Ensign Endicott Peabody Heads to Submarine Service
Harvard gridiron star Ensign Endicott Peabody returns to Syracuse for a brief visit before joining the Navy submarine service. He earned All-America honors at Harvard and will go to submarine duty after his commission and BA degree. His brother Tom Gardner also earned a commission, with other Peabody family members noted for football.
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Jack Durkin
Ensign Endicott Peabody
Syracuse
Harvard
Malcolm EL Peabody
Peabody
S47
James Street
Central New York
Ensign Peabody
Naval
Naval Service
America
Crimson
Tom Gardner
New Orleans
George
Chub
University of North Carolina
Groton Prep
Sam
Mike
Endicott Peabody Davison
Col
Trubee Davison
Herbert Hoover
Yale
Eli Yearlings
Army Air Corps
Davison
Endicott
Malcolm
Peabody, Jr
Lyndon
Jack Crain to Play with College All Star Team in Chicago
Former Texas star Jack Crain returns to football as guest artist with the College All Star team. After three UT seasons and Navy enlistment in December, Crain accepts an invitation to face the Chicago Bears in August in Chicago.
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Jack Crain
Chicago Dallas
Pearl Harbor
Cowboy Jack Crain
University of Texas
Naval Air Cadet Selection Board
Chicago Bears
Golfer Louis Theot Fattens Hole With Birdie After Bird Collision
In Atlanta on June 18 Louis Theot teed off at the James L. Key course on a par five. His drive struck a bird in flight over the fairway, killing it, yet he finished the hole with a birdie four. Final score records two birdies.
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Ball
Bird
Atlanta
Louis Theot
James L. Key
Theot
The Big Three Golfers Gather at Ridgemoor in Hale America
Grantland Rice notes the reunion of Bobby Jones Walter Hagen and Gene Sarazen at Ridgemoor for Hale America. He contrasts their decades-long careers with current form noting Hagen’s fading presence and the enduring skill of Jones and Sarazen in short and mid irons bunker play and recovery shots.
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Ridgemoor
America
Jones
Sarazen
Hagen
Jones and
Chick Evans
Maskie
Connecticut Squire
iSarazen
Tommy Armour
Byron Nelson
Sam Snead
Ben Hogan
Jones Hagen Sarazen Than A Duel Of Great Golf Minds
The piece compares Jones Hagen and Sarazen, praising their speed and accuracy. It notes Jones and Sarazen as two of golf’s fastest players, Hagen as the dramatic showman with timing, and all three as exceptional putters. It also contrasts their peaks, temperaments, and nerves under pressure.
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Jones
Hagen
Sarazen
Jones and
George Duncan
Iman
Walter Travis
Jerry Travers
Hale America roundup at Ridgemoor features top golfers
The Hale America event at Ridgemoor runs from Thursday through Sunday. Players Nelson Hogan Snead Wood Little Demaret Harbert Mangrum and others dominate Birdieland with pars as routine, posing a fast pace beyond most challengers.
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Ridgemoor
Nelson
Hogan
Snead
Wood
Little
Demaret
Harbert
Mangrum
Birdieland
California Horse Racing Is Revived in Pleasanton Meet
The California State Racing Commission grants John W. Marchbank a 45 day license to run racing at the Pleasanton county fair track in Alameda County starting August 1. Purses start at 500 with no stated stakes, racing Wed to Sat through Oct 10 plus five charity days for Army and Navy Relief USO Red Cross and California Turf Foundation.
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State Racing Commission
John W. Marchbank
Tanforan Track
San Francisco
Pleasanton County Fair Track
Alameda County
Army and Navy Relief
USO
Red Cross
California Turf Foundation
Pleasanton
California
Veteran Umpire Bill Guthrie Through 38 Years In Baseball
Bill Guthrie, a veteran umpire in the American Association, began his career in 1904 at age 17. His long umpiring journey includes stints in the Missouri Valley League Three-I Central Association Pacific Coast Southern Association and the National and American Leagues.
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Bill Guthrie
Georgetown loses stars in wartime shift of track team
Georgetown University freshman relay team that won the National AAU mile in 3 19.5 indoors has lost half its foursome Lou Callado and Al Rogers who quit college for war jobs.
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Georgetown
Georgetown University
Lou Callado
al Rogers
Cards Carry Win Streak To Brooklyn
The St. Louis Cardinals ride a seven game win streak into a five game series in Brooklyn against the Dodgers. Mort Cooper limited the Giants to three runs in five hits for a 3-0 shutout as Brooklyn beat Chicago 5-1 behind Kirby Higbe. Other majors saw Dizzy Trout blank the Yankees 1-0, Phil Marchildon beat the White Sox 4-3, Auker stop a Braves win streak, Indians edge Senators 5-4, Reds sweep both ends of a doubleheader in Boston, and Pirates defeat Philadelphia 6-1.
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St. Louis Cardinals
Brooklyn
Thne
Dodgers
Redbirds
St. Louis
Cardinals
New York Giants
Mort Cooper
Cooper
Giants
Cliff Melton
Chicago Cubs
Kirby Higbe
Rip Russell
Bill Lee
Arky Vaughan
Dolph Camilli
Detroit
Paul
Dizzy) Trout
New York Yankees
Tigers
Marv Breuer
Yanks
Phil Marchildon
Philadelphia Athletics
Chicago White ‘Sox
Elden Auker
Boston Red Sox
St. Louis Browns
George’ McQuinn
Mike Chartak
Browns
Bobby Doerr
Boston
Cleveland Indians
Washington Senators
Ken Keltner
Cincinnati Reds
Reds
Paul Derringer
Ray Starr
Jim Tobin
Max Marshall
Frank McCormick
Bert Haas
Max West
Paul Waner
Pittsburgh Pirates
Phile
Golf Gallery Sees Jones and Sarazen In Chicago Opener
In Chicago on June 18 Bob Jones now Capt. Robert Tyre Jones Jr of the Army Air Corps played a private round with Ed Dudley Gene Sarazen and star Bob Hope who drew a large crowd and helped raise funds for relief causes. Hope arrived late with a police escort and the foursome matched even as the public largely ignored the golf.
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Jones and Sarazen
Joe Williams
Chicago
Bob Jones
Robert Tyre Jones, Jr
Army Air Corps
Babe Ruth
Forest Hill
Jones
Hope
Ed Dudley
Gene Sarazen
New London
Conn
Dudley
Sarazen
Fred Perry Quits Tonn Mate BULLS
Mexico City reports the world famous tennis champion Fred Perry has retired from competitive tennis due to an elbow nerve injury suffered during a tour. Perry, who helped Britain win the Davis Cup, will not defend his pro title at Forest Hills and cites backhand failure and lack of elbow snap as reasons.
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Fred Perry
Perry
Windon
Forest Hills
Bobby Riggs
Moon Square Garden
Dee
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