Shifts Run Wild as Reds Pirates Morning Game Swaps Noted
Major league managers scramble positions amid wartime shortages. Cincinnati Reds beat Pittsburgh Pirates 7 5 in a 10 30 a m game as Frank Frisch shifts Al Lopez to third and Bob Elliott to short with Lopez erring once. Crowd 2958 watched 17 Reds hits off four Pirates pitchers.
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New York Yankees
Johnny Lindell
Brooklyn Dodgers
Billy Herman
Frank Edison Frisch
al Lopez
Pittsburgh Pirates
Lopez
Dodgers
la Pepper Martin
Frisch
Bob Elliott
Elliott
Cincinnati
Crosley Segaba
Reds
Warren Giles
Pirates
Phillies
Kirby Higbe
Brooklyn
Dolph Camilli
Alex Kampouris
War Relic Tops Pimlico Compass. offspring of Man o'War
By William Ferguson the string now at Pimlico features progeny of Man o'War including War Relic regarded as the standout. The report notes whether the others are sons or daughters of the famed Riddle charger from twenty years past.
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Pimlico
Man o’War
Riddle Charger
War Relic
Count Fleet Aims at New Preakness Record
Count Fleet and Mrs John Hertz look to extend fame in the 58th Preakness Stakes at Pimlico on Saturday as few challengers loom. Blue Swords and Vincente vie for the few remaining spots while Riverland sets a Pimlico mile and three sixteenths record earlier. Vincentive earns a potential gate place after winning a Parkway purse. Other possibles include Bossuet Circus Beau of Mine and New Moon in New York.
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Baltimore
Count Fleet
John Hertz
Pimlico Oval
Big Brown
Reigh
Blue Swords
W. L. Brann
Vincentve
Louisville
Harold_Clark
Riverland
Pimlico
Alsab
H. L. Straus
Discovery
Vincentive
Preakness
Belair Stud
Bossuet
Walter M. Jeffords
Circus
Janet M. Kelly
New York
Baseball Scores From A Playoff Picnics?
American Association results show Kansas City 5 Minneapolis 4 and Milwaukee 10 St Paul 1 in twelve innings. Columbus 1 Indianapolis 0. Louisville at Toledo postponed. National League Brooklyn 5 Philadelphia 3 and Cincinnati 6 Pittsburgh 6. American League Boston at New York and Chicago at Cleveland postponed.
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Columbus
Kansas City
Minneapolis
Milwaukee Eeesees
Indianapolis
Toledo
Louisville
St. Paul
Brooklyn
St. Louis
Boston
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Chicago
New
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Ween
Philadelphia
Chicabo
American Association
Milwaukee
St. Paul'a
National League
Navy Medal Awarded Lieut H R Burnette Former U U Student and Football Player
Lieut junior grade H R Burnette 26 of Coldwater Michigan received a navy air medal for sinking a large cruiser. A South Pacific letter to his mother recounts his award and service including Wings won in 1941 and duty on carriers Lexington Yorktown Saratoga and Hornet. He played football at the University in 1936 1937 and 1938 and worked at Kansas Electric Power plant.
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J.g
H. R. Burnette
Marjorie Burnette
Coldwater
South Pacific
Burnette
Kansas Electric Power Company
Eldridge
United States
Lexington
Yorktown
Saratoga
Santa Cruz
May start games earlier for Foxes Chicago poll shows support
A Chicago newspaper poll finds 79.5 percent of fans favor an earlier 2 pm start for the Foxes Baseball team with 10 percent seeking occasional morning games. War workers on afternoon or night shifts mainly support the change. Cubs general manager Jim Gallagher notes potential relief of transportation congestion and says the club is considering the proposal.
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Baseball Foxes
Chicago
Jim Gallagher
Cubs
Navy preflight sports poll ranks football top for development
North Carolina pre flight school sports writers vote football as a top ten sport for physical development in a year round program. Track is second, swimming tied for third. water polo is notably absent amid remarks on pool mayhem and referee visibility.
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New York
North Carolina Navy
Navy
Ham Wibby Emerges as Promising Bantamweight Prospect
Jimmy Johnston promotes his new bantamweight fighter Ham Wibby claiming strong potential to surpass three noted champions Jim Driscoll Owen Moran and Johnny Dundee. Johnston admits he has not seen Wibby fight yet but likens his promise to Shakespearean ambition.
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Jimmy Johnston
Ham Wibby
Johnston
Jim Driscoll
Owen Moran
Johnny Dundee
Jimmy
Wibby
Shakespeare
Kinard to Join Dodgers as Line Coach
Frank Kinard the Dodgers all league tackle leaves Mississippi for a defense coach role in Brooklyn. Captain Dane Topping will announce the hire when ready. Don Hanski of the White Sox is Eddie Hanyzewski’s cousin and shortened his name for convenience.
