Managers Look for Wany Rookie Across Four Clubs
Major League managers see new talent across the Indians Red Sox Athletics Tigers and more based on camp showings. Breckenridge dazzles for the Athletics while Alexander solidity at first base boosts the Tigers. Scarritt Bigelow Narlesky and Carroll compete for outfield and pitching roles as Peckinpaugh eyes several minor leaguers for the Indians.
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Cleveland Indians
Bill Carrigan
Boston Red Sox
Connie Mack
Philadelphia Athletics
Bucky Harris
Detroit Tigers
Bill Breckenridge
Athletics
Dale Alexander
Tigers
Elliott Bigelow
Red Sox
Bill Scarritt
Edgar Carroll
Bill Narlesky
Wesley Ferrell
Indians
Verne Underhill
Dick Porter
Bill Scaritt
St. Paul
Bigelow
Elliott
Birmingham
Ed Carroll
Haverhill
New England
Mobile
Hal Rhyne
Bill Bayne
Bob Reeves
Grant Gillis
Horace Lisenbee
Milt Gaston
Cripple Golden Prince Wins Rich Col Handicap at Tijuana
Golden Prince, a Kentucky import ridden by Jack Parmalee, nabbed the Col Handicap at Tijuana’s track. He ran a mile and three sixteenths in 2 minutes 33 and 5 seconds, tying the track record. The colt paid 7.80 to win with Alexander Pantages 2nd, Volteur 3rd and Scimitar 4th.
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Tijuana
Mex
Golden Prince
Kentucky
Calaris
Jack Parmalee
Gold‘n Prince
Ayecad
Alexander Pantages
Vermato
Listo
Voltear
Volteur
Scimitar
Rhodes Aims for Regular NY Yankees Pitching Role
The New York Yankees plan to carry several young pitchers this season and Gordon Rhodes, former Utah standout bought for 50 000 dollars from Hollywood, is seen as a strong candidate for a regular job. Manager Huggins is cautious on rookies, but scouts praise Rhodes as a top rookie hurter of the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Yankees
Gordon Rhodes
University of Utah
Hollywood
Huggins
Rhodes
Landis Decree Triggers Free Agent Frenzy in Baseball Camps
Judge Landis declared nine major and minor league players free agents provoking uproar in spring training. Clark Griffith blasted the ruling while clubs like the Yankees and Pirates feared loss of pitchers Eddie Wells and Roy Spencer. Ernie Wingard and Claude Jonnard were also affected as teams scramble for new rosters.
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Frank Getty
United Press
New York
Judge Landis
Griff
Clark Griffith
Washington Senators
Guy Cantrell
Melburn Simons
New York Yankees
Eddie Wells
Wells
Birmingham
Southern Association
Landis
Ernie Wingard
Athletics
Connie Mack
Wingard
Claude Jonnard
Milwaukee
Roy Spencer
Pittsburgh
Indianapolis
Spencer
Pirates
Exhibition Games Matchups Across Spring In Florida and California
United Press reports exhibition tilts featuring the Athletics against Newark in Fort Myers Florida the Giants facing Beaumont in Beaumont the Cardinals meeting the Braves in St Petersburg the Cubs playing the Dodgers in Los Angeles and the Pirates clashing with the Giants in San Francisco as spring action opens.
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United Press
American League Athletics
Newark
Fort Myers
Fla
National League
New York Giants
Beaumont
Cardinals
Braves
St. Petersburg
Chicago Cubs
Los Angeles
Pirates
San Francisco
Stivers Adds Another Title Tons Record
Dayton Stivers captured their second straight state high school basketball championship finishing 36 to 22 over Dover. Akron St Marys won Class B 28 to 26. Seven Stivers players graduate, reducing hopes for another title soon.
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Stivers
Dover Quintet
Brilliant Orange Crushers
Dover
Akron Garfield
Columbus Central
Akron St. Mary’s
Bluffton
Akron
Silvers
Bobby Colburn
Haskett
Brown
Low
Deitner
Summerix
Popeko
Plank
Vandervort
Portsmouth
Leiber
Canton McKinley
Dayton
Illinois track men look like record makers
Illinois, in Champaign, set a two mile relay record of 7 minutes 54.8 seconds at the twelfth annual relay games. Orval Martin won the 1500 meters in 4 minutes 5.1 seconds, Chicago claimed the medley, and Illinois won the four mile relay in 17 minutes 53.3 seconds. Nebraska set a carnival high hurdles mark as Ohio State narrowly followed.
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Champaign
U.R
Tilini
University Ofllinois
Georgetown
Tom Warne
Northwestern
Orval Martin
Chicago
Illinois
Nebraska
Ohio State
Wisconsin
George Simpson
Jack Elder
Notre Dame
Root
Rockaway
Ohio
Kentucky Champs To Enter Cage Tourney
Kentucky will be represented in the National High School Basketball tournament at Chicago by five former boys from Heath. Heath won the state tournament by defeating Corinth 21 to 16. The championship five surprised by winning despite most players’ experience being outdoors. Heath is a small agricultural town near Paducah.
