Mockingproof Ammunition Tales And Futuristic Bullets
A school trip to relatives reveals anecdotes about bullet penetration and wooden projectiles. The piece discusses myths of high velocity missiles and reports on supposed ancient and future bullet concepts including glass projectiles and expanding rounds, noting international law against expanding bullets.
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Donegan Wiggins
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Alps
Leliva
Imperial Russian Cavalry
Oe —S
Tates
Sandefer Aims Allied University After War Recruiting
New York reports Gib Sandefer, former Hardin-Simmons athletic director now serving as Red Cross field director with Stilwell in Burma, plans postwar Allied university ties. He envisions bringing 25 Chinese recruits, 10 British, and three French girls to Abilene coaches like Baugh and Turner. aims to unite players and fans under a shared postwar sports program.
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New York
Gib Sandefer
Harding
Red Cross
Vinegar Joe” Stilwell
Burma
Gib
India
Texas
Joe
Sandefer
Merle Evans
North Africa
Sammy Bulldog Turner
Frank Clark Jarnagin
Arren Woodson-Jewell Wallace
Sweetwater
Tex
Baugh
Turner
Abilene
Pro Grid
Fireman Umpire Roy Van Graflan Recalled
References to Roy Van Graflan nicknamed Fireman after two ball park fires. He lost his blue uniform both times and had umpired at Newark on August 18, 1923 before Harrison Field was destroyed. He allegedly never ejected a player in four years in the International League.
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Baltimore Ball Park
Amire Roy van Graflan
Roy
van Graflan
Newark
Harrison Field
Graftan
Monday Matinee Derives League Play Amid Player Movements
The Rev Harold J Martin leads the St Lawrence Inter scholastic Summer League planned for July with six teams. The Iowa Seahawks shed seven players and gain four major leaguers led by Ed Weiland Ned Harris and Don Yohe. Dolph Camilli tops PCL batting and Babe Herman would lead if active enough. Keesler Field Miss athletic dept reports 25 new golf sets in May with 1592 enlisted men checking them out by June 30.
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Harold J. Martin
St. Lawrence
Iowa Seahawks
Bob Steuber
Dick Wakefield
Price
Dodger
Babe Herman
Rickey
Keesler
Miss
Athletic Dept
Riverside Yacht Club Hosts First Overnight Race Since 1941
Thirty seven sailing craft began the Riverside Yacht Club’s overnight event on Long Island Sound. It marks the first of three Coast Guard permitted sound yachting nights this summer.
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Riverside
Conn
Riverside Yacht Club
Long Isictd Sound
Coast Guard
Walters To Hurl For Nationals
Bucky Walters of Cincinnati is poised to start the National League’s 12th annual All Star Game at Forbes Field tomorrow night. McCarthy likely selects between Borowy and Hughson for the American starter as Southworth and McCarthy finalize the lineup with numerous stars including Musial Ott and Walker.
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Cee Hon Iusburguly
Bucky Walter
Cincinnati
Forbes Ld
Marie Joe McCarthy
American
Borony
New York Yankees
Tex Hughson
Boston Red Sox
Billy Southworth
Nationals
McCarthy
Walters
Reds
Borowy
Hughson
Max Lanier
Southworth
Ripell
Pittsburgh
Nat Andrews
Braves
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Browns
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Bobo Newsom
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aecCarthy
Lefty M . Browns
Red Sox
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Indians
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White Sox
Stan Spense
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Frank Hayes
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Bob Elliott
Pirate
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Walter Cooper
Mickey Owen
Dodgers
Stan Musial
Mel Ott
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Dixie ‘Walker
Bill ‘Nicholson
Joe Louis Fails To Show Up For Exhibition
In Glasgow Scotland July 10 AP reports more than 1000 people waited outside the American Red Cross Club to greet Joe Louis the heavyweight champion but he did not appear. An American officer said Louis was expected to attend an exhibition bout tomorrow.
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Scotland
American Red Cross Club
Joe Louis
United States
Ame
Louis
Radio Schedule Update for Eastern War Time Evening
Radio program lineup lists time adjusted broadcasts and network corrections, with shows ranging from The Wilderness Road to Hop Harrigan and The Sea Hound. Notable segments include News Time with Quincy Howe, Lowell Thomas, and Henry J. Taylor, plus musical features by Lyn Murray, Carolyn Gilbert, and Raymond Gram Swing.
