National League Builds New Fly Chasers For 1934 Season
A preview of the 1934 majors notes widespread overhauls in NL infield and outfield positions with many new faces and trades. Teams like the Pirates and Braves open with altered rosters while outfield shifts and new keystone combinations aim to sharpen defense and scoring across pennant races.
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Lefty Grove
Edward J. Netl
Associated Press
New York
Pitsburgh Pirates
Boston Braves
Washington Senators
Boston Red Sox
Detroit Tigers
Rovers
Athletics
Washington
New York Giants
George Davis
St. Louis
George Watkins
Polo Grounds
Davis
Joe Medwick
Ernie Orsatti
Jack Rothrock
Chuck Klei
Kiki Cuyler
Babe Herman
Riggs Stephenson
Tut Stainback
Chapman Looms in Path of Dunlap in Amateurs Tilt
In Pinehurst North Carolina Dick Chapman former Greenwich Connecticut interscholastic champion looms as a serious threat to George Dunlap National amateur champion in defense of his north and south amateur titles. Chapman fired a sensational 69 on the No 2 course to oust Jonny Johnson of Lumberton North Carolina in a quarterfinal. Dunlap who set a course record of 63 Tuesday faced a stiff challenge from Jack Ryerson of Cooperstown North Carolina but prevailed 4 and 3.
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Pinehurst
N.C
Apol S
Yer
Dick Chapman
Greenwich
Jack Ryersom
Cooperstown
N. C
Dunlap
Arthur Lynch
Mamaroneck
Robert Lester
Orange
N. J
Dick Wilson
Southern Pions
Jared Chapman
Wilson
Halbert J. Blue
Pittsburgh
Golf Clubs Add To Membership Rosters
A survey by Herb Graffis of Golfdom magazine shows 520 clubs in the United States increased their membership by about 9,000 over the previous year. The gain equals roughly 17 new members per club.
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Chicago
Herb Graffis
Golfdom Magazine
Today
United States
Graffis
Northern Normal Looks For Strong Cinder Path Showing
Aberdeen April 5 Northern State Teachers college track team hopes to set a record matching football and basketball success. A squad of fifty includes six letter winners Walker Neudigate Martz Gorder Mock Dresselings. Expected additions from prep ranks and transfers bolster sprint weights and middle distances with names Englehart Wertz Shifffert Rames Schalenkamp Schneidler Edwards Balgeman Price Ackerman Jackson Liston King Bruce Babcock Johnson Starbuck Clinker Walker Nugent. The Wolves will meet Jamestown normal State college Aberdeen Dakota relays pentangular North Dakota South Dakota meets and the state conference meet.
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Northern State Teachers College
Walker
Neudigate
Martz
Gorder
Mock
Dresselings
Coleges
Wolves
Englehart
Wertz
Shifffert
Rames
Schalenkamp
Schneider
Edwards
Balgeman
Price
Ackerman
Jackson
Liston
King
Bruce
Babcock
Johnson
McNabee
Starbuck
Clinker Walker
Nugent
Jamestown Normal
State College
Dakota
Plan To Reorganize Ex-Junior Ball Club
Plan to reorganize the Huron ex junior American Legion baseball team will be formulated at a meeting tonight. Interested players are urged to attend Buxton's barber shop at 8 o'clock. Last year’s squad members are invited. The team will likely stay under the same management with a full schedule of games at West Park diamond.
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Huron Exjunior American Legion
Buxton
West Park
Lang and Deklotz Attend Eastern South Dakota Meeting
A J Lang and Coach George Deklotz travel to Brookings Friday to join school representatives from the Eastern South Dakota athletic conference. They will set next year basketball schedules and review conference business, with a possible plan for a conference tournament. Lang will also join a discussion on the future of music contests and notes that state institutions will stop sponsoring them. high schools will decide future contests.
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Lang
D. Loop
J. Lang
George Deklotz
Brookings
South Dakota Athletic Conference
Huron
Amateur boxers to vie for honors in state tourney
South Dakota amateur boxers converge on Watertown April 16 and 17 for the State Golder Glove tournament. Hosted by Codington county post No. 17 with support from the American Legion and state athletic commission, the event expects three shows and new faces in most divisions as finalists are set to compete under James C. Mann of Sioux Falls overseeing department boxing affairs.
