Phillies Shorstop Charley Brewster Sparks Doubleheader Wins
Charley Brewster, newly acquired shortstop from Brooklyn, fuels Philadelphia Phillies with strong infield play and two homers in a six game three way deal. Coaker Triplett adds power as Phillies top Boston 6-4 then win 2-1 to take fifth in NL standings. Athletics split with Red Sox, Yankees surge to lead with 9-5 win over Washington.
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Iowa State Postpones Opener With Colorado Until Normal Conditions Return
Iowa State announces the September 25 football opener with Colorado is postponed to await normal travel and competition conditions. Cyclones’ Big Six slate remains intact with NebraskaKansasState Missouri at Ames and Oklahoma Kansas on foreign fields. Temple and Michigan State games were postponed earlier. The 1948 schedule includes Drake in Des Moines and KansasState, Drake, and other dates in October through November.
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Texas Junior College to Get Star Grid Players
Arlington June 16 coach P Klevio Holmes of North Texas Agricultural College says Texas Christian and Southern Methodist football players may join his junior college in a Marine training program. Holmes fears the bowl game possibility if the arrangement works, insisting North Texas had no role in obtaining the athletes.
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Puzzle filled with warped clues and scattered fragments
A jumble of crossword style clues and distorted text blocks appears, including references to a P 40 aircraft and scattered numbered entries. The scan shows vertical and horizontal prompts interwoven with names like EILEEN and HELEN and stray fragments about colors, animals, and tools.
Baseball scores and postponements from yesterday
Results from the American Association show Columbus at Kansas City postponed with Louisville 5 4 over St Paul 0 10 and Minneapolis 12 over Indianapolis 3 while Milwaukee beat Toledo 7 2. In the American League Philadelphia 7 4 Boston 4 2 Detroit at Cleveland postponed. St Louis 5 Chicago 2 New York 9 Washington 5. In the National League Philadelphia 6 2 Boston 4 1 New York 6 Brooklyn 5 Pittsburgh 4 Chicago 2 St Louis 3 Cincinnati 1 second game postponed.
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Pacific Coast Conference Split Shakes 10-Team Football Circuit
War travel limits force a two-section split among the Pacific Coast Conference with a southern group Stanford California USC and UCLA competing in a semi round robin to decide the title, while the northern group joins Washington Oregon Washington State Oregon State Idaho and Montana for the final. Stanford warns it may not field a team due to army training status.
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Pro Football Moguls Plan Chicago Meeting on Merger Request
National football league owners will meet in Chicago to consider a merger proposal from the Pittsburgh Steelers and Philadelphia Eagles. If approved, the 10 club circuit would shrink to eight, with no other teams dropping out this weekend. The Cleveland Rams left the league "for the duration" at the April meeting. Art Rooney suggested the Bears and Cardinals might gain from a Chicago merger.
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Georgia football opens summer drills with 25 players
Athens June 16 The University of Georgia starts summer drills with a squad of 25 including a 4-F guard and no members of last year’s Southeastern and Rose Bowl championship squad are present as several players remain in the armed services.
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Buescher Joins Dow Chemical Quintet For 1944 Season
Johnny Buescher of Kansas, three year standout, signs with Dow Chemical of Midland Michigan for next season. Coach Shelton, former Wyoming NCAA champion mentor, will guide the Dow five with Milo Komenich joining as center. Kansas football outlook notes draft era shifts and athletic planning as Bible predicts a wide open, colorful season with limited travel due to rationing.
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Indoor 1500m duel lingers as Dodds faces Burnham
Parson Gil Dodds and Dartmouth’s Don Burnham brace for a key 1500-meter battle likely to draw attention at weekend junior championships. The event, tied to Haegg’s possible appearance, adds to a slate of sports notes from UPI reporters including Mel Ott’s Father of the Year nod, Dodgers school talk, and trainer Hugh Fontaine’s Belmont Park garden.
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Week's Worst Gag From George Manoukian
Hamden Conn humorist George Manoukian mocks baseball slang with a jab at the Boston Red Sox. He quips about swinging like a Barna Doerr, lampooning a familiar expression in a light local piece.
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Porter’s NCAA trial tests Rice mile champion
Bill Wallace of Rice Institute recalls Bob Porter, Southwest Conference mile champion, who faced strong competition in the NCAA meet last week and finished out of the running. Porter later told his coach he was glad for the experience despite the tough push on the turns.
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Shelby Buck Killed in Action Recalled as Main Eventer
A Houston post office note recalls Shelby Buck once a Texas U. end who pivoted to boxing and then served in the RAF and American air force. Buck was reported killed in action in England, prompting Emanuel to say Shelby died a main eventer.
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All Star Track Defeats West Coast in Big Ten Mirror
Year ago the Big Ten all star track team beat a west coast conference rival 6933 to 5714 marking the first win in six meetings. Three years ago nearly all Cleveland Indians players signed statements calling off revolt against Manager Oscar Vitt. Five years ago Jimmie Foxx of the Red Sox drew six walks in a nine inning game with the St Louis Browns to tie a 1891 major league record.
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Extra Ball Game Sets Benefit for June 30 at Comiskey Park
Chicago White Sox plan an all star game before the varsity contest at 8 45 p m under Comiskey Park lights featuring White Sox and Senator players against the Great Lakes naval training station nine coached by Lt Gordon Mickey Cochrane former Detroit Tigers manager.
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Mickey) Cochrane
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Ott Ejected Twice This Season By Giants Managerial Woes
New York report notes Mel Ott was ejected from a Brooklyn game for disputing a third strike. It marked the second ejection of the season for Ott, who in 15 previous seasons as a player was banished only once.
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Navy Training Club vs Sunflower Ordnance Softball
A softball game is scheduled for tomorrow evening at South Park under flood lights between the Naval Training club and Sunflower Ordnance.
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Sunflower Ordnance
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Assistance to Kansas War effort aids flood relief
The War Production Board assured Gov. Schoeppel that machine makers are transferring machines and repairing to Kansas and other flood areas with large crop losses. WPB chairman Donald Nelson pledged manufacturers will leave no stone unturned to cope with the situation and complete the job on time.
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