Mel Ott Sets Record After Long Quiet Run
Mel Ott, Giant outfielder manager, breaks the National League RBI record of 1,582 set by Rogers Hornsby, achieving the mark with a seventh inning run at Wrigley Field. Ott’s feat stands amid Cubs and Cardinals games as the Yankees, Indians, and other AL teams win or rally in separate contests.
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Mel Ott
New York Giants
Rogers Hornsby
Ott
Babe Ruth
Bill Werber
Chicago
Cubs
Werber
Willard Marshall
Wrigley Field
Red Birds Hit Stride In Tight American Association Race
The Columbus Red Birds end a three game win streak with a double win over Milwaukee 3-2 and 14-4, boosting Kansas City two games ahead in the standings. Blues beat Toledo 4-2 as St. Paul suffers ninth straight defeat. Indianapolis sweeps doubleheader 4-3 and 5-2. Hash allows ten innings in relief for Louisville Minneapolis split doubleheader 2-1 and 6-5.
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Associated Press
Columbus Red Birds
American Association
Red Birds
Milwaukee
Brewers
Kansas City
Blues
Toledo
Mud Hens
Fred Munger
Lukon
Sun
Bob Dillinger
St. Paul
Indianapolis
Louisville
Minneapolis
Millers
Hash
Milt Haefner
The
Colonels
Weidleman
John Tobin
Cronin Seeks Regular First Base Job With Red Sox
Jimmie Foxx gone, Joe Cronin aims for first base as he has started seven games at other infield positions and Boston has won five. Believed rival Paul Campbell shifted to outfield after giving up on Foxx. Also notes racing commission actions, boxing cards, and various sports miscellany including Navy ratings for Sam Snead.
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New York
Jimmie Foxx
Joe Cronin
Red Sox
Sox
Double X
Paul Campbell
Jimmy
Belmont
Racing Commission
Wendell Ends
Meliv Bettina
Harry Bobo
Cleveland
Lem Franklin
Sergi
Joe Muscato
Anton Christofordis
Johnny Colan
Foxx Bears Rib Injury Sparks Cubs Buzz
Chicago June 5 Jimmy Foxx spends days answering questions about his ribs after a line drive fracture and torn cartilage. Doctors say healing is good though running still hurts. Foxx, 34, joins Cubs as first baseman, replacing Glen Rip Russell who hit three homers since Foxx arrival. Foxx debuted as a pinch hitter against the Giants.
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Chicago
Jimmy Foxx
Foxx
Boston Redox
Ol’ Double X
Cubs
Babe Dahlgren
Brooklyn
Russell
Cub
Glen
Rip
Giants
Baseball Standings and Scores in Fort Smith District
The report lists team records and results from multiple leagues including American Association and Western Association. Teams such as Kansas City, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Columbus, Indianapolis, Louisville, Toledo, St. Paul, and Topeka appear with varied records and single games noted, including a seven inning Columbus game and a 8-4 Fort Smith win over Peer.
Golf Open Round Leads Denny Shute Pace Fort Worth
A year ago Denny Shute shot 69 to lead a national open golf tourney in Fort Worth with Vic Gener and Dutch Harrison close behind. The item recalls past rounds and notes from the same era.
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Val Ee
Associated Press
Denny Shute
Fort Worth
Vicener
Dutch Harrison
Baseball Roundup Giants Indians Browns Tigers Yankees
Willard Marshall homered in the ninth to lift the Giants past the Cubs. Les Fleming drove in two in the Indians rally past the Red Sox. Harland Clift hit a two run homer for the Browns in a late attack against the Senators. Ned Harris and Birdie Tebbetts featured for Detroit. The Tigers produced four runs in the ninth on a homer and a single to beat the Athletics. Len Warneke helped the Cardinals hold the Braves to ten hits and added a single in a St. Louis second inning five run burst. Joe Gordon extended his hitting streak to 20 games as the Yankees sparked an eight run rally against the White Sox with a run scoring double.