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Nbe
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Basic Blu
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Mbs
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Dhe
Tim Healy
Denver
New York
Star Baseball
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Music Shop
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the Orchestra
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Uice
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Biu
London
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Lum
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Howard Barlow
coe-Kane
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bin Henry Gladstone
Ted Malone
England
bin Bishop Pardue
Nbe Showtime
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Bob Hawk
Paul Lavalie
the Music Shop
Weat
Tacom & Blu Newereel
Yesterday's Majors Stars Lead Yankees and Others
Recap of key baseball results from yesterday with multiple doubleheaders. Russ Derry and George Stirn weiss spark the Yankees with a bases loaded ninth inning single to win 4-3. Stirnweiss collects three hits and homers in nightcap as New York splits with Detroit.
McSpaden Rises as a Putting Sensation This Season
Jug McSpaden, long known for his putting woes, has become a putting sensation after practice and a heavy putter tweak. He and Byron Nelson won the Golden Valley four ball invitational with a 126 hole score of 13 under par, earning $1,600 and boosting their season totals to $18,900 for McSpaden and $16,391 for Nelson.
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Charles Chamberlain
Minneapolis
Minn
Jugg McSpaden
Philadelphia
McSpaden
Jag
Byron Nelson
Golden Valley
Nelson
Bill Kaiser
Bob Hamilton
Twin Cities
Les Bolstad
Joe Coria
Jimmy Hines
Willie Goggin
Samoe Revolta
Chicket
Mike Turnesa
Harry Cooper
Ellsworth
Vines
Ben Hogan
Toney Penna
Nelson McSpaden
Pall
Kaiser-Hamilton
State College awards over thirty thousand degrees since 1855
Pennsylvania State College reports 30,586 degrees awarded since 1855 with 26,324 bachelor degrees among the total. Registrar William S. Hoffman notes the historic milestone at the university.
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State College
Pennsylvania State College
Williams
Hoffman
Randleman To Meet Melrose This Evening
If weather permits, Melrose faces Randleman on the high school diamond in an Industrial League game at 5 15. Melrose holds second in the league with nine wins in fourteen. Randleman has five wins in fourteen. A rainout would give Melrose four suspended games as league play begins in May.
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Randleman
Triangle
Georgia Football Schedule Opens September 29
The 1944 Georgia Bulldogs will play six SEC games. Schedule announced by Coach Wallace Butts lists Sept 29 Wake Forest in Athens, Oct 6 Presbyterian in Athens, Oct 13 Kentucky in Athens, Oct 20 Daniel Field in Athens, Oct 28 LSU in Atlanta, Nov 4 Alabama in Birmingham, Nov 11 Florida in Jacksonville, Nov 18 Auburn in Columbus, and Nov 24 Clemson in Athens, with Dec 2 Georgia Tech at Athens.
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University of Georgia
Wallace Butts
Wake Forest
Presbyterian College
Kentucky
Daniel Field
Macon
Atlanta
Alabama
Birmingham
Favorites Dominate in Montclair Clay Court Opens
In Montclair New Jersey July 10 the favorite players sailed through second day matches in the hastery Clay Courts Championship at the Montclair Athletic Club Norma Taucle Barber top seed from New York defeated Ann Freundberg Crawford 6 0 6 1 and John Rustum 1 1 6 1 Connie Clifton Rollins College Florida seeded No 2 downed Ingrid Stranden New York 6 1 6 3 and May Donnaley Forest Hills New York 6 2 6 1.
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Montclair
N. J
Hastery
Montclair Athletic Club
Norma Taucle Barber
New York
Ann Freundeberg
Crawford
John Rustum
Maplewood
Connie Clifton
Rollins College
Fla
Ingrid Strandan
May Donnaley
Forest Hills
N. Y
Giants to Meet Tigers in Shrine Game
COOPERSTOWN N Y July 10 The Detroit Tigers and the New York Giants meet in the fifth annual Shrine exhibition game at 3 p m Six regulars will not play slated for the all star game in Pittsburgh tomorrow They are Mel Ott Duckey Medwick Hal Newhouser Dizzy Trout Pinkey Higgins and Rudy York.
