British Polo Team Sets Plan Against Hitchcock at Meadow Brook
United Press reports the British Army in India polo team will challenge the United States for the Challenge Cup at Meadow Brook next month. Captain T L Roark moves to No 3 to disrupt Tommy Hitchcock, the era’s top player, in a bold strategy aimed at panicking the American squad with Roark and Hitchcock likely to duel, as about 40 000 are expected to attend.
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Baseball scores and results from Western and other leagues
Multiple games across the Western League Texas League American League National League and others with Lincoln Amarillo Omaha Tulsa Denver Wichita Des Moines Oklahoma City Houston Dallas San Antonio Shreveport Waco Fort Worth and St Louis Boston Philadelphia New York Chicago Cincinnati Pittsburgh Brooklyn scores and rain notes Lincoln led Amarillo 1 to 2 while Des Moines beat Oklahoma City 8 to 4 Omaha defeated Tulsa 14 to 11 and Wichita Falls beat Beaumont 5 to 4 Houston 1 Dallas 3 San Antonio 9 Shreveport 11 Waco 2 Fort Worth 3 National and American League results list Washington Philadelphia New York Chicago Boston Detroit St Louis Boston Cincinnati Philadelphia Pittsburgh New York Chicago Brooklyn and others with various scores and rain notes.
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Giants Rally Past Pirates. Cubs Extend NL Lead
Giants top Pirates 8 4 as Hornsby belts 20th homer and Charlie Root moves to 22nd win. Cubs beat Robins 3 0, widening their NL lead to six games while Brooklyn suffers fifth straight loss. Frisch shines for the Cardinals in an 4 3 win over the Braves as Philadelphia opens Reds series with 6 3 victory. Ruth hits 37th home run as Yanks beat Chicago 8 1. Gehrig trails by one. Athletics sweep Indians 6 3 and 8 0. Detroit wins sixth straight vs Red Sox 10 7. Weather rain scales back Washington vs St Louis.
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Boxing Judges Rebuke Referee on Foul Award
New York August 17 Associated Press reports judges criticized referee Jimmy Crowley over a foul ruling in a boxing match between Paulino Useudun and Jack De. The dispute centers on whether De was fouled and whether the referee's call stood.
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New York
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Paulino Useudun
Jack de
Controversy over Yankee Stadium bout suspensions and rules
The state athletic commission refused automatic suspension for a Spaniard after a foul loss to Delaney, defying standard charge and rebuking the referee. It also said it has no authority to set top boxing bout prices. London unemployed women picked raspberries this summer. War conditions in China shift Turkish tea drinkers to Japanese tea.
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Golf writer forced to chronicle own deeds at state tourney
Denver August 17 United Press report notes N. Morris former state and city amateur champion covered the Lakewood tournament. He led after day one with a 69 and won medalist honors at 145 for 36 holes, three under par, though he later carded a 76. H. J. Ingersoll was runner up at 162, B A Omohundro posted the best score yesterday, with 74, as 32 golfers began championship flight today.
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Disch Denies Wisconsin Coaching Offer
University of Texas baseball coach W. J. Billy Disch reiterates he did not see any Wisconsin officials who could have offered him a job after a two month vacation in Wisconsin. He denies the rumor of accepting a Wisconsin coaching post and remains at Texas.
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Billy” Disch
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French burglar alarm uses radio waves at Spanish embassy
A French inventor installs a wireless alarm at the Spanish embassy in Paris to protect papers. The system detects intruder presence by disturbances in a radio field, triggering a gong with no visible wires. In Scotland and England a railway hires an expert angler scoring 168, unusually high due to soggy course conditions.
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Golf playoff postponed by family deaths
Walter Sikes cannot meet Eddie Johnson in the invitational country club playoff for medalist honors after Sikes suffers deaths in his immediate family. Johnson agreed to postpone until Sikes can play. No date fixed. likely Friday afternoon. Both shot 72 in qualifying rounds last week.
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