Golf drives war worker program and junior instruction
Southern California Public Links Plans include war plants recreation directors and a junior golf program aiding children of wartime workers. Notables Dutra Jer Novak Bassler Kertes back junior work. ten LA area courses offer classes, ending in a tournament. Joe Louis visits and aims to cut handicap. Ace Adams takes job. Landis releases 736 page Baseball book.
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New York
Southern California Public Links Golf Association
War Workers Division
Alfred H. Mauer
Olin Dutra
Willie Jer
Joe Novak
Harry Bassler
Stan Kertes
Los Angeles
Pasadena
Long Beach
Ace Adams
Judge Landis
J. G. Taylor Spink
All-Star Dream Fades For Bobo Newsom
The veteran pitcher Bobo Newsom phoned Ford Frick after learning of St John son's resignation from the National League All-Star team. Newsom hoped to get the batting practice assignment, which would have made him the first player to earn All-Star honors in both leagues.
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St Johnson
Bobo Newsom
Ford Frick
Exhibition football game mystifies South Pacific natives
Bob Stedler of the Buffalo Evening News notes marines staged an exhibition in the South Pacific that left locals and many American observers puzzled as players chased the ball up and down the sidelines. The piece highlights ongoing confusion about football in unfamiliar territories.
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Bob Stedler
Buffalo
N.Y
South Pacific
U. S
Golf benefit match set at Bala Golf Club July 18
Leo Diegel plans a unique Red Cross benefit at Bala Golf Club in Philadelphia on July 18. A 12 woman team led by Mrs Glenna Collett Ware will use seven stroke handicaps against 12 amateur men who receive two strokes and 12 pros who play from scratch. J Wood Platt captains the men, Diegel captains the pros. Biff Hoffman has risen to marine captain in ten months from private. Herb Goren, once a New York Sun baseball scribe, may chase a record as he jumps from private to staff sergeant at Greensboro base.
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Red Cross
Philadelphia
Bala Gulf Club
Glenna Collett Ware
J. Wood Platt
Diegel
Biff Hoffman
Stanford
Marines
Herb Goren
New York Sun
Greensboro
N. C
Rancocas Stable Legends of the 1920s Turf Era
Zev and the Rancocas operation shaped New York racing in the 1920s. Harry Sinclair, Sam Hildreth, and jockeys Laverne Sande and Laverne Fator built a powerhouse. Sinclair battled The Jockey Club, while Hildreth’s blunt genius and superstition guided a dominant stable that won vast sums and sparked lasting turf lore.
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New York
Zev
Virginia
Harry F. Sinclair
Sam Hildreth
Rancocas
Harry Sinclair
Sinclair
New York Racing Commission
Jockey Club
Rancocas Barn
Hildreth
Laverne Fator
Earle Sande
Ite-Hooded Zev
Sande
Laverne
Fator
Grey
Jamaica
High Scores In Softball Loop Games
In municipal softball action Earl Gibson reports the loop leaders defeated the Y M C A boys 10 2 while Thomas Car Works edged Dark Horse 5 2 and Becker club hammered A G O 21 2. Bartner, Flint, Ferguson, Teague and Weaver led Becker with home runs and multi hit totals as the loop standings tightened after a day of heavy hitting and late rallies.
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Thomas Car Works
Becker
Rample . G. O
Secone
Burther
Y. M. C. A. Boys
Burtner
Furtner
Jones
James
Flint
Ferguson
Dark Horses
Carmen
Thorton
Car Works
Carroll
Becker Club
Teague
Fat” Weaver
Rhe
Radcliff
Lapree
Weaver
Brown
Knox
J. Newby
Cecil
A Bartner
Carden
Beamon
Rhe Thomas Carks
Thomas
Schultheiss
Pierce
Thornton
Car
Parrish
Rickard
Howell
Sales
Craven
Hucks
Yates
McDonald
Delapp
Staton
Crofts
Chadwick
Lambeth
Wade
Reid
Harnett meets Whiteville for Legion title series
Harnett County faces Whiteville in a best of five eastern North Carolina Legion baseball championship series after advancing with a 5-3 win over Durham. Harnett's fourth victory followed an opening loss to Raleigh 7-6, with wins over Wilson 4-3 in 13 innings and Raleigh 3-2 in ten.
