Senators Rookie Ad Liska Heads Hard Luck Brigade
Ad Liska, 22, leads majors with best 1929 ERA yet has no wins by May 7. The Washington rookie, purchased from Minneapolis, showed brilliant pitching in several starts though luck remained against him. Former Mississippi Valley star won 20 games in 1928 before joining Washington, with sportswriter notes on his unorthodox sinker and curve developed by Minneapolis coach Mike Kelley.
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Associated Press
New York
Ad Liska
Liska
Washington
Minneapolis
American Association
Boston
Yankees
Cleveland
Mike Kelley
Ager
Man o War Colt Derby Favorite at Lexington
In Lexington Kentucky on May 18 the Man o War colt Clyde Van Dusen, from H P Gardner’s stables, draws strong Derby favor. The chestnut gelding, trained by Van Dusen, has a rich record including wins in the Kentucky racket club Idle Hour and Valley stakes and notable showings in Futurities. Spectators note the trainer’s pride as workouts and odds shift amid turfman chatter.
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Clyde van Dusen
H. P. Gardner
Toney
van Dusen
Idle Hour Farms
Cubs Regain Top as Wilson Powers Cubs Win Over Reds
Hack Wilson homered with the bases loaded in the sixth as the Chicago Cubs beat Cincinnati 9 3. Blake limited the Reds to six hits while Ash and Donahue allowed 11. Charlie Grimm also homered for the Cubs. Pittsburgh beat St Louis 6 2 with Hafey homering in the second. Giants rallied to 9 5 over Braves, Travis Jackson hitting his 6th homer. Brooklyn topped Philadelphia 14 13 after 16 hits each side.
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Joe McCarthy
Chicago Cubs
Hack Wilson
Hack
Cubs
Cincinnati
Blake
Reds
Ash
Donahue
Chi- Cubs
Charlie Grimm
Pittsburgh
Cardinals
Hafey
Alexander
Giants
Braves
Travis Jackson
Brooklyn
Phils
Robins
Phil
Robin Hurlers
305 Candidates Seek Degrees at Alabama Commencement
May 18 report from University of Alabama notes 305 students are in exams for degrees to be awarded May 26 28. It is the largest class in the universitys history surpassing last years 240 and bringing total degree recipients to 464 if all pass.
Judge Horton Drives Morgan County Equity Docket Actions
Judge James E. Horton today presided in Morgan County circuit court on the equity docket with multiple cases advancing. The session focused on civil petitions, property disputes, and related motions as docket entries moved forward.
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James E. Horton
Equity
Morgan County Circuit Court
Negro Club Nets A Pair Of Wins In Baseball
The Decatur Negro High School baseball team beat Trinity College for Negroes in two games, 8-7 at home and 7-4 at Athens. Ewing and Harris pitched for Decatur with decisive late innings. Bailey relieved in the seventh in the second game. Batteries were Dobbins Daniels for Decatur and Crutcher Daniels for Athens.
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Collier
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Fire Marshal D M Slaughter in Alabama on business
Fire Marshal of Alabama D M Slaughter visited during the week as he traveled toward Florence on a state business mission.
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State of
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Mr. Slaughter
Florence
Baseball Bee Stings Daily Crew Again
The Daily staffers in the composing and press rooms discussed workouts on the vacant field across from The Daily plant to whip into shape a potential organization. The old Daily team once finished second in a four club city league, but the current effort is unlikely to form a strong squad though should yield practice for industrial league entrants.
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Daily Crew
Daily
Yesterday's Results From Baseball Card Scores
Yesterday's results list New Orleans 3 over Nashville 1 and Little Rock 3 over Atlanta 2 in 10 innings. Mobile 8 beat Chattanooga 6. Birmingham Memphis game postponed by rain.
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Where They Play Today Nashville at New Orleans
Nashville visits New Orleans as Memphis goes to Birmingham and Philadelphia faces Washington. Cleveland travels to St. Louis for a trio of today’s basketball schedule with matchups across the circuit.
