Torrid Race In National League Pennant Chase
The Dodgers and Cardinals battle for the pennant as St Louis leads Brooklyn by a half game after a 12 game east swing. The Redbirds start a 19 game home stretch while Brooklyn ventures on 17 road games, as both vie for a long standing rivalry. In the American League, the Yankees’ lead narrowed after Cleveland swept a two game set, with New York and Cleveland set to clash again as Wynn wins and Raschi struggles.
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Big Seven football poll and local Kansas sports notes
The article surveys a Big Seven conference poll by Don Pierces sports staff predicting top teams for 1949 with Oklahoma and Missouri leading and Kansas third. It cites Kansas Sikes staff tackling gaps after Dave Fisher’s departure and notes other local teams like the Lawrence Colts and Wichita players, plus Junior Legion progress and upcoming Lawrence games this week.
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Don Pierce
Jayhawker Athletic Department
Scribes
Missouri
Oklahoma
Tigers
News Fawka
Jayhawkers
Week Long Sport Schedule July 26 at South Park
South Park League in Lawrence features San rary versus xarenanoxie at 6 15 pm and C C Cart on eightakle games at South Park. Junior Legion faces Manhattan at 8 pm Municipal Park and Turner at 8 pm. Scottish Rites meet Elks at South Park diamond. Sunday is Lawrence Junior Legion at Olathe. John A White attends Duke University's summer program in zoology finishing August 31.
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Olathe
Johnson County
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Xarenanoxie
C. C. Cart
Akle
John A. White
Ohio
Duke University
Duke Marine
Kansan Semi-Pro Playoffs Narrow Down Finalists
Four teams with one defeat remain in the Kansas semi pro tournament. Tonight Wichita Cessna Bobcats face Coffeyville Tex-ics while Atchison Colts meet Wichita Boeing Bombers for a finals berth. Coffeyville beat Smoky Hill 5-2. Cessna Bobcats beat Atchison 4-1 and Boeing defeated El Dorado 3-1.
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Cessna Bobcats
Coffeyville Tex-ics
Atchison Colts
Wichita Boeing Bombers
Coffeyville
Smoky Hill Bombers
Boeing
el Dorado Veta
Standings and scores from multiple leagues in brief
National League Brooklyn 4 St Louis 4 tied after rain. American League Cleveland 4. American Association Indianapolis 9 Toledo 8 Louisville 11 Columbus 7 Kansas City 2 St Paul 1 Minneapolis 13 Milwaukee 6. Western Association St Joseph 8 3 Hutchinson 6 13 Saline 11 Leavenworth 8. Voluntary home delivery by Journal-World during vacation. Phone Adv.
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TONGA TAKES THE LEAD IN CC CART STANDINGS
Tonganoxie basemen surged to the top of the CC Cart league with a 7 to 5 win over Elks at Municipal diamond. The Leavenworth County club improved to seven wins and one loss while Elks stand at six and two, with Tonga’s only prior loss to Elks earlier this season.
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Statistical leaders mixed in stray league notes and errors
A garbled summary of American and National League batting and pitching leaders shows names like Williams Boston Robinson Brooklyn Reese Brooklyn and Branca Brooklyn with figures for batting average runs and RBIs. The data is fragmented and includes inconsistent team attributions and misspelled names.
Rotary beaten again by Ottawa Lions in league contest
Ottawa Kan July 26 Rotary lost to the Ottawa Lions in a league contest by a score of. Mrs Frances E Miller celebrated her 100th birthday Sunday with six of her seven children attending on a farm near there.
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Indians face heavy burden as slump deepens
In New York, Hugh Fullerton Jr notes Cleveland’s pitching and catching strain as Jim Hegan drives in runs and Bob Lemon circles a home run streak. Early Wynn wins with a homer as the tribe struggles, 200 fewer runs than the Red Sox mark, hinting at lineup changes. A soft ball game in Indiana reportedly lasts 23 innings. George Halas predicts a very young Chicago Bears squad this fall.
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Galy
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Jim Heges
Marsh Samuel
Bob Lemon
Wynn
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Ind
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Chicago Bears
Tulane Assistant Coach Names 1949 All-America Halfback
Dutch McElreath tours the East and tab Eddie Price as a 1949 all-America halfback. He notes many coaches will be disappointed as other prep stars compete for the same honors. Willie Walls prepares to coach 44 hand-picked players at Corpus Christi Texas for the EastWest all-star game.
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Dutch McElreath
Tulane
Eddie Price
Willie Walla
Corpus Christi
Tex
National grid rules to be uniform nationwide this season
The National Association of Collegiate Commissioners, representing 162 colleges, agreed to apply the same interpretation of all rules across the country. Officials will use a neutral basis, ensuring consistency for coaches players and officials. The conference will also review the controversial eligibility sections of the 1949 NACAA rule book before the meeting ends.
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National Association of Collegiate Commissioners
Asa S. Bushnell
New York
Newsmen
Walter Baker Dominates Practice Round At U S Championship
Walter Baker of Atlanta tops practice rounds at Congressional Country Club as 128 boys prepare for the U S National Junior Championship. He shot 3 over par in the morning and 1 over par 72 in the afternoon, drawing praise for handling fast, spotty greens.
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Washington
Walter Baker
Atlanta
U. S
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Congressional Country Club
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Kansas City
Bears sign Kansas halfback Dick Bertuzzi in grid move
Chicago Bears announce the signing of Dick Bertuzzi 20 from Kansas University. He played four years at Kansas as a right and left half back and graduated with straight A chemistries. Bertuzzi attends KU summer school and plays baseball with the Atchison Colts.
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Kan
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