Nationals Favored In All Star Game At Polo Grounds
The National League heads to Polo Grounds as favorites in the 10th All Star clash, aiming to reverse a 3 6 hole from prior exhibitions. Key stars missing from last year’s NL lineup boost the AL’s chances, while managers shuffle pitchers like Passeau and Cooper for the night game under lights.
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Gayle Talbot
New York
Polo Grounds
Detroit
Bobby Meier
Cecil Travis
Bill Dickey
Nationals
Lense
Ford Felek
All Star Baseball Talk and War Efforts Mix in Roundup
World Wide Sports columnist notes the American League will seem odd without Jimmy Foxx and ponders National League pitching versus American League hitting. Mentions Dodger blood donation pledge for Army and Navy fund and recalls Colgate athletes who died in the war. Camp Pickett sports page highlights baseball, boxing, and a lake fish contest for soldiers.
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Hugh Fullerton, JR
New York
Jimmie Foxx
Jimmy
Ted Wililans
Cleveland
Wilbur Kinley
Jackson
Daily News
Brooklyn Dodgers
Army and Navy
Dodger
Axis
Dodgers
Colgate U
Navy
Marsh W. Miller
Laterosse
Cavite
Army
Donate Daebais
New Catedonia
Hubert ¥. Brassmer
RCAF
France
Richard A. Reid
Tenis
Camp Pickett
Towet
Budge Triumphs Over Riggs In Pro Tennis Duel
Budge defeats Bobby Riggs 6-2 in New York in a national pro tennis match. They later win the doubles title 2-6 6-3 6-4 6-2 with Kovacs and Bones. Rates a press recap of results across racing and track events in New York and nearby cities.
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Associated Press
New York
Don Budget
Bobby Riggs
Frank Kovacs
Bruce Bones
A. J. Sarkett
Toma Rose
Whirlaway
Empire City
Boston
Jack Torrance
LSU
Yankee Stadium doubleheader drew 60,048 to watch DiMaggio
Sports note recalls a year ago when Yankee Stadium hosted a packed crowd of 60,048 as Joe DiMaggio hit six times in a doubleheader, extending his hitting streak to 48 games, a landmark feat. Another line mentions Allen Marble, a U.S. figure tied to Wimbledon, three years earlier.
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Yankee Stadium
Joe DiMaggio
Allen Marble
U.S
Wimbledon Pennis
Yankees Eye Spurgeon Chandler as AL Opening Pitcher
Most observers favored Spurgeon Chandler of the Yankees as the AL starting pitcher with McCarthy listing Chandler Newhouser or Al Benton from Detroit as alternates. If Chandler starts, the NL lineup will feature five left handed hitters at the top of their batting order.
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Spurgeon Chandler
Yankees
McCarthy
Chandler
Harold Newhouser
al Benton
Detroit
Little Rock Beats Nashville in doubleheader to lead league
In a July 4 doubleheader at Sulphur Dell, Little Rock defeated Nashville 3-1 and 6-1, widening its lead in the Southern Association while Nashville drops to third. Al Moran earned his 12th win for Little Rock, and Atlanta’s Jim Mertz won in relief as Birmingham and Memphis posted wins elsewhere.
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Associated Press
Little Rock
Travelers
Nashville
Suphur Dell Park
Larry Gilberts
Vols
Arkansas
Southern Association
Atlanta
Birmingham
Jim Mertz
Ed Housser
Crackers
Mile Schultz
Wou Sd
Memphis
Knoxville
New Oreans
Chattanooga
al Moran
Dutch McCall
Ace Shurter
Vilo Tumis
George Jeffeout
Joc Callahan
Willis Hudlin
Ohe
New Orleans
Murray Ar
Curtis Birmingham
Chathanuova
Miller
Stars, Browns, and Simmons spark two baseball wins yesterday
Stars Lyons and Sandra led a doubleheader triumphs while Eddie Miller and Larry French helped Dodgers win the first game with timely hits. Cardinals pitchers Guinbert and Cooper held Cubs in a double victory as Kanickerbocker and Rizauto produced runs. Yankees and Pirates players clashed with key hits as Fletcher, Walker, and Trout delivered in split results. Farmers six-hit and three-hit efforts helped Phils top Giants in both ends of a doubleheader.
