Mehlhorn, Sarazen Lead British Open First Round
Walter Hagen predicts American victory after opening British Open with Mehlhorn and Sarazen tying for lead in windy Sandwich. Hagen notes Mehlhorn’s precise wind play, Sarazen’s steady putting, and Tommy Armour’s 81 as the round’s lone setback for the Americans.
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Walter Hagen
Standard and North American Newspaper Alliance
Alliance
Sandwich
England
America
Bobby Jones
Bill Mehlhorn
Gene Sarazen
English Channel
Mehlhorn
Bill
Americans Observe British Open Action and Travel Plans
The report notes Abe Mitchell and Harry Vardon shooting 78s with mixed early momentum. John McHugh, the sole American amateur, struggled at the seventh and home hole but finished 79. Bob Harlow arranges upcoming stops in Berlin Vienna Dublin and the Irish open at New Castle County Down.
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John McHugh
San Francisco
Harry Vardon
Bob Harlow
Berlin
Vienna
Dublin
New Castle
County Down
America
Germany
Austria
Ireland
Riviera
Monte Carlo
Butte Baseball Clubs Announce Ten Team Rosters
Managers of the ten teams in the Butte Baseball association released rosters. The list includes J Wise, C Sullivan, B Hooper, F Sullivan, W Odgers, Muggs Shea, B Sullivan, Terry Kinsella, and many others, with multiple Sullivans, Jovi cks, Bennetts, Learys, and Detailing clubs from Meaderville Dublin Gulch and Walkerville.
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Butte Baseball Association
J. Wise
C. Sullivan
B. Hooper
F. Sullivan
W. Odgers Muggs Shea
B. Sullivan Terry Kinsella
B. Shea
B. Bennetts
D. Cronin
J. Leary Babe Delaney
M. Maguire
L. Doherty
M. McGlynn
Ed McCarthy
John McBride
Mooch Shea McCaleb
Skeek McCarthy
Rainy day scrapes shuffle baseball results across leagues
Rain washed out all American League games yesterday while Chicago Cubs beat Brooklyn 2 1 in 12 innings. Gonzales delivered the winning Texas league single as Webb and McWeeney starred for Chicago, with Brooklyn’s Herman leading the attack. Giants topped Pirates 6 0 as Barnes shut them out. Reds beat Brooklyn 4 1 in Cincinnati as Rixey and teammates broke open a tie in the eighth.
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Abrhpoa
BK Statz
Biasonette
Hendrick
Herman
Bressler
Rhonda
Bancroft
Henline
MecWeeney
Aman
Chicago
Statz
Riconda
Wilson
Maguire Tales
Butler
Maguire
Grimm
Root
McWeeney
McCormick
Magee
Klem
Kellar Takes Early Lead In Southern California Amateur
Leon Kellar of Rancho Country Club shot 73 on a waterlogged Lakeside course to lead after the first 18 holes of qualifying in the Southern California Amateur. Defending champion George Von Elm trailed by two strokes and plans to play only the qual rounds before heading to Detroit. Hamburg aims to become Europe’s primary airport hub.
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Los Angeles
Leon Kellar
Rancho Country Club
Lakeside Country Club
Kellar
George von Elm
Los Angeles Country Club
von Elm
Detroit
Waner Still Has Lead On Hitters
The Associated Press notes Paul Waner remains the league batting leader after a day that saw rain and cold halt AL games. Waner slid from .393 to .376 with a 0-for-4 at the plate as the Giants shut out the Pirates 6–0. Frisch raised his average to .327 after a .400 day for St Louis, while Hornsby added a triple and single for Cincinnati.
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Hornsby
Frisch
Paul Waner
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Pirates
Cincinnati
Boston
Reds
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R. H
Pet
P. Waner
Ruth
Yankees
Braves
Cobb
Athletics
Cardinals
Heilmann
Tigers
Illinois Baseball Beats Keio University 2 1 in Urbana
The University of Illinois baseball team posted its second straight win over Keio University of Japan, 2 to 1, in a pitchers' duel. Miyatake, Andrews, and Williams each held the opposing lineup to four hits as Keio led off with a sixth inning homer by Hamai, while Illinois answered with a first inning run on Finn's single and O Grady's triple, and a third inning score after two walks.
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Associated Press
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Reese
Cohen
Hogan
Brame
New York
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Brown
Reds
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Jimmy Ring
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Bob McGraw
Red Bird
Philadelphia
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Williams
Hamai
Illinois
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O'Grady
Sweeney
Baseball scores from today’s major leagues and associations
National league games saw rain postponements with Pittsburgh losing to New York 6 0 and Philadelphia 1 0 while St Louis led Boston 7 1 and Cincinnati 4 0. American association results list Indianapolis 4 Kansas City 5 and Columbus 10 Minneapolis 11 with Toledo 0 St Paul 7 by darkness. Western leaders Amarillo 7 Denver 8 Wichita 12 Pueblo 8 Tulsa 7 Omaha 19 Oklahoma City 8 Des Moines 10.
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Detroit Ee
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Boston
Chicago
American Association
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Kansas City
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Louisville
Toledo
Columbus
Sacramento
Hollywood
San Francisco
Los Angeles
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Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Western
Amarillo
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Pueblo
Tulsa
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Des Moines
Continental Derby ends in a multiway dead heat in May race
In Butler Indiana on May 9, C C Pyle's 61 entrants completed another Hoosier leg of the transcontinental Derby. Phillip Granville won the day's lap in 5 36 22, while John Salo and Salo’s totals kept them in high overall positions. Peter Gavuzzi and Andrew Payne tied for third as race figures stretched toward 2,579 miles. A separate note mentions America's first law school building at Litchfield Conn may be restored as a relic.
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Butler
Ind
C. C. Pyle
Ligonier
Phillip Granville
Granville
John Salo
Passaic
N. J
Salo
Peter Gavuzzi
Southampton
England
Andrew Payne
Claremore
Okla
Louis Perella
Albany
N.Y
America
Litchfield
Conn
Australia Loses to Italian Davis Cup Team in Genoa
Italy defeats Australia 3-1 in the first round of the 1928 Davis Cup in Genoa. Baron Hubert de Mapurgo clinched the series with a five set win over Gerald Patterson as the crowd surged, marking Australia’s rare early exit in 17 years of Cup play.
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Genoa
Italy
Australia
Baron Hubert de Mapurgo
Gerald Patterson
de’ Mapurgo
Patterson
United States
Helen Wills and Penelope Anderson Begin Hague Practice
Miss Helen Wills, the American women's tennis champion, and partner Miss Penelope Anderson, held their first practice in The Hague after arriving yesterday. Several hundred spectators watched, including Dutch minister of the interior Kan Richard Tobin and Dutch champion Miss Ken Bouman, as they prepared for three days of matches against the Dutch women.
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Holland
Helen Wills
Penelope Anderson
the Hague
Kan
Richard Tobin
Ken Bouman
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