Dodgers and Yankees Shape Up Far From Full Strength
In spring training news from multiple camps, Dodgers and Yankees play without Camilli and Herman, sidelined for hospital checkups. Hodges injures ankle on debut for Phillies, while Derringer nurses illness. McCarthy attends his brother's funeral. Caliguiri struggles for A's. Mize defends spring form as Tigers seek better results. Green/Indians prep for opener, White Sox beat Cubs as trek continues. Dusak's role uncertain for Cardinals as season nears.
Honest Abe to wrestle Chief Little in Thursday card
Promoter Steele promotes Honest Abe Yourist return to the local arena with a main bout against Chief Little on Thursday night. Beaver may employ unorthodox tactics to tarnish Yourist, but promoter hopes Abe’s steady style will prevail. The Yourist Beaver match anchors a stacked card headlined by Ed White versus Pure Brazil in the third encounter. The main event set for 8 45 p m.
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Newcomers Earn Augusta Masters Bids in 1940s Draft
Augusta Ga April 6 Two newcomers Harper Chandler of Portsmouth Va and Chick Harbert of Battle Creek Mich earned bids to the Augusta Masters golf tournament to be played April 9 12. Both were amateurs turned pros with strong winter tour money rankings. Top contenders include Ben Hogan Sam Snead and Craig Wood with Hogan already winning in San Francisco Los Angeles Pinehurst and Asheville.
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Major League Season Will Soon Begin
Major League baseball readies for pennant races as spring exhibition play wraps. AL leads NL in standouts with Pirates, Browns, Senators, and Yankees tipped for strong seasons. Scrapyard note: obsolete gear and junked cars are recycled to meet growing scrap demand as communities push reclamation.
Bison to meet Greensboro Whirlhounds in opener
The Western Conference baseball race opens with the Bison traveling to Greensboro to face the Whirlhounds. Coach Tony Simeon plans to deploy Jim Foxworth on the mound with Marvin Smith catching, while Jen Crowder, Duck Pugi, Harry Rothrock and Mel Walker cover the infield. Pinky Hedrick and Erd Allman will start in the outfield with a two way slug duel at right field between Trees Hoover and Bill Kennedy. Kennedy could win the job based on hitting.
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Bradley Aims for Fifth Derby Win with Bless Me
Churchill Downs race forecasts focus on E R Bradley and his black colt Bless Me racing in the derby classic near Louisville. Bradley seeks a fifth triumph, aiming to repeat past Derby success as the event looms in April.
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DERBY
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Roundup Bold Odds and Army Bonds in Spring Sports Buzz
A potpourri of sports notes from wartime America covers boxing match chatter between Louis and Conn, Navy and Army connections at Pitt and Midwest colleges, Orioles ticket incentives for waste paper, Red Wings pace to Cup finals, and up-and-coming baseball material. Also mentions Pat Abbott and L T Grimes as golf leaders, and a Sacramento Junior College crew dunking ritual gone wrong.
Minnesota Football Gears Up Under Hauser After Bierman Era
Minnesota gears for spring drills on Northrop Field as Dr. George Hauser molds lines built by Major Bierman since 1932. Veterans lead a deep roster with Daley Higgins Garnaas and Plunkett key backs, Wildung leading tackles, while guards pose a question as 52 lettermen practice toward May intra-squad games and a spring finale.
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Shaughnessy Plans T Formation at Maryland U
Palo Alto Calif April 6 Football coach Clark Shaughnessy says he will keep using his T formation so long as he has the material. He becomes University of Maryland coach at end of the week and will stop in Chicago en route. He previously coached at Chicago in 1939 when the school abandoned the game and at Stanford starting 1984, turning out a coast conference and Rose Bowl contending team that season.
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Georgia Tainter Leading Field In Augusta Play
Medalist Georgia Tainter of Fargo North Dakota leads the field into the quarterfinals of the 12th Forest Hills women's invitational golf tournament in Augusta Georgia. Top contenders breezed through first matches as play continues with Aliss Tainter meeting Mrs Charles Harbaugh and Jane Crum facing Jean Cline after byes and early wins.
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Exhibition Baseball Schedule and Results Across Venues
The Associated Press reports today’s exhibition schedule in Charlotte Brooklyn and Jacksonville Washington and Philadelphia meet in Florida tuneups while Boston plays Milwaukee and Philadelphia faces Pittsburch. Sunday results include Cincinnati over Boston and New York beating Nashville. several league matchups highlight spring play across multiple sites.
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18th Annual State Drama Festival Opens in Wisconsin
April 6 report notes the 18th annual state drama festival beginning Wednesday with college high school and Little Theater groups presenting 25 plays across PLAN DRAMA FESTIVAL CHAPEL WIIL.
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Fight Games In Big Five RALEIGH April 6 Big Five baseball week opener
N C State and Wake Forest meet in a Big Five baseball week with Ray Hardee for State and Art Vivian for Wake Forest set to start. Both teams opened last week with wins over Cornell as Duke and Maryland prepare for a doubleheader in Durham. Other games include Virginia Tech at Carolina and Duke at Virginia Tech with various regional matchups.
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Hogan Wins Land Of Sky At Asheville
In Asheville on April 6 Hogan led a five man Texas team into the Land of the Sky event. Ben Hogan won the Asheville Open with a 276 eight under par, narrowly ahead of Law son Little by one stroke. Byron Nelson and Jimmy Demaret also posted strong showings, with Mangrum and Ralph Guldahl close behind. Hogan’s $31,000 top prize pushed him to $8,798 for the year, while Little rose to $3,479 and Nelson earned $3,550 for third. Hogan also surged in the Vardon Trophy race, reaching 230 points after this event.
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Jimmy Demaret
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War quiz questions challenge readers
A reader quiz asks how a bronze cross decoration for air heroes differs from other awards, then notes RAF raids on Ruhr Germany and questions about WWII industrial targets. It hints Sumatra wildlife trade impacts and invites readers to find answers on the Want Ad Page.
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Dutch East Indies
Sumatra
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Adolph Kiefer Smashes His Own World Record
Adolph Kiefer, the famed backstroke star, thwarts a Michigan freshman Harold Holiday by twice breaking his own 150 yard world record at the National AAU championships in New Haven. Holiday’s scare ends with a 1:30.5 clocking, more than two seconds faster than Kiefer’s 1936 mark. Lobsters snails and oysters noted as blue bloods by science.
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