Lou Gehrig memorial tickets planned for July 4
Yankees prepare special souvenir tickets for the Lou Gehrig memorial on July 4 and offer rain checks featuring a likeness of Lou. Other notes mention Lou Nova training in Maine, gate crasher Connolly named custodian for American Legion baseball championships in Kansas, and various sports bits and quips from figures like Babe Ruth and Tyrus Cobb.
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Theo
Yankees
Lou Gehrig
Lou
Lou Nova
Maine Woods
Louis
One
Connolly
American Legion
Kansas
Come Out to Jersey And See Us
Crookston Daily Times reporter Dom McKenzie notes Crookston boys training at Camp Claiborne La. Two mosquitoes in a tent prompt a joking debate over what to do with the bug. Ed Mitchell of the Durham Herald seeks the origin of the seventh inning stretch. Gayle Talbot wonders why the Yankees lack a standout pitcher. Jersey Jones predicts Joe Louis by the 13th round.
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Jersey
Dom McKenzie
The
Crookston
Minn
Daily Times
Camp Claiborne
Ed Mitchell
Durham
N. C
Herald
Gayle Talbot
Yanks
Conn-Louis
Jersey Jones
Louis
Joe
Jergy
Winchester Club Beats Front Royal in Golf Match
A Winchester Golf Club team defeated Front Royal Golf Club 14 to 10 at Warren County Club near Cedarville. Scoring pairings included Hugh Peters and Ralph Grimm 11-2, Lester Arnold and Raymond Kerlin 2 1-2, John Scully and P Glaize 3, H B McCormac and Dutch Sjostrom 3, among others.
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Winchester Golf Club
Front Royal Golf Club
Warren County Club
Cedarville
Winchester
Hugh Peters
Ralph Grimm
Carl Campbell
W. E. Bridgeforth
Lester Arnold
Raymond Kerlin
Nelson Page
Leon Slavin
FP. Glaize
Walter Bosserman
John Scully
Fitzsimmons Delivers Relief Win in Dodgers Victory
Dodgers veteran Fitzsimmons twirls seven solid innings to beat the Pirates 9 to 4 in Brooklyn. Franks pinch hits for him in the eighth and homers as Fitzsimmons extends his win streak to three and his lifetime edge over Pittsburgh to 19 and 2. Medwick Camilli and Reiser each collect three hits in a 17-hit Brooklyn barrage. In Chicago, Passeau defeats Schumacher 1 to 0 as Hack and Nicholson’s early hits prove decisive.
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Gale Talbot
Associated Press
Freddie Fitzsimmons
Dodgers
Pittsburgh
Brooklyn
St. Louis
Fitzsimmons
Fitz
Whit Wyatt
Hugh Casey
Kirby Highlee
Pirates
Pitt
Herman Franks
Franks
Joe Medwick
Dolf Camilli
Pete Reister
Results And Standings In Softball League Division A
Weekly schedule and results for Division A softball show Virginia Woolen, Dr. Pepper, Novick, and National Fruit competing with some games rained out. Upcoming fixtures list Oscar Nebel, Northern Va, O Sullivan, and Junior Board across Diamonds 1 and 2.
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Va. Wolen Dr. Pepper National Fruit
Novick
Va. Woolen
Dr. Pepper
Ertoribenes
Woolen
Som
Oscar Nebel
Northern Va
O'Sullivan
Oscar
Tourist Traffic On Increase at Shenandoah Caverns
Hunter B. Chapman owner of Shenandoah Caverns reports Route 11 travel conditions improved and tourism booming. He notes visitors this year are double 1940 levels, with Shenandoah Caverns business three times a recent Sunday and special groups visiting the Valley more than ever.
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Hunter B. Chapman
Shenandoah Caverns
Chapman
Front Royal Remount Show and Sale Drawing Large Entries
Front Royal Va June 24 Entries for the Front Royal Remount Horse Show and Sale to be held June 27 and 28 have closed and promise one of the souths largest sales. About 130 horses shown and around 35 to be sold. Stables Springsbury Farms Meander Farms Llangollen Farms and show strings of U Randle and Mrs D N Lee well represented. Hunter prospects from yearlings to four year olds. Spectators can expect two pleasant days with a well filled show ring.