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Bruiser
Clark Griffith
Washington Ball Park
Treasury Department
Don Hanski
White Sox
Eddie Hanyzewski
Cubs
Don
Hanski
Derby tale and service notes from World War II era press
New York Post reports Derby owner Burnt Cork outglares Rochester as the funnier horse. St Paul Dispatch Pioneer Press notes outdoors writer Jon Hennessy’s Army enlistment. McAllen businessman George Chapapas sells boxing gear to Moore Field. Cy Twomly pitches for army at Washington and Lee. Packers coach Curley Lambeau letters from recruit Pete Tinsley in Green Bay.
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Jon Hennessy
St. Paul, Minn
Dispatch Pioneer Press
Army
Pearl Harbor
George Chapapas
McAllen
Tex
Moore Field
Athletic and Recreation Fund
Army Special Services School
Washington and Lee University
Collnae
B. P
Cy” Twomly
Pete Tinsley
Green Bay
South Carolina
U. of Georgia
Curley Lambeau
Packers
Children of Man o' War Baltimore May 4
In Baltimore on May 4 the Glenn Riddle stable lists all eleven thoroughbreds in the Children of Man o' War event. The field includes horses trained by Glenn Riddle and associated figures.
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Baltimore
Glenn
Riddle
Kansas Fish and Game Laws Expanded in 1943 Session
Kansas lawmakers broadened fish and game rules giving the commission power to set sessions bag limits and other regulations. Bullfrogs gain legal protection though no season is set yet. Parks list includes Scott City and Ottawa. war time tips urge efficient hunting and fishing and sharing resources.
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Kansas
Commission
Rice Star Competes In Multiple Track Events
Houston Tex May 4 Bill Cummins leads Rice track squad in a Southwest Conference meet lineup. He will run high hurdles low hurdles 100 yard dash 440 yard relay pole vault broad jump and high jump in Saturday events.
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Tex
Bill Cummins
Rice
Cummins
Bill
Loves His Baseball Boiler Tender Pedals His Way to Park
Elbert Sidel Roberts, 82 year old Knoxville sandlot player, bikes to work as a boiler tender from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. Then he rides to Southern Association ball park as a part time outfielder. He says he has played for years without pay and loves being paid for it.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Elbert Sidel Roberts
Southern Association
Roberta
Atlanta
Baldwin, Ottawa win border track meet in Kansas
Baldwin Kansas and Ottawa University opened the season with a 50 to 44 victory over a track meet. Ottawa took 11 firsts and tied for another. Kirkendall led Ottawa with 18 points by winning the broad jump and low hurdles and placing second in the pole vault.
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Braves
Methodists Baldwin
Kan
Baker University
Ottawa University
Ottawa
Kirkendall
Local Notes from Villa Eden and Nearby
Mrs Nate Pettengill and family of Lawrence visited the W E Pettengill home on Friday. Miss Ruth Pettengill closed school at Hazel Ridge with a basket dinner. Mary Helen and Patty Pettengill were guests at the meal. Mr and Mrs Walter Greenwell visited Kansas City Tuesday while their son in camp passed through. Maryle Pettengill and Dorothy Hallenbeck took Saturday examinations. Mrs May Wughey, visiting Topeka friends, returned home. Mr and Mrs William Torneden Jr of Lawrence spent Sunday with his parents. Bert Wilson Herbert Phipps of Lawrence and Bert Zimmerli captured a coyote and two pups on the Wilson farm Tuesday. Mrs I J Milleret, improving after care at her daughter Marie Hallenbeck’s, could be up part time. Friends mourn the death of Mrs Dollie White who lived in this neighborhood four years ago and since in Lawrence. funeral at Schubert home Monday afternoon. Mrs Bert Wilson and children of Lawrence spent Wednesday evening with her parents Mr and Mrs W E Brock.
