Baseball Fans See Tight Races As Scores Stay Low
In a day of late-season drama, Detroit and Cleveland split a 14 inning no score tie before the Tigers won the second game. Boston held second place with a 3-2 win over the Yankees, while the Giants and Cardinals closed gaps in the standings. Lou Boudreau signed a new three-year Indians deal as teams jockey for position.
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Adams Mills Faces Concord In Tournament Opener
Canton, Aug. 12. The three day Western North Carolina softball tournament begins here tomorrow with city champions among the participants. Schedule lists Adams Millis of High Point vs Concord Cannonballs in the opening night games, along with other matchups including Gastonia Seminoles and Canton Gastonia winner.
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Major League Standings Me Major League Standings Me
National League scores show Pittsburgh 3 Cincinnati 1 New York 6 Boston 4 St Louis 7 Chicago 2 Only games scheduled American League Boston 3 New York 2 Detroit 0 3 Cleveland 0 2 first game tie ended by darkness Washington 3 Philadelphia 1 St Louis 9 Chicago 2 Piedmont League Asheville 8 Norfolk 3 Durham 10 Greensboro 3 weather halted second game postponed Other games postponed Bi State North State League Lexington 7 Hickory 1 Thomasville 2 8 Concord 1 3 International League Newark 2 5 Jersey City 1 1 Montreal 5 4 Toronto 1 3 Syracuse 5 Baltimore 0 Buffalo 2 Rochester 1 12 innings American Association Toledo 6 10 Minneapolis Milwaukee 6 9 Indianapolis 1 2 Louisville 5 Kansas City 3 Columbus 8 St Paul 0 Pacific Coast League Portland 2 Los Angeles 1 Seattle 2 San Francisco 1 San Diego 7 Hollywood 3 Sacramento 12 Oakland 2 Eastern League Albany 2 5 Hartford 3 4 Wilkes Barre 1 0 Williamsport 0 5 Elmira 4 9 Scranton 1 15 Binghamton 6 14 Springfield 1 2 Southern Association New Orleans 7 5 Little Rock 62 Birmingham 5 Memphis 4 Nasville at Chattanooga 2 postponed Knoxville at Atlanta postponed
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Provable Pitchers With Games Won Lost Summary
St Louis at Chicago pitchers Beazley 12 5 and Gumbert 5 5 oppose Fleming 2 4 and Lee 11 10 New York at Boston pitchers Schumacher 9 8 and Carpenter 8 8 face Tost 9 7 and Javory CF-155 Cincinnati at Brooklyn Melton 7 12 opposes French 11 1
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Probable pitchers set for key baseball matchups
Boston meets New York Chase with Borow facing probable Boston starter. Detroit tangles with Cleveland featuring Benton and Newhouser against Smith and Kennedy. Washington faces Philadelphia Carrasquel versus Wolff. Chicago battles St. Louis with Lee or Roas against Auker.
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Sports Roundup Totals and Glimpses From the Week
Newsy digest covers Hambletonian chatter crowd shifts at Goshen and boxing buzz in Bridgeport with Lee Savold versus Mike Alfano. Golf scholarships eyed by Western Pennsylvania clubs for Pitt and Duquesne plus caddie study at Carnegie Tech. Dawn patrols amid early golf starts and Sam Snead quitting complaints after Navy service. Boxing and military football notes feature Zeke Bonura Eyeing big game at White Sox Park, Billy Loose move to Seattle, and Maxwell Field cadet coaching hopes amid Army All-Star shifts. Sergeant Nate Schenker explains life as a mess sergeant at Camp Wheeler.
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Nothing but the tooth lure nets muskies at lake
Dr Harold Flickinger of Siloam Springs Arkansas fished with a homemade lure built from an upper metal base acrylic denture. He attached two treble hooks and a spinner and caught five muskies and a northern pike in one morning, suggesting the fish bit on his denture lure.
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Canadian champ CasTilloux bets winner take all with Johnny Grego
Peeved at hints he quit fighting when joining the Royal Canadian Air Force, Dave CasTilloux, Canada's lightweight and welterweight champ, offers to box Johnny Grego on a winner take all basis with the purse donated to air force funds if he wins. Just as Oklahoma U plastered posters of Plato Andros, Andros joined others in the sport.
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Bay Manager Lou Boudreau Signed To Indians Three-Year Pact
Cleveland Aug 12 Lou Boudreau 25 signed to manage the Indians through 1945 replacing the departed Roger Peckinpaugh. Boss Alva Bradley announced the deal after a tense period of hesitation, noting no salary details but implying a substantial raise. The club, contending with Boston for second place, aims to stabilize after losing Bob Feller to injury.
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Local grid of city matchups listed for regional play
A sequence of scheduled games shows Greensboro at Durham Richmond at Winston Salem Norfolk at Asheville Charlotte at Portsmouth Wilson at Rocky Mount Sanford at Danville Burlington at Leaksville Landis at Lexington Mooresville at Concord Salisbury at Statesville Hickory at Thomasville.
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Fights Last Night Roundup With Draws and KO
New York bouts produced draws between Jerry Fiorello and Larry Fontana and Vic Dellicurt and Artie Dorrell. Reuben Shank scored a technical knockout over Phil Norman in Fort Morgan while Caster Hardy outpointed Bob Wade in Detroit.
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Eight Eligible To Compete In Famed Pimlico
Eight turf stars, winners of 13 of the year s 20 top races, named eligible for Pimlico special sixth renewal. Whirlaway leads the field as Stand-Out favorite with wins in the Dixie, Brooklyn and Massachusetts handicaps. Shut Out from Greentree Stable and Request d from Ben Whitaker also feature among the hopefuls.
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Bradley Signs 24-Year-Old Shortstop After Reconsideration
Bradley initially refused, but a week later he summoned and signed a flashy 24 year old to take over as the shortstop. Lou remained firm in his belief he was the man for the job during the exchange.
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Highland triumphs 9 3 in close Municipal League clash
Highland defeated Tomlinson 9 to 3 in seven innings as Paige Dennis earned his 11th win and Melvin Walker homered twice in a late scoring surge. Garland Pugh and Walker led the Bison offense with three hits apiece, while Tomlinson’s Demands fell short after a two week postponement due to a picnic.
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Historic Hambletonian Day At Goshen
Goshen New York hosts its annual Hambletonian day with 11 three year olds in a one mile heat series. Colby Hanover faces strong rivals as drivers include Fred Egan Ben White Tom Berry and Lee Smith in the field for a $38,954.38 purse and a $20,489.91 winner’s share amid wartime attendance uncertainty.
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Thomasville Tommies Power Past Weavers to Narrow Loop Lead
Thomasville runs to an 8 3 win over Concord in the nightcap after a 2 1 opener loss. Teague scattered six hits, Teague and Bohning win the doubleheader as Thomasville closes the gap on the league leaders to six games. Lexington prepares to face Landis after a 7 1 victory over Hickory.
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Graf Reminds Zuppke of 29-Year Coaching Career
Chicago Aug 12. Ro bert Zuppke, back from retirement to coach the college all star squad, is reminded of his 29-year career each time Fullback Jack Graf of Ohio State hits the practice field. Graf's father captained an Ohio State team that faced Zuppke’s early Illinois squads, and Jack finished the cycle by meeting Zuppke’s last Illinois eleven in 1941.
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Badgers Join Colors In Navy Enlistment News
Madison Wisconsin August 12 En listment of wrestling coach George A Martin as a lieutenant junior grade in the Navy notes his status as a member of Wisconsin congressional delegation in the armed forces to four.
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