Chicago Sox and Indians Suffer Most in Delayed Openings
Severe weather forced five rainouts, with the Chicago White Sox and Cleveland Indians delaying their openers in Chicago. In other NL games, the Cubs were hammered 13 5 by the Cardinals as Jim Bottomley homered and George Fischer starred. the Reds beat the Pirates 3 1 as Donohue outpitched Brame. In the AL, the Washington Senators edged the Red Sox 5 4 on early home runs by West and Bluege, while Milton Gaston limited hits and Bump Hadley shut down Chicago.
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Hugh &. Fullerton, JR
Associated Press
Old Man Weather
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Cleveland Indians
Chicago
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St. Louis
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Cardinals
Jim Bottomley
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New York Giants
Cincinnati
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Ervin Brame
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Ford
Kelly
Reds
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Walker
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Senators
Boston
Sam West
Ossie Bluege
Milton Gaston
Bump Hadley
Sox
Baseball and Weather Roundup From Rainy Schedule
Scores include Dallas 1 Fort Worth 4 and Houston 10 Waco 3 with several games postponed due to rain. National League Philadelphia at Brooklyn Rain and American Association Louisville 5 Milwaukee 4. Southern Association results Atlanta 5 Chattanooga 6 Birmingham 5 Nashville 2 New Orleans 2 Mobile 3 Memphis 3 Little Rock 8.
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Southern Association
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Mobile
Memphis
Little Rock
Davis Cup Stars Fall In North and South Tourney
Tennis experts at Pinehurst watched Davis Cup contenders collapse in the North and South tournament quarterfinals. Top six ranked players were upset as numbers three through seven were defeated, with Doeg and Pare advancing in separate matches and the Allison Van Ryn doubles duo barely escaping UNC freshmen Grant and Hines.
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N. C
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Uncle Sam
John van Ryn
Gregory Mangin
Newark
N. J
Lott
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Texas Collegian
van Ryn
Francis T. Hunter
Frits Mercur
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Dayton
Ohio
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Shima Faces Kopecky in Amarillo Big Wrestling Clash
Joti Shima known as the pajama kid arrives in Amarillo for a Friday night junior middleweight bout with Joe Kopecky at the Armory on Second and Polk Streets. Promoter Anderson says the match starts at 8 30. Kopecky predicts victory despite Shima’s undefeated jiu jitsu record.
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Amarillo
Joe Kopecky
Armory
Second and
Polk Streets
John McIntosh
el Paso
Matty Matsuda
United States
Kopecky
Anderson
Joe
World record claim for 14 year old Nell Mize in Texas
April reports from Texas note Myers Nell Mize age 14 achieved 8 feet 5 inches in a standing broad jump at a girls track meet in San Antonio. Other items include Navarro county amateur baseball league pairing six teams for April 20 in Corsicana and Italy and Ferris trading 14 to 8 in Ellis County league play.
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United Press
San Antonio
Myers Nell Mize
Corsicana
Navarro County
Italy
Tex
Ferris
Longest spar shipped for America's Cup defender Enterprise
The tallest single spar ever carried by a sailing vessel was shipped to the Enterprise candidate for the America's Cup defense. The elliptical hollow spar stands 168 feet above the deck and weighs 5,000 pounds. It is built from nearly 200 strips of Alaskan spruce and will be tested with 7,583 square feet of sail next week.
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Associated Press
New York
Enterprise
Thomas Lipton
Schmeling Sets Sail for Sharkey Bout in June
Max Schmeling will sail from Hamburg May 25 for his heavyweight title clash with Jack Sharkey at Yankee Stadium on June 12 arriving in New York May 3. The report notes Mississippi produced more than 8,000,000 pounds of butter last year.
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United Press
New York
Max Schmeling
Hamburg
Jack Sharkey
Yankee Stadium
Mississippi
Dempsey
Mauler
New York State Athletic Commission
William Maldoon
Tunney
Jack
Carnera
Schmeline
Sharkey
Health and stars loom large for 1930 sports season
Prime factors shaping 1930 sports include Knute Rockne and Notre Dame football, Rogers Hornsby and the Cubs pennant race, Al Simmons with the Athletics, Babe Ruth with the Yankees, and Jack Dempsey's possible comeback. Dempsey's fate affects Schmeling Sharkey fight plans and New York Athletic Commission. Herman Brix sets a shot put record, while Ed Ulbrickson coaches Seattle freshmen. Winter Agua Caliente purses total 674780.
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al Simmons
Athletics
Babe Ruth
Yankees
Jack Dempsey
Harvard
Ed Ulbrickson
al Ulbrickson
University of Washington
Seattle
Agua Caliente
Texas League race resumes with Beaumont Exporters in lead
After a day of idleness for four teams the Texas League resumed today. Beaumont Exporters hold a comfortable lead while Wichita Falls and Dallas clash on the Spudder diamond. Fort Worth Cats beat Dallas 4 to 1, Shreveport hosts Fort Worth, Waco and Houston renew their series in Houston following a 10 to 3 Buffs win at Waco.
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Beaumont
Wichita Falls
Shreveport
Dallas
Fort Worth
Houston
Waco
Associated Press
Beaumont Exporters
Spudder
Steers
Fort Worth Cats
San Antonio Indians
Spudders
Buffs
Nine eagles slain by El Paso marksman near Marfa flight raid
A police marksman from El Paso shot nine eagles from a plane piloted near Marfa as they carried off a daily flock of about a dozen sheep. The birds ignored ground gunners, and the plane closed to within ten feet before the flock was destroyed after eight hours.
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Simmons U Defeats Texas Tech on Track
Simmons University Cowboys beat Texas Tech 72 to 59 in a track meet at Abilene led by Captain Lester Weatherby who ran an 80 in 2 3 and A Marshall who threw the discus 128 feet 8 inches. A 101 ton steel girder was used in a railroad bridge near Wineville California. Hog shipments from North Carolina totaled six million pounds in 1929.
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Associated Press
Abilene
Simmons University Cowboys
Texas Tech
Lester Weatherby
Simmons
A. & Marshall
Wineville
Cal
North Carolina
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