Roundup of sports notes across golf, rodeo, and college baseball
AP notes cover a busy week with Red Cross golf event sales surpassing ten thousand in tickets and twenty eight thousand in program ads at Wykagyl. Also mentioned are calf roping times in Abilene, college pitching feats in Detroit and Richmond, and former players like Eddie Waitkus and Knute Rockne Jr. pursuing duties or futures in football and military service.
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New York
Pirates
Red Cross
Wykagyl
Sammy Maugh
Abilene
Armstrong Ready For Bout At Madison Square Garden
Henry Armstrong a former triple crown champion returns to the Madison Square Garden ring to face Bummy Davis in tomorrow night’s bout. Armstrong was a 2 to 1 favorite after his prior loss to Ray Sugar Robinson at the Garden.
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New York
Henry Armstrong
Madison Square Garden
Bummy Davis
Henry
Ray “Sugar” Robinson
the Garden
Quarterfinals Set in National Clay Court Tennis Tourney
Detroit June 14 AP The eight seeded women meet in quarterfinals at the Detroit Tennis Club moving the focus from Segura and Talbert who pursue men’s finals. Betz tops Fry while Hart faces Wolf as Bundy meets Clifton and Arnold plays Corbett. Segura and Talbert lead men’s side with Sayres and Rangstadt advancing plans to Sunday final.
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Detroit
Detroit Tennis Club
Francisco Segura
Coral Gables
Fla
Billy Talbert
Inianapolis
Pauling’ Betz
Los Angeles
Shirley Fry
Akron
Doris Hart
Miami
Catherin Wolf
Elkhart
Ind
Dorothy May Bundy
Santa Monica
Calif
Connie Clifton
New Smyrna Beach
Mary Arnold
Nancy Corbett
River Forest
Segura
Talbert
Mack Taylor
University of Detroit
Gene Wash
Chicago
Bill Sayres
Navy
A. W. Rangstadt
Grosserie, Mich
Naval Air Base
Browns and Frank Lamanna Pitched Three Innings
Browns and Frank Lamanna of the Boston Braves also pitched three innings.
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Browns
Frank Lamanna
The
Boston Braves
Crossword Puzzle Souvenir at Home Mire Self Talk
Puzzle clued entries mix phrases like At home and Mire Self Talk. Readers solve crossword style with given hints such as Winged and Tag, plus down clues including Sumatran squirrel shrew and Visionary. The grid blends wordplay with classical crossword conventions and a thematic wordplay backbone.
Red Sox surge to sixth straight win in pennant chase
The Boston Red Sox beat the Philadelphia Athletics 7 to 2 behind Joe Bowman to extend their streak to six. Cincinnati dropped its fourth in a row as Ray Starr gave Pittsburgh a 3 to 2 rain-shortened win.
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Ted Meihr
Associated Press
Boston Red Sox
Cincinnati Reds
Sox
Philadelphia Athletics
Joe Bowman
Cincinnati
Ray Starr
the Reds
Pittsburgh
Dutch Leonard
Washington Senators
New York Yankees
Dutch
New Yorkers
Danny Litwhiler
St. Louis Cardinals
Chicago Cubs
Max Lanier
George Munger
St. Louis Browns
Chicago White Sox
Jack Kramer
Mark Chrisman
Phillies
Boston Braves
Jim “Nohit” Tobin
Braves
Dixie Walker
Brooklyn
Giants
Ed Head
Cleveland
Mancuso wins first string job as Giants catcher
New York report says veteran Gus Mancuso has seized the Giants’ catching duties from Ernie Lombardi. Since May 23 he started 15 of 19 games, collected 16 hits in 43 at bats for .279, drawn nine walks, and handled pitchers well as Ott’s vitamin B-1 claim backs his surge.
