Exemptions From Olympic Tryouts Promise Trouble
Chicago AP report notes the American Olympic committee plans to hold firm on the final track and field tryouts set for Palo Alto July 15-16. Brundage cites strong opposition to exemptions for Eastman and others, warning disputes will arise over granting special status to Stanford stars and USC and UCLA athletes.
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America
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Stanford
Palo Alto
Associated Press
Avery Brundage
American Olympic Committee
Eastman
Lawson Robertson
Brundage
Frank Wykoff
California
Jim Stewart
Star Rock Island Hurler Gets Two Year Prison Term
Adolph Wrobel once with the Chicago Cubs farmed to Rock Island in the Mississippi Valley league will serve two years at Leavenworth for violating the Dyer act. Federal Judge John P. Barnes handed down the sentence Friday. Wrobel is a former Crane College and Lombard College star athlete.
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Chicago
Adolph Wrobel
Chicago Cubs
Rock Island
Leavenworth Penitentiary
John P. Barnes
Wrobel
Crane College
Lombard College
Kansas
Acid bath damages Lido golf greens. probe underway
A mysterious acid solution damaged the Lido Country Club golf greens prompting an investigation. The Metropolitan Open Championship was to be played on the course later next week with seven greens rendered unrunnable before quick remedial steps.
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Fresh Meadows
Flushing
New York
SNL
Lido Country Club
Golfer Plays 200 Holes In One Day Using Mashie
Fred Roraback a 16 year old marathon golfer completed twenty two nine hole rounds and two more for a total of 200 holes at West Hartford Golf Club. He began at 4 30 am and finished at 8 pm covering about 45 miles. He used four balls and one mashie club making four birdies and setting a claimed world record.
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Hartford, Conn
Mns
Fred Roraback
West Hartford Golf Club
Roraback
Fred
Sharkey Receives Medal At Madison Square Garden Banquet
World heavyweight champion Jack Sharkey was honored at a Madison Square Garden dinner with a diamond studded medal and a large cake showing two fighters. The Garden plans similar awards for all champions and Sharkey said he would take the cake to his children on his way to his England estate.
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New York
INS
Jack Sharkey
New England
Madison Square Garden
Sharkey
Capt Lewis Yancey Lands in Denver After 200 Mile Autogiro Flight
Capt Lewis A. Yancey and flying partner Lew Foley were missing after a Thursday departure from New Castle Wyoming. Yancey, famed for a trans Atlantic Pathfinder flight from Old Orchard Maine three years ago, landed his autogyro at Denver Municipal Airport at 6 12 p.m. Friday, ending days of alert and anxious searching.
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Denver
Colo
Lewis A. Yancey
Pathfinder
Old Orchard
Yancey
Lew Foley
Cheyenne
Wyo
New Castle
Here
Pictures From the Corner Readers Send in Prints
ALEXANDRIA COLUMNIST recounts reader mail and gifts for UNCLE RAY'S CORNER. Professor James J. Beaver sent 95 home prints. readers M. D. England Lennie Burton Miriam Spero Darwin Cooley share moon questions artist sketches and requests for music notes and future features.
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Europe
Columbia
James J. Beaver
Corner
Lennie Burton
Exact Date of Birth Street or R F D
A brief inquiry seeks precise birth details including exact date and current residence route such as street or rural route and box number. Public records may provide full birth date and origin location for verification.
Pennsylvania Starts Motor Car Inspection
Harrisburg reporters note Pennsylvania begins the second compulsory motor vehicle inspection on July 1. Vehicles must be inspected at approved stations within a three month period. Waterproof perforated stickers on windshields certify the car as safe to operate. Summer straw hats are being produced from cotton fabric.
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