Steady Work at Wheel Is Given Reward
Louis Meyer of Southgate California won the 500 mile Indianapolis race on Memorial Day driving a Miller Special. Meyer finished in 5 01 33 75 for an average 99.48 mph, with Louis Schneider second and George Souders third, both on Miller team. Two accidents occurred and several frontrunners retired as front drive cars lagged behind rear drive models.
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Bert M. Demby
United Press
Indianapolis
Ind
Louis Meyer
Southgate
Cal
Meyer
George Sauders
Speedway
Frank Lockhart
Daytona Beach
Frank Elliott
Elliott
Jimmy Gleason
Duesenberg
Louis Schneider
George Souders
Schneider
Souders
Harry Miller
Leon Duray
Cliff Bergere
Benny Shoaff
Fred Duesenberg
Ralph Petticord
Ira Hall
Joie Ray Dominates Ten Mile Race at Knights of Columbus Games
Joie Ray of the Illinois A. C. won a special ten mile race in Malden Mass after a long Beach marathon triumph. He ran 53 minutes 27 seconds on a soft track using spiked shoes, finishing two and three quarter laps ahead of Bob Hickey of Tufts College.
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Malden
Mass
Joie Ray
Illinois A. C
Long Beach
N. Y
Ray
Bob Hickey
Tufts College
Time Driven Race Results From Yesterday’s 500 Mile Event
The first twelve finishers from yesterday's 500 mile race are listed with their times and MPH averages. Lewis Meyer led with a time of 8:01.86 at 99.48 MPH, followed by Low Moore and Ray Keech among others, with speeds mostly in the 84 to 91 MPH range.
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Lewis Meyer
Low Moore
I.iil
Fred Frame
Fred Comer
A. Gullotta
L. Schneider
Dave Beans
Colorado Gol Shooter Meets Abilene Boy in West Texas Final
Dennis Lavender of Abilene and Bob Scott of Colorado reach the 36 hole final for the West Texas Golf Association championship at Mineral Wells Texas. Lavender beat Jorge Pavlowsky 2 up after a close finish. Scott defeated Pudley Raines 3 and 1 overcoming Stamford’s 1927 champ.
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Associated Press
Mineral Wells
Tex
Dennis Lavender
Abilene
Bob Scott
Colorado
West Texas Golf Association
Lavender
Texas
Manya
Scott
Jorge Pavlowsky
Thurcher
Pudley Raines
Stamford
West Texas Association
Pavlowsky
Raines
Gassers Triumph Over Harvesters In Lopsided Win
The Gassers defeated the International Harvester team 16 to 6 in a lonely played game last evening. The International pitcher was wild, allowing the rally that began in the sixth inning after Brown was sent to his review.
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Gassers
Internatonal Harvester
Shell
Gan
Brown
Sixty Wounded in Anti Italian Riots in Belgrade
Belgrade Jugoslavia May 3 sixty persons were wounded today two fatally in anti Italian riots. Seventeen students and forty three laborers were arrested as participants in the riots. Other riots were reported elsewhere in the country.
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Belgrade
Jugoslavia
Home Run Club totals by league and players
Baseball round up lists homer totals by league and players. American League leaders include Gehrig and Hauser with notable marks, while National League features Wilson and Bottomley among others. Season totals show American 148 and National 147 with overall 206 homers.
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Bath
Yankees
Gehrig
Hauser
Athletics
Todt
Red Sox
Wilson
Cubs
Bissonnette
Robins
Bottomley
Cardinals
J. Sewell
Indians
L Sewell
Galloway
Tigers
Reeves
Senators
Metzler
White Sox
Frisch
Stribling Brothers Win In Georgia and North Carolina
In Chattanooga Bobby Stribling of Macon Georgia won a technical knockout over John Urban of Pittsburgh. His brother Baby Stribling won an eight round decision over Battling Smith of Fort Oglethorpe. Addison Warren a former UNC heavyweight defeated Marty Gallagher in Greensboro North Carolina.
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United Preas
Chattanooga
Tenn
Stribling
Macon
Johnny Urban
Pittsburgh
Battling Smith
Fort Oglethorpe
Greensboro
Addison Arren
University of North Carolina
Marty Gallagher
Washington
Wichita Falls Spudders Rally to Sweep Beaumont Series
The Wichita Falls Spudders beat the Beaumont Exporters 4 to 1 and 9 to 0 for a 3-1 series lead as a big crowd on bargain day cheered a ninth inning rally and strong pitching by Cvengros. Houston Buffs topped Fort Worth Panthers 9 to 6 and 6 to 6 to stay in first place.
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Wichita Falls Spudders
Beaumont Exporters
Seores
Beaumont
Cvengros
Mullen Starts Eliminations for Light Men
Promoter Jim Mullen begins the elimination rounds to identify a suitable opponent for Sammy. In Shreveport a doubleheader swept by Sports 13 to 5 and 11 to 1. Dallas and San Antonio split a Dallas doubleheader 6 to 8 and 8 to 5 with contrasting hitting marks.
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Mullen
Chicago
Ste
Jim Mullen
Sammy
Houston
Shreveport
Waco Cuba
Dallas
Steers
San Antonio Bears
Bears
San Antonio
Baseball stars and boxing bouts in New Rochelle notes
The report lists players like Ruth Gehrig Speaker Cobb and Hellmann with mixed results in recent games. It notes Ty Cobb missing a lineup due to injuries and announces a heavyweight boxing bout in New Rochelle featuring Ray Miller and Freddie Mueller with potential follow up matches for Mullen versus Leagte or Flowers.
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Mandell
Ray Miller
Chicago
Freddie Meuller
Buffalo
Mullen
Stanislaus Leagte
Chile
Bruce Flowers
New Rochelle
N. Y
Mann Goes to Dallas After Major Sojourn
Dallas Steers acquire Johnty Mann infielder from Chicago White Sox and plan immediate report to the squad. Keentiler outfielder purchased on option from Mexia of the Lone Star league. Bowell Gross, former manager and shortstop, released by the Steers.
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Dallas
Texas
Johnty Mann
Chicago White Sox
Dallas Steers
Mann
Sox
Wichita Falls
Keentiler
Steers
Mexia
Lone Star League
Bowell Gross
Player bats safely across four trips in two games
In the first game Paul Waner failed to hit in four at bats. He then singled in the fourth. Rogers Hornsby hit a double and a home run in three trips driving in one and scoring one. In the second game Hornsby hit his sixth homer of the season in five plate appearances.
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Po Ruth
Lou Gehrig
Trin Speaker
Ty Cobb
Ieviews
Harry Hellmann
Paul Waner
Phest
Rogers HoPowby
Piret
Ncaring
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