Three World Boxing Titles To Be Fought For this Week
Frank Getty notes one of the busiest sport weeks with three world boxing title bouts in four days. Sammy Mandel faces Jimmy McLarnin for the lightweight crown at the Polo Grounds, Snzy Schwartz challenges Bushy Graham for bantamweight, and Ted Morgan defends the junior lightweight title against Eddie Martin at Madison Square Garden.
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Frank Getty
United Press
New York
Prestwich
Scotland
Paris
Amsterdam
United States
China
Montreal
England
Finland
Holland
Cambridge
Massachusetts
Madison Square Garden
Tex Rickard
Sammy Mandel
Jimmy McLarnin
Polo Grounds
Little Fellows
Snzy Schwartz
Bushy Graham
Utica
Ted Morgan
Crow
Eddie
Cannonball) Martin
Oklahoma City Leads Western League After Double-Header Sweep
Oklahoma City regains the lead in the Western league with a double-header sweep of Des Moines 3 2 and 3 1, moving from second to first. Pueblo drops from first to third after splitting with Wichita. Tulsa beats Omaha 19 9, then loses 8 3. Amarillo climbs to second by splitting with Denver, Mondino homering in the eighth to seal a 6 4 win.
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United Press
Kansas City
Oklahoma City
Pueblo
Des Moines
Oklahomans
Wichita
Colorado
Tulsa
Omaha
Oilers
Amarillo
Denver
Mondino
Phoenix Ball Player Arrested as Prison Escapee
Lester Fisher alias Roy Counts, star second baseman for the Phoenix club in the Arizona State league, was arrested in Phoenix as a fugitive from the Oklahoma state prison. Police say he escaped three years ago while serving time for an automobile offense.
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Ariz
Lester Fisher
Roy Counts
Phoenix Baseball Club
Oilahoma State
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Phoenix
Jahoma
Linc
Girl Golfer Eliminated in Arkansas Meet
Ariel Vilas, 18, who had led the Arkansas women's golf tournament by beating her mother and top state players, was eliminated yesterday in Fort Smith. Her vanquisher was veteran Clare Wooldidge, who outdrove the young golfer to end the run.
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Fort Smith
Ark
Ariel Vilas
Clare Wooldidge
Tennis Alphabet By Feg Murray With Bundy and Brookes
A gloss on prominent tennis figures from the early era. It names Borotra Brignon and Bouseus from France, Eileen Bennett and Ken Bouman as European rivals, and lists champions including John and Horace Barton, Fred C. Bages, Bundy with McLoughlin, May Sut ton Bundy, Mary Browne, Norman Brookes, and Jean Boretta highlighting their achievements and eras in the sport.
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Borotra
Brignon
Bouseus
Australasia
Eileen Bennett
England
Ken Bouman
Holland
Helen Wills
John
Horace Barton
Sioux Falls
Fred C. Bages
Bundy
Yom Bundy
United States
Maurice McLoughlin
May Sutton Bundy
America
Mary Browne
Norman Brookes
Export Boys Halt Rivieres Onward March
The Beau mont Exporters defeated Tink Riviere and his team to snap a seven game streak, pulling the cellar-dwellers within one game of Dallas after Fort Worth Cats beat Dallas 6 to 5. Houston Buffaloes crushed Bo Morden da 12 to 5 as rain disrupted Wichita Falls doubleheader in Shreveport.
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Tink Riviere
Dallas
Fort Worth Cats
Tink
Bo Morenda
Cubs
Houston Buffaloes
Shreveport
Wichita Falls Spudders
Holzhauser
Gulf Port City
Walter Newman
Riviere
Molenda
Houston
Bisons
Michigan
Buffs
Heinie Schuble
Art Shires
Blackberry
Joe Pate
Shortstop Baker
Steers
Cowtown Cats
Herd
Joe
Slim Love
American Wins British Amateur Golf Championship
Douglas Grant of California and England defeats James Dewar 3 and 2 to win the British amateur title at Prestwick. Fellow American Paul Axbill falls to J T Bookless 1 up. Axbill listed from Essex County Club of New Jersey. Yellow rain coats fields in Vendee France as botanists cite pollen. Potter Co. Lbr Co.
