Winged Foot Open Championship Preview and Barbering Talk
The open golf championship at Winged Foot hinges on a stormy test with possible winning scores near 300 for 72 holes. Veterans like Leo Diegel and Bobby Jones weigh course difficulty and experience, while many young players aim to break 70s under championship pressure.
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Brl N Bell Eet
Associated Press
Mamaroneck
N. Y
Winged Foot
Leo’ Diegel
Sage
Agua Caliente
Bobby Jones
First Athletes Start Workouts for National Track Meet
University of Washington runners led by coach Hes Edmundson begin training at Grealey College in Colorado for the National AAU Track and Field meet in Denver July 3 to 6. Abbott of Fresno State and top Huskie performers Genung Kiser and Jessup join Steve Anderson as the four lead the distance group. The Denver track site at Pioneer Plant will be fast with a 25 000 seat grandstand and ideal staging for sprints hurdles jumps and weights events.
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Denvier
Denver
University of Washington
Hesdmundsen
Abbott
Fresno State
California
Huskie
Steve Anderson
Olympic
Gentung
Chicago
Kiser
Jessup
Grealey
Edmundson
W.C. Edmundson
Greeley Teachers” College
Genung m
Denver Vu
Pioneer
Uzcudun Schmeling Heavyweight Fight Hailed As Rough Slugging Clash
In New York at Madison Square Garden, Max Schmeling and Paulino Uzcudun prepare for a rough heavyweights bout benefited by a milk fund charity. Schmeling, the German slugger, faces the durable Spaniard who has shown resilience in years of battles. Betting favors Schmeling at 6 to 5, with critics split on who will withstand body blows and the pace of the bout.
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New York
Funes
Madison Square Garden
Max Schimeling
Paulino Uzcudun
Yankee Stadium
Willian Barat
Gene Tunney
Jack ‘Sharkey
Jack Dempsey
Dempsey
Tunney
Johnny
Risko
Cleveland
Ture
Ter
Paulino
Schmeling
Jones 69 Sparks Headlines At Winged Foot Open
Newspaper notes Robert Tyre Jones shot a sizzling 69 at Winged Foot during practice for the 1929 National Open at Mamaroneck. The piece jokes about the course becoming a legendary scene and compares golf chatter to Houdini, Hoppe, and other spectacles as experts debate the event’s fate.
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WM. M. Braucgher
NEA ‘Service
Mamar ‘Onek
NIA
Robert Tyre Jones
Harry Houdini
Jones
Mamaronek
Willie Hoppe
Bob Mensgel
Mensel
Walter Hagen
Haig
Wells
Yas
Diegel
Waig
Four Teams Fight for Lead in JC and NW League
Last night in Chicago and North Western league action four teams remained in contention. The Car Department beat Freight House 14 to 8 as Bjerkeset and Kielan held the mound vs Fugisang and Morrison. Store Room topped Machinists 16 to 10 with Gillespie and Tobin guiding the winners. Dakota division ball club heads to Missouri Valley Iowa Sunday for a division showdown.
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JC. & NW
Chicago
Car Department
Freight House
Car
Department
Bjerkeset
Kielan
Fugisang
Morrison
Tilt
Store Room
Machinists
Gilles-pie
Tobin
Plummer
Singer
Missouri Valley
Iowa
Huron Meet With Colored Giants In Day’s Baseball Tilt
The Detroit Colored Giants, reputed fastball club, were to meet an all star Huron aggregation today. The Huron club had been strengthened by stars from the General South Dakota League from other cities.
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Huron
Detroit Colored Giants
Packers to Meet Oilers in Cragial Battle Tonight
A decisive midseason clash looms as Standard Oil and Armour diamondball teams face off. The Oilers are undefeated. Armour has one loss. A win by Armour could spark a three way tie for first with Huron Dairy Products, while the Oilers still have two tougher games remaining.
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Oil and Armour
Oilers
Armours
Packers
Huron Dairy Products Club
Dairymen
Houdini Returns and Winged Foot Test of Golf Experience
The passage mocks a golf round at Winged Foot with whimsical obstacles. It notes Houdini like tricks, firm pins, shifting sand traps near Mamaroneck, unpredictable greens, and elephants uprooting bunkers, ending with praise for a 69 despite the magical course chaos.
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Houdini
Mamaronek
Paul Poiret
Boxing night results from Midwest and East Coast cards
In Boston Gorilla Jones from Akron outpointed Jack McVey of New York over ten rounds. In Dayton Joe Sekura defeated Andy Mitchell in ten. In Indianapolis Jimmy Hackley and Kid Brown from Philadelphia battled to a ten round draw.
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Boston
Gorilla Jones
Akron
Ohio
Jack McVey
New York
de Dayton
Joe Sekura
Dayton
Andy Mitchell
California
Youths lead field in Trans Mississippi meet qualifying
Thirty two shot makers from King States survived a 36-hole test at the Omaha Field Club to qualify for match play in the 29th Trans Mississippi golf championship. Nathan Grimes, 21, of Denver topped the medalist list with 145, while Marshall Becker, 20, of Topeka, was one stroke behind. The field featured many young players including 16 year olds, signaling a youth parade. First round matches highlighted Grimes vs Rudy Juran and Arthur Bartlett vs Sam Reynolds.
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Paul R. Wickelson
Associated Press
Omaha
Nhb
King States
Toay
Arthur Bartlett
Ottumwa
Towa
Nathan Grimes
Denver
Marshall Becker
To-peka
Grimes
Rudy Juran
Minneapolis
Bartlett
Sam Reynolds
Sioux Falls To Have Junior Ball Tourney
Junior baseball champions from Minnesota Wisconsin and the Dakotas will meet in Sioux Falls for the American Legion fourth region tournament on August 16 and 17. Don Sowers of Indianapolis national director of the Legion Americanism commission accepted the invitation. The winner advances to the western series to determine one of two entries in the world series. Overnight lodging in Chicago is quoted at 12 14 cents in the city’s first hotel founded in 1836 by Elijah Wentworth.
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Sioux Falls
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Dakotas
American Legion
Harold Mason Post
Don Sowers
Indianapolis
The
Legion
Americanism Commission
Company B Wins Athletic Plaque at State Fairgrounds
Brookings Company B won the bronze athletics plaque at the inter company track and field meet held yesterday at the State Fairgrounds. Madison’s Company A took second with 69.5 points while Huron placed third with 58 counters.
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Brookings
State Fairgrounds
Pany A
Madison
Company
Huron
Deadioad
Headquarters and Service
Hot Springs
Madison Soldiers
Rapid City Chamber of Commerce
Company A
Madison Company
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Gath
Horkouts
A. A. U. Games
Witther
Edward
Wizardy
Redtlantia
Crugial
City Loans
Joan
Koepp
South Dakota Securities Company
R. E. Cone
Sec.v
Denver Insurance
Elijah Wentworth
Huron Welding Shop
J. A. Wold
Second
S. F
Tsae
Cities Service Oils & Gasofene
Los Angeles
Earl Mastro
Fidel la Barba
Holiday
Springfield
Burger Motor Company
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