Navy to Keep Colleges Open for Sports to Strengthen Forces
Navy aviation training chief Lieutenant Commander Tom Hamilton urges colleges to maintain competitive sports despite costs. He says ongoing athletics are essential to prepare students for wartime drill, arguing that stronger physical culture reduces training time and improves combat readiness across four training bases and multiple centers.
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Tom Hamilton
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J. H. Towers
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Marine Corps
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Crowley
Naval Aviation Training Group
Gene Tunney
Annapolis
Jim Crowley
Fordham
Chapel Hill
Naval Reserve
Pensacola
Corpus Christi
Jacksonville
Baseball Schedule Shifts as Western Association Postponed
Western Association games Muskogee Fort Smith and Joplin Springfield were postponed. Topeka beat Hutchinson 7 to 5 in 12 innings, with the long extra frame shaping the results.
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Joplin-Springfield
Topeka
Hutchinson
Charley Root Keeps Winning For Hollywood
Hollywood pitcher Charley Root, 48, aims for his eighth win of the season against Pepper Martin's Sacramento club. The longtime Cub has finished every start, holds a 2.07 ERA, and has beaten every circuit club this year as he seeks to lift a second-division team from the cellar.
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Charley Root
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Pepper Martin
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Pepper
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Cubs
Portland
Root
Chicago
Yanks and Indians Entangled At AL Standings
In a congested race at the top, the New York Yankees and Cleveland Indians jockey for first place as Embree guides the Indians to a 4-1 win over Philadelphia with Hackett and Heath homering. Rolfe returns for the Yankees in an exhibition win over Milwaukee as Detroit beats Boston 5-2. Brooklyn beats Chicago 6-1 as Medwick shines with a homer and a triple.
Roundup of boxing and sports notes from New York May day
Lou Nova plans to fight Savold in Washington amid talk of Joe Louis no profit bout. Dodgers report most seats sold for 14 night games before a blackout. Tommy Tucker guests from Cleveland News. A St Peters burg golfer converts course to cow pasture for the duration with two quarts of beer and a pound of butter as par. Pete Bostwick aims for Fort Riley as civilian horsemanship instructor. Cornell Iowa track shines in distance events. Texas U may scale back football bids while Evansville reports high school basketballers visiting campus.
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Army
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Tommy Tucker
Cleveland News
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Fort Riley
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Cornell College
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Glenn Cunningham
Southwest
Texas U
Evansville
Ind
Texas
Nelson Leads PGA Event Field At Seaview Course
Byron Nelson, winner of the 1942 Masters, is among favorites as the PGA tourney opens at Seaview. Pairings show Nelson with Bruce Coltart and Jimmy Hines, Hogan and McSpaden linked in the early rounds, with Vic Ghezzi defending and prize funds aiding the Army Emergency Fund.
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Bruce Coltart
Atlantic City
Jimmy Hines
Lakeville
Long Island
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Herman Baron
White Plains
N. Y
Harold
Jag) McSpaden
Philadelphia
Fred Corcoran
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Porky) Oliver
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Leo Diegel
Philmont
al Watrous
Birmingham
Mich
Army Emergency Fund
Gene Sarazen
East Brookfield
Conn
Eddie Schultz
Troy
Dick Metz
Oak Park
Weafer and Wiethe Quiet Locker Room Turmoil
The American Association piring team of Hal Weafer and Sohn Wiethe stars of the Detroit Lions are said to have a foolproof method to prevent trouble. Weafer approaches a restless player and cautions him that he is no Joe Stydahar or Mel Hein and recalls what they did to those fellows.
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Jayhawkers Lose Final Game as Missouri Clinches Big Six Crown
The Kansas Jayhawker baseball team fell 6 to 1 to Missouri, surrendering six runs in the fifth inning while Missouri sealed its second straight Big Six title. Knute Kresie was named honorary captain, and Dean Martin tallied Kansas’s lone score with a bases loaded hit in the ninth. Kansas finished 3-7 for the season, with wins over Kansas State and Rockhurst and losses to Kansas State Missouri and Rockhurst.
