Segura Big Noise In College Tennis
CHICAGO June 26 South and Far West seedings dominate the national collegiate tennis tournament opening today at Northwestern. Defending champion Francisco Segura of Miami University, top seed, aims to lead in singles with 42 entrants from 20 schools. Doubles start Tuesday with Yale's star players noted among the entrants.
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Far West
Francisco Segura
Flaller
Miami
Fin) University
Northwestern University
Segura
Detroit
Cincinnati
George Crullner
Pacifle College
Harry Likas
Gonzaga
John Hickman
Texas
Walt Driver
Nick Buzelich
George Pepperdine College
Los Angeles
Joe Willett
Georgia Tech
Dick Warmer
University of Utah
Druliner
Felix Kelley
Brooke Bears Camp Swift Triumphs 9-4 at Christy Mathewson Field
Brooke General Hospital’s Brooke Bears defeat Camp Swift 9 to 4 at Fort Sam Houston in hot conditions. King started for Brooke, went four innings, Foell finished with 13 strikeouts in five innings, while Camp Swift errors and bunts helped swing the game.
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Camp Swift
Christy Mathews
Fort Sam Houston
King
Brooke
Foell
Brooke Wasp
Uffeman
Payne
Humphrey
Walter Johnson At 56 Still Smokey In Wichita
Walter Johnson known as Big Train remains a pitching icon. At 56 he helped a war bond rally in Wichita by pitching two innings of semi pro baseball, striking out two and issuing one walk as the crowd cheered his enduring fame.
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Sune
Walter Johnson
Washington Senators
Ulrich Enters 1944 Intercollegiate Golf Championship
Walter Ulrich of Austin Minnesota and the 1943 champion faced a light field of about 50 players at the opening of the 1944 national intercollegiate golf tournament. The University of Michigan was favored to win, leaving out Yale Princeton Harvard Stanford and LSU from this wartime event. Ulrich, an Army Air Forces student at Toledo, had tentative plans to play as the round began.
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Yale
Princeton
Harvard
Stanford
Louisiana State
Ball Favored To Repeat As Tennis Champ
Austin reports Ball of El Paso is the favorite to win the Texas Tennis Association men's singles title and claim the Edward Hatafeld memorial cup. About 100 players, including UT contenders Hickman and Kelley, compete at the Penick courts on the UT campus as play opens. Ball beat Hickman last year in association matches. Hickman and Kelley skip Texas to attend the national intercollegiate.
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Germany
Ball
John Hickman
University of Texas
Southwest
Hickman
Felix Kelley
Texas
Hulse's Farewell Race a Victory at Randalls Island
New York June 6 In his farewell race before entering the navy Hulse ran 4 2 1 4 mile at Randalls Island in the A C spring games. He started from scratch 125 yards behind and finished six yards ahead of Phil Thigpen in 4 2 1 4 minutes. He clocked 62 8 for the first quarter and 9 1 2 2 at three quarters. He later ran the three quarters mile in 3 06 at Poughkeepsie in a Y M C A meet.
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Hulse
Navy
Randalls Island
A. C
Gundar Haegg
Phil Thigpen
Dallas Man Guilty In Title Sales Case
Dallas man Lee B. Cummings pleaded guilty to unlawful sale of oil and mining leases over land in Uvalde County. He received a three year suspended sentence from Judge W. W. Red Cross pending a report to the Criminal District Court. Cummings, a one armed one legged former Minnesota football star linked to a sale to R. R. Stolley of Austin, faced indictments from a Bexar county grand jury in San Antonio.
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Dune
Lee B. Cummngs
Dallas
Harold van Every
Minnesota Football Star
Germany
Uvaldeere Eyee
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van Every
Rourk Red Cross
R. R. Stolley
Austin
Cummings
Bexar County
San Antonio
Conventions to be shaped by vice presidential picks says Ferron Lewis Jr
Ferron Lewis Jr from Washington argues that national conventions mainly decide the vice presidential candidate. He recalls 1940 and Chicago 1944 as warnings against party insiders’ preferences influencing the ticket. He notes Dewey and Bricker as leading contenders and discusses potential electoral strategies and party reforms.
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Philadelphia
Wendell Willkie
Willkie
Wall Street
Chicago
Wallace
Rosita Wins Final Tech Field Game Against San Antonio
Rosita Mexico Myers man salvaged one of three games at Tech field beating the San Antonio Black Missions 6-2 before about 500 fans Sunday night. The Black Missions won the other two games 6-1 and 6-0. Also reported, Peel of University of Tennessee bowl team was seriously wounded in European fighting, with parents notified.
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Myers
San Antonio Black Missions
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Black Missions
Oyersburg
Tenn
Peel
University of Tennesee
Ike Peel Sr
Dyermburg
Mundy Assigned to Waco Flying Training Wing Post
Col. George W. Mundy former Laughlin Meld commander assumes command of the Sard Flying Training wing with HQ at Blackland Army Airfield Waco Mrs Mundy Sue Buck and daughter Janie plan to move from San Antonio to join him at Waco for the assignment
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Laughlin Meld
del. Rio
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Blackland Army Airfield
Waco
Unbelievable Coast League Outage Affects Oakland Portland Game
In a June coast league report Oakland was credited with only two outs in the sixth inning after a sequence saw walks steals and a misthrow. Officials and peers marveled at the error claiming the entire team and staff missed an out. Oakland won IT to 2.
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San Francisco
Oakland-Portland
Oakland
Oaks
Portland
Buddy Ryan
Salah Ryan
Ryan
Charley Graham
San Francisco Seals
Dye
Iead
Wintager
Texas heavies ready Galveston bout
Texas Heavyweight Champion Buddy Beott and Dallas contender Jack Marshall rested on the eve of their A round fight in Galveston. The bout is scheduled for Tuesday night and shapes as a top local attraction with both fighters confident of victory.
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Texas
Galveston
Buddy Beott
Jack Marshall
Dallas
Greer Sets New Marine Rifle Record at Camp Bell
Marine Private Frank L. Greer of Concho Arizona broke the Browning automatic rifle mark at Camp Bell by firing 234 of 250 possible rounds. The record was confirmed by a Marine official and reported in San Diego wires.
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San Antonio
San Diego
Calif
Frank L. Greer
Concho
Ariz
Ballett
Greer
Record Near World Mark With Camp Elliott Hero
A fray neared the world record as Camp Elliott’s contender came within four points of the old mark of 223 2 by Pvt. Bred Grewing, Sexeka, Mijn, last Matoh, achieving a notable performance in a high stakes score attempt.
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Camp Elliott
Pvt. Bred Grewing
Sexeka
Mijn
Matoh
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