Kansas Amateur Golf Tourney Set At Lawrence Club
The 34th Kansas Amateur Golf Association tournament will be held at Lawrence Country Club with the course in prime condition after June rains. Professionals Clarence Yockey and Webb Gilbert praise the greens and fairways as practice rounds begin, pro-am Thursday and championship flight matches Friday through Sunday. More than 20 clubs are entered, with out-of-town players and locals preparing for a 36-hole final.
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Chapionship
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White Lakes
Topeka
Yockey
Webb Gilbert
Topeka Country Club
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C. C. Carl
Dick Price
Camp Roberts
Calif
Jones
Billy
Bill
Wichita
Billy Jones
Wichita Eagle
Bill Jones
University of Kansas
Wiliam McFaren
Baldwin
Army Calls a Player After Hot Start in Kitty League
Baseball fans in Jackson Tennessee watch Big Newt Parker, who hit 17 home runs in 19 games for Jackson, celebrate a four homer doubleheader before being drafted into the army the next day.
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Big Newt Parker
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Uncle Sam
Ports Mirror Recaps Historic Boxing and Baseball Moments
Today a year ago Billy Conn out pointed Gus Lesnevich in a 15 round light heavyweight title fight at Detroit before 6 075 fans. Three years ago Vernon Kennedy Detroit Tigers beat Boston Red Sox for ninth straight win. Five years ago Lou Gehrig played in his 1700th game of his streak and hit his ninth homer of the year.
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Gus Lesnevich
Detroit
Vernon Kennedy
Detroit Tigers
Boston Red Sox
Lou Gehrig
Roundup of sports and world notes from June
The piece notes Lou Gehrig's private funeral, a possible Gehrig stadium name, Leo Durocher jabbing at the Reds, Hans Kolhauser killed in a Holland Panzer attack, a $50,000 golf tournament talk, Sammy Snead’s Open hopes, Billy Conn’s crown bid, and a Yankees-Dodgers tease by Charles Schaefer.
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Lou Gehrig
Yankees
Gehrig
Sammy Snead
Billy Conn
New York Yanks
Daffy Dodgers
Charles Schaefer
Open golf star teens and aging legends at Fort Worth and nearby events
Youngest starter Tyrrel Garth Jr. at 15 and 17 year old Gene Dahlbender headline Fort Worth action while industry leaders push a Lou Gehrig memorial for the Cincinnati Cleveland exhibition. Notables Sam Snead, Ernie Quigley, Bill Klem, Bud Taylor, Maxie Rosenbloom and Betty Shel r rise in varied sports and entertainment notes.
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Dashes
Fort Worth
Tyrrel Garth, Jr
Beaumont
Gene Dahlbender
Atlanta
Ford C. Frick
William GC. Harridge
Cooperstown
Lou Gehrig
Altho Sam Snead
Ernie Quigley
Bill Klem
Jenberger carries tools. Evans linked to Brewers return
Philadelphia athlete Jenberger keeps a screwdriver and monkey wrench in her handbag to silence squeaks in her car. The column notes a rumor that Billy Evans may return to baseball next year as head of the Milwaukee Brewers.
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Philadelphia
Billy Evans
Milwaukee Brewers
Open golf championship first round start times listed
In Fort Worth Texas on June 5 the first round starting times for the national open include top players like Demaret Shute Farrell Guldahl Goodman Hines Little Byrnes Metz Nelson Pianero Rhodes Runyan Picard Bulla Hogan Dudley Ward Sarazen Burke Bransom Snead Gezz i Mangum and results show Ban Johnson Beloit 7 Marysville 8 Manhattan 11 Concordia 7.
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Tex
Jimmy Demaret
Denny Shute
Johnny Farrell
Ralph Guldahl
Johnny Goodman
Jimmy Hines
Lawson Little
Bob Byrnes
Colonial Club
Dick Metz
Byron Nelson
Tony Pianero
Bill Rhodes
Winnekta
Paul Runyan
Henry Picard
Johnny Bulla
Ben Hogan
Ed Dudley
Marvin Ward
Gene Sarazen
Billy Burke
Henry Bransom
Sam Snead
Vic Ghezzi
Lloyd Mangum
Baseball scores and postponed games across the circuit
The standings show Indianapolis 6 beating Minneapolis 5 in 11 innings while St Paul defeated Louisville 5 4. Other scheduled games in flux include Kansas City at Columbus and Milwaukee at Toledo postponed due to wet grounds, plus Boston 4 over St Louis 2.
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Minneapolis
St. Paul
Louisville
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Columbus
Milwaukee
Toledo
Boston
St. Louis
Chicago
Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
New York
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Louisville , Indianapolis
Luke Sewell Named Browns Manager To Rebuild Club
St Louis June B reports affable Luke Sewell a veteran AL catcher and Indians coach was signed to a two year contract through 1942 to lead the struggling St Louis Browns. President Donald Barnes lauds the move as necessary while Sewell vows no major upheaval and aims to bolster pitching and offense drift.
