Wolverines Romp to Victory 9 1
The Wolverines Baseball Club returns after a three year hiatus to crush Armstrong AA 9 to 1 at Carter Ball Yard. Joe Bracy hit a first inning homer, Gene Wood cleared the left field wall for a late grand slam, and Lefty Drewery with Nate Tyler limited the opposition. They set a rematch with the Dive Sox at Carter Playground on Sunday at 3 p.m. Beefy Granville rejoins Boston action against the Blue Sox on July 4 at Fenway Stadium.
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Wolverine
Armstrong AA
Carter Ballyard
Wolves
Joe Bracy
Armstrong Club
Wolverines
Gene Wood
Lefty Drewery
Nate Tyler
Dive Sox
Carter Playground
Granville
The
Boston
Lubbock Black Hubbers
Boston Blue Sox
Fenway Stadium
Baseball School Postponed to July 8 at 10:30 A.M.
The Robert Gould Shaw House Baseball School delays its ten day session due to holidays and will open Monday July 8 at 10 30 AM. Registration for the first three days will be held at Windsor Street location to start fresh the following week.
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Robert Gould Shaw House
Windsor Street
Turf Club Holds Annual Elections
Hartford reports the Turf Club elected a new slate for the coming year with Matthew J. Woods as President and Kenneth Hickman as Vice President both re-elected. Mitch ell Mike Jackson becomes Secretary to replace Samuel J. Till er. William Brainard remains Assistant Secretary and Frank Dav is re-elected Treasurer. Gassa way Davis is Assistant Treasurer, and directors named include Alfie Davis Kenneth Hickman Otis Wade John Pounds Louis Hickman Eugene Richards and Henry Canty.
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Hartford
Turf Club
Matthew J. Woods
Kenneth Hickman
Mitchell
Mike” Jackson
Samuel J. Tiller
William Brainard
Frank Davis
Gassaway Davis
Alfie Davis
Otis Wade
John Pounds
Louis Hi
Camp Named For Captain Gandy In Leghorn Italy
The 110th Quartermaster Truck Battalion area in Leghorn Italy has been redesignated Camp Charles F. Gandy. It honors Captain Charles F. Gandy of Greenville North Carolina who commanded Company F of the 370th Combat Team 92nd Infantry Buffalo Division and was killed in action in the Serravalle area. The name was suggested by Captain Maxwell K. Vails. Gandy’s widow Mrs Gerry Edmonds Gandy and their child live in Boston Massachusetts.
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Leghorn
Italy
Charles F. Gandy
Greenville
North Carolina
92Nd Infantry
Buffalo
Germany
Serravenzza
Atom Smasher Jump Shocks Hollywood Ice Star
Mabel Fairbanks, a youthful brown skater hailed as the world’s greatest, unveils a new original jump named the Atom Smasher. She claims it surpasses the Flying Waltz Jump and says she has perfected it, expressing excitement over the enhanced thrill of performing it.
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Hollywood
Calvin's News Service
Mabel Fairbanks
Mabel
Fairbanks
Tennis Champion Bent On Keeping Title
Roumania Peters training daily at Tuskegee Institute courts for the National Tennis Association Championships set for August 1824 at Wilberforce University Ohio. The Peters sisters Roumania and Margaret hold the women's doubles title after defeating Ora Washington and Aneta Gant in New York last August.
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Tuskegee Institute
Ala
Why Rickey Signed Robinson
Rickey signed Jackie Robinson for his baseball talent and equality beliefs, not race. Wendell Smith notes Rickey abhors discrimination and aimed to integrate baseball, arranging a Miami reception to ensure Robinson felt welcomed and included.
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Rickey
Robinson
Wranch
Jackie Robinson
Jackie
Wendell Smith
Maimi
Smith
Montreal
Joe Louis Enters Ohio Golf Meet
Joe Louis is expected to appear as an entry in the 11th annual Ohio amateur championship of the Forest City Golf Association at the Seneca Course near Precksville on July 5 6 and 7.
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Cleveland
Joe Louis
Forest City Golf Association
Seneca Course
Precksville
Conn Fights Louis Seen as One-Sided Showdown at Yankee Stadium
The piece reviews Billy Conn versus Joe Louis, noting Conn’s fear and running tactics while Louis dominates. It lauds Louis as the peak of his career at 32, outboxing and outthinking Conn, and comments on public perception and potential bias about the fight’s competitiveness.
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New York
Louis Conn
Billy Conn
Billy
Joe Louis
Conn
Yankee Stadium
Joe
Louis
Billy Joe
Brooklyn
O’toole
O'Toole
Schoolboy Glances By Mike Haynes
The piece notes several New England youths leaving the city for camps and summer resorts with plans for fall sports. Panthers Cub baseball members head to BU Sargent Camp in Portsmouth New Hampshire and many high school athletes join youth camps as instructors and counsellors while preparing for football. Players such as Bill Raynor and Delacy Peters look to gridiron seasons, with others training at Carter Field amid teen draft discussions. The Panthers Cubs ended a defeat last Sunday.
