Whirlaway Aims For Big Stakes After Belmont Day Win
Belmont decoration day features Whirlaway and Plain Ben Jones eyeing Seabiscuit money marks. Whirlaway’s $371,811 earnings in two years rank behind Sun Beau and Seabiscuit but set up a push toward the Suburban Handicap at Belmont and possible Brooklyn and Massachusetts Handicap starts this summer.
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Baseball Standings And Highlights From Major League Action
Major League totals and leaders update with HITS by Spence Washington Heath Cleveland ROUBLES Higagins Detroit Kreevich Johnson Fstarella D DiMaggio 8 TRIPLES Spence Suder Heath Cleveland 4 HOME RUNS York Williams STOLEN BASES Case Hackett D DiMaggio Kubel PITCHING Bonham Newsome four and zero record.
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Fstarella
Baseball Matchups Across Cities In 1940s Era Sked
Cleveland visits New York as Russo battles Hard er while Chicago meets Boston Dietrich and Terry. Detroit challenges Washington White with Wilson backing. St Louis hosts Philadelphia Nig geling and Marchildon. Brooklyn plays Chicago Higbe against Schmitz as New York meets Pittsburgh with Carpenter and Koslo facing Heintzelman and Wilkie. Boston travels to Cincinnati to face Errick gen and Riddle. Philadelphia hosts St Louis with Hoerst and Warneke on the mound.
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Washington
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St. Louis
Philadelphia
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Marchildon
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Higbe
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Pittsburgh
Carpenter
Koslo
Heintzelman
Wilkie
Cincinnati
Errickgen
Riddle
Hoerst
Warneke
Retail trade decline in England in 1941
Retail trade in England fell from about one third to one half in 1941 versus 1940, reflecting wartime disruption and consumer constraints. Data indicates a sharp drop across sectors with household purchasing hampered by shortages and rationing.
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England
Welch Leads In Mountain State League Blowout of Logan
Welch overwhelmed Logan Indians 19-5 as Welch's ick Jackson drove in six with two home runs and a double. Don Limbert also homered with two on. Ashland beat Williamson 8-6 in seven innings as weather shortened play. Bluefield-Huntington game postponed. Welch at Logan tonight.
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Ick Jackson
Don Limbert
Ashland
Williamson
Mingo County
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Trout Season To Start Saturday In Charleston Area
Conservation Director T. D. Gray announced the 1942 trout fishing season will begin at 6 a m Saturday after fire hazard lessened. Parks and forests will reopen. Governor Neely approved the postponement. last week’s delay may be made up later if streams allow. Fifteen fires were reported in southern West Virginia, all small and under control.
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McDowell County
Kanawha
Greenbrier
Sam Dunne Seeks Broncos Jobs After Change of Heart
Sam Dunne athletic manager at Santa Clara University has not fully recovered from a recent phone call. For years he urged executives to place his Broncos in summer openings. A caller then said the worm has turned and asked how many boys he could send. The piece also notes mica production in 1938-39 with India yielding 6,334 tons of the total 16,016 tons.
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Wild pitch and pitching errors in one inning
A baseball note records a wild pitch by M Cooper and a losing pitch by Johnson. Umpires were Reardon and Goetz. Time 1:56. Attendance paid 789.
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Punchy talk on fighters and tennis upsets from New York
Wide World columnist notes Jim Johns ton argues there is no punch drunk condition in boxing while Abe Simon nears retirement. Jimmy claims Larry Atkins offers 25000 for a Cleveland bout with Bob Pastor against Harry Bobo. In New Mexico tennis, Paul Lyons and Vernon Lanham finish a quarterfinal duel with Lanham volunteering a postponed rematch.
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Harry Bobo
Cleveland
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Carlsbad
New Mexico
Pappy Taught Pitching and Army Talk in Sports Notes
Jim Bagby says he learned pitching from experience not from his father while Al Buck heads to the army. Kjell Qvale times 9.2 seconds but wind bias cited. Ted Szypkowski and Shag Shaughnessy tied to a $50,000 fund. Hal White follows Pob Feller path with his father catching. Ralph DeJohn’s brother left to protect family. Carmen joins the Pacific war. Al Simmons nephew Raymond Mazurek tries for army air commission but is too young.
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New York Post
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Kjell Qvale
U. of Washington
Corpus Christi
Tex
Hal White
Tigers
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Hal
Ralph de John
Buffalo Battler
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al Simmons
Raymond Mazurek
Army Air
Elite alleys handicap final pits Hudson versus Carney
Jim Hudson earned the right to meet Ted Carney in the championship match of the annual handicap tournament at Elite alleys by a two pin victory over Mates Corey. Hudson, with a 29 handicap, won 499 to 497. The championship time was not set but likely Sunday at 2 p.m. Standouts included Sikora with a 230 high game and 526 high series, Richmond's with 945 high team game and 2,660 high team series, Robinson with 268 high game and 666 high series, Mt. Hope Motors with 1,205 high team game, and Beckley Electric with 3,539 high series.
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Ted Carney
Corey
Hudson
Sikora
Richmond
Robinson
Mt. Hope Motors
Beckley Electric
Canadian Air Force Sergeant Pilot Found Missing Soldier
A man who vanished earlier wrote his parents stating he had a job and would contact them again. A later cable from London confirmed he is now a sergeant pilot in the Canadian Air Force.
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London
Canadian Air Force
Metal mining activity spans over half of Utah counties
A report notes that metal mining occurs in more than fifteen of Utah’s thirty counties, underscoring the industry’s wide geographic footprint across the state.
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Utah
Soldiers to Use State Parks Free
Charleston West Virginia will allow all uniformed armed forces members to access state parks and forests without charges this summer for swimming tennis croquet and other sports. Regular cabin rentals will still apply as funds support park maintenance. The policy takes effect with the parks reopening Saturday.
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Associated Press
Charleston
West Virginia
R. Bruce Griffith
Wednesday's Results National League summary
St Louis defeated Philadelphia 11 to 2. Boston at Cincinnati postponed as a doubleheader to July 15. Brooklyn at Chicago postponed. New York at Pittsburgh postponed in the second inning.
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Marines Raise Age Limit to 33 and Lower Height Bar
To widen eligibility for service the Marine Corps has increased the maximum enlistment age to 33 and reduced the minimum height requirement to 63 inches. The changes reflect a broader access policy during recruitment drives.
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Marine Corps
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