Sports Row Tracks Wartime Baseball and Rivalries
The article notes Do Brown and Heppy Chand guiding wartime baseball, with players and clubs denouncing favoritism while soldiers tour fronts. It mentions a policy shift allowing essential war workers to return to baseball, and praises impartial verdicts. It also discusses the Auburn Alabama rivalry and a governor’s stance on state sports relations, urging schools to settle disputes independently.
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Janes
Bessel
Chandler backs 4F baseball players amid draft concerns
Sen Chandler, future Baseball Commissioner, calls for probes into selective service reclassifications of players labeled 4F. He urged investigation into alleged discrimination and insisted athletes should not face military drafting solely for playing baseball. He also cautioned officials against stoking stigma around racing.
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Sen. Chandler
Louis
Baseall
Lex AB
Chandler
United States
Harry Truman
Selective Service
Baseball Politics and Trade Action Postpones Key Games
Major H Hoople era chatter swirls as K M Landis era influence lingers over baseball and football. Webb traded to Detroit to spoil Haynes no hit bid. 28 Tigers faced in shutout as Schalk drove in three. Skeeter Newsome fuels Boston past Washington 5 4 in fourth straight win. Rain postpones St Louis clash as Chandler set to raise Browns pennant after 44 years. other games postponed.
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Webb
Detroit
Chicago
Tiger
Haynes
Roy Schalk
Sox
Walter Wilson
Buffalo
Les Mueller
Skeeter Newsome
Boston
Red Sox
Washington
St. Louis
A.b.happy Chandler
Browns
Wyatt's Arm Shows Improvement as He Joins Phillies
Wyatt the veteran pitcher joins the Philadelphia Phillies with an arm improving after two years of trouble. For the past seven weeks he has been troubled by a sore arm, but reports suggest some recovery as he joins the team.
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Wyatt
Buchanan
Leange Hitcher
Solons Seek Bill For Tide Auburn Football Relink
A new bill in the Alabama legislature would compel Alabama and Auburn to resume football relations by allowing the governor to set game time and site and to penalize nonplays. Governor Sparke opposes compulsory action, preferring other means.
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Alabama
Southern Association
Memphis Chicks
Nashville Vols
Charlie Jennette
Pete Gray
Dothan
Wiregrass Memorial Stadium
Esterday
Howell
Earl Fitman
Fred O'Brien
W. C. Lakey, Jr
Bill Lowe
Bill
Auburn
Polytechnic
Chauncey Sparke
Baksi to Fight Chicago in Coliseum Bout Tonight
Joe Baksi the Kulpmont coal miner ranked sixth among heavyweights meets Harry Lane of Trenton in a round mentor bout at the Coliseum. The event caps a busy sports day with scattered baseball games and rain postponements noted from AP reports.
Mound Worries Over For Dykes Haynes Hurls Shutout
Associated Press Sparta writer reports Joe Haynes pitched a one hit shutout against Detroit, easing Jimmy Dykes’ concerns over Bill Dietrich’s sore arm after an elbow operation. Chicago White Sox sit atop at 6-2, with Dietrich sidelined for a month.
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Associated Press
Sparta
Joe Haynes
Detroit
Jimmy Dykes
Bill Dietrich
Chicago White Sox
Dyker
Dietrich
Haynes
Thornton Lee
Orval Grove
Ed Fopat
Tigers
Skeet
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