Derby Favorite Off To Louisville In Major League Game
Derby favorite heads to Louisville after a Jamaica Handicap win as betting eyes shift to the Wood. Jets Pilot leaves for derby town with hope and luck on his side amid a crowded field. Eagles sign Dicker, a former Penn guard, likely to miss season due to contract timing and vacation plans.
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Derby Town
Cosmic Bomb
Dickerson
Philadelphia
Joe Dicker
University of Penns
Marion's two run homer clinches win for Cardinals
Stan Musial counseled Marty Marion on his swing and the veteran shortstop delivered a decisive two run homer in the eighth to lift St. Louis to a 4 1 victory over Cincinnati. Marion added three singles earlier and Krrowski, Slaughter and Musial contributed key hits as the Cardinals grabbed their first win of the season.
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Jack Hand
Associated Press
Stan Musial
Marty Marion
St. Louis Cardinals
Cincinnati
Marion
George
Red) Munger
Flor‘ida
Musian
Musial
Ed Brantt
Enos Slaughter
Whitey Kurowski
Dick’ Sisler
Kurowski
St. Louis
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AE Schoendienst
Walker Ck
Musial Ib
Slaughter
Diering
Garagiola
Muller
Sehoendienst
Hatton
Walker
Miller
Munger
Schiendienst
Adams
Kress
Erautt
Hrautt
Shoun
Eyes
Massachusetts Senator Attacks Red Sox Over Passes
Massachusetts State Senator Charles G. Miles denounced the Red Sox calling them an organization of polecats and urged a ten percent withholding tax on every member. He noted favorites given as season passes to lawmakers and city council members while the baseball season opened.
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Associated Press
Boston
Massachusetts
Charles G. Miles
Brockton
Boston Red Sox
Rose
Yeserday
State Senate
Miles
Senate
Red Sox
Rush
Leneyk Seeks Repeat Win In North and South Quest
NS Golf Meet resumes in Pinehurst with Grace Leneyk facing Mrs Babe Didrickson Zaharias in the quarter finals. Leneyk, 20, from Newington Conn, beat the Babe 2 and 1 in last year’s National Women's Open. She has 14 straight tournament wins and aims for a 15th at the 45th North and South. Estelle Lawson Page and Jean Hopkins are among the players in today’s pairings after rain delayed play.
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Associated Press
Pinehurst
N. C
Grace Leneysk
Babe Didrickson Zaharias
Miss Leneyck
Connecticut
Newington
Babe
Spokane
Wash
Denver
King defeats Petrone in Philadelphia bout
In Philadelphia Jimmy King from Buffalo, aged 150 pounds, outpointed Ernie Petrone of Philadelphia in a ten round boxing match, with the final scoring favoring King.
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Binghamton
N. Y
Jimmy King
Buffalo
Ernie Petrone
Philadelphia
Speicher Denies Plan For Earlier Grid Drills
Charleston WV. Speicher denies a North‑South group’s claim that a proposal to start high school fall football practice by August 4 is a sneaky move on the annual all star game. He says the plan aims to enable 12 month coaches after 1947 legislation and does not target the North South game.
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Rress
Charleston
West Virginia High School Athletic Association
Morgantown
George M. Speicher
Association
Board of Athletic Appeals
Frank A. Knight
County Boards of Education
Knight
Bettween
Currence
Bluefield
Baseball Guilder Turns To Racing
Bob Murphy, former Baseball Guild organizer and ex National Labor Relations Board examiner, files unfair labor practice charges against Suffolk Downs as its spring meeting opens. Suffolk counters that a mutuel clerks union exists and Murphy aims to embarrass management. Murphy acts as director of the New England Racing Employes Guild, alleging coercion of clerks and company-dominated union activity.
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Associated Press
Boston
Bob Murphy
Pittsburgh
National Labor Relations Board
Suffolk Downs
Suffolk
Mutuel
Murphy
New England Racing Employes Guild
Robinson To Get Boston Welcome
A group of at least 100 Boston Negroes will sit near the Brooklyn Dodgers dugout at Braves Field on Sunday to welcome Jackie Robinson the only Black player in the major leagues. A block of 100 tickets was purchased by Anselmo Krigger a Boston engineer and former Cambridge High School and MIT athlete.
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Associated Press
Boston
Brooklyn Dodgers
Braves Field
Jackie Robinson
Anselmo Krigger
West End
Cambridge High School
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cardinals win 4-1 as Marion goes 4 for 4 with 2-run homer
Marty Marion of the Cardinals went 4 for 4, driving in two runs with a two-run homer in the eighth inning to beat the Reds 4-1. George Munger scattered eight Cincinnati hits to win his first start of the season.
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George Munger
Cardinals
Cincinnati
Lyric Theatre and Kroger Square Off In Playoff
The Lyric Theatre and Kroger meet in a playoff for second half honors in the Working Girls Basketball League after both clubs close league play at 6–1. Embee’s and Grant’s chase the first half champ, with Embee’s tied for second after a 36–16 win by Embee’s and a 35–4 drubbing of Penney’s.
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Kroger Sextets
Central Gym
Murphy’s
Raleigh General Nurses
Embee’s
Grants
Ace Auto
Grant's
Penney
Lyric Kroger
Embee
Kroger
Lyric
Grant’s
Murphy's
Penney's
Nurses
Baseball Today: National League matchups and AL pairings
The schedule lists National League games with pitchers Dickson Brazie Lively Barrett Highe Ayers Judd Roe Wyse and Fowler Bevens Haefner Dobson Trout for Philadelphia at New York Boston Brooklyn Philadelphia and other venues. Only games scheduled.
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Philadelphia
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Chicago
New York
St Louis
Pittshared
Boston Reneers
Detroit Vane
Cleveland
Washington
Detroit
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Lively
Barrett
Highe
Ayers
Judd
Roe
Wyse
Fowler
Bevens
Haefner
Dobson
Trout
Muncrief
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Spotlight Coffee
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