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...Coopers. The Cardinals had more than their rookie outfielder to worry about. Their famed Cooper brothers-Pitcher Mort and Catcher Walker-went on a rampage when they found that Shortstop Marty Marion had been promised a raise over the club's $12,000 ceiling salary, threatened to quit unless their ante was upped from $12,000 to $15,000. The row was no morale booster for the Cards, whose team spirit had been a major factor in their three straight pennants...
Frenchmen grieved and worried. A Parisian flower-vendor propped a black headline, Roosevelt est mort, against his cart of bouquets - "for the death of a savior," he said. A bank clerk cried: "La voix de l'Amérique est diminuée de moitié - America's voice is reduced by half!" Hundreds signed the Embassy register. Hundreds sent cards of regret to Americans whom they had never known. Frenchmen came up to Americans in the streets, shook hands, and said: "We have lost our best friend. . . . What will happen...
...should keep their class if they can keep 1-A Catcher Walker Cooper. Manager Billy Southworth, who must replace Stan Musial (the league's No. 2 hitter last year with a .347 average), Johnny Hopp (.336) and Danny Litwhiler (.264), still has the best pitching staff (Mort Cooper, Max Lanier, Ted Wilks, Harry Brecheen, Blix Donnelly) in either league, and Shortstop Marty ("Most Valuable Player") Marion. Apparently capable of giving the three-time league champs a run for their money are two western rivals...
...Jill's show is an outgrowth of an OWI radio program begun in 1942 with her husband, ex-Radioman Mort Werner. As "Jack and Jill" they served up a mixture of jazz and banter called Hi, Neighbor. A.F.R.S. took over the program in the spring of 1943. Soon Jill (minus Jack) was doing a solo act called G.I. Jive (now AEF Jukebox...
Three victories in as many days lifted the Bellboys out of their second division berth. On Tuesday, the aroused club edged a favored Company D, 11-8, then overwhelmed slumping Company E by 8-1 on Wednesday, as Varsity third baseman Mort Dunn pitched a neat two-hitter. Regular pitcher Wally Robb followed with a 4 to 3 win over last place Company A yesterday to put Lowell in the first place battle...