Peahead Walker A Yale Rivalry Tale and Coaching Legend
A portrait of Peahead Walker, his Yale era with Herman Hickman, and a career spanning Wake Forest Elon Atlantic Christian Elon and the Montreal Alouettes. The piece notes his charisma, jokes, travels from North Carolina to New Haven to Canada, and his enduring reputation as a colorful football figure.
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Greasy Neale
Yale
Earle
Yales
Herman Hickman
Peahead Walker
Herman
Peahead
New Haven
Collier's Magazine
Mountain Boys
Frank Merriwell
Little Smokies
Grantland Rice
Charlotte
N.C
Birmingham
Ala
Snow Hill
Atlantic Christian College
Wilson
Eton College
Wake Forest
Elon
New York
Florida
Tom Meany
Garry Schumacher
Carolina Colleges
Atlantic Christian
Charley Loftus
Charley
al Jolson
North Carolina
Carolina
Montreal
Alouettes
Paris
Royals Not Overjoyed With Role As Cousin To Orioles
The Orioles handed Kansas City a 5 4 win as Baltimore stretched its win streak to 20 over the Royals. Frank Robinson homered, drove in a run, and Baltimore built a six game division lead while Kansas City squandered chances in late innings.
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Chicago Cubs
Cincinnati
Orioles
Kansas City
Drago
Royals
Baltimore
Jim Palmer
al Oliver
Billy Sorrell
Cookie Rojas
Pete Richert
Bob Taylor
Eddie Watt
Oliver
Bob Grish
Detroit
Twins
George Mitterwald
End Court Action Steals Tennis Tourney Spotlight
At the Western Tennis Championships in Cincinnati action shifted to the end courts. Ken Rosewall defeated Jaime Fillol 6 2, 6 4 on a crowded center court wait. Ion Tiriac battled Brian Fairlie 8 6 6 3 amid clashes with Graebner and Ruffels as their match on the seventh court finished 4 6 6 2 9 7.
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Cincinnati
Ken Rosewall
Australia
Jaime Fillol
Chile
Lon Tiriac
Romania
Ruffels
Graebner
Tiriac
Fairlie
South Carolina Stages Olympic Bicycle Race
The first Olympic event in South Carolina features a 250 mile development race from Greenville to Columbia to Charleston on August 8 and 9. About 100 amateurs expected, entry $3 general, $1 for residents, with prizes and merchandise around 1000 dollars.
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South Carolina
Columbia
Greenville
Charleston
Ernest Seubert
Brunswick Road
Cedar Grove
New
Jersey
Piedmont Exposition Park
Amateur Bicycle League of America
U. S
New York
Olympic Cycling Committee
Racing Roundup
Princess Roy crafts $4.60 victory by 2 2 lengths in the Court Molloy Purse at Aqueduct over The Archer. Black Pipe $3 wins Florida Memorial College Purse at Tropical Park in stretch. Revitup $13.60 takes Liberty Bell feature by a length over Duc Imperial. Plumb Grey $3.40 headlines Delaware Park by a length over Jerali. Palestin $5.40 wins Monmouth Park feature by three lengths over Native Heir. Night Invader $5 defeats Ranquel by a nose in Arlington Park Assurance Purse. Maison de Ville $25.80 wins Deerfield Purse by a neck at Rockingham Park. Battery March $5.20 wins Miss Lincoln Downs Purse by a nose over Atsamacavallo.
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Associated Press
New York
Princess Roycraft
Aqueduct
Archer
Miami
Black Pipe
Florida Memorial College
Tropical Park
Philadelphia
Revitup
Duc Imperial
Liberty Bell
Stanton
Del
Plumb Grey
Delaware Park
Jerali
Oceanport
N. J
Palestin
Native Heir
Monmouth Park
Chicago
Night Invader
Ranquel
Arlington Park
Salem
N. H
Deerfield
Rockingham Park
Lincoln, R. I
Battery March
Atsamacavallo
Baseball Standings and Saturday Games Summary
New York visits Oakland while Washington plays California and Boston faces Milwaukee. Baltimore squares off with Minnesota, Chicago meets Detroit, and Kansas City takes on Cleveland.
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New York
Oakland
Washington
California
Boston
Milwaukee
Baltimore
Minnesota
Chicago
Detroit
Kansas City
Cleveland
Associated Press
Pet. G.B. Baltimore
Wash N
Minnesota California
Tennis Pairings for Weekend City Showdowns
Matchups list include San Francisco versus Montreal and Los Angeles versus New York with San Diego facing Philadelphia and Atlanta meeting Chicago. Houston battles Pittsburgh and St Louis plays Cincinnati in a regional slate with notable city rivalries.
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L. Pet G.B
Pittsburgh
New York
Chicago
Phila
Phia
St. Louis
Montreal
San Francisco
Los Angeles
San Diego
Philadelphia
Atlanta
Houston
Cincinnati
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Red Smith
God
Man
Leap Frog
THE
Baltimore Orioles
Dick Drago
New York Yankees
St. Louis Browns
Chicago White Sox
Frank Robinson
Bobby Knoop
White Sox
Indians
Vada Pinson
Raffles
Midland Exposition Park
Chrysler
Newport
Bill Bentley
Furman Cullum
Parker Motors
Pendleton
Richland Dial
Chrysler-Dodge
Pepitone
Joe Pepitone
Joe
Merv Griffith
Houston Astros
Eva Gabor
Peggy Cass
Julius LaRosa
Astros
Pep
Mike Douglas
Imprompu
Yankees
Aiken Sporting Goods
Laurens Aawalt’ Burckhalter
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