Gasser defeat lands Bronchos in fifth place
In a Broncho Gasser battle at League Park on Thursday the Shreveport team built a 3 to 1 lead by the eighth inning, then San Antonio rallied with a pair of runs. Cocreham held off the Louisianians for four frames before Napier and Gibson delivered the decisive hits. The final score was 3 to 2 as San Antonio pulled ahead in the late innings.
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Cocreham
Northen
Sykes
Gibson
League Park
Buddy Napier
Buddy
Es Gene
Mike O
Hale
Verbout
Walsh
LeBeau
Napier
Sheffield
Broncs
Clereham
Northeu
Jimmy Stewart
Perry
Mike O'Neill
Brannon
Pahhnan
Bensonites
Burt Sykes
Mullins
Hungling
Shreveport
Warde
O'Neil
If Brown
Pahim
Verhout
Nanler
San Antonio
AG Roh
AP LeBeau
Sleking
Hille
Bykes
If Gibson
Cockham
Stewart
Waco Edges Dallas 1 0 Behind Mokan's Run
Waco Texas June 7 Mokan returns from illness and scores the deciding run in the first game. Leslie drives in Mokan with a single after Craig sacrificed him to third. Mokan also stars in the field as Waco beats Dallas 1 0 despite few scoring chances.
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Waco
Tex
Mokan
Dallas
Craig
Moke
Leslie
Poor Work on the bases and Field Lose for Panthers
Fort Worth Texas June 7 Wobbly fielding and base running help Houston beat the Panthers 4 to 2. Kircher collided with McDonald and was knocked unconscious. Conwell left after a hard spike by Frierson. Barting misplays and miscues plagued Fort Worth, while Houston capitalized on errors to claim the win.
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Panthers
Fort Worth
Tex
Houston
Kircher
McDonald
Conwell
Frierson
Conwell Pecade
Mouston
A. B. McCarty
Peth Dodd
Whim
Nixon
Pri¢rson
Noyes
Martina
Mate
Fort Wort Houston
Ummary
Hase
Sacrifices
Jacobus
McCarty
Dodd
Wee
Washington edges Detroit on rain shorted game
In the American League Washington beat Detroit 3 to 2 before rain halted play. Altrock and Ainsmith paired for Washington while Cunningham and Yelle finished for Detroit as the game ended in a weather stoppage.
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Washington
Detroit
Altrock
Ainsmith
Cunningham and
Yelle
National League results and key battery pairings
Pittsburg fell 0 16 to 3 0 Brooklyn as Sanders Archer and Miller worked the plates. Chicago defeated Philadelphia 3 0 behind Douglas Killifer Prendergast Burns. St Louis routed New York 12 6 with Mays Hortsman Yanwales and Anderson Tesrean Rariden contributing. Chattanooga beat Atlanta 6 4 Memphis won 2 1 over New Orleans Little Rock 3 1 over Birmingham. American Association saw Louisville 3 Kansas City 2 Indianapolis 1 Minneapolis 0 Toledo 3 St Paul 4 Columbus Milwaukee rain.
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New York
Mays, Hortsman
Yanwales
Anderson,Tesrean
Rariden
Chattanooga
Atlanta
Memphis
New Orleans
Little Reek
Birmingham
American Association
Louisville
Kansas City
Indianapolis
Minneapolis
Toledo
St. Paul
Columbus-Milwaukee
Chicago
Cincinnati
Pittsburg
Kane
Boston
St. Louis Testa
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Cooks Lose First Defeat To Post Exchange In Baseball
The Cooks Detachment, unbeaten in 11 games, fell 8 to 2 to the Post Exchange squad at Kelly Field. Exchange hitters, led by Shipley and McAuliffe, collected 14 safeties and eight runs while Keinholtz pitched well for the winners. Brown stout for the cooks allowed eight runs before their bats could respond.
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Cooks
Training Brigade
Kelly Field
Post Exchange
Brown
Shipley
Shay
McAuliffe
Dies
McGrath
Keinholtz
Exchange
Mkeinholtz
Brown and
Entzberger
Third Training Brigade Holds July 4 Track Eliminations
The Third Training Brigade at Kelly Field conducts eliminations for trackmen to join the big July Fourth meet. The events start Saturday at 2 30 PM on the post athletic field under Lieut W L Ewing and Lieut J L Stromme. The brigade is last to hold eliminations after the First and Second Brigades already selected their competitors.
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Kelly Field
W. L. Ewing
J. L. Stromme
Briggade
Twilight baseball eyed for expansion after successful run
In Minneapolis twilight games drew larger crowds and may be adopted in two or three other cities. American Association President Hickey said Milwaukee and Kansas City could host the plan, while Eastern cities might face unfavorable conditions due to busy schedules.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Hickey
American Association
Milwaukee
Kansans
Police Rifle Club shoot yields near ties for top scores
Lieut. T. O. Miller and Ed Franger both posted 98 at the Police Rifle Club range as a close finish dominates the weekly policemen’s contest. G. Trowbridge and F. W. Bruhn tied at 94 while J. J. Cusack and L. Lopez had 92 and H. M. Pittman with A. L. Kohr necked 88. Dolly Gray of the Minneapolis club may join the Marine Corps amid draft timing. The San Antonio Light endorses Russell K. Jennett for Bexar County Clerk in the July 27, 1948 primary.
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T. O. Miller
Ed Franger
H. M. Pittman
A. L. Kohr
Vormer Panthers
Minneapolis
Minn
Dolly” Gray
American Association
Marine Corps
Gray
Notre Dame
Fort Worth
San Antonio
Russell K. Jennett
Bexar County
War affects attendance at evenings baseball games
Wartime labor shortages and shifts in work hours reduce daytime attendance while workers find time for evening baseball. The public is assumed eager to attend games after work despite scarce labor and overall wartime demands.
Vocabulary Test by Stanford Prof Prompts Intelligence Debate
The Kansas City Star reports on a Stanford University vocabulary test devised by Prof. Lewis M. Terman. It uses 100 words from a 18 000 word dictionary to estimate intelligence within 10 percent of the Binet Simon scale.
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Lewis M. Terman
Stanford University
Kansas City Star
Terman
Dope and court tale mix in jumbled clipping
A fragmented newspaper snippet lists words and cues about a drug dope scene and ether to renew vigor, then shifts to a trial joke about pocket picking. It also includes a court anecdote with a racial insult punchline and a brief ad note for Ed Steves & Sons.
Doping Up the Old Buzz Wagons
A Kansas City Star account describes a mechanic boosting an old motor car by adding ether to the gasoline. The improvised “dope” makes the car run with more speed and vigor, prompting quips about classic race-track doping and aging vehicles needing “pep” to perform.
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Kansas City Star
Dobbin
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