Mustangs Trip to Colorado Springs For Three Way Semi Pro Playoff
Davis-Monthan semipro team sails to Colorado Springs for the second of three round robin games vs Peterson Field in the southern Second Air Force playoff. Clemensen starts Saturday, Stevenson on Sunday as the club seeks a sweep to secure a potential tie. They return Monday and schedule a league clash with Southern Pacific before heading to Wichita for nationals.
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Tucson
Colorado Springs
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Mustangs
Peterson Field
Air Force
Bill Clemensen
Charlie Stevenson
Pueblo
Davis - Monthan
Southern Pacific
Wichita
Kan
Bobby Fontaine
Hosses
Frank Castro
Warriors
Marana
Azteca Club
Aztecas
Southern Pacific Rails
Boxing Revival Seen In Tucson Card Prospects Bright
The Tuesday boxing show drew strong local interest with high talent from Army camps in Fort Huachuca and Davis Monthly, led by Beckwith and a notable Qui jano-Brown bout. Promoter Harry Eagles vows better matchups, while veterans like Mauriello express eagerness for future pro chances.
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Kid Logan
Munnerlyn Tosses 4-Hitter For D M
Davis Monthan Mustangs beat Convair Liberators 12 to 0 as Tex Munnerlyn tosses a four hit game. Butch Scheffel drives in multiple runs including a home run in a big fifth inning. Azteca Warriors meet Marana Horses tonight at Randolph Park to decide first in Tucson semipro league.
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Azteca Warriors
Art Feay
Marana
Randolph Park
Davis- Monthan Mustangs
Con
Bailey
Pinky Vargas
Don Herrell
Tex Munnerlyn
War Workers
Tex
al Kivel
Munnerlyn
Fontaine-Castro
Baseball Roundup Sparks N.Y. Talk Of Surprises
NEW YORK Aug 3 Dodgers win two of six vs Cardinals Browns lead American pennant race as chatter grows that anything can happen in baseball. Ernie Lombardi leads the league in stolen bases, tempering opinions. Also Baseball Quiz offers two questions with answers at column end.
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New York
Brooklyn Dodgers
Cardinals
St. Louis Browns
Ernie Lombardi
Odds and Ends on Baseball and Racing Lore
Louisville figure Charley Jones cites 99 ways a top horse can lose a race while commentary wonders about Steve Brodie’s Brooklyn Bridge jump. Annapolis track revival planned for Labor Day with George Washington linked to a weigh loss legend. Rip Sewell imagines taunting Ruth Gehrig and DiMaggio with a blooper ball. Reds players all married. Grover Cleveland Alexander serves as a guard at a Lockland war plant. Answers list top pitchers and games with dates.
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Charley Jones
Steve Brodie
Brooklyn Bridge
Dodger’s
America
Annapolis
George Washinon
Rip Sewell
The
Pirates
Babe Ruth
Lou Gehrig
Joe DiMaggio
Cincinnati Reds
Grover Cleveland Alexander
Lockland
Runaway Tilts Feature Two Softball Games
Davis-Monthan led league play with a 15-0 win over Silver Streaks and Con Armament crushed Arment 18-1 at 22nd Street Park. Hap Hanson twirled a four-hitter and Tommy Kaylor homered for the victors while Burl Davis blasted two homers and a single to spark the Chargers.
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Convair Chargers
Little Mustangs
Hap Hanson
Tommy Kaylor
Burl Davis
Chargers
Tommy Hale
Marana
D.C
Godfrey
Blas
Blackburn
Hanson
Rundmuller
Francis, Lloyd
Randon
Davis and
Pain
Stars and athletes lead as Lanier tops Pirates in NL clash
Max Lanier of the St Louis Cardinals swatted seven strikeouts to win 8-4 over Pittsburgh, grabbing the NL strikeout lead with five hits. Bobby Estalella of the Athletics and Tony Cuccinello of the White Sox also delivered in the day’s action, with Estalella belting a triple in a seven run frame. In tennis, Alice Marble defeated Pauline Betz 3-6 6-1 6-4 in the Maidstone indoor tourney quarterfinals, ending Betz’s bid for the title.
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Max Lanier
Cards
Pittsburgh
Bobby Estalella
Athletics
Tony Cuccinello
White Sox
Estalenna
Alice Marble
Pauline Betz
Maidstone Tourney
McCormick Hits Hot Streak Sparks Reds Power
Frank McCormick of the Cincinnati Reds, after a slow start, surged to a .344 batting average over the past two weeks with 22 hits in 64 at bats and 21 RBIs. He led the league in hits in 1938 and 1939, made 200 plus hits in his first five seasons, and was a seven time National League All Star. He homered five times in a six game series against the Giants, lifting Cincinnati to three wins. He credits singles and doubles for his success and notes Polo Grounds fences invite better contact.
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Joe Reichler
New York
Frank McCormick
Cincinnati Reds
McCormick
New York Giants
Redleg
Larry MacPhail
Cincinnati
Reds
The
Johnny Mize
Mel Ott
Dolph Camilli
Chuck Klein
Frank DeMaree
Frank
Giants
Polo Grounds
Big League Ivory Hunters Struggle to Find Prospects
Red Sox scout Hank Severeid says wartime baseball limits signings as scouts tour service camps and teen players. He warns only a few likely prospects may come to the majors this year while many leagues and minor clubs lack depth. He notes most signings are future references as clubs expand scouting staffs.
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Will Grimsley
Memphis
Red Sox
Hank
Severeid
The
Plate
Ninth inning rally clinches Philadelphia opener win
In the opener, Philadelphia pulled away with a ninth inning rally to claim the 9-3 victory. Chicago’s Cuccinello led the Sox with four singles in a 7-3 nightcap triumph.
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Philadelphia
Cuccinello
Chicago
Bermuda Settlement Traced to Virginia-Bound Wreckage
A historical note records that Bermuda was settled by colonists bound for Virginia who were wrecked on the islands, leading to the island’s early European habitation.
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Bermuda
Virginia
Islands
Napoleon Offers Reward For Continental Sugar Synthesis
During the Napoleonic wars a severe sugar shortage prompted Napoleon to offer a reward to any scientist who could produce sugar from continent available materials.
Radio Schedule Highlights Evening Lineup on KTUC KVOA
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Land of Ours
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D'Artega
la Fiesta Mexicana
the World Today
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Fulton Lewis i
Bob Andersen
News of the World
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