Gallant Fox Triumphs in Belmont Stakes in Rain
Gallant Fox ridden by Earl Sande wins the Belmont Stakes by four lengths at Belmont Park New York, tying Sir Barton for three Classics. The victory sets a new Belmont record 2:31 3-5 for the mile and a half and pushes Gallant Fox’s earnings past 200000.
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Dixie Lad Wins Cleveland Derby At Thistle Down
Dixie Lad with jockey C Meyer captured the $15,000 added Cleveland derby over a mile and a quarter at Thistle Down. Maya finished second and Dark Sea third as more than 6,000 fans watched in drizzle. Gallant Knight, the Kentucky Derby favorite, faded to sixth. Time 2:08. payto win $30.
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Gate for Title Bout 10 Goes High at Madison Square Garden
Box office at Madison Square Garden shows a projected net gate over $600000 for the Schmeling Sharkey 15 round title fight with total potential receipts near $802591 if all 1531 tickets are sold. Garden predicts $700000 gate. stadium holds 15968 ringside, 17697 $13 seats, 25866 $5 seats. 22000 bleacher seats to go on sale Thursday.
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New England Tennis Team Defeats Eastern States for Sears Cup
The New England States team defeated the Eastern states 6 to 3 to retain the Sears cup. In singles Eleanor Goss beat Marjorie Morrill 6-4 5-7, and Dorothy Andrus lost to Margaret Blake 6-3 2-6 4-6. Blake and Hubbard won 6-2 7-5 in doubles to clinch the trophy for Boston representatives.
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Bluefield Golfers Lose Match at Oak Hill 16-11
The Bluefield Country club traveled to Oak Hill yesterday and fell 16 to 11 in a fourball club match. Eighteen players from each club competed with scoring 1 point per nine holes and 1 point for the eighteenth. In the feature, Holley Vaughan of Oak Hill with Baumgartner beat Rocky Schorr and Mellhan of Bluefield, with Oak Hill taking all three points.
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Brums Virginia Siders Defeat N W Stars 10 to 5
In a Wellerfield Tuesday afternoon Norfolk and Western Class A team upset Brumfield's Virginia Side 10 to 5. Buck Floyd started for Brumfield before Kitchen relieved him in the seventh. Kitchen and Farmer led the winners with timely hits as the Bluefield Red Sox backed the rally to overtake Brumfield's squad.
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Danforth Released by Dallas Club
Dave Danforth, former American League and Southern Association pitcher, was released unconditionally today by the Dallas league club in Dallas Texas.
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Wrestling result corrected in Philadelphia report
A Philadelphia June 7 report corrected the earlier claim that Ray Steele of California lost a wrestling bout to Pat O'Shocker of Philadelphia. The previous report was erroneous and the outcome remains unclear from the corrected notice.
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Robins halt Cubs march in wild 12-9 game
Brooklyn defeats Chicago 12 to 9 as Watson belts a seventh inning homer with two on. Rain delays and wild pitching mark the game while Hack Wilson hits his 18th homer for Chicago.
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Herman Dominates Hitting Averages In Senior League
New York reports Floyd Herman of Brooklyn leads the National League in multiple hitting categories for the latest averages released after Thursday’s games. He tops regular batters with .420, 50 runs, and 74 hits, with Frank Hogan close behind. Cuyler and Wilson lead in several other stats, while Brooklyn shows strong pitching and hitting, aided by Dolfo Luque’s five straight wins as St. Louis Cardinals slip from top. Cincinnati leads fielding at .977.
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Belmont Stakes Result Sends Fox Charmer to Victory
Fox captured the three year old American turf championship by defeating Whichone in the Belmont Stakes yesterday, a dominant performance that left little doubt.
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Sharkey Favored In Big Show As Fans Back Boston Sailor
The column touts Jack Sharkey against Max Schmeling with Sharkey riding peak popularity and a likely knockout in the June 12 main bout. It notes fan support, a boost from recent market turmoil, and adds sketches of sports figures and local teams in a lively, era-tinged voice.
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Ruth and Gehrig pace 12-5 Yankee win over Browns
New York built a 12-0 lead after seven innings and rode Babe Ruth's 19th homer and Lou Gehrig's 12th to a 12-5 victory over St Louis as Ed Wells held the Browns to few hits in a high scoring early game.
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Point table from national collegiate track meet shows scores
Southern California leads with 67 points and 70 in the final tally while Illinois 27 and 79, Ohio State 29 and 10, Stanford 25, Michigan 20, Indiana 20, Oregon 12, Wisconsin 11.10, Chicago 11, Nebraska 11, Notre Dame 1.7, Purdue 10, Butler 10, Wichita 10, Pittsburgh 10, Georgia Tech 10, California 10, Texas Christian 9, Geneva 8, Loyola New Orleans. Seventeen other schools scored under five points.
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State Liners to meet Princeton in big county clash at Glenwood Park
Princeton shows full strength for first time this season as Francis Keeley fields a redeveloped lineup against Boss Cain’s State Liners. Snider likely to start on the mound. Wheley props Princeton in a key county showdown at Glenwood Park at 2:30.
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Rice And Ruth Lead Eight Batting Categories
Sam Rice and Babe Ruth headline the American League leaders after last Thursday’s games. Rice tops average at .401 and hits with 75, while Ruth leads runs with 62 and total bases at 124 with 57 homers and 50 RBIs. Gehringer and Cronin tie for doubles at 18, Combs leads triples with eight, and Rice has ten steals. Cleveland leads team batting at .306 while Philadelphia defense leads at .977. Grove and Harder dispute the pitching lead as Grove goes 7 0 and Harder 6 0. Boston posts 66 double plays.
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Wykoff Breaks World Century Record At National Meet
Frank Wykoff of Southern California won the 100 yard dash in 9.4 seconds at Stagg Field, breaking Eddie Tolan’s 9.5 world mark. Simpson of Ohio State was second, Toland finished fourth as USC led the Trojans to the team title amid several meet records and world marks.
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