Still Top Bat List
New York reports the batting leaders with Ted Williams of the Red Sox at .410 and Pete Reiser of the Dodgers leading the NL at .356. Enos Slaughter of the Cardinals closed the gap by 25 points to .852, challenging Reiser as the top hitters in the league.
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New York
Ted Williams
Boston Red Sox
Pete Reiser
Brooklyn Dodgers
Williams
Pat Mullin
Detroit Tigers
Reiser
Enos
Slaughter
St. Louis Cardinals
Kansas Amateur golf championship action opens at Country Club
The Kansas Amateur golf tournament shifts into the morning finals at 9 with the first 18 holes and 18 more this afternoon. Daryl Schoonover leads the field as quarterfinals and semifinals unfold across flights. Results from yesterday set the stage for today’s pairings and upcoming finals.
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Kansas
Dodgers Remind Reds of 2-0 Shutout by Hamlin
AP recalls past baseball notes with Luke Hamlin’s 2-0 nineinning gem for Brooklyn over Cincinnati a year ago. It also notes Johnny Vander Meer’s 1940 no hit game at Ebbetts Field and a 1941 trade of Ben Chapman for Jake Powell.
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Associated Press
Luke Hamlin
Cincinnati Reds
Brooklyn Dodgers
Johnny Vandermeer
Brooklyn
Ebbets Field
Yankees
Ben Chapman
Washington
Alvin
Jake) Powell
Notre Dame to Add Wojciechowicz to Coaching Staff
Notre Dame is expected to announce Alex Wojciechowicz former Fordham center will join the coaching staff at South Bend after working with the team unofficially all spring. The news follows his early involvement with the Irish program.
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New York
Notre Dame
Alex Wojciechowicz
Fordham
South Bend
Bob Feller
Little Morningside College
Iowa
Cooperstown
Buck Newsom
Tigers
Time Dept. Orms Named Outstanding Father in Baseball 1941
The well known American League umpire Time Dept. Orms was named the outstanding father in baseball for 1941 by a unanimous vote of the national Father's day committee. He has 12 children.
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Ormsby
Haseen
Golf woe and tennis love in Alice Marble remark
Alice Marble admits golf is exasperating and says it makes her love tennis more. Various sports notes update on baseball, jockey Conn McCreary injury, John Heydler’s health, umpire George Magerkurth, Horton Smith trophy golf, Charley Jutkiewicz undefeated in Connecticut league, Firestone softball dominance, and Gene Englund joining Oshkosh All-Stars.
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Alice Marble
Pittsburgh
Pirates
Louis Conn
Babe Phelps
Brooklyn Dodgers
Conn McCreary
Aqueduct
John Heydler
National League
Joplin
Springfield
Horton Smith
Horton
Charley
Ace) Jutkiewicz
Norwich
Conn
Connecticut
Firestone
Jacksonville
Fla
Blues and Red Birds Duel for First in Association Race
Columbus and Kansas City lead the American Association as they prepare a weekend series with first place on the line. Lefty Gerheauser starts for Kansas City against Red Barrett for Columbus. Gerheauser seeks his sixth win and Barrett his second. Columbus beat Milwaukee 4 to 3 while Kansas City fell to Toledo 16 hits in an 11 to 5 loss with Russ Derry hitting a bases loaded homer. Vernie Stephens contributed five hits for Toledo.
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Columbus
Kansas City
al Gerheauser
Red Birds
Red Barrett
Gerheauser
Barrett
Milwaukee
Toledo
Axis Vessel Bombed Near Cairo Declared Total Loss
Repeated direct hits on a 7,000 ton axis vessel in a British RAF attack on a convoy off central Mediterranean near Cairo. Escorts included destroyers and auxiliary warships. Reported by British sources tonight.
