Marble Lectures Tour Prep Echoes Winter Tour
Alice Marble plans a lecture tour titled The Will To Win while skipping the East Hampton tennis tournament. Sidney Wood still competes with today’s players, Muriel Magnuson gains hype as a potential successor, and Don McNeill earns praise after defeating a ball boy post title win.
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New York
Alice Marble
East Hampton
Sidney Wood
Minneapolis
Cutie
Muriel Magnuson
Sarah Palfrey
Don McNeill
Chicago
One Minute Interview Sparks Baseball Gossip
A collage of baseball chatter covers Johnny and Walter Johnson legends, Malone league folding rumors, Hall Schumacher origins, Elton Duse as pitcher, Skeeter Newsome and Nick Etten infield links, Ed Head’s rise from Elmira, and other league quips. It notes the Topeka Owls’ home crowds, MVP trivia, and Waner brothers at the World’s Fair school with Bucky Walters.
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Cobb
Bobby Feller
Walter Johnson
Johnson
Malone
New York State
Hal Schumacher
Giants
St. Lawrence U
Red Sox
Elton Duse
Providence
Phillies
Skeeter Newsome
Gene Corbett
Nick Etten
Baltimore Orioles
Charlie Landolf
New Castle
Dodgers
Ed Head
Elmira
Bill Harnick
Canisius College
Buffalo
Topeka Owls
Lefty Grove
Iowa State Teachers College
Waner Brothers
Bucky Walters
Chargers Capture Extra Inning Victory Over Cowboys
In a 10 inning affair at Eaglefield the Manhattan Chargers edged the Arizona Sash and Door Cowboys 4 to 3. Ed Valenzuela matched Frankie Casanova on the mound allowing four hits apiece while Fred Holmes paced the Cowboys with three singles.
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Manhattan
Eaglefield
Arizona Sash and Door Cowboys
Ed Valenzuela
Chargers
Frankie Casanova
Fred Holmes
Cowboys
Bautista Shoe Shop
Sash and Door Cowboys
Joe Tang
Pioneer Hotel
Allied
Mountaineers
Halas Expects Biggest Year for Pro Football
Chicago Bears owner coach George Halas predicts the 1940 NFL season will be the biggest in pro history despite wartime draft talk. He says most players are married and could stay for three months, and that schedules would continue if drafted. The NFL season begins in September with all 10 teams practicing within two weeks.
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Hallas
Halas
19 Softball Teams Vie for State Title in Phoenix
The girls state softball championship opens Sunday night in Phoenix with 19 teams including Prescott Nogales and Pima. The double elimination winner advances to the national tournament in Detroit on September 5. PBSW of Phoenix is the defending champion after reaching the national semi finals last year.
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Phoenix
Prescott
Nogales
Pima
Arizona
Detroit
PBSW
Oil Evaluations To Be Made Soon
Mexico City reports government will publish its official valuation of expropriated American, British, and Dutch petroleum properties seized in 1938 within days. Indemnification is planned based on this evaluation, with private firms seeking about 400 million dollars while the government cites as low as 12 million.
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Mexico City
State July sales tax receipts rise in Phoenix
State sales tax collections in July totaled 358 289 79, up 10 656 62 from June and 51 830 93 above July 1939, with Phoenix reporting the local tax revenue for the month.
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Phoenix
Texas Jack Marshal Beats Beech In Memphis Bout
Texas fighter Jack Marshal, 188 pounds from Texas, outpointed Neville Tiger Beech, 190 pounds from Picayune Mississippi, in a Memphis boxing match.
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Memphis
Tenn
Jack Marshal
Texas
Neville
Tiger” Beech
Picayune
Miss
Child Bitten By Copperhead Is Recovering
ADEL Ga Aug 2 Deputy Sheriff W A Clements said 5 year old Leitha Ann Rowan bitten by a copperhead during a backwoods religious rite was found alive and "doing fine" in a miracle recovery without medical treatment The child and her mother Estelle Rowan were found on a farm near Lakeland and brought home Her father Albert Rowan a Holiness preacher remains jailed and accused with his wife of participating in deadly snake rites recovery strengthens cultists belief while authorities plan to decide on charges against Rowan Lipham and others involved
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Adel
W. A. Clements
Leitha Ann Rowan
Clements
Albert Rowan
Lakeland
Leitha Ann
Old Possum Trot Church
W. T. Daughtry
Rowan
W. T. Lipham
Tucson Swimmers Entered In Meet
Junior stars from Salt River valley and Tucson will compete tonight in the Arizona state boys and girls swimming meet a preview of state junior swimming and diving champions. Tucson has ten youngsters entered in the event limited to under 13 with team members Helen Sarlin Marlyn Stanley Antoniette Rudolph Shirley Hall Pete Bennett Monte Wilkinson Argall Morrison Lowell Bailey Jack Grauman and Frank Robertson. The team race likely centers on Tucson Coronado pool of Phoenix and Mesa.
