Cardinals threaten late in NL pennant race surge
St Louis shaves six games off the Dodgers in three days as Max Lanier fires a seven hit shutout in a 5 0 win over the Cubs Passeau. Giants beat Boston 10 2 as Hubbell wins again Ott homers for seventh time. Pirates blank Reds as Lanning hurls six hitter. In AL Red Sox top Yankees 8 7 in ten. Galehouse shuts out White Sox. Browns trump Athletics 4 0. Carrasquel tops Marchildon as Senators edge A's.
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Carl Hubbell
Terry Moore
Reds
Johny Lanning
Aston Red Sox
New York Yankees
Johnny Peacock
Johnny Murphy
Dom _DiMaggio
New York
Denny Galehouse
St. Louis Browns
Chicago White Sox
Cleveland Idions
Jack Wade
Browns
Joe Haynes
Washington Senators
Philadelhia Athletics
Alex Carrasquel
Phil Marchildon
Major League Leaders By The Associated Press
National League leaders include Ott and Slaughter with top batting numbers and Medwick and Hack shining in hits. Pitching features French and Wyatt for Brooklyn. American League notes Williams leads batting and runs with DiMaggio high in RBIs.
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Associated Press
Ritser
Brooklyn
Lombardi
Boston
Ott
New York
Retser
Slaughter
St. Louis
Medwick
Brookiyn
Elliott
Pittsburgh
Nicholson
Chicago
Camillt
Brooklin
Reiser
Fernandez
French
Wyatt
What Army Does New Haven, Eagles Player Basca
What the army does to you Nick Basca played with the Philadelphia Eagles of the Na
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Conn
Nick Basca
Philadelphia Eagles
Major League Standings Report From Yesterday
Baseball standings and results across leagues include New York 10 over Boston 2 and Pittsburgh 3 over Cincinnati with Philadelphia 3 and Brooklyn 1. Other matches show St. Louis 5 over Chicago 46 with Boston 8 over New York 7 and Washington 2 over Philadelphia 1. Minor leagues list Piedmont Greensboro Asheville tie, Charlotte over Winston-Salem, Bi-State Danville 6 Rocky Mount 3, Burlington 16-6 over Leaksville 6-4, North State Mooresville 5-11, Hickory 3-3, and Statesville region results. International League Newark 7-4, Rochester 2-5, Montreal 11-7 over Baltimore 3-5, Toronto 4 over Syracuse 1. American Association Indianapolis 3-2, Louisville 2-5, Minneapolis 7-5 over St. Paul 3-6, Columbus 6-2 over Toledo 4-1, Milwaukee 5 over Kansas City 3.
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Baseball Standings Across Leagues Highlight Results
Pacific Coast League games feature Los Angeles 2-12 over San Francisco 1-3 and Sacramento 4 over San Diego 1 with Hollywood 6 defeating Oakland 2 while Seattle 4 beat Portland 1. Southern Association results show New Orleans 8-7 over Little Rock 7-6 and Birmingham 3-23 losing to Memphis 2-0 with Knoxville 3 edging Atlanta 2 and Chattanooga 4 over Nashville 2. Eastern League notes include Binghamton 11-5 over Scranton 0-12 and Williamsport 3-4 over Springfield 1-0 with Hartford 5 over Elmira 1 and Albany 4 over Wilkes-Barre 1.
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San Francisco
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San Diego
Hollywood
Oakland
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Portland
Southern Association
New Orleans
Little Rock
Birmingham
Memphis
Knoxville
Atlanta
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Binghamton
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Williamsport
Springfield
Hartford
Elmira
Albany
Wilkes-Barre
Games Today Feature NY at BOS and More
Only scheduled games include New York at Boston with Lanham and Gomez or Chandler against Dobson and Hughson. Cleveland plays Detroit at twilight with Bag by facing Bridges. Philadelphia visits Washington with McCrabb or Wolff versus Newsom.
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Boston
Lanham
Gomez
Chandler
Dobson
Hughson
Cleveland
Detroit
Bagby
Bridges
Philadelphia
Washington
McCrabb
Wolff
Newsom
Series of Basketball Matchups Across Cities
Boston at Brooklyn Salvo with Davis 12 5 leads. Pittsburgh visits Cincinnati Ringer and Derringer of Thompson 4 5. Chicago travels to St Louis night War neke 3 7 faces M Cooper 14 6 in a packed schedule.
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Brooklyn
Salvo
Davis
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Ringer
Derringer
Thompson
Chicago
St. Louis
Warneke
M. Cooper
Local matchups list for upcoming games
Greensboro at Asheville. Winston-Salem at Charlotte. Portamouth at Durham. Richmond at Norfolk. Sanford at Wilson. Danville at Rocky Mount. Burlington at Leaksville.
Local High School Basketball Pairings Noted
Concord plays Landis and Hickory faces Salisbury in what appears to be a league pairing roundup. Lexington discovers that Thomasie has joined the roster, while Mooresville meets Statesville in another scheduled game.