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Watertown
South Dakota
James C. Mann
Sioux Falls
Buffalo University Names Van Bibber as Heel Coach
Buffalo university officials announce George Van Bibber former Purdue tackle and Mount Pleasant Michigan Teachers College faculty member will serve as head football coach. Van Bibber is a 1922 Purdue graduate who earned all American mention and played on the east team in the Pacific Coast game.
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Buffalo University
van Bibber
Buffalo
George van Bibber
Purdue
Mount Pleasant Michigan Teachers College
National Amateur Swimmers Aim For Record Marks
Six defending records headline the National Amateur Athletic Union meet in Columbus Ohio with four events for preliminaries and finals. The Spence brothers of New York A C lead the defense alongside Walter Striving Leonard and Wallace in key races. Dick Degener Michigan and Dan Zehr Fort Wayne enter multiple events as New York A C also competes in relays and medley races. The meet runs through Saturday night.
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Columbus
National Amateur Athletic Union
Spence Brothers
New York A. C
Walter
Leonard
Wallace
Dick Degener
Michigan
Dan Zehr
Fort Wayne
New York A
Peter Fick
Johnny Howland
Swift
Shouldn't Be Any Worry At Huron
Richmond Virginia April report quotes Glenn Thistlethwaite former Wisconsin and Northwestern coach now at the University of Richmond as saying a 30 man football squad is ideal. He argues too many players cause anxiety and jealousy among bench and starting players and alumni letters when stars do not play.
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Huron Richmond
Glenn Thistlethwaite
Wisconsin
Northwestern
Thistlethwaite
University of Richmond
Aberdeen High fields large track squad for spring meet
Aberdeen high school trains a 75 member track team under Coach H Denbenberger with seven lettermen leading. The squad plans a first meet on April 21 at Huron and will also enter Aberdeen relays Dakota relays and state level meets.
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Aberdeen High
Aberdeen
Aberdeen High School
H & Denbenberger
Huron
May
Fetan
Hohler
Whitman
Schultz
Douglas
Disbrow
Phillies Enjoy Southern Swing Win at Winter Haven
The Phillies posted ten wins in seventeen games during a favorable southern schedule in Winter Haven Florida. They now prepare for the city series against Athletica to decide Philadelphia's championship.
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Phillies
Winter Haven
Amateur Mittmen Go Down To Stay As Tourney Opens
The 45th national amateur boxing championships opened in St Louis with more than 50 bouts planned. Flyweight Bill Skidmore defeated William McShea in the third, while Eddie Townsend of Honolulu dropped Charles Floyd in a hot bantam bout. Kennedy of Hutchinson impressed as a top bantam prospect by beating Eddie Townsend in a pivotal third-round decision.
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ST. Louis
Little Fellows
Bill Skidmore
Newark
N. J
William McShea
Fort Benning
Skidmore
Joe Smith
Indianapolis
Bill Triest
Batavia
William White
Detroit
Tony Bent Boston
Lloyd Ferry
Omaha
Kennedy
Truman Kennedy
Hutchinson
Kansas City
Eddie Townsend
Honolulu
Charles J. Floyd
Fort Berming
Townsend
Walter Henley
Jacksonville
Fla
Joe Olivetts
Alfred Nettlow
Fights Last Night In Montreal And New York
Roth from New York stopped Pete De Grasse in Montreal. Rugirello from Italy stopped Barney Baker in New York. Charley Leonardo from Montreal knocked out Ernnest Kay in New York.
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Montreal
Heving Spreads Cheer For White Sox Manager Lew Fonseca
Joe Heving joined Ted Lyons in sending cheer to Lew Fonseca of the White Sox. Heving held Pittsburgh to two hits and one run in four innings after Lyons' strong pitching Tuesday. Simmons appears to finding his range with long hits.
