Louis Conn Showdown At Yankee Stadium Tonight
Joe Louis defends his heavyweight title for the 22nd time at the Yankees' ballpark tonight against Billy Conn. Louis, 32 and ring worn, has shown peak form in recent workouts and remains a powerful, fast hitter. Conn, heavier and confident, vows to box, not slug, and aims to exploit any openings as he seeks an upset in the title bout.
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Escapes and Blowouts Shape York Baseball Night
CHALLENGER escape from the cellar as New York blanked by Cincinnati 10-0. Four Cub runs in the seventh end a 0-0 duel with Kush and Al Jurisich. Buck Walters leads the Giants past the Phillies 10-0, Buckey picking up his third win. St. Louis struggles, Cronin’s Red Sox falter against Muncrief 1-0 as Ferriss loses after 19 straight wins. Emil Rush debuts with Cubs in 7-0 shutout of the Phillies, after a 4-0 relief season.
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British Plan to Demolish Helgoland and Wilhelmshaven Forts
British strategy aims to destroy the fortified Helgoland island and the former naval base Wilhelmshaven with thousands of tons of explosives as part of German naval disarmament efforts. The program targets these major Nazi strongholds to erase strategic advantages.
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Major League Leaders And Yesterday's Stars
The latest national league leaders show Musial with 76 hits and 42 runs while Ennis and Cavarretta share doubles and Musial ties for triples. Higbe leads the pitching with 6 0 1.000. Ruffing and Caldwell top the American League pitching with 4 0 1.000. Yesterday's stars include Walters blanking the Giants 10 0 Rush and Munroe lef to a 1 0 Browns win as Boston stretches its lead.
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Louis Conn World Heavyweight Title Bout at Yankee Stadium
The championship fight features Joe Louis defending against Billy Conn at Yankee Stadium in New York City. A 15 round decision bout with preliminaries at 8:30 p.m. and main event around 10 p.m. EDT. Approximate weights are Louis 208 and Conn 182 pounds. Promoter is Mike Jacobs of the Twentieth Century Sporting Club. Estimated attendance 15,000 and gate around $2.6 million. Louis purse about $780,000 and Conn about $390,000.
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Louis Conn Fight Hints At Boxing Standout Night
New York reports show Louis entering sparring with timing sharpened after sessions at Chicago. Billy Conn poised to challenge as local pages note recent workouts. National League and American League schedules mix with one minute sports page updates and guest star W C Heinz commentary.
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Verness Invitational Opens as Toledo Hosts Roundup
The roundup covers the Ver ness Invitation Tournament at Toledo with notes on Mangrum’s nerve and crowd ease, Hoboken’s baseball centennial with Happy Chandler, and a Sunday mile in Randall's Island’s AAU meet. Mentions boxing prospects and boxing-wrestling talk surround Louis and Conn.
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Baseball Scores From Evening Schedule
Pittsburgh defeated Brooklyn 6 to 3, Cincinnati routed New York 10 to 0, and Chicago beat Philadelphia 7 to 0 in the night’s schedule of games.
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Weather Outlook Before Joe Louis Billy Conn Fight
Forenoon showers forecasted to clear before the heavyweight title bout at Yankee Stadium tonight. Highs near 70 to 75 degrees, no rain after midmorning, with around 60 at fight time and moderate northeasterly winds.
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State Kids To Get Trials For Special Dodger Game
A three day tryout camp conducted by two Brooklyn Dodger scouts will open Monday in Charleston to pick West Virginia’s representative for the Brooklyn against the World amateur series. One West Virginia youth will be chosen to play in the August 7 to 9 Brooklyn event.
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Deal on for sale of Cleveland Indians
Chicago report says AMerican League president J Will Harridge announced a deal on to purchase the Cleveland Indians by Bill Veeck Jr and Harry Grabiner. Details to be worked out with hopes of completion within a week. Also notes minimal U S goat and kid skin supply.
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Fox Hunters Ask Protection for Red Foxes in Nine Counties
West Virginia fox hunters urged conservation director Jack Shipman to protect red foxes in nine counties ahead of the July 9 game commission meeting. They asked that hunting or trapping be banned while permitting chasing in Boone Cabell Jackson Lewis Mingo Upshur Wayne and Wood counties.
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Balkan Derives From Turkish Word for Mountain
The term Balkan traces its origin to a Turkish word meaning mountain, reflecting regional geography in historical naming.
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Pirates Bargain Election Faces Jurisdictional Hurdle
Harrisburg June 19 A petition by the American Baseball Guild seeks a state labor board election to unionize Pirates players. The board has not yet received the filing and will first decide if the Pirates operate only within intra state business.
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McNeill Replaces Schroeder on U S Davis Cup Team
Don McNeill the tennis veteran has been added to the United States Davis cup squad for the North American zone finals with Mexico at South Orange New Jersey June 28 30 replacing Ted Schroeder of Glendale.
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Classified rates and terms from Sentinel advert
Sentinel classifieds outline pricing with twenty one cents per word for the first insertion and eleven and two tenths cents per word for each additional insertion. It notes minimum charges and counting rules, urges reuse of text, and warns ads must stay within proper classification.
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