Yankees Among The League’s Most Improved Teams In 1926
New York, April 7. The Washington Americans lead the league by eight and a half games as the 1926 season opens. The New York Yankees are the most improved club, especially at bat, and could challenge for the pennant. The Athletics show improvement in team work and batting, with stronger running, pitching, and judging. Detroit Chicago and St Louis form the second group capable of challenging if leaders falter.
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John B. Foster
New York
Washington Americans
Senators
Washington
Philadelphia
Detroit
Chicago
St. Louis
Cleveland
Bost
Boston Red Sox
New York Yankees
Yanks
Yankees
Athletics
Ines
Kid Gleason
Greek Detroit flower merchant brutalizes lightweight Roc co in New York
In a tough bout in New York on Tuesday Phil McGraw, a Greek Detroit flower merchant, battered Johnny Rocco of Michigan, leaving him swollen and dazed. Paul Ber enbach and Ray Neuman clash in a sharp exchange. Jackie Horner from St. Louis shows grit in a rough prelim.
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York
Phil McGraw
Detroit
Johnny Rocco
New York
Michigan
Rocco
Paul Berenbach
Ay Neuman
Ray
Paul
Jacklerner
St. Louis
Orner
Morris Eoola
Sam ¥.Cooper
Hartford
Cooper
Horner
Jackie
Fast basketball team stacks wins in Southern Ohio
The team has won fourteen of seventeen starts and defeated top squads in Southern Ohio and Columbus. They scored 378 points to opponents 384. D. Watkins of the Legion led scoring with 1 point this season.
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Ohio
Columbus
D. Watkins
The
Legion
Two Braves Shine in Beantown Battlefront
Big Ed Brown and Walter Gautreau starred for the Braves in Boston, delivering standout performances in a high profile clash. Brown provided scoring bursts while Gautreau anchored defense and rebounding, boosting team momentum through key stretches.
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Big Ed Brown
Little Walter Gautreau
Beantown Battlefront
ED Brown
Walter Gautreau
Boston Braves
Beantown
Golf clubs and kit choices by George Duncan
George Duncan describes his nine club set and comments on how many clubs players should carry. He notes Alexa Stirling uses fifteen clubs and J H Kirkwood seven, calling these extremes. Duncan’s own lineup includes driver, brassie, spoon, driving-iron, mid-iron, mashie-iron, mashie, mashie niblick and putter.
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George Duncan
Alexa Stirling
United States
J. H. Kirkwood
Australia
New Zealand
Veterans Discuss War Insurance Reinstatement At Legion Post
The American Legion post held a meeting led by Dan Davis and E. C. Krieger to urge veterans with lapsed war insurance to reinstate now. An act of Congress provides that ex service men may rejoin under revised terms.
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American Legion
Dan Davis
E. C. Krieger
Congress
Boxing draw questions Horner's strategy in six rounds
A boxing report notes Jackie Horner restricted his attack to Cooper’s head across six rounds leading to a tiring finale and a fortunate draw. The piece asks how many boys would emulate Horner’s tactic in the ring.
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Cooper
Jackie Hormer
Veterans may reinstate insurance by July 3 1926
A veteran in good health may apply in or before July 3 1926 for reinstatement of all or part of his insurance in multiples of 500 but not less than 1000. Submit the reinstatement with a complete physical examination report and remittance covering two monthly premiums. After the discussion forty members present had a social hour.
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Lany
Missing Youth Found in East Rochester
Douglas Robinson twenty son of Theodore Douglas Robinson assistant secretary of the navy disappeared from Harvard university last Friday and was found in East Rochester dazed and unable to recall his whereabouts. He was taken to a hospital and his father notified, the father rushing from Boston after learning of the disappearance.
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Rochester
N. Y
Douglas Robinson
Theodore Douglas Robinson
Lenglen Refuses U S Visit Tour Plans in Limbo
Lawrence Perry reports Suzanne Lenglen will not bring a French team to the United States this summer due to a grievance with American tennis officials and a past incident in 1921. She plans to focus on tournaments in France and England and may consider exhibitions if professional routes open.
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Lawrence Perry
New York
United States Lawn Tennis Association
Suzanne Lenglen
United States
Paris
Lenglen
Riviera
Helen Wills
Cannes
France
England
Helen
Suzanne
Tilden
West Coast Storm Rages. Death Toll Rises
April 8 report details a deadly Pacific coast storm that killed nine people this week. Shipping halted, communications hampered, power lines down, and new rain records set as forecasts say the storm may last another day.
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San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Mid semester reports warn meltout for unsatisfactory work
Ohio University registrar F. B. Dilley says reports to go out midsemester informing students not doing satisfactory work will be melted out the first of next week. This action targets those failing to meet academic standards.
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F. B. Dilley
Ohio University
Norge Dirigible Flight Delayed By Gale
London April 8 The Norge dirigible holding Captain Amundsen and Lincoln Ellsworth to attempt a North Pole crossing faces a postponement due to a gale delaying its departure today per Cen News dispatch.
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London
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CGY
Golfers Magazine
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Wille
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Everett
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Lisle
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