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Front Royal
Springsbury Farms
Meander Farms
Llangollen Farms
U. S. Randle
D. N. Lee
Red Burman Returns in Heavyweight Bout Victory
Clarence Red Burman, at 192 1 2 pounds, knocked out Al Hart of New Orleans in the second round at the Coliseum Baltimore. Hart weighed 222 and struggled after Burman dropped him twice before the bell, then twice more in the second round. Slugger White beat Manuel Villa by technical knockout in the sixth round after Villa showed fatigue and a cut eyelid.
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Baltimore
Clarence
Red) Burman
al Hart
New Orleans
Coliseum
Hart
Charles Short
Burman
Slugger White
New York
Manuel Villa
Mexico
White
Villa
Associated Press
Babe Ruth Aims to Beat Cobb in Charity Golf Match
Babe Ruth, at 47 and heavier but faster, says he can outplay Ty Cobb in an 18 hole charity left handed golf exhibition at Commonwealth course. Ruth cites recent scores 78 75 74 73 and notes a fundraising event for the Golden Rule Farm in Franklin New Hampshire.
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Newton
Mass
George Herman
Babe
Commonwealth
Swat
Ruth
Ty’s
Golden Rule Farm
New England
Franklin
N. H
Fights Last Night by Associated Press
Boxing results list fights from multiple cities with winners and weights. Burman KO'd Hart in Baltimore Newark names Knox outpointed Cross in Newark Bobo stopped Alfano in Pittsburgh Speary outpointed Marcelline in Allentown.
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Newark
N. J
Buddy Knox
Dayton
Ohio
Wallace Cross
East Orange
Pittsburgh
Harry Bobo
Pittsburg
Mike Alfano
New York
Allentown
Billy Speary
Nanticoke
Johnny Marcelline
Philadelphia
Benham Named Administrator of Bry ant Estate
On motion of Mrs Mary Bryant H K Benham is appointed administrator of the estate of the late Charles W Bryant who died intestate. Sixty eight packs of 20 cigarettes are consumed annually by every man woman and child in the United States.
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Mary Bryant
H. K. Benham
Charles W. Bryant
United States
Major League Standings and Tonight's Schedule
National League standings show Brooklyn leading with 21 games, New York at 29, and Chicago at 33 while Cincinnati 31 and Philadelphia 18. Tonight’s schedule features Brooklyn at Pittsburgh, Boston at St Louis, New York at Chicago, Philadelphia at Cincinnati.
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New York
Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Raceoure
Boshohe Ee
Philadelphia
Davis
Lanning
Boston
Erricksonen
Krist
Crouch
Melton
French
Beck
Hoerst
Turner
Thompson
L. Pet
Cleveland
Detroit
Dodgers edge Pirates as Fitzsimmons nets 13th straight win
Fitzsimmons Pap hero Freddie and Hére man Franks delivered a 9 to 4 victory over Pittsburgh with a pinch homer by Franks and two aboard. Passeau and Nicholson beat the Giants 1 to 0 as Nicholson drove in the only run in the first inning.
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Associated Press
Freddie Fitzsimmons
Héreman Franks
Dodgers
Fitz
Pittsburgh
Pranks
Claude Passeau
Bill Nicholson
Chicago Cubs
Passeau
Giants
Nicholson
Pineapple Named From Pine Cone Resemblance
Spanish explorers named the fruit pine apple because it resembled a pine cone. The term fused pine with apple to describe the tropical fruit in early trade.
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Meuse- Argonne
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Misonsas Ling
Central Press Association
U.S. Army Signal Corps
Pennant Hot Club
Cardinals
E. Earl Shade
North Main
Dial
Isador Gersen
New York City
Nathan
Portsmouth
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Red Burman
Cobb
Bill King
Benham
Cres A Or Auker
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Bridges
McCrabb
Washir Lee
Leonard
Ols
Miller’s Hardware
N. Loudoun St
Firestone
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Goodyear
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