Challedon's Comeback Snags at Miami in Feature Race
Challedon failed to win as W L Brann's great horse was outpaced at a mile and a furlong. Frances D Scully's Ponty captured the $1,400 feature by six lengths while Choppy Sea finished third after a photo finish. Challedon earned $25.20 for place, with total career earnings at $322,735.
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Miami
Tix
Challedon
W. L. Brann
Frances D. Scully
Ponty
Wheatley Stable
Choppy Sea
Sheriff Culkin
George Woolf
Chaledon
Chal Jedon
Dolph Camilli Signs Contract With Dodgers for 1942
Brooklyn Feb. 16 Dolph Camilli star slugger and 1941 NL pennant winner signed his 1942 terms at a hotel room conference with President J. L. MacPhail. The deal followed by Curt Davis, ending a brief holdout and matching Camilli’s request for a reasonable raise after a season of 34 homers and 120 RBIs.
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Brooklyn
Dolph Camilli
Brooklyn Dodgers
J. 8. MacPhail
Curt Davis
Camilli
MacPhail
Dodgers
Pedro Domingo Murillo and Bolivia's Road to Independence
The article notes Pedro Domingo Murillo as a Bolivian independence precursor and describes his 1809 coup in La Paz, his brief government, and subsequent execution in 1810. It also mentions Bolivia's eventual full independence 15 years later and a 1941 stamp commemorating the 130th anniversary. It adds a note on colonial iron ore use along the Atlantic coast.
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Pedro Domingo Murillo
Murillo
la Paz
Bolivia
Spain
Peru
Chacaltaya
Roundup highlights on referees players and openers
Wide World notes mixed views on basketball officials being placed on floors in experiments at Denver and Chattanooga with Detroit and Alma Michigan Normal games planned. Army teams and players across camps are profiled amid wartime sports and civic notices.
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New York
Wide World
Denver
Chattanooga
Detroit
Olympia Arena
Detroit-Wayne
American High School Bowling Association
A. B.C
Columbus. O
Cornelius Warmerdam
Sport Tips Toe Bad Challedon Sets Sights On Return
Challedon finished second at Hialeah on Monday after a strong first outing. The Brain entry faced stiffer competition as he returns from almost a year off the track and age may affect his chances. Still a Walkersville favorite, he carries big odds to reclaim former wins.
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Bad Challedon
Hialeah
Walkersville
Ferrell Named Manager of Lynchburg Virginia League Club
Wesley Ferrell former major league star agreed to manage the Lynchburg club in the 1942 Virginia League. He notified officials by telephone from his Sarasota Florida home that terms had been agreed upon.
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Ferrell
Lynchburg
Wesley Ferrell
Sarasota
Fla
Thirteen Japanese Nationals Arrested Today
Thirteen Japanese nationals were arrested today as authorities move to counter suspected security threats. Police officials provided few details, citing ongoing investigations and national security concerns.
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Ers
Terry Sees Giants Have Chance After First Spring Workout
Miami, Feb 16 The Giants under Mel Ott opened spring practice with Bill Terry on the sidelines for the first time since 1915. Terry, now GM of the farm system, praised the improved team and noted power could boost pitching. Ott directed pepper drills and fungoes as nine players joined the session. He also hinted at needing another catcher and hopes for rookie pitchers to emerge.
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John Wilds
Miami
Fla
Bill Terry
Mel Ott
New York Giants
Terry
Giant
Ouf
Wonder
John McGraw
Florida
Ott
Public sale of personal property and wood lot near Frederick, Md
Harvey C. Boone listed on premises sale at North Bentz St Bloomfield on February 21 1942 at 11 a m. Items include wagon plows harrows tools ladders and household goods plus a 5 acre wood lot near Yellow Springs with walnut timber. Real estate terms: 1 cash on day of sale 1 on deed. conveyancing taxes by purchaser. Auctioneers John W. Null Alvie M. Etzler.
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Frederick
Bentz St
Pike
Bloomfield
Yellow Springs
Messrs
Charles Craver
James Linton
Harvey C. Boone John W. Null
Alvie M. Etzler
Young LSU pitcher joins Otts roster from New Orleans
Ott signs 22 year old left handed collegiate pitcher Jess Danna from New Orleans after he left a LSU medical course to pursue baseball. Danna has no professional experience. The rest of the batterymen are due tomorrow and the main squad reports next Monday.
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Ott
New Orleans
Jess Danna
Louisiana State University
Public Farm Sale At Bowers Farm On Hard Road
Auction set for Tuesday March 3 1942 at 10 a m on the Bowers farm from New Midway to Ladiesburg. Sale features 10 head black horses including mares and colts, 30 head cattle with milk cows Herefords and a Holstein heifer, 20 hogs, farm implements from wagon brakes to plows and harrows, harnesses and tack, hay and corn by the ton and barter terms with six months credit. Selling rights reserved for Woodsboro Lutheran Church Women’s Bible Class with Harvey S. Bohn Harry Trout Edward L. Stitely and H C Dorcus as auctioneers.
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New Midway
Ladiesburg
Bowers Farm
McCormick
John Deere
McCormick-Deering
Barshear
Saxton Harrow
McCormick-Deering Leaser
Bbl
Harvey S. Bohn
Harry Trout
Edward L. Stitely
H.C. Dorcus
Woodsboro Lutheran Church
Public Sale Notices List From Petersville Area
The February to April schedule lists buyers and locations including Burkett Ballenger Creek Road. Tritappe near Brownsville. Gartner Montgomery County. Lochner Mt. Pleasant. Houck near Frederick. Fout north of Frederick. O W King and Son on Boonsboro road. Cunningham Rocky Springs Fourth Street. Clyde W Smith Ham. near Barnesville. Harold McDevitt Mt. Pleasant. plus many others in Frederick County towns and farms with sale dates and local landmarks.
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News-Post
Charles A. Burkett
Ballenger Creek Road
Russell L. Tritappe
Brownsville
Washington Co
Ernest C. Gartner
Wilbur
Harold McDevitt
Mt. Pleasant
John &. Gross
Michael
Daysville
John E. Oxley
Dickerson
Harvey A. Long
Libertytown
George H. Thomas
Susie Thomas
J. Ridgley
Petersville
Graceham
Edward Noonan
Harvey S. Bohn
New Midway
Ladiesburg
William Craver
Brookeville
Montgomery Co
Roger C. Snoots
Shafer Farm
Rosemont
Brunswick
Frank Clark
Mt Airy
Old Annapolis Road
T. J. L. Wiles
Frederick
Fulmer’s Station
John D.D. Kelly
Court House
John D. Kelly
C. Simon Oland
Mont. Co
E. Owen Dorsey
Woodsboro
LeGore
H. Jewett Orth, Jr
Fourth St. Pike
Lewis T. Dutrow
C. E. Graham
Fair Grounds
Jersey
Charles J. Smith
Walkersville
R. Russell Green
New Market
William J. Kepler
Middletown
Fountain-Harmony Road
Emory L. Wirts
Point of Rocks
Grayson B. Fogle
Darwin D. Burker
Oda
B. Filler
E. L. Brashear
T. Edgie Russel Co
Hamilton Avive
T. J. Volluse
Fountain-Harmony
H. Ernest Warner
Lewistown
Mervin L. Green
Millard, Young
Ballenger Creek
Cletus Bowman
Union Bridge
Marshall Lookinghill Oak
Orcheard-Sams Creek
L. C. Powell
A. H. Derr
New Design Road
Charles Brandenburg
Urbana
Fingerboard Road
William Horton
Unionville
Taylorsville
Frank M. Hoffman
Ernest D. Fogle
Wondsbero
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