Uncle Sam Broadcasts Season Opener Across War Fronts
New York April 20. Uncle Sam ensures baseball reaches soldiers and sailors worldwide as the OWI and Army broadcast nine daily programs with scores and brief game accounts for the season opening between Philadelphia Athletics and Washington. No play by play due to static. two hours per game.
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Harold Claassen
New York
Sam
Philadelphia Athletics
Washington
Capital City
Office of War Information
Army
OWI
Paul Stewart
Voice Broadcasting Division
Globe
Red Barber
Stan Lomax
Paul Douglas
Don Dumphy
Stewart
Kern Trimble
Omaha
Spokane Athletic Round Table
Round Table
Judson Bailey
Paap Senators Clash With Athletics For Opener At Washington
Opening day at Griffith Stadium features the Senators vs the Philadelphia Athletics with 27,000 expected. McNutt will throw the first pitch. Harris and Leonard handle later duties as weather and wartime constraints loom over attendances and lineups across the league.
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Washington
Griffith Stadium
Senators
Philadelphia Athletics
Paul V. McNutt
Lyman Harris
A’s
Dutch Leonard
Nationals
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Detroit
Cleveland
Chicago
St. Louis
St. Louis Cardinals
Sports Roundup from New York April 20
A roundup item covers baseball backers critique of a new ball, umpires enforcing, golf demand abroad, Iowa State summer football idea, Coach Red Rolfe at Yale facing Phillies, a Derby contender jockey story, Missouri Military Academy wrestling champ, White Sox spring exhibition turnout, and Trenton mile track harness-race delay due to labor shortages.
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New York
Will Harridge
Umps
South America
U. 5
George Veener
Iowa State
Marion Haycock
Churchill Downs
Rochester
Anderson
Haycock
Missouri Military Academy
Billy Hornsby
White Sox
Stan Nelson
Fort Dodge
Iowa
Sox
Cubs
Trenton
N. J
Williams to College After Navy Training Quote
Ted Williams says after brief training at Navy flight prep Amherst he hopes to attend college there. He adds you realize what a meat head you are when you sit down with those lads and jokes about the experience.
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Navy
Amherst
Ted Williams
Ted
Notre Dame Football Profit Supports University Programs
The April commentary notes Notre Dame earned 230 348 92 from football last fall and used the proceeds to fund the broader athletic program and general university needs. Football revenue subsidizes laboratories libraries graduate work professors and helps over a quarter of students with substantial aid.
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Interhall
Movies Mug Bums By CHIP ROYAL AP Feature Sports Writer
Brooklyn crowds hear boos at Ebbetts Field as writers and fans invade for a movie shoot. Bearded players like Augie Galan and Red Skelton appear in the mock game while Dodger rookies Lou Olmo Roberto Ortiz Hal Peck Bob Chipman and coach Ray Hayworth mingle. The gag centers on a film titled Whistling in Brooklyn and the lads joke about being in a “moovie” with Red Skelton.
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Chip Royal
Brooklyn
N. Y
Dodger
Ebbets Field
Flatbush
Joe
Frenchy
Beaver-Sporting
Lou Olmo
Roberto Ortiz
Hal Peck
Bob Chipman
Ray Hayworth
Moe
Buck Newsom
Red Skelton
Newsom
Skelton
Major Leagues Open Schedule With Early Games
Opening day schedule lists American League games from Philadelphia Washington to Detroit Cleveland with pitchers Harris Ward Wynn Bonham and Bridges. Attendance figures range from 7 500 to 35 000. National League games include St Louis Cincinnati Lohrman Vander Meer and New York Brooklyn Head with similar start times and crowds.
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Cincinnati
Cardinals
Reds
Mort Cooper
Johnny Vander Meer
Crosley Field
New York
Washington
Yankee Stadium
Ernie Bonham
Yanks
McCarthy
Early Wynn
Senators
Ebbets Field
Brooklyn Dodgers
New York Giants
Ed Head
Dodgers
Bill Lehrman
Giants
Yankees
Armed Services
Philadelphia
Harris
Ward
Wynn
Bonham
Boston
Hughson
Wolff
Detroit
Cleveland
Bridges
Bagby
Chicago
St. Louis
Braves Manager Suffers Broken Right Leg
Boston April 20. Charles D. Casey Stengel manager of the Boston Braves who open their 1943 season against the Phils here tomorrow suffered a broken lower right leg early today when struck by an automobile while crossing Kenmore Square. Hastings of Clinton drove the automobile. Hastings took Stengel to St Elizabeth's Hospital. It was likely Coach Garyen would take charge during Stengel's absence.
