Elimination suggestions to speed baseball play pace
Veteran Detroit News editor Salsinger urges end to alibi balls and batters leaving the box without umpire consent to cut game time. He cites past league efforts and notes heavy ball usage. also reports Davis Cup tickets and Dodger manager parallels with Casey Stengel amid airline pilot aid efforts.
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Johnson
Timothy Hurst
Timothy
Detroit
Navin Field
Ohio Bobcats Aim to Clinch Buckeye Title at Miami
Ohio University baseball team led by Mitch Don Peden prepares to face the Miami Redskins in Oxford in a payoff game that could wrap up the Buckeye Conference title. A win would give Ohio eight league triumphs and likely seal the crown.
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Marietta
George Boehck
Woody Wills
Ohio
Bill Jurkovic
Larry Leubbers
Hal Gruber
Deacon Diehl
Ernie Harrilla
Terry Feud With Giants Writers Grows Hotter
International News Service reports ongoing clash between Bill Terry and baseball writers. Terry enforces a gag rule and avoids press contact, elevating tensions as players fear the manager more than the press. The backstory features a elevator incident and deliberate silence.
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Bill Terry
Giants
Terry
Mr. Terry
Ohio University Bobcats face Miami in dual track meet at Oxford
Ohio University will send 19 men to a Friday dual meet with Miami at Oxford, a preview to the Buckeye meet on May 22. Miami boasts top pole vault and javelin, strong dashes, mile and relay squads, while Ohio fields a small squad with Grant Hoover healthy to run.
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Jimmy Ritz
Jerry Williams
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Grant Hoover
Wright to Ride Pompoon at Preakness Saturday
Jockey Wayne D. Wright has been engaged to ride Pompoon in the $50,000 added Preakness Stakes at Pimlico. He will leave Jamaica Friday night and report to trainer Cyrus Field Clarke. Harry Richards, who rode Pompeon in the Kentucky Derby, is contracted to ride Matey for Walter Jeffords.
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Harry Richards
Pompeon
Walter Jeffords
Matey
Maryland
Escobar Knocks Out New Yorker to Bolster Contender Hopes
Sixto Escobar of Puerto Rico stopped Nicky Jerome of New York in 1.26 seconds of the second round to strengthen his bid for featherweight contention. The scheduled 10 round feature ended quickly as Escobar delivered a decisive knockout.
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Sixto Escobar
Puerto Rico
Nicky Jerome
Escobar
Pfleger Shines for Kels Columbus.
Mickey Heath, a 33 year old first baseman, powered Milwaukee to a 3 2 win over Columbus Red Birds as Milwaukee’s 10th straight victory trimmed Toledo by six games. Heath’s ninth inning homer followed walks to Keltnner and Gullic off Morton Cooper. Coffman earned his sixth win as Toledo beat Kansas City 3 1. Roy Pfleger hit two homers and six RBIs for Minneapolis in a 15 4 win over Louisville. St Paul blanked Indianapolis 11 0.
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Brewers
Columbus Red Birds
Heath
Morton Cooper
Milwaukee
Keltner
Ted Gullic
Indianapolis
Hoosiers
Toledo
Kansas City
George Coffman
Roy Fleger
Ohio University
Minneapolis
Louisville
St. Paul
Fox hunting misadventures in Virginia with Arrow
Eastham Virginia columnist Henry McLemore recounts learning to ride a horse for Brushwillow Hunt. The narrative describes a chaotic ride as Arrow the horse mauls bushes, dodges low branches, and hurls the rider into the woods in a comically perilous brush with a playful but stubborn animal. The piece notes copyright 1937 United Press.
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Eastham
U.R
Virginia
Brushwillow Hunt
Arrow
Buty
United Press
Indy 500 Qualifying Trials Set With High Speeds
Eight drivers ready to begin fastest qualifying tests for the Indianapolis 500 with predicted averages up to 126 mph. Ten laps at 110 mph needed for 33 starting spots. first prize in qualifying raises the speed stakes. racers include Cummings Shaw Meyer Hepburn Mays Snyder Stapp Roberts Horn Winn.
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Cal
Jimmy Snyder
Chicago
Babe Stapp
Los Angeles
Floyd Roberts
van Nuys
Ted Horn
Billy Winn
Detroit
Louis Meyer
Huntington Park
Ralph Hepburn
Meyer
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