South Dakota Cindermen Seek State Meet Glory
Ten colleges contest the 1931 intercollegiate track carnival at Huron with Mendel of Yankton and Arnold of Dakota Wesleyan favored to lead in sprint and mid distance events. Strong showings expected from Augustana Huron and Wesleyan as records may fall in multiple hurdles relays and field events.
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South Dakota
Bill Plummer
Huronite
State College Loop
Huron College
Yankton College
Augustana College of
Sioux Falls
Dakota Wesleyan University
Sioux Falls College
Western Normal of
Spearfish
State School of Mines
Southern Normal
Springfield
Northern Normal
Aberdeen
Eastern Normal
Madison
Dakota Wesleyan
Mendel
Yankton
Ftate
Joe Mendes
Ptek
Ptak
Federson
Southern
Stakey
Han and Misterik
Huron
Stoddard
Gross and White
Wesleyan
Mendelsn
Fjelstad
Acgusiena
Lyman
Brown
Willoughby
Dennis
Ring of Huron
Hansen
Northern
Wilson
Stephens
Fjelsted
Te. Fehneon
Johnson
Joe
Ugustana
Smith
Valdez
Vahlgaard
School of Mines
Fielstad
Powers
Raveling
Grinseth
Augustana
Maver
Charr
Fardrocker
Svance
Sullivan
Columbus
Arnold
Batchelior
Dukelow
Wort
Stickney
Beiers
Fortune
Tuttle
Joop
Driscall
Campbell
Huon
Noyes
Lambert Bryan
Slieper
Fletcher
Allen
McKes
Phipps
Anold
Lerson
Augustany
Kerr
Whalen
Jones
Black
Nothern
Eastern Ball Clubs Sweep In Majors Athletics Lead
Eastern clubs dominated the first round of intersectional play in baseball. The Philadelphia Athletics swept 11 west games to rise atop the American League, riding a 13 game win streak with a 12 to 5 win over Detroit as AL Simmons hit his eighth homer. Washington climbed by beating Chicago 4-2, Heinie Manush driving in all four Senators runs. The New York Yankees, in second, beat Cleveland 7-6 as Babe Ruth belted his fifth homer. Boston and St Louis both suffered Western setbacks. Detroit split with the Yankees and defeated Boston to top Western teams in losses. In the National League, the East led 20-12, with the Giants taking six of eight from Pittsburgh and the Dodgers breaking even.
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Easl
Philadelphia Athletics
A's
Detroit Tigers
Detroit
AL Simmons
Mickey Cochrane
Eric_ McNair
Washington
Chicago White Sox
Heinie Manush
New York Yankees
Cleveland
Babe Ruth
Bil Collins
St. Louis
Boston Red Sox
Collins
Sox
Boston
Yankees
St. Lavia
Chicago
New York Giants
Giants
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Red Birds Rise to First Place in Standings
Chicago May 22 Columbus Red Birds top the American association race after defeating Louisville 6 to 0 as St Paul sat out due to wet grounds. Manager Nemo Ceibold built a solid lineup with Purdy, Smith, Moore in the outfield and Crawford, Bedere, Delker, Yoter infield. Ash pitched the shutout despite 10 hits, while Walsh, Williams, and Penner struggled as Columbus scored five in the fourth. Mike Kelley’s Minneapolis reached 500 with a 4 to 3 win over Kansas City, and Indianapolis crushed Toledo 14 to 1.
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William Weekes
Chicago
Columbus Red Birds
American Association
Columbus
Louisville
St Paul
Columbus Club
Columbus Club Which Has Not Won A Title Since 1907, Included “Battered Red Birds
Red Birds
Harry Nemo
Ceibold
Cardinals
Sid Purdy
Smith
Moore
Pat Crawford
Leon Bedere
Eddie Delker
Elmer Yoter
Hed Birds
Kenneth Ash
Ed Walsh
Guy Williams
Ken Penner
Walsh
Mike Kelley
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Milwaukee
Millers
Griffin
Dwn
Dutch
Henry
Blues
Indianapolis
Toledo
Mud Hens
Davis Cup Ties Even As Canada, U S Split Matches
Montreal May 22 Canadian and American netsters remained even after the opening day of the Davis cup contest with one win apiece. Doubles featured Frank Shields and Sidney Wood Jr. for the United States against Dr. Jack Wright and Marcel Rainville of Montrest. Shields opened with a straight sets win yesterday, while Rainville leveled the series by beating Wood in a five set thriller. Canada traces its Davis cup history back to 1917.
