Crowson Grabs 20th Win With 3-2 Night Victory
Thomasville’s Woody Crowson earned his 20th win of the year by defeating Salisbury 3 to 2 as the North State League race tightens toward the season’s end. Crowson worked deep, helped by Hillard Nance’s go-ahead double, while Lexington’s Indians slip into a distant playoff chase with two wins and the Moors looming in second. Concord leads as the pennant race narrows with one more victory needed.
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Landis Millers
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Hornish
Cardinals rout Dodgers 7 1 in night showdown at Sportsman's Park
Larry French was knocked out after five frames as St Louis, led by Terry Moore and a three hit game from Moore, roughhoused Brooklyn 7 to 1. Max Lanier held the Dodgers to four hits, while Stan Musial and Coaker Triplett contributed key hits amid the Cardinal rally to lift their pennant hopes.
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Associated Press
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Aozen
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Major League Leaders From The Associated Press
National League batting leaders include Reiner Brooklyn .335 and Slaughter St Louis .328. Key stats cover runs, RBIs, hits, doubles, triples, home runs, stolen bases, and top pitchers French and Wyatt of Brooklyn. American League leaders list Williams Boston .345 batting and 107 runs, with Doerr and DiMaggio also prominent.
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Slaughter
St. Louis
Ott
New York
Reiser
Brookam
Nicholson
Chicago
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Fernandez
Boston
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Wyatt
Williams
Spence
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Boxing results listed from cities across the nation
The report records boxing outcomes from Chicago Newark Pittsburgh Norfolk San Francisco and New York with knockouts and outpoints. Names include Larry Lane Tommy Yarosz Fred Apostol Eddie Booker and Joe Muacato among others. Locations span Cleve land Cleveland Trenton and Brooklyn with weights around 130 to 189 pounds.
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Harry Tganty
Cleve- Aland
Ohto
Joe DuPont
Newark
Larry Lane
Trenton
Joe Muacato
Buffalo
Pittsburgh
Tommy Yarosz
Twonaca
Otto Black- Tacil
Homestead
Norfolk
Fred Apostol
J. S. Navy
New York
San Francisco
Eddie Booker
Insy Jannanod
Brooklyn
Major League Standings and Scores From Yesterday
Standings and results across multiple leagues reported yesterday. Key games include St Louis 7 Brooklyn 1, Greensboro 4 Charlotte 3, Durham 1 Portsmouth 0, Concord 10 Hickory 2, Lexington 13 Statesville 2, Milwaukee 8 St Paul 6, Kansas City 10 Minneapolis 4, Indianapolis 5 Columbus 4, Toronto 3 Rochester 2, Jersey City 5 Baltimore 4, Montreal 8 Buffalo 5 Newark 5 Syracuse 2, Chattanooga 1 5, Birmingham 0 2, Little Rock 7 Nashville 2.
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College All Stars and Bears set Friday night clash at Soldier Field
The College All Stars and the Chicago Bears prepare for a wartime season opener at Soldier Field drawing an expected 101000 fans. Pro champs vs All Stars boost relief funds to at least 160000 dollars, with notable players from Halas to Zuppke era and rookies from Boston College Colgate. Zuppke’s staff unveils wide open T and single wing schemes as fan voting selects the starting lineup for kickoff.
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Charles Chamberlain
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College All Stars
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Soldier Field
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All-Stars
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The
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Norm Stanidlee
George McAfee
Sid Luckman
Bill Osmanski
Boston College
Charley O'Rourke
Adolph Kissell
Frank Maznick
Colgate
Bill Geyer
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Zuppke
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Placid
Homer Norton
Texas Aggies
Lon Stiner
Oregon State
Frank Leahy
Notre Dame
Lynn Waldorf
Northwestern
Burt Ingwersen
Voles
Baseball Tonight: Pensacola Meridian Nine Carded
Only games scheduled across majors with matchups including Chicago at New York Humphries Chandler, Cleveland at Boston Milnar Harder facing Chase Judd, St Louis at Washington Gatehouse Sur dra Carrasquel Masterson, New York at Cincinnati Lohrman Riddle, Brooklyn at St Louis Wyatt Cooper, Boston at Pittsburgh Sam Sewell, and Philadelphia at Chicago Podgainy Lee.
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New York
Humphries
Chandler
Cleveland
Boston
Milnar
Harder
Chase
Judd
St. Louis
Washington
Gatehouse
Surdra
National League
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Lohrman
Riddle
Brooklyn
Wyatt
Cooper
Pittsburgh
Sam
Sewell
Philadelphia
Podgainy
Lee
High School Football Matches Across North Carolina
Norfolk faces Richmond and Durham visits Portsmouth in a slate of ALSTATE LEAGUE games. Sanford plays Wilson while Leaksville travels to Danville and Rocky Mount meets Burlington. Concord hosts Hickory and Statesville visits Lexington. Salisbury travels to Thomasville and Mooresville visits Landis.
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Hickory
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Statesville
Rocky Mount
Burlington
Leaksvile
Danville
Sanford
Wilson
Alstate League
Leaksville
North State League
Giants Coach Hails Arkansas Rookie End Prospect
In Superior Wisconsin on August 22 coach Steven Owen of the New York Giants declared O Neal Adams an Arkansas rookie the best end prospect he has seen in four years.
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Wis
Steven Owen
New York Giants
O'Neal Adams
Arkansas
Crosetti Hurts Wrist With Yankees in Brief
New York Aug 20 Frank Crosetti Yankee No 1 utility infielder twisted wrist in early action yielding concern for line up. He is described as lame but status unclear pending examinations by team physicians.
