War Draft Touches Major Leagues With Receipts Donation
The majors set aside a war relief donations day while the draft reshapes rosters. Jimmy Brown of the Cardinals was inducted, while Varnon Stephens and George McQuinn of the Browns were deferred or rejected. Browns hope to climb from last to first division as Cardinals contend for the National League title. Draft calls loom for Babe Dahlgren, Johnny Vander Meer, Gerry Priddy, Mickey Vernon, and others, potentially altering final standings.
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Alsho
Babe Ahlgren
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National League
Johnny Vander Meer
Reds
Gerry Priddy
Mickey Vernon
Dodgers Star Barkley Sparks Dual Hardball Scene
Sports columns note Red Barkley’s shift to the Dodgers after a leg injury reduced his Cessna semi pro play last year. Branch Rickey says Barkley’s bench outburst earned him popularity, while Bill Reddy and Ensign Paul Christman headline Navy pre flight sports. The piece blends boxing defeats, naval teams, and local league lore with colorful anecdotes.
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China Famine Relief Fund
Ray White
Steubenville
Jon Temes
Tampa
Fla
del Monte
Calif
Navy
Paul Christman
Missouri
Barkley
Wichita
Red Barkley
Dodger
Branch Rickey
Dodgers
Branch
Four pathful golfers vie for national crown despite military call
Chicago hosts a morning semifinal at No. 1 course with four 21 year old contenders for the national collegiate golf championship. Richard Kuntz of Yale and Wally Ulrich of Carleton shot 78 in qualifiers to meet in the day’s match while Bill Roden of Texas and Walt Beck of Yale posted 77s in qualifying. the 18 hole final is set for this afternoon as all proceed toward military service.
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Chicago
Lympia Fields
Richard Kuntz
Yale
Wally Ulrich
Carleton
Northfield
Minn
Bill Roden
Texas
Walt Beck
Jord
Kansas Coaches Eye V-12 Prospects and KU Football Plans
Coach Henry Shenk expects summer grid practice to start July 12 at Kansas as Naval V-12 cadets enroll on campus and may join athletics. Dean Nesmith return rumored to join KU physical education staff. Lawrence High outlines 1943 football schedule opening September 24 at Manhattan and October 1 at home under lights at Haskell Stadium. Gene Long, ex KU player, recently discharged from the army visited town.
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Henry Shenk
University of Kansas
Naval
Shenk
Dean Nesmith
Crimson and Blue
Olathe Naval Training Station
K. U
Neamith
Gene “Chief” Long
Gwinn Henry
Baseball results and notes from Wichita Eagle sport column
Yesterday's results show scores from the American and National leagues with no games in the NL or AL. Kaneh, based in Lawrence, buys a home at 824 Arkansas Street and starts duties as a physical education instructor on July 1. Royal Lohry, 1942 Iowa State captain, and Bob Stueber of Missouri Tigers are invited to the 1943 All-Star game versus the Washington Redskins in late August.
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Kaneh
Lawrence
Arkansas Street
Royal Lohry
Iowa State
Washington Redskins
Bob Stueber
Missouri Tigers
Helm
Navy trainees arrive at colleges halting last quarter hopes
By Hugh S Failettez Jr New York June 30 The clocks strike twelve at many colleges as navy trainees report next fall citing V twelve. Yale gains Sam Mele and Johnny Simmons from NYU via marines while Tulane coach Horace Renegar lists Joe Renfroe as a potential 4 F All America halfback amid roster questions and optimism for the Green Wave.
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Hugh S. Failettez, Jr
New York
Navy
Yale
Sam Mele
Johnny Simmons
N.Y.U
Horace Renegar
Tulane
Joe Renfroe
Horace
Oklahoma Coach Faces Mass Freshman Turnover
Dewey Snorter, Oklahoma grid coach, learns ten players exit, leaving Boone Baker as lone survivor from last year. He quips about entering next season with a wingback and a prayer, signaling a rebuilding period for the Sooners.
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Dewey
Oldest baseball book cites Brooklyn Atlantics on ice
A history note discusses Charles A. Peverelly's American Pastimes 1868 edition and cites 1861 Brooklyn Atlantics playing a ball game against the Charter Oak club on ice at Washington skating rink as an early baseball oddity.
