No Entry For Col. Bradley In Derby Run
Col. E R Bradley will not be represented in the May 2 Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs. Bless Me, trained by Jimmy Smith, finished second by three and a half lengths to Shut Out in the Blue Grass Stakes, ending hopes for a Derby bid. Shut Out earned 10042 dollars, with Bless Me seven lengths behind Hal Price Headley’s Equinox. Devil Diner could not start due to a leg cut.
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Marc Purdue
Lexington
Col. E. R. Bradley
Churchill Downs
Jimmy Smith
Bless Me
Keeneland
Colonel
Bradley
Mrs. Payne Whitney
Smith
Hal Price Headley
Mrs. Whitney
Greentree Stable
Devil Diner
High Point Man Wins Honors in Trapshost Event
Paul Earle of Starr South Carolina won the North and South 15-yard Singles with 197 of 200 birds at Pinehurst N C on April 24. Ned Luiz of Knoxville took Class B after a shootoff with John Kries. Ray Idol of High Point claimed Class C. Margaret Shelley of Wilmington Delaware won the women's title with 174.
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Pinehurst
N. C
North Carolina
Cecil Travis Leads Camp Wheeler Team in Spring Play
Cecil Travis, former Washington Senator and star, leads Camp Wheeler teammates with a .AT2 average after ten games this season. Private in the special services.
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Fyravis
Wheeler
Cecil Travis
Washington
Fling Star
Special Services
Mexican Masquerade Chapter XII Ends In Island Jail
Allan Steele reports the island prison as Kay Sargent’s father is kept behind a locked entry. Asia plots, Sun Su’s action remains unknown, and Allan realizes guards keep a key in the lock outside, hinting at a possible escape plan during their uneasy stay.
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Allan
Watanabe
Kay
John Sargent
Ailan
Sun Su
States
Asia
Miss Sargent
Econy Island
de Fontanelle
M'Sieur
Tiens
Mon Ami
Dr. Sargent
Camp Wheeler nine star Travis leads in runs on 36 at bats
Travis has hit safely in 36 trips to bat for Camp Wheeler nine and leads the team with 15 runs scored. He previously hit 359 for Washington last year. Fuel wood on farms could reduce use of other fuels and lessen demand on railcars used to haul military supplies and war materials.
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Allan
California
Alan
Asia
War Department
Sam Su
Branch
Travis
Washington
Lexington Defeated by Wilmington 10-1 in Opening Game
Special to The Ike Lexington April 24 Wilmington Blue Rocks beat the Lexington club 10-1 in the Tribe's season opener. Wilmington led 1-0 after two innings then poured in nine runs. Batteries Lowry Beard and Ratteree for Wilmington and Cope McCay Torrence Emmerick Cox Barnhardt for Lexington. Indians to play Camp Sutton Saturday night at 8.
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Lexington
WilMington
Del
Blue Rocks
Tribe
Indians
Camp Sutton
Rhe
Lowry
Beard
Ratteree
Cope
McCay
Torrence
Emmerick
Cox
Barnhardt
Screwy News highlights and oddities from 1920s America
A column of humorous clippings notes tire thefts gone wrong with spare wheels hidden under beds, youths moving a car to steal tires, and a Georgia reader recalling a siren scare over a car dispute. It also covers a court quip about Prohibition, a nurse in the Army denouncing blame, an Egapi locust substitute in Greenville caterpillars, the 1927 U S Marine football team undefeated, and Marines receiving neck ID tags with names and fingerprints.
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Charlotte
H. G. Alexander
Alexander
D. H. Dixon
Anderson
Carolina Screwy News
Gavette
Salisbury
Johnson J. Hayes
Irene FB. Lefevers
Army
Hickory Record
Egapi
Moses
Greenville
S.C
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Cecil Carnes
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Val
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SIAN
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EFIRD
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Screwy News
U. S. Marine Corps
United States
Vatou
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