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Wilson
Harnett County
Whiteville
North Carolina Legion
Harnett
Durham
Raleigh
Cornell Drills Out For Men In Service
Ithaca N Y July 9 Cornell six week summer football practice starts July 19 and will run one hour daily from Monday to Friday by vote of the 53 man squad made up of 42 navy and marine trainees Coach Carl Caavely urged the men to leave football if it harms studies saying getting behind is the most prolific source of failures in school
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Ithaca
N. Y
Cornell
Navy
Marine Corps
Carl Caavely
Seattle Shipyard Worker Praises Assigned Helper
SATISFIED SEATTLE, Wash. Harry F Coulson, a sheet metal worker, isn t one to complain about the competence of these assigned him at his shipyard job. The helper is Mrs Harry F Coulson.
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Seattle
Wash
Harry F. Coulson
Harry F.coulson
Mrs Mars to quit racing for duration amid yearling sales gossip
New York report says Ethel Mars plans to quit racing for the duration. The widow of a Chicago candy maker built Milky Way Stable into a top turf buyer, bidding at Saratoga for nine years and racing storied horses. war conditions push her to divest her racing and breeding stock, changing the sale rings for years.
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New York
Ethel V. Mars
Chicago
Saratoga
Isabel Dodge Sloane
E. Graham Lewis
Mrs. Mars
Galbadion
Tiger
Fighter
Case Ace
Sky Larking
Belmont
Southern Loop Stars To Play Southern Loop Stars
Nashville Tenn July 9 When Larry Gilberts Nashville Vols tangle with top players from seven clubs in the sixth annual Southern Association all star game tonight the war relief benefit goes to Army Navy Relief USC and the ball and bat fund. Gardner will duel Gil Torres in early frames as the opening pitcher for the all stars.
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Nashville
Tenn
Larry Gilbert
Nashville Vols
Army-Navy Relief Society
USC
Ball
Glenn Gardner
Gil Torres
Chattanooga
Newest All-Stars Pick Up Georgia and Purdue Grads
Walter Ruark co-captain guard of Georgia's Rose Bowl champions and Ken Smock Purdue halfback now in the navy air corps at Greenview Illinois are named to the all-star squad that will face the Washington Redskins on the night of August 25.
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Chicago
Walter Ruark
Georgia
Ken Smock
Purdue
Navy Air Corps
Greenview, Ill
Oes
Washington Redskins
Army Life Agrees Joe Louis Weight Revealed in New York
New York July 9 Army life agrees with Sergeant Joe Louis the heavyweight champion visiting on fur lough. He weighs 220 pounds. His maximum ring weight was 207 pounds when he knocked out Abe Simon in March 1942.
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New York
Army Life
Joe Louis
Abe Simon
Gordon Spoils No Hit Bid But Yankees Lose 1–0
Joe Gordon mashed a two-base hit in the ninth inning to spoil Orval Grove’s no-hitter, but New York still fell 1–0 to the Chicago White Sox. Grove, 23, allowed seven balls in play and went the distance for his seventh win, while the Sox rallied on Moses’ steal and Appling’s fly miscue.
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Chicago
Joe Gordon
New York Yankees
Chicago White Sox
Gordon
Orval Grove
Yankees
Grove
Milo Candini
Washington
Sox
Frankie Crosetti
White Sox
Moses
Guy Cartright
Johnny Lindell
Luke Appling
Nick Betten
Lee Ross
Barrett Is Latest To Reach Stardom
Barrett, a 35 year old right hander cut loose by the Cubs, pitched 14 innings of shutout ball to beat the Reds 1-0 for the Phillies after a 7-5 first game. Grove of the White Sox threw a seventh one hitter. Tigers won 3-1. Indians 5-2. Browns 5-2. Pirates 8-2 over Dodgers.
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Chicago Cubs
Cincinnati Reds
Phillies
Cubs
Athletics
Braves
Reds
Orval Grove
Chicago White Sox
Yan
Barrett
Ray Starr
Cincinnati
Major League Record Results From Yesterday
Major League results list all games played yesterday with scores Cincinnati 7 Philadelphia 5 in 14 innings second game Pittsburgh 8 Brooklyn 2. Only games scheduled are reported, with the day’s outcomes for those teams in a concise box score style.