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Walter Greenwell
Kansas City
Maryle Pettengill
Dorothy Hallenbeck
May Wughey
Topeka
William Torneden, Jr
Lawrence
Bert Wilson
Herbert Phipps
Bert Zimmerli
Wilson
I. J. Milleret
Marie ‘Hallenbeck
Dollie White
Schubert Funeral Home
Reno
W. E. Brock
Othal Wiley
Meadow Lark
Lawrence Lindberg
Milton Deal
Albert Tornado
Wiley
Charles Panenhausen
Kan
June Wiley
Carolyn
Emily Papenhausen
Harry Skeets
Sam McKone
Camp Crowder
Doris Walker
Misa Hunter
W. B. Coe
Harry M. White
Ella Voorhees
Pony Creek
Major Swan
Verna Davison
Audrey Davison
Mary Chapin
Edith Zollo
Washington
Ernest Davison
Sarah Moses
Bethel
Robert Davison
Marjorie Lynn
C. B. Davison
Maurice Davison
Woodstock
Vannie Frank Nowak
Kemp Wilson
Clair Canady
Ruby
Harvery
George Collins
Arnold Welliver
Rosetta May
Chester
Clifford Burnam
San Francisco
Will Burnam
McLouth
Kenneth Long
Charles Reese
David Black
Reese
Black
Happy Hour Club
Alice Ridsway
Wesley Robinson
W. R. Harding
William Smith
Pauline Harding
Mildred Petrie
Wilbur Petrie
Lee Hageborn
Joe Conti
Naval Training School
John Martin
Martin
Wadsworth
E. J. Lisson
Parish
Tonganoxie
Laura Fox
Joe Lisson
Donna
Ruth Beard
Lester Mills
Lansing
Robert Guenther
Gabby
Herbert Torneden
Marvin
Villa Eden
George Henik
Fred
Edna
Barbara Ann Mhenak
Donald Siscoe
Joan Hon
Iran
T. 2
Hubbard
Roy
Willard Hubbard
Johnnie
Barbara June
Edna Jones
de Soto
Leonard Anderson
Pfe
Andy Lisson
Camp Barkley
Tex
John Lisson
Leo Lisson
John Edward
Camp Ord
Cal
John
Navy
Idaho
Linwood High School
Billy
Fred Henik
Stuart
Arden Clawson
Clawson
J. F. Clawson
St. Clair
Wesley Battles
Bond
William Anderson
Linwood
Mattie Toyne
Carl
Frank Henik
Larry
Easter Service Fills De Soto Methodist Church
Despite mud and showers, De Soto Methodist Church hosted a full Easter service. A quartet including Roy Mason and G V Longatreth with Mrs Forrest Coop at piano supplied music. Visitors Hattie Lake and Gertrude Penner joined local hosts after services, with Penner calling on friends before departing to Lawrence.
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Methodist
Roy Mason
G. V Longatreth
Forrest Coop
Misser Aileen
Jean Linden
Kansas City
Hattie Lake
Olathe
John A. Glebner
Gertrude Penner
Lawrence
de Soto
Clarence L. Harder
Methodist Church
J. 1
Buckingham
Sigman
Instiny of school dinner at Reno Pony Creek School
Reno Pony Creek School held its annual basket dinner on Sunday April second with a program by Mrs. Elia Voorhees and pupils. Gifts were given for perfect attendance and spelling. Later Meadow Lark 4 H club hosted a party with bingo and games assisted by Mrs. Wiley.
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Pony Creek School
Elia Voorhees
Carol Dean Voorhees
Bill McGee
Woodstock Community News Highlights Church and Social Ties
A crowded Wellman chapel hosted morning services at 9 45 followed by Sunday school. Red Cross groups meet Fridays at Valley Grove schoolhouse. Local families and guests from Kansas City Wichita Topeka Lawrence and California visited, dined, or stayed with relatives. Furloughs and travel marked many gatherings.
MacKey District School Honor Pots at Basket Dinner
Last Friday evening the MacKey district held a basket dinner at the schoolhouse with a large crowd and guests from outside the district. Frances Metcalf and pupils led a program after the dinner, and plans for a summer piene were discussed. Mrs. Alvin Mengel of Kansas City was buried in Memorial Park at Lawrence after the funeral at Rumsey funeral home. Members also note gas accident deaths in Kansas City and local residents Mr. and Mrs. Paul Myers leaving for Oklahoma after fall employment in Eudora.
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Frances Metcalf
Joe Wolf
Mildred
Bonner Springs
John Hogie
Alvin Mengel
Kansas City
Memorial Park
Lawrence
Rumsey Funeral Home
Rev. Pratt
Tonganouxie
Hazel Mengel
Katie Toms
Charles Wolt
Paul Myers
Eudora
Oklahoma
Myers
Hurley Hogge
Topeka
John Hogge
Hogge Family News From Topeka Visit and California Plans
Emma Hogge returns to Topeka on Saturday while Donna Hogge stays to visit relatives. John Hogge’s mother plans a move to Berkeley California and Mrs Hurley Hogge also heads to California. William Metcalf, formerly ill, can now go out and visited the Weakleys. Mrs Charlie Eberwein and son Robert attended a Kansas City concert. Mr and Mrs R E Gardner joined a De Soto picnic with family. Guests came from Topeka Lawrence and Wakarusa. Thomas Cawley and spouse spent Sunday in Valley Falls with relatives.
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Emma Hogge
Topeka
Donna Hogge
John Hogge
Berkeley
Cal
Hurley Hogge
California
William Metcalf
R. R. Weakley
Charlie Eberwein
Robert
Municipal Auditorium
Kansas City
R. E.gardner
de Soto
Old Home Place
Lawrence
Wakarusa
Thomas Cawley
Valley Falls
Easter Social Register Spans Lawrence Linwood and Vicinity
Easter gatherings dot Lawrence Linwood and nearby towns with naval trainees, Kansas City guests, and local families hosting dinners and visits. Notables include Lee Hageborn, Joe Conti, the Lisson family, Henak kin, and Mrs. Laura Fox as transferred son John Edward moves to Camp Ord.
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