City league basketball set to open 1927 season Tuesday
The 1927 Manatee County city basketball league schedules 45 games for the first half with clubs Modern Woodmen Bradenton Sales Company Browning Contracting Company Manatee Oneco and Samoset competing. Opening May 3 Woodmen vs Manatee and May 4 Oneco vs Bradenton Sales Company.
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R. C. Parvin
Woodmen
Manatee
Oneco
Bradenton Sales Company
Samoset
Browning Contracting Company
Browning Contracting
Wood
Bradenton Sale Company
Joyner Set to Meet Menjou in St Petersburg Bout
Middleweight contender Ollie Joyner, 158 pounds, travels to Water front Park in St. Petersburg Tuesday night for his first main bout against Jene Menjou in a ten round clash. Joyner, who has won 22 of 23 and trained daily at the Ninth Street Armory, promises a strong performance aimed at fans from Bradenton.
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Ollie Joyner
St. Petersburg
Jene Menjou
Menjou
Joyner
Waterfront Park
Bradenton
Company L Armory
Ninth Street
Mit
Larry Kapner
West Palm Beach
Earl Hudson
Fighting Cop
Miami
Southern League Scoreboard Noting Multiple Results
Nashville 2 Mobile 3 Atlanta 10 Little Rock 6 Memphis 6 Birmingham 4 Chattanooga 13 New Orleans 6 Birmingham to catch train after final.
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Nashville
Mobile
Atlanta
Little Rock
Memphis
Birmingham
Chattanooga
New Orleans
Major league baseball schedule stacked with city matchups
Today games include St. Louis at Chicago. Cleveland at Detroit. Philadelphia at New York. Boston at Washington. Cincinnati at St. Louis. Pittsburgh at Chicago. New York at Brooklyn. Several teams off.
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Pittsburgh
Chicago
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
New York
Boston
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Cleveland
Washington
National League
Unspecified football pairings in southern schedule
The list shows Memphis at Chattanooga, Birmingham at Mobile, Little Rock at Nashville, and Atlanta at New Orleans. The matchups imply a regional schedule outlining four key road games among southern teams.
Indians Beat Tigers 6 to 2 in Detroit Finale
Hudlin a Cleveland recruit excelled in relief to lift the Indians over Detroit 6 to 2 in the third game of the series. Wells started strong for Detroit but faltered in the third as Fothergill collected four hits, including a double, for Cleveland.
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Detroit
Hudlin
Cleveland
Wells
R. HE
Sewell
Layle
Walkup
Shea
Bassler
Florida State Interscholastic Baseball Championships May 1927
The sixth annual Florida State Interscholastic Baseball Championships will be held May 19 20 and 21 1927 at Tinker Field Orlando under Rollins College with seven district winners and one at large entrant. Walter W Rose Trophy honors past winners Bartow Williston Bartow Bradenton and Miami. Teams must file season records with R W Greene Rollins College by May 12 1927.
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Winter Park
Tinker Field
Orlando
Rollins College
Raymond W. Greene
Florida
A. R. Douglas
Florida High School Athletic Association
Athletic Association
Walter W. Rose
Bartow
Williston
Bradenton
Miami
R. W. Greene
Whiskery Wins Chesapeake Stakes at Havre de Grace
Whiskery won the Chesapeake stakes at Havre de Grace Md in the afternoon race for three year olds. Sir Harry finished second with Tri ton third as the mile and sixteenth race completed in 1:47 1-5. Whiskery paid 820 to win and 5.30 to place 3.40 to show.
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Whiskery
Havre DE Grace
Sir Harry
Triton
Moriarty Faces $40,000 Gamble on Shea Prospect
In Detroit, manager George Moriarty weighs paying $40,000 for Merle Shea after a 54 game, .253 batting season with Sacramento. Moriarty praises Shea's arm and pepper-pot style, while scouts rely on personal observation over stats to judge his major league potential.
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Billy Evans
Detroit Tigers
San Antonio
George Moriarty
Merle Shea
Shea
Sacramento
Detroit Ivory Hunters
Frank Navin
Tigers
Navin
Moriarty
British U A team wins 440 yard shuttle hurdle relay
In driving rain at the Pennsylvania relay carnival Cambridge University led by Lord David Burghley defeated Yale and the American sprint kings Jackson Scholz and Poland Rocke. Heavy mud ruined many chances of record performances as 20,000 spectators watched the Britons claim the title.
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Allan J. Guold
Philadelphia
Huilders
Cambridge University
Lord David Burghley
Pennsylvania
Yale
Orlando Triumphs Over St. Petersburg 5-4 In Ninth Inning Rally
Orlando staged a two run rally in the ninth to defeat St. Petersburg 5 to 4 in Orlando Florida. The box score shows St. Pete 000 010 021 totals 49 1 and Orlando 300 000 002 totals 5 2 with pitchers Taylor L Austin and F Austin, Barber Sweat and Wells.
