National Flag Looms As Runaway For Cubs
Chicago leading the NL with a strong hurling staff led by Lon Warneke who won five straight decisions. The Cubs beat New York 9 2 as Warneke held the Giants to five hits and McGraw’s club made 42 errors in 20 games. Phillies blanked Cincinnati 4 0 as Ray Benge pitched well. Rain halted Pittsburgh and St Louis games. American League saw Detroit 11 0 over Boston with Sorrell holding two hits. Lefty Grove shut out Chicago White Sox 9 0 as Dykes drove in four. Yankees topped Browns 10 2 as Gomez allowed seven hits. Cleveland rainouts at Washington.
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Lon Warneke
New York Giants
Rogers Hornsby
Warneke
Mount Ida
Ark
Malone
Bush
Smith
Root
Grimes
Giants
McGraw
Lefty Grove
Athletics
Chicago White Sox
Jimmy Dykes
Walter Stewart
Bump” Hadley
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St. Louis Browns
Vernon Gomez
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Cleveland
Washington
Scot in Kilts Trek Across Africa Gains Attention
D. B. MacGregor a Scotsman hiking from Durban to Cairo wears a kilt as he treks through Africa. He has yet to meet big game with the kilt drawing no remarkable reactions from wildlife. Locust swarms blaze bright against the sun but avoid the garment. MacGregor says the kilt is cooler than the usual shorts worn by whites in East Africa.
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D. B. MacGregor
Durban
Cairo
Nyassaland
MacGregor
East Africa
French and English Book Awards Announced for Imaginative Works
The Femina prize to Stella Benson for Tobit Transplanted and the Northcliffe Prize to Jean Schlumberger for Saint Saturnin were announced. Awards will be presented in Paris. The Femina prize funds 200 dollars for English works by underrecognized authors.
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Stella Benson
England
Jean Schlumberger
France
Saint Saturnin
Paris
Ernest Benn
Barons Narrowly Beat Memphis as Southern Loop Race Tightens
Birmingham Barons move within reach of the lead with a 7 5 victory over Memphis while Atlanta topped Chattanooga 10 7. Memphis holds 18 9, Chattanooga 18 10, Birmingham 17 11, with New Orleans beating Little Rock in a doubleheader and other scores across the circuit.
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Birmingham Barons
Memphis
Chattanooga
Barons
Birmingham
New Orleans
Little Rock
Pelicans
Travelera
Nashville
Knoxville
Mobile
Selma
Macon
Jackson
Montgomery
Columbus
Queen City High To Meet Greensboro In First Title Meet
Queen City High faces Greensboro in the first game of the western class A high school baseball championship here. The winner advances to meet Durham, eastern champion, for the state title after Durham beat Raleigh 8 to 7 to reach the finals.
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Queen City High
Greensboro
Charlotte
Durham
Raleigh
Young Stribling Beats George Neron In Ten Rounds
W L Young Stribling of Macon Georgia won an easy ten round decision over Greek heavyweight champion George Neron in Johnson City Tennessee last night. Stribling swept nine of ten rounds with only the second round going to Neron before a crowd around seven thousand. The Georgian fought aggressively and the decision was greeted approvingly by spectators.
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Tenn
W. L. (Young) Stribling
Macon
George Neron
Stribling
Pea Ridge Day Shines With Sixteenth Club In Millers Pitch
Clyde Pea Ridge Day, a righthander with a long journeyman path, stars for the Minneapolis Millers in the American Association. He has three wins and one loss as the season opens, after a career including stints with the Cubs, Cards, Dodgers, and many others.
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Clyde
Pea Ridge
Day
Minneapolis Millers
Arkansas
Brooklyn
Joplin
Denver
Fort Smith
Little Rock
Muskogee
St. Louis
Syracuse
Cincinnati
Los Angeles
Wichita
Omaha
Chicago Cubs
Kansas City
War Mothers Hold NC Convention Nearing Close
North Carolina War Mothers held their annual convention in Gastonia as officers were elected and committee reports reviewed. Speakers included Mrs. Virgil Stone of Lander Wyoming urging an anti communism campaign and Gastonia attorney R Gregg Cherry.
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WAR Mothers
Gastonia
N. C
North Carolina
Virgil Stone
Lander
Wyo
R. Gregg Cherry
Managers Asked to Submit Team Data for Records
The message directs Cecil Triangle Garner Flynn and Cloverdale to turn in team data immediately to Carl Smith at the YMCA to keep the above records up to date.