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Montreal
Que
Canada
United States
Frank Shields
Sidney B. Wood
Jack Wright
Marcel Rainville
Montrest
Shields
Wright
Ranville
Wood
Wolsey Ball Team Opens Season Sunday
Wolsey will field two baseball teams this season with three new players. The Wolsey club, largely same as last year, meets Hitchcock in the season opener Sunday at the local diamond after two practice games.
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Wolsey
Hitchcock
Illinois contest to decide Diamond title
Illinois clubs face pivotal doubleheader at Wisconsin after a 9 to 2 win over Purdue. If Chicago or Northwestern split, both chase threats Ohio State and Indiana join the scramble. winner could seize Western conference baseball crown by tomorrow night.
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Tllinois
Chicago
Oliners
Clini
Purdue
Wisconsin
Rodgers
Northwestern
Ohio State
Indiana
Huron Trackmen Seek Brookings Meet Victory Tonight
Huron high school aims to close the 1931 season at the Eastern South Dakota Conference track meet in Brookings. Coach Coffey lists a 11 man squad with entries in sprints, distance events, jumps, throws, and relays, hoping for a solid team point total despite last week’s Pierre meet. Battalino vs La Barba headlines boxing tonight in Madison Square Garden with Battalino a slight favorite for the featherweight crown defense.
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Huron High School
Fidel la Barba
Battalino
Coffey
Brookings
South Dakota
State College Field
Tigers
Pierre
Aberdeen
Watertown
Redfield
Huron
Collin
Sioux Falls
Yankton
Vermillion
Mitchell
Madison
Dakota
Joep
New York
Christopher Ball Battalino
Hartford
Car
Madison Square Garden
Big Ten Track Meet Opens at Northwestern Dyche Stadium
EVANSTON ILL May 22 Eastern conference stars gathered at Northwestern Universitys Dyche Stadium to launch the thirty first annual track and field championships. Preliminaries in ten of sixteen events were set for 3 p m today with finals beginning a half hour earlier tomorrow. The trials mark the start of the end of Big Ten competition for many champions listed in recent summaries.
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Evanston
Ill
Dyche Stadium
Northwestern University
Lott and Van Ryn Open With Easy Wins at Roland Garros
American contenders George Lott and John Van Ryn won their first round matches at the French singles championships in Paris. Lott defeated Arche Piel 6 1 6 2 9 7, while Van Ryn beat Rene Vieillard 8 6 6 3. Louis Torralva Chich fell to Jiro Satoh 6 0 7 0 6 3.
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Lott
van Ryn
Autel
France
Sum
George Lott
John van Ryn
Arche Piel
Rene Vieillard
Louis
Lunchmen Rout Pythians 30 6 in City League Diamondball
The Coney Island Lunchmen won their third straight City League game defeating the Knights of Pushins 30 to 8. Despite playing short handed for long stretches the Lunchmen used strong batting and pitching to surge into a first place tie with the Armour Packers while the Lodgemen dropped to a cellar tie with the Foreign Wax Veterans. Notable highlights include Bloodgsod Bullis Wop pel Schaefer Peterson and a three bagger by Contex of the Coney Island. Bullis set a new strikeout record fanning six in the win with Long and Johnson pitching for the Pythians.
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Coney Island Lunchmen
Coney Islanders
Knights of Pushins
Lundimen
Armour Packers
Lodgemen
Coney Island Victory
Stoyy Wak
Mare
JQ Hity
Armore Packers
Soreign
Bloodgsod
Bullis
Woppel
Schaefer
Peterson
Pythians
Contex
Coney Island
Manero Reaches Leeds Semi finals in rain clash
Tony Manero of Elmsford New York defeated Percy Alliss a British bred pro of a Berlin club four and three in heavy rain and advanced to the semi final round of the five thousand dollar Leeds professional golf tournament in Leeds England on May 22.
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Tony Manero
Leeds
Eng
Elmsford
N. Y
Percy Alliss
Berlin
Milwaukee Driver Escapes Injuries After Indy Crash
Milwaukee, Wisconsin driver Frank Briske escaped injury after his race car lost wheels and hit a retaining wall in Indianapolis yesterday. He planned repairs to qualify Saturday for the Eminal Hkonile race at the motor speedway.
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Indianapolis
Frank Briske
Milwaukee
Wis
The
Motor Speedway
Valley meet opens with silent preludes in Omaha
Proud champions walked to the line with wary eyes as the Missouri Valley conference outdoor track and field meet opened in Omaha. Preliminary races began with no field event preliminaries scheduled today.
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Omaha
Missouri Valley Conference
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LaBarba
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Huron, So
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