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Salt River Valley
Tucson
Arizona
Tempe
Old Pueblo
Helen Sarlin
Marlyn Stanley
Antoinette Rudolph
Shirley Hall
Pete Bennett
Monte Wilkinson
Argall Morrison
Lowell Bailey
Jack Grauman
Frank Robertson
Coronado Pool
Phoenix
Texas Still for Roosevelt as Willkie plans invasion
A Princeton poll shows Texas heavily favors Roosevelt over Willkie at the start of the race. The institute reports Roosevelt leads in Texas 83 percent to 15 percent, with broader shifts noted in California and Pennsylvania. The survey was conducted after nominations and before campaign events in the South.
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Roosevelt
Willkie
George Gallup
American Institute of Public Opinion
Princeton
N. J
Wendell Willkie
Institute
South
Maton
P.C. Dem
California
Pennsylvania
Hank Greenberg Returns To First
New York notes Hank Greenberg Detroit Tigers star returned to first base at the World Fair school of baseball. He demonstrated fielding at first, then moved to the outfield to address the crowd and show how he played the position before being shifted this season.
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New York
Hank Greenberg
Detroit Tigers
Hank
French To Try Former Chiefs
Military leaders and ex officials face a Riom trial on August 8 for leading France to war with Germany and the defeat. Former Premiers Edouard Daladier and Paul Reynaud, Generalissimo Maurice Gamelin, and Georges Mandel are among those named though not all identities are disclosed. Charges include responsibility for war, unpreparedness, and possibly plotting against the state, per Justice Minister Raphael Alibert.
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Vichy
France
Germany
Supreme Court
Riom
Edouard Daladier
Paul Reynaud
Maurice Gustave Gamelin
Georges Mandel
Raphael Alibert
Big Salmon Breaks Rod In Gripping King Catch
Gordon Doan landed a 62 pound king salmon by Seattle. The fish reportedly tore the rod from his hands and left a two foot stump above the reel. Doan, a druggist, said he and a partner battled the fish for about thirty minutes before boatward release.
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Seattle
Gordon Doan
Doan
Indians Plan Year Round Arts For Papago Day
The Papago reservation plans a two day Indian day to coincide with the Oct 11 12 premiere of the motion picture Arizona. Exhibits run 8 am to midnight and feature Papago spring roundups crafts and cowboy music plus summer food preparation fall harvest activities and winter basket pottery rope and dish making by Indians.
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Papago Reservation
Arizona
T. B. Hall
Movie Actor Buys Boxer's Contract for 7500
George Raft has purchased the contract of lightweight boxer and San Jose State boxing coach George Latka for 7500 dollars. Latka is to be trained by Joe Herman with Tony Palazolo as manager. Raft plans a three month campaign to challenge Lew Jenkins or Sam Angott for a title.
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San Francisco
George Raft
George Latka
San Jose State College
Raft
Latka
Joe Herman
Tony Palazolo
Lew Jenkins
New York
Sam Angott
National Boxing Association
Boy Walks Seven Miles to Train Station in Australia
Six year old Colin Moreland, having never seen a train, walked barefoot seven miles from his home to the nearest station at Moree in a remarkable trek.
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Colin Moreland
Moree
Australia
Aircraft engineers struggle with largest bomber at Douglas
In Los Angeles on August 2, engineers at the Douglas Aircraft plant near completion of a 70 ton army bomber the B89. The massive craft requires a runway lengthen by 1200 feet to permit ground tests and its wingspan exceeds 210 feet surpassing the Army’s current largest bomber.
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Los Angeles
Douglas Aircraft Plant
Maidstone Invitational Semi-Finals Set In Eve Tennis
In East Hampton on August 2, four top singles players vie for final berths in the Maidstone women's invitational tennis tournament. Semifinal doubles matchups pair Palfrey and Mary Hardwick of England against Bundy and Mrs. John Van Ryn, with Helen Jacobs and Mary Arnold facing Betz and Wheeler. Wheeler advanced past Margaret Osborne 2 6 64 64.
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N. Y
U.P
Maidstone
Miss Palfrey
Mary Hardwick
England
Miss Bundy
John van Ryn
Helen Jacobs
Berkeley
Calif
Mary Arnold
Los Angeles
Miss Betz
Miss Wheeler
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