Baseball trade gaps haunt opening season in big leagues
April 2 report notes lack of trading activity to reshuffle talent as teams face imbalances at first base outfield and infield. Giants and Yankees juggle positions while Brooklyn Philadelphia and Boston balance promotions and players not yet major league ready. St Louis Browns risk further gaps as season nears.
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Baseball
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George Sisler
Joe Judge
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George Kelly
Wally Pipp
Cleveland
George Burns
Connie Mack
Joe Hauser
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Lou Gehrig
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Ruth Batchelder
Wheaton
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Englewood
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Louise Fordyce
Youngstown
Melvin Jones
Maureen Orcutt
White Beeches
Ronald Barlow
Virginia Wilson
Baseball trade winds threaten shifting pitching power
The piece analyzes how teams like Detroit, Boston, Brooklyn and Pittsburgh might reshape rosters through pitching trades. It notes the Browns face limits, while the Athletics, Cardinals and Browns boast strong staffs. It predicts wholesale exchanges unlikely and a widening gap between rich and poor clubs.
Middleweights to Mix Blows Soon
Chicago April 2 Promoter Jim Mullen expects a July 19 title bout in Chicago between Mickey Walker the world middleweight champion and Ace Hudkins The Nebraska Wild Cat. Walker manager Jack Kearns will confer Thursday to discuss the possible match Hudkins moves up from welterweight and Mullen plans to sign Jack McCarthy of Chicago and Jackie Fields of California around April 30.
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Jack Kearns
Mickey Walker
Jim Mullen
Walker
Ace Hudkins
Nebraska
Wild Cat
Pittsburgh Baseball Star Marr Phillips Dies at 70
Marr Phillips, 70, one of the era’s baseball stars alongside Billy Sunday and Pop Anson, died at his Pittsburgh home. He began with Erie in 1876 and later played for Detroit and Pittsburgh, then in the Southern League through 1888, Rochester Internationals, and finished with Troy, North Carolina, and Hamilton, Ontario crews through 1901.
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Billy Sunday
Pop Anson
Marty Baldwin
Erie
Detroit
Rochester Internationals
Troy
N. C
Hamilton, Ont
Tilden Leads Mexican Davis Cup Opener Diplomacy Tour
Bill Tilden arrives in Mexico City as the United States Davis Cup team leader on a planned goodwill tour. American tennis officials emphasize fielding their strongest squad in the American zone to minimize risks and avoid criticism while facing Mexico, China, and Canada or Japan.
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Big Bill Tilden
New
Mexico City
Tilden
Mexico
China
Canada
Japan
Tilden Accepts American Zone Captaincy for International Play
Big Bill explains he will captain the American team after being urged to play for the sport and nation. He notes he might have preferred training abroad first, to avoid a late first round exit after months of back and forth competition. He cites Wimbledon wins and caution about testing abroad on short notice.
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Tamia Abe
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Tilden Shifts Focus to American Zone and Youth
If Tilden sacrifices abroad plans for the Ameri can zone bid he pours energy into building a new generation. Kansas City’s Junior Cooen, age 16, rises as a sensational prospect after Augusta. Tilden aims to groom youth to reclaim top honors even if he cannot win his old titles.
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Tilden
Kansas City
Junior Cooen
Augusta
Cooen
Tilden May Join American Team Abroad in June
The prospect of Tilden joining the American team for Europe in June grows stronger as his doubles partner Frank Hunter plans to go abroad early. Hunter will skip the American zone preliminaries to train overseas and join Tilden later as his partner.
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Hunter
Sedgefield to Host North Carolina Press Association Meeting
The NC Press Association sets July 18 to 20 at Sedgefield Inn Greensboro for its annual meeting. The executive committee, led by B Arp Lawrance, will outline the program and discuss legislation, readership growth, and buying power. A L Stockton leads Greensboro arrangements with support from regional papers.
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Mortganton
A. L. Stockton
A. C. Honeycutt
Albemarle News-Herald
Morganton News-Herald
W. C. Dowd, Jr
Charlotte Neews
Lee B. Weathers
Shelby Star
James W. Atkins
Gastonia Gazette
J. T. Perkins
Lincolnton News
J. W. Noell
Roxboro Courier
Exhibition Results Across Cities and Pairings
Yesterday results show multiple city matchups with scores varying from 12 to 1. Today’s games include Jacksonville vs Brooklyn Atlanta vs New York Birmingham vs Washington Memphis vs Chicago Knoxville vs Cincinnati and more.
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Phoenix
Tulsa
Swimmers to Meet In Chicago Tonight
Johnny Weismueller of the Illinois Athletic Club and Walter Spence of Brooklyn headline at the Chicago Athletic Association Pool tonight defending 220 yard freestyle and 220 yard breast stroke championships. Wach favored to win as younger stars challenge. meet opens the National Amateur Athletic Unions annual championships, continuing all week.
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Illinoi Athletic Club
Walter Spence
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Chicago Athletic Association
Weismueller
Spence
Wach
W National Amateur Athletic Unions
HeeneY Hopes Britains Heavyweight Claim in boxing bid
New Zealand bootmaker Tom Heeney aims to bring back the world heavyweight title for Britain in a slated July bout with Gene Tunney in New York or London. The British Empire hopes to crown a pugilist destiny as Heeney seeks the laurels once held by Fitzsimmons and Jeffries, with a national vigil on his progress.
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Tom Mheeney
New Zealand
Cornwall
Ruby Bob Fitzsimmons
Jim Corbett
Jim Jeffries
Fitzsimmons
Coney Island
Thomas Heeney
Britain
Heeney
Gene Tunney
London
Michigan Holds Primary Despite Uncontested Fields
Michigan voters expressed preferences for presidential candidates though only one Democrat and an uncontested Republican slate were on ballots. The attorney general required the primary proceed while many local issues were expected to drive turnout.
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Seach
Smith
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Herbert Hoover
High Point College Baseball Team Heads for Five-Game Trip
The High Point college baseball squad departs tomorrow for a five game trek through South Carolina and Georgia. Matches include Watford at Spartanburg, Newberry, Erskine at Due West, and Piedmont at Demorest with an Easter Monday game against Kleu Christians in Greensboro. The trip aims to sharpen for Elon in Greensboro. The bus trip narrows the roster to Hedrick Hil Yow Perdue Brasseur McFadden Fuquay Williams Josser Russell Russell P Mitchell Robinson Dixon.
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Adlerika Relieves Stomach Gas in Ten Minutes
For ten years Ed Belland tried everything for relief from stomach gas. Adlerika relieves gas and sourness in ten minutes and acts on both upper and lower bowel removing old waste. Matton Drug Co. 107 N Main.
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