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Melton
Cliff Melton
Glen Russell
Cubs
Jimmie Foxx
Russell
Foxx
Stan Hack
Ott
St. Louis Cardinals
Boston Braves
Lon Warneke
Redbirds
New York Yankees
Edgar Smith
Chicago Whiteox
Indians
Red Sox
Smith
Hank Borowy
Joe Gordon
Buddy Hassett
Cleveland
Boston Red Sox
Jim Bagby
Boston
Tribe
Les Fleming
Ray Mack
Detroit
Philadelphia Athletics
St. Louis Browns
Washington Senators
Willard Marshall
Giants
Harland Clift
Browns
Senators
Ned Harris
Birdie Tebbetts
Tigers
Athletics
Len Warneke
Cardinals
Braves
St. Louis
Jos Gordon
Yankees
White Sox
Navy athletics at Great Lakes lift Navy morale and enrollments
Captain T De Witt Carr of the Great Lakes Training Station says athletic teams serve as double duty for the Navy. Recruits witness high level baseball and basketball, with no admissions charged, boosting pride and enrollment. Several players move to commissions or flight training while remaining part of the teams.
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Harry Grayson
NEA
Great Lakes, Ill
T. DeWitt Carr
Navy
Captain Carr
Great Lakes
Navy Relief Society
Chicago Cubs
Carr
Schoools
League Leaders Brighten Baseball Notes From AP Roster
The Associated Press lists top AL stats with Gordon and Doerr leading batting averages for New York and Boston. Williams heads runs and RBIs for Boston, and DiMaggio stars in runs and hits. NL leaders include Phelps and Reiser in batting and runs, Mize in RBIs, and Marshall sharing homers.
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Associated Press
Gordon
New York
Doerr
Boston
Williams
D. DiMaggio
DiMaggio
Spence
Washington
McQuinn
St. Louis
Kolloway
Chicago
Higgins
Heath
Cleveland
York
Detroit
Kuhel
Case
Bonham
Haynes
Phelps
Pittsburgh
Reiser
Brooklyn
Ott
Mize
Marshall
Fernandez
Joost
Cincinnati
Slaughter
Musial
Litwhiler
Philadelphia
Camilli
Miller
Murtaugh
French
Davis
Cigaret Tax Totals Show May Decline Despite Yearly Lead
May cigarette tax receipts dipped slightly from 1941, but the year to date remains strong with total collections at 1,341,227 over 11 months. May 1941 receipts were 122,487, keeping the year’s pace above last year’s period. The Journal-World classified page promotes reader engagement and results.
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Toneka
Golfers Qualify In Regional Hale America Test
Sixty two golfers from Missouri Kansas and parts of Nebraska and Illinois begin 86 hole regional qualifying at Mission Hills to earn five spots for the Hale America national event in Chicago June 16 17 18. Notables include Leland Gibson Leonard Dodson Glen Oatmian Bob Cochran and Ray Kelly.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Illinois
Mission Hills
Chicago
Kansas Citions
Leland
Duke) Gibson
Craig Wood
Leonard Dodson
Glen Oatmian
Bob Cochran
St. Louis
Omaha
Ray Kelly
Ford Frick Unsure On Baseball's 1943 Prospects
Cincinnati June 5 Ford Frick NL president expresses uncertainty about next year due to wartime constraints. He notes attendance down about 100000 from 1941 and expects limited impact for this year. He also discusses an army navy relief fund game versus the Cubs on June 30 with Reds GM Warren Giles. Fourteen army fliers die in bomber crash at San Rafael California.
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Nat Fleischer
372Nd Regiment
New York
Red Bank
N. J
Jacksonville
Fla
Tommy Gomex
Tommy Tucker
Trenton
Long Branch
Hempstead
N. Y
Camp Upton
Larry Lejeune
Chicago
Detroit Fair Grounds
West Coast
Boots Poffenberger
San Diego
North Carolina U
Jim Tatum
Tom Young
Andy Bershak
Cincinnati
Ford Frick
Warren C. Giles
Reds
Chicago Cubs
Frick
San Rafael
Cal
Here
Sewell's Big Year for Browns Aims at First Division
Philadelphia June 5 Luke Sewell steers the St. Louis Browns from a troubled season into a hopeful stride. After a 14 of 44 start this year and Sewell's death altering the club, the Browns sit tied for sixth with Washington and hover near Boston for a top four spot. Pitching strength leads, while Vern Stephens hits over .300, and Sewell reasons a springboard from Philadelphia Athletics could lift them into division contention.
