Cardinals Trade Talk Sparks Rickey On 1932 Pennant Hope
Branch Rickey, on a scouting trip, says the Cardinals are better off without Hafey and Grimes and hints at more trades before June 15. He cites building for the future, the need for a winning mentality, and recalls Connie Mack’s three straight titles as a gauge of ambition. Hafey’s departure is framed as necessary, with Bottomly likely to stay.
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Hafey
Grimes
Rickey
Connie Mack
Chick Hafey
Jack Thompson Quits Ring After Welterweight Title Years
SACRAMENTO AP Jack Thompson former welterweight champion announces retirement from boxing. The Oakland Negro, 327 fights in fourteen years, held the world title twice, defeated Jackie Fields and Tommy Freeman, and lost to Lou Brouillard. He will focus on property affairs in Los Angeles.
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Jack Thompson
Los Angeles
Seattle
Leonard Bennett
Thompson
Oakland
Jackie Fields
Tommy Freeman
Freeman
Lou Brouillard
Brouilla
Fields
Cham
Cycle Jockeys Set For Races At Central City
Central City hosts a Sunday motorcycle program with dirt track racing and novelty events. Time trials start at 2, 50 cent admission at the gate, grandstand and children free, with Harry P. Yonkers as the official starter.
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Wall of Fire
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Reinstated Negro Athletes Eligible for Olympic Trials
Four Morgan College and St. Paul’s School athletes had been barred from the Johns Hopkins Olympic trials but were restored to the South Atlantic Association entry list after university auditor Henry Iddins admitted an error. The four are Russell Cottman, Sterling Cottman, Alfonso Cottman, Calvin Johnson, and Roland Butler.
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RAP
Johns Hopkins University
South Atlantic Ather Association
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St. Paul’s School
Lawrenceville
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William Hartung
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Sterling
Alfonso Cottman
Morgan
Calvin Johnson
Roland Butler
St. Paul's
Indianapolis Winner To Race In Roby 100
Freddie Frame of Los Angeles, winner of the Indianapolis 500, entered the Roby 100 national championship at the Roby Chicago Speedway on June 19.
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Indianapolis
Chicago
Freddie Frame
Los Angeles
Chicago Speedway
North English Team Seeks Games After Reorganization
North English ball club, now led by manager E. M. Mahannah, has won two games this season against Ainsworth and Haysville. The team invites amateur or semi professional clubs to schedule dates.
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Ainsworth
Haysville
E. M. Mahannah
S M Hall Republican Candidate For State Senate
S M Hall a Linn County Iowa Republican candidate for state senator at the June 6 1932 primary is a lifelong farmer and 40 year practicing lawyer. He pledges tax relief and reduced expenses and states state affairs must be conducted efficiently.
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Linn
County
Iowa
Linn County
Red Hot Sport Chatter on Wilson Almada and McGraw
The column notes Hack Wilson’s 315 batting average with seven homers and a ten day injury layoff as he pursues past glory with the Dodgers. It recounts Louis and Mel Almada’s odd training camp twist and Louis’s signing with the San Francisco Missions. It mentions ball liveliness and league batting averages, plus McGraw’s resignation as New York Giants manager.
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Dodgers
Wilson
Brooklyn
Cubs
Almada
Mel
Brother Louis
Louis
The
Missions of San Francisco
Mangin Falls to Cochet in French Championships Quarterfinals
Gregory Mangin, the last American left in the men's singles, was defeated by Henri Cochet in the French tennis championships quarterfinals. Cochet won 6-3 7-5 5-7 6-3 while Roderich Menzel trailed 1-6 6-3 1-5.
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Mangin
Henri Cochet
Auteuil
France
Gregory Mangin
Roderich Menzel
Czecho
Washington Netmen Finish Season With Undefeated Run
The Washington Netmen secured a remarkable season ending without a defeat. Team members Kenneth Cline and Henry Little, both from finished college, along with Coe College and various junior colleges, won the Black Hawk Conference title.
