Baseball Camps Reveal Colorful Cubs Pirates and White Sox Figures
California training camps expose Cubs players like Clay Bryant and Tuck Stainback, Pirates at San Bernardino with Waite Hoyt and Harold Sueme in contention, and White Sox rookies facing oversized uniforms. Managers Ple Traynor and Jimmy Dykes mix humor with practice as stars Luke Appling and Paul Waner train in Pasadena and San Bernardino.
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California
Clay Bryant
Yettef
Chicago Cubs
White Sox
Rip Collins
Cub
Ritz Brothers
Luke Appling
Pasadena
Paul Waner
San Berdoo
Plow Horse Turns Racer at Spa Shows Unearthly Slow Start
Billie Alabama, a six year old once kept hitched to a Texas plow for four years, now races at Oaklawn and Spa. Owner Eus gene Lule, known as Mystery Man, recalls the mule trade that began his unlikely ascent. After a rough start many times, Billie Alabama placed second at Oaklawn last week and shows potential, with Lutz praising his transformation and training discipline.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Billie Alabama
Oaklawn
Lule
Lutz
Texas
Artington Downs
Rauches
Beh Wee
Tati
Ie Bate
Waml
Eve
Messenger Boy
Louisville
Cleveland
Ohio
Houston
Doc Ledbetter Accepts Hobbs Coaching Post
Rogers Arkansas report that Coach Homer Doc Ledbetter of Rogers high school has accepted a coaching post at Hobbs New Mexico and will report next fall. Ledbetter, a former University of Arkansas athlete, guided Rogers football to an undefeated season. Also mentions electrical devices on handcars measuring railroad rail strains.
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Rogers
Ark
Homer
Doc) Ledbetter
Rogers High School
Hobbs
N. M
Ledbetter
University of Arkansas
Pirate Pitcher Sold Shoes After Long Detour
Big Jim Weaver a 240 pound six foot six Pirates pitcher sought shoes in San Bernardino but merchants could not fit him. He eventually bought them in Los Angeles after a long detour for newsreel cameramen.
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Big Jim Weaver
San Bernardino
Los Angeles
Calif
Bill 1Desmond
Pittsburgh Pirates
U.S. Army
Fort Bliss
Two Baseball Masters Back Feller's Bright Future
New York report notes two veteran managers Joe McCarthy of the Yankees and Rogers Hornsby of the Browns agree the Cleveland Indians rookie Bob Feller will become one of baseballs greatest pitchers. They dispute the chorus of skeptics who doubt the young star.
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New York
Psuedo
Bob Feller
Cleveland Indians
Joe McCarthy
New York Yankees
Yond Rogers Hornsby
St. Louis Browns
Hoth
Youn Feller
Giants beat Indians in eight innings in Gulfport
Exhibition action in Gulfport saw the New York Giants win 8 to 1 over the Cleveland Indians as pitching trio Schumacher Smith Coffman held the tribe to six hits. A second inning four run burst and an eighth inning rally supplied most of the scoring.
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Gulfport
Miss
New York Giants
Cleveland Indians
Hal Schumacher
al Smith
Dick Coffman
Tribe
Downing
Bartell
Chiozsa
Ott
Campbell
Joe Moore
ST. Petersburg
Fla
Ernie Chief Koy
New York Yankees
Boston Bees
Ira Hutchinson
Yanks
Sel Kirk
Johnson
Rolfe
Glenn
Bees
Johnny Bronco
VPI
Washington
Philadelphia
Jack Salvesen
Buddy Lewis
Salvesen
Phillies
Convictions and fines from local court session continued
The docket lists Henry Gaines fined 250 for disturbing the peace after his wife LeRoy Webb pleaded guilty to drunkenness and fined 10. J W Guinn forfeited 10 bond for drunkenness. Haddix charges dismissed. Dolph Henry case continued with bond 220. Nealy Parker, W E Staten, Gus Hill, W A Sommerville, J W Phillips faced various fines or dismissals.
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Ness
Henry Gaines
LeRoy Webb
J. W. Guinn
Randolph Haddix
Randolph Hadelix
Bessie Haddix
W. S. Atkins
An.sault
Dolph Henry
Catherine Smith
Geonoman
Nealy Parker
Willis McCellum
Atkins
W. E. Staten
Gus Hill
W. A. Sommerville
J. W. Phillips
Braddock Rejects 390000 Contract For Schmeling Fight
Heavyweight champion Jim Braddock rejected a 390000 offer for a title clash with Max Schmeling in Hamburg aiming for a 400000 minimum. Manager Joe Gould said Schmeling’s deal to stage the bout at Madison Square Garden would require resolution of legal issues, as Braddock prioritizes the Louis bout in Chicago in June.