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Philadelphia
Luke Sewell
Washington Senators
Sewell
Browns
Boston Red Sox
Srmed
Ac Sewell
Brownie
Cleveland Indians
Vern Stephens
Brown
University of Alabama
Philadelphia Athletics
West Coast stars set to duel in Missouri Valley meet
Four marks may fall at the Missouri Valley AAU track meet in Kansas City as Hal Davis of California faces Owen Joggerst of Missouri in a sprint duel. Davis co holds the 100 meter record and Joggerst posted 9.5 for the 100 yards, with hopes of breaking 10.5 and 20.9 records in the 100 and 200. Nebraska’s Harold Hunt and Lieut. Dick Ganslen challenge the 13 ft 5¾ in pole vault mark, while California javelin thrower Bob Giles and Ganslen vie in hop and jump. A strong field from Big Six and Missouri Valley circles supports the meet.
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Kansas City
Missouri Valley
A.A.U
California
Hal Davis
Owen Joggerst
Missouri
Davis
Jaggerst
Tiger
Bill Lyda
Oklahoma
George Stevens
Brutus Hamilton
University of California
Bird
Kansas
Harold Hunt
Nebraska
Dick Ganslen
Columbia University
Bob Giles
Ganslen
Altho
West Coast
Elimination of farm accidents urged by state official
Topeka on June 5 warns that farming accidents must be cut to aid the war effort. J C Mohler, secretary of the state board of agriculture, calls for longer harvest hours to offset labor shortages and stresses fatigue increases accident risk. Green hands must learn farm hazards to prevent mishaps with machinery.
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Topeka
J. C. Mohler
State Board of Agriculture
Labor Trouble Settled at Bohn Aluminum Plant in Detroit
Detroit June 5 The main Bohn Aluminum and Brass plant resumed full production as 2,500 workers returned after labor incidents closed the facility Thursday afternoon. A full day shift and most of the midnight shift were back on duty with no immediate explanation given.
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Detroit
Bohn Aluminum and Brass Corporation
Varsity Theater to Install New Cooling System
A fan cooling system is now in operation at the Varsity theater and washed air equipment will be finished next week Two large eight foot fans will force a complete air change every forty seconds The theater will resume seven day operations within two weeks currently open only on Fridays Saturdays and Sundays
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Varsity
Baseball Manager Puzzle Clues Mixed in Word Grid
A dense set of crossword style hints merges baseball manager themes with chemistry and geography. Entries include elements like thallium and cobalt symbols, plus cross referenced clues for managers, battles, and legal terms, arranged as horizontal and vertical prompts.
Summer classes offered by Prof E C Buehler at KU
Prof. E C Buehler head of speech at the university will again offer summer classes for Lawrence residents starting next Monday evening. A mixed class for both men and women will be added alongside the men’s class. First sessions meet at 6 30 at the Colonial Tea Room with no obligation to continue after the initial meeting. About a hundred local men have taken the courses in past years.
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Colonial Tea Room
Buehler
Denver and Lawrence Residents Listed on Licenses
Pro bate Judge Frank Gray issues marriage licenses naming Claire B Buckley Jr and Marian Ann Marrs of Denver and Ellis Ralph Hayden with Mary Louise Buerman of Lawrence.
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Frank Gray
Claire B Buckley, Jr
Marian Ann Marrs
Denver
Ellis Ralph Hayden
Mary Louise Buerman
Lawrence
No One Wants Farm Estate Gift to Shared Use
Kansas City June 5 After more than a year of trying to give it away Mr and Mrs J M Baptiste have not found a taker for their 100000 country estate The 60acre tract fifteen miles south of Kansas City includes a main eight room house two five room cottages and extensive grounds The couple offered the estate as a gift to a group or organization to maintain in the service of others Maintenance costs range from 5000 to 10000 yearly with the appeal failing as groups did not want to develop it during hard times They prefer giving it to an organization for public good rather than selling it Subscribe to keep up with hometown news by Journal World toilet 40 cents a month by phone 22
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Kansas City
J. M. Baptiste
Baptiste
Shrine
American Legion
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Roger Hornsby
Judson Bailey
Moaes
By William Ferguson
NEW York Mills
Columbus
Wide World Sports Columnist
Tommy Fitzgerald
Louisville Courier-Journal
Jimmy Conzelman
Catyon U
Elmer Layden
Peanuts Lowrey
Sam Snead
Charles Chamberlain
Talada
Fal
Ant Waluce
Western Association
Fort Smith
Peer
Joplin
Springfield & Muskogee
Pdvesgometecs Neaveryns
Chicago A
Tommy Bridges
Detroit Tigers
Journal-World
America
Alexis Smith
Aluminum
Varsity Theater
Milton
Mariner
Notiower
Jace
Jean
Georgia
Aubrey Smh
Tao
Talina
Lapis
Jarman’s
Haynes & Keene
Mass
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