Dodgers Stay Staked by Cardinals as Braves Threaten Top
Cardinals defeat Dodgers 3-2 as Stan Musial scores from first on Walker Cooper single and Coaker Triplett drives in two. Brecheen’s six perfect relief innings bolster St Louis while Brooklyn faces Mort Cooper in a decisive finale. Braves edge Pirates 1-0 in twilight game as McCarthy steals home. Giants rout Reds 8-2 behind Ott’s two-run homer. All league play postponed due to weather.
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Brooklyn Dodgers
Boon
St. Louis Cardinals
Boston
Pittsburgh Pirates
Braves
Dodgers
Brooklyn
St. Louis
Max Lanier
Harry Brecheen
Cardinals
Stan Musial
Walker Cooper
Coaker Triplett
Lanier
Brecheen
Mort Cooper
Leo Durocher
Rube Melton
Philly
Redbirds
Buck Newsom
South Carolina
Roaring River Missouri Fed by 20 Million Gallons Daily
Roaring River in Missouri receives a spring flow of about 20 million gallons each day. The large discharge sustains local water needs and supports downstream ecosystems.
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Roaring River
Missouri
Local board weighs coach as Dean recalls 1929 state run
Supt. Clifford D. Dean says he coached a Wilson Ellsworth county team in 1929 that reached the state quarterfinals at Salina, potentially guiding the Lions basketball team again. Augusta hires Robert Hower to fill a vacancy created when Dave Shirk joined the army. WW II era notes include Pvt. George Dick’s Army firing record and other college football prognostications.
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Clifford D. Dean
Wilson
Ellsworth County
Salina
Newton
Kansas Wesleyan
Dean
Lions
California
George Dick
George
Augusta Board of Education
Robert Hower
Dave Shirk
Uncle Sam
Hower
el Dorado
Friends U
Baseball Games Postponed and Scores From Nearby League Play
Multiple major league games were postponed including New York at Detroit and Boston at Cleveland with several American Association contests also halted. Notable results: Boston 2, Pittsburgh 1. New York 3, Cincinnati 2. St. Louis 3, Brooklyn 2 after 11 innings in the opening game.
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Indianapolis
Columbus
Muwankea
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Loisvilla
St. Paul
New York
Cleveland
Washington
Ann St. Louis
Detreit
Philadelph
Boston
Petevar Aenete
Brooklyn
Boston St. Louis
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Posses
Chicago
Detroit
St. Louis
Philadelpha
Postwar Valley basketball plan draws mixed reaction
The column argues KU will oppose a Missouri Valley basketball realignment with Oklahoma and Oklahoma A&M, Missouri, and Arkansas. It dismisses Creighton and Nebraska, notes Wichita is only a member in waiting, and suggests a compact, balanced league with Wichita, Tulsa, Oklahoma A&M, Arkansas, St. Louis schools, Pitt, and Emporia State Teachers as a future aim.
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Daily Oklahoman
Missouri Valley
Middleworth
Washburn
Butler
Grinnell
Big Six
Nebraska
Washington
Missouri
St. Louis
Oklahoma
Drake
Tulsa
Kansas
Okla. A. & M
Kansas State
Arkansas
Iowa State
K. U
Cy Sherman
Wichita A
W.A
Wichita
Aggies
Pitt
Emporia
Kansas State Plans to Continue Sports Program
Manhattan Kansas May 20 Director M F Thearn says Kansas State college will continue intercollegiate athletics next season if they have the material. An athletic council meeting awarded letters to 15 track men led by Captain Jim Upham along with Jim Johns Dean Lill Merrill Rockhold William Thies Al Rues Ray Yelley Chet Peters Bob Keith H Socoloskey Ernie Nelson Bill Payne Bill Kimel Ray Adee and Loren von Riesen.
