Booster Night At Stadium Draws Big Crowd In Hagerstown
Booster Night at the stadium features the Hagerstown Owls vs Trenton Packers with prizes on display from Potomac Edison. The game starts at 8 15 and 75 prizes will be awarded across innings seven through eight with drawings each inning. Lee Merriman of Waynesboro leads the drawings and Owl players receive personal prizes from Shockey Furniture.
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Hagerstown Retailers Bureau
Potomac-Edison Company
Hagerstown Owls
Trenton Packers
Knot Hose
Lee Merriman
Waynesboro
Hagerstown Owl Baseball Club
Jack Jennings
Shockey Furniture Company
Ben Chapman To Make First Brooklyn Start Tonight
Ben Chapman formerly of Richmond Virginia and now with the Brooklyn Dodgers is slated for his first major league start tonight against Boston. He reflects on his pitching career beginning in 1942 and vows to give the opposition both barrels in his debut in New York. Lexington Kentucky breeders wake to a two million dollar wartime boost as four day yearling sales set a new national record with 437 head averaging over five thousand dollars each. Keeneland hosts the event with a new cooperative structure led by Arthur Hancock and others to sustain a permanent yearling mart despite the war impact. Consignments arrive from Kentucky Tennessee Ohio Virginia and others as breeders plan for 1945 sales.
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Ben Chapman
Yankee
Richmond
Brooklyn Dodger
Boston
Beause
Ben
Lexington
Kentucky
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Saratoga Springs
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Arthur B. Hancock
Keeneland Race Course
Tennessee
Ohio
Virginia
Haegg to Attempt World Two Mile Record in Stockholm
Gurder Haegg plans to break his 8:46.4 two mile world mark tonight at Stockholm stadium. He said he might not guarantee a new record but will try his best after missing the final lap gun last week at Gayle. Swedish writers expect a possible eclipse barring bad weather.
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Gurder Haegg
Haegs
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Trenton Packers win two vs Allentown in Interstate twin bill
Superior pitching by Hal Kelleher and Joe McManus carried the Trenton Packers to a 10 1 victory in seven innings and a 6 3 win in nine, taking both ends of the twin bill from Allentown as 1 857 fans watched. McManus and Tart combined on relief to close the nightcap after Dick Cole broke a no hit bid in the ninth.
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Joe McManus
Trenton Packers
Allentown
Bill
Kelleher
Johnny Cappa
Femme
McManus
Dick Cole
Red Wing
Bob Tart
Joe
Pakrow
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Jarvis
Rausch
Yder
Ues Vanek
Davis
Apna
Masson
Colvin
Sieie
Brunewlek
Mazar
Staley Baes Sees
Trento
Hainer
Miksis
Porter
Ryder
Vanek
Woase
Haines
Miles
Kitman
James
Alston
Staler
Murphy
Tatler
Baseball leaders and stats from The Associated Press
Major League Leaders list key batting and pitching leaders in the American and National Leagues with names such as Doerr Musial Nicholson Barrett Wilks and team affiliations Boston New York St Louis Chicago Pittsburgh. The piece closes with a recipe note about a dish pairing well with greens.
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Associated Press
Doerr
Boston
Stimnwells
New York
Stephens
St. Louis
Cullenbine
Cleveland
Lindell
Stirnweiss
Mattzberser
Chicago
Musial
Runes
Nicholson
Barrett
Pittsburgh
Wilks
Celebration Baseball Great Will Help Mack
Connie Mack reflects on 50 years as a manager as Philadelphia Athletics prepare a golden jubilee at Shibe Park Tonight’s gala honors Mack with Hall of Fame companions Wagner Speaker Sisler Cochrane Cobb Ruth among attendees. The celebration precedes the Athletics Yankees game with all-star players presented at home plate.
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Philadelphia
Connie Mack
Shibe Park
Athletics
Honns Wagner
Tris Speaker
George Sisler
Mickey Cochrane
Bill Dicky
Ty Cobb
Babe Ruth
Pittsburgh Nationals
Cornelius McGillicud
Mack
Irish Leader Reelected Notre Dame Captain Filley
Pat Filley, captain of the 1438 Notre Dame football squad, has been re elected captain of the 11944 Irish grid team after a medical discharge from the Marines. He has re entered Notre Dame to finish his education.
