Cardinals Seen As Sure Winner In National Rookie Showing
New York April 5 At least 30 new rookie pitchers will debut this season with 10 likely starting roles. Ed die Brantt Bill Ayers Don Johnson Art Houtteman hailed as top bets with Ayers posting a 21 win season and 1.95 ERA for the Atlanta Crackers last year.
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Joe Reichler
New York
Rokie Hurlers
Eddie Brantt
Cincinnati Reds
Bill Ayers
New York Giants
Reds
Tampa
Fla
Portland
Ore
Pacific Coast
Hollywood
Johnny Neun
Johnson
Brantt
Yankee
Bucky Harris
Yankees
Giants
Ayers
Atlanta Crackers
Prospects Highlight Young Pitcher In Tigers Farm System
Hurlers promise and rough 21 inning 4 4 tie with Mobile. Houtteman, a Detroit lad spotted by scout Wish Egan, is expected to win a starting role with the Tigers. The 19 year old southpaw led the International League in strikeouts last year and may join Hal Newhouser Dizign Hutchinson and Virgil Trucks atop the rotation.
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Huried
Mobile
Houtteman
Detroit Sandlors
Wish Egan
Tigers
Southpaw
O'Neill
Hal Newhouser
Dizout
Fred Hutchinson
Irgil Trucks
Dodgers May Be Threat To Pennant
The analysis places the St. Louis Cardinals atop the NL race with the Dodgers close behind. Boston and Chicago follow as strong pretenders while the wild second division could include Cincinnati Pittsburgh New York or Philadelphia. Musial anchors St Louis, while Durocher faces Dodgers concerns over Reiser and Robison fallout.
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ST. Petersburg
Fila
Eddie Dyer
St. Louis Cardinals
Red Birds
Brooklyn Dodgers
Cards Dodgers
Braves
Billy Southworth
Boston
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Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
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Philadelphia
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Chicago
Dyer
Terry Moore
White Kurowski
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Kurowski
Harry Walker
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Harry Brecheen
Murry Dickson
Jim Hearn
Ken Johnson
Cardinal
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Pete Reiser
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Brooks
Mort Cooper
Southworth
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Warren Spahn
Red Barrett
Ed Wright
Earl Torgeson
Bob Elliott
Cubs
Claude Passeau
Andy Pafko
Stdért
Ewell Blackwell
Ed Brantt
Johnny Vandermeer
Bucky Walters
Reds
Notre Dame Spring Practice Delayed By Weather
Notre Dame reports indicate spring football workouts were postponed until after Easter due to poor weather. An Indianapolis News feature notes 91 of 112 players participated in scrimmage in a four day period, prompting questions about the adequacy of the drills. A Boston report mentions indoor 600 yard champ F nore Harris may join Brown for football instead of Illinois.
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New York
Notre Dame
Indianapolis News
Frank Leahy
Boston
Nore Harris
Brown
Illinois
Cleveland comic sent home for loose snakes in club
Oklahoma City Times reports a Cleveland humorist was sent home after releasing snakes at a ball club's Pullman. Commissioner H Chandler dispatched 14 FBI agents to the scene. Snakes will not be allowed on baseball trips this season.
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John Crowley
Oklahoma City Times
Cleveland Funnyman
Pullman
H Chandler
FBI
Snake Eyes
Schoolboy Rowe on Charley Trippi and football blocking
Sports note cites Bob Rowe arguing Trippi won’t become a league hitter due to football blocking. He claims backfields that run and pass can’t need blocking. Boston Garden season brings about 250000 fans, a rise from zero four years ago. Michigan State fencing coach Charles Schmitter scouts one armed athletes, including Jake Venema, for his team.
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Rowe
Charley Trippi
Boston Garden
Bill Mukray
Charles Schmitter
Michigan State College
Jake Venema
Great Minds Dept Dinner Honors UCLA Coach Bill Spaulding
Los Angeles sports writers paid 810 each for a dinner honoring Bill Spaulding of UCLA. Spaulding described crafting a 12 man 6 3 2 1 defense in practice to impress the scribes and quipped about readers not noticing the technique. The piece also notes 1940 marriage rates among young American girls and international contrasts.
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Great Minds Dept. Ren
Los Angeles Sports Writers
Bill Spaulding
U.C.L.A
Bill
Lenoir Beagle Wins Honors At Salisbury
Safriet's Ruby owned by Sam Safriet of Lenoir won first prize in the 15 inch class at the Carolinas Association of Beagle Clubs show in Salisbury. Willow Greek Mack placed second, Shiver's Jo Ann third, and Tenzbest Miss fourth. An unrelated note mentions World War III wounds focusing on lower extremity injuries from mines and booby traps used by Germany.