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Mike Haynes
New England
Panther Cub
BU Sargent
Portsmouth
N. H
Eeeaeeazere
Washington
Carter Field
Link Queeley
Billy Daughtry
Sam Johnson
Big Mills
Eagles
Porto Ricans Split Twin Bill in Bulkley Stadium Showdown
In a thrilled packed double header the Traum Brewers and the Puerto Rican All-Stars split. The first game ended 7-2 after late innings error help and a key double from Gricia and Santagers. The second game, 2-1 for Puerto Rico, featured Santellos’ 1 hit win with 17 strikeouts.
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George A. David
Bulkley Stadium
Traum Brewers
Traums
Kapura
Dixon
Banks
Gricia
Stars
Santagers
Santello
Puerto Rico
Santellos
George Dixon
Brewers
Smith
All-Stars
Garcia
Wanderers Tumble To Fourth Defeat In Newton CC Match
Wanderers suffered a heavy 35 run defeat at Newton Centre as Newton CC, led by Alfrey 32 and Murray 23, bowled them out with a small total. Pop Herbert top scored for Wanderers with 14 while Windsor Second XI and West Indies clashed at Franklin Field ending in a Windsor loss. A New York eleven with intercolonial stars to play a return match against a Massachusetts side is slated for July 4 at Franklin Field with Cox and Parks among the selectees.
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Wanderers
Newton CC
Newton Center
Pop’ Herbert
Trundlers
Phil] Alfrey
Newton
Murrays
Windsors
West India
Franklin Field
Dave Johnston
al Smith
Bill Crosby
Sam Lewis
Windsor First XI
Unc
Fraser
Tom Norman
Windsor
Griffith
Lane
Roach
New York
Massachusetts
Blue Hill
Talbot Aves
Dorchester
G. Cox
J. A. Parks
J. Hincheliff
F. Wayne
L. G. Benn
W. Isaacs
J. Lynch
T. Norman
R. Johnson
G. Clarke
M. Bergesson
W. Fraser
G. Callender, M. Kelly, G. Thompson, and
C. Farnum
New Ring Star At Wonderland
A new racing sensation emerges at Wonderland's Revere Track as Ray Holmes' Lucky Pilot, a 22 month old son of Never Roll and Dixie By, gains acclaim as a rising greyhound star following the fame of Rural Rube and Never Roll.
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Wonderland
Revere
America
Ray Holmes
Lucky Pilot
Never Roll
Dixie By
Baseball School Opens at Shaw House This July
In West Medford the WiM Rams handed a 9 to 5 defeat to local youths. The Robert Gould Shaw House invites athletic minded youths aged 12 to 20 to enroll in a July 1 baseball course open to all interested boys.
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West Medford
Wim Rams
Robert Gould Shaw
Youth Leader Bernard Jackson Visits New York En Route Parley
Bernard Jackson, president of the Boston NAACP Youth Council and national youth conference head, spoke to the Manhattan Youth Council urging unity with organized labor against native fascism and backing world freedom. He was honored at a luncheon by the American Preparatory Committee for Prague conference and elected vice chairman of the Young Citizens Political Action Committee.
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New York
Bernard Jackson
Boston
Naacp Youth Council
NAACP
Cincinnati
Jackson
Manhattan
Prague
Czecho- Slovakia
South Africa
Young Citizens Political Action Committee
Young Citzens Pac
Richard Kuch
Unitarian Youth
National Council
Giants Dominate Cassidy Nine 9-1 On Holiday Monday
Boston Giants walloped the Cassidys 9-1 at Garter Field to clinch top East status. Elmer Monroe Morris came out of retirement to pitch five scattered hits against the Cassidys and earn a decisive win for Bob Russell’s club. The Giants plan a Fourth of July doubleheader in New York before returning to Carter Playground next Monday.
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Boston
Bob Russell
Boston Giants
Cassidys
Giants
Garter Field
Elmer Monroe
Morris
New England
Russell
Bob
Elmer
Danny McFayden
New York
Polo Grounds
Carter Playground
Knickerbocker Club to stage Fitch Memorial at New Haven
The Knickerbocker Golf Club of New Haven announces its first William Fitch Memorial tournament to be held Sunday July 7 at New Haven Municipal Golf Course. Three flight format includes a 27 hole championship and two 18 hole events with handicap. Cash prizes for the championship and trophies for the other two. Tee time 10 o'clock at Fair Haven Heights end of Grand Ave.
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Knickerbocker Golf Club
New Haven
Conn
William Fitch
New Haven Municipal
Fair Haven Heights
Grand Ave
State Guard camp at Camp Edwards to become National Guard next year
The Camp of Instruction at Camp Edwards Massachusetts runs August 4 to 10 with facilities including a pool courts and extensive athletics. The 27th Infantry will fill the Rehabilitation Area to boost strength and veterans from 82nd and 372nd are urged to join. A new National Guard proclamation was issued on July 1 1946 and colored troops are eyed for a Sherman tank battalion.
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Camp Edwards
Mass
27Th Infantry
82Nd Infantry
South Armory
Dartmouth Street
Back Bay
National Guard
Patton
3Rd Army
26Th
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Will McClaurin
Leo Farrel
Hampton Institute
Panther ‘Cubs
T. Melvin
Yesman
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Sylvanus
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