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Orlando
Fla
St. Petersburg
R. H. E. St. Pete
Taylor
L. Austin
F. Austin
Barber
Sweat _and Wells
Figures Lie About Catcher Worth in Detroit Trade
The quotation notes Ray Schalk as an exceptional catcher while stating Detroit is likely to pay around $40,000 for a catcher with no strong minor league track record. It warns that figures in baseball are often deceptive.
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Ray Schalk
Detroit
West Perry Downs Sarasota in Sealed Doubleheader Sweep
In Sanford April 29, West Perry, a Chicago rookie, pitched seven no hit innings to seal a 7 to 0 win in the second game after taking the opener 10 to 4. George Cusack starred in the first game with eight strikeouts three hits and a pair of steals.
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Sanford
West Perry
Chicago
George Cusack
R.H.E. Sarasota
Jones
Serens
Fitzpatrick
Hudgens
Humphries
Cusack
Wallace
R. H. E. Sarasota
Brower
Perry
Giants Rally To Beat Braves 8 7 In Nine
The New York Giants overcame a ninth inning deficit to defeat the Boston Braves 8 to 7. George Harper and Jack Fournier hit homers as about 12,000 fans watched, including 1,000 fleet blue jackets guests.
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Braves
Giants
George Harper
Jack Fournier
R.H. E. Boston
Genewich
Hearn
Benton
Taylor
Grimes
Bentley
Greenfield
Devormer
Red Sox Rally Tops Yankees 3 2 In Ninth Inning
Boston wins 3 to 2 as Ur ban Shocker is relieved in the ninth. Pinch hitter Rothrock doubled with bases loaded to drive in two and tie the game before Boston pushes ahead. Shocker Moore Grabowski Wiltze Hartley noted in the box.
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Boston Red Sox
Urban Shocker
Yankees
Rothrock
R. HE
New York
Shocker
Moore
Grabowski
Wiltze
Hartley
State records fall as boys and girls shine in Winter Park meet
In the eighth annual inter scholastic swimming meet at Rollins College on Lake Virginia, Winter Park Florida, boys set five new marks in the afternoon and girls posted two new figures in the morning across events.
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Winter Park
Fla
Rollins College
Lake Virginia
Milestones and meet results from state classes and leagues
The Federal League formed in 1914 and lasted two seasons. Ward and Sinclair, leading bread and oil interests, backed the venture. Since 1903 the American and National Leagues have met 22 times in World Series, with 13 championships going to the American and 10 to the National. At a Miami St Petersburg meet, Miami boys won the afternoon and St. Petersburg girls dominated the morning. individual high scorers included A J Henderson of Miami with three firsts and multiple state records, while Elizabeth Rich and Maud Dew starred for St. Petersburg girls.
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Nationa American League
Messrs. Ward and Sinclair
Bread and Oil
Miami
St. Petersburg
Lakeland
Orlando
Duval
Hillsboro
Winter Park
Monte Orde
St. Petersburg High
A. J. Henderson
K. Thomas
C. Murrell
Elizabeth Rich
Maud Dew
H. S. Clizbee
B. Hiers
H. E. Jones
J. Griggs
Ww. Echard
K. King
A. Church, Jr
Clizbe
L. Salsbury
I. Stewart
J. J. Kemp
C. Woolery
F. Hartsfield
Monteverde
J. Galloway
Clizby
J. B. Jones
M. Bernard Duval
Reds Rally Past Cardinals in Second Game Split Doubleheader
In St Louis on April 30 the Reds and Cardinals split a doubleheader. Cincinnati won 9 to 8 after trailing in the late innings in the second game, with Frisch hitting two homers for St Louis and Haines securing his fourth straight win in the opening contest.
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Cincinnati Reds
St. Louis Cardinals
Jess Haines
Cardinal
Frisch
Reds
H. Bell
EL Cincinnati
St Louis
Rixey
May
Mays
Allen
Picinich
Haines
Ich
Rbs Cincinnati
Lucas
Donahue
Hargrave
Bell
Reinhardt
Snyder
O'Farrel
Dodgers Defeat Phillies 2-1 in Brooklyn Victory
Jess Petty pitched a two run performance to beat Philadelphia 2 to 1 after a late homer by Fred Leach broke a shutout. Hendrick also homered in the fourth as Brooklyn took two of three in the series. Carlson Decatur and Wilson, Petty and Hargreaves were credited with the game.
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Brooklyn
Jess Petty
Robins
Phillies
Petty
Fred Leach
Hendrick
Philadelphia
Carlson
Decatur
Wilson
Hargreaves
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