Cubs Beat Cardinals 5-2 Narrowing NL Lead
Chicago Cubs toppled St Louis 5 to 2 to trim the Cardinals' league lead to a half game. Paul Derringer won with six hits allowed, Lou Novikoff drove in the key runs in the sixth as Chicago seized a 3-run inning and blocked Stan Musial stealing to end the fifth.
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Collegiate Golf Opens Monday at Olympia Fields meet
Ninety players from 21 schools in a reduced three day NCAA golf tournament begin Monday. Michigan leads with nine players including co champion Ben Smith. Minnesota fields seven led by Jim Teale. LSU, Texas, and Washington provide other notable entrants.
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Sack Gray Leaves Navy Duty After Record Naval Ball Team Run
Corpus Christi report notes Gray, former University of Texas median, exits for sea duty after coaching the Corpus Christi Naval Air Station basketball team to 23 straight wins and unofficial Southwest championship. Gray is a lieutenant who entered service last year.
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Boudreau Names Indians Stars for All Star Team
Cleveland manager Lou Boudreau disclosed five or six Cleveland players nominated for the American League all star team to play in Philadelphia on July 13. His picks include Jim Bagby Roy Cullenbine Cris Hockett Ken Keltner and Buddy Rosar with Stephens listed as the shortstop unless injured or drafted.
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Detroit
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Boston
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Washington
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New York
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SPAAF Softball Team Tops Federals 4 3 in Close Tilt
South Plains Army Airfield’s sub-depot squad edged the Federals 4 to 3 to stretch its winning streak to eight. O L Beach and Ray Higgins shared pitching duties while Red Yeager belted a homer in the second inning as the decisive run came in the seventh.
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Devil Driver Wins 55th New York Derby
Devil Driver, a lightly regarded stablemate of Mrs. Payne Whitney's Shut Out, won the 55th running of the New York Derby held on June 26.
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Distance Of Ryder Cup Tilts Reduced
DETROIT June 26 A major change in the Ryder cup matches set for August 7 and 8 will cut best ball play to 18 holes instead of 36. Frank Sprogell National PGA secretary said the shorter distance lets best ball action be confined to the afternoon of day one for war worker convenience.
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Whitney Steppers Tie At Aqueduct Brooklyn Handicap
The Brooklyn Handicap at Aqueduct featured a Whit ney entry with two of its striding horses. Betting returned $3.90 for each $2 wager regardless of which Whit ney horse was preferred.
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Deep South Schools Get The Green Light For Grid Play
Southeastern conference grants unlimited athletic eligibility to armed service members at member schools, while maintaining transfer limits and civilian restrictions. The plan allows withdrawal without penalty by July 15 1943 while leaving scholarships to schools discretion.
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War Has Humanized Tommy Farr Says Punch Promenade
New York June 26Heavyweight Tommy Farr, once disliked as a brash heel, is praised for war driven transformation. Freddy Corcoran cites Farr entertaining American and British troops at over 20 camps and running a Brighton hotel pub to fund shows. The war era mellowed Farr into a popular figure among servicemen and boxing circles.
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Dewey backs 30 day harness racing plan for Empire City
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey approved a report proposing a 30 day harness racing program and the Hambletonian at Empire City. At Goshen, William H. Cane remained hopeful of staging the event at his Good Time park despite the Empire City plan. Buy A War Bond TODAY.
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Camacho Presented Texas Gift Horse
Fort Worth June 26 J Hart Fort Worth breeder displayed a telegram from President Manuel Camacho of Mexico acknowledging a gift of a three year old Thoroughbred. Hart said the president admired the grey top stripe horse from the Royal Ford-Appreciacy stable and will use the colt as his personal charger and later for Mexican cavalry mounts. The colt raced at the Hippodrome de Las Americas in Mexico City.
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Dahlgren Forges Ahead In Hitting
Babe Babbigren of the Philadelphia Phillies took the major league batting lead with .356 over 56 games, pushing past Vern Stephens of the St. Louis Browns. The St. Louis Cardinals led team batting in the National League, while Milo Candini and pitching leaders topped the charts.
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Navy To Send 3000 Trainees To Colleges For V-12
The Navy will assign over 3,000 V-12 trainees to ten colleges, with the University of Texas receiving 1,111 and Rice 530. SMU 220 and TCU 242 are the only Southwest Conference schools to host V-12 trainees. Nearby Baylor, Texas A and M, and others also host trainees. programs start July 1.
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Cubs Refusal Reverses as Russell Likely to Sign
Los Angeles reports Rip Russell, the first baseman who refused to report to the Chicago Cubs last spring, has changed his mind about playing again and probably will sign with the Los Angeles club tomorrow.
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Roswell Nine Edge LAAF In Opener At Hubber Park
Roswell Army Airfield Stratofighters beat LAAF 8 to 7 at Hubber Park in a weekend opener. Dellacone earned the win after relieving Schoesler as Roswell overcame early errors. Tankersley homered twice and McDonald drove in three, fueling Roswell’s ninth inning push.
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Bombardiers Host Commandos In First July Tilt At SPAAF
The Commandos meet the Big Spring Bombardiers at 2 o'clock this afternoon at Kanne field on post. This first July game for Big Spring kicks off a busy SPAAF schedule including July 4 and July 10 11 road trips with Kirtland and Carlsbad before a July 17 home tilt.
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Baseball scores and schedules from yesterday and today
National results include Chicago 2 Boston 3 New York 1 Pittsburgh 9 Cincinnati 3 Brooklyn 3 Philadelphia 2. Today’s American schedule lists Chicago at Cleveland Detroit at St Louis Philadelphia at Washington New York at Boston with doubleheaders Boston at New York and Brooklyn at Philadelphia St Louis at Chicago Pittsburgh at Cincinnati all doubleheaders.
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Westerner Track Letters Ready For Lubbock High Winners
Westerner sweaters for Lubbock High track team members who earned letters arrive and are ready for distribution. Coach FE J Lowrey, athletics business manager, says letter winners may pick up at the principal's office in Senior High any weekday morning next week between 9 and 12.
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Pinky) Lowrey
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Army Olympics planned at Texas Tech stadium Sept 4–6
Plans are shaping up at South Plains Army Airfield for a three day Army Olympics at Texas Tech stadium September 4 to 6. Invitations have reached more than 75 camps in Texas New Mexico and Oklahoma with 25 teams possible. Events include standard track and field contests plus an obstacle course reflecting Army training.
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Segura Wins Easy Net Title at National Collegiate Meet
Pancho Segura defeated Tom Brown Jr of California in straight sets 6-2 6-1 6-3 to win the singles title at the 59th National Collegiate Athletic Association tournament in Evanston. John Hickman and Walter Driver of Texas captured the doubles crown over Brown and Harry Buttimer in five sets 8-6 4-6 6-4 7-9 6-4.
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Californian Elected Head of Western Federated Sportsmen
Ed win L. Carty of Oxnard was named president of the newly created Western Federated Sportsman formed to coordinate sportsmen activities across 11 Western states. The slate for state representation includes Hugh B. Woodward of Albuquerque New Mexico and H C Samson of Roswell.
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