Uncertain AL Tie Prospects Amid Week-Long Standstill
The piece outlines potential ties in the American League as teams like Detroit New York Boston and St. Louis chase a late-season lead with limited games remaining. It notes possible World Series date shifts and hints at key interleague matchups shaping the final stretch while Cincinnati gains ground in the National League with a 6-5 10 inning win over Chicago.
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Jack Hand
Statr Press
Ugh
Detroit
Yankees
Boston
St. Louis
St Louis
Tigers
New York
Washington
Chicago
Yanks
Browns
Sportsman’s Park
Cleveland
Briggs Stadium
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Ray Mueller
Clyde Shoun
Hank Wyse
Pittseres
National Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Sam Snead Receives Navy Medical Discharge
Sam Snead winner of the 1942 PGA title has been discharged from the Navy on medical grounds after two years in San Diego. He departs for his White Sulphur Springs West Virginia home to rest before possibly returning to competition depending on back injury treatment. He plans to participate in Red Cross and convalescent hospital fund exhibitions as he recovers.
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San Diego
Cal
Sam Snead
Navy
Snead
Gs. Va
Virginia
Red Cross
Convalescent
Rouge Application Guide for Cheek Blending
Apply rouge lightly to the meeting point of the cheek and cheekbone then blend upward toward the temple. Build color gradually for a natural flush and avoid harsh lines by soft circular motions and a clean brush.
Assault and Battery With Gloves Lovers Marines Game
Lt. Harry Light of the Navy V-12 at Penn State pitched a hybrid sport called assault and battery with gloves. The game blends basketball and boxing on a standard court with five aside and 16 ounce gloves to build agility, stamina, and grit for Marines facing the Japs. Light notes it educates timid trainees to fight and to release the ball or suffer a nose punch.
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State College
Harry Light
Navy
Penn State
Light
All-Star selections spark Decatur softball season picks
Three experts choose a dream team from the new Decatur league with Wilson Stern Rabczak Robinson and McMurtrie among top hitters. Rabczak shines in playoffs, hitting 1000 in limited action and helping three double plays. Team batting average hits .445 across the season with Disco Southern Airways Independents Goodyear and Courtland Army Air Field contributing players.
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Décatur
Eae Wilson
O Stern
Rabczak
Robinson
Harry Pieper
Southern Airways
Rabézak
Independents
Goodyear
Courtland Army Air Field
Rabies Count Across State Over Ten-Year Span
The state health department reports 20 human rabies cases in the decade ending 1943. Breakout shows five in 1935, three in 1934 and 1937, two in 1936 1938 and 1939, and one in 1940 1941 1942 and 1943.
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Montgomery
State Health Department
First European to Land in California Cabrillo
The first European to land in what is now California was Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo. He discovered San Diego Bay in 1542, marking the region's early exploration by Europeans.
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California
Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo
San Diego Bay
Great Menichelli Set To Enter American Boxing Scene
New York report notes an Argentine heavyweight, Fernando Menichelli, arriving soon after Jimmie Johnston teased the fighter’s name as Minnie Kelly with a cheeky Irish twist. Asa Bushnell criticizes kickoff rule changes, stressing fans should fill seats, not footballs, in the stands.
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New York
Menichelli
Jimmie Johnston
Argentina
Johnston
Minnie Kelly
Jimmie
Fernando
Asa Bushnell
Eastern Football Association
Notre Dame Army ticket sales and Navy baseball ships question
One minute sports page notes Notre Dame tickets for the Army game sold out three weeks before Army announced its sellout. Dolph Camilli signs a two year Oakland Coast League deal with a clause requiring two games weekly in 1945. Mentions amateur and pro soccer talks and Army Navy World Series shipping. Includes jokes about football linemen and pre season fishing trip tricks.