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Pat Filley
Notre Dame
Filley
Blue Jays beat Potomac in high scoring game 16 to 6
On the South Potomac diamond the Blue Jays defeated the Potomac team in a mixed softball and baseball score of 16 to 6. P Brandenberg and A Bowers each had three hits as Hoffman Snavely Huber and C Bufler reported the scoring.
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South Potomac
Blue Jays
P. Brandenberg
A. Bowers
Potomac
Hoffman
Snavely
Huber
C. Bufler
Madison Square Garden Show To Honor War Bonds Tonight
Army privates Beau Jack and Bob Montgomery meet in an intended all round lightweight bout at Madison Square Garden to aid war bond purchases. Gate estimates range widely with seats donated to wounded servicemen from the Pacific, Normandy and Italy. Both boxers contribute bonds and tickets to hospitals, while Mike Jacobs and Gillette fund the show. The bout is billed as a thrilling, cashless event with no prize money for the principals.
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New York
Madison Square Garden
Beau Jack
Bob Montgomery
Pacifc
Normandy
Italy
Augusta
Bootblack
Montgomery
Frankie Thomas
Mike Jacobs
Gillette
Beau
Interstate League Schedule and Results Update
The Interstate League lists today games including Trenton at Hagerstown and Lancaster at York with New York at Philadelphia and Cleveland at Chicago on the docket. Yesterday’s results show Pittsburgh a 2 Brooklyn 2 1, with other scores and upcoming matches for Detroit Boston Philadelphia and Chicago at Pittsburgh among tomorrow’s slated games.
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Trenton
Hagerstown
Wilmington
Alentown
Lancaster
York
Willmington
Allentown
New York
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Boston
Detroit
Chicago
St. Louis
Washington
Seenannicafer
Wan Sid
Pittsburgh
Brooklyn
Ste Tents
Cincinnati Oys
Pittahareh
Chlemmen
Bowton
Bronklyn Vee
Bronklyn
fThicase
Cincinnath
Garotes
Baseball stars and coffee: Chicago teams lead and legend
Yesterday's Stars report a Chicago sweep as Dickshot triples to start a 3-2 win over Cleveland and Curt right drives in two with a pinch double in the seventh. Wicks for St Louis earns a seventh straight decision, Cubs top Brooklyn twice, Nicholson and Cavaretta boost averages near .300. A note claims Turks introduced coffee to Europe in 1683.
Cubs Reach First Division in Thrilling Run
Cholly Grimm’s leadership spurred the Chicago Cubs to break from last place, surge into the National League’s first division after a 26 of 38 stretch. Bill Nicholson homered twice as Chicago swept Brooklyn 6-2 and 7-1, while solid pitching from Chipman and Passeau backed the surge. St. Louis crushed Pittsburgh 15-2 as Teddy Wilks won for the seventh straight time. White Sox tied Detroit for fifth in the American League after 3-2 and 5-1 wins over Cleveland. The Andes is noted as the world’s highest mountain range.
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Jack Hand
Associated Press
Cholly Grimm
Chicago Cubs
Bruins
Pittsburgh
Grimm
Chicago
Milwaukee
Brewers
American Association
Cubs
Bill Nicholson
Brooklyn
Nicholson
Mel Ott
New York Giants
Gards
Ray Sanders
Tommy Hughes
Stan Hack
Dom Dallessandro
Phil Cavaretta
Andy Pefko
Dewey Williams
Toronto
Bob Chipman
Ed Stanky
Dodger
Bill Fleming
Hank Ryse
Claude Passeau
Paul Derringer
Chipman
Derringer
Curt Davis
Passeau
Tom Warren
St. Louis
Teddy Wilks
Danny Litwhiler
White Sox
Detroit
Cleveland
Bill Dietrich
al Smith
Johnny Dickshot
Orval Grove
Chief Reynolds
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