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Cooperstown
Ex-Grid Captain Visits UNC Campus
Craven Turner former UNC football captain and current Marine private visited the campus recently. The Raleigh star, who fractured an ankle last fall, is awaiting surgery before completing his officers training.
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Chapel Hill
Craven Turner
University of North Carolina
Marines
Raleigh
Major League Leaders Pitching and Hitting Highlights
The Associated Press lists top performers by league with leaders in batting runs and RBIs. Key figures include Musial of St. Louis batting .366, Bordagaray of Brooklyn scoring 62 runs, Kurowski driving in 59, Ryan stealing bases, and Doerr hitting .340 for Boston.
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Associated Press
Musial
St. Louis
Bordagaray
Brooklyn
Kurowski
Doerr
Boston
Rune R. Johnson
Stephens
All-Star Game Hitting Expected At Forbes Field
Forbes Field hosts the 1944 All-Star Game on July 11 and is famed as a painterly park with a quiet background. Batters expect more hitting here due to the park’s unobtrusive fences and long center field reach, with 457 feet to center and ample night lighting for a 36,000-seat crowd.
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Grandstand
Helen Marlowe Wins At Camp Lejeune
Helen Marlowe, a tennis star and second lieutenant in the Marines, keeps in top shape by playing matches with fellow Marines during off hours and usually wins.
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Camp Lejune
N. C
Marines
Yankees Sweep Tigers as Browns and Senators Win
The New York Yankees snapped seven losses in nine by sweeping a relief doubleheader from Detroit 4 3 and 8 2 before 33 482 fans. The twin bill moved New York within one game of second place Boston while Brown and Senator pitchers blanked their opponents. Bobby Doerr hit his 100th hit for Boston as Seerey and Johnson homered in other games.
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New York Yankees
Tigers
Yankees
Boston Red Sox
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Indians
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Sox
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White Sox
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Harry Brecheen
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Cincinnati Reds
Baseball standings snapshot with shutouts and oddities
Major League records show New York 4 8 Detroit 3 2 and St Louis 10 0 Washington 0 8 Cleveland 8 2 Boston 2 4 Chicago 3 2 Philadelphia 3 8 with no games scheduled yesterday.
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Washington Exchange
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Detroit
St. Louis
Washington
Cleveland
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Chicago
Philadelphia
Baseball results from yesterday across leagues
Yesterday's scores show Pittsburgh 10 Brooklyn 9 and St Louis 1 Philadelphia 9, with a second game halted at 8 innings by curfew. Boston 0 New York 0 and Chicago 6 New York 1 2, Cincinnati 9 Philadelphia 5.
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Brooklyn
St. Louis
Boston
Chicago
New York
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Segura Betz Sweep To New Tennis Honors
In Wisconsin on July 10, Francisco Segura of the University of Miami and Pauline Betz of Los Angeles earned top honors on the western senior tournament circuit at the Doty club courts. Segura survived Bill Talbert in a five set match 3-6 6-1 4-6 6-4 11-9 after a three hour battle. Betz defeated Dorothy Mae of Santa Monica 6-1 6-2, avenging recent losses in the national clay courts and tri-state finals.
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Earak
Miss Betz
Dorothy Mae
Santa Monica
Calif
Detroit
Cincinnati
Former UNC Gridder Missing Over France
Chapell Hill report says Sec ond Lieut Fred Stallings from Reidsville, a 1939 41 Carolina football member, has been reported in action over France. He joined the Army Air Force after graduation in 1942 and served as co pilot of a Flying Fortress stationed in England.
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Chapel Hill
Fred Stallings
Reidsville
Carolina
France
Fred Jet
Army Air Force
England
Reds Tie Second Place With Double TE Triumph Over Philadelphia
Woody Williams sparked Cincinnati with six hits as the Reds won 9 to 5 in a game against the Philadelphia nine. The victory helped Cincinnati secure second place in the standings as Williams powered the offense with multiple hits and timely scoring.
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Philadelphia
Woody Williams
Reds
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