Wartime baseball draws 208943 fans across eight doubleheaders
Wartime season proves popular as more than 208,943 fans attend eight major league doubleheaders in New York Philadelphia Cincinnati Detroit Washington Boston and Chicago. Thousands of service men admitted free. WPB considers lights in big league parks to ease traffic and absenteeism while over 200 night games are scheduled.
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Chicago
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Kuril Islands Tale: North Half Largely Uninhabited Since 1884
A brief note states that the northern half of the Kuril Islands has been nearly uninhabited since 1884, underscoring long-standing sparsity in settlement and movement in the region.
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Kuril Islands
Yesterday's Stars in Baseball Opener and Nightcap
A sweeping recap of multiple late season games. Yankees-Savage drove in both runs in the opener with a single. Metheny had three hits and two runs as New York beat Washington twice. Boudreau and Hostetler key the Indians and Tigers wins with three hits and late plays. Schalk and Gutteridge delivered decisive hits for White Sox and Browns. Johnson homered for the Red Sox as Harris held the Athletics to split. Weintraub, Schultz, and company fueled a big first game for the Giants and Dodgers. Strincevich and Walters earned splits for Pirates. Lanier and Musial powered the Cardinals to double wins over the Cubs.
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Don Gutteridge
Browns
Cleveland
Detroit
Indians
Tigers
Chick Hostetler
Phillies
Braves
Philadelphia
Butch Nieman
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
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Reds
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Bob Johnson
Red Sox
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Mackmen
Associated Arena
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Bud Metheny
Yankees
Savage
Metheny
New York
Washington
Lou Boudreau
Chuck Hostetler
Boudreau
Hostetler
Leroy Schalk
White Sox
Schalk
Gutteridge
Sam Harris
Athletics
Johnson
Harris
Phil Weintraub
Giants
Howard Schultz
Dodgers
Weintraub
Schultz
Brooks
Nick Strincevich
Firates
Reda
Strincevich
Walters
Max Lanier
Stan Musial
Cardinals
Lanier
Musial
Homer
Redbirds
Cubs
Major League Leaders From AP: National and American Batting Tables
National League leaders include Musial batting .447 for St Louis and Walker leading with 19 hits for Brooklyn. Ott and Medwick drive RBIs, Schultz tops home runs, with multiple players tied in runs and other categories across the NL. American League leaders show Etten hitting .467 for New York and Stephens driving in 12, with Gutteridge and Boudreau among leaders in hits and runs, and Kramer posting 3 0.0 ERA in pitching.
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Cleveland
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Owls Offensive Slips in Exhibition at Curtis Bay
The Owls visit Curtis Bay to face Coast Guard in a final exhibition before the league opener. Bainbridge and Williamsport handed the Owls losses, 16–0 and 7–4, as veterans and former major leaguers starred for the Sailors and Grays. The game featured Morgan and Gomez strong on the mound for Williamsport and Hagerstown respectively, with Mierckowicz homering for the Owls and Liles Sturkie key in defense.
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Young Is Voted Best Of Athletes
In Des Moines on May 1 1944 Drake Relays coverage named Claude Buddy Young of Illinois as outstanding athlete with all votes. The 11 year old freshman dominated the 100 yard dash and anchored wins in the 440 and 880 yard relays and posted a broad jump of 26 feet 4¼ inches.
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Different Derby This Year From Owners Standpoint
Louisville May 1 Some 15 three year olds race in the 70th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs for 75000 with Mrs Payne Whitney and Warren Wright’s Calumet among familiar owners while new entrants include Skytracer and Challenge Me Stir Up as racing world reads wartime changes and the crowd nears 50000.
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Cleveland
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Pimlica
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Honolulu
Dixie Handicap Racing Feature at Pimlico Week
Pimlico plans six stakes with total added value 72 500 leading to Saturdays Dixie Handicap the oldest Maryland race now 30 000 added. War relief proceeds slated from Wednesday to Saturday with Red Cross among recipients. Feature today is 75 000 added Baltimore Spring Handicap with seven older sprinters led by Challamore and Soilure. Peaches noted as a European import from Persia in 1562.
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