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Birmingham
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Cleveland
St. Louis
Baseball scores from Philadelphia and other games
A partial scoreboard lists Philadelphia 4 Washington 1 and St. Louis 7 Cleveland 6 Chicago 6 Detroit 2 Boston 5 New York 3 with unclear final figures. The fragment indicates multiple city matchups and a 12 in sequence.
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Cleveland
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Boston
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New York
Baseball scores from a midweek games roundup
Chicago 9 Cincinnati 3 Pittsburgh 6 St Louis 2 Brooklyn 14 Philadelphia 13 New York 9 Boston 5
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Boston
Cincinnati at Chicago and Brooklyn at Philadelphia
Cincinnati visits Chicago as Brooklyn travels to Philadelphia with other regional matchups. Toledo plays Columbus in a slate of games featuring intra league showdowns and key cross city ties.
Milwaukee Kansas City St Paul at Minneapolis
Milwaukee meets Kansas City while St Paul hosts Minneapolis and Indianapolis travels to Louisville in a set of regional games.
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Longing for the old ball and a Cubs pennant in 1929
Frankie Schulte recalls baseball’s golden days at Cubs Park praising earlier pitchers and star hitters. He laments the livelier ball changing the game while predicting the 1929 Cubs will win the pennant, recalling 1906 Cubs glory with Tinker, Evers, Chance and Moran.
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Frankie Schulte
California
Preliminary hearing set for Johnny Martin forgery case
A preliminary hearing was scheduled by Judge Culver in Hartselle today for Johnny Martin who faces forgery charges.
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Johnny Martin
Culver
Hartselle
Derby Eve Derby Eve in Louisville Amid Prohibition Raids
Prohibition agents raided three local distilleries during the week as Louisville prepared for the Derby. A bottle of corn whiskey fetched seven fifty a pint while police drilled in new uniforms to manage crowds at the Downs. Authorities warned visitors and touts amid a busy traffic day and vigilance against pickpockets.
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Louisville
Kentucky
Huntsville Fight Draws New York Fans for Baker Jordan
Widespread interest in the Baker Jordan welterweight bout in Huntsville next Thursday is shown by trains from New York selling out fast. A large group of New York fight fans is expected to attend to see the action.
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Huntsville
New York
Winter Caddies Have Work To Do
In Augusta Georgia the caddy business remains active after the busy season with about 450 golfers playing daily on three courses. Negro caddies average $365 in fees and tips per day, while winter totals exceed $500 daily in earnings.
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Augusta
Holes in One Come Thick and Fast on Course
Providence reports two hole in one shots to open Rhode Island golf season 1929. Lawrence Harris of Wickford aced the third at Anaquatucket club links from 125 yards, ball in cup. J D MacKenzie of Lausquisset golf club followed next day with a 165 yard third hole marhie, duplicating Harris.
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R. I
Rhode Island
Lawrence Harris
Wickford
Anaquatucket Club
J. D. MacKenzie
Lausquisset Golf Club
Marhie
Harris
Bene
Decatur Visitors Meet Local Officials on Business
Adalai Sample, prominent Hart selle resident and Morgan County Board of Revenue member, and Marvin Kelly, well known attorney in the city, visited Decatur on business today.
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Adalai Sample
Hartselle
Morgan County Board of Revenue
Marvin Kelly
Decatur
Kennedy siblings win state high school rally mixed doubles
Brother and sister Frank and Elizabeth Kennedy of Monroe Louisiana won the mixed doubles tournament in the annual state high school rally in Baton Rouge. They have played tennis together since they could see over a net.
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Baton Rouge
Frank
Elizabeth Kennedy
Monroe
American hurlers trim Jamieson batting mark
American League pitching shaved 14 points from Charlie Jamieson's week batting average yet he held the top spot at .395. Lou Gehrig slid to tenth losing 31 points while Bill Kamm moved to second at .387. Detroit and Chicago players lead league totals as team batting rises with strong pitching.