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Luke Sewell
Cleveland Indians
St. Louis Browns
Fred Haney
Haney
Donald Barnes
Dodgers Coast In as NL Leaders Amid Rainouts
Dodgers inch ahead of the St. Louis Cardinals in the National League as rivals stumble. Cardinals drop 4 2 to the Braves amid three errors by the infield. Browns beat Senators 7 4 as Luke Sewell begins managerial tenure. White Sox honor Connie Mack with a 6 1 win over the Athletics as Lee climbs to seven wins.
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Larry MacPhail
St. Louis Cardinals
Boston Braves
Cardinals
Braves
Frank Crespi
Jimmy Brown
St. Louis Browns
Fred Haney
Washington Senators
Luke Sewell
Don Barnes
Johnny Berardino
Senators
Comiskey Park
Chicago White Sox
Connie Mack
Philadelphia Athletics
Thorntonce
Philadelphia
Manger
Lee
Sox
Cleveland Indians
National League and American League batting leaders summarized
The report lists leaders by league with players and stats: Reiser and Slaughter top NL batting, Moore and Hack lead NL runs, Nicholson and Ott drive NL RBIs, Slaughter and Brown pace NL hits, Mize and Dalle Sandro lead NL doubles, Moore and Lavagetto strong in NL triples, Camilli and Ott tied for NL home runs, Frey heads NL steals. In AL, Williams and Cronin lead batting, DiMaggio and York top runs and RBIs, Chapmen Cronin and Travis share AL hits, Cronin and DiMaggio pace AL doubles, Travis and Keltner top AL triples, York and Johnson lead AL home runs, Feller and Lyons win AL pitching.
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Chicago
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New York
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Cincinnati
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DiMaggio
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Philadelphia
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Travis
Washington
Chapman
Keltner
Cleveland
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Johnson
Urate
Feller
Lyons
Crown drug store joins defense stamp sale program
The Crown drug store will sell postal saving defense stamps in 10 25 and 50 cent denominations starting Friday. Stamps can be collected in a special album given to buyers, with space to mount enough stamps to redeem a United States savings bond in 10 years.
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United States Treasury Department
Postal Saving Defense
R. M. Kelly
Crown Store
United States Savings
Valley Grove Community News and Memorial Day Observances
Valley Grove reports visits from Kansas City and near towns as Memorial Day events draw crowds to Hardy Oak Cemetery. Debates on wheat growers and a cemetery fence upgrade are noted, along with rain aiding crops and multiple local family visits.
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Frederick Champion
Lynn
Georgie
Bobbie Petria
Kansas City
Kenneth Jones
Rolin
Sunnyside
Marcel Rolin
Karen Sue
Richard Petrie
James
Hardy Oak
Ernest Walters
Fred Frendle
Topeka
Fred Champion
Oskaloosa
Evelyn Bowers
McLouth
L. L. Tyrrell
Perry
C. B. Reed
Nora Gardiner
Washington State
Lawrences
Janice
Shirley Petrie
Gerald Petrie
Chester
Petrie
Arthur Ousdahl
Oscar Botts
Reno
Botts
Friends Church
Tonganoxie
H. F. Greene
Evelyn Kincaid
Montgomery
Lawrence
H. W. Skeets
Clifford Kincaid
Louie Senn
Valley Falls
H. W. Love
George Brown
Skeets
So and So
Petrie Grove
Raymond Baumgard
W. C. Thir
Miners Extend Win Streak in Western Association
Joplin's Miners beat Muskogee 6-1 for their ninth straight win and hold second place, four games behind Springfield. Archie Templeton, in debut at first for Springfield, had two errors but drove in a ninth inning single for a 7-6 win over Fort Smith. Topeka Owls defeated Salina 4-2 on a late two run rally. Carthage ousted Hutchinson 9-7 as Browns shelled Stan Zetusky with 13 hits.
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Muskogee
Reds
Springfield Cardinals
Whalen
Playfair
Missourians
Archie Templeton
Springfield
Red Birds
Fort Smith
Templeton
Topeka Owls
Salina
Ray Baker
Bill Justice
Clarence Springer
Vic Richardson
Carthage
Hutchinson
Browns
Stan Zetusky
Frank Mancuso
Roy Myer
McLOUTH Social Figures Spend Monday in Kansas City
Mr and Mrs Vincent Crasham with Mrs E C Steeper and Miss Gertrude Stout spent Monday in Kansas City. Miss Amanda Brose of Law- is mentioned among attendees in the brief social note.
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E. C. Steeper
Gertrude ‘Stout
Kansas City
Amanda Brose
Law
Local relatives visit over weekend across multiple states
Lawrence visited her mother Mrs Susie Brose at Mclouth Sunday. Mr and Mrs Edd Myers and family from Cheyenne Wyoming are visiting Mr and Mrs W R Harding. Ralph Stambaugh and Leo Stambaugh of Camp Robinson Arkansas spent Sunday with relatives in Mex South. Jesse Stambaugh is in Camp Robinson hospital after a minor eye operation.
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