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Gazette
Washington, Ia
Kenneth Cline
Henry Little
Lege
Coe College
Blackhawk
Lost Nation Marksman Captures Trophies
J. E. Muhl and Carl Wazac returned to Lost Nation after the La Verne Iowa small bore match at the end of May. Muhl won multiple first prizes seconds and cups, with Wazac also earning awards.
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J. E. Muhl
Carl Wazac
la Verne
Muhl
Junior League Game Postponed Then Replayed at Daniels Park
The American Legion Junior league game between the Fire Fighters and the Roosevelt hotel nine, rained out Thursday, will be played Saturday at Daniels Park at 1 15 p m. Sweden forms a new price control commission.
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Fire Fighters
Roosevelt Hotel
Daniels Park
Daniels
Gomez Pitching Great Ball For New York Yanks
Vernon Gomez, the slender southpaw of the New York Yankees, emerges as the league’s top hurler in 1932. He again quieted the A’s, 5 to 1, his fourth win over them this year as his strikeouts climb to seventy, best in the American League.
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New York Yanks
NEW York
INL
Vernon Gomez
New York Yankees
Lefty Grove
Yanks
Athletics
California Castilian
Harris Coggeshall to Defend Net Title
Harris Coggeshall of Des Moines Iowa will defend his western tennis championship at the River Forest Tennis club starting June 20. He has won the western title twice and can gain permanent possession of the trophy with a win this year.
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Chicago
Harris Coggeshall
Des Moines
River Forest Tennis Club
Coggeshall
Schmeling and Corbett Differ Over Concentration Theory
Max Schmeling dismisses Jim Corbett’s idea that total concentration decides a world title fight. He says overconcentration harms the brain, predicts he will stay calm and strategic against Sharkey, and believes he will win with his own approach. Schmeling notes he admires boxing but stays unshaken.
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Pt Gertie
International News Service
Kingston
N. Y
INS
Max Schmeling
Jim Corbett
John L. Sullivan
Corbett
Jim
Max
Sullivan
Sharkey
United States
Buns And Blues Ready For Twin Bill In Davenport
The Bunnies and Blue Sox faced rain with no games in the Mississippi Valley league. Moose Woeber replaces Chet Guppy in right as Davenport rest ends and a double header is set for Friday. Davenport stint ends before the Bunnies return home to host Burlington Saturday.
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Blue Sox
Davenport
Moose Woeber
Chet Guppy
Islanders
Jack Ziegler
Joe Kinney
Burlington
Metcalfe Aims For 100 Yard World Record At Central Meet
Ralph Metcalfe of Marquette, a top Negro sprinter, seeks to break the world 100 yard record of 9.5 seconds at the seventh annual Central intercollegiate track meet in Milwaukee. Michigan Normal, Notre Dame, and Marquette contend in a crowded field as favorable weather and track conditions rise in importance.
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Wis
Ralph Metcalfe
Michigan Normal
Notre Dame
Marquette
Metcalfe
Calf. Fidel La Barba Defeats Varias Milling in Angles Ashore
California jockey Fidel La Barba from Angeles defeats Varias Milling of the Filipino camp in a boxing style sport jab event.
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THE
Associated Press
Aero
Junior High Track Meet on Coe Field
Coe field hosts the junior high school track and field championships Friday evening starting at seven with floodlights as darkness falls. About 500 athletes compete in 28 events across five weight classes, Roosevelt favored to defend its title in a closely contested meet.
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Coe Field
Roosevelt
Nels J. Lee
Frank Martin
W. L. Bernard
Wilson
Paul Kindler
Franklin
Albert Sindelar
McKinley
Columbus Opens New 400000 Ball Park
Notables of the baseball world led by former Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis gathered in Columbus for the formal opening of the Red Bird stadium costing 400000. About 15000 fans were expected to attend the inaugural ceremony as Columbus hosts an American Association game against the Louisville Colonels.
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Ins
Kenesaw Mountain Landis
Columbus
Louisville Colonels
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