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Triangle
Garner
Common
Flynn
Cloverdale
Carl Smith
Adams-Millis
Steee
Robbins
Highland
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Pickett Sabnans
Brogden
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Dixie Court Aces Playing Today in New Orleans
Nineteen players from six southern schools invade Tulane tennis stadium for the singles title. Clayton Lee Burwell of Sewanee defends his crown, drawing William Hazlett of Alabama in a first round match. Other seeds include Clifford Suter Tulane, Judge Weaver Georgia, Ed Sutter Tulane, with entries from LSU South Carolina and Tulane.
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Tulane
Clayton Lee Burwell
Sewanee
Burwell
William Hazlett
Alabama
Richard Kilbourne
James Keith
Elliott Crum
South Carolina
Charles Hume
North Carolina
Bryan Grant
Wilmer Hines
Clifford Suter
Judge Weaver
Georgia
Ed Sutter
J. Alden Simpson
George Schaffer
T. L. Lindsay
Dudley Couvillon
Edwin Hunter
James Kalshoven
Louisiana State
Robert Killingsworth
Marion Holman
Thomas Collins
Charles ™E
Perry Eastman
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U S Davis Cup Team Prepares to Face Mexico Friday
The United States Davis Cup squad trained behind closed gates in New Orleans as they aim to fix kinks before Friday’s match with Mexico. Non playing captain Fitz Eugene Dixon has the team under Mercer Beasley, with Ellsworth Vines and Wilmer Allison showing improvement. Frank X. Shields and John Van Ryn also contribute to a strengthened lineup.
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New Orleans
United States
Washington
Fitz Eugene Dixon
Mercer Beasley
Ellsworth Vines
Beasley
Vines
Wilmer Allison
Frank X. Shields
John van Ryn
Major League Leaders Show Giant and Cardinal Power
AP summary of the season’s top performers led by Giants Cruz Terry and Klein with high batting averages and RBIs. Phillies Collins and Klein appear in several categories, while American Leagues Foxx leads batting and home runs for the Athletics with Porter and Reynolds also among leaders.
Enterprise and Ramblers deadlock in seven all first game
Enterprise baseball and the Chestnut street Ramblers battled to a seven all tie in Monday’s opener at the high school diamond. Newby pitched well for Enterprise and Wall excelled for the Ramblers as both teams fielded solidly.
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Allen
Ridge
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Loflin
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Ward
Bryant
D. Hedrick
B. Wall
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Gtaley
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Spry
Johnson
Grady
T. Wall
Piedmont League Results and Today’s Schedule
Yesterday Asheville beat Durham 9 to 5 and Raleigh 8 to 3 while Wilmington won none others were rained out. Today Durham plays Greensboro and Charlotte faces Raleigh plus High Point at Wilmington and Winston Salem at Asheville.
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Raleigh
Wilmington
Greensboro
Charlotte
High Point
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Durham Seeree
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Jersey City
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O’rourke
Shires
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Uhler
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Anderson
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Sullivan
Farrell
Wilson
Viau
Mellana
McCarter
Sharpe
Russell
Neisles
Neisler
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Connolly
Southern League score roundup with tied games
Atlanta defeated Chattanooga 10 to 7 while Birmingham and Memphis played to a 7-7 draw. Nashville edged Knoxville 10 to 9. Little Rock and New Orleans combined for a 1-1 draw with New Orleans leading 10-4 in the other game.
They Play Today: Southern Cities on Arena Schedule
Atlanta faces Chattanooga while Knoxville visits Nashville. Little Rock travels to New Orleans and Memphis meets Birmingham in tonight’s game slate.
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Chattanooga
Knoxville
Nashville
Little Rock
New Orleans
Memphis
Birmingham
Reading at Toronto Jersey City at Montreal Newark at Buffalo
A compact sports listing notes matchups across four cities with teams from Reading Jersey City Newark and Baltimore set to face opponents in Toronto Montreal Buffalo and Rochester. The brief item highlights scheduled games and locations without outcomes.
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Montreal
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Buffalo
Rochester
Toronto
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Jersey City
Baseball Scores From Yesterday
New York defeated St. Louis 10 to 3 while Philadelphia shutout Chicago 9 to 0. Detroit beat Boston 11 to nothing. Cleveland and Washington had rain. Matchups listed include St. Louis at New York Chicago at Philadelphia Detroit at Boston and Cleveland at Washington.
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St. Louis
Philadelphia
Chicago
Detroit
Boston
Cleveland-Washington
Baseball Scores From Weekend Card
Chicago beats New York 9 to 2 while Philadelphia declines Cincinnati 4 to 0 and other games are rained out.
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New York
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Brooklyn at St. Louis and other today games
Brooklyn faces St. Louis while New York visits Chicago and Philadelphia meets Cincinnati. Boston travels to Pittsburgh in a day of baseball action with four interleague matchups.
