Draft Holdouts No Problem To Cochrane As Great Lakes Pilot
Great Lakes manager Cochrane rebuilds his roster as draft holdouts and ex stars leave. The team plans to play virtually every major league club in spring exhibitions while facing attrition from Rigney Padgett McCoy Lare dello Pytlak and other veterans. New prospects include Zepok Toledo and Molyard with a full overhaul ahead of opening games.
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Cochrane
Great Lakes
Jagransfero
Taredull Reyou
Ng Weta
Nitego de Infield Candidates Inc
de Piset
Laseman
Cleveland
Detroit Farx
Ear Molyard
Tracerm Mbhern
Hasledga
Armed Forces
Léei
Front Office Of Cards Reshuffled
Eddie Dyer, manager of Columbus, becomes heir apparent to Branch Rickey in a Cardinals front office reorganization. Dyer will supervise Class AA and A minor leagues while Joe Mathes handles the lower farm clubs. Dyer previously convinced Howard Krist and Stan Musial to sign, and Nick Culpepper will replace him as Columbia club manager.
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Cairo
Eddie Dyer
Columbus
American Association
Rickey
Louie Cardinale
Sam Breadon
Dyer
Joe Mathes
Cardinals
Breadwh
Brooklyn Dodgers
Mathhes
Breadon
Haldouts
Howard Krist
Stan Musial
Brandon
Nick Cullep
Columbia
Senators Stocked With Knuckleball Pitchers In Major Loop
Washington senators build a knuckleball rotation led by Emil Leonard with Ewald Pyle Mickey Haefner and Owen Sheetz. Catcher Angelo Guilani Jake Early and Sid Hudson departures shape a staff of 11 as Ossie Bluege guides a tuning period in camp.
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Udson Bailey
College Park
Washington Senators
Emil
Dutch) Leonard
Senators
Ted Lyons
Johnnie Niggsling
Hooger Wake
Laman Hanna
Leonard
Haecfner
Sheetz
Minneapolis
Pyle
Toledo
Senatorg
Guilani
Washington
Brooklyn Dodgers
Haefner
Minneapolia
Jake Early
Sid Hudson
Bluege
First White House Cook Stove Taught by Millard Fillmore
The first cook stove for the White House was purchased by Millard Fillmore. He studied patent papers at the patent office to teach his cook how to operate it after years of cooking on open fires.
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Ais Cook
White House
Millard Fuilimore
United States
Patent Office
Seven Hearts Wins Arkansas Derby In Wet Track Classic
Seven Hearts, son of Grand Slam’s Lovie Hearns, surged to win the $10,000 added Arkansas Derby at Hot Springs. Johnny Adams steered Ocean Wave to second as Seven Hearts led from the start, finishing four lengths ahead on a slow track, with Dove Pie third and Beau of Mine fourth. Seven Hearts earned $7,170, while Ocean Wave collected $2,000.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Ser- Jen Hearns
Grand Stam
Lovie
Brown Hotel Mables
Calumet Farm
Johnny Adams
Seven Hearts
Sway
J W. Rodgers
Dove Pie
Ocean Wave
Janet Kelly
Beau of
Wendell Eadw
Patrolmen Negroes Stage Gun Battle Near Wilmer Alabama
Patrolmen engage four Mississippi youths in a wooded chase near Wilmer Alabama after they sought auto thieves from Hattiesburg and New Augusta. The youths aged 15 to 19 fired with .22 rifles and were wounded by buckshot. one officer was hit in the finger.
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Mobile
Ala
Corp. C.C
Huckabee
State Highway Patrol
Wilmer
Ale
Hattiesburg
Miss
Alabama
New Auguste
Naval Nelson
Robert Spears
Cleo Peterson
David Hollman
New Augusta
Peterson
City Hospital
WH. Faile
Owners Warn Against Animals At Large In City
Chief of Police M Tatum issued a warning against letting horses cattle goats or other animals roam city streets. He pledged prompt action and said owners will be charged under the city ordinance if animals are found at large. The police will seize roaming stock and enforce cooperation with citizens growing Victory Gardens and beautifying premises.
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M. Tatum
Tatum
Victory Gardens
Tigers Lose Recruit but Win Exhibition Over Chicago Sox
Evansville Indiana AP report shows Detroit Tigers drop a recruit first baseman amid war service, yet beat Chicago White Sox 3 0 in exhibition. Virgil Trucks and Paul Trout pitched six innings, Frank Overmire finished with two hitless frames. Rip Radcliff Don Ross and Rudy York each drove in a run.
