Sidney Wood Emerges as Yank Hope in Davis Cup
Sidney B. Wood Jr. beat Frank X. Shields 11-9 6-0 and Lester Staden 2-6 18-16 6-4 at Queen's Club London to position himself as America's chief Davis Cup hopeful. British experts praised the New Yorker as he advances in the London championships while other American results faltered.
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Sidney Wood
Yank Hope
Ondon
America
London
Queen’s Club
Sidney B. Wood
Frank X. Shields
United States
Lester Staden
Wood
Queens
Vincent Richards
Big Bill Tilden
Wilmer Allison
Tilden
Frank Hunter
Stoefen
Elsworth Vines
Dorothy Andrus
Stamford
Conn
Jacqueline Goldschmidt
France
Mme
Carnivals and NCAA meet highlights from 1931 events
The article lists results from a 1931 NCAA carnival and rival meets. It notes Metcalfe and Parsons leading sprints, multiple high jump and javelin winners, shot put and discus leaders, and records set or challenged, with universities including Stanford, Southern California, Tulane, Texas, and Ohio State. It also mentions widespread salt production data.
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Ben Eastman
Stanford
Vic Williams
Southern California
Metcalfe
Ralph Metcalfe
Marquette
Jaries Parsons
Hunter Russell
University of Illinois
James Javmlson
Foy Draper
Boubella Santeata
Nixth Coward Grooms
Kan
State Teachers Emporor
Walter Marty
Fresno Blate
George Spitz
New York University
Oklashoma Baptist
Ned Bacon
Denison Collese
Forrest Wilson
University of Texas
Jack Torrance
Louisiana State
John Lyman
George Theodoratus
Washington State
Gordon Duan
J. Inchith
Boyce Irwin
Texas A
Hueston Harper
Southern
Ralston le Gore
North Carolina Unversity
Nathan Bish
Horance
Dell Manhattan College
Wlliam Reitz
University of California At
Los Angeles
Lee Bartlett
Albion
Charles Hornhostel
Indiana University
James Miller
University of Canforsia
William Ray
Creeoryr Meagner
Notre Dame
Douglas Tayor Ban
Pirates stun Boston 4 0 as Waner stars in win
In Pittsburgh, the Pirates blanked the Red Sox 4 to 0 to move into the first division. Lary Waner collected four hits in five at bats and made ten putouts in center while Larry French pitched strong for the shutout. Reds sweep Phillies 2-1 and 4-3 in Cincinnati with Lombardi and Koenig keying both wins.
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Pittsburgh
Pirates
Boston
Larry French
Corsairs
L. Waner
Earl Clark
Ed Brandt
Cincinnati
Reds
Phillies
Lombardi
Koenig
Blakely
Bottomley
Braves
Phils
Chicago White Sox
Red Sox
Tietie
Chicago
Werber
Johnny Welch
Tigers Split Doubleheader With Washington Visitors
Baseball roundup notes the Tigers winning a pair in a Washington doubleheader as pitchers Thomas and Wild perform for Chicago and Boston, while the Yankees hammer Indians in a decisive game and other MLB results including Brown’s 6-2 win over the Athletics and the A’s 4-2 opener.
Five Games On Eastern Iowa Front For Today
Eastern Iowa front schedule features Lowden at Stanwood Bennett at Clarence Wheatland at Walcott Grand Mound at Calamus and Durant at Dixon. matchups named for today in the town league with five contests listed across the region.
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Iowa
Specal
Lowden
Stanwood
Bennett
Clarence
Wheatland
Walcott Grand Mound
Calamus
Durant
Dixon
Melilla, Foxx Lead Offense in St. Louis Victory
West Pepper Melilla Foxx Marcum with two hits each, Melilla and Coleman homer, Foxx drives in runs. Burns sacrifices Blaeholder with double plays McNair to Foxx Warstier McNair to Foxx. Cascarella takes loss after 6 innings with 3 walks 2 strikeouts. Umpires Donnelly Orimby and Rolls. Time 2 08.
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Philadelphia
George Blachelder
Athletics
St. Louis Browns
A's
Blaehelder
Jimmy Foxx
Foxx
West
A‘s
Browns
Cascarella
Mahaffey
Flohr
Higgins
Bill Dietrich
St. Louis
Hadley
Coffman
Wells
Pepper
Melilla
Marcum
Coleman
Burns
Blaeholder
McNair
Warstier
Clayton Teams In Legion Tourney To Crown County Champion
Four junior American Legion baseball teams from Elkader St Olaf McGregor and Strawberry Point will hold a county tourney here next Friday. The first game pits St Olaf against McGregor with Elkader vs Strawberry Point in the afternoon and the final at 3 30. Elkader leads the regular schedule with four wins and one loss followed by St Olaf with three wins and one loss. The tourney determines the junior Legion county champion and the winner advances to a district tourney.
