Local track standout draws early season travel and toil
YORK July 15 Those days spells have in California for the national meet. A celebrated shot putter, recently in two upper berths, remains in town due to a small seating limit for Al. He spends the summer driving a beer truck. Baron Bootsenberger of Pilsen was poised to sign with a Washington brewery team but quit after learning he would wrestle beer kegs on the side.
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York
Opel News Service
California
National
Baron Bootsenberger
Price
Pilsen
Washington
Silly Sports Snapshots and Celebrity Fashionbits
A collage of lighthearted notes on sports and style. Lu-Louw Now features a cheerful Novikoff moment. Sarah Palfrey Cooke debuts a geometric Hairdo designed by Elwood. Gloria Callen eyes a possible backstroke comeback with Warner Brothers courting. Dempsey rumor mill continues as Mrs. D meals are delivered. Mercedes Marlowe wows California galleries in red shorts. Joe Louis divorce chatter remains quiet.
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Sarah Palfrey Cooke
Elwood
Warner Brothers
Gloria Callen
Dempsey
Major Neyland's blitz plan described in cryptic analogy
The item presents a provocative, unnamed commentator asserting Major Bob Neyland could have crafted a Russian defense. It alludes to blockers allowing tackles to pass and then striking from concealed positions, using a football metaphor to imply strategic misdirection.
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al Sharp
Atlanta Constitution
Bob Neyland
Russia
Louisville bat foundry tops sales with DiMaggio model
A Louisville bat foundry reports its Joe DiMaggio model as the top seller. Joli has joined the naval unit and Andrew Jenkins now fields three motorcycles, causing debate among observers about the growing stable of machines and the accompanying tension.
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Ae Louisville Bat Foundry
Ronerw
Joe Joe DiMaggio
Joli
Naval
Andrew Jenkins
Jacobs China
Business offer for heavyweight fight in Des Moines
George offers a $100 prize to any man or woman who can arrange for a real heavyweight to travel to Des Moines and fight his suspect opponent Franklin.
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George
Des Moines
Slap Heard Around the World Stuns Elmira Umpire
An Elmira New York girl attempted to sack an Eastern League umpire in a recent game prompting the Star-Gazette to headline that the act was “a slap heard around the world.”
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Elmira
N. Y
Star-Gazette
Local Marble King Otis Sargent Reaches Finals in New Jersey
Otis Snag Sargent took young Hayes DeHaven to a national tournament in Wildwood New Jersey. Using a back pin he advanced to the finals before losing to a Pennsylvania opponent. Alumni note a movement in Richmond to rename the University nickname The Spiders amid controversy.
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Otis
Snag
Sargent
Hayes Dehaven
Northern Virginia
Marble King
Wildwoodd
N. J
Pennsylvania
University of Richmond
Spiders
Sargent item notes prize details from marble shoot and vacation crowd
Otis wished for third place in the sponsors marble shoot where second prize was a live chicken sold for 50 cents and the third prize a pig sold for $1. Ralph Mulvey, Buddy Locke, and Irvin Zuckerman returned from Charleston and Caroline Beach. Mulvey postponed his draft related vacation. Locke and Zuckerman suffered sunburns. Gusty crashed into a cross beam near the ball park missing the head clearance and saw stars in a constellation-like moment.
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Sargent
Otis
Orge
Charleston
S. C
Caroline Beach
Ralph Mulvey
Buddy Locke
Irvin Zuckerman
Rod Sirbaugh
Electric signs darkened on Sundays and Thursdays in 1917
On December 14 1917 the Federal Fuel Administrator ordered electric advertising signs darkened on Sunday and Thursday each week.
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Federal
Yankees Can Still Lose A Ball Game
The Chicago White Sox ended the New York Yankees 14 game win streak with a 7-1 victory as John Rigney allowed eight hits and DiMaggio extended his hitting streak to 54 games. Cleveland beat Boston 4-1 behind Bob Feller as Detroit topped Philadelphia 4-2. Dodgers beat Cubs 1-0 with Higbe earning his 13th win. Browns defeated Senators 6-4, Reds over Braves 7-4 in 13 innings, Giants over Pirates 3-2.
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Judgson Bailey
Associated Press
New York Yankees
Chicago White Sox
John Rigney
Joe DiMaggio
DiMaggio
Yankees
Cleveland Indians
Boston Red Sox
Bob Feller
Tommy Bridges
Detroit Tigers
Philadelphia Athletics
Ken Chase
Vern Kennedy
Washington Senators
St. Louis Browns
Washington
Browns
George McQuinn
DAILY CROSSWORD ACROSS
A compact crossword clue list with across and down items covering common terms such as form of address shelf awe contends for tranquility and slang for money, and down clues including district in London notion bellow and other brief entries
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Down
London
Notion
Bellow
Goastray
Major League Standings and Today’s Baseball Schedule
National League results Brooklyn edged Chicago 1 0 Philadelphia beat St Louis 5 4 New York defeated Pittsburgh 3 2 Cincinnati won Boston 4 7 American League results Chicago 7 New York 1 Detroit 4 Philadelphia 2 Cleveland 4 Boston 1 St Louis 6 Washington 4 Only games scheduled feature eight matchups with listed probable pitchers and venues.
