Midwest Fight to Keep Football Alive Despite War Shortages
Chicago writer Charles Dunkley reports colleges across the Midwest plan full football schedules despite manpower limits. Big Ten coaches enlist freshmen, service players, and military trainees while retooling schedules to include Great Lakes and Camp Grant teams amid travel constraints and campus disruptions.
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Light heavies clash in 15 round Cleveland bout
Cleveland’s Lakefront stadium hosts a outdoor light heavyweight title bout as Bivins faces Lloyd Marshall. Bivins seeks to defend duration crown against the California challenger with promoter Larry Atkins predicting 20 000 fans and 75 000 dollars in gate.
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Galento Wins Again in Come-Back Tour
In Chattanooga on June 8 Tony Galento, the Golden Terror, delivered a high hard right to the head, sending his opponent through the ropes and securing another comeback victory in his boxing bout.
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Skater Earle Reynolds Reflects On Racing Talk
In a chat at an ice rink on a warm spring day, Earle Reynolds recalls his first skating victory at Latonia race track and muses on racing outside ice. The veteran skater shares curiosity about mixing skating with horse track racing and offers insights from a long career.
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Reynolds recalls a life in skating and show business
Reynolds watches ice skaters on an Iceland rink and recalls a long career. He mentions Evelyn Chandler as a promising skater and his past roles as jockey, speed-skating champion, hockey player, and personal betting commissioner for John W Gates. He says he helped stage early ice skating acts and notes scrapbooks as proof. He recounts a Latonia race where he won after securing his skates on tight.
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Gates Linked to Record Wag The Largest Wager At Brighton
Reynolds credits John W. Gates with placing the biggest wager on track history at Brighton Beach on July 29, 1905. Gates backed Syson from 3 to 10 to 1 to 5, winning 92000 while losing 12000 that day, and also bet 50000 on Ambrose Clark's horse in a jumping race that fell at the first jump.
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Reminiscences Span Tours and Skater Tales
Reynolds recalls a 1914 world tour with the White Sox and Giants in Australia and how Johnny McGraw chose him to explain the game to the governor general. He veers to Palestine as Skater interrupts, and mentions his grandson Eddie Lemaire who won the national figure skating title before enlisting in the navy last winter.
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Big League Scouts Find Prospect in Youthful Pitcher
Reading Pa June 8 WP Forrest Helder a 16 year old right hand pitcher pitched his second straight no hit no run game as eight wins in eight starts led Southern High to the Junior League championship by defeating Southwest Junior High 3 0 Helder is already drawing major league attention after a record run of no hit outings and a undefeated streak with his club.
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Dom Dallessandro
Forrest Helder
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Southern High
Broadway coughs mark a season with plenty of cough drops
Veteran Broadway patrons agree this season is notably plagued by coughing. One theater even offered customers cough drops with their play bills.
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New York
Lookouts Chug Into Second Spot In Southern Assn
Chattanooga's Lookouts, led by Joe Engel, rise to second in the Southern Association aided and hindered by injuries. Gilberto Torres breaks a finger, joining Hardin Cathey and Bucky Jacobs sidelined, as Birmingham looms and Nashville presses with six straight wins.
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Poughkeepsie Golf Course Cuts Fairways to Save Gas
Poughkeepsie golfers may gain extra strokes as College Hill course caretakers shorten and narrow fairways to comply with OPA orders reducing gas use by 40 percent. The move aims to lower fuel consumption while maintaining playability for local golfers.
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Bitsy Grant Wins Texas State Tennis Title
Bryan Bitsy Grant of Atlanta, a former top player and now at Kelly Field, won the Texas State Tennis men’s singles final at San Antonio. He beat George Ball of El Paso 6 4, 6 1, 4 6, 7 9, 6 2 in a five set match.
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Bitsy
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Atlanta
Kelly Field
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Merit system to select director by exam in Georgia
T T Dobbs Sr chairman of the Merit System Council announced the director’s post will be filled from competitive examinations. The full time job pays 4000 to 4800 dollars and a written test including experience rating and an oral interview will be used. Applications must be filed on official forms from the state personnel department Montgomery Alabama by June 26. The Georgia council lacks exam facilities and Alabama’s personnel department under N J Browder will assist.
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State Personnel Department
Montgomery
Ala
Galento Benefits From Refusal To Fight Third Round
The heavyweight bout concluded with Galento awarded the decision after the Terror refused to come out for the third round claiming a mouth injury.
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Galento
Bainbridge Blockbusters Win Three Straight in Border League
The Bainbridge Army Air Field Blockbusters won three straight Georgia Border League games last week, defeating Thomasville 4 to 2, Spence Field 18 to 9, and Moody Field 4 to 2 in 10 innings. Pitchers Joe Childers Martin Matuza and David Clark starred, with a double header at Napier Field upcoming.
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Fort Defiance
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Albuquerque
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Vuthan
Ala
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Stuhldreher to Coach All Stars in Charity Game
Chicago June 8 Harry Stuhldreher chosen head coach of the college all stars to meet the Washington Redskins in the 10th annual charity game at Dyche Stadium Evanston Aug 25. Training camps set at Northwestern Aug 7 with staff of four coaches to be named.
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Pep Set To Settle Boxing Dispute With Bartolo Tonight
Willie Pep and Sal Bartolo meet in a 15 round featherweight title defense at Braves Field in Boston. Pep seeks to win under Massachusetts sanction with a $30,000 guarantee, aiming to draw a crowd around 25 000 and gate receipts near 75 000.
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Bears Beat Zuppke All Stars 21 to 0 in 1943 Game
In dry Kansas Sheriff Ferkins recalls a farmer who sought whisky for a coughing child. The 1943 game funded by Bears proceeds benefited the Chicago service men center serving 125 000 troops weekly. Stuhldreher, formerly Villanova coach, led Wisconsin with 27 28 and 3 records. Undergraduates in service could play again without losing eligibility.
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Bob Zuppke
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Crossword Puzzle Across and Down Items
Puzzle grid reads many clues spanning across and down categories. Contains references to geography people and objects such as governor Black ancient melody knightly adventure salinity salt cards and various animal and body part terms across multiple numbered entries.
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Today’s Games in Major Leagues and Associations
The national league has no games scheduled. In the American League Southern Association Birmingham visits Atlanta at night while Little Rock meets Knoxville and Memphis faces Nashville. New Orleans plays Chattanooga in a night game.
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Brooklyn Defeats Pittsburgh 4 to 1 in Only Game
Brooklyn won 4 to 1 over Pittsburgh in yesterday's sole scheduled game. The result highlighted Brooklyn's offensive efficiency and Pittsburgh's early-season challenge as the teams ready for upcoming fixtures.
Count Fleet Sprained Ankle May Not Sit Out Arlington Classic
Count Fleet trainer Don Cameron reports the colt’s left fore ankle shows no bone injury after X rays. The swelling is a sprain and the horse could start in the Arlington classic in Chicago on July 24 if recovery continues.
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Count Fleet
John D. Hertz
Don Cameron
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Cameron
Major Leagues Take It Easy This Week
The major leagues scheduled a light week with 15 games total from last Sunday to next Saturday. Brooklyn beat Pittsburgh 4 1 to 1 as Gustine led with four hits while Fitzsimmons pitched well. the Dodgers near the NL lead. Idle days follow with a slate of twilight games and few doubleheaders after four weeks of cross-league play.
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