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Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Brooklyn
Wakefield Named All Star Nominee in Raincheck Tilt
Detroit rookie outfielder Dick Wakefield earned a raincheck All Star nod after being informed by league president Harridge. In 68 games he has 99 hits and aims to become the first major leaguer to reach 100. He faced the Philadelphia Athletics, with strong cheers from the crowd and veteran expectations on his shoulders.
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Detroit
Dick Wakefield
Detroit Tiger
Philadelphia
Wakefield
Philadelphia Athletics
A's
William Harridge
Charley Keller
New York Yankees
Harridge
Allstar
Pastor To Meet Joe If War Ends By Feb
Denver dispatch notes Pvt. Bob Pastor states that if the war ends by February he would box Joe Louis again, though he doubts either will fight again. He seeks a transfer from Camp Hale infantry to the air forces to use his athletic training.
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Joe
Denver
Bob Pastor
Joe Louis
Louis
Infantry
Camp Hale
Colo
Air Forces
Games Today with Probable Starters and Records
Chicago faces New York at 8 8 with Wittig 5 7. Pittsburgh plays Brooklyn featuring Hebert 4 6 against Newsom 9 4. Cincinnati meets Philadelphia with Houssen 2 2 opposed by Kimball 3 3. St Louis visits Boston where Cooper 10 5 goes against Barrett 6 7.
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Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Boston
Chicago
New York
Bithorn
Wittig
Hebert
Newsom
Houssen
Kimball
Cooper
Barrett
Baseball scores from the American League games
Cleveland defeats Washington 5 to 2 while St Louis beats Boston 5 to 2 Chicago wins 1 to 0 over New York Detroit 3 to 1 against Philadelphia with all results reported.
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Cleveland
Washington
St. Louis
Boston
Chicago
New York
Detroit
Philadelphia
Washington Tees
Cleveland Wee
Boston St. Louis
Major league matchups headline schedule note
Philadelphia at Detroit Christopher nine by four to five faces White eT. Boston at St Louis night Hughson nine four against Muncrief five five. Washington at Cleveland night Wynn seven five meets Bagby seven seven.
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Detroit
Christopher
Va. White
Boston
St. Louis
Hughson
Muncrief
Washington
Cleveland
Wynn
Bagby
Minor League Scores From Southern Association and Piedmont League
Memphis 7 3, Atlanta 5 4, Birmingham 4, Knoxville 3, Little Rock 9, Chattanooga , Nashville 8, New Orleans 5. Durham 2 2, Richmond 11 1, Portsmouth at Norfolk postponed, Roanoke 7, Lynchburg 3.
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Atlanta
Birmingham
Knoxville
Little Rock
Chattanooga
Nashville
New Orleans
Durham
Richmond
Portsmouth
Norfolk
Roanoke
Lynchburg
Major League Leaders in Batting and Pitching
Summary of top players across leagues with leading averages runs hits and homers. Names include Cartright Stephens Vernon Gutteridge Wakefield Appling Siebert Keller Laabs York Kellner Moses Case Grove Cane and others. Musial Vaughan Herman Ott Sewell Krist lead in various categories.
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Etten
New York
Stephens
St. Louis
Wakefield
Detroit
Johnson
Washington
Kellner
Cleveland
Appling
Chicago
Siebert
Philadelphia
eTriples
York
Lindell
Keller
Laabs
Case
Moses
Grove
Canedint
Musial
St. Luis
Hereman
Brooklyn
Hack
Vaughan
Walker
Herman
Nicholson
Gorsdon
Ott
Litchiles
DiMaggio
Pittsburgh
Gustine
Sewell
Krist
Haegg to Challenge Dodds in LA Two Mile Race
Gunder Haegg says he will beat his Chicago time of 9 28 for two miles in Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum tomorrow. He faces Gilbert Dodds of Boston and Bob Madrid of California, who say Haegg must go under nine minutes to win.
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Gunder Haegg
Chicago
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Gilbert Dodds
Boston Divinity
Bobby Madrid
California
Haegg
Dodds
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