Those Yanks Right On Trail of Red Sox
AP reports that the Yankees now pace the league as the Red Sox and Indians chase, while the Giants drift and the Reds lead the NL race. News notes mention betting odds shifting and teams preparing for a pivotal stretch as July 4 approaches.
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Championship Flight Consolation Finals Set for Sunday
Fred Poorbaugh reaches the finals in the tower bracket as three city golf consolation matches are played simultaneously Sunday to decide the consolation champion. Tom White faces the winner of Edd Amonett versus Bob Shaffer in the upper bracket semi final, with Poorbaugh White Amonett and Shaffer sharing an 18 hole round to settle all three matches. Spec Stewart defeated Pickle Nickson last Sunday to win the city golf championship.
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Tom White
Edd Amonett
Bob Shaffer
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Amonett
Shaffer
Spec” Stewart
Pickle
Nickson
Rush to Buy Steel Aids U. S. Industry
New York reports a steel buying surge that powers wartime production as Roosevelt enlarges arms spending beyond one billion dollars. Industry foresees first call on capacity for munitions and machine making, with total U S and Allied arms outlays possibly exceeding five billion annually. The AP index of industrial activity rose to 99.0, the highest since March, despite stock volatility from European warfare signals. In Oklahoma, a burglary at a sandwich shop yielded ham beer cigars orange juice soda popcorn potato chips and two aspirin.
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Roosevelt
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U. S
Associated Press
Pawhuska
Okla
Leslie McDonald
Yesterday's Results Major Leagues
No games were played in the National or American Leagues yesterday. No team results or standings were recorded.
International League Buffalo Defeats Rochester 6 to 4
Buffalo wins 6 to 4 over Rochester in the International League game. Other contests postponed due to rain and wet grounds.
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International League Buffalo
Rochester
Scores From American Association Games
Baseball scores recap shows Kansas City 5 over Milwaukee 2, Minneapolis 13 over St. Paul 4, Columbus 2 over Toledo 1. Includes multiple game results in a brief standings box style listing.
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Coast League Scores Steam Past Opponents
In Pacific Coast League action Sacramento beat San Francisco 4 to 3. Seattle won 6 to 2 over Hollywood. Oakland dominated with 18 to 2 over Portland. Los Angeles edged San Diego 8 to 5.
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Texas League Scores Shreveport Beats Tulsa 4 2
Texas League results show Shreveport defeating Tulsa 4 to 2 and Dallas edging Beaumont 4 to 3. Houston routed Fort Worth 7 to 4 while San Antonio led Oklahoma City in an 8 run effort.
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Southern Association Scores From Chattanooga to New Orleans
Southern Association results show Chattanooga 4 Nashville 2 8, Atlanta 4 Knoxville 3, Little Rock 12 Birmingham 7, Memphis 5 New Orleans 4 in 11 innings, reflecting a set of late season baseball outcomes.
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Arizona Texas League Bisbee 3 Tucson 25
The lone scheduled game sees Bisbee facing Tucson with Tucson scoring 25 and Bisbee 3 in a one game slate.
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Local Grid Scores Terse Juxtapose West Texas Contests
In Texas panhandle matchups, Pampa edged Lubbock 6 to 7, Midland defeated Amarillo 9 to 5, Borger outscored Lamesa 9 to 11, and Clovis fell to Big Spring 9 to 10 in a series of district games.
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Storm baffles California in IC4A title bid
Rain and wind at Cambridge hindered the Golden Bears while Eastern sprinters and Georgetown’s Al Blazius dominated the opening day. Blazius set new marks with a 53 feet 6 7 8 inch shot, shifting the power balance toward the East as Pitt Penn State and Yale led the early rounds for the finals.
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Mexico May Pay Cities Service The deal would settle Mexican oil holdings 1938
Reports in oil circles say Mexico may pay about 3 million dollars to Cities Service Co to acquire the American firm’s Mexican holdings expropriated with other foreign petroleum interests in 1938. The move would resolve long standing conflicts over seized assets in Mexico City.