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Boston
Charles D
Casey) Stengel
Boston Braves
Phils
Kenmore Uare
Thomas Hastings
Clinton
Hastings
Stengel
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Gar Yen
Inside the new baseball ball and Notre Dame football links
The piece notes the new major league baseball ball design using red and black balata and cork core, mentions Notre Dame’s football money supporting war efforts, and reports a doubleheader at the stadium where Bobo Newsom and Les Webber held the Yankees to 6-1, plus Giants’ 1-0 loss after key Giants changes. It includes a quip about Brooklyn’s night shift remark.
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Notre Dame
Bobo Newsom
Les Webber
Aepare
Yankees
Civilian Defense Volunteer Office
Max Macon
D Head
Giants
Leo Durocher
Flatbush
You Can Hit George Fallon Says Southworth
Card trainer Billy Southworth believes rookie George Fallon can improve his hitting with proper timing and coordination. Southworth notes Fallon’s eye and muscle strength, citing past progress with Marion and a Rochester stint, while acknowledging Fallon’s solid fielding and a 239 average last season.
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Kenneth L. Davis
Cairo
George Fallon
St. Louis Cardinals
Marty Marion
Marion
Fallon
Billy Southworth
Southworth
Rochester
George
Allon
Pep and Constantino draw in featherweight bout
In Tampa Willie Pep outpointed Angel Aviles in a 10 round New York World title bout with Pep from Hartford and Aviles from Mexico City. in Baltimore Charles Constantino and Frankie Carto fought to a draw at 129 1/2 pounds.
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Associated Press
Tampa
Fla
Willie Pep
Hartford
High Point Bison Cagers Honored At Mercury Club Banquet
Coach Tony Simeon and his High Point High School basketball team were feted by the Mercury Athletic Club at a banquet at the Elwood hotel. Local officials and school leaders praised the champions as the club highlighted sportsmanship and state tournament success. Co captains Jim Foxworth and Leroy Collins named. player Ian Idol praised by teammates.
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Simeon
Mercury Athletic Club
Tony Simeon
High Point
Elwood
Mercury Club
Frank Tucker
Bill Morehead
Charles Patterson
Roy Sullivan
Kirkman
D. P. Whitley
Charles F. Carroll
Louis
Gatewood Shipman
Shipman
John Crowder
Junius Idol
Melvin Walker
Harry Rothrock
Jim Foxworth
Don Dunkelberger
Fred Swartzberg
Leroy Collins
Malcolm Sullivan
Marvin Smith
Jimmy Bones
Bill Kennedy
Denis Presnell
Wayne Davis
Willaim Craven
Simeon Walso
Bison
Ferrell Free To Consider Play Offers In Major Leagues
Chicago April 20 George Ferrell former player and manager in the Bi State League last season is free to consider about two dozen offers to play this year Kenesaw Mountain Landis the baseball commissioner ruled him a free agent after overruling the minor leagues executive committee Ferrell protested a contract sale to the Binghamton club arguing a manager cannot be sold to a lower salary in a higher class league without consent He is 38 married and brother to Rick and Wesley Ferrell both well known in the majors.
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Chicago
George Ferrell
Rocky Mount
Kenesaw Mountain Landis
National Association of Professional Base
Ferrell
Binghampton
N. Y
Rick
Wesley Ferrell
Warmerdam Assigned to Navy Pre-Flight School
Ensign Cornelius Warmerdam, world champion pole vaulter, has completed Navy Pre-Flight duties at Chapel Hill and is reassigned to the Navy Pre-Flight School in Del Monte California for further duty.
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Warmerdam
Chapel Hill
Cornelius Warmerdam
USNR
Navy
del Monte
Cal
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