Finchies to Open at Harbor Creek May 18
The Finch Billiards of this city set to open the 1930 Erie County Baseball League season at Harbor Creek on May 18. The loop includes five teams with possible Cambridge Springs entry, and Finchies use Junior Hawn field workouts supervised by Danny DeLury. Manager Finch releases a county schedule featuring May 18 North East at Girard and Corry at Harbor Creek, through early September with games against Union City, Girard, North East, Corry, and Harbor Creek.
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Erie County Baseball League
Cambridge Springs
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County Loop
North East
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Horseshoe courts to be rebuilt and lighted for spring play
Repair work will start soon on the horseshoe pitching courts at the Journal building to ready four courts for an active season. If plans hold, two more courts may be added with lighting for evening matches, as local organized teams prepare for a competitive year in this distance sport.
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Journal
San-Cura Ointment and Soap Ad Claim Relief
Persistent itching and skin irritation eased quickly by San-Cura Ointment and Soap. Pleasant safe formula provides cooling relief on application and promises satisfaction or money back. Available from druggists, ointment five cents to sixty cents and soap twenty five cents.
Beavers Open Ball Season Here Today
Weather improves as Beavers face Alumni in the season opener at 2 50 this afternoon. Coach McCall leads the scholastic nine through a spring schedule disrupted by snow and cold. Home game marks start of 1930 slate with two more contests announced for May first and May eighth.
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Hickory
Griffin Wins Narrow Decision Over Erie Rival Maxie Strub
Griffin, a Newark native, defeats Maxie Strub in a closely fought bout before Erie fans. Strub presses early with left hands but Griffin rallies, delivering decisive blows late to edge out the local favorite in a hard fought win. Also notes Johnny Sacco’s late surge and others on the boxing card. Babe Ruth hits first home run as an American League player for the Yankees.
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Erie Pride
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Erie Dry Cleaner
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Johnny Sacco
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Bison City
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Frankie Bojorski
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Warren
Stanley Ketehe
Ashtaibula
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Eric
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Babe
New York
Babe Ruth
Ruth
Gaston Witty
Innning
Red Sox
Yanks
Armour’s unorthodox golf style tops national open win
Roy Grove discusses Henry Armour’s unconventional approach in golf, noting how Armour positions his right foot back to straighten a tail-end hook into a straight ball. The article compares teaching versus playing style and explains how Armour’s method challenges orthodox stances while yielding success.
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Ittal Press
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Hen We
Iis
Armour
Oakmont
Stanes
Tommy
Horton Smith Off For Europe
Horton Smith of Joplin Missouri sails to Europe on the steamer Europe to compete in British and French tournaments. He will also play exhibitions with Tingle in a series of matches on the continent. He did not carry European championship trophies, and Walter Hagen plans to skip defending his British Open cup.
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Horton Smith
Jopliy
Smith
Walter Hagen
Hagen
Smita
Drake Relays Prelims Set Five Meet Records
Hugh Rhea of Nebraska stunned with a shot put of 48 feet 10 inches, breaking the Drake Relays mark by one inch. Michigan set a new 880 yard relay record in 1 01.266, Marquette lowered the medley relay mark to 10:28.7, and Morningside's quartet set two records in the one mile and 880 yard relays. About 5,000 attended, with finals due today as races, hurdles, vaults and jumps drew interest.
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Nebraska
DES Moinds Jn
Drake Relays
Byasisa
Fthea
Sam Behr
Wisconsin
Michigan
Marquette University
Morningside College
Kettle
Halé
Hansen
Menier
Iowa Intercollegiate Association
Literal Meaning of Steppe Regions in Historic Advertising
A brief note explains that Steppe regions derive from the Russian term step or stepe meaning waste or heath, referencing linguistic roots in early advertising contexts.
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Steppe
Goslin's Homer Wins Senators Lead in 6 4 Victory
Washington outfielder Gonse Goslin hit his first homer of the season with a man aboard in the 8th, lifting the Senators to a 6 4 win over the world champion Philadelphia Athletics and giving Washington the American League lead.
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Philadelphia Athletics
Chicago May Drop Scholastic Cage Tourney
The University of Chicago board of directors meets to decide whether to discontinue the annual national interscholastic basketball tournament held on campus for twelve years. Athletic director Amos Stagg argues the event aids prep players by offering exposure and cross regional competition, while opponents from the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools say the schedule overburdens students and harms studies.
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United Press
Chicago
University’ of Chicago Bomra
North Central
Aloigo A. Stagg
Stagg
Boston boat racer wins Albany to New York marathon
BeWill Isinson of Boston won the third annual Albany to New York outboard motorboat marathon in the professional division. The course covered about 136 miles from Albany, New York to New York City, with Boston as the victor.
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Albany
New York
United Press
Bewil Isinson
Only Safe Poker Place on a Train Carriage
A faceted remark notes that lawful poker exists only on a moving train carriage, where play must end when the train stops. The gaming law predates trains and targets a specific place, but in practice cannot easily be applied to this setting.
World News Snippet Reflects Garbled International Lines
A fragmented OCR style note touches on United States Mexico relations, partial reference to a part of an agreement, and implied desire for one more element. The text lacks clear facts or names, offering only hints of diplomacy and deals without concrete details.
Construction project fuels rising costs and delays
A fragment from a regional paper notes a building initiative facing cost increases and schedule setbacks. Officials cite material shortages and permit wait times while contractors warn of cascading impacts on nearby projects and local services. Further details remain unclear in the readable text.
Fragmentary text on a 19th century event in Columins or Fortunat
The readable fragments reference a fire at a fortification or institution and a consequential death near Colum V. Names and places are garbled but imply a public incident with emergency response and potential federal involvement. No clear person or organization stands out due to missing context.
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Pethay
Colum
Fragmentary note on word usage and style in writing
A brief fragmented text discusses preferred praise in writing, noting word choice and simplicity. It mentions synonyms such as party, club, league, university and the aim to avoid creased, convoluted phrasing. The fragment reads like a stylistic aside from a historical newspaper page.
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