Pirates Threaten Dodgers as Series Looms in Pittsburgh
Pirates ride hot streak with six wins in seven games and a 10-2 win over the Phillies led by Bob Klinger five hitters, closing gap to three games behind the Dodgers who split a doubleheader with Cincinnati. Cardinals widen NL lead. Cubs beat Braves 4-1. Browns beat Yankees 1-0. Indians shut out Athletics 7-0.
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Judson Bailey
Associated Press
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Form Players Losing Money On Favorites Form Players Losing Money On Favorites
Nationwide racetrack followers report heavy losses as favorites at major tracks fail to deliver. In one day 22 of 31 races at Jamaica Suffolk Downs Garden State Park and Washington Park produced winners not among top picks. Favorites at Jamaica Suffolk Garden State and Washington Park underperformed with several placing second or third or finishing out of the money.
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Ted Meier
New York
Ake
Jamaica
Suffolk Downs
Boston
Garden State Park
Camden
N. J
Washington Park
Chicago
Lore Calvert
Flaught
Stronghold
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Argos
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Cal
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Appeal
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High Command
War Shy
Panther Creek
Liberty Lad
Nancy
Fair Grounds
Detroit
Gramps Image
Jlaustader
Star Back
Highway departments face heavy war traffic on winter roads
Highway departments describe the heavy wartime road usage as a grave early problem for maintaining hard surfaced routes. The relentless pounding from convoy and troop movements strains maintenance budgets and accelerates wear on sential surfaces.
Pennant Chances Fade For Brooklyn Dodgers
Industrial League action yesterday featured Sockmen shutting out the Cadets 11-0 with strong hitting led by Melrose and Crowson. Triangle team routed Marsh 10-1 at the high school field in another Y M C A sponsored game.
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Brooklyn Dodgers
Tom O'Shanter
Crowson
Sigren
Garner
Martin
Eastern college ADs set to remake schedules next week
Eastern college athletic directors plan a meeting in New York to discuss fall football, scaling back eligibility rules, attracting crowds, and reducing costs. Major Gen. Phil Fleming, Rep. Sammy Weiss and Asa Bushnell are among invited speakers as they weigh designations and travel demands.
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New York
Eastern College Athletic Directors
Phil Fleming
Sammy Weiss
Asa Bushnell
He Loves Horses Coaches Winners From Platers
Hirsch Jacobs, America's leading trainer, is renowned for turning average selling platers into winners. Bee Bieber explains Jacobs trains at dawn, avoids betting, and waits for real prospects. Bright Gallant is cited as a top horse. management shifts include Phil Jacobs’ influence and Dvorak directing bands for the All-Star game.
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Brooklyn Pigeon
Isadore Bieber
Bee
Ethel D. Jacobs
Jacobs
Bieber
Hirsch
Jamaica
Bright Gallant
Sir Gallahad
Flaught
Russia
Phil
New England
Em Bridget
W. Collins
Women influence grows at Saratoga era races headline
The Scoreboard New York reports on the rise of fillies challenging colts in juvenile races led by Cocopet’s record in the Mayflower Stakes at Suffolk Downs. Fillies like Mrs Ames may beat top colts, with Saratoga entries testing both sexes. Occupation looms in Arlington classics as a key colt to beat.
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New York
Suffolk Downs
Lazy F Ranch
Cocopet
Longchamps Farm
Mrs. Ames
Belmont
Lucky Draw
George D. Widener
Calumet
Twilight Tear
Alerter
John Marshh
Occupy
Jezrahel
United States Hotel
Grand Union Hotel
Sanford
Saratoga Sales
Count Fleet
Devil's Thumb
Blue Swords
Ocean Wave
Amber Light
Famous Victory
Brookmeade Darkhorse
Bourmont
HPC Cadets Standings Report With Replacements
A sports standings snippet shows teams with wins and losses and notes a replacement for Adams Millis. The table lists Monee and Penn teams with records and the HPC Cadets appear in fourth place with a 4 patch.
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ETMOE
Sibs Eae
Monee Aos Es
Penn Se Eee Aca
HPC Cadets
Adams-Millis
Industrial Loop All Star Nine To Play Pepsi Cola
An Industrial Loop All-Star baseball team from four local clubs will face Winston Salem Pepsi-Cola Bottling in a public exhibition at Finch Field tomorrow at 8 15 p m Manager Miles Carter a former North State league player will lead the Cola crew against Woody Crowson ex Thomasville hurler for the All Stars The lineup includes Joe Byrd Rickard Howell Dawson M Smith Cook Dean Crowson Chip Workman Melrose Lewis Huff Marsh Sizemore Jones High Point College Aviation Cadets and Walker The general public is invited to attend.
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Winston-Salem
Pepsi-Cola
Nine
Finch Field
Miles Carter
Twin City
Woody Crowson
Thomasville
Exhibition Tilt Opens With 25 Cent Admission
The first in a series of exhibition tilts will charge 25 cents admission to cover team transportation costs.
All Star Music Directs Chicago Pageantry at College All Stars
The musical pageantry at the college All Stars Pro football game in Chicago features a grand show directed by All Star Music. The event highlights a blend of marching selections and crowd-pleasing tunes to accompany the sport contest.
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Chicago
Postwar Boom Predicted For Grid Game
Detroit July 22 1945 athletic director Lloyd Brazil predicts a postwar sports boom with international football aided by aviation. He says fighting men introduce football worldwide and flying will enable teams to travel abroad as they did across states. Ensign John Shada reports Pearl Harbor visit and notes US troops helped spread the game. Brazil argues the postwar boom will be unequalled.
