Young Geniuses In Spring Camps Spark Big Question
NEA reports major league camps across the nation are betting on a crop of young players. Promising names include Detroit’s John Groth, Chicago’s Gus Zerniat, Pirates’ Bill Werle, Cardinals’ Bill Reeder, Red Sox Walter Dropo, and Ken Keltner for Cleveland. Also notes Brooklyn’s talent pool and top Triple-A arms Ezra McGlothin and Clarence Podbielan. In Washington, Hood College athletes join a triangular meet at George Washington University with Hood’s Barbara Young and Alice Elizabeth McCain. Tampico fiber used for rope is mentioned.
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Joe King
NEA
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Ferris Fain
Bill Goodman
Detroit
Johnny Groth
Groth
Buffalo
Heds
Harry ?Erkowski
Tulsa
White Sox
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Hollywood
Pirates
Bob Chesnes
Bill Werle
San Francisco
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Jack Banta
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al Rosen
Cleveland
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St. Paul
Clarence Podbielan
Montreal
Giants
Sam Webb
Erie
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Jersey City
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George Washington University
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Middle
Racer Building Instruction Books Here
Soap Box Derby registry HQ at 106 East Patrick Street received the 1949 racer-building instruction books announced by Derby Director Dick Shoemaker. Eligible youths may obtain a free book by calling. power-tools are banned and any last year racer built with them must be redone by hand.
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Chevrolet Sales Co
East
Patrick Street
Dick Shoemaker
Frederick
Shoemaker
Frederick News and Post
Key Chevro Jet Sales Co
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Army Navy Game to Return to Philadelphia in 1949
New York reports the 1949 Army Navy football game will be played in Philadelphia barring Cabinet interference. Criteria include full student attendance, proximity to West Point and Annapolis, a stadium large enough for alumni and officials, and each academy needing about a quarter of a million dollars from the event. Also notes ample parking and rail sidings. An eight man US track squad will compete in London on June 6.
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New York
Army-Navy
Philadelphia
West Point
Annapolis
Washington
County Short Wave Operator Talks With 86 Countries
Mt Pleasant amateur radio operator William Delawter, one of more than 30,000 in the U S, has contacted 86 countries with 800 watt equipment. He has spoken with Palestine stations in Jerusalem and with Alaska based Army Air Force personnel. Delawter recounts rare contact with the Soviet Union and China and notes a Los Angeles operator broadcasting via mountain reflections. He received recognition from the American Radio Relay League for long distance contacts and for aiding Red Cross efforts during the 1937 Ohio River flood.
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Furstenfelderuck
Germany
Dyanx
Manila
Philippine Islands
Kaijm
Alaska
KHOTV
Willam T. Delawter
Mt Pleasant
United States
Delawter
Soviet Union
China
Palestine
Jerusalem
United Nations
Mr. Delawter
Mt. Pleasant
Delanter
Dr. Delawter
Ohio River
Red Cross
American Radio Relay League, Inc
Delawiter
Delawier
Army Air Force Base
Taneytown
Donald Rinehart
William Rinehart
Rinehart
Contac
Los Angeles
Cal
Damascus Teams Pound Out Landslide Scores
A vivid line about Damascus teams delivering a landslide in scores dominates the brief. The piece contrasts swift, decisive victories with a sweeping image about mass transit as a metaphor for dominance in play. The strongest entities are Damascus teams and the cities cited in the metaphor.
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Damascus
Pimlico Track To Be Abandoned And Consolidated
The Maryland Jockey Club and State Racing Commission agreed Pimlico should be abandoned and consolidated with Laurel. The 79 year old Pimlico, home of the Preakness, would merge under Jockey Club operation. A new act is sought to authorize the consolidation and transfer.
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Jockey Club
Baltimore
iMaryland Jckey Club
State Racing Commission
Laurel
William Preston Lane
Maryland
Cadets Lose To M B High Five Cadets
Montgomery Blair High defeated Frederick Cadets 51 to 44 on the Bethesda court. The Cadets finish their season with two away games starting March 4 at Sherwood High and concluding next Friday at Hagerstown. Ron Cadie led the Cadets with high scoring and Bud Main contributed key points.
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de Benson
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al Kripatis
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Denman
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Buffington
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Bethesda
Silver Spring
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Bud Main
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Hagerstown
Plead Guilty To Failure To Register In Federal Court
In Indianapolis on February 25 two Earlham College students from Richmond Indiana pleaded guilty in a Federal Court to failure to register for Selective Service. A group of thirty Richmond residents attended as the two men Rollin Pepperza from Glen Falls New York and Stephen W Simon from Towson Maryland admitted writing letters to draft boards stating they refused to register. Earlham College is a Quaker institution. Judge Robert C Baltzell rebuked the students for exploiting their school and not registering for the draft.
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Ind
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Glen Falls
N.Y
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Towson
Earlham
Robert C. Baltzell
Holstein Auction Prices Hit All-Time High in 1948
Holstein-Friesian World reports average price 439.49 per head for 1948 with 14 1875 animals sold at public auction raising 6,537,406 dollars. This exceeds the 1947 average of 418.64 per head.
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Holstein-Friesian World
Lacona
N. Y
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