Baseball hopefuls in Dothan seek mid season form
Youth baseball program in Dothan, led by Jack Howater at Dothan High, gathers numerous under twenty one players including Ray Helderson and Lamar Hartzog as they prepare for a spring season. Commissioner Chandler envisages wide support and potential nationwide tournaments with former major league players aiding outreach. Cardinal fan Captain Eddie Kelley predicts a repeat pennant despite setbacks including Mort Cooper’s absence.
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Wet season washes out Chicago high school baseball schedule
Rain has postponed 77 games in the Chicago public high school league, delaying the playoff schedule. Officials must select the two city teams to represent Chicago in the state finals on May 21 and June 1.
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Cardinals Fall From Leading Pack In East as Cooper Walkout Hits Standings
The St Louis Cardinals slumped to fifth with six losses in eight eastern games, dropping eight games behind the New York Giants after Cooper’s walkout and injuries hit the club. Brooklyn ran a 11-game win streak while the Giants and Dodgers won, and Boston beat St Louis in a 14 inning opener.
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GI Soldier Correctly Predicted End of War
Pte Clay W. MeIver of Winters Texas placed the war’s end exactly, in a Red Cross club contest started in March 1943 in London. More than 2,000 entrants guessed, with the second-best date May 5, 1945.
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National League scores and rain postponements
In the National League Boston edged St Louis 5 to 4 in 14 innings the first game. Philadelphia topped Cincinnati 6 2 New York routed Chicago 6 0 Brooklyn beat Pittsburgh and Cincinnati split. American League games were postponed due to rain. Southern Association results included Little Rock 18 Atlanta 12 and Chattanooga 11 Memphis 7 New Orleans 7 Nashville 6 Mobile 4 Birmingham 3 in 10 innings with several scheduled matches.
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Costa Rican School Named for Churchill in Decree
A small primary school in San Jose Car tago, formerly the capital, has been named Winston Churchill in homage to the British statesman. President Teodoro Picado approved the naming by special decree.
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Pels Take Command in Southern Loop Title Chase
ATLANTA AP The New Orleans Pelicans overtook the Atlanta Crackers in the Southern Association race after beating Nashville 7-6 while Atlanta lost to Little Rock 12-18. Little Rock moved up over Birmingham after Mobile won 4-3 in ten innings. Chattanooga beat Memphis 11-7 to keep the Chicks at the bottom with the Vols.
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Tennis Association Retains Wartime Play
US LTA president Holcombe Ward says wartime tennis will continue with championships on the same basis as during the war. He notes Forest Hills field held 32 men and 3% women, many armed forces members, and cites slow sanction applications for major tournaments. A British proposal for postwar talks is informal and a Davis Cup return is out until after the war.
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Take A Break Completes Its Run Across Aleutian Bases
An all enlisted men’s production titled Take A Break closes for lack of performers after entertaining at Aleutian bases and many in Alaska. Many cast members were former pros. prewar salaries would have cost $6,000 weekly, but wartime rates reduced the Army payment to about $460 weekly.
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Salvage Crew Fishes Box of Enemys Treasures
Okinawa reports Coast Guard salvage after locating rubber life belts and a case of Japanese batteries. A large crate believed to hold enemy treasure was recovered, its contents weighed, and then dumped overboard after inspection. In Chattanooga, Mrs. J M Munns writes five carbon copies to her five sons in service. London labors on dandelion rubber from Russian seeds yields near plantation quality, per Imperial Institute.
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Texas Coach Cancels European Sports Tour
Texas A and M football coach Homer Norton canceled a planned overseas lecture trip to Europe after entering a Dallas hospital for major surgery. Norton called it the biggest disappointment of his career as doctors ordered the cancellation. In Port Allegany, Pa., the former owner left the town water company to the community of 2,350.
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Europe
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Golf Pro Missing From Country Club Crowd
A golf pro at a country club remained missing after an incident at the hospital in Europe. The report notes he was formerly with the Georgia Military Accident unit and later served as a Canadian airman and prisoner of war. Nearby, athletes Phil Marrhitto and Selphia Athletics pitcher Jost M4 are mentioned in connection with Penetanguishene.
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