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Crosetti
New York
Frank Crosetti
Yankees
Slaughter Rises to Challenge Batting Crown
Enos Slaughter of the St. Louis Cardinals climbs from fifth to second in the National League batting race, boosting his average from .314 to .328 while Joe Williams and Pete Reiser fight to protect leads in the American and National Leagues. Slaughter edges past Lombardi, Musial, and Nedwick as leaders near season end.
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Pete Reiser
Williams
Boston Red Sox
Joe Gordon
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Enos
Slaughter
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Boston Braves
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Spence
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Wright
Pesky
Doerr
Case
Washington
Judnich
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DiMaggio
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Stephens
Norfolk Bowl To Manchester In Sectional
Coach Ray Bernard’s Manchester American Legion junior baseball team won the north eastern sectional title by defeating Norfolk Va 5-2 last night. Manchester earns a national semi final berth to face Cincinnati Ohio in a best of three series starting Friday in Manchester.
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Ray Bernard
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American Legion
Norfolk
Cincinnati
Highlanders to face Winston-Salem Y Wednesday in Park
Highlanders Juniors, Ward League leaders with nine straight wins, meet Winston-Salem Y on Wednesday at 5:30 pm in Highland Park. M. Ferree’s squad, led by pitcher Buddy Tysinger, seeks inter-city glory with MacDonald, Gilmore, M Ferree, Davis, J Ferree and others in the batting order.
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MacDonald
Ss. Gilmore
If. J. Davis
Th. P. Tysinger
P. J. Ferree
C- C. Tysinger
George
Seawell
Sports Roundup Highlights Wild Races and Notable Roosters
Yankees lead by nine games Dodgers by 6 7 in a tight American Association race. Newark leads the International and several minors also chase a playoff spot. Babe Ruth workout remark sparks laughs at Yankee Stadium. Navy teams to play Big Ten foes next season. Camp Callan reminiscences mix in with football and boxing chatter. Notable mentions include J R Callahan Charley Schupp Bill Voiselle Steve Enich and Jimmy Edgar among others.
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Jim Mec- Millen
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Charley Schupp
Jamestown
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Pirates
Bill Voiselle
Oklahoma City
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Steve Enich
Marquette
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Jimmy Edgar
Detroit
Joe Louis
Best Policy note on Sugar Evans from Texas College of Mines
A football handout praises Sugar Evans as one of the Border Conference’s best fullbacks noting that many good players are in the armed services. The frank, refreshing policy statement highlights Evans’s skill and the impact of wartime service on college football talent.
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Texas College of Mines
Sugar’ Evans
World Series host Mel Alien tops broadcast talkers
Mel Alien, who broadcasts the Yankees games, is expected to be the No 1 talker on the World Series telecast this year. Eugene Falkenberg, a weekend player at the national tennis championships, is the busiest attendee with his two sons Tom and Bob in men’s singles, daughter Jinx in women’s singles, and Mrs F in women’s veterans.
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Eugene Falkenburg
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Bob
Jinx
Kansas horseshoe tourney to be held in Wichita
Coffeyville Journal reports the Kansas state horseshoe pitching tournament will be conducted in Wichita early in September. The event will feature local participants including Troy Gordon as a noted entrant.
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Wichits Enrly
s'boro Adds To Slim Lead In Piedmont Race
Greensboro's Red Sox narrowed Piedmont League lead with a 4-3 win over Charlotte aided by a 1-0 defeat of Portsmouth Cubs at Durham. Richmond blanked Norfolk 4-0. Winston-Salem and Asheville observed a holiday. Ben Chapman earned his fifth win and third shutout.
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Greenshore
Stanford Great Lakes Meet In Sugar Bowl Cage Battle
Stanford and the Great Lakes Naval Training Station will play in the Sugar Bowl basketball game in New Orleans. The Sugar Bowl Committee announced the invitation today, with the contest set for December 30.
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Great Lakes
New Orleans
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Eye tooth bears no closer connection to eyes than other teeth
The eye tooth has no special link to the eye apparatus compared with any other tooth. The remark appears in a dental or anatomical discussion noting no unique functional tie to vision.
St Mary's Naval Pre-Flight taps ex Oregon backs
Moraga California August 25 Tex Oliver commander called for football candidates at St Marys Naval Pre Flight Training School. Among 28 cadets responding were Bill Dunlap Bob Koch Kim Newquist and Clyde Lee a backfield unit Oliver coached at the University of Oregon last year.
Blue and Gray promoters propose December post season games
The Blue and Gray Association proposes national post season games on December 5 to raise a million dollars for charity. It envisions 500 larger school games at about $1,000 each and 5,000 smaller events averaging over $100 each. Egypt and Liberia are noted as independent African nations.
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Ala
Blue and Gray Association
Roosevelt
Lexington Beats Statesville In Low-Scoring Tilt
A baseball game summary shows Lexington 4 Statesville 2 with key hits from Pinkston Burnette and Dry. Pitchers Rankin Dunn Hooper and Caz Lentz Smith contributed, while Jaynes suffered the loss for Statesville.
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Jaynes
Cronin on New Ball Knocks Ring Side Claim
Aug 25 Boston. Joe Cronin, Boston Red Sox manager, says the present American League ball, made from 24 percent re used yarn, can be knocked lop sided by one good belt.
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Boston
Joe Cronin
Boston Red Sox
Tebbetts Helped Newsom Mature Pitching Skills Washington
Buck Newsom credits Birdie Tebbetts with teaching him patience and a varied mix of pitches. The Detroit Tiger backstop helped Newsom pace himself and develop as a pitcher.
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Washington
Buck Newsom
Birdie Tebbetts
Detroit Tiger
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