Yankees Hope to Win Flag Again Says Harris
Manager Bucky Harris of the New York Yankees predicted the club would capture the American League pennant again. The remark followed their 7-0 win over the Boston Red Sox and came on the anniversary of last year’s 19-game winning streak.
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All-Star Baseball Vote Surges Past 2 Million Mark
The national fan poll to decide the starting lineups for the 15th annual interleague game in St Louis on July 13 has topped 2,016,699 votes. Ted Williams leads with 417, Daniel DiMaggio sits second with 661,638, followed by Lou Boudreau and Stan Musial in the chase for individual honors as voting ends midnight Monday.
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Phillies Accent Youth Top Farm Assignment
The Philadelphia Phillies emphasize youth as they assign 37 year old Yale third baseman Richard Red Mathews to Terre Haute Indiana in the Three Eye league farm system.
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Red) Mathews
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Victory Tavern Tops Phillips in Second-Round Opener
Victory Tavern upset Phillips and Smith 3 to 1 in a second round Major League game. Bahler boosted Victory with a two in the second and a first-inning RBI double as Phillips left runners at third twice and stranded eight hits overall.
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Truman Signs Bill Granting Colleges Veterans Housing Ownership
President Truman signed a bill granting colleges and universities ownership of government placed temporary housing on campuses used to house student veterans. The measure transfers control to the institutions after use and aims to clarify property rights.
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Nutrena Hog Supplement Carload Offer This Week
A carload of Nutrena 40 percent Hog Supplement is available this week in either meal or pellet form. Price is $2.00 per ton less off the car.
Baseball scores from yesterday across leagues
American League results show Cleveland defeating Detroit 6 to 2 and New York beating Boston 7 to 0 Washington over Philadelphia 5 to 3 Chicago over St. Louis 4 to 1. National League games include Chicago 3 over St. Louis 1 New York 11 over Boston 3 Philadelphia 2 over Brooklyn 1 and Cincinnati 6 over Pittsburgh 5 in 14 innings. American Association action lists Minneapolis 5 over Louisville 4 and Indianapolis 13 over Kansas City 7 while Milwaukee at Columbus and St. Paul at Toledo were postponed by rain and wet grounds.
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Tomorrow's Schedule Heat of Rivalries on Tap
Chicago visits St Louis in a night game while Washington plays Philadelphia and Boston hosts New York. Cleveland travels to Detroit as New York visits Boston and Philadelphia faces Brooklyn. Pittsburgh clashes with Cincinnati and St Louis meets Chicago.
American Contingent Leads First British Open Round
Jim Thomson of Los Angeles and Frank Stranahan of Toledo together head a nine man American group entering the first 18 holes of medal play at Muirfield Scotland in the British Open championship.
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Contenders Bid For Louis Crown In Heavyweight Shuffle
Ezzard Charles, Gus Lesnevich, and Jersey Joe Walcott emerge as leading challengers after Louis vacates the title. Charles signs to meet Jimmy Bivins on Aug 2 in Washington, while Lesnevich eyes a September bout with Walcott. Promoter Jack Solomons plans a promo series to crown the next champ as Louis vacations in French Lick.
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Truman to Visit New Idlewild Airport Dedication
President Truman plans a trip to New York on July 31 to help dedicate the new Idlewild Airport. Details of the journey are being finalized and will be announced soon.
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Vets to Appear At AAU Tourney
Veterans like Dave Albritton and Joe McCluskey lead the field for the 60th annual AAU outdoor games at Marquette Stadium with newcomers Bryl Thompson Oliver Matson and Gene Ose. Albritton, once a high jump champion and 1936 Olympic silver medalist, just cleared 6 feet 8% inches for the year’s best US mark. The event also features Matson from San Francisco Cole from Lancaster and freshman Thompson a Minnesota discus thrower alongside Fortune Gordien who holds the year’s top collegiate discus.
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Duel Race Shapes Up For U S Rowing Trials
At Princeton New Jersey the eastern western duel for Olympic rowing trials is forming near dusk. The University of Washington tops favorites with an unbeaten varsity crew after sweeping at Poughkeepsie. Harvard gains support after beating Yale and clocking a fast 2000 meter Lake Carnegie time trial.
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Eight Boxers Named to U S Olympic Squad for London
Eight members and their alternates of the 1948 U S Olympic boxing team began two weeks of final polishing at West Point before sailing to England. The group emerged from extensive screening worldwide as the cream of fifth minded youngsters and prepared for the London Games.
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Final Olympic Tryouts End at Boston Garden
The last night of Olympic tryouts in Boston drew 4,138 fans as Washington Jones 22 of Lovejoy Illinois won a key middleweight bout by flattening Daniels of Bakersfield California in 53 seconds of the second round. West Point boxing will train daily under coaches John J. Walsh and Jack Mendonca.
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Madison Kiwanis Golfers to Meet Monroe Club Guests
Eighteen Madison Kiwanis golfers will face eighteen Monroe Kiwanis members in an inter club match at Monroe Country Club tomorrow afternoon. A dinner will follow at the Country Club in the evening. The era marked memorials noting George Washington began with a monument in Boonsboro Maryland in 1827.
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Bobby Cook Signs with Sheboygan Redskins
Bobby Cook, 5-foot-11 forward from Harvard Illinois and Wisconsin Badgers star, signed yesterday with the Sheboygan Redskins of the National Basketball League. Cook, Big Nine high scorer and former Wisconsin record holder, agreed on terms in Chicago with Redskins coach Doxie Moore amid interest from Fort Wayne Zoliner Pistons.
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