Cards May Win Pennant Early in 1943 Race
New York June 27 Billy Yuthworth reports the St. Louis Cardinals hold a massive 92-point pace lead in the National League as they head into a long home stand against Eastern challengers. With almost 100 games remaining, star pitcher George Munger and outfielder Stan Musial loom large while manager Sam Breadon may still have World Series tickets from last year.
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Results Summary From Today's American Association Games
Atlanta 8 Birmingham 0 Little Rock 10 Nashville 6 Memphis 10 Knoxville 0 Birmingham at Atlanta Little Rock at Nashville Memphis at Knoxville New Orleans at Chattanooga Milwaukee 6 Columbus 1 Toledo 12 Kansas City 11 St Paul 4 Indianapolis 1 Louisville 10 Minneapolis 4
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Eastside climbs to third with 9 5 win over Ramblers
Eastside after two losses moved up to third place in the Recreation League by beating the Ransom Ramblers 9 to 5. R. Redgood Brennan and Summerville each had two hits for Eastside. Brown Luffey and Luffey matched on the batteries. First Baptists of West Monroe won 8 to 6 against the Louisiana Training Institute, and First Baptist Juniors beat the Ransom Juniors 10 to 6 in an exhibition. A-36 Invader carries 500-pound bombs.
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Hogan Zaharias George Team Up For Victory National Golf
Chicago June 27 1942 news reports Hogan Babe Didriksen Zaharias and George form a three person team with a senior over 50 to compete in the 36 hole prelude to the Victory National Golf Championship pros will be paired with a woman an amateur and a senior. Prize is 3000 in war bonds. The event features multiple pro woman pairings and a 7 hole route followed by a 36 hole finale.
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Boxing results scattered across cities in dense card notes
Reported boxing results list multiple bouts across cities including Philadelphia New York Pittsburgh Baltimore and more. Several fighters score knockouts and decisions with many weights and locations identified amid fragmented OCR data.
Double No-Hit Hurlers Shine in Northeast Baseball
John ny VanderMeeer stars for Sampson Naval Training Center in a dominant showing. Mound mate Hal White of the Detroit Tigers teams with VanderMeeer as Cincinnati Reds ace strikeout leader averaging two per inning. The upper New York Bluejackets boast five regulars over .400 for the season.
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Territorial rights debated after Dick Callahan bonus
Sports Roundup notes talk of using territorial rights to limit bonuses like the $15,000 paid to Dick Callahan of New Orleans. The piece argues clubs would have first sign rights in designated territories and would receive half of any large bonus if a rival offers more. It also touches on other wartime sports notes and personnel.
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Southern Crackers Blank Barons Atlanta
Southern Crackers blanked the Barons 8 to 0 in Atlanta on June 27 as one Barons runner reached second on a fielding error. A rough outing left Atlanta with few baserunners while the Crackers capitalized on seven hits and steady defense.
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Eagles Triumph Over Harding Field in 6 0 Victory
Selman Field Eagles win 6 to 0 at Casino Park Sunday afternoon over Harding Field Black team. Pitcher John Brewer allows seven hits with strong defense and offense backing him led by Gilbert McGallard who hit a homer and two singles driving in three. Burks, Reddock, Owens also contribute as Eagles jump to two runs in the first and add three more in the sixth.
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Missions Catch Vicksburg 21 to 6 in Big Rally
Selman Field Missions burst for six runs in the first and seven in the ninth to crush the Vicksburg Hillbillies 21 to 6 at Vicksburg. Mack Bishop and Pete Medak homered, Billy Gibson added two doubles, and Ed Steinhauser, Dick Washburn, and Jerry Medak sparked a 23 hit attack to run their win streak to 13 in a row.
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Bill Lurie Reaches Quarterfinals at Southern Tennis Tourney
Bill Lurie former New York state champion advances to the quarterfinals in Atlanta after a bye, defeating Jim Trentham 6-3 6-2 and Grady Vinentine 6-1 6-0. Other first round results include Tommy Lukens over Lt Steve Maxwell 6-3 6-4 and Henry Crawford over Tony Bird 6-2 6-2.
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Decathlon event highlighted in Fiye Three Years paper
Fiye Three Years reports a decathlon featuring Watnon LALA and Teel Deaton with Dunaggio in key events. The brief notes performances across multiple track and field disciplines and references coach comments on training focus.
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Pittsburgh’s 20 year old star tops praise from Grimes
Burleigh Grimes, who managed Frankie Zak in Toronto, says the Pittsburgh shortstop, aged 20, is better than Pee Wee Reese was at the same age with the Brooklyn club and bullets home a .450 average.
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Weather extremes reported by Naval personnel in Newfoundland
Com. Victor W. Buhr of the U S N R notes from Naval Personnel that a Newfoundland weather station recorded winds averaging 70 knots with gusts to 140 knots. He describes a gale strong enough to make birds appear to fly backwards and mentions the unusually persistent high winds.
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Browns Aim to Narrow Gap on Eastern Swing
St. Louis Browns, four games up in the American League, depart for a 20 game East coast tour against the Yankees seeking at least 11 wins. Pitching staff led by Muncrief Jakucki Hollingsworth Potter and Kramer supports Vernon Stephens hot at bat as Browns chase pennant glory. In International League Newark tops Buffalo and other scores noted.
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44 Service Men Ready for Swimming Event
New Orleans secretary L DiBenedetto said 44 service men have qualified for the all service men's swimming and diving contests to be held Wednesday night at across the siiver Alioers. Competitors come from the Palace V-12 unit U S Naval Hospital Naval Air Base New Orleans Coast Guard Base Gulfport Miss Naval Station and Camp Van Dorn Miss.
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Yautkee Extends Hit Streak as Yankees Fall to Athletics
Yautkee extended his hit streak to 30 games with a safe single for the Yankees in a 4-2 loss to Oakland. Al Hestak, five years ago, returned to form by a 140 4-2 victory. Brown stopped Sully Krseger in 46 seconds of round four in Seattle.
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