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Ernie Lanigan
Charles A. Peverelly
Atlantics
Brooklyn
Charter Oak Club
Washington
Injured Knee Wins Through in Patty Berg Golf Triumph
Patty Berg, despite a severely bound knee from a 1941 Texas crash, defeats Opal S Hill 5 and 3 in the Western Open to reach the second round. Berg, medalist with 76, faces Mary Agnes Wall as she aims for the quarterfinals amid tough 36-hole day.
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Chicago
Patty Berg
S. Altho
Minneapolis
Texas
Patty
Opal S. Hill
Kansas City
Mary Agnes Wall
Menominee
Mich
Boxing Hero Aides in Mystery Puzzle Answer
A puzzle page features a themed boxing hero riddle with clues across horizontal and vertical entries. Readers solve word fragments like names and objects linked by boxing terms and related hints. The puzzle intertwines who has an active role with the boxers and a cheeky answer to a past puzzle.
Second Round Qualifiers In National Tennis Meet
Elizabeth Hicks of Long Beach California and Catherine Fox of Glen Ridge New Jersey advance to the second round alongside Phyllis Otte of Omaha Nebraska and Dorothy Kirby of Atlanta Georgia in a crowded national event field.
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Elizabeth Hicks
Long Beach
Calif
Catherine Fox
Glen Ridge
N. J
Phyllis Otte
Omaha
Neb
Dorothy Kirby
Atlanta
Fort Riley Centaurs Fall to Beechcraft 6 2 in Ball Game
Fort Riley notes the Centaurs lost 6 to 2 against the Beechcraft team of Wichita. Laga, a Centaurs pitcher, hit a homer as the game unfolded at Fort Riley on June 30.
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Rickey
Brooklyn
B.B.C
Jolly Young Bachelors
Fort Riley
Vlace
State civil service exams draw over ten thousand applicants
Topeka on June 30 reports 10 122 applicants for state jobs in 35 groups. New employees total 1 226 and those qualified to continue employment total 1 313. About 3 500 employees remain to be certified or replaced by exams to be given as soon as possible per state civil service director Charles Newell.
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Topeka
Charles Newell
Requisitioning of Corn Criticized by Ohio Official
Ohio agriculture director Tom T. Brown charged the war food administration with unfair corn requisition. He urged a higher ceiling price to encourage market release, noting the $1.97 rate under requisitioned supply disadvantages farmers and elevators.
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Columbus
Tom T. Brown
Ohio
War Food Administration
Agricmniral Chiefs
Brown
Chicago
WPA
Dhe Tevent Governors’ Conference
Fines for Parking Violations
Twenty four persons paid fines or forfeited bonds of one dollar each this morning for parking violations.
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Volige Cours
Testing Synthetic Rubber Tires For State Vehicles
The state will know officially soon how synthetic rubber tires perform as the first such tires are installed on state vehicles. Highway Director D. J. Fair said a close check will be kept on their performance.
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Topeka
D. J. Fair
Former KU student completes New Mexican bas relief at air field
Sgt Elden C Tefft of Lawrence stationed at Deming Army Air Field unveiled a three month bas relief titled New Mexican evolution. Col J G Russell presided at the June 17 ceremony dedicating the work to Alfred Lindley of Lawrence. Tefft trained under Bernard Frazer at Kansas, left in 1942, and is on furlough. He also carved a wild cherry antelope and a life mask of Chihuahua governor Senor Chavez.
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Lawrence
Deming
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Army Air Field
J. G. Russell
Tefft
Alfred Lindley
University of Kansas
Bernard “Peco” Frazer
K. U
Taru
Chihuahua
Mexico
Senor Chavez
Fourth of July Caution From Governor Schoeppel
Governor Schoeppel urged Kansans to sharpen alertness for the Fourth of July holiday. He warned that carelessness risks life and property, wasting manpower and war resources, and called for vigilance to prevent losses.
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Topeka
Schoeppel
Boys Returned To K C After Lawrence Pick Up
Two 13 year old boys were picked up in East Lawrence after riding a Santa Fe freight train. They confessed to thefts in Kansas City Kansas and gave names William Warser and Robert Caritos. Kansas City detectives arranged to bring them back for questioning and a discussion on Tuesday evening led by Dean J W Twente with invites extended to both men and women.
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Chicago
C. A. Buesner
We Bee
Beys
Wiliam Warser
Robert Caritos
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J. W. Twente
School of Alucation
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