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The
Gazette
Elkader
American Legion
St. Olaf
McGregor
Strawberry Point
291 Varsity And Freshman Awards At Iowa U
Special to The Gazette Iowa City 291 varsity letters and freshman numerals were awarded to University of Iowa athletes, a survey shows. Football led with 67 awards, followed by track 59, baseball 35, swimming 26, and six athletes earned two major Ys.
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Gazette
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Dick Crayne
Fairfield
Bernard Page
Newton
Christian Schmidt
Dysart
Charles May
Britt
David Flage
Waukon
Valley Tennis Meet Set For Iowa City July 25 28
The fourth annual Mississippi Valley tennis tournament will be at Iowa City July 25 to 28 attracting about 100 players. Coach E G Schroeder of the University of Iowa net teams announced it includes men’s and women’s singles and doubles and mixed doubles. Defending champions Ed Davis Thelma Kenefick and Frank Brody with Jay Fink are expected to defend titles. Invitations will go to more than 250 net stars and clubs across the middle west.
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Towa City
E. G. Schroeder
University of Iowa
Schroeder
Ed Davis
Peoria
Ill
Thelma Kenefick
Iowa City
Frank Brody
Jay Fink
Des Moines
Middle West
Alburnett Defeats Center Point 5-3 In Boosterday Baseball
Alburnett side connected eight hits and committed one error to beat Center Point 5-3 Thursday afternoon. Glen Pflughaupt earned the win with four strikeouts and one walk while batter Hendrix was hit. Center Point totaled 10 hits with Hemphill fanning nine and Meredith striking out one.
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The
Gazette
Alburnett
Center Point
Glen Pflughaupt
Hendrix
Hemphill
Meredith
Woody
Three Teams Win Thlts At Columbus Junction
Kitten ball games at the fair grounds Thursday produced West Side 9 Fredonia 1 East Side 4 map 1 Cotter 7 Columbus City 4. On June 28 schedule shows East Side vs Columbus City Conesville vs Fredonia and Cotter vs Shellbark.
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Columbus’ Junction
the Gazette
Columbus Junction
Fair Grounds
West Side
Fredonia
East Side
Map
Cotter
Columbus City
Conesville
Shellbark
National Intercollegiate Golf Meet Opens At Cleveland
Top college golfers gather at Country Club in Cleveland for the national intercollegiate tournament. With stars like Fischer and Little gone, a wide open field of 123 players features Charley Kocsis, Pat Sawyer, Yates, Banks, Transue, Wolfe, Bricker, Enck, and others. Team title decided by four-man scores. individual rounds lead to quarter finals and finals across two 18-hole qualifying rounds and subsequent match play.
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Johnny
Fischer
Lawson
Walter Emery
Dark Horse
Buffalo
Charley Yates
Atlanta Star
Charley Kocsis
Stubby
Michigan
Pat Sawyer
Minnesota
Kocsis
Sawyer
Cincinnati
Bobby Jones
United States
Maurice McCarthy
Cleveland
Yates
O. B. jKeller
Atlanta Sage
Watts Gunn
Johnny Banks
Notre Dame
Oliver Transue
Yale
Regis Wolfe
Pittsburgh
Jack Bricker
Western Reserve
Bob Enck
Rollins
Ed White
H. Law Weatherwax
Princeton
Maquoketa League Denies Games Protests
Manchester based Maquoketa Valley Baseball board denied protests from Dyersville and Elkader regarding two Sunday games won by one run. The panel upheld umpire judgment, approved several players, and appointed Al Fisher as new umpire. A special meeting at Dyersville was scheduled for July 5 to discuss splitting the season.
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Manchester
Maquoketa Valley Baseball League
Dyersville
Elkader
Guttenberg
M. J. Gaughen
Greeley
al Fisher
Hicks Triumph in Marengo Diamond Ball Tilt
Hicks from the Sticks edged Star Mill Cubs 6 to 5 after 11 innings to join early season winners in Marengo kittenball. Week one results list Bears 9 Mohawks 5 and other notable scores, with Thrillers East River Robins postponing to June 29 due to lineup irregularities.
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Gazette
Marengo
Hicks
Sticks
Star Mill Cubs
Bears
Mohawks
Lucky Strikes
Third Ward
Go Getters
Hot Shox Post Office
Chesterfields
Star Mill
East River Robins
Siete
Post Office
River Robins
Hot Shots
Cheaterfields
Lucky
Strikes
Trillers
East River
Ward
Taylor
Ward Johnson
Ward Hallman
Anderson
Zimmerman
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