Roundup hints at boxing, football, and golf moves
Chicago chatter links Gunnar Barlund to boxing meeting tactics and Billy Conn to playful ringside antics. Coaches and players shift jobs with Ducky Pond likely head coach at Bates and Moriarty eyed at Colby. Joe Louis backs a Negro golf championship. track and football news mingle with spring holiday scenes and sport celebrity appearances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie Brietz
New York
Special News Service
Chicago Grapevine
Gunnar Barland
Illinois Boxing Commission
Billy Conn
Bates
Ducky Pond
George Moriarty
Marblehead
Mass) High
Colby
Joe Zanelli
Greenville
N. C
Coastal Plain Loop
Cleveland
Mike Jacobs
Bank Closings For Jefferson's Birthday Holiday
Notices state April 14 1941 is a legal holiday and banks will close. Payments maturing on that date may be made April 15 1941. Signatories include J B Yost John L Sloat EO B Bushnell Harold G Brown and bank names Shenandoah Valley Natl Bank Merchants National Union Bank of Winchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson
J. BH. Yost
Poo Merchants National
E John L Sloat
EO. B. Bushnell
Union Bank of Winchester
Harold G Brown
Shenandoah Valley Nat’! Bank
On The Road With The Majors
Major league notes from various cities recap spring training happenings. Details include Rudy Lewis likely army induction May 10, Jack Wilson slated for Opening Day against Washington, Bobby Doerr x-ray update, Joe DiMaggio injury recall, Lou Boudreau rest plan, Hank Danning return for Giants, and Cleveland baserunning in recent games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Bobby Doerr
Boston
Cincinnati
Jack Wilson
Orioles
Washington
Richmond
Roger Peckinpaugh
Lou Boudreau
Giants
New York
Bob Feller
White Sox
Hank Danning
New York Giants
Cleveland Indians
Carl Hubbell
Walter Brown
Handley Opens Track Meet Victory Over RMA at Front Royal
Handley High opened their track season with a 62 to 37 win over Randolph-Macon Academy in Front Royal. Bobby Green led Handley with 13 points, W Brown added 11, and Handley swept events from sprints to field events as they prep for a triangle meet with Woodberry and RMA.
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Front Royal
Yes
Oval
Macon
Price
Conan Green
Disrunner
High Pumper
Yellow Jackets
W. Brown
Snag Sargent
Orange
Woodberry
R.M. A
Nee Brown
Charnock
Handley
Green
Pingley
Wechsley
Richards
Garber
Roney
Randolph-Macon
McFall
King
G. Robinson
West
Booth
Parris
Randolph- Macon
Legge- Handley
Taylor
Bywaters
Webster
Cochran
Tibarzi
D. Robinson
Newcome
Call
Legge
de Haven
Dent
Hoffman
Holladay
Register
Riddick
Blankinship
Tunney faces court challenge over Eastern Shore estate sale
Former heavyweight champion Gene Tunney may attend a Saturday hearing in Talbot County Court House on exceptions to an estate sale bought last February by John McKinney for Tunney. The Naylors claim the sale was inadequately advertised and the price was too low. The estate near Bellevue includes a large river view house and marshland suitable for duck hunting.
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Tunney
John McKinney
Centreville
Benoni Point
Naylor
McKinney
Levin
Naylors
Choptank
Oliver 8
Mullikin
Easton National Bank
Berryville Loses Season Opener To Harpers Ferry On Errors
Berryville High School opened the season with four misplayed fly balls fueling three Harpers Ferry runs in a 3-1 loss. Henson triple and Houghton double accounted for Berryville’s lone tally, while Bobby Houghton allowed 3 safeties and struck out 11 over seven innings. Wallace Mills held Berryville to 5 hits and fanned 10 in a sharp pitching duel.
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Berryville
Berryville High School
Frederick Clarke
Diamond Dukes
Harpers Ferry High
Bobcats
Henson
Houghton
Bobby Houghton
Frank
West Virginia
Wallace Mills
Mills
Emmart
Phillies Beat The Senators in North Carolina
The Phillies rallied past the Washington Senators 7 to 4 in GOLDSBORO North Carolina on April 10. Dutch Leonard stymied the Senators until the seventh inning before Case provided a two run homer and a run producing single in early frames.