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Manhattan
Kan
Kansas State College
M. F. Thearn
Jim Upham
Jim Johns
Dean Lill
Merrill Rockhold
William Thies
al Rues
Ray Yelley
Chet Peters
Bob Keith
H. Socoloskey
Ernie Nelson
Bill Payne
Bill Kimel
Ray Adee
Loren von Riesen
St. Louis Beats Dodgers 1-0 to End Brooklyn Win Streak
Mirror recalls a 1-0 St. Louis victory over the Brooklyn Dodgers a year ago, ending Brooklyn's eight-game run as Morton Cooper held the Dodgers to two hits. It also notes three years earlier Harry Jeffra won the New York and Maryland featherweight title by outpointing Joey Archibald. Five years ago the New York Giants were 4-0 for their second day with Johnny Vander Meer pitching for Cincinnati.
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Associated Press
Morton Cooper
Brooklyn Dodgers
St. Louis Cardinals
Brooklyn
Harry Jeffra
New York
Maryland
Joey Archibald
New York Giants
Johnny Vander Meer
Cincinnati
Gomez After Baseball Job With Yankees Across Braves Move
Lefty Vernon Gomez in Boston May 20 faces release by the Braves after seven pennants with the Yankees 189 wins in 13 seasons. Despite no recent innings, he boosts Braves morale as manager Bob Quinn trims to 25 by midnight. Other clubs loom as doubleheaders pile up across the leagues.
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Boston
Vernon Gomez
New York Yankees
Boston Braves
Braves
Gomez
Brooklyn Dodgers
Altho Gomez
Yankees
Quinn
Boxing promoter feud clouding New York title fight plans
New York sports gossip centers on promoter Eddie Mack urging Gov. Dewey to intervene as Mike Jacobs plans a New York featherweight title bout involving Willie Pep and Sal Bartolo. The New York commission may deny a Pep Bartolo title scrap and name Phil Terranova for elimination.
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New York
Eddie Mack
Boston
Thomas E. Dewey
Mike Jacobs
New York State Athletic Commission
Mack
Willie Pep-Sal Bartolo
New York Commission
Bartolo
Chalky Wright
Pep
Willie
Sal
Phil Terranova
Massachusetts
Pep Bartolo
Jackie Callura
Mike
Eddie
Dewey
McCarthy Delivers Long-Awaited NYU Baseball Triumph
The excerpt notes coach Bill McCarthy of NYU achieving his best record in 22 years, with a fan or observer highlighting the milestone. Wendell Lalime of Newport, VI is identified as a guest star, while a baseball scene includes a player adjusting his mask mid play.
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Wendell Lalime
Newport
Daily Express
Bill McCarthy
N.Y.U
A McCarthy
New York
Reds use lively ball in batting practice
A report notes the Reds are testing an extra lively ball in batting practice while a revised balata ball proves harder to drive. The piece mentions other sports trivia and colorful quotes about golf and boxing figures.
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Reds
Johnny Greco
Montreal
the Knoll
New Jersey
Lenny Goodman
Norfolk Ledger- Dispatch
Maury
Jake LaMotta
New York
Fritzie Zivic
Pittsburgh
Mike Capriano
Former world record pole vaulter becomes student pilot
Lieut. George Varoff, two years in the army as an aviation cadet and former pole vaulting world record holder, has served as instructor and squadron commanding officer. He has now returned to school as a student pilot on Liberator bombers at the Fort Worth Army Air Field in Texas.
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Army
George Varoff
Fort. Worth
Tex
Army Air Field
Admiral Wiley Dies at 76 in Florida
Admiral Henry Ariosto Wiley, a former commander of the U S fleet with the rank of full admiral from 1927 to 1929, died in Palm Beach Florida at age 76. Death was attributed to hardening of the arteries.
