Hope and Smackover Play Parade of Baseball at Park
The American Legion junior base ball team of Hope meets Smackover Sunday at Fair Park at 2 p.m. Manager Raymond Urban announced the Hope lineup including Roy White Newton Secrest Rynegar Parsons Bob White Messer Booth Patterson. Starting pitcher not yet chosen. Admission 10 cents. Leo Robins softball team will Magnolia Oil Company of Texas in a second game to follow.
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Armerican Legion
Hope
Fair Park
Raymond ‘Urban
Roy White
Newton Secrest
Rynegar
Parsons
Bob White
Messer
Booth
Patterson
Leo Robins
Magnolia Oil Company of
Texana
Simedas
Yankees Poised With Superior 1939 Club Ahead of 1938 Pace
McCarthy views the 1939 Yankee edition as vastly stronger than last season. Through Memorial Day they lead last year’s pace by eight games, aiming for a fourth straight pennant. Star players DiMaggio and Gehrig, though injured previously, add power. Dahlgren and Gordon bolster defense. pitching by Ruffing, Lefty Gomez, and Pearson strengthens the staff.
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Jerry Brondfield
NES Service
Aseph Vincent
McCarthy
Yanks
Red Sox
Gis
Bilp
Dizzy Troutle
Tigers
Anks
DiMaggio
Lou Gehrig
Yankee
Homer
Gek
Carf Dahlgren
Joe Gordon
Charley Gehringer
Bake Dahlgren
Tron
Gehrig
Atley Donald
Red Ruffing
Lefty Gomez
Monte Pearson
Yankee Club
Tony Lazzeri Is Given Release by New York Giants
New York reports Tony Lazzeri, once a Yankees star, was released by the Giants after a troubled stretch that saw him moved from Cubs to Dodgers before joining the Giants. He contributed two errors and a pair of mishandled bunts in a rough game.
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Tony Lazzeri
N. Y. Giants
NEW York
New York Yankees
Chicago Cubs
Brooklyn Dodgers
New York Giants
Giants
Lou Gehrig
Joe Louis
Long Jim Barnes
Jock Hutchinson
Siwanoy
Indians reject Browns offer for Heffner and Whitehead
Cleveland officials turned down St. Louis Browns proposal to trade Infielder Don Heffner and Pitcher Don Whitehead for Pitcher Johnny Humphries and Outfielder Bruce Campbell and Infielder Jimmy Webb. Negotiations were described as ongoing with Heffner eyed at short or second base.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Indians
St. Louis Browns
Don Heffner
Don Whitehead
Johnny Humphries
Bruce Campbell
Jimmy Webb
Heffner
DiMaggio Returns as Yankees Blank White Sox 5 0
CHICAGO. Joe DiMaggio returns to centerfield and hits a third inning triple driving in a run as the New York Yankees roll to a 5 0 victory over the Chicago White Sox. Lefty Gomez earns the win in seven innings with four strikeouts.
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Chicago
Joe DiMaggio
New York Yankees
Chicago White Sox
Makin
DiMaggio
Tommy Henrich
New York
Yankees
Ray Radcliff
Bill Dickey
Sly
Thornton Lee
Joe Gordon
Lefty Gomez
Gomez
Radcliffs
Chiecagas
Dream Game rosters set for Cooperstown centennial week
Baseball’s centennial celebration peaks with a dream game at Doubleday Field in Cooperstown. Eddie Collins will pick one side with Honus Wagner choosing the other. National League stars Billy Terry and Carl Hubbell headline a prominent lineup alongside Cubs manager Gabby Hartnett and Dodgers figures as the event honors the Hall of Fame and birthplace.
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Cooperstown
N. Y
Abner Doubleday
Doubleday Field
National ‘Baseball Museum and Hall of Fame
Hall of Fame
Eddie Collins
Diamonds
Boston Red Sox
Honus Wagner
Fittsburgh Pirates
Billy Terry
Giants
Mc Ott
Bill Jurges
Carl Hubbell
Hubbell
Ott
Arnoll Jorgens
Yankee
Cubs
Gabby Hartnett
Billy Herman
Stan Hack
Dizzy Dean
Dolph Camilli
Cookie Lavagetto
Dodgers
Cid Syl Johnson
Mortle Arnoyich
Enigmatic Tin Pan Alley Luminary Carmichael
Hoagy Carmichael, famed composer of Stardust and Washboard Blues, rose from Bloomington Indiana to Tin Pan Alley. After failed law studies and stints in banking and law, he persisted in music, meeting early rejection before Stardust propelled him to fame and Hollywood, making him one of America’s most prolific melody creators.
