Aqueduct Gate Meltdown Highlights Racing Commission
The New York racing commission earns praise for a fix after a starting gate mishap at Aqueduct left Light Lady stuck at the post. The piece covers calls for spare gates, the role of promoters, and a tale of Harris Horder’s wartime service and death, ending with Henry Armstrong’s comeback hints and the boxing business’s legal threats.
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New York
Herbert Bayard Swope
New York State Racing Commission
Racing Commission
State Racing Commission
Aqueduct
Light Lady
Fearless Racing Commission
Belmont Park
Yale and Illinois open college football season previews
The roundup notes early fixtures like Yale against Muhlenberg and Illinois facing Camp Grant. It highlights Illinois freshman halfback H Hurricane Mitchel, and Mike Tobin’s return from illness. It also touches on Pete Cawthon critiquing Brooklyn Dodger coaching diversity and H Army Navy game hype and a Joe Louis quote after a sparring mishap.
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New York
Yale
Muhlenberg
Illinois
Camp Grant
H. Hurricane Mitchel
Mike Tobin
Illini
Ros
Pete Cawthon
Brooklyn Dodger
Yankees And Cards Virtually Two Hunt In National Net Spotlight
In Forest Hills New York the national tennis championships saw Navy officer Joe Hunt upend top seed Corp Frankie Parker 8-6 6-2 6-3 in a major upset as the service contingent dominates the men’s draw Hunt advances toward a likely semi final with Bill Talbert while Pancho Segura meets Jack Kramer in the other semi Hunt’s swift victory follows Lieut Ted Schroeder’s absence at sea. Dorothy May Bundy returns to form with a three set win over Margaret Osborne and faces Louise Brough as Pauline Betz battles Doris Hart with the 1941 champion Palfrey Cooke out.
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Hugh Fullerton, Jr
Forest Hills
N. Y
Ted Schroeder
Uncle Sam
Joe Hunt
Navy
Hunt
Corp
Frankie Parker
Army Air Force
Joe
New York
Parker
Bill Talbert
Indianapolis
Schroeder
Frankie
Kramer
Dorothy May Bundy
Margaret Osborne
Miss Bundy
Louise Brough
Pauline Betz
Doris Hart
Florida
Sarah Palfrey Cooke
Nicholson Exhibition Quote At Camp Upton
A note from a partner in an exhibition at Camp Upton quotes George Nicholson saying after a hundred days in training he will be in great shape or dead highlighting wartime training’s extreme rhetoric and resolve.
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George Nicholson
Camp Upton
Tennis Star on Leave and Stadium Sellout
Lieut Ted Schroeder on one day navy leave without rib bones defends title at Forest Hills amid taunts from Seaman Jack Kramer. Washington Redskins sellout Griffith Stadium for six home games with no general admission. Bozo Costantino Lulu's 15 year old brother trains for pro boxing. Vince DiMaggio only NLer with chance to homer in every run this season, needing gains in Chicago and St. Louis.
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Ted Schroeder
Forest Hills
Seaman Loe Jack Kramer
Washington Redskins
Griffith Stadium
Bozo Costantino
Lulu
Stillman’s
Vince DiMagigo
Chicago
St. Louis
Philly
William D Cox Faces Feud With Scorers Over Baseball Reforms
The piece notes William D Cox, famed in Philadelphia, battling the baseball writers association and official scorers as he pushes reforms. It adds he has rivals in the U S army and navy and even mentions a Chinese laundryman as a contrasting foe. Second Lieut Dewey Fraghetti recently earned his bars at a New Orleans staging area and Sea man Del Casino serves as a boxing instructor at Bainbridge naval station. Lieut Harry Wheeler, ex Manhattan College football star now at a marine base in the South Pacific, is nicknamed Half Ton by his comrades.
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Lewis Burton
New York Journal-American
William D. Cox
Philadelphia
Baseball Writers’ Association
U. S. Army
Navy
Cox
Dewey Fragetta
New York
New Orleans
Seaman del Casino
Bainbridge, Md
Naval Station
Harry Wheeler
Manhattan
South Pacific
Quebec plans airborne restocking of trout streams
The Province of Quebec launches a modern restocking program dropping three to four inch fingerlings by plane over fishing grounds. Hatcheries at St. Jovite prepare the fish for release, aiming to boost angling for returning soldiers and American sportsmen after the war.
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Quebec
St. Jovite
Byron Nelson Shines With Neck Stiffness In Golf Win
Byron Nelson, despite a stiff neck from a drafty Toledo night, teamed with Jag McSpaden for a superb best-ball round at the Golden Valley invitational. The pair shot 62 in 18 holes, beat Wood and Demaret by four holes, and Nelson carded an unofficial 63, just two off the course record.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Byron Nelson
Toledo
Jag McSpaden
Byron
Nelson
McSpaden
Craig Wood
Jimmy Demaret
Buck White
Ky Laffoon
Bill Kaiser
Johnny Revolta
Willie Coggin
Toney Penna
Lloyd Mangrum
Sam Byrd
Harry Oooper
Chick Harrt
Max Partin to Join Pro Eagles Steelers
Max Partin former Tennessee halfback and army veteran wounded in Tunisia will don football tags with the Philadelphia Eagles Pittsburgh Steelers NFL this fall. He has joined the Eagles Steelers at their training camp and is working out at full back.
