Lefty Grove Shines Despite 2-0 Defeat
The inning by inning report notes Lefty Grove of the Red Sox held the Yankees to seven hits as Bill Dickey homered and Jake Powell drove in a run to deliver a 2-0 defeat. Louis Fette starred for the Bees with a three hit shutout over the Phillies, while George Jasper Caster sparked the A’s with four hits against the Senators. Hank Greenberg homered in the 14th to lift Detroit over Chicago 8-7 in a long opener.
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Jim Deshong
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Independence Players Named Drake Cage Honor Co captains
Des Moines AP reports L D Norris of Newton guard and Paul Griffith of Independence forward were chosen honorary co captains of Drake University's basketball team. Both seniors and three year regulars on the Drake quintet were announced by Coach Bill Williams on Friday.
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Newton
Paul Griffith
Independence
Drake University
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Norris
Griffith
Drake
ABC Blasting Turns Next To Singles Class
Cleveland AP reports bowlers in the singles division of the American Bowling Congress tournament prepare for a weekend push toward Carl Nagle of Gowanda New York and his 714 mark. Knute Anderson from Moline Illinois leads with higher scores, while Elizabeth Ellis of Elizabeth New Jersey trails in second with 3066 in the five event. The Pabst Blue Ribbons Chicago team posted 3032 to reach fourth before the Elks displaced them and Adolph Swede Carlson from Pabst was the squad’s lowest with 557.
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American Bowling Congress
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Gowanda
N. Y
Nagle
Knute Anderson
Moline
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Elizabeth Ellis
Elizabeth
N. J
Chicago
Pabst Blue Ribbons
Elks
Adolph
Carlson
Pabst
Iowa Nine Leaves To Play Illinois
Iowa baseball travels to Champaign to resume Big Ten play against Illinois with a likely regular lineup. Ken Reid or Harold Haub to pitch. weather could postpone Friday’s game, with a doubleheader possible Saturday. Players listed include Winders Hawkins Reid Haub Hohenhorst Frese Stastny Bratten Prasse Kantor Kocur Voigt Wymore Manush Vogt George Balazs.
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University of Iowa
Champaign
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Hawkeyes
Iinois
Otto Vogel
Ken Reid
Harold Haub
Vogel
Iowa
Wendell Winders
Norman Hawkins
Fred Hohenhorst
Ted Frese
Bob Stastny
Elmer Bratten
Erwin Prasse
Andy Kantor
Frank Kocur
John Voigt
Keith Wymore
Art Manush
Bill Vogt
Jimmy George
Frank Balazs
Mile Run Feature Of Kansas Relays Opens In Lawrence
The seventeenth annual Kansas Relays opened with over 700 university and college athletes. The mile run Saturday pits Glenn Cunningham against Chuck Fenske in a feature event. E Lee Todd of Nebraska, third in the 1938 decathlon, is favored over 14 rivals. The first half was run Friday, with five events to follow Saturday. Also inaugurating the thirty-seventh annual inter scholastic field meet, a record 2800 high school stars entered.
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Raiders Hurlers Show Slim Edge in Farmington Scout Visit
Harold Ireland, Cleveland scout, watched Farmington Raiders pitchers work out as manager Ollie Marquardt gave those with healthy arms mound time. Bats like Gugler, Wash, Browne, Jones, Pike, Marquardt, Taylor, Czarnecki and Larkin connected for multiple hits while pitchers Larson, Hoffman, Arntzen, Voegler, Babbitt, Marleau, Wolff and Gehrke flashed stuff. Ireland praised the Raiders’ progress and noted they appear ahead of several spring camps in training.
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Mack Denman
Farmington
Ollie Marquardt
Harold Ireland
Cleveland
Larson
Hoffman
Arntzen
Voegler
Babbitt
Marleau
Wolff
Gehrke
Gugler
Wash
Browne
Jones
Pike
Marquardt
Taylor
Czarnecki
Larkin
Ireland
Raiders
Major League Box Scores New York Brooklyn ABHO 4
Box score style scoreline shows New York and Brooklyn with runs and hits across innings, including Myers Myatt Phelps Coscarart Schumacher and Hamlin. Key players Ott Schumacher Sington and Coscarart credited with RBIs, while Lehrman and Hamlin split pitching duties and Umpires Pinelli and Stewart preside.
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Brooklyn
Myatt
Schumacher
Rosen
Phelps
Coscarart
Hamlin
Sington
Hudson
Lehrman
Pinelli
Stewart
A's Blank Senators 2-0 in Washington Philadelphia game
Washington and Philadelphia played a 2-0 game with the A's shutting out the Senators. Brucker Myer Etten and Miles starred with timely hits as DeShong yielded the scoring, while Caster held the mound through six innings for the win.
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Philadelphia
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Moses
Estalellalf
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Wright
Newsome
Etten
DeShong
Kelley
Caster
Moriarty
Hubbard
Rommel
Crayne Offered Athletics Director Post at Western Union College
Dick Crayne a former University of Iowa football star has been offered the athletics director job at Western Union College Le Mars and officials expect him to accept. Crayne from Fairfield was assistant backfield coach at Kansas last season and would replace Clyde Drury who resigned to coach at Buena Vista College Storm Lake.
