Tigers and Cards Setting Fast Pace In 1940s Baseball Race
The Tigers and St. Louis Cardinals emerge as hot teams in a tight season, with Detroit climbing to fourth in the American League and the Cardinals holding a strong lead in the National League. News notes Dizzy Trout, Hal Newhouser, Rafe Gentry, and Stubby Overmire fueling Detroit, while Boston's pitching steadies the Braves. New York Giants and Brooklyn to resume night games at Ebbetts Field as schedules shift.
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Dizzy) Trout
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American Association
Curious World leads and falling stars in early baseball race
This Curious World rises to second with .364 as Boston’s Tommy Hales climbs to third and Joe Medwick ties for fifth at .340. Newcomers Jimmy Wasdell Holmes Tipton Litwhiler Macon appear in the top 10 as Tucker edges Hostetler for the season hits total. Doerr and Hostetler join the movers with Hackett securing sixth.
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Tommy Hales
Walker
Joe Medwick
Giants
Phil Weintraub
Jimmy Wasdell
Phils
Holmes
Altho
Eric Tipton
Cincinnati
Danny Litwhiler
St. Louis
Max Macon
Tucker
Detroit
Chuck Hostetler
Hostetler
Nick Etten
Yankees
Red Sox
Bob Johnson
Bobby Doerr
Bob Swift
Ford Garrison
A’s
George Stirnweiss
The
Yanks
Doerr
Oris Hackett
Cleveland
Elmer Schaake Appointed KU Baseball Coach
Elmer Schaake, assistant football coach and Army physical education staff member at the University of Kansas, was named head baseball coach at Mt. Oread yesterday. The KU team opened under him at stadium field this afternoon, succeeding Jack Austin who will leave June 1 along with Vernon Hayes.
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Army Physical Education
University of Kansas
Mt. Oread
Kurt Klooz
K. U
Stadium Field
Schaake
Jack Austin
University
Vernon Hayes
Hayes
Austin
ASTP
Howard Porter
Plainview-Beechwood
Wichita
Navy Spires
Henry Schenk
R. R. Strait
Ray Kanehl
Dean Nesmith
Veteran Track Coach at Princeton Dies
Princeton New Jersey May 23 Keene Fitzpatrick longtime track coach and trainer of the football team died yesterday at age 19 in the bizarre line of the source text. He served Princeton from 1910 to 1932, and the athletic field and field house bear his name. Earlier he coached at Yale and Michigan and trained Olympic sprinter Archie Hahn and other noted athletes.
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N. J
Keene Fitzpatrick
Antos Alonzo Stage
Archie M. Hahn
Fitzpatrick
Princeton University
Yale
University of Michigan
William B. Bonthron
Stagg
Michigan
Hahn
Sports Mirror Highlights Historic Baseball and Boxing Dates
Sport brief reviews past league standings and notable bouts. A year back the Brooklyn Dodgers led the National League by two and a half games while Cleveland topped the American League by one game. Three years ago Joe Louis knocked out Baer in a disputed seventh round after the referee’s ruling. Five years ago Davey Day stopped Pedro Montanez after a cut influenced stoppage.
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Associated Press
Brooklyn Dodgers
Cleveland
Joe Louis
Buddy Baer
Arthur Donovan
Baer
Bell
Davey Day
Pedro Montanez
Montanez
Sports Shorts Roundup from Around North America
Reports from Toronto Chicago Allied Naples Philadelphia Washington and Chicago summarize wartime and sports notes. A wife confirms her pilot husband was killed in Newfoundland operations while James Trebing wins $1500 and a diamond belt at a bowling tourney. Navy boxers beat the army at Pearl Harbor and Michigan tees off spring tracks and golf with strong Big Ten results.
