Learnning Never Ends in Sports Greats and Old Timers
Old Timer cites Carl Hubbell and peers from golf and football noting that even after decades at the top they kept learning. Gene Sarazen Hagen Camp and Heffelfinger are highlighted for continually seeking new angles, guard play, and refined methods to extend success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Hubbell
Hubbell
Cobb and
Tilden
Gene Sarazen
Hagen
Harry Vardon
Walter
Walter Camp
Pudge Heffelfinger
Pudge
Camp
Heffelfinger
Bo McMillin
Bean ball controversy prompts Frick fine in baseball
Western Newspaper Union reports on the bean ball clashes involving Dodgers Billy MacPhail and pitchers Whit Wyatt and Manuel Salvo. League President Ford Frick fines Wyatt 75 and Salvo 50, signaling stricter penalties to curb deliberate beaning amid pressure from MacPhail and ongoing vendettas with the Giants Cardinals Cubs and Braves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford Frick
Whit Wyatt
Dodgers
Manuel Salvo
Braves
Frick
MacPhail
Giants
Cardinals
Cubs
Wyatt
Salvo
Brooklyn
Flatbush Firecracker
United States
Mickey Owen
Yankees
Frick Lkely
Engineer designs pitching machine delivering 204 mph
A engineer unveils a pitching machine capable of 204 miles per hour. The report notes historical oddities with Cubs poker champs Bill Lee and Claude Passeau. It also mentions Al Simmons starting work at Willow Run after the baseball season and Dodgers scout Ted McGraw noting two Class C and two Class D Dodger farms folding due to the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Cubs
Bill Lee
Claude Passeau
al Simmons
Willow Run
Ted McGraw
Dodgers
Dodger Farms
Birth of a Bombardier in Midland Texas
The world’s largest bombardier college operates in Midland Texas where thousands of American youths train twelve weeks to become elite bombardiers. Cadets learn on AT-11 trainers and practice with bright blue 100 pound devices and a Tokyo waterfront scale model for realistic targeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Tokyo
Bombardier College
Midland
Texas
U.S
Cacrets
U. S
Salute to Our Heroes planned for all theaters September 1
VA- STAGESSORE notes a nationwide Salute to Our Heroes during a treasury war bond drive with patriotic airs as a color guard marches. The event could involve up to 11 million theatergoers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Treasury
Old War Era Rug Pattern Plans From Scrap Wool
A historical article describes using odds and ends of wool to craft lasting floor coverings. The pattern, reused from earlier wars, shows links and fleur de lis with folded-paper diagrams. Burlap tracing, wax outlines, and color schemes guide beginners through hooked rug projects in successive booklets.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sarazen Speaks
Walter Hagen
Western Newspaper Union
Larry MacPhail
Brooklyn Dodgers
MacPearl
Midland Army Flying School
Virginia Vale
Western
Union
Bobby Breen
Republic
Johnny Doughboy
Posse
Jane Withers
Patrick Brook
Ginny Simms
RKO
Johnny
Orson Welles
Ambersons
Dolores Costello
Dorothy Lamour
Hadley
Kate Smith Radio Hour
Edward Arnold
Fay Bainter
Spring Byington
Richard Ney
Jean Rogers
van Johnson
Kate Smith
Susan Hayward
Susan
C. B. DeMille
Joan Davis
Broadcasting
Rudy Vallee
Lesley Woods
Columbia
Joyce Jordan
Tyrone Power
William Powell
Hedy Lamarr
Crossroads
Ruth Wyeth
Prars
Bedford Hills
New York
Carl Williams
the Belvedere Apartment Hotel
Belvedere
Calvin O. Jack
South State Street
Salt Lake City
Utah
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