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Hardest ball off Hubbell in one-hitter sparks chatter
New York June 1 report notes the toughest hit off Hubbell in the one-hitter was a foul. Babe Ruth set for a hitting exhibition in Chicago. Joe Louis trains for Arturo Godoy before Memorial Day crowd. Clair Bee protests a Lor g Island U game with gadget controlled throws. Henry Armstrong heads to Los Angeles for a brief vacation. Attendees at Boston banquet include Mose Grove and Will Harridge.
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Ainsley Holds Open Record For Strokes On Hole 19
Ray Ainsley of St Louis set a durable one national open mark by taking the most strokes on a hole 19 at Denver two years ago. He spent most of the time trying to get out of a creek and endured the dubious honor.
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No reaction from Brooklyn fans after Thursday’s double defeat
Arthur E. Patterson reports in the New York Herald Tribune that Brooklyn fans showed an eccentric lack of reaction to the team’s two losses. Police on the grounds removed more noise than the infielders during the eventful span.
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Edd Collins Praised in International League Outfield News
International League writers laud young Eddie Collins in Baltimore outfield. Branch Rickey reportedly visited Philadelphia to urge the Cards, who then lost three straight. Jesse Owens barnstorms with a Negro team, racing 100 yards against a polo pony.
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Fourteen Year Old Charles Co Schedules Sox Bow
Fourteen year old Charles Co miskey TI is high strung as he is due to graduate grammar school the same night the White Sox debut. Local betting around the loop centers on whether he will miss the ceremony or the ball game.
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Sox
Wrong Party VORK At County Meeting
A woman at a county Democratic committee meeting was corrected for being omitted from the roll call. A checkup sent her fleeing red faced from the room. She was actually a member of the county Republican committee meeting elsewhere in the same building.
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Ford Good Drivers League Launch in Dearborn
Leaders of a new safety movement met in Dearborn Michigan to start the Ford Good Drivers League and a nationwide driving contest. Prizes exceeding 30000 dollars include 48 university scholarships for winning League drivers. Norman Damon Edsel Ford Henry Ford and others attended with seven Dearborn high school boys enrolled and shown driving practice.
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Edsel Ford
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Donald Daly
Jack Kaufman
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Thorpe predicts 100 yards in 8.8 seconds one day
Jim Thorpe predicts a distant future milestone as Rotarian magazine quotes him saying the century will be run in 8.8 seconds within 50 years. He pins gains on outside factors like training starts blocks and improved tracks while warning glycogen limits may cap further progress.
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Charley Paddock
Ralph Metcalfe
Jesse Owens
Minoru Fijun
Eddie Tolan
Frank Wykoff
Jim” Thorpe
Coach and Sports Scribe
Big Jim
Superman
Jim Thorpe
Boxing winners and locations from last night results
In Wheeling West Virginia Eddie Winston 202 from Hartford Connecticut KOed Buff Mellinger 192 of Pittsburgh. In Los Angeles Jimmy Garri son 141 from Kansas City outpointed George Crouch 140 1/2 of Los Angeles.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Eddie Winston
Hartford
New Bedford Theft Leads to Car License Rescue
Peter Malm of Malden recovered his lost lunch bag after the handle snagged on a passing car door. He obtained the license number of the vehicle and police traced it to William E. Parker in New Bedford, fifty miles away, where the bag was found hanging on a door knob after a police check.
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Bad Hole In The National Open Golf
In Cleveland Billy Burke previews the 230 yard par three No 17 at Canterbury Golf Club for the upcoming National Open. He warns the hole will tire players after a long course walk and may fool many with its hogback green.
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Billy Burke
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Canterbury Golf Club
Standings and course woes haunt Burke in golf feature
A crosswind blows through a club setting as Burke, a Clevelander, suffers a qualifying round blowup on a 6,933 yard course. The piece notes the hole par has been matched far fewer times than other holes, with club figures tallying Burke’s struggles amid the standings chatter.
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