Iowa State Poised to Win Big Six Track Meet
Lincoln reports Iowa State expected to capture the Big Six outdoor track title with a strong Cyclone squad led by endurance runners William Arlen, Mike Deane, and Harold Matejka. Kansas enters 16 men including high jumper Tom Scoffield aiming to set conference marks, while Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Kansas State compete for second and third places in a tight race.
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Iowa State Cyclones
William Arlen
Mike Deane
Harold Matejka
Cyclones
Cornhuskers
Missouri Tigers
Oklahoma
Kansas
Missouri
Tom Scoffield
Jayhawkers
Scoffield
London bout set to crown vacant heavyweight title
Pi-Jack London, RAF sergeant, agreed to fight Freddie Mills for the British heavyweight title over 15 rounds in London on July 8. Mills holds a 10 round non title win over London but plans to prove supremacy over the longer distance. The heavyweight crown is currently vacant.
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Associated Press
London
Jack London
R.A.F. Sergeant
Freddie Mills
Mills
West Hartlepool
Baseball season leaders and statistics scattered
National League batting leader Walker of Brooklyn hit .405 with 40 runs. Bordagaray led in runs for Brooklyn, Schultz led in RBIs and home runs for Brooklyn, Macon stole six bases for Boston, Lanier of St Louis topped pitching with a 50. American League batting champion Tucker of Chicago hit .400, Stephens of St Louis led in RBIs, Torres and Myatt of Washington tied for hits with 34, Gutteridge led in stolen bases for St Louis, Maltzberger of Chicago led pitching with a 4-0 mark.
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Walker
Brooklyn
Bordagaray
Schultz
Brookyn
Himes
Boston
Barrett
Pittsburgh
Macon
Lanier
St. Louis
Tucker
Chicago
R. Johnson
Stephens
Torres
Myatt
Washington
Lverr
Gitteridge
Lindell
New York
Moses
Spence
Hayes
Philadelphia
Gutteridge
St. Louia
Maltzberger
Milwaukee
Columbus
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Louisville
Indianapolis
St. Louuis
Philadelphia Va
Detroit
Cleveland
Tittsburgh
American Association
Milwaukeee
Kianapolis
Toledo
North Carolina Navy Pre-Flight set to open third year with carnival
The North Carolina Navy Pre-Flight school will start its third year next Wednesday with a five-sports carnival and a baseball game against North Carolina U. The question remains whether Judge Landig has ruled on counting incomplete games in weekly pool scores.
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North Carolina Navy
North Carolina U
Landig
Legacy belts and boxing lore mingle with baseball notes
New York. May 19. Boxing belts for champions who defend titles three times face renewed debate after Lord Lonsdale’s death. Nat Fleisher notes Ortiz and Pep as recent belt recipients. Chicago Cubs coach Cholly Grimms’ long road of losses recalls earlier skid days. Plus rookie Augie Bergamo glides into Cardinals plans, a Sun derby winner, and other light sports items.
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New York
Lord Lonsdale
Nat Fleisher
America
Manuel Ortiz
Willie Pep
Cholly Grimm
Cubs
Grimm
Athletics
Glickman Commissioned as Marine Officer in SPR
Sporterster Marty Glickman, famed Syracuse sprinter and football star, has been commissioned a second lieutenant in the Marines. Capt. Phil Edwards, ex New York U. track standout, works on the laboratory staff at St. Anne's Hospital in Montreal and continues to coach track in his spare time.
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Marty Glickman
Syracuse U
Marines
Phil Edwards
New York U
St. Anne's Hospital
Montreal
Southeastern Conference Football Resumes Play for 1944 Season
Southeastern Conference plans to field teams from 11 of 12 schools this fall after war draining manpower since Pearl Harbor. Vanderbilt may play only informal games while Mississippi State and Mississippi were authorized to complete 1944 schedules. Four SEC teams played full 1943 schedules. Kentucky Tennessee Florida Auburn and Alabama plan to resume. Coaches look to draftees 4-Fs and discharged veterans to fill rosters.
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Miss
UPI
Southeastern
Pearl Harbor
Vanderbilt
Mississippi State
University of Mississippi
Mississippi Board of Trustees of Institutions of Higher Learning
S.E.C
Georgia
Georia Tech
Tulane
Louisiana Tate
L.S.A
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Tech
Tulsa
Louisiana State
Texas A. & M
Miami
Kentucky
Tennessee
Florida
Auburn
Alabama
State High School Meet Opens at Wichita State
State track and field championships begin at Wichita on May 19 with Pi teams from 90 Kansas schools, 30 in Class A and 60 in Class B. More than 400 athletes return top placers from regional meets. Wichita East is favored in Class A while Ottawa Topeka and Wichita North are strong contenders. Ashland, 1943 champion, does not compete this year. The meet runs through tomorrow.
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Lincoln
Neb
Iowa State
Wichita
Kansas
Wichita East
Ottawa
Topeka
Wichita North
Ashland
PESTERDAME STARS J. Thurman Tucker heroics and more
Thurman Tucker of the White Sox tripled with the bases loaded in the tenth to beat the Yankees and added a first inning single to boost his batting average. Oscar Judd of the Red Sox earned his first victory with a five hit performance and contributed two singles and a walk scoring three. George Myatt of the Senators drove in two runs with a double during Washington’s sixth inning surge against Cleveland. Whitey Kurowski of the Cardinals spoiled Al Javery’s no hit bid with a seventh inning single and drove in both runs in a 2–0 St. Louis win. Ken Raffensberger of the Phillies Whitewashed Cincinnati with three singles and four strikeouts.