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Columbus
U.P
Dayton Stivers
Chicago
State Teachers’ Association
Lexington
U.2
Kentucky
Heath
Corinth
Vaducah
Baseball notes from Fort Worth and other spring signals
Commissioner Landis inspected White Sox activities after a three game series loss to Panthers. Cubs plan a 4/1 training schedule following a 17 to 0 win over Los Angeles with Jimmy Burke hitting three homers. Giants aim to extend a six game winning streak after a 4 to 3 victory in Houston. Pirates maintain even results in San Francisco after yesterday’s Coast League tests.
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Fort Worth
Tex
U.P
K. M. Landis
White Sox
Jackie Atz
Panthers
Los Angeles
Chicago Cubs
Jimmy Burke
St. Pat
Houston
New York Giants
Giants
San Francisco
Pittsburgh Pirates
Cardinals arrive crippled for exhibition with Braves
The St. Louis Cardinals, 1928 National League champions, arrived in St. Petersburg Florida for an exhibition game against the Boston Braves after morning loss to the Missions 10 to 2 and afternoon defeat to the Seals 5 to 3.
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San Francisco Missions
Seals
ST. Petersburg
Fla
St. Louis Cardinals
Boston Braves
Red Sox Second Team Rally Beats Indians 11–10
In Sarasota on March 18 the Boston Red Sox second team rallied for two runs in the ninth to defeat the Indianapolis Indians 11 to 10.
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Sarasota
Fla
Boston Red Sox
Indianapolis Indians
Hanley to Join Columbia as Assistant Coach
Mike Hanley, long assisting his brother Dick at Northwestern, will become an assistant coach at Columbia next fall, adding to the staff as the program prepares for the upcoming season.
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Mike Hanley
Northwestern
Columbia
Indians Win Exhibition Game in New Orleans
Cleveland Indians defeat New Orleans club 6 to 4 in an exhibition game. Wbarl Averill, a $30,000 purchase from San Francisco, made a one handed catch in center field, the highlight of the contest.
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Roger Peckinpaugh
Indians
Dick Porter
Earl Averill
Wesley Ferrell
Vernie Underhill
Jimmy Zinn
Zinn
Kansas City
Pirates
Peck
Averill
San Francisco
Porter
Baltimore
Ray Gardner
New Orleans
Wbarl Averill
Cleveland Indians
Cleveland
Southern Association
Promoters Offer Walker Fight in England for 75000 and Gate
British promoters proposed to Jack Kearns, manager of Mickey Walker, a 75000 dollar purse plus 80 percent of gate receipts for a Walker bout in England this coming summer.
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Jack Kearns
Mickey Walker
Walker
England
Big Counts Feature National Pin Meet
In Chicago on March 1, Kansas City pair J Riley and H Lembke led doubles with an 1501 total in the American Bowling Congress tournament. Lembke posted 672 and Riley 629, while E Shepherds and W O'Donnell moved to second with 1267 in doubles and O'Donnell delivered a 685 series for second in individuals.
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Chicago
U.P
J. Riley
H. Lembke
Kansas City
Lembke
E. Shepherds
W. O'Donnell
Train Wreck in Japan Kills and Injures Many
An express train on the Sanyo Railway from Shimonoseki overturned early today near Tokio causing great damage. Early reports state about 200 persons were injured or killed in the wreck.
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Tokio
Sanyo
Shimonoseki
Fast Mat Bout Carded for Columbus Fans Tonight
Eddie Shea the Chicago featherweight meets Lou Bloom of Columbus in a ten round decision bout. Shea seeks his sixth knockout of seven fights this year with Bloom already knocked out by Shea earlier. The card also features Conroy vs Boychan six rounds and Dunlap vs Die Hill, Kylie vs Holmes and Edwards vs Faber in four round fights.
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State Capitol
Eddie Shea
Chicago
Lou Bloom
Pride of
Eddie Conroy
Cleveland
Joe Boychan
Newark
Charles Dunlap
Freddie Hill
Portsmouth
Red Kylie
Miami
Harry Holmes
Johnny Edwards
Huntington
W. Va
Charlie Faber
No Strangers to Hendricks Reds Draftees Reunite
Rube Lutake and Leo Dixon, drafted by the Cincinnati Reds this spring, have previously played for Jack Hendricks. Their prior stint with Indianapolis is noted as a shared history.
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Rube Lutake
Leo Dixon
Cincinnati Reds
Jack Hendricks
Indianapolis
Ohio State Baseball Association set to open season May 1
The newly organized Ohio State Baseball Association will start May 1 with six clubs and possibly eight. Canton Cleveland Tellings Massillon Agathons Youngstown Akron Firestones and the former Akron Generals were awarded franchises. Zanesville Coshocton and University of Illinois joined with a two week entry window for the first half. An August elimination tournament is planned. Officers are Edward L. Jacobs president and George Textor vice president. Executive board includes Paul “Sheekx”, Frank Mills and Texlor. A schedule and by-laws will be adopted at a meeting next Sunday.
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Edward L. Jacobs
Canton
George Textor
Massion
Paul “Sheekx
Akron Firestones
Frank Mills
Youngstown
Tex~lor
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Service
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Beckleys
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Athens County Savings & Loan
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