Paddock Bets on Stanford in Intercollegiate Meet
Charles Paddock predicted Stanford would win the intercollegiate meet with about forty points, Yale second around 25. Stanford finished with 43, Yale 25 1 3 as rain and mud disrupted jumps and runs. The article notes top performers and medalists from Illinois, Stanford, Syracuse, and others, plus Olympic prospects and high school stars shaping the sport.
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Robert Edgreen
Charlie Paddock
Sir Charles
Charles
Stanford
Paddock
Yale
Harvard
Syracuse
Cornell
Georgetown
Penn State
Holy Cross
Robert
J. Simon
Illinois
Barbutt
Abbott
Hines
Bates
Wright
Black
Maine
Derby Eve at Epsom Downs Builds Hype for Classic
On Derby Eve a vagabond army camps on Epsom Downs as three year olds prepare for the Derby to be run tomorrow. Famed contenders include Fairway Sunny Trace and Flamingo while locals gather around fires discussing favorites. Little Train Walter Johnson Jr aged 12 draws interest from Newark youth teams for his pitching prowess.
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Associated Press
London
Epsom Downs
Gypsy
Tenderfoot
Downs
Fairway
Sunny Trace
Flamingo
Walter Johnson, Jr
Newark
Be Nice to Jackie Aboard a College Football Double
Movie makers rehearsed Jack Pickford with Fordham and Yale players for a climactic football scene. The hero ran a hundred yards as the safety missed the tackle and a touchdown followed. The next day the scrub quarterback had vanished and a halftime sub moved into the role.
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Jack Pickford
Stover
Yale
Fordham
Pickford
Jackie
Sisler and Hornsby in Trade Talks Stir Baseball Gossip
The chatter centers on Sisler asking Hornsby to take him, Boston pursuing Hornsby for Slattery’s job, and Cleveland’s anger over Sisler’s nondisplay. Penock’s eight games started are noted as a benchmark, with Stanford excusing its intercollegiate track team from finals.
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Sisler
Hornsby
Boston
Slattery
Cleveland
Penock
Stanford
Jones
Hagen
John Hertz
Schulte
Phil
Frank Titterton
Norman Brookes
Bronx film stunt ends in injury to Pickford and motive revealed
In a staged football scene a safety man blindsided actor Pickford causing a concussion like blow. Directors praised the shot but Pickford required hospital bed rest. The culprit boasted of protecting varsity image as Joe Walcott, once welterweight champion, is now a theater porter in New York.
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Pickford
Bronx
Tony
Joe Walcott
New York
Little Bill Johnston Retires From Tennis Career
William M. Johnston known as Little Bill retires from active competition at 34. The San Francisco native began playing tennis at age 11 and cites press of business and maintaining condition as reasons to step away from the court.
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San Francisco
Cal
William M. Johnston
Little Bill
Johnston
The Nut Cracker Promises Comeback Boxing Tour
The Mauler, William Harrison Dempsey, trains in a Los Angeles gym and plans a fall ring return in Frisco to raise funds for a church mortgage. He hints at a grueling prep, a stage engagement with Mr Belasco, and a possible road show with a planned audience draw.
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William Harrison Dempsey
Mauler
Los Angeles
Frisco
Mr. Belasco
League record set as Lubbock edges Hamlin 3 2
In Lubbock on June 6 a balk scoring Storti produced the deciding run as Lubbock defeated Hamlin 3 to 2 in a one hour 29 minute game setting a league record.
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Associated Press
Lubbock
Storti
Hamlin
R. H. E. Hamlin
Potter
Shaw
Hill
Burch
Mostly Errors The Oklahoma City fan writes in
A reader column titled Mostly Errors roams Oklahoma baseball with letters and notes about the Western League. It recalls Amarillo's three lopsided losses to Oklahoma City, jokes from Mark Anthony about Bronc players, and mentions Howard DeWitt’s Fort Worth Star Telegram athletic scholarship. A wild play at Texan park ends with Munson out at first after a bat-ball miscue.
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Sirs
Amarillo
Daily Oklahoman
Indians
Oklahoma City
Tulsa
Ss. O
Mark Anthony
Bronc
Swanny
Pete
Walter
Joe
Fred
Tommy
Bob
Jack
Oscar
Texan Park
Charley Lyons
Munson
Sled
Mayes
Power Magnate Says Industry Fears No Inquiry
H T Sands of New York president of the National Electric Light Association tells delegates at the first annual convention that the electric light and power industry has nothing to fear from an honest inquiry and wants the federal trade commission investigation to be thorough and searching.
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Atlantic City
N. J
H. T. Sands
New York
National
Electiic Light Association
Electric Light and Power
Federal Trade Commission
Reeves and Goslin lift Senators over Browns 4 1
Home runs by Reeves and Goslin powered the Washington Senators to a 4 1 victory over the St Louis Browns in the final game of the series Ogden started for Washington Braxton for St Louis with Ogden taking the win and Braxton the loss Reeves Goslin homered and Mayes Braxton and Ogden contributed the key hits and outs in a tight old time ball game played in St Louis June 5
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Associated Press
ST. Louis
Reeves
Goslin
Senators
Browns
Ogden
Braxton
Washington
Abe
Manueh
Tomlin
Sehulte
Judge
Kreps
Ruel
Blue
Betton
Way
Rehang
Mullen
Ibis
St. Lewis
First Texas watermelons placed on market
The first shipment of South Texas water melons arrived in Fort Worth and will be placed on the market this week. Early carload shipments were priced at five cents a pound, yielding about $4.60 to $4.00 per hundred pounds fob.
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Fort Worth
South Texas
Seventeen Prisoners Moved to Federal Penitentiaries
Seventeen inmates were transferred from Potter County Jail to Leavenworth Kansas and Booneville Arkansas to serve federal sentences from the recent court term. Hall Massey former Kings Mill postmaster receives one year and one day for fraud. others face terms from one to five years.
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Potter County
Leavenworth
Kans
Booneville
Ark
Hall Massey
Kings Mill
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