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Proenix. Ariz
Joe Heving
Ted Lyons
Lew Fonseca
White Sox
Lyons
Heving
Pittsburgh
Simmons Siso
Golf hand position and wrist action guidance
The article explains proper left hand placement on the shaft for golf, advising turning the hand to the right so three knuckles show. It warns against turning the left hand too far under the shaft as it reduces wrist action and impedes wrist speed at the top of the backswing.
Forestburg Court Squad Honored at School Banquet
The Forestburg Athletic association hosted a banquet at the Levey home for the basketball teams with 11 guests. The event featured a four course meal, orange and black decor, and an after dinner program led by toastmaster Elmo Fouberg.
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Joycery
D A. Levey
Athletic Association
Joseph Slovber
Howard Hickcox
Yeo Noahr
Anderson Signs New Holy Cross Contract
Worcester April 5 Dr Edward N Anderson Holy Cross football coach signed a two year contract yesterday The former Notre Dame star who came to Holy Cross last year will have Joe Shekeetski and Joe Jocke as his assistants both previously with Notre Dame
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Anderson
Holy Cross
Worcester
Mass
Edward N. Anderson
Notre Dame
Joe Shekeetski
Joe Jocke
Notre Dams
Baseball scores from league games with multiple teams
Cleveland beat New York 4 to 0 and Chicago defeated Pittsburgh 11 to 3 while Philadelphia routed Newark 11 to 4 in a set of early season results. Detroit edged Cincinnati 6 to 3 and Chicago topped San Antonio 24 to 21 in ten innings. Brooklyn and Boston also posted wins with New York and Atlanta winning against unnamed opponents.
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Ethan Allen
Henry Oana
Phillies
Wes Schulmerich
Chick Fallis
Leon Koenecke
Brooklyn
Johnny Frederick
Denny Taylor
Buzz Boyle
Hack Wilson
Adam Comorosky
Pirates
Reds
Chick Hafey
Johnny Moore
Warner Boys
Freddy Lindstrom
Pittsburgh
Braves
Wally Berger
Randy Moore
Hal Lee
Bob Worthinon
Joe Mowry
Gorse Goslin
Tigers
Jonathan Stone
Washington
Carl Reynolds
Boston
Ruth, Combs and Chapman
New York
Porter, Averill and Vosmik
Cleveland
Cramer, Johnson and Coleman
Philadelphia
West
Campbell and Garrs
St. Louis
Simmons, Haas and Swanson
Chicago
Troy Bellini
Jim Gaughan
Omaha
Eddie Hass
Shay Beninati
Stan Ceislck
Detroit
Ben Finnerty
New Jersey
Portland
Ore
San Francisco
Kansas City
Cincinnati
Newark
Atlanta
Charlotte
San Antonio
Audlin
Meridian
Willis Hudlin
Boston Faces Orioles as Harris Seeks Better Start
Bucky Harris a unhappy with the Red Sox pitching corps as they travel north to Jacksonville to meet the Baltimore Orioles with George Pipsias slated to start. He aims for a stronger showing than Dusty Rhodes had against the Dodgers yesterday.
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Bucky
Orlando
Bucky Harris
Red Sox
Sox
Baltimore Orioles
Jacksonville
George Pipsias
Harris
Dusty Rhodes
Dodgers
Red Sox Boss Sees No Alarm Over Lefty Crown Arm
Boston in early April reports Eddie Collins, Red Sox general manager, saying no alarm over Bob Crown left shoulder sore arm. He cites trainers Dee Woods and Dok Ebling and expects the issue to improve with hard work and warm weather. Crown, lefty, spoke of arm distress and uncertain recovery timeline.
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Red Sox
Star
Collins
Boston
Eddie Collin
Boston Red Sox
Joda
Bob
Dee Woods
Dok
Ebling
Grave
Grove
Orelando
Fla
Tom Daly
Polo title clash set as prep teams duel for Laurel
New York reports the 1934 national interscholastic indoor polo championship will be decided at Armory tonight along with the intercollegiate finals Culver Military Academy defends its title against Lawrenceville. Intercollegiate semis feature Pennsylvania Military against Princeton and Yale facing West Point with notable players.
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Laurel
New York
Starvard
West Point
Billy Davey
Princeton
Army
Yele
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