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UPI
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Plans For City Softball League Formation
Plans are underway to organize a city softball league as announced by George O. Starkey, chief yeoman at the University of Kansas electrician's mates school. Teams entered include Electrician's Mates, Navy V-12 Unit, V-5 Cadets, Sunflower Ordnance Works, Hercules, and High School. He hopes for an additional entry to create an eight club league and possible four-night games instead of doubleheaders on two nights each week.
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Sunflower Ordnance Works
Hercules
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Baseball crowd talk and random sports notes from May
New York reports on Sunday baseball crowds and one run games, with teams like the Yankees and Cardinals posting several tight wins. Other items include Stanley Musial’s pre induction praise, mutuel betting in Texas, and quirky anecdotes about Arie Latham and a goat on Staten Island.
Walker Sets The Pace In Major League Batting Race
New York May 23 Disa Walker continued to hit at a torrid pace leading both leagues with a .421 average as his Dodgers return from a bad road trip. He raised his average seven points while Thurman Tucker of the White Sox posted 18 hits in 29 at bats for an AL top .395. Walker has 48 hits in 114 at bats, a 57 point lead over Stan Musial of the Cardinals who remains his closest challenger.
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Walker
Thurman Tucker
Chicago White Sox
Stan Musial
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Junior High Track Meet Winners Named at KU Stadium
The annual junior high track meet staged Friday afternoon at KU stadium ended with 9E scoring 2445 points, 8E taking eighth grade honors with 21 points, and 7E scoring 20 points. Event winners included Gene Cox and teammates in broad jump, Edward Campbell in high jump, Rob Gerard in shot put, and relays led by SE.
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Clarence Bleisner
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Ivan Wiggins
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Dick Davis
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Warren Robinson
Charles Crumet
Mahlon Ball
Lyle Armelted
Darwin Melott
Gene Reed
Roland Mumford
Arlene van Gaasheck
Darwin Malott
Donald , Potter
Howard Walker
University of Chicago to suspend Big Ten football outlook
Dean Aaron J Brumbaugh announced the University of Chicago will not enter formal Big Ten football next year due to heavy wartime losses of eligible students. The Maroons will resume non football Big Ten participation once enrollment normalizes, with plans for informal intercollegiate play and service organization matchups. Facilities will stay open for Big Ten championship events.
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Aaron J. Brumbaugh
University of Chicago
Brumbaugh
Maroons
Midway
Big Ten
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Wednesday mixed dinner golf match opens tomorrow
A Wednesday mixed dinner golf event starts tomorrow with dinner at 6:30 for non players and after golf for players. Putting contests follow dinner. Participants include Navy Lt McLeod, Wave Lt Florence Buerckholtz as host, and players like Justin Hill, Harry Nevin, James Taylor, Earl Chapman, Jack Hines, and Joe Davis. The Ringer tournament runs to July 4 with 12 entries and Blind Bogey winners listed.
Golf dinner tournament prompts posted scores for play
The fragment lists players Guy Smith Fritz Elvig John Brand Ogen Jones Dr H T Jones Chief Starkey Mr Fitzgibbon and Mr McClosky. Pete Levine scored 36 in one round and 80 total for 18. D C Smith, SOW golfer, starts his second year and shifts from long career baseball to lighter golf. Dinner tournament players should post scores promptly.
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Fritz Elvig
John Brand
Ogen Jones
H. T. Jones
Chief Starkey
Fitzgibbon
Mr. McClosky
Pete Levine
D. C. Smith
Smith
Tonganoxie Rural High Wins Third War Bond Campaign
The school reports its third successful Schools-at-War bond campaign, selling $175,000 to buy a medium bomber after May 19. Enrollment is 130, with students and faculty uniform in support. Principal H. A. Williamson leads. English teacher Thelma Haverty sponsors the student council, president Bob Rawlings.
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Tonganoxie Rural High School
Tonganoxie High
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Tanganoxieli
Minuteman
Thelma Haverty
Bob Rawlings
H. A. Williamson
May Limit Chicks in June August Says WFA
Washington May 23 The War Food Administration may act to curb hatching of chicks and starting of commercial broilers in June July August due to acute feed shortages. Proposals include closing hatcheries, shifting broilers, and reducing the 1944 pig crop goal from 105 million to about 95 million. Walter C. Berger warns of potential orders and urges immediate cattle culling.
