P G A open reigns at Atlantic City amid baseball and boxing chatter
Sports note by Hugh Fullerton Jr surveys the P G A season kick off in Atlantic City with Vic Ghezzi and Pat Mucci shining in New Jersey pro am, while minor league baseball contemplates night games near army camps and coastlines. It mentions Jimmy Hatcher vs Petey Scalzo in New Orleans and Waner nearing 1000 walks and 3000 hits as Stan Spence exits injured.
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Atlantic City
America
Overlook Corp
Vic Ghezzi
Sgt
Pat Mucci
New Jersey
Vic
Jimmy Hatcher
Petey Scalzo
New Orleans
Paul Waner
Mel Ott
Football stars enter military service in multiple branches
Latest report from pro football headquarters shows 83 national league players in the army and 56 in the navy, with nine in the Marines. Of these, 31 are in air arms and 28 already commissioned. Bill Cochran, Freddie’s brother, is in the navy and set to train as an officer at Notre Dame in August. Don Atkinson, Sally League umpire, may be inducted soon. his wife is a lieutenant in the U S Nursing Corps. One private will really have to take orders.
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Navy
Marines
Air Arms
Bill Cochrane
Freddie
Notre Dame
Don (Firpo) Atkinson
U. S.nursing Corps
Pirates Lose Both To Chicago In Twinbill
Pirates drop a doubleheader to the Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh, falling 7-5 in ten innings and 11-4 in game two. Chicago’s Bill Lee and Claude Passeau earned the wins, with Lee surviving a late Bucca rally to seal the opener.
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Pittsburgh Pirates
Chicago Cubs
Bill Lee
Claude Passeau
Chicago
Lee
Pirates
McCullough
Sewell
Hamlin
Lanning
Klinger
Phelps
Passeau
Scheffing
Heintzelman
Dietz
Lopez
Pingley and Carper Seek Return of Lost Hangers
A notice from Pingley and Carper at 31 E Piccadilly St requests the return of lost hangers. Contact number 4611 provided for owners to claim them.
Park Circle Semi Pros Defeat Winchester Nine 14 2
In Hagerstown Maryland on May 25 the Park Circle Semi Pros crushed Winchester 14 to 2 allowing 17 hits. Sponge led the winners with four of five at the plate and Knode hit a home run for a two base hit.
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Joe Swanson
Park Circle
Winchester
Cheney
Hagestown Owls
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Sponge
Grim
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Zifller
Gilbert
Kline
Kenode
Nova Savold Heavyweight Bout Scheduled In D C Tonight
Lou Nova and Lee Savold square off in a 10 round heavyweight bout in Washington with a potential title shot at stake. Nova is an 8-5 favorite as Promoter Mike Jacobs expects about 20 000 fans and a gate near 45000 dollars for the Navy relief card. The fight was postponed twice due to weather.
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Lou Nova- Lee Savold
Coes
Joe Louis
Nova
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Butsavold
Des Moines
California
Mike Jacobs
Navy Relief Society
Navy
Red Sox End A’s Spell With Eight-Run Rally
Boston wins 6 5 as Cronin returns to shortstop replacing Pesky with an injured thumb. He drives in two runs including a home run in the late rally to seal the interleague win in the abbreviated eight innings after a five run deficit.
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Boston Red Sox
Philadelphia Athletics
A’s
Joe Cronin
Johnny Pesky
Cronin
Skeeter
Nig Grad
Sox
Bowlers to Honor Kirby Dellinger With Tourney
League B pays tribute to Kirby Dellinger by staging the Kirby Dellinger Handicap Singles Tournament. It is a five game event open to players in League B last season with a $1.75 entry fee and a full handicap set at 110. Prize money is split 35 25 20 10 10 percent.
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Dellinger
Studebacker
Kirby Dellinger
Raymond Webber
Fries Grocery
Stars and stellar blasts fuel twin bill wins
Yesterday's Stars list includes Mickey Livingston and Eddie Miller sparking the Phillies and Braves in a bases loaded 11th inning win and a nightcap three run homer to steady the club. It notes Roger Cramer Pinky Hickins Rip Radcliff Rudy York and others driving 12 runs in a White Sox double loss. Johnny Vander Meer Ray Starr shine for the Reds in a pair of wins over the Cardinals while Bobby Doerr and Eldon Auker help the Red Sox and Browns in twin victories. Larry French and Bruce Campbell also deliver key performances for their clubs.