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Notre Dame
Army
Dolph Camilli
Navy
Johnny Vander Meer
Hal White
Elbie Fletcher
Schoolboy Rowe
Hawaii
Army-Navy
Group sent by board 2 to fort for induction
Board No 2, Hartselle forwards a list of selectees to Ft. McClellan for induction into the armed forces. Names include Ralph William Roan, William Oscar West, Judson Wallace Lipsey, Raymond Drake, Mitchell Garrison, Alvin Powell, Alton Brown, Fred Ray born, Thomas Johnson, Sherman Randolph, Leslie Gordon, Lester Garrison, William Collum, Bruce Pirkle, Joseph L McCutcheon, Audrey Shadrick, Toby Wilborn, Simon Speakman, James Brown, Billy Boles, Robert Hill, Irvin Johnson, Howard Moore, Walter Ward, Harold Bartlett, Earl Martin, Carl Ramsey, William Hammon, John Wesley Franklin, Billy Sandlin, Paul Collum, Scott Drake Jr, William Clark.
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Hartselle
Ft. McClellan
Ralph William Roan
William Oscar West
Judson Wallace Lipsey
Joseph Duel-Smith
Raymond Drake
Mitchell Milton Garrison
Alvin Carnice Powell
Alton Webster Brown
Fred McCoy Rayborn
Thomas Lafayette Johnson
Sherman Cavnall Randolph
Leslie Waters Gordon
Lester Isaac Garrison
William George Collum
Ja Bruce Pirkle
Joseph Lamasc’ McCutcheon
Audrey Shadrick
Toby D. Wilborn
Simon Peter Speakman
James T. Brown
Billy Boles
Robert Leon Hill
Irvin Thomas Johnson
Howard David Moore
Walter Rewis Ward
Harold Showalter Bartlett
Earl Nelson Martin
Carl Monroe Ramsey
William Eugene Hammon
John Wesley Franklin
Billy Joe Sandlin
Paul Elies Collum
Scott Drake, Jr
William Theo Clark
Muffin Pans Tried for Individual Meat Loaves
Small kitchen test uses muffin pans to shape individual meat loaves for even portions. Authors note practical benefits and suggest toppings vary by taste.
Flyers Meet Discs Flyers Will Meet Disco Flyers
The Courtland softball team tied for the Tri-Cities league pennant at 15 wins and four losses and heads into Shaughnessy playoffs aiming for the title. Jim Turner leads with a .433 average and six wins as Marshall posts a perfect 5–0. The Flyers swept Reynolds Metals in playoffs and face Reynolds Alloys needing three wins to clinch the championship.
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Tri-Cities
Usc-Industrial
Courtland
Shaughnessy
Flyers
Reynolds Metals
Reynolds Alloys
Andy Blaner
Cisco
Jim Turner
Marshall
Doug Martin
Turner
Spreavide
Apreainde
Gracie
Cohn
Downs
Gallard
Martin
Birmingham
Huntsville
Local Gossip From Limestone County and Overseas Letters
Limstone County Oak Grove sees Mrs. Robert Broadway and family visiting relatives. George W Broadway of New York enjoys leave with kin. Honolulu surgeon James Crawford ill after surgery. Pvt Fred Russell writes home from New Guinea about Christmas plans. Flora Mae Barnes Hammonds ill at home. Eloise Bowers to teach in Georgia. Gray family returns from Birmingham after vacation. Oakley Miller improving after Athens hospital stay. Billie Robertson cuts foot on glass. Joseph Monroe Birdsong, three years in service, expected home from Siapan.
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George’ W. Broadway
New York
A. F. Broadway
James Crawford
Honolulu
Hawaii
Fred Russell
New Guinea
Mildred Russell
Elkmont
Jack Hammonds
Flora Mae Barnes
Eloise Bowers
Georgia
Dasher Bible School
Leo
Grady
Angelene
Eloise
Geraldeen
Irene Gray
Birmingham
Fred J
Oakley Miller
Athens
Billie Robertson
Joseph Monroe Birdsong
Siapan
Attendance good in Southern League with Atlanta leads
The Southern Association drew 959,591 paying fans this season, the highest since 1938. Attendance rose over 1943 by 250,000 and topped 1942 by 200,000, led by Atlanta with 220,633 total fans and a 96,576 rise from 1943, marking the best since 1939. Atlanta finished second in both halves of the split season.