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War Food Administration
Walter C. Berger
WFA
Office of Production
Berger
WEA
Mixer Wins Third Prize for War Fund Magazine
The Hercules Mixer magazine published by Hercules Powder company won third prize in a national contest by the American Red Cross for supporting the 1944 War Fund drive. Editor Mrs. Evelyn Stoll Reinhardt, in publication since 1919, helped publicize the campaign with contributions from artist William D. White and advertising staffer Edward L. Grant who collaborated on drawings and layout.
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Del
Hercules
Hercules Powder Company
American Red Cross
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Evelyn Stoll Reinhardt
William D. White
Delaware
Edward L. Grant
Hercules’ Advertising Department
Competition cover wins third prize among national magazines
A cover design from nearly 200 company magazines nationwide earned third prize in a respected competition. The entry showcased strong typography and imagery reflecting current industry trends, highlighting the publisher's creative direction amid broad national participation.
Prohibition Setback Delays Wartime Liquor Bill Hearings
Washington reports a setback for prohibitionists as the House judiciary committee postpones hearings on a wartime anti liquor bill. A poll shows at least half of six subcommittee members oppose the measure, with no new date set before congressional elections. Bryson's bill would outlaw beverages over 0.5 percent alcohol for the war’s duration. Have bought nine jeeps.
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House Judiciary Committee
Hobbs
D-Ala
Bryson
D-S.c
Subcommittee
Pinckney School Wins High Bond Take and Plane Purchase
Pinckney school reports 28327.20 dollars in stamps and bonds sales by pupils and teachers. The school earned a 90 percent participation badge with a 160 percent room record and a treasury department citation for nine jeeps and a PT-19 training plane. Bond days occurred every other Wednesday. no bond cashing by students. Kansas officers receive temporary promotions in May.
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Treasury Department
Pinckney
Enemy Losses Rise in New Guinea Campaign
Allied reports from New Guinea say Japanese casualties reached 3,829 for the month, with 3,343 killed in the northern operation begun April 22 at Hollandia and Aitape. American Sixth Army units at Wakde claim 676 enemy dead, others unreported, as three Japanese counterattacks were repulsed. In Hollandia Aitape, 3,042 Japanese killed or captured, and American losses total 28 dead and 95 wounded. Wadke area invasion has 16 Americans killed and 83 wounded.
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Aitape
Hollandia- Aitape
Wadke
Denmark Favored as Allied Invasion Point
Stockholm reports Nazi writer Heinz Bongarz in Brussels Zeitung argues Denmark is the most logical landing point for Allied forces to strike Western Europe. He says a Danish landing would provide a bridge for operations against Germany but would isolate Scandinavia from northern Europe, creating political consequences.
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Baldwin airman flies 50th combat mission in Mediterranean
Richard P. Lewis of Baldwin completes his 50th combat mission as a tail gunner on an Army Air Forces Flying Fortress in the Mediterranean theater. A Baldwin High School graduate, he enlisted in 1942 and earned the Air Medal with nine oak leaf clusters. his wife Lila A. Lewis lives at Baldwin.
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Istrea la Tube
France
Lila A. Lewis
Baldwin
Roosevelt plans may name Wallace as 1944 running mate
Washington May 23. Vice President Wallace’s Siberia and China trip fuels talk of Roosevelt renewing the 1944 ticket with Wallace as second on the Democratic slate. A congressman said Roosevelt intends to run again and name Wallace if he approves. Wallace returns by mid July, ahead of the Chicago convention July 19. Body recovered from river in Junction City too. The teen swimmer Herbert Haddock was identified as the drowned boy, son of Dr and Mrs Duke Haddock.
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China
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UPI
Herbert Haddock
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