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Wiley
Palm Beach
Fla
Henry Ariosto
United States
Navy
Eudora School Hires Teachers and Community News
The Eudora district announces contracts for D. E. Kerr principal and science, Miss Arlis Houstead home economics, Miss Marjorie Folkers English and mathematics, Mrs. Lorena Stevens commerce, and Harry McPherson industrial arts. Seven new stars are added to the church service flag with local youths named. Various travels, funerals, and community events are reported, including visits to Kansas City, Topeka, and Baker University, and attendance at the Sunflower Ordinance American War Dads festival.
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D. E. Kerr
Arlis Houstead
Marjorie Folkers
Lorena Stevens
Harry McPherson
Methodist Church
Kenneth Pence
Harold Osborne
Merle Morriss
Norman Hearin
Alvin Bond, Jr
Gerald Miller
Oliver Brown
C. F. Weidensaul
Howard Kohler
The
Evangelical Church
Yates Center
Weidensaul
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Clearfield
George Lothholz
Kansas City
Parsons
Kibler
Lynd
Eudora
Elmer Ellsworth
Neosho
Mos
Lester Massey
Will Suran
Emma Wilson
Salina
Orville Wilson
Walter Wilson
Maurice Starr
John Moody
Baldwin
Baker University
Alpha Chi
George Waggoner
Navy
Olathe and
Waggoner
Okla
Curtis Ruthrauff
Helen Talbert
Cpl
Jack Howard
Howard Wilson
Sunflower Ordnance American
Municipal Auditorium
Norman Hunt
Katherine Zinn
Catherine Zimmerman
Harold Zimmerman
Topeka
Melville Fisher
Pierce
Contract Bridge
USO
Ora McCabrin
Lucy Kaegi
Local Notes From Oak Ridge And Surrounding Community
Mrs Lydia Tidrow a Ray s cafe cashier enjoys a vacation with daughter Eleanor of Washington DC. Kath arine Brass reports her mother is improving after a serious operation. Bleakley school to get a new roof this summer. Oakridge Farm Bureau to meet with Mrs Ambrose Bigsby Friday afternoon. May 28 special meetings include recreation leader Mrs Bigsby under Doris Compt on May 24 and home furnishing leader Mrs Hayden on May 25 under Mae Farris Kansas State college. F H Leonhard guest of Mrs Chris Schaake of Lawrence. Lawrence Leonhard and Nate Pettengill hosted card club members for Cpl Herbert Nunemaker Jr s furlough. Miss Kathryn Housa absent from Sunflower Ordnance Works due to illness. Mrs Minnie French of Oklahoma City visiting, Mr and Mrs Ray Van Nice and family of Topeka guests of Thomas and family. Bad weather kept KU exercises from many attendees. Enos Purcell family of Tigginsville MO weekend guests of Lawrence Leonhard. Neighbors of Frank Brune group gathered for weekend visits.
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Lydia Tidrow
Ray's Cafe
Eleanor
Washington, D C
Ward
Hare
Katharine Brass
Halstead Hospital
Miss Brass
Bleakley School
Oakridge Farm Bureau Group
Ambrose Bigsby
Bigsby
Doris Compton
Hayden
Mae Farris
Kansas State College
F. H. Leonohard
Chris Schaake
Lawrence
Lawrence Leonhard
Nate Pettengill
Card Club
Cpl
Herbert Nunemaker,Jr
Kathryn Housa
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Minnie French
Oklahoma City
Okla
Furt White
White
Kansas City
Claude Keys
Keys
Ray van Nice
Topeka
Thomas van Nice
University of Kansas
Enos Purcell
Tigginsville
Surprise party welcomes new home at Gay Sunday
Family gathered for a surprise party with cake and ice cream to celebrate the new home. Miss Leona Fetty sang a service solo at Centenary Methodist church and will direct them this summer. Ellen Malix of Burlington was an overnight guest at the Ft. Leonhard home and planned to visit relatives at Ft. Leavenworth.
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Leona Fetty
Leona
Ellen Malix
Burlington
Ft. Leonhard
Arthur Leonhard
Lieuten Leonhard
Ft. Leavenworth
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