Baseball Register a comprehensive record of 400 major leaguers
The Sporting News releases a 224 page Baseball Register with complete major league player records plus managers coaches and historic stars. It tallies wins batting averages totals and World Series results and even notes rare feats such as no hit games and long hitting streaks.
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Carl Hubbell
Giants
Gabby Hartnett
Chicago Cubs
Joe Medwick
Houston
Cardinals
Grover Alexander
Christy Mathewson
Ty Cobb
Ed Reulbach
Nap Lajoie
Ted Breitenstein
St. Louis Americans
Louisville
Eppa Jeptha Rixey
Babe Adams
Pittsburgh Pirates
Detroit
Ernie Lombard
Old Hack Wilson
Chicago
Detroit Tigers
Reds St profit in spring training pitchers lead bid for pennant
Grizzled Will McKechnie, Reds boss, calls the mound staff the best in the league as spring drills begin in Winter Haven. Derringer, Walters in fine shape after a rainout, Turner healthy, Thompson shows poise, Vander Meer still in play. Left field battle between McCormick and DiMaggio. Joost and Bevel infield roles. Lew Riggs headed for sale. Dietz to Pittsburgh and Galatzer to Indianapolis.
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Winter Haven
Fra
Will McKechnie
Cincinnati Reds
Wily Will
Reds
New York Giants
Tampa
Derringer
Walters
McKechnie
Redleg
Paul Derringer
Bucky Walters
Cincinnati
Jim Turner
Deacon
Gene Thompson
Eddie Joost
Joost
Russ Bevel
Red
Lew Riggs
Lloyd Dietz
Pittsburgh
Milt Galatzer
Indianapolis
Indians Leave Camp in Good Physical Condition
The Cleveland Indians left Fort Myers in strong shape after three weeks of conditioning heading to Columbus Georgia for an exhibition against a local club. Lou Boudreau and Oscar Grimes remain sidelined by leg injuries but the pitching staff appears ready ahead of the season opener with Bob Feller Johnny Humphries Mel Harder and Wil lis Hudlin noted as key contributors.
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Fort Myers
Fla
Cleveland Indians
Tribe
Columbus
Lou Boudreau
Oscar Grimes
Indians
Florida
Bob Feller
Johnny Humphries
Humphries
Johnny Allen
Mel Harder
Willis Hudlin
al Milnar
Racine Horseman Prepares for Spring Racing Circuit
Harry Spencer, employed by H. C. Cappel of Greer Steel Dover Ohio, travels from Racine to visit family before starting a training regime. He oversees ten race horses at the Dover fairgrounds and plans a May start in Columbus followed by stops in Lancaster Marion Canton Canfield Toledo and multiple Indiana cities before returning to Ohio in August.
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Racine
Harry Spencer
H. C. Cappel
Greer Steel Company
Dover
Ohio
Sarah Spencer
Earl Schuler
Letart
Spencer
Dover Fairground
Coumbus
Lancaster
Marion
Canton
Canfield
Toledo
Indiana
Sports Q and A on Dempsey, casino play, and sailing speeds
A reader asks for Jack Dempsey's real name William Harrison Dempsey. Other queries discuss Cassino ace play rules and sailing speeds faster than wind with close hauled ice boats. Send questions to Sports Service Bureau Athens Messenger for a personal reply.
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Jack Dempsey
William Harrison Dempsey
Hiram and
Mary Celia (Smoot) Dempsey
Cassino
Sports Service Bureau
The
Athens Messenger
13Th St
Washington, D. C
O U Matmen In Tournament At Illinois
Five Ohio University wrestlers travel to Champaign Illinois for the National Collegiate championships Friday and Saturday. Teams from across the country compete with about 200 entrants including two from California. The OU lineup features Bill Davidson 121 pounds Charley Fisher 136 pounds Ed Bijak 145 pounds Phil Lewandowsky 165 pounds and Paul Kalivoda heavyweight. Ohio's only NCAA champion was Kermit Blosser in 1932.
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Thor Olson
Ohio University
Champaign
Ill
California
University of Illinois
Bill Davidson
Charley Fisher
Ed Bijak
Montanero
Ohio State
Phil Lewandowsky
Paul Kalivoda
Ohio
Kermit Blosser
South High School
Columbus
This Is Southern Schools Open Season on Ohio Boys
Ohio prep sports face southern recruitment pressure as colleges offer trips, scholarships, and prep school paths for top high school athletes. Warren Bell is set to attend an Ohio college, while other bids and a tuba missing from OSU gym spotlight district talent. A four-relay showdown on April 27 pits Mansfield, Ohio Wesleyan, Huntington, and Wheelings Relays against peers as bids to host the 1942 state cage meet swirl. A photoelectric height method emerges for pole vault and high jump to quantify leaps.
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Ohio
Dixie
Eastern
Mansfield
Ohio Wesleyan
Huntington
W. Va
Wheeling Intelligencer
Far West and Deep South Colts Seen as Derby Contenders
March weather dampens training for top winter three year olds as Derby, Preakness and related races near. Maryland Keeneland Jamaica Narragansett opens April 1 to 17, with Bimelech and other hopefuls facing slow conditioning and cold conditions.
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New York
Far West
Deep South
Kentucky
East
Middle West
Maryland
Bowie
Keeneland
Jamaica
New England
Narragansett
C. 8S
Howard
Midand
Florida
South Carolina
Kent Alderman Spurgeon Celebrates 90th Birthday
Folke stone England alderman E G Spurgeon marked his 90th birthday. He once attempted to insure his life as a young man but no company would accept him.
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Folkestone, Eng
E. G. Spurgeon
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