Lightner Wins Multiple Iowa Trap Titles at Cedar Rapids Meet
F J Lightner of Cedar Rapids won the all around Iowa amateur singles class A singles and O N Ford trophy at a four day Iowa Trapshooting meet. He posted a 200 straight in singles and 95s in handicap and doubles. Other winners included CC Brechlin and John John in multiple divisions.
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Qos City
Iowa Trapshooting Association
F. J. Lightner
Cedar Rapids
Lightner
Iowa
O. N. Ford
Baan
Leam
CC. H. Brechlin
Sioux City
John John
Spirit Lake
John
Mr. Knox
Onida
S. D
Bliss Marie Kautzky
Fort Dodge
Chet Williams
Grinnell
O. P. Davis
Waterloo
Danny Gaynor
Joe Fincel
Dubuque
L. E. Jensen
A. M. Labahn
Merrill
J. L. Krall
Fairfax
J. N. Faulkes
Jim Hauser
Will J. Scourick
Ackley
Frank Lightner
J. Krall
Frank Brookhiser
George Weir
Ottumwa
Krall
Faulkes
Defending Champion Loses In Washington Golf Match
Ta-William Shannon defeated Walter Wells, the defending city golf champion, in the first round of the city tournament. Shannon led one down after nine holes and stood two up on the fourteenth, later squareting the match as Wells won the next two holes to force the nineteenth hole. Shannon, notable last year, was expected to reach the finals.
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Vedal
TV Gazette
Washington
William Shannon
Walter Wells
Shannon
Oelwein Teams Win Two Softball Games
Oelwein business men's kittenball aggregation beat Mid- Continent of Waterloo 9 to 7 with Mason Crothers and Berger homering. Later the Oelwein All-Stars defeated Dunkerton 25 to 4 at City Park as Walderman struck out 14 and Payne pitched.
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Oelwein
Oelwein Business Men
Waterloo
Mason, Crothers
Berger
Oellwein
Oelwein All-Stars
Dunkerton
Walderman
Payne
Grant Conquers Wood As Parker Defeats Alonzo
Seabright, N J AP A wave of surprise results at Seabright invitation tennis tournament saw Bryan Grant of Atlanta defeat Sidney Wood 6 0 7 5 ending Wood's bid to defend the Seabright bowl Helen Jacobs and Palfrey fell to Cruickshank and Marble 6 3 6 3 while Parker born 17 year old protege of Mercer Beasley defeated Manuel Alonzo 6 2 4 6 6 1 after a one set lapse
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N. J
Bryan Grant
Atlanta
Sidney Wood
New York
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Helen Jacobs
Miss Palfrey
Josephine Cruickshank
Alice Marble
Miss Cruickshank
Miss Marble
Frankie Parker
Manuel Alonzo
Mercer Beasley
M and J Stars to face Cardinals in Marion Sunday
In Cedar Rapids Manufacturers and Jobbers league a Sunday game at Marion pits the C S A Cardinals a league lineup against a picked team from the rest of the league. Admission is 25 cents with proceeds aiding players and the league. First pitch at 2 30 p m.
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Manufacturers and Jobbers
Marion
C. S. A. Cardinals
Cardinals
E. Mattier
Stone
C. Vermazen
Fuller
Cronkite
Vrba
F. Barta
Janu
Zuber
Holmes
Melichar
Ahrens
Holloway
Buckner
B. Brown
Garden
J. Carter
Johnson
K. Thenhaus
Vernimont
Warner
R. Brown
Young
Sturm
White
Mason
Thenhaus
Board of Control
Vergez Recovers From Wednesday Bean Ball Hit
New York Giants third baseman Johnny Vergez fully recovered from a beaning in Wednesday’s game with Brooklyn. Secretary Jim Tierney said X rays showed everything all right and Vergez was out for practice Thursday.
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NEW York
Johnny Vergez
New York Giants
Brooklyn
Jim Tierney
Tierney
Johnny
Coldest room experiment at Cambridge station
The Cambridge Low Temperature Research Station in England houses a chamber where researchers endure at most ten minutes inside. Scientists expose facilities to a frost level reaching about 100 degrees below zero and study material responses under extreme cold.
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Cambridge
England
McKechnie Guides Braves Amid High Hopes in Boston
Boston manager Bill McKechnie, praised by peers, lifts the Braves from the cellar to within four and a half games of the second place as Babe Ruth draws 25,000 for a Yankee-Red Sox doubleheader. Joe De Maggio ends a sixty one game hitting streak short with a ninth inning out. Knute Rockne anecdote closes the column.
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Boston Braves
Pittsburgh
St. Louis Cardinals
Yankees
Cards
Rochester
St. Louis
Boston
Braves
MecKechnie
Red Sox
Babe Ruth
Ruth
Bambino
Athletics Send Tony Freitas To Portland Beavers
Philadelphia Athletics release right hander Tony Freitas on option to the Portland Beavers of the Pacific Coast league. Freitas showed promise last year after coming from Sacramento but did not win this season. No replacement pitcher will be obtained, leaving eight pitchers on the staff.
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Philadelphia
Tony Freitas
Philadelphia Athletics
Portland Beavers
Freitas
Athletics
Sacramento
Nick Quite A Boy In His Day
Column recalls Nick Altrock and Leo Durocher as fresh young players in New York. It notes Altrock’s appetite and tobacco habit in his youth and quotes his early banter with Eddie Collins and appearance of Walter Mails and John McGraw.