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Prestwick
Johnny McHugh
San Francisco
Douglas Grant
London
Dr. Tweddell
C. O. Hezlett
Miss Wille
Paris
United States
Helen Wills
Suzanne Lenglen
Frances T. Hunter
New Rochelle
N. Y
Hunter
Miss Wills
Crawford
Miss Ackhurst
Great Britain
Mandell
Graam
Martin
Rene LaCoste
Borotra
Brugnon
Stanford
U.S
China
U. S. Canada
Japan
Argentina
Co. C. Pyle
Andy Payne
Ipin
Scotland
California
England
James PD. DeWar
Edinburg
Paul Axbill
J. T. Bookless
Axbill
Essex Country Club
New Jersey
Vendee
France
Woman swimmer Myrtle Huddleston sets 50 hour endurance record
Mrs Myrtle Huddleston of Mattoon Illinois enduring 50 hours 10 minutes 15 45 seconds in Lincoln Park West Hotel pool raises the women endurance record by 17 hours 50 minutes beating previous marks by Miss Nyle Austin and Otto Kemmerich. She loses weight during the effort and is aided by Chicago Athletic Association officials. Reward of 5000 dollars from Bannerman Hotels Inc. accompanies the feat.
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Chicago
Myrtle Huddleston
Mattoon
Paok
Lincoln Park West
Nyle Austin
San Bernardino
Cal
Germany
Otto Kemmerich
Huddleston
Chicago Athletic Associations
Millers Clinch 6 4 Victory in Final Milwaukee Series Game
Zack Wheat started for Minneapolis with a leadoff home run as the Millers beat Milwaukee 6 to 4 to close the series. Toledo swept Indianapolis in a doubleheader, winning 4 2 and 13 4 to stretch their win streak to nine and move the Mud Hens to fifth. Columbus broke an 11 game losing streak by taking 6 1 from Louisville in the first game, then lost 8 0 in the nightcap. St Paul won 7 1 over Kansas City to complete the series final.
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Minneapolis
Zack Wheat
The
Millers
Milwaukee
Toledo
Indianapolis
Mud Hens
Columbus
Louisville
Colonels
ST. Paul
Payne Looks Like Sure Winner In Foot Race
Oklahoma farm boy Andrew Payne led the field with a strong leg in the Pyle derby event at Waverly New York. Payne finished 8 hours 57 minutes 10 seconds for 58.3 miles, amid a list of top contenders including John Salo Phillip Granville and Mike Joyce.
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N. Y
Andrew Payne
Oklahoma
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Pasente
N. J
Finn
Payne
Bath
Paul Simpson
Burlington
Simpson
New York
Claremore
Okla
Passaic
Phillip Granville
Hamilton
Ont
Mike Joyce
Cleveland
Louis Perrella
Albany
Giusto Umeki
Italy
William
Hillcrest Wins Golf Contest Against Borger Team
Hillcrest dominated the Mariand Camp Golf Association visitors from Borger with 29 points to 4. Matches featured Hillcrest players Doug Herring M Merriman C J Spornitz M T Johnson J E Griffith Dutch McGregor P E Sapp and others defeating Borger opponents by three points or more with one match halved. The first pair teed off at 1 30 PM and a chicken dinner followed at the clubhouse.
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Mariand Camp Golf Association
Borger
Doug Herring
John Byrne
M. M. Merriman
G. L. McClellan
C. J. Spornitz
Gaines
M. T. Johnson
Floy Hoffman
J. E. Griffith
J. E. Warren
Dutch McGregor
Dick Phillips
Pon Emery
C. Kilpatrick
N. D. Bartlett
H. W. Lambert
E. Lee Smith
C. W. Curtis
Lamar Young
H. W. Burkhall
George Mager
D. L. Moore
P. FE. Sapp
Mike Birmingham
Republican Emblem to Shine in Sunburst Glass at Convention Hall
Delegates to the Republican national convention in Kansas City will view a nineteen foot sunburst glass emblem on the convention hall. The emblem designed by W. D Arcy Ryan, director of the illumination laboratory, will be part of the display when the gathering meets next month.
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International News Service
Kansas City
W. D’arcy Ryan
Illumination Lebora
Tory
General Electric Company
Schenectady
Chamber of Commercce
Taylor Meets Lucas Tonight In Bantam Go
Bud Taylor of Terre Haute and Joe Lucas of Detroit clash in a ten round bantamweight bout in Chicago as Taylor seeks to prove world status despite the NBA’s decision not to recognize him. The promoter and manager Eddie Long say they have failed to secure a title match for over a year.
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Chicago
Bud Taylor
Terre Haute
Ind
Joe Lucan
Detroit
National Boxing Association
Taylor
Eddie Long
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