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New York
iChampion
Jim Braddock
Max Schmeling
Hertin
Schmeting
Deutsche Halle A. G
Braddock
Joe Gould
Joe Louis
Chicago
Gould
Selhmeing
Madison Square Garden
Mike Jacobs
Braddock- Schmeling
Long Island City
Joe Jaculs
Braddock-Schmeling
Gadden
Louis-Braddock
Razorbacks Close Spring Practice With Scrimmage Victory
Razorbacks outplayed the regulars 9 to 6 in a Saturday scrimmage at Fayetteville ending spring training. Dick Tipton tackled Ray Cole for a safety, Joe Briley to Art Withers connected for a 40 yard TD, Withers added the extra point, Ralph Atwoor ran 75 yards for a Reds score, watched by several hundred fans including Governor Bailey.
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Fayetteviles
Greenhorn
University of Arkansas
Razorback
Dick Tiptor
Ray Cole
Reds
Joe Briley
Art Withers
Withers
Ralph Atwoor
Jack Gray
Carl E. Bailey
U.S. Bonds Decline Shakes Finance Weekend Trading
United States government bonds resumed a weekend decline marking the heaviest Saturday session since October with prices down and yields up on 1937 issues. Analysts cite investor expectations of higher money returns, federal revenue needs, and reserve considerations as drivers of selling.
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New York
United States
Wallers
Wall Street
Federal Reserve
Haslin Lands Big League Job After Scout's Wife Accident
Mickey Haslin, New York Giants outfielder, began his major league path following a highway crash involving Patsy O Rourke, wife of a Phillies scout, who nursed him back in Stroudsburg. Patsy later watched a semi pro game, liked the second baseman, and recommended Haslin to the Phillies.
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Mickey Haslin
NEW York
NEA
New York Giant
Patsy O'Rourke
Phillies
Stroudsburg
Patsy
Hickey Haslin
Socialism in Two Tropic Nations Stirs Americas Politics
In Bolivia and Paraguay, military rulers move toward socialism as they draft new constitutions. Col Rafael Franco in Paraguay shifts from totalitarianism to a natural democracy of workers and peasants while Col Davie Tore in Bolivia signals socialist leanings amid continued postwar upheaval.
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Paul Sanders
Associated Press
Buenos Aires
South America
Bolivia
Paraguay
Gran Chaco
United States
Rafael Franco
Davie Tore
Safeway Team Wins Tourney
Denver Safeways beat Phillips Gilers of Bartlesville Oklahoma 84 to 88 in the 1987 AAU basketball finals. Veteran players Melvin Milter Johnny Callahan Boss McBurney led a display of master play as younger college stars struggled to keep pace.
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Denver
Tory
Denver Safeways
Phillips Gilers
Baretlerville
Okla
Melvin Milter
Golden Staters
Hathpation
Johnny Callahan
Jamvets
Boss McBurney
Tam Pickell
Bartlesville Center
Chippur
Charley
Jugky McCracken
Safeways
Al-America
Jy Weallenstrom
Bartlesville
Heenan Fischer
Kansas City
Political and labor reforms clash with unready machinery
De Revkne Alas Frankie Brown outlines a drastic state program with compulsory work for able men, union wage rise, employee insurance, and transport nationalization, while critics say the machinery to enforce it is not yet in place. Observers foresee a legislative compromise and a senate elected by the people. In another note, Rockne, the Notre Dame coach, once boxed as Frankie Brown.
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Toro
Bolivie
Constitutional Commission
Paraguay
China’s Copper Coins Smelted Down for War
I-Reports from the bureau of foreign and mlumestiy indicate smugglers and the masses may benefit from the British armament program. Copper prices rise as smelters and traders exploit the lun-cash coins with exchange values shifting amid wartime demand. Winnipeg note adds that Frankie Baltaglia, a local middleweight, embodies his surname meaning battle.
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Washington
Bureau of Foreign and
Mlumestiy
Winnipeg
Frankie Baltaglia
Frankie
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Harold Sueme
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Traynor
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Pale Hose
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Santa Onita
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Billie
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George Specht
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Okeh
Feller
Mexico City
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Tourney
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Pinelehit
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Albany
Hut
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Dick Cullar
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Lioux City
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Peters
Gdhat
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Ace Parker
Duke Back
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Yankees
Sir Su
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