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Cairo
Egypt
Mediterranean
By Ned Nordness Dodgers and Cardinals dominate baseball plans
The Dodgers led by Larry MacPhail spent near a million for players since 1938 while the Cardinals reaped over 350 thousand from sales, shaping the league leaders. In a four game set in St Louis the Cards beat Brooklyn 1 0 as Whitlow Wyatt matched Max Lanier on a four hitter. Babe Phelps was fined 500 and suspended for not traveling with the Dodgers to St Louis.
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Larry MacPhail
Booklyn Dodgers
St. Louis Cardinals
Dodger
St. Louis
Brooklyn
Cardinals
Flatbush
Whitlow Wyatt
Max Lanier
Terry Moore
Johnny Hopp
Don Padgett
Mickey Owen
Babe Phelps
Dodgers
Leo Durocher
Phelps
Experts See Bad Evening for Conn Ahead of Fight
News from New York on June 14 describes Joe Louis’s heat slowed training and cautious prep as Billy Conn looms as a challenger. Louis aims to finish Conn quickly, while advisers note his recent relaxed pace. Louis vows to win fast if possible.
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New York
Billy Conn
Joe Louis
Buddy Baer
Conn
Billy Boy
Baer
Buddy
Louis
Joe
Jack Blackburn
Julian Black
Champ
Five Teams Plan to Play In South Park Softball
Five teams signaled participation in the South Park softball league for this summer with a sixth team sought. City Clerk J W Stone said league play will be three nights weekly Tuesday Wednesday Thursday. Teams entered are Lions Oil-O-Matics Lone Star Auto Service and Co-Ops.
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South Park
J. W. Stone
Lions
Oil-O-Matics
Lone Star
Auto Service
Stone
Lone Star Crew
Thrill at a Bull Fight in Coronado Celebration
At Lyons Kansas on June 14 a bull pinned banderillero Pedro Ortega against a wire fence but missed the kill as blows passed by. Ortega escaped bruised but unhurt and reappeared later as Brooklyn matador Sidney Franklin led the final Coronado celebration exhibition with blunt weapons.
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Lyons
Kan
LCR
Pedro Ortega
Ortega
Sidney Franklin
Brooklyn
Hays Voters Approve Auditorium Bond Issue
Hays Kansas voters approve 74 000 bond issue for a new 100 000 city auditorium by 781 to 239 with WPA assistance supplementing the funds.
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Hays
Auditorium
Kan
WPA
Sid
Eudora Social Roundup Includes Visits and Graduates
Kansas City guests visit the Ruthrauffs and Daughertys in Eudora. Gladys Bond receives a bachelor of science in education from the University of Kansas and spends time with Madalyn McClanahan in Lecompton. Nancy Lee Bohnsack stays with grandparents the Bohnsacks. Woman's Union hosts in June with St. John Worden and Salem Leavenworth groups. program led by Mrs Gerstenberger. duets by Mrs Nieder and Mrs Wichman. poem read by Mrs James.
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William Roe
Kansas City
Curtis Ruthrauff
Gladys Bond
University of Kansas
Coronado
Gus Bohnsack
James Bosworth
Wellsville
Harold Daugherty
Lecompton
Madalyn McClanahan
Topeka
Woman’s Union Ladies
St. Paul Church
St. John
Browns edge Pirates in first home park series game
Carthage gained a split with Hutchinson as Frank Mancuso homered with two on to lift the Browns 10-8. Ralph Germano outpitched three Hutchinson hurlers in a high scoring win. Willard Hamby, Jim Sheehan and Kay Eakin homered for the Giants in the late rally. Second baseman Bill Justice powered the Owls to a 13-10 win over Salina. Joplin Muskogee game was rain shortened. Today’s schedule lists five matchups across the league.