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Charlie Jamieson
Cleveland
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Lou Gehrig
Bill Kamm
White Sox
Gehringer
Detroit
Clancy
Foxx
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Crouse
Fonseca
Gehrig
New York
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Tiger
Philadelphia
A’s
George Uhile
Uhle
Waite Hoyt
Garland Braxton
Washington
Senators
St. Louis
Averill
R. Johnson
Alexander
National league batting stars cling to .400 mark
After five weeks of campaigning, NL hitters struggle to keep a .400 average. Riggs Stephenson leads at .418, with Frank Frisch at .417 and Bob O’Farrell at .414, while Barney Friberg and Hack Wilson share high run totals and several players remain over .380. Pitchers Burleigh Grimes and Jess Haines share wins, and team batting tops Cubs at .298 with Braves fielding best at .975.
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Riggs Stephenson
Chicago Mauler
Frank Merriwell Frisch
St. Louis
Bob O'Farrell
Barney, Friberg
Philadelphia
Stephenson
Hack Wilson
Rogers Hornsby
Taylor Douthit
Frisch
Melvin Ott
Wilson
Chicago
Chick Hafey
Evar Swanson
Cincinnati
Smith
Douthit
Gooch
L. Waner
Pittsburgh
Brooklyn
Burleigh Grimes
Jess Haines
Burleigh
Carl Hubbell
Guy Bush
Phillies
Cubs
Braves
Yanks suffer fifth straight defeat as Regan delivers late
Eddie Morris outlasted Waite Hoyt in 12 innings and the Boston Red Sox beat the Yankees 5-3. Regan drove in the tying run with a single in the eighth and then homered with a triple to win in the twelfth. Earl Combs led the champion Yankees with three hits as Lazzeri also collected three. Other games saw the White Sox top Detroit 6-2 behind Red Faber, the Mack’s 4-1 win over Philadelphia, and Cleveland’s 7-6 loss to the Browns with Averill homering twice late.
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Waite Hoyt
Boston Red Sox
Yankees
Regan
Boston
Bigelow Doui Taitt
Earl Combs
Lazzeri
Combs
White Sox
Detroit
Red Faber
Sox
Bengals
Whitehill
Hadley
Philadelphia
Washington
Grove
Muddy Ruel
Browns
Cleveland
Ogden
Averill
Milius
Indians
Shang
PELIGANS STAND WELL AHEAD IN SERIES OPENERS
The Peligans beat the Vols 3-1 as Williams limited Tennessee to five hits. Thad Campbell started for Tennessee, with Lyons giving up ten hits. Mobile defeated Chattanooga 8-6 as Horan was hit eleven times. Dumas of Bear shone with a triple, double and single. Little Rock edged Crackers 3-2 in ten innings. J Moore held the Crackers to six hits. Bayons idle as rain fell on Birmingham.
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New Orleans
Vols
Williams
Thad Campbell
Lyons
Mobile
Chattanooga
Horan
Bell
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Morton
Dumas
Bear Center Guardian
Little Rock
Crackers
J. Moore
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Birmingham
Cornell Mentor Trains Winners at Cornell
Ithaca N Y May 18 Jack Moakley in June completes his thirtieth year as track coach at Cornell with a record of winning 82 of 128 contests in cross country and track meets Moakley who has been at Cornell since 1899 has coached nine Cornell teams that won the intercollegiate track championships and seventeen teams that placed first in the cross country championships The Cornell coach was a great athlete in his day starring in sprint and distance events and the low hurdles Before a track coach he wrote for Boston newspapers.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Jack Moakley
Cornell
Moakley
Boston
Shipper Returns From Birmingham Visit
M. F. Shipper has returned after a business visit to Birmingham. He arrived yesterday and reports productive talks with Birmingham firms.
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M. F. Shipper
Birmingham
Penn State Baseball Alums Lead Williamsport Grays Duo
STATE COLLEGE Pa. Former Penn State baseball stars ioe ee cae aimee mamweht year ageer, manager of the Williamsport Grays, lists Al Lesko as a catcher this season. Lesko previously varsity receiver for three seasons.
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Penn State
Aimee
Ager
Williamsport Grays
Lion
al Lesko
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