Tar Heels Beat Duke 8 2 In Big Four Opener
Emmett Cheek led Carolina with a one run triple and a three run double as the Tar Heels toppled Duke 8 to 2 in Chapel Hill. John Gregory drove in another run with a long second inning hit, while Rip Ryan and Buck Hardee added midgame RBIs to seal the win.
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Chapel Hill
N. C
Emmett Cheek
Husky
Carolina
Jack Hussey
Tar Heels
Duke
John Gregory
Hal Stevenson
Red Lucas
Rip Ryan
Buck Hardee
Wofford Nine Downs Cats 15-3 in Open Series Sweep
Wofford Terriers powered past the Davidson Wildcats 15-3 in Spartanburg as Barney Haynes fired five hits allowed and Phil Clark led the offense with a homer and a double. The win completed a two game series sweep for Wofford.
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Wofford
Cats
Spartanburg
Sf. C
Barney Haynes
Wofford Terriers
Davidson Wildcats
Terriers
Phil Clark
Conference On Marriage Set For Tuesday
CHAPEL HILL April 5 The 10th annual conference on conservation of marriage and the family will open Tuesday April 8 at 9 o clock in Alumni building at the University of North Carolina. The program features doctors psychologists and teachers and runs through April 10 with the final day in Durham at North Carolina college for Negroes. Mrs Gladys Hoagland Groves directs the event and extends welcome to ministers and teachers by invitation.
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Chapel Hill
Ernest R. Groves
Gladys Hoagland Groves
University of North Carolina
Durham
North Carolina College For
Grooves
Riot at Egypt boxing match injures seventy five fans
In PORT SADI Egypt April 5 police clashed with sports fans trying to see a boxing bout without paying. About 75 people were injured, 10 seriously, as crowds attempted to storm the Ferial theater where Qrafa El Said faced Mohamed Farag. Police fired after rocks and clubs were used. Forty fans were wounded.
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Port Sadi
Egypt
Ferial Theater
Qrafa el Said
Near East
Mohamed Farag
Platinum export guard in early American Spanish rule
The Spanish government imposed strict controls on platinum exports in early America due to the metal's weight and tendency to be passed off as gold. Separately, Salvation Army song translations into Zulu circulate, with non members sometimes seen singing them in streets and fields.
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America
Salvation Army
New Records Set As Carolina Leads Way In Carolina Relays
Floyd Simmons of Charlotte set his third hurdle mark since football ended as he clocked 14.6 seconds in the 120 high hurdles at the Carolina relays in Chapel Hill. North Carolina teams swept several events including the 120 yard high hurdles and 440 relay medley while Duke excelled in the sprint medley and mile relays. New marks emerged in hurdles, high jump, mile, 440 relay, broad jump and sprint medley events.
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Chapel Hill
N. C
Floyd
Chunk) Simmons
Charlotte
Simmons
Florida
North Carolina
N. C. State
Duke
Blue Devils
Guilford County Realty Transfers in High Point Township
T. J. Moore transfers two Blair Subdivision lots to Pauline J. Gurley. City of High Point deeds a lot on English Street to R. B. Gantt and wife. Shirley Plyer Myers and husband transfer two Rise Hill Subdivision lots to Robert B. Hicks.
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High Point Township
T. J. Moore
Pauline J. Gurley
Blair Subdivision
City of
High Point
R. B. Gantt
English Street
Shirley Plyer Myers
Robert B. Hicks
Sunrise Hill
Demaret Leads Masters as Middlecoff and Nelson Close
Jimmy Demaret posted a two under par 70 for a 54 hole total of 210 to lead the Masters by three strokes. Cary Middlecoff, Harold McSpaden, and Byron Nelson battled behind with 216 to 213, while Ben Hogan, Chick Harbert, and Jim Ferrier chased at 214.
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Chick Hosch
Augusta
Jimmy Demaret
Cary Middlecoff
Memphis
Ojai
Califoro
Middlecoff
Demaret
Gold Dust Twins
Harold McSpaden
Sanford
Byron Nelson
Roanoke
Texas
McSpaden
Nelson
Ben Hogan
Hershey
Chick Harbert
Detroit
Jim Ferrier
Chicago
Harbert
Frank Stranahan
Henry Picard
Sam Snead
Lawson Little
Horton Smith
Claude Harmon
Johnny Bulla
Harry Todd
Jis
Mutch Harrison
Ed Dudley
Denny Shute
Trees for Gum Must Reach Seventy Years Before Tapping
The article explains that chicle trees must be 70 years old before tapping begins and can be tapped only every six or eight years, producing about two and a half pounds of gum per tapping.
Wounded Soldier Fatalities Compared Across Wars
The Civil War Union Army had a death rate of over 14 percent among wounded soldiers while World War II American Army casualties among the wounded were about 4.4 percent.
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