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Detroit
Lloyd Brazil
University of Detroit
Brazil
England
John Shada
Hrank Lundgren
Pearl Harbor
United States
Wrestling Career Swell But It's Not Enough Says M'Guirk
LeRoy McGuirk, 31, Tulsa investigator and wrestling title claimant, urges building a second career alongside wrestling. He cites the risk of fortunes lost and plans for life after sports while noting wrestling has benefited him, with a history as national and AAU champion and a pro lightweight titleholder.
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Gunder Haegg
Gaftelbiar
California
Texas Sports Scribes
Southwestern
Georgetown
Tex
Southwestern Louisiana Institute
M’guirk
Dallas
LeRoy McGuirk
LeRoy
Tulsa
Okla
McGuirk
Oklahoma A
John Swenski
Lynn
Mass
All American Open Golf Opens With Star Entries
Chicago July 22 The All American Open begins at Tom OShanter Meadows with 200 players in the field including Byron Nelson Walter Hagen and Chick Harbert. Women players also start a 72 hole medal event while 16 amateur men reach the third round. Medal honors go to Betty Hicks and Patty Berg among others as Sleepy Bill Chambers and Wilford Wehrle advance in the amateur bracket.
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Elizabeth Hicks
Patty Berg
Tam O’ Shanter
Chicago
Miss Berg
Minneapolis
Charles Dunkley
Big Guns
Golf
Tom O'Shanter Meadows
Byron Nelson
Toledo
Tom O'Shanter
Clayton Heafner
Army
Jimmy Rears
Walter Hagen
Chick Evans
Jim Ferrier
Lloyd Mangrum
Chick Harbert
Orval White
Winston- Salem
N. C
White
Heafner
Tar Heel
Johnny Palmer
Badin
Johnny Rogers
Denver
Colo
Nelson
Itie Heafner
Betty Hicks
Ae Beach
Cal
Spurs
Opan S. Hill
Kansas City
Georgia Tainter
Fargo
N. D
May Byrne
Rye
N. Y
Miss Hicks
Berg
Hill
Tainter
Sis
Miss Byrne
Bill Chambers
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Wilford Wehrle
Racine
Wis
Major League Leaders Snapshot From The Associated Press
AmericanLeague leaders include Batting Cartright of Chicago 33 home runs Stephens of St. Louis 13 and 50 RBIs for Etten and Johnson tied. National League leaders feature Musial of St. Louis batting 342 and 57 RBIs for Herman, 65. Vaughan of Brooklyn leads runs and steals.
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Associated Press
Cartright
Chicago
Wakefield
Detroit
Vernon
Washington
Gutteridge
St. Louis
Etten
New York
Johnson
Stephens
Hockett
Cleveland
Keltner
Lindell
York Detroit
York
Case
Moses
Grove
Candini
Musial
Herman
Brooklyn
Runes—Vaughan
Nicholson
Vaughan
McCarthy
Boston
Russell
Pittsburgh
Ott
Major League Baseball Scores From Yesterday
Results show St Louis 1 New York 0 Boston 3 6 Chicago 2 8 Cleveland 7 Philadelphia 0 Washington 6 Detroit 5 Pittsburgh 10 Philadelphia 2 Chicago 4 Boston 1 Cincinnati 11 7 Brooklyn 1 8 St Louis 3 14 New York 1 6
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Chicago
Cleveland
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Washington
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Cincinnati
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Baseball Showdowns Highlight Night matchups Across Leagues
Night games feature New York at St. Louis with Wit tig facing Cooper, Brooklyn at Cincinnati with Davis opposing Walters, Philadelphia at Pittsburgh pitting Rowe Kraus against Butcher Herbert, and Boston visiting Chicago with Javery Barrett against Derringer Lee.
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St. Louis
Wittig
Ve Cooper
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Davis
Va. Walters
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Rowe
Kraus
Butcher
Herbert
Boston
Chicago
Javery
Barrett
Derringer
Lee
Baseball Matchups See Probable Starters Listed
Probable starters announced for multiple games: St Louis at New York with Munchiet and Russo, Chicago at Boston Humphries and Terry, Detroit at Washington Bridges and Trout versus Leonard and Scarborough, Cleveland at Philadelphia night with Dean and Black.
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New York
Munchiet
Russo
Chicago
Boston
Southern Association Standings Snapshot
New Orleans 5 3, Birmingham 4 8, Memphis 4 3, Little Rock 3 9, Knoxville 2, Nashville 0, Montgomery 5, Atlanta 4. Teams listed with win loss records as compiled from the Southern Association standings.
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Associated Press
Southern Association
New Orleans
Birmingham
Memphis
Little Rock
Knoxville
Nashville
Montgomery
Atlanta
Norfolk 2 Richmond 0. Portsmouth 6 Lynchburg Roanoke 13
Norfolk defeated Richmond 2 to 0 while Portsmouth led Lynchburg Roanoke 13 to 6 in a regional match. Durham finished 11 in the scoring tally.
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Richmond
Portsmouth
Lynchburg
Roanoke
Durham
Status of Baseball Game Incomplete From OCR
Incomplete OCR fragment lists teams Ott New York Gustine Pittsburgh Lowrey Chicago with pitching Sewell Pittsburgh 14 8 Krist 81 Louis 7 2.
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Ott
New York
Gustine
Pittsburgh
Lowrey
Chicago
Sewell
Krist
Louis
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