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Associated
Lyons
White Sox
Steve Sandra
Browns
Singer
Eddie Miller
Braves
Larry French
Dodgers
Miller
French
Dobson
Senators
Harry Guinbert
Walker Cooper
Cardinals
Cubs
Hill Kanickerbocker
Athletics
Phil Rizauto
Yankees
Winnie Run
Tord
Nick: Fletcher
Pirates
Gerald Walker
Reds
Fortermore
Lotter
Dizzy Trout
Tigers
Mel Harder
Indians
Farmer
Neythey
Ernie Koy
Phils
Giants
Austin Bealmear
New York
Ted Williams
Goson
Williams
Pete Reiser
Roger Wolf
Champs
Lefty Gomez
Johnny Sullivan
George Case
Red Sox
Joe Doebsan
Nats
Cleveland Indians
Detroit Tigers
Chicago White Sox
St. Louis Browns
Ted Lyons
Boston Braves
Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
Paul Derringer
Cincinnati Reds
Ray Starr
St. Louis Cardinals
Chicago Cubs
Philadelphia Phils
New York Giants
Golfer Horton Smith tops British Open with 138 total
Horton Smith of Joplin Mo pro won medal in the British Open Golf championship with a G-hole total of 138. Gene Sarazen next with 141. Semi finals saw a sweep by defeating Mrs Hildy Krahwinkle Sperling 6 0 6 0.
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Hildy Krahwinkle Sperling
Pive Yeays
Horton Smith
Joplin
Gene Saraze
Ted Williams Leads Circuit in Batting
Ted Williams tops the American League batting race for the first time this year with a .481 average after a string of doubleheaders. Pete Reiser trails with the Dodgers, while Lefty Gomez nets his third win of the year. The day’s results include routs and tight wins across the league, highlighting Williams and several standout performances.
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Ted Williams
Abbott's Rabbits and a July sports roundup stir Manhattan play
Abbott's Rabbits, a soft ball squad on the local scene, draw attention as they wear pale blue turtlenecks and a white rabbit emblem. The piece outlines recent scores with the Reds and Giants, plus attendance tallies and a playful transit vignette around Union City and Garden City.
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Union City
N. J
Garden City
L. L
Fis
Hamilton
Monmouth
George Abbott
Tal
Abbott's Rabbits
Service Teams Ready to Play in All Star Showdown
Cleveland—Lieut Gordon Cochrane coaches 23 players at two hour session to finalize the lineup for the game with the winner of the National American all star game in New York. Earnshaw predicts the National League wins. Feller backs the American team though hopeful of an American victory. No pitcher will work more than five innings.
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Jason
Lynch
Cleveland
Lieul
Mickey Cochrane
Nationals
Coogan
Les Nuracher
Clanca Pagseau
Chicago Cubs
Mort Cooper
St. Touis Cardinals
Leo
Passeau
Army
Navy
Gordon
Mickey) Cochrane
Amorrow
New York
Cochrane
Great Lakes
George Earnshaw
Philadelphia Athletics
Bob Feller
Feller
Johnny Rigney
Chicago White Six
Earnshaw
Navy Hiring Freeze Proves a Wartime Efficiency Model
The Navy halted new civilian hiring for 45 days and extended limits to June 1, then July 1, cutting paper work, eliminating 150 reports, and boosting morale. Secretary Knox redirected personnel, trained or moved staff, and trimmed red tape, signaling a path for a streamlined wartime government amid 2,000,000 civilian employees.
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Washington
Navy
Navy Department
Frank Knox
Big War Agency
War Agency
Knox
Pro Arkansas constitutional amendment text appears and political notices
The document includes a lengthy political notice and proposed constitutional amendment text from Arkansas or Kansas context dated 1941 1942. It outlines hospital taxation for counties and municipal hospitals including petition procedures election forms and budget apportionment. It references officials such as secretary of state and county judge and describes tax rates and ballot wording for maintaining operating and supporting public hospitals.
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General Asse Bly
House OF Representatives
Senate
Arkansas
Trereto
State OF
Kansas
Benevolent
State of Arkansas
Washington eyes cost cuts across wartime agencies
A fragmented wartime budget forecast argues for deeper cuts and a two and a half month freeze, suggesting 500,000 more hires may be saved in a next year and more than 100,000 salaries cut to boost efficiency. The piece questions if other agencies will follow suit and warns the public to stay alert to reforms.
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Navy
Moe
Agen
Washington
Pit Hever
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Budge
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Joe B. Brown
Gil
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Dreadnaught
NEA Servi
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Bobby Harrell
Stuart Langley
Richard Kick
Barton
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Wilber
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Olsen & Johnson
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Jupiter
Phil Baker
U. S.S
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