All Star Air Force football prospects cited in Texas news
The Second Air Force at Colorado Springs plans an all star squad drawn from flight and training commands. Lt Glenn Dobbs, ex SF basic and Tulsa star, may join. Former Sheppard Field hurdlers Bill Morgan and Clayton Fries helped Fort Worth AAF Fliers beat Waco AAF Wolves. S Sgt Ray Murray powers three straight wins. Lt Herman Everhardus, once Michigan back, hospitalized at Buckley Field Denver for back injury. The Hub Clothiers seek post games after winning Wichita Falls league. Cliff Taylor coordinates dates except July 25 and 27.
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Colorado Springs
Glenn Dobbs
Tulsa
Sheppard Field
Allstar
Bill Morgan
Clayton “Letty” Fries
Fort Worth
Herman Everhardus
Michigan
Buckley Field
Denver
Hub Clothiers
Clothiers
Wichita Falls
Cliff Taylor
Hurricanes Rally To Beat Spitfires In Final First Half Tilt
The Hurricanes climbed out of the cellar by defeating the Spitfires 8 to 2 Tuesday night. Four extra-base hits powered the offense with John Krnsell's double and triple and Earnest Watts' double and single leading the way. J B Nash went five innings for the win, while the Spitfires were hurt by walks. Chebahbah doubled for Comanche Indian.
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Earnest Watts
Chief Chabahbah
J. B. Nash
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Nash
Freeman
Lum
Hutchinson
Stanley
Chebahbah
All-Star Team to Meet Brooklyn Pros in Abilene Game
Army installation players from Texas air fields and camps will muster at Abilene for a windup game with the Brooklyn professional squad as part of Dodgers training season preparations. Johnny Vander Meer added a fifth straight win for Sampson Naval Training Center by routing Scranton in naval league action.
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Abilene
Brooklyn
Dodgers
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Johnny Vander Meer
Sampson Naval Training Center
Scranton
Sailors
Kamperman Tops Post Loop Hitters in Service League
Pvt. Bill Kamperman leads the Sheppard Field Service league batting chase with a .515 average. Rivals include Sgt. Paul Callahan of the Avengers at .466 and Sgt. John Vahila at .454, as unofficial scoring winds down. Evans leads slugging with .438 average and 28 bases, while Do linski and Evans share two homers apiece. Vahila and Boots Boutillette pace doubles with four, and Vahila also tops the strikeout list with 90 whiffs in eight games. Sisler’s 1922 .41979 remains the modern AL mark.
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Bill Kamperman
Paul Callahan
The
Avengers
John Vahila
Bill Evans
Evans
Bill Arthur
Mustangs
Callahan
Steve Dolinski
Hellcat
S. Sgt
Bill Cost
Mosquitos
Vahila
Pvt
Boots Boutillette
Boxing Card Nets Four TKOs at Monday Fight Night
About 2,000 fans watched the Physical Training Department program at the arena near the North gym. Pvt. Hubert Standridge floor KO over Pvt. Nick Trongore in one round highlighted the card, with other TKOs and decisions featuring soldiers and civilian boxers from several states. A wrestling match concluded the event with George Tsitovich defeating Jack Frost before disqualification in a dispute over elbow smashes.
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Physical Training Department
North Gym
Hubert Standridge
Nick Trongore
Patterson
Trongore
Ronald Condon
Detroit
Section A
Charles Wood
Frank Segro
Brooklyn
Donald Breen
Hawthorne
N. J
George Donnell
Desire T. Lutz
Chicago
Kenneth S. Kovack
E. Chicago
Ind
Andrew J. Carter
Reidsville
N. C
Frank DeCastro
Lusk
Wyo
Frederick Cleck
Hazelton
Wally Kelly
Phillipsburg
Leonard Miller
Pittsburgh
Douglas Rose
Akron
Ohio
Jack Wyatt
Lexington
Mich
Ronald C. Halli
Oscar K. Talmage
Paducah
Cpl
George Tsitovich
Pasadena
Calif
Jack S. Frost
Norfolk
Frost
Tsitovich
Bruce Ogilvie
James G. Millar
Mississippi and rivals field football teams this fall
Mississippi, Mississippi State, Alabama, Auburn, William and Mary, Kentucky and Florida will field football teams this fall after one and two year lapses to round out Southern athletic competition.
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Mississippi State
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Auburn
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Four Strong Clubs Enter Sheppard Field Playoffs
Four teams boosted by pickups from other clubs enter Sheppard Field league playoffs with semi finals spread Tuesday Thursday and Sunday. Thunderbolts favored by season averages lead the field and host the Mosquitos in Tuesday action with three wins to one loss against the league. Hellcats Avengers and Mosquitos also added players to boost batting and pitching as Stroy Fields St. Louis Mc Dade and others join the rosters.
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Hellcats
Spud Lder Park
Lefty Graham
Clyde Trumbore
George Stokes
Hercules Renda
San Sedicino
Hessey
la Woolmington
Woolmington
Dual Autry
Sheppard Field
Stroy Fields
St. Louis
Trphy
Gl's Invited To Enter Tournament At Sheppard Field
Horseshoe throwers at Sheppard Field are invited to enter the Boy Club doubles tournament staged July 26 and 27. Two man teams may register with Fletcher Walker, athletic director of the club. Learn and Live.
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Boy Club
Iled
Sheppard Fiel
Fletcher Walker
Barkley Assigned to Waco Army Air Field Team
John Red Barkley, ex section I bass trainer, is reassigned to Waco Army Air Field. The former semi pro batter joined the WAAF Wolves as second baseman, a leading service team in the state, after time with the Brooklyn Dodgers and Montreal Royals.
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Waco
John “Red” Barkley
Waco Army Air Field
Brooklyn Dodger
Montreal Royals
Waaf Wolves
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