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Daily News from New York, New York • 541

Publication:
Daily Newsi
Location:
New York, New York
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Page:
541
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1 Home Again IMMESIfflEnMI SIHI(D)E warn n(0M(SEim ewmigdotiid WW1 SS Aft f- lXt All 3 73 1 io 5-sSL "2-- Capt. Hank Greenberg, former Tiger home-run king, dropped into the Yankee Stadium yesterday and. after dreaming about bygone days, hustled along for a workout. He'll play with Camp Cumberland against the Yank-Giant-Dodger combine at the I'G today. Major Stars Face U.

S. Nine at PG By Hy Turkin About 40,000 baseball fans purchasers of War Bonds ranging1 from $25 to 1,000,000 will stream into the Polo Grounds this afternoon to watch an exhibition game between a team of their personal favorites among the Yanks, Giants and Dodgers and a team of some of the major leagues' brightest (blue) stars who are now serving with Th COMMANDER $11 iASv vVrr tiy commandeivj Id. ECLIPSE $10.50 Th VIKIN Na.gjp fht VIKING $12 Your Ttatittn Boots toll a you hoir inanff Florsheim Quality tells you irhut hind. the armed forces. The 5 clock call of "Play ball!" will be preceded by two solid hours of "solid" entertainment.

ACES STUD SOLDIERS Now to name names. Brooklyn's Leo Durocher will manage an array of the top players of each of the local clubs, as determined by performance and popularity votes in the Baseball War Bond League. He'll have first-rate opposition in the brains department, for Cincinnati's Hank Gowdy, who was the first big leaguer to volunteer in '17 and who now wears the gold leaf of a major, will lead a Camp Cumberland team. The Pennsylvania Soldiers, who have won 30 out of 34, include such aces as Sgt. Pat Mullin, Tiger outfielder; Corp.

Tom Hughes, Phil pitcher; Pvt. Bill Peterman, Phil catcher; Pvt. Elmer Valo, A's outfielder; Pvt. Harry Marnie, Phil in-fielder, and Pvt. Fred Caligiuri, A's pitcher.

But they will be augmented by "ringers" from other camps, including Capt. Hank Greenberg. Tiger outfielder; Lieut. John Beazley, Card pitcher; Lieut. Birdie Tebbetts, Tiger catcher; Corp.

Sid Hudson, Nat. pitcher; Lieut. Bill Hitchcock, Tiger shortstop; Pvt. Bob Detvveiler, Brave infielder; Pvt. Enos Slaughter, Card outfielder; Pvt.

Harry Eisenstat, Indian pitcher; Pvt. Danny Murtaugh, Phil infielder, and Corp. Lynn Myers, Card infielder. RUTH BATS AGAIN Today's wartime living has given new meaning to value a new measure to economy. Ration points rival dollars performance has priority over price.

In shoes, it's the mileage you get, as well as the money you save, that determines your choice and that's why more and more men are insisting that the one pair of shoes they may buy be as fine a pair as they can own FLORSHEIM SHOES. To the makers of Florsheim Shoes, rationing is a challenge a chance to prove that finer shoes can still be made Today's Florsheims don't live a "stamp-to-stamp" existence; they're designed and built to last to give you more for your money, more for your stamp 18. So, if you must buy shoes buy better shoes buy Florsheims and give your next shoe ration stamp to your family, for you won't need it. Most Styles 50 and Gates open at 12:30. Admission by bond only.

Besides a Billy Rose- i produced, Jimmy alker-MC-ed show, starring such names as Irv Florshei ing Berlin, Jimmy Cagney, Ethel Merman, Benny Goodman, Emil Johnson choir, Ella Logan, Fred Waring, Carole Landis, et al, there'll be a special treat when Babe Ruth steps up to the dish against an All-Star array of Walter Johnson, Roger 155 W. 42nd at Broadway 101 W. 35th Cor. Sixth Ave. 8 W.

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Ext. Bresnahan, George bisier, id; Eddie Collins, 2b; Hans Wagner, ss: Red Murray, 3b, and the im OpM Evening for Your Convenionco There's a Florsheim Dealer in Your Neighborhood Florsheim Shoe Salon for Women "I 477 Fifth Avenue, Ow. Public Library mortal Red Sox outfield of Harry Hooper, Tris Speaker and Duffy The show will net our fighters I about $800,000,000 in ar Bonds..

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