Texas Race Is Close With Houston Rises In Texas League
Houston tied Beaumont for third after an 8 to 1 win in which seven runs crossed in the fifth inning. Cvengros limited Beaumont to five hits as Houston collected twelve. Oklahoma City crushed Dallas 14 to 2 behind Evans eight hits. San Antonio beat Galveston 9 to 5 aided by seven Galveston errors. Fort Worth fell 5 to 4 at Tulsa on Blakely’s ninth inning homer. Schedule lists Dallas at Oklahoma City and Houston at Beaumont.
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Beaumont
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Oklahoma City
Dallas
Evans
Oklahomans
Kinzy
Picker
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Galveston
Tulsa
Fort Worth
Texans
Blakely
Texas
Standings and Results From League Play Across Various Circles
Yesterday in the American League Boston beat New York 4 to 3 in ten innings. Standings show Boston Cleveland Chicago Washington Philadelphia Detroit St Louis New York with varied records and schedule notes. In the National League Cincinnati won 7 to 4 over Pittsburgh while New York played at Boston and Brooklyn hosted Philadelphia. Texas League games included Fort Worth Tulsa and Dallas Oklahoma City with several other matchups. The American Association had Indianapolis over Columbus and St Paul over Minneapolis, while the Southern Association featured Atlanta at Knoxville and Nashville versus Chattanooga. Notable performances: Buddy Myer scored for the Senators in a walk and run sequence, Chick Hafey produced a trio of RBI via a triple, double and single, Sam Jones limited the Tigers to seven hits, and Bing Miller delivered a clutch pinch single for Boston in the tenth.
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Senators
Athletics
Chick Hafey
Reds
Pirates
Sam Jones
White Sox
Tigers
Bing Miller
Red Sox
Yankees
Helen Mayer Defends U S Fencing Title In Five Wins
Helen Mayer of Los Angeles former German fencing queen and 1928 Olympic champion retained her U S national title by winning five matches in a row last night. Dorothy Locke of New York was runner up for the second time.
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U.P
Helen Mayer
Los Angeles
U. S
Dorothy Locke
Four-sport notes from Chicago sports roundup
Baseball chatter centers on Cardinals base running and Cubs pitching scrapes with Medwick and Frisch. Dizzy Dean shows gray hairs while Hay Harrell stands out as a rookie. Other items cover boxing chatter about Baer and Louis, swimming gossip on Eleanor Holm Jarrett, and Derby chatter with Native as a Derby dark horse.
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U.P
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Medwick
Martin
Frisch
Dizzy Dean
Chick Hefey
Ernie Lombardi
al Simmons
Hay Harrell
Chuck Klein
Charlie Grimm
Frank Demaree
Les Jietje
White Sox
Boxing Chatter on Dempsey Sharkey Era Sparks Memories
A bygone Madison Square Garden gathering recalls Jack Dempsey’s training days for Sharkey. Boxing writers, notably James Joy Johnston, blast rivals and reminisce about Dempsey’s fierce style and a country boy seeking a sparring session with the legendary fighter.
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New York
U.P
Jack Dempsey
Sharkey
Madison Square Garden
James Joy
Jack Snapes
Johnston
Jimmy Braddock
Jim Figg
James
Colong
Dempsey
Jack
LeRoy Walker Receives Two Prison Terms
LeRoy Walker was sentenced to two years and three years in the state penitentiary on two burglary charges in Claude district court. Virgil Beavers of the Amarillo Police Department Fingerprint Bureau reported the details while in Claude to testify in Noble Guthrie’s robbery trial, which ended in a 20 year sentence for Guthrie. Floyd Sisk, jailed by Amarillo officers for wheat theft, also drew a two year burglary term. Dr. J B White is recovering from an acute appendicitis operation at Northwest Texas Hospital.
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LeRoy Walker
State Penitentiary
Claude
Virgil Beavers
Amarillo
J. B. White
Northwest Texas Hospital
Bitsy Grant to Play for U S in Mexico City Cup
Atlanta star Bitsy Grant earns a spot on the American team for the Davis Cup zone in May in Mexico City. The lineup includes Frank Shields in singles with Don Budge and Gene Mako in doubles, while others like Sidney Wood and Wilmer Allison may also compete.
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Uncle Sam
Mexico City
China
Grant
Frank Shields
Don Budge
Gene Mako
Sidney Wood
Wilmer Allison
Budge-Mako
John van Ryn
Allison
Bitsy
Trainers Begin Serious Work With Derby But Two Weeks Off
Louisville race trainers set stiff workouts for Derby hopefuls two weeks from post time. Weston, Jouett House’s candidate, trains with new plates. Bluebeard stays indoors after a minor injury. Goldblatt limits him to shed work until Saturday. Canton China trade center noted as historic port.
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Weston
Jouett House
Churchill Downs
Bluebeard
R. B Fairbanks
Joseph E. Widener
Chance Sun
Art Goldblatt
Gold Fever Strikes Cops and Firemen
Los Angeles police and firemen form a corporation of 100 members and operate a large mine in Soledad Hills, 25 miles north of the city. Ore values range from 40 cents to $10 a ton, averaging $1.10, near the spot where Francisco Lopez found California’s first gold in 1842. Also notes that 41 of North Carolina’s 100 counties have no public libraries.
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U.P
Soledad Hills
Francisco Lopez
California
North Carolina
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