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New York
Mel Ott
Gus Mancuso
Mancuso
New York Giants
Ernie Lombardi
Gus
Ottie
Montgomerys First Team In Normandy Lines Up Along Beachhead
Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force releases the lineup of Montys forces along the Normandy beachhead. In the Cherbourg area the U S Fourth Infantry Division joins at Mountebourg while nearby St Mere Eglise and Carentan host the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions. Isigny and areas south include the 29th Infantry. Treviers and south host the First and Second Infantry, with Bayeux sector covered by the 50th British and Caen Bayeux by the Third Canadian. Orne River sector is held by the Sixth British.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Bernard L. Montgomery
Normandy
Mountebourg
Cherbourg
U. S. Fourth Infantry
St. Mere Eglise
Carentan
U. S. 82Nd
101St Airborne
Isigny
U. S. 29Th Infantry
Treviers
Bayeux
Caen
Colquitt County Second To Go Over In Bond Drive
Colquitt county today became the second county to exceed its Fifth War Loan quota of 1,111,000 dollars, with the War Finance Committee headquarters reporting Carroll county as the first to go over the top.
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Colquitt
BOND
Atlanta
Colquitt County
Finance Committee
Carroll County
Memphis Chicks Rally Twice To Beat Nashville Volunteers
In rationed games the Memphis Chicks defeated the Nashville Volunteers 2 1 and 3 0 to extend their Southern Association lead. Pete Gray and Frank Veverka sparked a seventh inning two run rally in the opener as Charlie Cuellar took the loss.
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Associated Press
Memphis
Chicks
Nashville
Atlanta
New Orleans
Charlie Cuellar
Pete Gray
Frank Veverka
Cuellar
Ed Greer
Ellis Kinder
Little Rock
Travelers
Knoxville
Smiokies
Ogden
Bill McGhee
McGhee
Santiago Ullrich
Chattanooga Choo
Birmingham
Baron Park
Georgia trio in clash over OPA extension
Washington reports three Georgia lawmakers shaped the heated debate on extending the price control act. Rep Brown led the textile cotton price amendment aimed at aiding the poor, Pace pushed a parity expansion for farm costs, and Cox proposed circuit court review of OPA rulings with Dirksen's measure later accepted.
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Washington
House
Rep
Brown
D-Ga
Pace
Dga
Cox
Chester Bowles
Circuit Courts
Office of Price Administration
Dirksen
OPA
De Gaulle Cancels Landing of French Officers in Invading Forces
Washington June 13 AP reports General Charles de Gaulle halted orders for hundreds of French officers to land with the first waves in Normandy. The decision impaired cooperation between French resistance and Allied troops in occupied Normandy, though de Gaulle later relented to permit twenty officers to accompany the liberation forces.
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Washington
France
Charles de Gaulle
Dwight D. Fisenhower
Normandy
de Gaulle
Savannah and Brunswick shipyards exceed quota drives
The Southern Shipbuilding Company of Savannah and the J. A. Jones Construction Company of Brunswick each accepted a $1,250,000 quota in the drive and both over-subscribed their quotas in prior drives.
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Southern Shipbuilding Company
Savannah
J. A. Jones Construction Company
Brunswick
Finney General Hosp Game Moves to Thomasville Stadium
The Finney General Hospital versus Napier Air Base baseball clash shifts to Thomasville Municipal Stadium at 3 pm tomorrow June 15 due to a damaged hospital diamond. Napier Field rests a league lead as Finney seeks to rebound with Sammy Miller starting on the mound and a full regular infield lineup behind him.
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Finney
Finney General Hospital
Napier Air Base
Thomasville
John F. McDonnell
Napier
Bud Ecker
Sammy Miller
Anderson
Fizzo
Jodoin
Jarvis
Balster
Clark
Nimeth
Georgia-Florida ‘Service
Three Toms Inn Tennis Matches Entertained Finney Girls
At the Three Toms Inn in Thomasville a Sunday tennis tournament drew about 45 spectators. Finney General Hospital employees played in three mixed sets with Carolyn Carter and Martha Barrow winning the final 6-4 against Helen Lockhart and Martha Monroe. awards were flowering plants.
