Walker Tucker Leading Batters in Major Leagues
New York May 16 Dixie Walker leads the majors with a .414 average after May’s first month, ahead of Thurman Tucker of Chicago who sits at .368. Bob Swift trails with .344 in the American League. Walker’s surge outpaces past season lows as Etten and others slip in the standings.
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New York
Dixie Walker
Brooklyn
Thurman Tucker
Chicago
Nick Etten
Yankees
Tucker
White Sox
Bob Swift
Detroit
Walker
Weintraub
Macon
Boston
Litwhiler
St. Louis
Musial
Bordagaray
Adams
Philadelphia
Tipton
Cincinnati
Rucker
Medwick
Major League Leaders Packed in League Batting and Pitching
The lists name top players by batting, runs, RBIs, hits, doubles, triples, home runs and steals across the National and American Leagues. It also notes leading pitchers and a statistic on hospitals with electronic fever machines, reflecting a mix of sports and health technology items in one report.
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Sythe Associated Arena
Walker
Brooklyn
Bardasaray
Adams
Philadelphia
Schultz
Brook
Holmes
Boston
Barrett
Pittsburgh
Scnultz
Litwhiler
St. Louis
Macon
Lanier
Baseball Scores And Schedule From Yesterday And Today
Yesterday results show Cincinnati defeated Boston 1 to 0 while St Louis beat Philadelphia 11 to 6 and Brooklyn topped Chicago 14 to 3. Today games include Boston at Cincinnati and Philadelphia at St Louis.
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Cincinnati
Boston
St. Louis
Philadelphia
New York
Pittsburgh
Brooklyn
Chicago
Star players shine in raw sport daily summaries
Yesterday's Stars recap highlights Clyde Shoun's no hit no run game for the Reds beating Boston as the sole baserunner reached on a walk and was erased. Frankie Hayes belts a grand slam in a four run ninth to lift the Athletics over Detroit. Dixie Walker lifts Dodgers with a .414 average as 17 hits fuel the win over the Cubs. Phil Weintraub nails four singles in four at bats as the Giants pound Pittsburgh. Walter Johnson (implied) spins five hitter in Yankees 10-2 win over Chicago. Emil Verban triples and singles in two at bats during the Cardinals big first inning. Mike Guerra drives in two and ties a game in the ninth before the Senators win in 11th.
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Frankie Hayes
Athletics
Cloutad
Detroit
Dixie Walker
Dodgers
Brooklyn
Cubs
Phil Weintraub
Giants
Pittsburgh
Walter ' Ie
Yankees
Ated
New York
Chicago
Emil Verban
Cardinals
St. Louis
Mike Guerra
Senators
Cleveland
Hillis Layne
Nats
Williams Meets White Tonight in Philadelphia bout
Williams a 3-1 favorite faces Luther White in a 10 round lightweight clash at Shibe Park with the winner earning a shot at ex champ Sammy Angott. Ike Williams seeks revenge for a prior knockout by Bob Montgomery and has won 10 of 11 since.
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Philadelphia
Ke Williams
Trenton
N. J
Luther
Ike
Bob Montgomery
New York
Pennsylvania
Tow
Ellis Phillips
Joey Peralta
Mike Delia
Luther White
Former Maryland lightweight champion White defeats champions
The former Maryland lightweight titleholder White of Baltimore, described as a Negro, has met six champions and defeated four. He dethroned Willie Joyce as Maryland title holder and beat Leo Rodak, Dave Cacstilloux, and Juan Zurita, with Zurita the current NBA champion.
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Maryland
White
Baltimore
Willie Joyce
Leo Rodak
Dave Cacstilloux
Juan Zurita
Wilmington Cruises Past York in One Sided Interstate League Game
Yesterday in the Interstate League Wilmington defeated York 13 to 4 in the lone game. Standings show Hagerstown 9 4 .692, Trenton 4 6 .636, Allentown 6 6 .538, Wilmington 7 6 .538, York 4 7 .864, Lancaster 3 10 .231. Upcoming matches include Wilmington at Hagerstown and Lancaster at York.
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Wilmington
York
Hagerstown
Trenton
Allentown
Lancaster
Baseball scorecard of games scheduled tonight
Detroit visits Philadelphia while Chicago travels to New York and Washington hosts Cleveland in the listed matchups. St Louis faces Boston in another intercity clash as the schedule outlines five games for the day.
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Philadelphia
Detroit
New York
Chicago
Washington
Cleveland
St. Louis
Boston
Television standards debated by Zenith chief and CBS
Chicago commander E F McDonald Jr of Zenith backs CBS on delaying reintroduction of television until standards are fixed. He argues money spent on receivers is wasted without public support. He also cites FCC chair Fry opposing further freezes. Red Skelton set to enter army May 25, ending NBC show May 23.
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New York
CBS
Chicago
E. F. McDonald, Jr
Zenith
James L. Fry
Federal Communications Commission
Red Skelton
MBS
American Forum
Chester Bowles
OPA
H. P. Jeffreyon
NBC
Donald Colman
Judy
Fibber McGee
Bob Hope
Judy Canova
Burns and Allen
Lawrence Tibbett
Merton Gould
Norman
Corwin's New York and 1940s radio lineup
The listing shows a schedule of programs including Green Hornet at 8:30, Duily's Tavern at 9, Famous Jury Trials at 10, Boris Karloff drama at 10:30, a testimonial dinner to Dr. Koussevitzky at 11:30, Pick and Pat at 3:30, San Quentin Prison at 10:30, Sinfonietta at 11:30 with Alfred Wallenstein conducting.
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Corwin's
New York
Green Hornet
Duily’ S Tavern
Boris Karloff
Dr. Koussevitzky
Pick
Pat
San Quentin Prison
Sinfonietta
Alfred Wallenstein
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