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Atlanta
Southern Association
Southern
Little Rock
Gilbert Pits Fine Record In S A Playoff Preview
Nashville manager Larry Gilbert has swept split-season playoff titles, while Memphis skipper Doc Prothro has yet to win one. The two veteran leaders clash in a four out of seven series to decide the 1944 pennant with Gilbert favored by past success and Prothro predicting Memphis victory.
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Memphis
Larry Gilbert
Nashville Vols
Doc Prothro
Memphis Chicks
Southern Association
Prothro
Gilbert
New Orleans Pelicans
Chicks
Pels
Shaughnessy
Birmingham
Little Rock
World Series Film To Be Made For Armed Forces
Lew Fonseca announces a 15 man crew will film the 1943 World Series to be shipped to service members worldwide. The two reel sound movie will debut Oct 4 in St Louis with prints sent to ships, Iceland, Australia, and the European front. Servicemen and civilians have already seen the project, with distribution delayed for civilian release until after the new year.
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Jerry Liska
Chicago
Lew Fonseca
St. Louis
New York
Detroit
Boston
Fonseca
Iceland
Australia
European Front
Southwest Pacific
South America
Hollywood
Scarlet O'Hara
Yankees
Tigers
Browns
Red Sox
St. Louis Cardinals
Lew
Plan Accepted To Lift Cotton Loan Rate Parity
Senate approved amendment by Sen. Bankhead to raise government loan rate on cotton from 92 1 2 to 95 percent of parity. House conferees accepted the amendment as part of surplus property disposal bill moves aimed at pushing cotton prices toward parity.
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Washington
Sen. Bankhead
D-Ala
House
The Table Cloth over Table Mountain Looms
A white mist often covers the peak of Table Mountain near Capetown Africa reaching 3 950 feet and is known locally as the table cloth.
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Capetown
Africa
Clemson Poised For Better Football Under Howard
Clemson College enters 1944 with a stronger, heavier lineup led by six veteran linemen and ex Army players. Mack Jenkins centers a tall, husky line with Harley Phillips Wendel Ard and guards Salisb ury Richardson Freeman. Backfield features ex Army men Alton Cumbie Billy Poe and Sid Tinsley plus freshmen candidates Howell Roper Gaddy Rogers Harrell Stewart Miller Parker Walters. The Tigers open September 23 against Presbyterian then face Georgia Tech N C State South Carolina Tennessee Wake Forest W M L Tulane and Georgia with the goal of restoring competitiveness.
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Reginald Wood
Clemson
D. C
Frank Howard
Clemson College
Howard
Tigers
Army
Ralph Jenins
Jenkins
Newart
Tenn
Ackles Harley
Tiny) Phillips
Jessup
Wendel Ard
Hemingway
Tom Salisbury
Summerville
Francis
Cotton) Richardson
Greenville
Eddis Freeman
Ts Jenkins
Alton Cumbie
Lyons
Billy Poe
Sid Tinsley
Spartanburg
Tinsley
Spivey Howell
Andrews
Doug Roper
Rupert Gaddy
Dillon
Bill Rogers
Lake View
Daniel Harrell
Waycross
Watt Stewart
Easley
Jack Miller
Georgetown
Boyd Parker
Hickory
N. C
Gene Walters
Columbia
Presbyterian College
Presbyterian
Georgia Tech
Atlanta
N. C. State
Charlotte
N.C
South Carolina
Tennessee
Knoxville
Wake Forest
Tulane
New Orleans
Georgia
Athens
Goodyear to Face Ingalls at Delano Park Wednesday
Announcement says Goodyear and Ingalls 97 will meet in Delano park at 4 30 Wednesday afternoon. Public invited with no admission charged.
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Goodyear and
Ingalls
Delano Park
Facial cleansing tip using a soft brush on the hairline
Use a soft brush to scrub the hair line at the forehead during washing. This technique helps cleanse the skin around the temples and upper brow area effectively and gently.
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