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Nick
AL Duemaree
Nick Altrock
Dinty Moore
New York
Leo Durocher
Walter Rehg
Eddie Collins
Walter Mails
McGraw
Mack
Ruth Hits 24th Home Run of 1923 Season
Ten years ago on July 27 1923 Babe Ruth homered for the twenty fourth time that season against the Athletics in a game noted by the newspaper.
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Babe Ruth
The
Athletics
Hornsby not the man for bad club
New York sports column argues St. Louis Browns should not hire Hornsby to lead a struggling club. It lauds leaders like Mack and McKechnie while questioning Hornsby’s fit, noting his action driven style may not suit a losing team and contrasts him with other managers.
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New York
St. Louis Browns
Driver
John J. McGraw
Rogers Hornsby
Hornsby
Mack
Connie Mack
Big McKechnie
McGraw
Ty Cobb
Hornsby’s slow drift from clubs back of first place
The passage notes Hornsby’s tenure as manager of several teams in the 1920s. It mentions the 1926 Cardinals and a poorly performing Braves in 1928 before Hornsby’s arrival, then suggests his patience wore thin as standings showed the club 27 games behind first.
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Cardinals
Braves
Cubs
McCarthy
Grimm
Boxers Jimmy Bear and Tiger Backley headline Cedar Park card
Tonight at Cedar Park a two hour boxing and wrestling show features Jimmy Bear of Marion versus Frank Tiger Backley of Des Moines in the main event. Other boxing bouts include Joe Palooka versus Kid Jerry at 155 pounds Bean Picker Edwards against Don O Riley at 118 pounds and Pug Ozbourn versus Young King at 145 pounds.
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Cedar Park
Jimmy Bear
Marion
Frank “Tiger” Backley
Des Moines
Joe Palooka
Kid Jerry
Bean Picker Edwards
Don O'Riley
Pug Ozbourn
Young King
Earlville Defeats Edgewood in High-Scoring Tilt
Special to The Gazette Earlville defeated Edgewood 16 to 5 on the local diamond Tuesday evening. The game featured three home runs in one inning by Chester Davis and Hoefer, with Hoefer homering three times in the contest.
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Edgewood
Chester Davis
Hoefer
Solem Plans for Iowa City Football Year
Ossie Solem, entering his second season as University of Iowa coach, arrived in Iowa City to outline preliminary plans for the year. He will return to his Annandale Minnesota boys camp Thursday afternoon and come back around September 1 to finalize preparations.
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Iowa City
Ossie Solem
University of Iowa
Solem
Annandale
Minn
Moreland Wins First Match In Western Amateur
Gus Moreland of Dallas defends his Western Amateur title by defeating Sidney Salomon 4 and 3 in the first round. Several players fell to wet greens as results continued across Memphis, with Leland Hammond and Don Armstrong advancing in tight matches.
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Henry Bowheer
Chicago
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Fred Haas, Jr
Dustron
Jack Westland
Maurfee Jankinson
Oklahoma City
Zell Eaton
Okla
Curtis Person
Carl Dann, Jr
Orlando
Fla
Jack Munger
Dallas
Mike Roach
St Louis
John Lehman
Henry Robertson
W. A. Dowell, Jr
Jonesboro
Ark
Charles Yates
Atlanta
Joe Switzer
St. Louis
Sam Perry
Birmingham
Ala
L._P. Jones
Rodney Buss
Omaha
J. Dewitt Wilcox
Gene_ Vinson
Meridian
Miss
Keefe Carter
Montreal and other rings feature scattered results
Sporadic boxing results from multiple cities are listed with names of fighters, weights and outcomes. Montreal, New York, Hartford, Toledo, Kansas City and Chicago show bouts with decisions such as outpoints and stoppages, naming boxers like Peter DeGrasse, Stans Wirkle, Jimmy Leto, Wesley Ramey, Tony Cancela, and Johnny Farr among others.
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Montreal
Peter Sanstol
Peter DeGrasse
Ates
Cornwall
Ont
New York
Stans Wirkle
Germany
Frankie Ederen
Cheyenne
Wyo
Hartford
Conn
Jimmy Leto
Tampa
Fla
Wesley Ramey
Grand Rapids
Mich
Drew
Toledo
Tony Cancela
Chicago
English
Yotedo
Kansas City
Barney Ross
Johnny Farr
Cleveland
Tommy Corbett
Omaha
Chief Paris
Bartlesville
Okla
Johnny —Risko
Tommy Laushran
Philadelphia
Eddie Houghton
Arp Beats Jensen in Marion Club Final Run
Albert Arp edged Heinie Jensen 2 and 1 to reach the finals of the Marion County club golf tournament. He leads as Harold Ballard and John Krouse vie in the other semi while Mrs. Boileau defends her club title against Mrs. Arp or Mrs. Booth. An 18 hole event and stag party Friday hosts about 100 golfers across three classes.
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Albert Arp
Marion
Heinie Jensen
Harold Ballard
John Krouse
Krouse
A. H. Boileu
R. C. Booth
Boileau
Leta Marchant
American Legion
Shute and Hagen Skip P. G. A. Meet
Walter Hagen of Detroit and Denny Shute of Philadelphia will not play in the P G A tournament in Milwaukee next month. Their manager Bob Harlow says they are barnstorming in Great Britain and will be tied up with exhibition matches until the event.
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New York
Ins
Walter Hagen
Detroit
Denny Shute
Philadelphia
Milwaukee
Bob Harlow
Great Britain
Watkins Nine To Meet Middle Amana Sunday
Watkins Iowa hosts Middle Amana in a Sunday 2 30 showdown with both teams aiming for a league win.
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Middle
Amana
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