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Boston
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
St Louis
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Doeg on Tour to Open May 26 at South Orange
John Hope Doeg the 1930 national tennis singles champion will start a limited invitation tour in the Orange Lawn Tennis Club tournament at South Orange New Jersey on May 26.
Southern Conference golf title action narrows to two matches
Athens Ga May 11 1932 The Southern Conference golf title narrowed to four players from Georgia Tulane and Florida after NC Duke and Georgia Tech were eliminated. Semifinals pair Tulane Green Wave Jesse Rainwater Jr against Florida Ike Merrill and Georgia Billy McWilliams against Georgia Tech Charlie Warner.
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University of Georgia
Tulane
Florida
North Carolina
Duke
Georgia Tech
Jesse Rainwater, Jr
Allan Smith
Frank Ridley
Georgia
Billy McWilliams
Fred McCandless
Earl Stokes
Charlie Warner
Aleck Brown
Charlie Are Jr
Ike Merrill
Russell Welsh
Rogers Peacock
Dannals
Billy O’brien
Smith
June Caldwell
Stokes
Red Schulze
Peacock
Joe Adams
Rainwater
Merrill
McWilliams
Warner
Stars Deliver Heavy Hitting Across Teams
Yesterday's box score highlights Tony Lazzeri of the Yankees collecting four hits with two doubles against the Browns. Jimmy Dykes drove in four with a home run and a double for the Athletics versus the White Sox. Vic Gorrell blanked the Red Sox 11-0 with two hits for the Tigers. Lou Warneke stopped the Giants with five hits in a 9-2 Cubs win. Ray Benge held the Reds to four runs and five safeties for the Phillies.
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Browns
Jimmy Dykes
Athletics
White Sox
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Tigers
Red Sox
Lou Warneke
Cubs
Giants
Delegates Arrive for Rotary District Conference in Asheville
Delegates began arriving in Asheville for the 58th Rotary district conference bringing together about fifty western North Carolina and all South Carolina clubs. The event opens tomorrow and continues through the weekend.
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Asheville
58Th
Rotary District
North Carolina
South Carolina
Leygues refutes German shipping losses claim in Chamber
On May 11 1918 George Leygues French minister of marines told deputies the allied ships sunk by U boats in the prior five months totaled 1 648 662 tons not over 3 000 000 tons as Germany claimed. He added that allied submarines sunk exceeded Germany's output and Italy planned a local push penetrating Austrian positions near Monte Carlo.
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Chamber of Deputies
Germany
Leygues
Italy
Monte Carlo
Deacons Take Lead With 8 to 1 Win Over N C State
Wake Forest verbatim Demon Deacons grab first in Big Five baseball by 8 to 1 over N C State as Jim Barnes fans five straight Big Five victories and drives Wolfpack to seven hits while John Lanning allows nine hits including two homers. Parrish Island Marines top Appalachian State Teachers 4 to 1. Wake Forest Hampden Sydney tennis match postponed due to rain.
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Wake Forest Demon Deacons
N. C. State
Jim Barnes
Deacon
Wolfpack
John Lanning
Parrig Island Marines
Appalachian State Teachers
Wake Forest
Hampden-Sydney
Glorifying Yourself in Spring Perfume Choices
Alicia Hart discusses how perfume should fit the individual rather than hair color. She advises trying fragrances on the skin, notes popular flower scents for spring, and suggests matching scent to outfits and personality, urging experimentation to spark individuality.
Tourists Beat Bulls 9 5 After Early Lead
Asheville falls 9 to 5 to Durham as Kron hits a grand slam style homer with bases loaded to spark the Tourists in the first. Durham pitchers shut down Asheville after a rough middle, while Raleigh collects an 8 3 win to even the Wilmington series.
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N. C
Aaron Rarefield
Asheville
Durham Bulls
Kron
Durham
Wahonick
Shires
McCarter
Galvin Stars With Two Home Runs and Win Over Wilmington
Galvin hits two homers and drives in three as Wilmington loses 6 3. Stevenson adds four RBIs, Kilpatrick two, Martin two. Loftus and Scott split pitching duties with 41 3 and 42 3 innings respectively.
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Mperes R. Raleigh
Wilmington
Galvin
Stevenson
Kilpatrick
Martin
R. Loftus
Lindley
T. Walsh
R. Walsh
Weafer
Noonan
Gheber
Mitchell
Po A Kilpatrick
Wolfe
Smith
Catina
Brandon
Scott
If . Rauding
Waese
F. Loftus
Golf Tourney Opens in Charlotte Amid Pro Amateurs
In Charlotte North Carolina on May 11 a mix of the state's top professionals and amateurs teed off for the annual pro am tournament serving as a prelude to the Charlotte country club invitation event.
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N. C
Charlotte Country Club
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