Twilight Baseball League Forms as City Civic Effort
Athens Twilight League elects prés Shannon at spring meeting in Knights of Tythias hall and plans eight clubs including Josten's Cigars. Interested franchises must contact president or secretary Mester Jr. Opening day slated for May 19 with eight clubs and regular season style. Mayor Koons to attend and funds for a ball park remain unsettled.
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Ick Shannon
Athens
Knights of Tythias Hall
Ad Josten’s Cigars
Summer Students University
Mester, Jr
K. of P
Hewitt - Boden
Court @Giants
Studebbakers
Varsity Ges
Josten’s Cigars
Tenta
Mmittee
Koons
High School Boys Organize Ball Club
High School boys form a basketball club led by Blinky Morgan. The team, calling itself 18-FP, plans regular workouts and seeks games in Nelsonville, Lancaster or the Pomeroy Bend. Interested players may contact manager Morgan or Ted Ad at listed phones.
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Blinky” Morgan
Boyd Pritcherton
P. Kahler
Harold George Williams
H. Rossifield
Harry Romine
Nelsonville
Locnster
Pomeroy Bend
Manager Morgan
Sewater Street
Ted
Franklin Avenue
Putting Technique Prescribed by Jock Hutchison
The guide outlines a golf putting method with stance, weight, and grip details. It emphasizes eyeing the green before each stroke, lining up ball and hole, and a smooth controlled back and forward swing. Two thirds of body weight should be on the left foot and the right hand leads the stroke.
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Jock Hutchison
Polo champions to play again at Del Monte
Midwick Country club's national open polo champions reunite for tournament action on Sunday April 12 at Del Monte facing an all star Pacific Coast team. The Big Four Eric Pedley Teddy Miller Arthur Perkins and Carleton Burke headline the Midwick lineup returning after last summer's title.
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del Monte
Midwick
Babe Ruth in bad shape on trip to New York hospital
Babe Ruth arrives in Washington weak and sick with influenza and indigestion en route to New York. He will enter St Vincent’s Hospital after reaching New York and may miss the season opener. Ruth says rumors of his death are false and cites overexertion as the likely cause of his illness.
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Washington
Babe Ruth
Capital
New York
Asheville
Mighty Sligger
International News Service
Ruth
Paul Krichell
Krichell
St. Vincent’s
Florida
Union
Babe
Lynchburg
Walter Johnson Faces High Hopes and Doubts for Season
The article recalls Walter Johnson's spring debut against the New York Giants, weighing his chances for a strong season after a dramatic 1924 world series. It notes Johnson's pride, his desire to compete as a ball player, and skeptics who doubt he can sustain peak form.
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Walter Johnson
New York Giants
Grohim
Walter
Johnson
Washington
Son
Moffey
Ted Wise
Waker
Injuries Hit Several Baseball Clubs in Training
George Ruth arrives in New York on stretcher as Exhibit A in a rash of injuries affecting five clubs. Cubs lose Grigsby to a broken collarbone and Maranville to a broken leg. Athletics suffer Hauser knee fracture. Frisch injuries slow Giants return. Reds feel Dressen loss eased by Jackendricks.
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New York
George
Babe” Ruth
Chicago
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Chicago Cubs
Maranville
Grigsby
Rabbit
Hollacher Uftable
Philadelphia Athletics
Joe Hauser
Hauser
Phillies
Giants
Frank Frisch
Ilub
Senators
Frisch
Ruth’s health fears rise as Ruth slips from Yankees
The account notes Dressen’s arm injury and Hefidricks’ limited throwing, while Ruth faces a possible long absence. Dr Edward King suspects Ruth’s heavy eating could hasten his decline from baseball, with the team seeking a way to curb his appetite.
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Dressen
Hefidricks
Ruth
Yankees
Edward King
Culb
Boles Plans Tough Spring Football Work At Wooster
Wooster coach L C Boles sets spring practice to start Thursday with a difficult schedule ahead. Eleven from last year graduate and two are ineligible, requiring replacements. He must find a quarterback and forward passer with Al McGlashan and Ed Arnold among candidates. Smith has left college.
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Wooster
L. C. Boles
Boles
al McGlashan
Canton McKinley Flash
Ed Arnold
Mt. Vernon
Smith
Ohio State
Red Grange Ice Delivery in Summer Sparks Football Gauge
A quirky column notes Red Grange will not deliver ice this summer and ponders whether this affects his touchdowns in the coming fall. It mentions a life guard from Idaho among Cleveland pitchers and jokes about hitting figures with altered equipment and dining mishaps.
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Red Grange
Cleveland
Idaho
Cobb
Marathoner Plumber Mr Zuna Shines In New Ark Circuit
Mr Frank Zuna a noted marathoner and plumber from New Ark New Jersey is cited for his endurance in a humorous sports light. The piece humorously notes his running joints stay in order as he competes in the Hit and Miss circuit with a theatrical finish wave.
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Frank Zuna
Newark
N. J
Major league races clash with golfers and boxing needs
The piece notes major league races starting this month and cites how the schedule will interfere with athletes in golf. It laments boxing’s slide from bruising days and jokes about a player lacking a dependable mashie pitch, warning of a man without a country in a fix.
Young players head south in spring trip
An estimated 180 young ball players were taken south this spring, a move described as giving them a chance to shine on a larger stage, akin to the world being a stage where opportunities appear through fair trade and experiences away from home.
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