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Philadelphia
Max Partin
University of Tennessee
Philadelphia Eagles
Pittsburgh Steelers
Max
Eagles
Steelers
Citadel Drops Football Amid War Strain In South
Citadel upperclass athletic director Col D S McAlister announced the Cadets will drop varsity football this fall due to a war accelerated academic schedule. The move makes six Southern Conference members not sponsoring football this season. Other conference schools listed include William and Mary Virginia Tech Furman George Washington and Washington and Lee. UNC schedules naval aviation training school game in Chapel Hill on Oct 9 to complete a nine game Tar Heel slate. Scrimmages planned at several camps with Duke and North Carolina conducting early sessions. At NC State sore muscles slow practice while Wake Forest shifts freshman Albert Cernugel to bolster an inexperienced line.
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Richmond
Citadel
Col
D. S. McAlister
Citadel Athletics
William and Mary
Virginia Tech
Gobblers
Furman
George Washington
Washington and Lee
University of North Carolina
Jacksonville
Fla
Naval Aviation Technical Training School
Chapel
D. C
Peahead
Minneapolis Captures National Legion Title
Minneapolis Richfields won the national American Legion junior baseball championship in Miles City Mont. after a 3-2 comeback over Springfield Ohio. They broke a 2-2 tie in the seventh as Harry Amato gave up a walk and a double, with Bob Danielson providing late defense and Buck Hardee finishing with an 833 batting average over two games.
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Miles City
Mont
Minneapollis Richfields
Springfield
National American Legion
Richfields
Harry Amato
Long Bob Danielson
Minneapolis
Buck Hardee
Whiteville
N. C
Portsmouth and Roanoke Baseball Scores From Schedule
Portsmouth beat Richmond 8 to 4 while Norfolk lost 1 to 9 and Roanoke remained winless at 0 and 10 in the day’s only listed games.
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Portsmouth
Richmond
Norfolk
Roanoke
Mom on Training Staff For Gridders
Boone Iowa September 4 The Toreadors plan for the season with mothers of Boone high school players serving on the training staff Coach Don Cole praised mothers as trainers saying there is no better trainer than a boy s mother at a meeting where players and parents reviewed the season s training rules
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Boone
Toreadors
Don Cole
Boone High
Cole
Championship Within Grasp Of Alerter
CHICAGO September 4 Alerter with Georgie Woolf aboard is favored to win today's 56520 Washington Park futurity strong effort to claim juvenile championship at Washington Park meeting. Jezahel Occupy challenge with 122 and 113 pounds respectively as other contenders include Pressure Black Badge Zacapet and Dutch Raider with postrace Hawthorne slated after Monday.
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Chicago
West
Alerter
A. C. Ernst
Washington Park
Georgie Woolf
America
Alorter
John March
Jezzahel
Occupy
Jezrahel
Brookshire Stable
Abe Hirschberg
H. J. Damm
C. Y. Whitney
Kenneth Murchison
Dearborn Stable
Nelson Dunstan
Sadie Smith
Quake
Albaldo
Hawthorne Track
Sewell Notches 20th Win As Yanks and Cards Lead
Rip Sewell of Pittsburgh earned his 20th win as the New York Yankees and St. Louis Cardinals widened their leads in the American and National Leagues. The Cards rallied to beat the Reds 5 4 in nine innings while the Yankees beat Washington 4 0 behind Hank Borowy. Whitey Kurowski, Ray Sanders and Debs Garris featured late for St Louis, and Boston, Chicago and Philadelphia benefited from a string of completed games and idle clubs as the pennant race heats up.
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Ted Meier
Associated Press
New York Yankees
St. Louis Cardinals
Rip Sewell
Pittsburgh
Washington
Cincinnati
Yanks
Cards
New Yorkers
Reds
Yankees
Nats
Hank Boro Wy
Johnny Vander Meer
Whitey Kurowski
Ray Sanders
Martin Marion
Sanders
Debs Garris
Harry Walker
Marion
Harland Clift
Borowy
Bud Metheny
Bill Johnson
Metheny
Johnson
Brooklyn
Giants
Wyatt
Olmo
Pinky Higgins
Detroit
St. Louis Browns
Philadelphia Athletics
Boston Red Sox
Jojo White
Bobby Estalella
Estalella
Boston Braves
Phillies
White Sox
Indians
Major League Leaders Listed By The Associated Press
National League leaders include Musial St Louis Vaughan Brooklyn Nicholson Chicago and Shoun Cincinnati with top batting runs RBIs and pitching marks. American League leaders feature Appling Wakefield York Kellner Gutteridge Lindell and Chandler among others with leading batting runs hits doubles triples home runs and stolen bases.
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Musial
St. Louis
Hereman
Brooklyn
Vaughan
Nicholson
Chicago
Herman
Mustal
Heisman
Lowrey
Ott
New York
Shoun
Cincinnati
Sewell
Pittsburgh
Appling
Wakefield
Detroit
Vernon
Washington
Case
Keller
Moses
Chandler
Bridges
Ford Tries For Backstroke Win In Swim Meet
In New London Connecticut Alan Ford of Yale seeks a backstroke title at the National AAU championships after beating Adolph Kiefer in freestyle. Kiefer, world backstroke champ, looms as strongest challenger as Ford also won the 220 yard freestyle. Ford won by a close eyelash in the 2:19.4 finish, succeeding Bill Smith of Ohio State.
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New London
Conn
Adolph Kiefer
Alan Ford
Ford
Yale
Kiefer
Adolph
Bainbridge
Bill Smith
Ohio State
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Joe Louis
the Enterprise Sports
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