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Oscar Judd
Red Sox
Browns
Boston
George Myatt
Washington
Cleveland
Whitey Kurowski
Cardinals
al Javery
St. Louis
Ken Raffensberger
Phili
Cincinnati
Associated Press
Clark Griffith
Washington Treasury
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New York
Griffith Stadium
Althe
Roger Walff
Johnny Niggeling
Mickey Haefner
Dutch Leonard
Chicago
Em Roser
Ernie Bonham
Wally Moses
Hal ‘Irosky
Rufe Gentry
Philadelphia
Detroit
Don Black
Javery
Whitey
Kurowski
George Munger
Phils
Bucky Walters
Rube Melton
Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
Pirates
Washington Gains On N Y Yankees
Washington strengthens grip on the American league lead with a 4-2 win over Roger Wolff as the Senators win their sixth in eight since night games at Griffith Stadium. Javery loses two hitter but George Munger wins for St Louis while Jave ry suffers a tough luck chain continuing through the season. The report also notes college club activities and social events in Baldwin and surrounding communities.
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Norfolk
PHA
Norfolk Naval Training Station
St. Louis Browns
Sports Mirror Recaps Historic Baseball Notes
This AP roundup cross references past Braves Pirates doubleheader scores and Cubs Dodgers games, plus a Missouri war casualty report and Kansas postmaster nominations. It notes Lt Harold Jenkins as a German prisoner of war and lists several Kansas nominees including Sarah Alley Derby and Dorothy Stewart Nashville.
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Higginsville
Harold Jenkins
Missouri
War Department
Germany
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Senate
President Roosevelt
Sarah Zoe Alley
Derby
Thomas J. McCarthy
Lansing
Dorothy E. Stewart
Nashville
Hudson OQ. Turner
Portis
Iona F. Helmke
Zenda
Baldwin News Reflects Local Movements and Obituaries
Mrs. Mary Clemons returned to Wichita after attending the funeral of Estelle J. Merchant in Baldwin. Merchant died at a Mona Vista Colorado hospital and was buried in Oakwood cemetery. Dr and Mrs Harry Webster of Ottawa visited Baldwin. Mr and Mrs Carl Wakeman of Kansas City spent last weekend with Mrs Huey and her husband Edward Huey. Jarrett Morgan completed air training at an army camp in Minnesota.
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Jay
Corpus Christi
Tex
Mary Clemons
F. H. Bell
DeSoto
James Aus
Ford
Stanley Flickinger
R. B. Hickox
Topeka
Otto Pearson
Marion
Kansas City
Mary Frances Hickox
Baldwin
Virginia King
Donald Herman
Garnett
Baker
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Julia, Dorscheck
Nadine Lange
Pat MacQuivey
Marion Choate
Betty Christensen
Jeanne Powell
Marjorie Nelson
Marion McDaniel
Jean Stapelton
Alpha Chi Omega Sorority
Betty Cox
Barbara Heidenreich
Cox
Ralph Ruhlen
Miss Heidenreich
James Logan
Cooperettes
Austin Vincent
Edna Mae O'Hare
Mildred Dyer
Maxine Ranta
Helen Lee Helm
Cleo Betts
Mona Jean Gerth
University of Kansas
William M. Runyan
Lawrence
Elaine Biggins
Joan van Dirsten
Wichita
Estelle J. Merchant
Mona Vista
Colo
Oakwood
Harry Webster
lOttawa
Carl Wakeman
Edward Huey
Jarrett Morgan
Minnesota
Kansas Chanute Tales of Cats Dogs and Foxes Mix
A Chanute Tribune item notes a post office worker bought a nursing Maltese cat to feed three fox puppies after their mother declined, the cat quickly bonding with and caring for the pups. Also recounted are hail damage to Grover Meisel’s wheat crop before insurance took effect, editor trades at Colby, a printer misread as job-seeker, and a growing buffalo herd at Garden City with six calves born and more expectant. Pvt Bill Phelps, home on sick leave from Italy, shares hometown news.
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Chanute Tribune
Clayton Ward
Post Office
Ward
Promised kiss upon arrival sparked tale of a grayhaired Red Cross worker
The piece recounts a traveler’s boast of kissing the first American woman he saw on home soil, naming a grayhaired Red Cross worker. It weaves in local items: a Wichita patrolman spotting a loiterer at 3 am, a Salina firemen momentarily idle, a Manhattan WAC parade lacking a ladder, and a Clay Center house seeking help thawing a frozen water pipe amid flood conditions. It ends with flood news and a birth in Hutchinson, noting Dr Belmore’s maternity run through rising Arkansas river waters.
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Red Cross
Wichita
Salina
Manhattan
Wac
Fire Department
Robert E. Belmore
Nickerson
Robert DeShazo
Hutchinson
Arkansas River
Hubert Morgan
Fred Jeffs
DeShazo
Morgan
DeShazos
Night at the Wichita canteen and local notices
The piece recalls events around 1am and 6am with Moon and Jeffs guiding the doctor to his car. Postmaster Cox of Augusta carries mail when a rural carrier falls ill. Helen Night at the Wichita canteen had fourteen Lynn R. Brodrick staffers handing treats to service men. Mrs Siils of Arlington plans roaming chicken coop moved from Sacramento. Puns about wartime fuel oil appear in Kansas papers with editorials on bombings and war.
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Augusta
Cox
Helen
Wichita
Lynn R. Brodrick
Kansas
Internal Revenue
C A. Siils
Arlington
Sacramento
Calif
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