Spring training sets pace for two leagues in 1925 season
AMPA, Fla March 28 The major league camps close and voices agree this spring has been ideal with abundant sun and great conditions. Managers like Mack and McGraw note potential overtraining but praise the sunny South and California workouts. National and American league prognostications split on pennant favorites with Washington, New York, Detroit and Pittsburgh among top picks and White Sox seen as a possible leap to first division.
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Consolidated Press Association
Ampa, Fla
Connie Mack
John J. McGraw
South
California
New York Olanta
Pittehurch
Giants
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Maranville
Washington
Yanks
Detroit
Athletics
New York
Yankees
Cobb
Hle
Philadelphia
Lefty Groves
Baltimore
St. Louis
The
Athletica
Cleveland
Poston
Indiana
Red Sox
Chicago White Sox
Eddie Collins
White Sox
Dark Horse
Athleticn
Cardinals
Jean Bortron
France
Herbert Bowman
Jerry Lange
Columbia University Etar
Fred Anderson
Bermuda
Percy L. Kynneston
Louis B Daily, Jr
Horace Orser
George Washington High School
Tiverton
Rh. TL
New England
Fall River FC
Boston F.C
Millers
St Louls
Toledo
National Elks
Brough
Pyvrum Ruehle
Columbus
Pittabureh
Tulea
Okla
Tampa
New York Giants
Washington Senators
Walter Johnson
Ari Nehf
Gianta
Johnson
Coveleskie
Wilson
Senators
Nehf
Baines
Penn relay team to face Oxford Cambridge in London event
The University of Pennsylvania relay squad sailed on the OCarmania to meet Oxford and Cambridge at the Queens Club in London on April 11. Three of the four probable runners are Rhodes scholars from American universities and the fourth is Canadian.
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New York
University of Pennsylvania
Oxford
Cambridge
Queens Club
London
Young Stribling Beats Loughran In Cali Bout
Georgia native Young Stribling won a ten round decision over Tommy Loughran before 17 000 fans in San Francisco. Stribling claimed rounds four five seven eight and ten, while Loughran struggled with a left jab and clinching. The crowd booed at times as Stribling roughhoused and used body work seeking a title crack.
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Arthur George Lyons
San Francisco
Young Stribling
Georgia
Peach
Tommy Loughran
Stribling
California
Golden State
Atlanta
Loughran
Munn
Tommy
HOUND
Tommy Hoth
Lewehran
Hound Roolur
Rema
Longhren
Oughran
Coughran
Stribler
Odds Change On Derby Favorites
Kentucky Derby odds shift as Hedge Fence drops to 25 to 1 and Deeming falls from 100 to 50 to 1 after trials. Quatrain attracts heavy wagering nationwide with betting at 6 to 1 against the chestnut Omar Khayyam colt. capital influx from sharps and operators.
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Derby
Hedge Fence
Deeming
C. B. Datley
Omar Khayyam
Collyer
Costs and waste in United States golf clubs
A Tampa column argues golf has become too expensive due to real estate and labor costs, with wasted resources and bloated clubhouses. It notes English clubs offer lower dues and questions why American clubs are so costly, citing the rise of more than 3,000 clubs across small towns and beyond.
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Boston
Lucien Williams
Chicago
United States
J. Brooks Penne, Jr
Longwood
Yale
Harvard
Lawrence B. Rice
America
Tampa
England
Scotland
Shadyuma’s Fast Ohio Track Workouts Highlight Opens
Urbana trainers push repeats from 2:34 to 2:40 with Shadyuma owned by John Stucky of Mechanicsburg leading the pace. Other horses like Brown Forbes and Harvest Drugin’ join workouts as Ohio early meets loom and Troy fair boosts purses to 8500 per class.
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Columbus, CO
Urbana
Harry H. Stokes
Frank Hedrick
Shadyuma
John Stucky
Mechanicsburg
Ohio
Stokes
Brown Forbes
the Farmer
Peter A. Montgomery
Peter Flash
John Spencer
Knap Frisco
War Bride
Billy Z
Harvest Druin
Hendrick
Will Squier
Binland Jr
M. Binland
Misa Affection
Great McKinley
Jola Watts
William Connor
Pittsburgh
London
Doc” McMillen
Spec Erskine
Dayton
Yale Schedules Difficult Card
Yale's 1918 baseball season features strong eastern opponents and a city title bid against New Haven. The slate opens April 4 vs Fordham, then travels south to Georgetown Maryland Catholic University William and Mary Richmond and Columbia before home games with NYU Holy Cross Penn West Virginia and more, with possible tie-breakers against Harvard or Princeton.
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New Haven
Conn
Yale
Fordham
New York
Georgetown
Washington
Maryland
Catholic University
Willam and Mary
Richmond
University of Richmond
Columbia
New York University
Holy Cross
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Amherst
William and Mary
Cornell
Dartmouth
Syracuse
Colgate
Princeton
Crescent A. C
New York A. C
Harvard
Worchester
Mass
Philadelphia
Ithaca
Cambridge
Harness Horses Pay Well in Southern Cycle
Light harness horses wintered in the south, especially two-year-olds, show fast times. In Florida at Orlando, Ben White's six youngsters include Chaim Station Belle Peter Hayes and San Juan with speeds around 2:20. Charm, a sister to Prince Charming, trotted 2:18 3 4 and Station Belle 2:19 1 4, with others like Yuma and Alisa 2.06 to 2:11 for mile work. The piece notes owners breeders and stables including Frank Ellis and Lullwater farm, with references to Kentucky tracks and notable horses by Peter the Great and Axworthy.
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W. H. Gocher
Hartford
Conmm
Florida
Orlando
Ben White
Chaim
Station Belle
Peter Hayes
San Juan
Peter
Harveta
Harvester
White
Lexington
Charm
Sumatra
Aileen Guy
Poppy
Toledo
Prince Charming
W. B. Eckert
Reading
Bugle Call
Trumpet
Wire Worthy
Guy Axworthy
Yuma
Volga
Peter Volo
Frank Ellis
Nettle
Walter T. Candler
Atlanta
Peter the Great
Lullwater Buarm
John Thomas
Napoleon
Marge Marioni
Rootsie
Virginia Frisco
San Francisco
Judson
Peter the Cat
Greason Wilkes
Axworthy
Samues
Mar
E. Colorado
Dolly General Watts
Elizeth
Peter the Brewer
Walter
Georgia
Belwin
Abbe
Bogalusa
Prewy
Peter Montgomery
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