Walcott Upsets Louis Betting Drift Reported
A brisk ticket sale and shifting odds surround the Louis Walcott heavyweight match with bets moving from 12-5 to 14-5 in multiple cities. Bookmakers predict a move to 21 by Wednesday as sentiment swings toward Walcott. bookmakers and a 27-man sports writers poll at Century Headquarters show favor toward Walcott. Walcott is set to weigh around 214 to 215 pounds and will register for the bout.
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Hile Hurls Tenth Victory for Omaha
United Press reports Omaha pitcher Hile earned the Western League's second 10 win of the season with a four hitter, guiding the Cardinals to a 3-2 win over league leader Pueblo. Lincoln’s Denver game was halted by rain after a 3-3 score. Des Moines-Sioux City game postponed. Bobby Schantz of Lincoln stands at 11-1. Hile trails with three losses.
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Lincoln
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Sioux City
Hile
Bobby Schantz
Lions Meet Cedar Falls Tomorrow Night at Wing's Park
Iowa Sport Supply of Cedar Falls hosts a Lions Meet tomorrow at 8 pm at Wing's Park. The Louis-Walcott fight will be broadcast via the IPA system. Junior Rec team from Oelwein beat Des Moines Register 7-3 in seven innings with Dudley and B Harway hitting home runs. Winning battery Hanwnond Butler Jones. losing Brant Love and Laffoon.
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Jones
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Laffoon
Major League Standings and Box Scores from New York and St Louis
National and American league standings and game notes show New York 13 18 00 Cleveland 2 9 2 with Reynolds and Niarhos at Bear den and Gromek Hegan. Philadelphia 8 7 0 St. Louis 9 18 5 with Briesie Harris Savage Coleman Rosar Franks Kennedy Widmar Shore Partee Moss. winning Shore. Washington at Detroit postponed due to rain. Other box notes mention Boston and Chicago with pitching details from Brazie Rice Spain Mass.
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Niarhos
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Robinson
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Savage
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Shore
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Jacobs One To Watch In Iowa Tourney
Johnny Jacobs of Cedar Rapids led the opening qualifying at Okoboji in the Iowa Amateur Golf tournament with a four under par 69 at Brooks Country Club. Jacobs partnered with Joe Brown for a two man best ball 67, while Don and Jack Webb of Spirit Lake won amateur best ball at 65. Other top contenders include Art Koch, Dick Stiversen, Hal Chase, Neil McManus, Lyle Humphrey and more in the 32 man championship flight.
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Johnny Jacobs
Cedar Rapids
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Jacobs
Brooks Country Club
Joe Brown
Des Moines
Adam Yurigan
Ed Melton
Clear Lake
Fred Gordon
Belmond
Walter Duda
Spencer Fro
Don
Jack Webb
Spirit Lake Brothers
Art Koch
Waterloo
Dick Stiverson
Centerville
Hal Chase
Neil McManus
Keokuk
Lyle Humphrey
Mason City
Baseball scores and pitchers from Pittsburgh and Cincinnati games
Pittsburgh 2 8 1 Brooklyn 5 5 0 Lombardi Singleton and pitas Branca Hodges losing pitcher Lombardi Cincinnati 4 70 Philadelphia 3 13 0 Fox Gumbert and Laman Heintzelman Donnelly Lakeman Padgett winning Bitcher Fox losing pitcher Heintzelman home run Sauer Only games scheduled.
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Brooklyn
Lombardi
Singleton
Pitas
Branca
Hodges
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Fox
Gumbert
Laman
Heintzelman
Donnelly
Lakeman
Padgett
Bitcher
Sugar Ray Robinson Strives to Make Welterweight Limit
Sugar Ray Robinson vows a strict diet of vegetables and fruit juice to shed weight and defend his welterweight title. He plans no water or milk and minimal meat to reach 147 pounds for a scheduled defense against Bernard Docusen of New Orleans at Comiskey Park. Persistent rain postponed the bout, with Robinson and manager George Fainford disputing weights and the boxing commission's handling. Robinson weighed in privately for Chairman Sheldon Clark but insisted he could make the limit next Monday.
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State Boxing Commission
George Fainford
Sheldon’Clark
Boxing Commission
Clark
Rural Youth, Maynard and Maynard Sales Lead Local Softball Scores
In northeast town play last night Oelwein KC downed Rural Youth 21 to 7 with Duffy and A Weber homering for KC. Maynard defeated Earl Moore 7 to 6 as C James earned the win. Delwein Rec fell to Hawkeye Nip 4 to 3, Rathbun and Meska batting for the Rec. Maynard Sales beat Westgate 5 to 4 with Popenhagen and Buchholtz on the battery. Fayette crushed Elkader 28 to 1 behind Shaffer Hall.
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Duffy
A. Weber
Gardner
K. C
Earl Moore
Maynard
C. James
Hennager
B. Kirby
B. Cole
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Delwein
Rec
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Meska
Maynard Sales
Westgate
Popenhagen
Buchholtz
Osrogge
Wedemeyer
Fayette
Elkader
Shaffer
Hall
McClure
Frommelt
Firearms Accidents Rise In 1944 Across Nation
Firearms accidents rose 24 percent in 1944 and claimed 3,100 lives. The item blends a crime statistic with a reader puzzle page line scattered text, noting a crossword across and down clues and fragmented entries.
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