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Chicago
Philadelphia
St. Louis
New York
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Boston
Detroit
Cleveland
Washington
Erickson
French
Hamlin
Casey
Butcher
Melton
Crouch
Hughes
Vander Meer
Javery
Peek
Smith
Harris
Newsom
Dobson
Harder
New York Senna
Cleveland Seeee
Evae
Cincinnati Stent
Ago Se
Detroit A
Californian Jimmy Clark Sets Record 64 In Pubic Links Opener
Jimmy Clark of Long Beach California fired a 64 in the first round of the national public links championship at Indian Canyon Spokane. The telegram message from a southern romantic interest fueled his confidence as he led 178 players at the halfway point. Clark posted two 32s on the 71 par course.
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Spokane
Wash
Jimmy Clark
Long Beach
Calif
Clark
Indian Canyon
Passports Halted For U S Citizens To Visit Europe
The document notes no passports are being issued to United States citizens to visit Russia or any European country except in the most imperative cases. It references Britain in June and a man named Rees with unclear dates since July 1940.
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O Som
Jay
Britain
Rees
G. M
United States
Russia
European
Lou Worsham Wins Open Golf Match
Lou Worsham of Burning Tree Country Club won the Jimmy Roche open golf tournament at Elk Ridge Country Club. He posted two sub par rounds 60 70 for a total 138 to win over Jimmy Roche who finished 72 73 145 as the event honored Roche in his 38th year of service.
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Baltimore
Lou Worsham
Burning Tree Country Club
Wash
Elk Yridge Country Club
Jimmy Roche
Condition of Rivers at Riverton
Rivers in the area are muddy with the South Fork and North Fork both described as muddy, indicating poor water clarity and potential flooding risk. Authorities warn residents to take caution near the riverbanks and fishermen to avoid unsafe conditions.
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Riverton
Illinois trustees weigh fate of Zuppke amid athletic feud
In Chicago the University of Illinois trustees consider four options to resolve a long running feud between football coach Bob Zuppke and Athletic Director Wendell S. Wilson. Possible actions include firing Zuppke, dismissing Wilson, retaining both, or reorganizing the athletic department. Grange sues Wilson for 50000 claiming defamation.
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Chicago
Bob Zuppke
University of Illinois
Zuppke
Wendell S. Wilson
Wilson-Zuppke
Wilson
Harold
Red) Grange
Illinois
Grange
Grid
Stars and pitching highlights across major leagues
Higbe and Durocher spark Dodgers past Cubs with two hit effort and a ninth inning bunt. Moore of the Giants ties the game with a ninth inning triple with two on. Feller limits Red Sox to five hits for Cleveland. Bridges holds Athletics to five hits for Detroit. McQuinn homers among four Browns safeties to beat the Senators. Bragan drives in winner for Phillies with bases loaded in eighth vs Cardinals. McCormick and Craft rally Reds with two singles in the 13th to defeat Braves. Rigney limits Yankees to eight hits as White Sox halt their victory bid.
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Dodgers
Brooklyn Dodgers
Chicago Cubs
Kirby Higbe
Bruins
Vern Olsen
Brooklyn
Leo Durocher
Higbe
Olsen
Ebbets Field
Phillies
St. Louis Cardinals
Cincinnati Reds
Boston Braves
New York Giants
Pittsburgh Pirates
Associated Press
Durocher
Cubs
Joe Moore
Giants
Pirates
Bob Feller
Indians
Red Sox
Tob Bridges
Tigers
Athletics
George McQuinn
Browns
Homored
St. Louis
Senators
Bobby Bragan
Cardinals
Frank McCormick
Harry Craft
Reds
Braves
John Rigney
White Sox
Yankees
Missouri senate race in district one ends as both candidates resign
Jefferson City July 15 The Missouri legislature's longest session saw committees hear evidence on the first district state senate contest. Republican Clark A. McColl and Democrat Charles O. Robinson each claimed the seat but neither held it. Both resigned, 22 hours after sine die adjournment, and are expected to run again in 1942.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Senate
Clark A. McColl
Charles O. Robinson
Civilians Registered in Northern Virginia Defense Program
Officials in charge of civilian registration in Arlington Virginia expressed satisfaction with citizen response. Beulah Shipley Goss co chairman said booths would be open Friday and Saturday this week and next to accommodate vacationers. John C Mackall of McLean Fairfax county chairman estimated 2400 people had registered in his county.
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Arlington
Northern Virginia
Beulah Shipley Goss
Cochairman
Arlington County
John C. Mackall
McLean
Fairfax County
Mrs Ma Durand Mills Dies Three Days After Marriage
In Asheville North Carolina Mrs Ma Durand Mills 37 former secretary to Col Louis M Howe White House secretary died three days after marriage to Aubrey Mills of St Louis The ceremony was at St Josephs Church with Father J A her hospital chaplain Mills formerly assistant secretary of commerce and now with the Waterways Commission came to Asheville in September 1938 for health reasons.
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Asheville
N. C
Ma. Durand Mills
Louis M. Howe
White House
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