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Tigers
Jayhawkers
Knute Kresie
Kresie
Kansas
Dean Martin
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Rockhurst
Missouri
Fort Leavenworth
Baseball Leaders End of Season Batting and Pitching Honors
The American League top batters include Spence of Washington hitting .410 and Williams of Boston driving in 32 runs. Spence also leads with 50 hits and seven triples, while Bonham of New York stars on the mound at 5 0. In the National League Lamanno of Cincinnati hits .345 and Ott of New York scores 29 runs, with Reiser of Brooklyn and Fernandez of Boston leading with 41 and 42 hits respectively.
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Washington
Doerr
Boston
Williams
Heath
Cleveland
Johnson
Philadelphia
York
Detroit
Hackett
Kolloway
Chicago
Blair
Fleming
Estatella
Clift
St. Louis
D. DiMaggio
Higgins
Lamanno
Cincinnati
Reiser
Brooklyn
Ott
New York
Musial
Marshall
Brown
Fernandez
Slaughter
M. McCormick
Yesterday's Stars Highlight Major League Haves
Danny Litwhiler of the Phillies tripled with bases loaded in a five run eighth inning uprising to beat the Pirates. Red Embree of the Indians pitched four hit ball to defeat the Athletics. Curt Davis and Joe Medwick of the Dodgers combined for a six hit game with Medwick driving in four runs including a homer and a triple against the Cubs. John Cooney of the Braves had three singles including the go ahead RBI in the ninth versus the Reds. Hal Newhouser of the Tigers limited the Red Sox to six hits. John Beazley of the Cardinals saved a victory over the Giants with a no hit relief effort lasting 215 innings.
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Hal Newhouser
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Charley Black Wins 3 Points in Big Six Pole Vault
Kansas vaulter Charley Black was credited with three points after Big Six officials reviewed pole vault results prompted by a protest from coach Bill Hargiss. The revised team totals kept final standings intact while updating Kansas and rival scores.
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Dahlgren Recruited By Brooklyn In Waiver Trade
Babe Dahlgren story continues as Brooklyn acquires the journeyman first baseman from Chicago for waiver money. Philadelphia hosts a twilight relief fundraiser drawing 3 366 fans who paid 3 732.20 to see the Phils defeat the Pirates 5 4 and drop Pittsburgh to fourth place. Vince DiMaggio homered for Pittsburgh but the comeback fell short. Cardinals beat Giants 5 4 aided by Pollet Beazley six hit tandem, while Schumacher walked ten in seven innings. Braves stay in second with 2 1 win over Reds on Cooney bases loaded single.
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Cincinnati Reds
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Wheat Heads Across Kansas as Planting Advances
The weekly crop report says winter wheat is heading in most areas with some lodging. Hessian fly damage rises in south central and eastern counties while rain forces replanting of corn. Oats and spring barley grow slowly in cool wet weather. alfalfa hay harvest begins in southern counties. rye heads with large grain acreage possible if storage exists. Livestock gain on rich pastures. Indiana announces a 1942 football schedule of 10 games with two service-team dates and a Oct 19 visit from Nebraska at Lincoln and a Kansas State game at home.
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Athletics and Cubs highlighted on baseball archives
A year ago the Philadelphia Athletics beat the Cleveland Indians 6-5 to sweep the series and trim Cleveland’s lead over the Chicago White Sox to two games. Three years ago Dizzy Dean began the season for the Chicago Cubs by shutting out the Boston Bees 4-0. Five years ago Dick Bartell homered with the bases loaded in the ninth to lift the New York Giants to a 7-4 win over the St. Louis Cardinals.
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Chicago White Sox
Dizzy Dean
Chicago Cubs
Boston Bees
Dick Bartell
New York Gianteam
St. Louis Cardinals
Gasoline Rationing Considered for Nationwide Rollout
Washington reports the war effort may extend gasoline rationing nationwide to curb rubber use. The WPB directs coordination with Ickes and Henderson, eyeing July 1 start for coupon book rationing in the east and Pacific Northwest. Oregon and Washington move to half cuts by June 1 as tanker shortages bite.
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Leon Henderson
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WPB
Robert Allen
Petroleum Office
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Seaboard States
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