Armstrongs Bears defeat Cities Service in junior league thriller
Armstrongs Bears upset Cities Service 5 to 4 as Novak relieves in the third and Zobel earns the win. Thomsen drives in two early runs while Novak adds two RBIs. Cities Service strands ten as Preis walks four to start. A biting wind bothered spectators at the noon game before Armstrongs face Roosevelt Hotel Saturday.
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Tommy Thomson
Len Novak
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Drake entries include Coe Cornell and more top colleges
In Des Moines Iowa colleges including Louisiana State Kansas State Teachers of Emporia Coe College Cedar Rapids Cornell College Mount Vernon Iowa and the University of Omaha filed entries yesterday for the Drake relays set for April 28 and 29.
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Des Moines
Louisiana State College
Kansas State Teachers of Emporia
Coe College of Cedar Rapids
Cornell College of Mount Vernon
Ira
University of Omaha
Drake
Coast League Scores From Daily Baseball Games
Box scores show San Diego losing 5 12 6 to Los Angeles 9 13 3 with Humphreys Olsen and others credited. Sacramento defeated San Francisco 7 15 1. Oakland blanked Portland 3 9 1. Hollywood edged Seattle 6 1 with key runs by Osborne Crandall Webber and Campbell.
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San Diego
Los Angeles
Oix
Humphreys
Olsen
Pilette
Tobin
Starr
van Fleet
Lieber
R. Collins
Sacramento
San Francisco
Sherer
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O’doul
Woodall
Leonard
Oakland
Baseball Standings And Thursday Results From Both Leagues
National League standings show Boston, Brooklyn, St Louis, Chicago, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, New York, Philadelphia with varying records. Thursday results: Brooklyn 5 New York 3, Boston 2 Philadelphia 0, Cincinnati at Chicago postponed. Friday games include Chicago at St Louis and Boston at New York among others. American League standings list Detroit New York Philadelphia Cleveland St Louis Washington Boston Chicago with mixed records. Thursday results: Toledo 8 Milwaukee 5, Columbus 4 Kansas City 0, Minneapolis 0 Indianapolis 4, St Paul at Louisville postponed in cold weather.
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Brooklyn
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Chicago
Pittsburgh
Cincinnat
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Philadelphia
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Washington
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Columbus
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Milwatukee
Milwaukee
Kansas City
Quadianapolis
Minneapolis
State Teachers Nine Opens With 12–2 Win Over Simpson
Cedar Falls Iowa State Teachers College opened its home baseball schedule with a decisive 12 to 2 victory over Simpson of Indianola. The score by innings shows a strong early offense and solid pitching as Teachers manufacture 3 runs in the first, then add 6 in the third and sixth to clinch the result. Key players include Jammer Gilmore Burns Puck Kane and Bolt.
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Iowa State Teachers College
Simpson
Indianola
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Gilmore
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Kane
Bolt
Glen Lee Faces Freddie Blair In New York Bout
Glen Lee of Edison Nebraska returns to New York for a ten round middleweight clash with Frankie Blair of Camden New Jersey at the Hippodrome. Lee, the NBA 160 pound champ contender, beat Solly Krieger here and previously tangled with Fred Apostoli. He is favored to win.
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Glen Lee
Edison
Neb
Frankie Blair
Camden
N. J
Hippodrome
Lee
Solly Krieger
N.B.A
Fred Apostoli
California
Blair
Cornell to Line 17 in State Teachers Relays at Cedar Falls
Cornell tracks with 17 men at Cedar Falls for the State Teachers Relays. Nine sophomores carry most of the load as coach Dick Barker tests a wide lineup. Medley relay prospects center on Glee Osburn Peck Peterson McKean with Glee a standout in the 220 and broad jump. Other sophomores in form include Warden Corey Behl Titus and Geshner in javelin.
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Gazette
Mount Vernon
Cornell
Cedar Falls
Purple
Dick Barker
Barker
Bob Glee
Bob Osburn
Herb Peck
Bill Peterson
Fred Travis
Alan McKean
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Glee
Chuck Warden
Virgil Corey
Art Behl
John Titus
Jack Geshner
Amateur Association Scores and Standings Shuffle
Fragmented OCR lists scattered scores and team names from an amateur association event. Mentions Milwaukee Toledo Columbus Indianapolis Minneapolis St. Paul Louisville with partial figures and partner names Blacholder Willis Becker Ridan Farsons Hash Rollandson Archer Remer. Context hints at a standings or results table rather than a complete narrative.
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Toledo
Blacholder
Willis and Becker
Reidan Farsons
Kansas
Columbus
Com
Archer and Remer
Minneapolis
Indianapolis
Hash
Yankees Fans See Sure Win As Death And Taxes
Henry McLemore says the Yankees will win the 1939 World Series odds with star players like Joe DiMaggio and Bill Dickey. Rufus Ruffing pitches, and New York dominates Red Sox with a 2–0 victory as DiMaggio makes two spectacular catches. The piece likens the Yanks to inevitable certainties like death and taxes and bets on their continued success.
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Red
Illinois
Yankees
Joe DiMaggio
Bill Dickey
Red Ruffing
Joe Gordon
DiMaggio
Joe
Dickey
Sox
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