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New York
Hoagy Charmichael
Tin Pen Alley
Long Row
Swing Alley
Broadway
Lindy’s
Tin Pan Alley
Carmichael
Wright
Indiana
Bloomington
Ind
Hollywood
Indiana University
Paul Whitman
Florida
Mantiyu
Stardust
Rouse
Cartichael
Baseball All-Star Selections Include Noted Veterans
Phils and Cards will name Medwick and another pick to replace Pepper Martin with a son injured. Cincinnati sends Vander Meer and Ernie Lombardi, NL MVP last year. Arky Vaughn, Paul Waner, Wagner on deck for Pirates. Bees name two reps. Yanks add Selkirk and Jorgens. AL lists Connig Meek Moses Hayes Grove Collins Berg Owens Lyons Greenberg Gehringer Wright Travia. Browns to name two outfielders later.
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Phils
Joe Medwick
Pepper Martin
Lujured
Cincinnati
Johny Vander Meer
Ernie Lombardi
Arky Vaughn
Paul Waner
Wagner
Pirates
Boston Bees
Sebresentatives
American Slora
George Selkirk
Jorgens
Yanks
Philadelphia
Connig Meek
Wally Moses
Frank Hayes
Boston
Lefty Grove
Eddie Collins
Moe Berg
Cleveland
Johnny Allen
Gene Shillings
Hicago
Marvin Owens
Ted Lyons
Detroit
Hank Greenberg
Charley Gehringer
Washington
Taft Wright
Cecil Travia
St. Louis Browns
Pepper Martin Back in Lineup After Wrist Injury
The St Louis Cardinals expect Pepper Martin to return in 10 days to two weeks after club surgeon Dr. Robert Hyland confirmed no new fracture in his left wrist. Martin had been sidelined since sliding into third base against the Giants last Saturday and feared out for a month or longer.
Reading Club at City Library Summer Meeting
The Vacation Reading Club, sponsored by the City Library and Recreation Program, will hold its regular meeting Friday at 3 p.m. All boys and girls are invited to enjoy poems, stories from Stevenson and Hawthorne, fairy tales, and a children’s program including games and chapters from White Indian. An aside notes an average cottonseed yield of 11 pounds crude oil, 905 pounds cake or meal, 52 pounds hulls and 143 pounds liners.
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Foem
Robert-Louis ‘Stevenson
Witc
Rosemary
Kingston
Tifty
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Grace Moon
Tale of the Turf and Sloan in Racing History
Ari Krenz Sloan chronicles the rise of the running horse in America and Britain. The narrative traces his ascent from American racing to leading roles with the royal stables of Great Britain.
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Ari Krenz
Sloan
The
Royal Stables of
Great Britain
Rickey Rates Martin His Favorite Says Pepper Would Be Last
Rickey praises Martin as his favorite and says Pepper would be last to leave the St. Louis organization. He discusses sales of stars like Myers, Lee, and Allen, the Cardinals’ financial pressures, and trade rationale while defending talent evaluation and loyalty to players.
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Rickey
Martin
Pepper
Marky Grayson
New York
Eranel Rickey
Leonard Movinin
St. Lovia
St. Louis
Billy Myers
G Lee
Aizén
Chicago
Detroit
Yankees
Cardinals
Eddie Miller
Yankee
Boston Bees
Rixto
Pirates
Lee
Cubs
Weo
Paul Dean
Lea
EML
Dean
Paail
St. ‘Tenis
Tris Embriat
Brovich
Sonalis
Charle Burret
Ly Blades
Mike Gonauld Buyzy Wares
Burt Kotter
Sont Andre
Cardin
Standings and Results Roundup for Softball and Baseball
Wednesday results show no softball games. Thursday matchups include Brimner-Ivory Ava versus Unique Cafe and Leo Robins against Magnolia at 7 45, Bruner-Ivay B versus Geo Robson, plus night games from AN. Baseball schedules list Little Rock at Memphis Birmingham at New Orleans Knoxville at Nashville, with other intercity fixtures and partial scores across New York Chicago Philadelphia Detroit Washington Cleveland Boston St Louis and Brooklyn. A note references a large graveyard in Guanajuato Mexico with thousands of skulls and hanging skeletons.
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Ivory Ava
Texarkan
Gunter Bros
Unique Cafe
Leo Robins
Magnolia
Bruner-Ivay B
Geo
Robson
Little Rock
Memphis
Birmingham
New Orleans
Knoxville
Nashville
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
Detroit
Washinghin
Cleveland
Boston
St. Louis
Iota
Gates
St. Lens
Philadelpia
Washington
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Brooklyn
W. L
Pet
St. Louis Air
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Harry W. Shiver
Dixie Garner
Washington State
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