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Tigers
Chicago Sox
Evansville
Ind
Detroit Tigers
Steve
Bill McClaren
Beaumont
McClaren
Dallas
Tex
Buffalo
Chicago Whites Sox
Virgil
Fire) Trucks
Paul Trout
Sox
Frank
Stub
Floyd Speer
Rip Radcliff
Don Ross
Rudy York
Legislative Session Now Streamlined in Alabama
Montgomery Alabama AP reports Alabama lawmakers prepare to open the final biennial session under a new constitutional amendment. The task is to cram six months of work into six calendar days with eight interim committees already mapping major legislation for quick formal approval by both houses. Members on interim committees include eighty eight of the forty one electors in the two houses.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alatemas
Gav Chauncey Sparks
Tainteen
Famed Tennis Star Suffers Hand Injury
Manhattan Kas AP famed tennis star Helen Wills Roark wore bandages after surgery at Fort Riley where several bones were removed from her racquet-welding right hand. Doctors said she may never regain full use after the injury in Junction City on January 14 while stopping a fight between her German shepherd and another dog.
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Manhattan
Kas
Helen Wills Roark
Fort Riley
Adrian Rosgh
Junction City
War Relief Profits From Pro Football
In Chicago AP reports the National Football League raised a wartime relief purse of 68,038,407 dollars during 142 productions. Elmer Layden, commissioner, notes it as the largest by a single athletic body and among the biggest in sports. Army Emergency Relief received 463,206.90. Navy Relief 51,464.54. the remainder 185,712.61 went to other relief agencies including Red Cross USC United Seamen’s Service and Canteen Funds.
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Chicago
National Football League
Elmer Layden
Layden
Army
Navy
Red Cross
USC
United Seamen's Service
Yankees Camp Holds Third Week As Gr Crosetti Pay Dispute Rises
New York Yankees reached spring training late Saturday and said suspended shortstop Frank Crosetti is a holdout after his 30 day ban by Commissioner Landis for pushing an umpire in 1942. Barrow says Crosetti demands full month’s pay starting now, while the club offers pay only from his first availability. Also unresolved are salaries for second baseman Joe Gordon and outfielder Charlie Keller. Managers and players noted that drills have intensified as Camp shifts into high gear.
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Barrow
Crosetti
Joe Gordon
Charles Keller
Joe McCarthy
Marriage Noses Out Field In Handicap At Fair Grounds
In New Orleans Racing Handicap at the Fair Grounds, a seven year old chestnut gelding named Marriage edged Midland by a nose to win the $10,000-added American Handicap. Jockey Arthur Craig steered Marriage to a track record 1:49.25 for 1 1/8 miles, beating Rounder’s time. Ownership shared by R. A. Coward and C. L. Dupuy. Crowd over 8,000 attended the closing program of the three week charity meet after the winter session.
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NEW Orleana
Fair Grounds
Arthur Craig
New Orleans
C. & Howard
Midand
Walding Farmy
R. A. Coward
C. L. Dupuy
Porter
Cap
Welding Orphan
Marriage
Midland
Mutuals
Louisiana Farm
Riverland
Valdiia
Legion of District To Meet At Marianna
A district gathering in Marianna will feature addresses by state commanders of the American Legion and its Auxiliary and by General Albert H. Blanding, with other prominent speakers. L. E. Merriam of Panama City will preside with an invocation by Chaplain M. A. Durant. R. B. Meserve, city manager, will extend a welcome and a response will come from an executive committee member.
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Marianna
American Legion
Albert H. Blanding
State Defense Council
L. E. Merriam
Panama City
M. A. Durant
First Presbyterian Church
R. B. Meserve
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Maaan Digest
Dothan
Trey
Dothan Roofing & Heating Co
J. M. Beall
Cottonwood, Alabama
Gold Star Memorial Services
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Suquire
Bear Mountain
N.Y
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Laws Buck Newsom
New York
Hartsville
Dodgers
Newsom
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Lakewood
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Babe Barna
Cate Hubbell
Adams
Giants
Asbury Park
Ed Barrow
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Abbott Costello
Martha Carol Raye
Bruce Wallam Gargan
Dick Foran
Charles Lang
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