Single Points Wins Third Of Big Games
A look at the early league race shows close games shaping the pennant chase. The Pirates and White Sox hover near the top in one run decisions, while the Cardinals lead the circuit despite few tight wins. Detroit and Cleveland also figure in the tight-game totals as the season unfolds.
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Pittsburgh Pirates
Chicago White Sox
Frankie Frisch
Cincinnati Reds
Brooklyn
Chicago
St. Louis Cardinals
New York Giants
White Sox
Detroit
Cleveland
Washington
Schalk returns to baseball as Cubs scout
Ray Schalk, a 15 year White Sox catcher and former Milwaukee manager, returns to baseball as a Chicago Cubs scout. Schalk, 51, led the American League in catches eight times with the Sox and previously managed Chicago in 1927 and 1928 and coached for the Cubs in 1930 and 1931.
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Chicago
Ray Schalk
Chicago White Sox
Chicago Cubs
Schalk
Milwaukee
Sox
Cub
Stars Claim Bat Honors in Pacific Coast League
Hollywood leads the Pacific Coast league batting race after seven weeks with a .264 team percentage. San Francisco Seals follow at .262 and Oakland at .261. Individual leader is Charles English of Los Angeles at .362, ahead of Marv Owen of Portland at .335 and Dolph Camilli of Oakland at .330, while Owen dominates with 58 hits and 38 runs in 50 games.
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LOS Angles
Hollywood
San Francisco
Seals
Oakland Acorns
Oakland
Charles English
Los Angeles
Marv Owen
Portland
Dolph Camilli
Owen
Side Shots on Sports New York Roundup Intercepts GI Training
Europe D day interrupted the GI sports program in Britain but the boys keep training. The roundup notes efforts and hints at resumed activity as events unfold.
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New York
Europe
Britain
Markets at a Glance Across Regions
New York reports blocks mixed with specialties resisting ant. Bonds irregular as rails stay in supply. Cotton falls on profit taking in New Orleans. Chicago shows wheat and rye down sharply with good crop prospects and liquidation. Hogs trade extremely slowly with top at 13.75. Cattle for steers and yearlings weak with top around 17.50 and practical top near 17.35.
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New Orleans
Chicago
Commission House
New York Stocks Ease After Late Profit Toll
Peace-rated specialties resisted late profit cashing while rails fell under pressure. Lower-priced motors slipped toward the close as did steels and airlines and oils attract early bidding. Dealings totaled about 800000 shares with leaders touching new highs before retreating. Leading names included Stewart Warner Crane Twin Coach Chrysler Willys Overland Studebaker American Airlines United Airlines Standard Oil NJ Houston Oil GE and Sears Roebuck. Rail bonds posted new losses.
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New York
Stewart-Warner
Crane Co
Twin Coach
Chrysler
Willys-Overland
Studebaker
American Airlines
United Airlines
Standard Oil
Houston Oil
General Electric
Sears Roebuck
Livestock Market Totals and Prices Across Regions
Chicago livestock report shows salable hogs 17 000 with steady tone and sows weaker. Cattle calves and sheep prices amid mixed demand as top cattle hold near 17 1 4 with cows and vealers softer, OregonIdaho region lists hogs and cattle with varied weights and prices. Sheep demand remains uneven with lambs and pelts priced from 10 50 to 15 50 depending on weight and quality.
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Chicago
Nebraska
Ogden
Idaho Ranch
Grain market slips on light demand and quiet trade
Chicago grain prices drift lower as futures face weak demand after yesterday's short covering. Wheat down 2 to 2 1 2 percent with July at 1.60. oats near 1 percent lower. rye down 2 to 3 percent. Cash grain shows no wheat and mixed field seeds with nominal timothy and red clover values.
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Chicago
Potatoes and Poultry Prices Pulse In Chicago Markets
Market report from Chicago shows moderate potato supplies with total U S shipments at 1208 and demand slow. Cali white potatoes sell around 3 70 per unit while prices for cash poultry hold steady with fowl and duckling rates listed. Butter remains firm and eggs stay steady with unchanged quotes.
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Chicago
WPFA
U.S
California
Cash Poultry
WW II Stars and Service Chat From The Front Lines
A wartime column recounts quip filled reports from servicemen in Italy the South Pacific and Greenland. Paratroopers target weak spots in Atlantic defenses mientras a sandlot comparison and hobby talk reveal morale and cultural ties including baseball fans in a PT boat crew boxing in Keflavik and Icelandic league rivals.
Local Basketball Notices Highlight Player Pairings
Fragmentary OCR lists players and seat assignments: Legault Fletcher Rossi Seats Ogrodowski Oak Lotz Raimondi Turpin Sueme Bonarigo. Mentions only games in this fragment with no clear event or outcome.
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Coast
Sacramento
Frisco
Legault
Fletcher
Rossi
Ogrodowski
Oak
Lotz
W. Raimondi
Turpin and
Sueme
Bonarigo
Flyers Set For Doubleheader With Mountain Home Aces and Gowen Pilots
Flyers, rained out at Boise last weekend, will host Mountain Home Aces in Halliwell park Friday and Gowen field Pilots Sunday in a doubleheader. Weather postponed all Area 1 games. likely to be played June 24-25. Mountain Home traveled changed start times 8 p.m. Friday to 1:30 p.m. to fit field use.