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Three Toms Inn
Thomasville
New York
Kentucky
Finney General Hospital
Carolyn Carter
Dental Demon
Martha. Barrow
Virginia Marshall
Bobbie
Miss Lockhart
Miss Marshal
Martha Barrow
June Boyer
Martha Stoval
Doc’ Stanley
Miss Carter
Barrow
Miss Monroe
Coast Conference Coaches Approve Forward Passes From Anywhere Behind Line
Pacific Coast Conference coaches approve a new rule allowing forward passes from any point behind the scrimmage line, signaling a more spectacular game. They also vote to remove the kickoff out of bounds and propose three changes to National Football Committee including penalties limits and defender fumble advancement.
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Hood River
Org
National Football Committee
Pases
Baseball results from yesterday's leagues
American League games saw St. Louis 5 Chicago 8 Boston 7 Philadelphia 2 Washington 3 New York 0 Detroit at Cleveland Padrain. National Association Boston 2 7 Philadelphia 1 Pittsburgh 3 Cincinnati 2 called Brooklyn % New York 4 St. Louis 8 Chicago 3 Southern Association Atlanta 8 New Orleans 5 Chattanooga 9 Birmingham 1 Memphis 2 3 Nashville 1 0 Little Rock 6 5 Knoxville 5 9
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St. Louis
Chicago
Boston
Philadelphia
Washington
New York
Detroit
Cleveland
Padrain
National Eea
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Southern Association
Atlanta
New Orleans
Chattanooga
Birmingham
Memphis
Nashville
Little Rock
Knoxville
Today’s Games Featured Ball Club Matchups Across Leagues
Today schedules include NBA or major league style matchups with New York at Washington Philadelphia at Boston Detroit at Cleveland St Louis at Chicago Brooklyn at New York Boston at Philadelphia Pittsburgh at Cincinnati Chicago at St Louis Atlanta at New Orleans Nashville at Memphis Chattanooga at Birmingham Knoxville at Little Rock.
Dean Brothers Team Up In Arkansas Baseball Show
In Little Rock Arkansas the Dean brothers Paul and Dizzy perform in the same game for the first time. Paul, 30, returns from Russellville to pitch the second game of a doubleheader for the Little Rock Travelers after an option from the St Louis Browns. Dizzy, a St Louis sports announcer, will throw the ceremonial balk and interview Paul.
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Dean Brothers
Little Rock
Ark
Dean Boys
Paul
Dizzy
Arkansas
Diz
Little Rock Travelers
Travelers
St. Louis Browns
Russellville
Nashville Vols
St. Louis
Finney General and Air Base Swimmers To Meet At Glen Arven
Finney General Hospital and Thomasville Air Base swimmers prepare for a Glen Arven Club pool meet at 8:00 p.m. Tomorrow. The Air Base shields will be engraved with winner names and dates, and the Glen Arven Award Shield will be retained after three consecutive wins. The Finney lineup lists Nardella Cody Garabedian Nanni. West, Herman. Miller. Halloran Hopkins Much is issued about upcoming meets and the Hospital’s past success.
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Finney General
Glen Arven Pool
Glen Arven
Finney General Hospital
Thomasville Air Base
Tomorro
Glen Arven Club
Caveny
Boone
Finney
Glen Arven Country Club
Nardella
Ralph Cody
Eugene Garabedian
Harold Nanni
Anthony
Ralph Nanni
Eugene
Nanni
West
Herman
Senate subcommittee to probe farm machinery scarcity
Washington June 14 AP report says Robert Watson of Lowell Massachusetts has been named counsel to a senate subcommittee headed by Senator Gillette of Iowa. The inquiry will examine the scarcity of farm equipment and the national export program for farm machinery to assess keeping more gear in the United States for food production. Watson, born 1886 in Lowell, is a graduate of Lowell Textile School and Georgetown Law, with prior service as Assistant Secretary of Labor 1918–20 and head of the Bureau of Industrial Housing and Transportation 1920–27.
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Washington
Robert Watson
Lowell
Mass
Senate
Gillette
Senate Agriculture Committee
Watson
Lowell Textile School
Georgetown University Law School
U.S. Bureau of Industrial Housing and Transportation
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Knute Rockne, Jr
Aleutians
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Clarence Iott
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Memphis Chicks
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