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North State League
Concord
Landis
Hickory
Salisburry
Lexington
Semi finals reached in state tennis tourney
In Greensboro on Aug 19 the North Carolina closed tennis tournament advanced to the semi finals in singles and doubles across the women's boys and juniors divisions. Top seed Anne Martindale of Greensboro defaulted yesterday. In the boys division Charlotte’s Lenoir Keesler seeded No. 1 and Greensboro’s Bob Chapman reached the semis, Chapman winning three matches while Keesler won one and received a bye.
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North Carolina
Anne Martindale
Lenoir Keesler
Charlotte
Bob Chapman
Chapman
Keesler
Armys squad adds footballer weighing lighter years
A former professional football player, 192 pounds, has joined Col. Robert Neviland's All-Armys team and now weighs 178 pounds, showing a svelte reduction in weight.
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Col
Robert Neviland
Golf balls scarce at Camp Croft driving range
NY sports roundup reports soldiers at Camp Croft S C face golf ball shortages threatening the sport. Capt Robert G Stephens Jr appeals for several thousand usable balls via a drive with COD to the department. Pro golfers Craig Wood and Harry Lewis already donated. News notes Yankee fans urged to support.
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Hades
Camp Croft
S. C
Robert G. Stephens, Jr
C.O.D
Jack Cummins
Shawnee-on-Delaware
Craig Wood
Harry Lewis
Cleveland
Acacia Club
Doubleheader Wins Daylight For Lynchburg Newport News
In the Virginia League a Lynchburg Newport News twin bill endured long delays and rain. The first game, halted by darkness, was called because the umpired day game could not finish under lights. The second game began under arcs but ended in daylight as clouds cleared and the lights were switched off.
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Lynchburg
Conn Louis stew heats up for weekly showdown
The article notes a brewing Conn Louis clash in a week as the heat rises. It mentions the Dodgers Giants doubleheader and the Army Navy relief bill Sunday, with local ads signaling crowd hopes despite concerns about gates and attendance.
Hornets In Tie For Third Spot In Piedmont League
Charlotte Hornets beat Winston-Salem Twins 2-0 to pull into a tie with Richmond Colts for third place in the Piedmont League. The Charlotte-Winston-Salem game ended after eight innings due to weather. Joe Cleary and Jumbo Elliott each allowed three hits. Asheville and Greensboro tied 2-2 in eight. weather ended play with Asheville runner on third and two out. Richmond-Norfolk and Portsmouth-Durham games postponed.
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Richmond Colts
Winston- Salem Twins
Joe Cleary
Bees
Jumbo Elliott
Twins
Asheville
Greensboro
Richmond
Soil Losses By Wind And Water Erode U S Land
About three billion tons of soil are removed from use each year in the United States due to wind and water erosion. This figure highlights the scale of land degradation affecting farms, forests, and urban areas as the nation faces ongoing soil conservation challenges.
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United States
Jimmy Foxx praised as aging star in wood work
Peoria Journal Transcript notes Jimmy Foxx aging but still seen as a rising figure in local circles. Fort Hancock features Private John J. Savello whose serenade was interrupted by an irritated soldier tossing a light bulb. Savello pivots to boxing and posts a 27 wins in 29 bouts record for the Fort Hancock team as comrades express admiration.
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Peoria
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Journal-Transcript
Jimmy Foxx
Tooter
Fort Hancock
John J. Savello
Johnny
Cleaning the Cuff Gardnar Mulloy eyes Forest Hills chance
Gardnar Mulloy trains at Longwood hoping to get navy leave to compete in the nationals at Forest Hills after Bobby Riggs turned pro. He believes he can handle the remaining challengers. Cleo Shans aims to challenge the winner of Chalky Wright versus Lulu Costantino for the featherweight title. Pedro Hernandez, once top NY challenger, lost to Willie Pep, so Shans now considers a Shans-Barb bio elimination instead. No word from Pep on the matter.
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Chalky Wright
Lulu Costantino
Pedro Hernandez
New York Commission
Willie Pep
Cleo
Hernandez
Sal Barbio
Pep
Soldiers honored with free baseball games in Chattanooga
Soldiers have been admitted free to Chattanooga base ball games this season by Joz Engel, club president. The other night nearly 1,000 soldiers from Fort Oglethorpe attended a game, prompting Engel to express appreciation for their support.
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Tenns
Joz Engel
Fort Oglethorpe
Engel
Thorpe
More Big Time Football for South This Season
Atlanta August 19. There will be more home football for Southeastern Conference teams this fall with 78 of 119 conference contests to be played in home states or near the state line. This marks 65 percent, up 4 percent from 1941 when 70 of 14 contests were at home.
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Atlanta
Deep South
Southeastern Conference
Hubbell Back In Form Helps Giants Comeback
Carl Hubbell shows return to top form as he wins his 24th when Giants beat Boston. Ott calls Hubbell lucky and good, noting eight straight victories after a rough start. Ottie credits Hubbell’s control and steady rhythm, with only one walk in 33 2/3 innings and 23 runs allowed, many on homers by weak hitters.