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Flyers
Boise
Mountain Home Aces
Halliwell Park
Gowenfield Pilots
Second Army Air Force Baseball League
Mountain Home
Aero Club
Idaho Southern
Pocatello Community Baseball League
Pilots
Wendover Field Bombers
Wendover
Aces
Gowen
Mountain
Eagles
Pocatello
Pocatello Army Air Field
Seals Claim Top Spot With 5 2 Win Over Solons
The San Francisco Seals moved into first in the Pacific Coast league by beating the Sacramento Solons 5 to 2. Portland and Los Angeles were idle due to transport issues, while Hollywood and San Diego canceled their game because of D-day. Dolph Camilli's Oakland Acorns beat the Seattle Rainiers 5 to 2 on two late rallies, and Tom Sears earned his tenth win as the Seals prevailed.
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Associated Press
San Francisco Seals
Sacramento Solons
Portland
Los Angeles
Hollywood
San Diego
Dolph Camilli
Oakland Acorns
Seattle Rainiers
Acorns
Tom Sears
Seals
Sacramento
Farragut Naval Center Could Have Reached Rose Bowl
Pacific Coast Conference commissioner Edwin N Atherton says Farragut Naval Training Center might have fielded a top football team last fall with many former Washington Redskins players among its ranks. He asserts the center would have been in the Rose Bowl if a team had played.
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Spokane
Edwin N. Atherton
Naval Training Center
Farragut
Washington Redskins
Atherton
Ring Results From The Associated Press
New Bedford Pat Demers 133 Brockton outpointed Jackie Callura 133 Hamilton Ont 10 Hartford Willie Pep 127 Hartford outpointed Julie Kogan 130 New Haven 10 San Jose Bobby Castro 170 Hamilton Field stopped Ira Hughes 174 San Francisco 6 Los Angeles Fitzpatrick 166 Cleveland knocked out Lane Hale 188 Los Angeles 1
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Mass
Pat Demers
Brockton
Jackie Callura
Hamilton
Ont
Hartford
Conn
Willie Pep
Julie Kogan
New Haven
San Jose
Calif
Bobby Castro
Hamilton Field
Ira Hughes
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Fitz Fitzpatrick
Cleveland
Lane Hale
PAC Wins Opener in 1944 YMCA Softball Clash
PAC defeated Airfield Fire balls 15 to 13 in the opening game of the 1944 YMCA softball season. Harris collected two singles and a double for PAC, while B Duckworth and Johny of Fireballs each hit a triple. The Fireballs committed 13 errors to PAC's two, shaping the outcome.
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P.A.C
Y.M.C
B. Duckworth
Johny
Southern Association scores mix in tight games
Chattanooga topped Knoxville 10 to 9 while Knoxville edged Chattanooga 9 to 8. Birmingham beat Little Rock 5 to 2 and New Orleans defeated Memphis 6 to 4. Nashville vs Atlanta game postponed as were Pacific Coast games San Francisco 5 Sacramento 2 Oakland 3 Seattle 2 across 13 innings. International and American Association games postponed.
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Birmingham
Little Rock
New Orleans
Memphis
Nashville
Atlanta
Pacific Coast
San Francisco
Sacramento
Oakland
Seattle
Seaman Jeff L. Lowman Enrolled in Areology School
Mrs L R Lowman reports Seaman 2/c Jeff L. Lowman is attending areology school at Lakehurst New Jersey. He completed basic training at Farrague and has been at Lakehurst for three weeks.
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Seaman
Jeff L. Lowman
Areology School
Lakehurst
Runners Vie Friday in 2 Mile Event at Idaho Stadium
A cross country race features Oregon State and Stanford stars Floyd Bunyan and Larry Gray in a two and a quarter mile event Friday afternoon at Idaho Southern stadium. The public can witness the race starting 4 30 with Lt. A H Mazzie overseeing the closing program.
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Oregon State
Stanford
Idaho Southern
Floyd Bunyan
Larry Gray
A. H. Mazzie
Glen Harper
Legion Calls For Players After Tryout Batting
After batting practice and infield work candidates for the American Legion baseball team played a five inning game East side 4 West side 3 Yardley Rhoads West Kissane Kissane Moore East. Workouts continue at 7 pm all week with tryouts for the regular team.
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American Legion
West
Yardley
Rhoads
Jim Kissane
John Kissane
Moore
Legion
Cotant
Ellsworth
Toolson
Sato
Gordon
Gunther
Trujillo
Idaho Man Wins Third Oak Cluster
First Lieutenant Max T. Stuart, 23, of Stuart Idaho, a pilot with the eighth AAF Flying Fortress group in England, received his third oak leaf cluster to the air medal for meritorious bombing attacks over Nazi Europe. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Stuart of Stuart and was an interior and exterior decorator before earning his wings in June 1943.
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Max T. Stuart
Stuart
Idaho
Eighth Aaf Flying Fortress Group
England
William B. David
Calhoun, Ga
Europe
William Stuart of
Invasion timing myth spans sixth hour sixth day sixth month
Sixes students cite a claim that the European invasion began at 6:00 a.m. London time on June 6. They link it to World War I ending at 11:00 a.m. on November 11, 1918, the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month.
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Denver
London
Estimate says coal reserves could last thousands of years
The estimate claims substantial coal reserves remain unmined in the country, suggesting the supply could last several thousand years at current extraction levels.
Rubber seedlings planted in Far East fields 1876
Seedlings sourced from American tropical forests were planted in Far East rubber fields in 1876 marking early global spread of rubber cultivation.
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Far East
American Tropics
Firestone Deluxe Champion
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