Longhorns Take Early Lead in Southwest Conference Race
Texas opened a commanding position in the Southwest Conference baseball standings after a 6 to 1 win over Rice in Austin. Rice falls to third as Baylor and Rice battle for the title chase, with Texas A. & M. in second place set to face Texas. Hughson fired 13 strikeouts with six hits allowed, while Rice committed five errors. Exhibition games feature several matchups across major league affiliates.
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Heidler
Maverick Club's Own Column reveals local antics and jokes
Ralph Dykeman recounts visits from Alexander Campbell and Thomas J. Craighead of the Boys Club of America, notes on friends, crushes, and gossip from Buchanan and Sanborn students. The column teases romance, algebra chatter, and a drawing contest with a prize for the best original Grapevine Reporter entry.
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Field Service Boys Club of America
Thomas J. Craighead
New York
Boys Club of America
Grapevine
Gene Turner
J. C. Oakley
Marshall wins over Ryan in tight bout at nearby venue
United Press reports Everett Marshall from La Junta Cole defeated George Red Ryan from Ireland in a closely fought match. The event featured bout action across listed locations with discreet references to names and places, indicating a competitive outcome and local sports interest.
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Ali Baba
Kurdistan
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Houston
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Dry Track for Derby Contenders at Arlington Downs
Arlington Downs Texas April 16 Dry weather forecasts promise a dry track for tomorrow's fifth Texas Derby over nine furlongs with Milky Way Farms Reaping Reward the favorite among ten, facing rivals Military Mars Shield and two fillies Mars Shield Try Anhurry, plus Nayanod last fall track record holder.
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McGarvey
Longhorns rout Rice Owls to widen conference lead
Texas Longhorns hammered Rice Institute 6 to 1 as ace Hughson fanned 13 Owls. UT piled eight hits and benefited from Rice fielding miscues to pull away, seizing command of the Southwest Conference race.
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Washington Team Wins Chicago Relay Championship
Washington Athletic Club of Seattle quartet Jean Kolinski Betty Lea Doris Buckley and Olive McKean Mucha captured their third consecutive national women's indoor A A U 400 yard freestyle relay title at Lake Shore A C pool in Chicago April 16.
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Betty Lea
Doris Buckley
Olive McKean
Mucha
Lake Shore A. C
Pompoon Poised For Derby Fate After Paumonok Win
United Press report from New York details Pompoon’s dramatic Paumonok handicap victory at Jamaica, with trainer and jockey notes on his stamina and prospects for the Kentucky Derby and Wood Memorial. Braddock shifts training base toward Chicago ahead of a June 22 bout with Louis, after brief workouts at Stone Lake.
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Harry Richards
Jamaica
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Braddock
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Stone Lake
Wis
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Joe Louis
Charley Mansera
Kansas Relays Open With Top Runners In Mile Showdown
Lawrence Kansas April 16 United Press Glenn Cunningham world record holder and Archie San Romani of Emporia Teachers are among rival entries as track teams from about a dozen Midwestern states gather for the 15th annual Kansas Relays at the University of Kansas. More than 2700 athletes are entered.
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Kopecky Grapple Win Stuns Freeman in Local Bout
Texan Kopecky won his first appearance in two years by out wrestling New Yorker Ace Freeman with dirty tactics while Freeman tried to wrestle clean. The card also featured Gorilla Pogi vs George Bennett in a rough draw and Nick Bozinis defeating Art Belcher in seven minutes. In Mexico City Connie Mack, 74, coaches the Athletics while nursing a bruise from a foul ball.
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Gorilla Pogi
George Bennett
Nick Bozinis
Art Belcher
Mexico City
Connie Mack
The
Athletics
Farr Receives U S Fight Offers After Baer Victory
British Empire champion Tommy Farr defeated Max Baer in a 12 round bout before 14,000 at Harringay arena and drew offers from John Henry Lewis in Pittsburgh and Max Schmeling in New York. Promoters Ted Broadbent and Ellwood Rigby quoted possible purses and dates, with England the desired next step for a title shot.
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United States
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John Henry Lewis
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Max Schmeling
New York
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Baer
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