Baseball School Opens at Chapman Field in Lubbock
The second annual baseball school begins at 9 AM at Chapman field with over 180 local boys expected. Sessions run all week for ages under 15 to 18, with all-American Legion candidates urged to report this afternoon. The free program creates two leagues, meeting tonight at 8:30 PM to finalize plans.
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Queen of Softball Shatters No-Hit Records in Fort Worth
Jo Kennedy star pitcher for Globe Air crafts softball team boasts five wins in five starts this season including two no hits no runs. Across nine years she has 63 games with no hits allowed and twelve in 1943. She helped win the state ASA title with a homer with two on. Kennedy pitched a no hitter in 1940 World Series for Houston and has multiple no hitters and shutouts in state tournaments.
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Pony Ballet Wins Baltimore Carrol Purse at Pimlico
Leading from start to finish Mrs. R. H. Heigh's Pony Ballet, co-holder of Pimlico's six furlong record, won the $5,000 Carrol purse by a length and a quarter over Vincent Cicero's Royal Flush before a crowd of 14,187.
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One-Armed Pete Gray Wins Place In Hearts Of Fans
Pete Gray the one armed Browns outfielder has earned a secure place in St. Louis fans' hearts and remains a top drawing card. He batted .333 in a four game series with the Yankees and is valued for speed, range, and a keen eye at the plate.
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Blue Bonnet Laundry Wins Fifth Straight Over LAAF 5-2
Blue Bonnet Laundry softball remains undefeated with a 5-2 victory over Lubbock Army Airfield MPs. Blue Bonnet tallied two runs in the first and second innings and one in the fifth, while MPs answered with a second inning homer. Next, they face Ferguson Auto Supply Friday at the Thirty-second and Jefferson street diamond.
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Sox blank Mitchel Field in twilight exhibition
The Chicago White Sox shut out Mitchel Field 8 to 0 in a twilight exhibition game. Earl Caldwell and Clay Touchstone combined on a three hit pitching effort.
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Yankees Shut Out Athletics
New York Yankees defeated the Philadelphia Athletics 3 to 0 at Yankee Stadium in threatening weather. Hank Borowy earned his sixth win, with Jim Turner relieving due to a blister. Herb Crompton drove in all three runs with two singles as 6,622 spectators watched.
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Flops Of Last Year New League Leaders
New York May 22 The piece highlights veterans rebounding to star status as baseball season opens. Roger Wolff and Thornton Lee lead comebacks with strong starts after rough previous years, while Tony Cuccinello and Wally Moses pace batting for the White Sox and powerful Giants catcher Ernie Lombardi fuels a late surge with nine homers and a high average.
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Tri-State Tourney Opens With Qualifying At Shreveport
The eleventh Ark-La-Tex golf tournament begins at Shreveport Country Club on Friday with qualifying rounds. Match play follows Saturday and Sunday. Entrants come from North Louisiana South Arkansas and East Texas. Former champion Wally Ulrich will not return this season. Coal is the base of 85 per cent of all war plastics.
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Former Fort Worth Cats manager Jacob Atz dies at 64
New Orleans reports Jacob Jike Atz 64, former Chicago White Sox shortstop and long time baseball figure. He led the Fort Worth Cats to six Texas League pennants, defeated Southern Association champs in multiple series, and later served as Texas league umpire in chief. Survived by wife, son Jacob Atz Jr, and daughter Kalmatz.
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Jike) Atz
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Sports Leaders Say The Worst Is Over
Washington reports that sports leaders hailed the Selective Service ruling allowing men 30 and over in useful occupations to avoid drafting. Baseball and other professional sports are seen as semi essential, with local boards empowered to decide what counts for national health and safety.
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Air Sailor Wins Stoney Point Purse at Churchill Downs
Lt Cmdr T D Buhl’s Air Sailor won a seven furlong $2,500 Stoney Point race at Churchill Downs on Keeneland’s program, edging Fighting Step and Joe’s Choice in a blanket finish. Air Sailor paid 7.60 4.20 3.20, boosting Derby prospects for June 9. Best Effort finished a length and a half behind.
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Longhorn Nine Aided By Return Of Coach
Bib Falk returns from the Army to aid the Texas Longhorns as they pursue the Southwest conference baseball title. He will not coach full time until next season but offers interim guidance as Texas faces Rice Institute in the final conference games with Milik sidelined by a split thumb and Anderson out for an appendicitis operation. Minnesota implements sweeping state fishing regulations governing all zones.
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Bowling Tourney Opens Friday at Lubbock Club
Lubbock Bowling club prepares for a spring sweepstakes with about 15 competitors vying for prize money. Club owner Robert J. Allen said Tuesday night that roughly 50 entries had been received, including 16 from Amarillo, 11 from Midland, and 12 from Big Spring. Today is the final day for entries. The event, running Friday through Sunday, will be single events in separate men and women divisions with no team play.
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Pampa Golfer Wins Medalist in Tri-State Senior Golf
In Amarillo Frank Mitcham Jr of Pampa posted a 74 to take medalist honors in the Tri-State senior tournament qualifying rounds at Amarillo Country Club. He finished one stroke ahead of Red Gober Austin Harrison Smith Oklahoma City and Col Earl D Irons Arlington. Match play begins tomorrow and runs through Friday with 12 entries, a record high.
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Committee Named To Pick Schoolboy Star
A four man committee was named to select North Texas' best young baseball player for the all-American boys baseball game in New York August 28. The panel includes Graham Pierce president of the Southwestern AAU P C Cobb Dallas High School athletic director Hap Morse Phillies scout and Louis Cox Dallas Times Herald assistant sports editor. The player will be named during the state schoolboy diamond tournament June 4 to 8 from tournament teams or from players in a June 8 tryout camp ahead of an all star game that night.
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Bluejackets Edge Phillies in High-Scoring Tilt
In Great Lakes Illinois on May 22 the Philadelphia Phillies knocked Bob Feller from the mound in the fourth inning but the Great Lakes Bluejackets rallied late to post an 18 to 14 victory. Feller endured mixed results as the home club pushed ahead with a flurry of late runs.
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