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Goldsboro
N. C
Phillies
Washington Senators
Dutch Leonard
Exhibition Games Across Multiple Cities Highlight Baseball Action
Readable fragments show exhibition matchups in Wichita Wilmington Tulsa Oklahoma City Cincinnati and other venues. Players including Haynes Dickey Raffensberger and Scheffing are noted with line scores and substitutions.
Florida Reaps a Record Take in Pari-Mutuel Wagering
Florida reports a record $2,402,733.99 take from horse and dog racing and Jai Alai, surpassing last season. The 1939-40 totals show 2,695,454 admissions and $68,280,202 wagered across two tracks, nine dog tracks, and Jai Alai venues, with $33,000 per county expected for state funds. Joe Schenck won the $10,000 Tropical Handicap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Florida
Joe Schenck
State Racing Commission
Hialeah Park
Swank Strip
Goldsboro Scoreline Shows Close Hoops Duel
Derringer Turner and Lombardi starred as Goldsboro hosted Philadelphia with a 710 to 3 scoreline in a game that featured Blanton Melton and Livingstone Warren plus Leonard Carrasquel and Ferrell Evans on the court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Derringer
Turner
Lombardi
Goldsboro
N. C
Philadelphia
Washington
Blanton
Melton
Livingston
Warren
Leonard
Carrasquel
Ferrell
Evans
Fights Last Night Report By The Associated Press
Hollywood fighter Larry Cisneros defeated Price in a ten round decision in Los Angeles. Lemak stopped Hartnek in Cleveland after nine rounds. The results were filed from Omaha and Minneapolis with fighter hometowns listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Hollywood
Larry Cisneros
Questa
N. M
Price
Los Angeles
Omaha
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Chicago
Pirates
Jimmy Cagney
North Carolina
Princeton
Tiger Athletic
Christian Gauss
Athletic Council
Tad Wieman
George Brinkley
Matty Geiss
Chapel Hill
George C. Carens
Boston Traveler
Bill Bingham
Harvard
Bill
Bruno Betzel
Durham
Christian Frederick Albert John Henry David Betzel
Bertram Graeme Frazier Redfield
Warren Simpson
Bettors
N. Y
Yanks
Wilmington
Del
Joe M’carthy
Joe Louis
Look
Liberty
Reds
Yankees
Larry MacPhail
Mungo
George Washington
N. Loudoun St
The
Martinsville
Alejandro Carrasque
Philly
Belmont
Rudy Lewis
Army
Dayton
Detroit Tigers
Buck Newsom
Alton
Tigers
Brooklyn
Dodgers
New York Yankees
Pewee Reese
Pete Reiser
Joe DiMaggio
Hutchinson, Kas
Bill Clemensen
Pittsburgh Pirates
Bugs
Frank Frisch
Charleston
Roy Bruner
R.M.A. In Front Royal
Bobby Green
Ol Tih
Maryland Real Estate
Vyns
Ferry
W. Virginians
Berryville Pos
Abroh Henson
Potts
Lickey
C. Wee
Pitta
Teen Berry
Huffmaster
Teee Bowers
Penne
Eee Johnson
E Wens Haines
Stew Wee
Rickard
Knott
Sera Tereeae
Senators
Wichita, Kan
Grove
Navie
Haynes
Dickey
Dean
Root
Raffensberger
Scheffing
Casey
Hamlin
Owen
Phelps
Lindel
Tulsa
Okla
St. Louis
Lanier and Padgett
Bertram
Wyse
Fernandez
Oklahoma City
Pittsburgh N
Beckman
Besse
Hayes
Klinger
Bauer
Lopez
Schultz
Ryba
Hash
Peacock
Wwe
Ford Tudor
Buick
Ford
Ovid
SMART
Chevrolet
Bickers Motor CO
ATA
N. Braddock St
Winchester
National Remedy Co
N.Y. C. Dept. X
Pingley & Carper
Pinza Cleaners
Blonondy
Acrobat
Niagara Falls
Esso Motor
Eistep Ieeaaa
Philco
Philco Farm Radios
Philcos
Anderson
E. Boscawen St
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