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Carthage Browns
Browns
Hutchinson
Pirates
Frank Mancuso
Ralph Germano
Buc
Johnny Gooch
Fort Smith
Springfield Cardinals
Red Birds
Willard Hamby
Jim Sheehan
Kay Eakin
Giants
Bill Justice
Topeka Owls
Salina Millers
Owls
Jack Grotey
Salina
Muskogee
Carthage
Topeka
Springfield
Joplin
Local Figures Visit Kin and News Notes Share Kansas Ties
Williamstown hosts relatives as Mr and Mrs Hugh D Kyle of Kansas City visit. Joan Allen stays with grandparents Mr and Mrs Charles Johnson. Bruce Arlan named for baby boy born May 20 to Mr and Mrs John Silvius in Ottawa. Regional rains bring water for stock and corn damage noted. Various localsmarked visits to Kansas City Ottawa Oskaloosa Coffeyville and Lawrence with trips to Colorado. Private Clayton May of Fort Riley visits family. People attend Baptist services and midweek meetings. several relatives travel for visits.
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Hugh D. Kyle
Kansas City
Joan Allen
Charles Johnson
R. W. Amerine Farm
John Silvius
Ottawa
Silvious
Frankie Harmonies
Bruce Arlan
Oliver Julian
Baptist
Mary Louise Reptide
Lake View
Louise Buerman
Clayton May
Fort Riley
George May
George Brown
Oskaloosa
Harold Skeet
L. J. Lamar
Eugene Lamar
Norma Lee
Bob Haynes
McFarland
Colorado
Fred Lamar
Mirs
Ida Powers
Coffeyville
Inez‘ Adams
Lawrence
Virgil Green
R. W. Amerine
W. H. Allen
Eugene O'trimbie
Local social notes from Eudora scene and church events
Community happenings include a spiritual program theme I Belive I Belong I Serve followed by a church social and luncheon. Residents attend funerals, visits, weddings and baptisms as listed with relatives in Kansas City Overland Park and Topeka among others.
Fall Leaf News Briefs From Fair Leaf Area
Charlene Vitt remains ill with whooping cough over three weeks. Visitors to Minnie Bowen at Hanna Pfleger’s home include Broer and family from Weaver, Caviness family from Hesper, Weaverhouse and Wilson families, and Kasheberger from Hesper. Verne Mosser’s death mourned. burial at Tonganoxie. Otto Mignot of Halstead stayed with his mother Pfleger. Reets home hosts Schwarz families and Clara Schwarz of Colorado Springs. Lila Kindred and William Eugene Torneden wed in Ottawa and travel to Phoenix to visit Gerald Kindred. William McNish dies in Lawrence hospital, buried at Clinton. longtime Fair Leaf resident. Harvest rush ongoing. peas nearly finished. Lila Reetz visits from Lawrence. Delene Bowen of Des Moines and Genevive Weston of Kansas City visit Minnie Bowen. Rev Reifschneider and family visit Reetz home. Reetz daughters attend Women’s Union at St Paul’s Evangelical Eudora. Harve Schellack cares for mother near Eudora. Loyd Bryant family moves from low ground due to high river. stays with Bryant parents in Eudora. Schoerhofer visits Kansas City to see granddaughter Janice Lee born to son Vincent. Ad ends with note on thrift reading the classifieds.
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Charlene Vitt
Minnie Bowen
Hanna Pfleger
George Broer
Floyd Broer
Weaver
Howard Caviness
Betty
Doris
Hesper
Marjoria Weaverhouse
Emma Wilson
Walter Wilson
John Kasheberger
Vernie Mosser
Tonganoxie
Otto Mignot
Halstead
William Reets
Paul Schwarz
Airs
Walter Schwarz
Louise Schwarz
Worden
Clara Schwarz
Colorado
Springs
Lila Kindred
Willam Eugene Torneden
Ottawa
Phoenix
Ariz
Gerald Kindred
William McNish
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Clinton
Fair Leaf
Pendleton
Lila Reetz
Lawrence
William Reetz
Delene Bowen
Des Moines
Genevive Weston
Kansas City
Reifschneider
Robert
Ruth
Eudora
Katherine
Lorene Reetz
Womans Union
Frank Bryant
Frank Schoerhofer
Vincent
Janice Lee
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