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Mickey Livingston
Phils
Eddie Miller
Braves
Roger Cramer
Pinky Hickins
Rip Radcliff
Rudy York
White Sox
Johnny Vander Meer
Ray Starr
Reds
Cardinals
Bobby Doerr
Red Sox
Athletics
Eldon Auker
Denny Gashouse
Browns
Indians
Larry French
Dodgers
Giants
Bruce Campbell
Senators
Yankees
Major League Team Standings and Yesterday’s Scores
National League results show Brooklyn 6 New York 0 and Chicago 7 11 Pittsburgh 5 4. Cincinnati 3 2 St Louis 2 0 Boston 2 6 Philadelphia 3 3. American League games include Washington 9 New York 8 and Detroit 6 14 Chicago 2 0. St Louis 3 4 Cleveland 2 1 Philadelphia 6 5 Boston 5 6.
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Brooklyn
New York
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Boston
Philadelphia
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Washington
Detroit
Cleveland
W. Pet. G. B. New York
Final Games Set in Star's County Baseball League Tuesday
Final games of Star's Frederick Clarke Baseball League were rescheduled after rain. Middletown leads with 6 66 win percentage from 6 games, Stephens City close behind at 5 55 with Berryville 5 4. All-Star game to follow at The Park diamond in Winchester featuring top players against Middletown champions.
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Frederick Clarke Baseball League
Middletown
Pete” Kurlinski
Stephens City
Bob Ayler
Bobcat
Berryville
Gainesboro
Frederick County
Bobcats
Park Diamond
Winchester
Treasury Receipts and Debt Figures for May Day
Treasury shows May receipts of 22.34 million dollars and expenditures of 144.57 million. Total debt stands at 73.735 billion, with an increase of 32.94 million from the previous day.
Stephens City Edges Wholesalers 4 3 In Tight Win
Stephens City Independents clinched their third straight win beating Winchester Wholesalers 4 3. Fred Dobbins drove in two runs with a ninth inning single after Michael Boyd doubled, Harold Fawcett earned the win on the mound over Shiley as Brownie’s Wholesalers were held to seven and six hits respectively.
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Winchester
Stephens City Independents
Fred Dobbins
Park
Hagerstown
Stephens City
Wholesalers
Brownie
Independents
Dobbins
Michael Boyd
Harold Fawcett
Shiley
Martinsburg
Brown
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Steter Gok HH
Paweett
Tigers complete sweep of doubleheader over White Sox
Detroit Tigers dominate Chicago White Sox in a twin bill winning 6 to 2 and 14 to 0 before 19 198 at Chicago. Hal White pitched a shutout in the nightcap, the second time this season he blanked the White Sox, with Bridges Tebbetts Lyons Tresh delivering the hits.
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Detroit Tigers
White Sox
Hal White
Detroit
Bridges
Tebbetts
Lyons
Tresh
White
Grove
Ross
Appleton
Dickey
Seven Records Set At State AAU Track Meet
Norfolk Naval Training Station won the Virginia State AAU meet with 40 points and four new records. Virginia Tech finished second, Roanoke recreation club fourth, and the University of Richmond fifth. Navy team members set marks in javelin high jump board jump and discus. John Adair 200 ft 10 in javelin. John Wilson 6 ft 5 1 2 in high jump. Billy Brown 23 ft 3 2 3 in broad jump. Ray Jenkins 147 ft 5 in discus. John Griffin 45 ft 3 3 8 in shot put. Tomy Todd 24.8 sec low hurdles. E M Kennedy 1 57.7 880.
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Virginia State Aau
Norfolk Naval
Texas University
John Wilson
A.A.U
Billy Brown
Ray Jenkins
University of Colorado
John Griffin
University of Richmond
Tomy Todd
Virginia
Roanoke Recreation Club
E.M. Kennedy
Porter Vaughan Wins Own Game In Camp Lee Victory
Porter Vaughan former University of Richmond pitcher gained victory for Camp Lee in a 3-2 win over Norfolk Naval Training Station. Vaughan belted a two run triple in the ninth inning to snap Freddie Hutchinson’s 10 game win streak. The report notes authorities regard tobacco as a sugar substitute.
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Porter Vaughan
University of Richmond
Camp Lee
Norfolk Naval Training Station
Vaughan
Philadelphia Athletics
Richmond
Freddie
Moose) Hutchinson
Winchester Team Holds Second Place in Bi-State Standings
Martinsburg hosts as the Winchester golf squad finishes second in the first Bi-State League match on the Opequon course. Front Royal trails with 14 points while Alexandria, once dominant, drops out due to rationing. Individual Winchester scores include Peters 2, Grimm 3, Arnold 4, Glaize 5, Sjostrom 5, Yates 4.5, Salvin 5.5, Karlin 5.5, Fowle 2.5, Cline 3, Cather 1.5.
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Front Royal
Enity
Alexandria
Winchester
Peters
Yours for Victory Salutation Adopted by Lewiston Officials
In Lewiston Maine on May 25 city officials will end letters with Yours for victory instead of standard phrases. Mayor Edmond J. Lambert instructed staff to adopt the policy until the war ends.
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Lewiston
Edmond J. Lambert
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