and Portsmouth, Newport News and Richmond, Lynchburg and Roanoke with various outcomes.
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Night basketball schedule mix across leagues
The listings show a slate of intercity night games featuring Chicago at New York Pittsburgh at Brooklyn St. Louis at Boston Cincinnati at Philadelphia New York at Detroit Boston at Cleveland Philadelphia at Chicago Washington at St. Louis then Atlanta Little Rock Chattanooga Birmingham Knoxville New Orleans Nashville all scheduled as night games.
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Woodlawn Star to Play With Tide
Frank Thomas and Harry Gilmer confirmed Gilmer will enter the University of Alabama on June 8. Gilmer, former Woodlawn star, was an all state selection last year and was recently rejected for Army service due to stomach ailment. Malcolm Laney, Gilmer’s former coach, now serves as an assistant at Alabama.
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Bible Names Dominate Contests More Than Other Sources
A survey finds that biblical names recur more often than names from other sources in naming patterns. Researchers note cultural and historical influences shaping preferences across communities.
Iron Man season note as Hayes fills role on Athletics
Frank Hayes, star catcher of the Athletics, played through a second doubleheader and fifth game in three days. He leads the American League in runs and RBIs with 26 and tops in home runs with six while contributing 34 hits and 17 runs. Hayes’s durability highlights Connie Mack’s winter swap of Hayes for Elmira rookies Lutz and Zoldak.
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Track champs Owens and Stephens to race at Wrigley Field
Chicago May 31 Two 1936 Berlin Olympic track winners Jesse Owens and Helen Stephens stage a 100 yard race at Wrigley Field Sunday with Owens giving a 10 yard head start. The event will be between games of a Kansas City Monarchs and Chicago Firemen baseball double header.
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Indian baseball takes root as new umpire idea emerges
New York May 31 A wealthy Indian backer Ezra Gabbay seeks to sponsor a national baseball championship as India eyes a semi pro commissioner role for Ray Dumont relates Ensign Al Horwitz and Babe Didrickson Zaharias aims at top women’s tennis while her husband buys a San Diego football franchise and Football League interest grows
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Scout Sees Trippi Pivot Between Careers After War
Sgt Charley Trippi, hailed as the greatest football player by soldiers at Greensboro depot, faces a postwar choice between football and baseball per his coach. Joe Golembeske of Penn State, who yielded five hits in two games, has been rejected by the armed forces and Dale Bower, a .300 hitting outfielder, was discharged from the Army.
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Sports gossip and boxing bids stir in 1940s columns
The item notes the Football Coaches Association investing surplus funds in war bonds and calls Bill Ford a grandson of Henry Ford. It reports Joe Herman’s pursuit of Elmer Ray with a potential August bout against Tami Mauriello, and mentions Martha Ferris as Mississippi’s recent crown holder.
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Barons Lose League Lead as Cuellar and Dunn Shine
Nashville pitcher Charlie Cuellar extended his undefeated streak to eight wins as Knoxville slugger Dynamite Dunn hit his fifth and sixth homers of the season and drove in five runs in a 9 4 Knoxville victory over New Orleans. Memphis moved into the lead with an 4 1 win over Chattanooga while Atlanta routed Little Rock 22 9.
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Alabama man among crew bailing out before bomber crash
Lt W Saunders of Montgomery Alabama was part of a nine man crew that bailed out safely before a bomber exploded and crashed near Coleman, Pyote Army Air Field officials said yesterday. A girl tennis champion is Boo Ferris's sister, while Lynn C Doyle of the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin comments on household budget needs as the A's depart and Delaware park funds risk being missed.
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Negroes Prepare Token Vote in Georgia Primary
In Georgia a plan is set for Negro voters to cast a token ballot in the Democratic primary on July 4 to build a legal record for court action. County Chairman J. E. Chapman Jr announced the move after a previous meeting with Negro leaders. The proposal aims to avoid racial discord over Negro voting while noting geographic time measures.
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