Nerve War Reignites Between Speedway and Holdout Drivers
Indianapolis seven week spat between the Speedway and holdout drivers and owners surged anew nine days before Memorial Day’s big race. ASPAR threats to boycott without a higher purse clash with earlier willingness to run if a larger prize is feasible. Only 25 to 26 cars may start if ASPAR remains out.
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Ruling Could Allow Protest If Faster Car Is Barred
A legal remark argues that if a faster car is blocked by the ruling and a slower qualifier wins the race, the blocked driver could protest the outcome. The comment questions how the ruling affects eligibility and competition integrity.
Golf Squad Is Only Unbeaten Hawk Team
Iowa City IN S The dis tinction of being the only unbeaten University of Iowa athletic team in 1946 47 is held by the golf squad which has a record of four wins and one tie. Coach Charles Kennett's players have defeated Coe 1744 14, Bradley 2344 314, Wisconsin 14 13, and Indiana 1514 1144. Minnesota was tied 1814 1314 at Minneapolis and another conference meet with Illinois was rained out. Scores in the low seventies have been recorded by Jim Basley Iowa City with a 70 John Campbell Winchester Mass Bob Graham Kewanee Ill Charles Updegrafff Boone. The team has a triangular meet with Purdue and Wisconsin and the conference championships.
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White Sox Lose Dickey To Broken Finger In Washington
Washington reports that the Chicago White Sox faced the Senators with only one reserve catcher after George Skeets Dickey broke his finger in Tuesday night’s game. The injury sidelines him for further play.
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Delbridge Homer Delivers Peter Pan 4-2 Victory
Peter Pan top Armstrong Sporting Goods 4-2 in a pitchers duel. Delbridge homered in the eighth to cap the comeback after Knake Elliot and a Delbridge double sparked early Peter Pan offense. Reed hurled six hits for Peter Pan while Armstrong’s Reed allowed four safeties. St. Andrews beat First Presbyterian 8-5 and St. Paul’s beat Sharon United Brethren 12-11 in YMCA Church League openers.
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Calvary bats lead with three Carter homers
Christian 14-5. Carter hit three home runs for Calvary. First Lu theran swamped Central Park 14-7 in a game halted in the sixth by darkness. St. James took the meas ure of Trinity Methodist 16-5. Wednesday games list several matchups and duels including Industrial A LaPlant Choate vs Tows Steel and Universal Ene vs Quaker Oats.
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Dillard Ties His World Record in Low Hurdles
Harrison Dillard of Baldwin-Wallace tied his world mark of 22.5 seconds in the low hurdles during a Cleveland track meet. He also won the 120-yard highs and the 100-yard dash, anchored the winning half mile relay, and helped Ohio State defeat the Yellow Jackets 86 to 41.
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Rockets add two Gophers to roster in midweek move
Chicago Rockets of the All-America pro football conference signed two former University of Minnesota players Wednesday. Bob Sandberg a 220 pound quarterback who played with the Gophers last year and Johnny Billman a 200 pound guard who graduated in 1943 join the team.
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Weak Pop Christens First Glass Screen
In San Francisco, a single weak pop foul hit the first glass backstop in baseball history at Seals Park. The 100-foot long barrier, 12 feet high, spans 42 sections of 14-inch tempered glass, curved to mimic a wire screen, with gaps for sound passage. The Seals lost to Oakland 4-3.
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Pro Golf Aristocracy Competes In Philadelphia Invite
The Philadelphia Inquirer invitation tournament at Cedar Brook Country Club gathers golf’s elite led by Ben Hogan, Lloyd Mangrum, and Bobby Locke for warmup rounds ahead of the $15,000 event. A qualifying round on Wednesday added 35 spots to the starting field.
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Lloyd Mangrum
Bobby Locke
Golfdam
Golfers from 11 states and Canada compete for 34 spots
About 100 golfers will tee off in a four day scramble for prize money. The event gathers players from 11 states and Canada aiming to secure 34 qualifying places.
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