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...Atherton, Calif., Ty Cobb, baseball immortal and Coca-Cola stockholder, spent a day reading his 64th birthday mail and romping with his sour-faced boxer, "Chuddy." He was more than ever convinced that baseball should not be sacrificed even if the nation goes...
...Cobb pointed out that New York boards were already calling 20-year-olds for examination. And, Cobb reminded, decisions on the 2A classification are left to the discretion of the boards under the present law. "Students specializing in the sciences will not necessarily be exempted by New York boards," he said. "Future historians or lawyers" will get as much consideration as the scientist...
...hundred of these guys is ducking," said a draft official in Chicago, where about one-third of the selectees weren't showing up for physicals. In New York, with a 23% no-show, Selective Service Director Candler Cobb growled menacingly about calling in the FBI, then quieted down as newspapers discovered that many of his delinquents were already in the service (one had just left for the Pacific). Cases of actual malingering were few: a handful of inductees in Virginia were caught trying to flunk intelligence tests; in Washington, a 19-year-old told the judge he had stolen...
...Stan ("The Man") Musal of the St. Louis Cardinals. As proof, they point to Ted's 43 homers last year (265 in eight seasons*) and his eight-year batting average with the Red Sox. At .353 it is the third highest in modern baseball records, right behind Ty Cobb's .367 (for 24 seasons) and Rogers Hornsby's .358 (for 23) and ahead of such immortals as Ruth (.342 for 22 seasons), Gehrig (.340 in 17) and Jimmy Foxx (.325 in 20). That makes Ted the best hitter, at least, in the game today...
...death this week of Frederick A. Cobb, Labor M.P. for Brighouse, brought the Attlee government's precarious election majority in the House of Commons down to three votes. Since the election on Feb. 23, one other M.P. had died, another had resigned. If Labor loses two of the three districts in which by-elections must be held, its overall majority will...