Captain Bierman May Return to Coach at Montana
Rumors in Butte say Captain Bernie Bierman USMC recently of the First to Fight unit may be discharged and approached to coach athletics at the state university in Missoula. He previously coached Butte high and earned wide support from college men for a Missoula appointment. Bierman starred at Minnesota in 1915 and 1916 and is held in high regard for developing football material.
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United States Marine Corps
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Minnesota
Alumni Association
Coast League Scores Delayed Reports
Salt Lake, Los Angeles, Vernon, Portland, Oakland and Seattle all had games postponed. Final tallies list Salt Lake 6 over LA 3, Vernon 8 over Portland 1, Oakland 10 over Seattle 9.
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Vick I6 The Lad That Turns Tide
New York defeats Philadelphia 3 to 2 in 12 innings to win its first game of the season. Vick, a New York youngster, hits a key triple in the eighth and again in the twelfth to spark the rally. Peckinpaugh bunts for a squeeze run as Perry strikes out five.
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Peckinpaugh
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R. H. E. Erouior
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Ruehl
Boston Beats Washington 6 to 5 in Second Game
Bunching hits off Johnson over two innings give Boston a 6 to 5 win at Washington in the second game of the series. Mays had poor support as only one Washington run was earned. Batteries Mays and Schang for Boston Johnson and Agnew Picinich for Washington. Chicago-Detroit and Cleveland-St Louis games postponed due to wet grounds.
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Johnson
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Schang
Agnew
Picinich
Aberdeen Loses Northwest Trapshoot Championship
Aberdeen, Wash. April 28 Aberdeen lost the Northwest trapshoot championship to Bellingham yesterday by one point after a tightly contested final. Aberdeen shooters posted three 25s and two 24s while Bellingham logged four 25s and one 24.
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Aberdeen
Wash
Bellingham
Burns Fazed Work Nlo Off Boston
Burns hit a single double and triple in five at bats and fueled New Yorks 5 to 4 win over Boston. He also snared Wilsons long drive with the bases full in the eighth. Boston rallied in the ninth but Benton relieved Causey and forced King to ground out.
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Burns
New York
Wilson
Braves
Benton
Causey
King
Brooklyn Easy Win Opens Series With Phillies
Brooklyn defeated Philadelphia 10 to 1 in the opening game as three early runs, built on consecutive hits, put the visitors ahead in the first inning. Pfeffer held the Phillies mostly in check, with Baird homering in the sixth to salvage a run. Prendergast, Woodward, and Adams were Yiled by the visitors.
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Brooklyn
Woodward
Pfeffer
Phillies
Baird
Polish Wrestler Defeats Strangler Lewis Again in Chicago
Wladek Zbyszko, the Polish wrestler, defeated Ed Strangler Lewis of Kentucky for the second time in two months in a finish wrestling match in Chicago. Zbyszko pinned Lewis after two hours, fourteen minutes, and nine seconds with a side roll and body scissors.
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Chicago
Wladek Zbyszko
Ed (Strangler) Lewis
Kentucky
Zbyszko
Lewis
Greb Beats Levinsky In 12 Round Slipstream Victory
In Canton Ohio on April 28 Harry Greb of Pittsburg outpointed Battling Levinsky of New York over 12 rounds. Greb won all rounds except the eighth, eleventh and twelfth. Both weighed under 175 pounds with Levinsky about 10 pounds lighter.
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Ohio
Harry Greb
Pittsburg
Battling Levinsky
New York
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Levinsky
Steamship Atalanta to Start Tacoma Bremerton Service
Tacoma April 28 The steamer Atalanta will begin passenger and freight service Thursday between Tacoma and Bremerton. One round trip will be made daily except Sunday, with schedules announced today by the line.
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Standard Oil subscribes to victory loan in SF
Victory loan headquarters reports Standard Oil of San Francisco subscribed 1,977,700 dollars, reinforcing the drive for war funding. The move highlights corporate support in the April 28 announcement.
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Standard Oil
San Francisco
Victory Loan
Standard Oil Company
Russian Federative Socialistic Republic of Soviets
A fragmented line asserts the full title of the Bolshevist alleged government as the Russian Federative Socialistic Republic of Soviets. The phrasing mirrors disputed revolutionary nomenclature without broader context or dates.
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Bolshevist
Russian Federative Socialistic Republic of Soviets
Minting colt to race in William Penn purse next August
Minting, a 2-year-old trotter bred at Nawbeek farm by Sidney Dillon out of The Leading Lady, will start in the William Penn purse at Philadelphia grand circuit in August. Ownership passed for $1 after a Red Cross fundraiser at Belmont Park. Gus Wilson of Frankfort, Pa, kept the colt and later formed a partnership with Herman Ruth to oversee its racing. The horse trained steadily, clocking 2.48% for a mile on March 24, and is expected to contend against top juveniles amid a family with a record of stakes wins.
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Nawbeek Farm
Sidney Dillon
Bingen
al Saunders
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Belmont Park
A. B. Coxe
EF. T. Stotesbury
Gus Wilson
Frankfort
Herman Ruth
Santa Claus
William Penn
Lexington
Leonard Keeps Benny Leonard From Knockout by Referee
Newark April 28 Willie Ritchie of San Francisco was saved by the referee from a knockout at Benny Leonard’s hands in a light weight bout. The bout took place before a packed crowd and the verdict favored Leonard after a tense exchange.
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Newark
N. J
Willie Ritchie
San Francisco
Benny Leonard
Skin Ailments Purified by Blood Cleanser Claim
An old advertisement extols S. S. S. as a pure vegetable blood purifier that reaches the bloodstream to remove impurities, promising a clear ruddy complexion and health. It urges readers to write for free medical advice to Swift Specific Co., Atlanta, Georgia.
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Swift Specific Co
Swift Laboratory
Atlanta
Advt
Leonard Defeats Ritchie By Technical Knockout
In a tight eight round bout Leonard secured a technical knockout as Ritchie fought gamely on the ropes late. Leonard dominated most rounds, scored knockdowns in the second and seventh, and pressed the action to the end before the referee stopped it just before the final bell.
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Ritchie
Leonard
Designer of ball cover dead in Redlands at 95
Charles Jackson, reputed first American corset maker and designer of the baseball seam cover that sews the seam inside, died in Redlands at age 95. He began making corsets in Worcester, Massachusetts, and later lived in Redlands for thirty years, with his sister selling the early garments.
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Cal
Charles Jackson
Jackson
Worcester
Mass
Griffiths Knocks Out Mohr in Eighth Round
Akron bout ends in the eighth as Johnny Griffiths knocks out Walter Mohr in a 12 round scheduled fight Mohr substituted for Willie Loughlin who is ill with pneumonia in Philadelphia United States boxing scene April 28 Akron Ohio.
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Akron
Ohio
Johnny Griffiths
Walter Mohr
New York
Mohr
Willie Loughlin
Philadelphia
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