Cardinals wallop Giants 12 to 5 to split series
St. Louis tallies 12 hits behind Weather Warneke and solid fielding to beat the New York Giants 12 to 5. Ducky Medwick leads with four singles while Jim Brown hits a homer on a day the Cardinals erase a two game deficit and close in on first place as Pittsburgh rainout delays context.
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Dodgers Annex Cubs 6-5 in tense finish
Van Mungo closed out Chicago with two scoreless innings as the Dodgers edged the Cubs 6 to 5. Parmelee left after four, Brooklyn surged with three runs on two hits and two walks, while Cubbies’ Root and Bryant held off. Eisenstat earned the win with Mungo recording the final outs.
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Indianapolis qualifiers offer 5900 in prize money
Indianapolis officials announce 5900 in cash prizes to ten drivers with the fastest qualifying speeds for the Memorial Day 500 mile race. Pole winner earns 1500, second 1000, third 800, then 600, 500 for sixth and seventh to tenth. Field limited to 33 fastest qualifiers. minimum ten laps at 110 mph average. Rex Mays held last year’s pole with 119.644 mph avg. Wilbur Shaw set 125.430 mph for one lap Friday.
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Roosevelt Triangular Meet Victory Sealed at Marion Field
Roosevelt high won a triangular track meet with 77 points, Franklin 65, and McKinley 19. Relay and sprint events highlighted the meet with multiple Roosevelt wins including Eddy and Ryerson leading in sprints and field events.
Calmar High Tops Lawler 17 to 7 in Loosened Gridiron
Calmar High defeated Lawler 17 to 7 in a loosely played game. The Calmar battery Reisner and Broderick did well on offense while Schissel led with the season's first home run.
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Navy Boats Over Cornell In Severn River Race
Navy crew won its third straight 1937 season race defeating Cornell by a length and a half on the mile and three quarter Severn river course in Annapolis Maryland.
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Coe and Teachers Tie in Triangular Meet
The Coe Cornell State Teachers triangular track meet ended without a winner as Coe and Teachers both totaled 74 points to tie for first, with Cornell at 15. The freshmen titles went to Coe, followed by Teachers and Cornell.
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Iowa Easily Wins State Track Meet
Iowa State at Iowa City. The Hawkeyes scored 105 points to win the state meet, with Iowa State second at 31 and Grinnell third at 20. Milton Billig set a 440 yard dash meet record, Johnny Graves lowered the 880 yard mark, and Iowa won the mile relay in 3 18.4 minutes. Bush Lamb powered Iowa with 16 1/2 points, capturing the 120 yard hurdles, javelin and broad jump while tying for third in running high jump.
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Polls and punches mix in sports roundup from era
National league pitching rankings spark debate as George Kirksey cites Van Lingle Mungo Carl Hubbell Dizzy Dean Paul Derringer and Bill Lee as top five. Also report on Tony Canzoneri's brutal loss to Lou Ambers and retirement rumors after the bout.
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Carleton Golfers Defeat Grinnell 17-10 in Match
Carleton College golf team beat Grinnell 17 to 10 on Saturday. Leonard led with a 74 as Carleton took the singles and doubles events, with multiple 3-0 decisions over Grinnell players including Lundgren Sampson Posselt Sparks Hertzberg Nelman.
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War Admiral Dominates 1937 Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs
War Admiral, ridden by Charles Kurtsinger, leads from start to finish in the 63rd Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs. Pompoon finishes second, with Reaping Reward, Melodist, and Sceneshifter following as War Admiral claims a record run, clocking 2 03 1 5 for the mile and a quarter.
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Indians Blank Yankees 4 to 0 Behind Ivy Paul Andrews
Cleveland shuts out New York 4 0 as Ivy Paul Andrews allows four hits in a complete game. The Yankees lose their third straight and drop to fourth in the American League while Cleveland seizes the lead in a tight pitchers duel.
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Senators 8 Tigers 3 match ends Detroit setback
Schoolboy Rowe entered relief for Detroit after two scoreless innings against Washington but allowed three doubles and two singles, opening the floodgates in the third. Buck Newsom homered in the second as Washington routed Detroit 8 to 3, with McLaughlin finishing for the Tigers.
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Shellsburg Triumphs Over Palo 13 to 7 in Baseball
Special to The Gazette: Shellsburg high school baseball beat Palo 13 to 7 Friday afternoon. Holmes and Husted each had four hits to pace the winners. Holmes relieved Husted in the first inning and earned the victory on the mound.
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Standings and results from the National and American Leagues
National League standings show Pittsburgh leading with 10 wins and Boston and New York tied for several spots. Saturday results include Brooklyn over Chicago and St Louis over New York with rain affecting Pittsburgh at Philadelphia and Cincinnati at Boston. Sunday games list Pittsburgh at Boston and Chicago at New York among others. American League standings list Milwaukee and Louisville near the top with several blowout scores on Saturday including Columbus 12 Minneapolis 0.
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