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New York
Master Melvin Oti
King Carl Hubbell
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Polo Grounds
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Ott
John McGraw
Ottie
Giants
Hub
Dodgers
Cardinals
24RTH
Cliff Melton
King Carl
Casey Stengel
Boston Beauties
Nanny Fernandez
Glover and Hickerwell set NC State League put-out record
Record set by First Baseman Buck Glover of Concord and Ralph Hickerwell of Thomasville with 21 put-outs in a single game in the North Carolina State League. The previous mark was 18, breaking the old league record.
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Buck Glover
Concord
Ralph Hickerwell
Thomasville
Pro Gridders See Weiss as Referee Politician Picks up Whistle
Glasport Pa veteran official Samuel A Weiss a Pennsylvania congressman will referee pro football this fall replacing Red Friesell. Weiss, 40, who played quarterback at Duquesne and has officiated 400 games, vows to match Friesell’s record while balancing duties in Congress and two children. He will also referee high school and college games on weekends to keep in shape.
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Sammy Weiss
Elmer Layden
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Red) Friesell, J
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Samuel A. Weiss
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Thomasville Faces Lexington Tonight In North State Push
Thomasville, Aug 19. Thomasville Tommies host Lexington Indians at Finch Field after a 1 0 loss to Landis in seven innings weather halted game. Landis leads see Concord Weavers five games ahead as Lexington beats Salisbury 4 1 with Paul Rankin limiting hits.
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Fights Last Night Bs the Associate Press
New York report lists Beau Jack of Springfield Massachusetts knocking out Carmine Fattsa of New York. Freddie Archer from Newark defeated Norman Rubio from Albany New York in a boxing card.
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Carmine Fattsa
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Freddie Archer
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Norman Rubio
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Beck Moves To Second Round In City Golf Meet
Avery Beck shot 70 to take the medal in Blair Park’s City Golf Tournament and lead first-round winners by defeating H M Raper 6 to 4. Play continues for nearly fifty entries in three flights as second-round matches are scheduled to finish by tomorrow night.
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Blair Park
H.M. Raper
Paul Andress
Andress
Wallace Smith
Roy Wade
Paul T. Bryant
Bud Haivett
George Case
Frank Garrett
Officials Move College Games To Spectators To Boost Gate
War travel limits prompt colleges to shift football games to larger venues and cities. Big Ten approves Ohio State Illinois move to Cleveland. others relocate to Boston, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York venues. Gate receipts vary. some programs warn significant drops while scheduling aims to attract crowds.
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Championship and Consolation Flight Matchups Listed
Championship flight features George Case facing Frank Garrett. Tom Case meets Paul T. Bryant. Avery Beck plays Wallace Smith. Charles Smith versus J. Van Boyles. Consolation flight includes N. M. Zachary against B. F. Hendrix. Also listed are H. T. Jacksons Bud Kivett H. M. Raper vs Roy Wade Ansil Snow against A. H. Beaman.
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B. F. Hendrix
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H. M. Raper
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Roy Wade
Charles Smith
Ansil Snow
J. van Boyles
A. H. Beaman
H. T. Jacksons
Bud Kivett
Myers Park Golf Event Opens at Charlotte Country Club
Qualifying in the ninth annual Myers Park Country Club invitational golf tournament began in Charlotte. Defending champion is Jack Wagner of Statesville. In the pre amateur event three teams tied for first with a best ball of 665: Purvis Feere of Winston-Salem and Harvie Ward Jr of Tarboro, Lester Reynolds of Rock Hill, S C, and A G Montgomery of Charlotte, plus Johnny Palmer of Badin and Bill Dowtin of Charlotte.
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Myers Park
Stengel praises Max West as NL first baseman on throws
Aug 14 West Boston Braves Casey Stengel says Max West is the equal of any NL first baseman on thrown balls. Stengel lauds West's fielding as a standout asset for Boston.
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Boston
Casey Stengel
Boston Braves
Max West
Tennis Flight Matchups at Local Club Daily
Second flight features F. E. Edwards against Fred Sappen on the main field. Bill Moorehead faces H. F. Rice Co. W. Briles meets Lucien Williams. E. M. Brown opposes Charles Weisner in scheduled bouts.
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Jack Adams
Fred Sappenfield
Dick Ring
Bill Moorehead
B. C. Fowler
H. F. Rice
James Cole
Cc. W. Briles
Harry A. Snyder
Lucien Williams
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E. M. Brown
R. F. Clark
Charles Weisner
L. R. Hunt
H. F. Rice Co
W. Briles
Third Flight Matchups Display Local Tennis Card
Steve Ingram faces C L Huff while Glenn Hendrix meets Z Walser and H W Mathews takes on George W Hutchens with J S Welborn to play Bob Bollinger in a regional event card setting.
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Fred Sensenbach
Co. L. Huff
Glenn Hendrix
Z. L. Walser
H. W. Mathews
Richard Johnson
George W. Hutchins
J. L. Welborn
Bob Bollinger
C. L. Huff
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George W. Hutchens
J. S. Welborn
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