Yates and Haas win in British Amateur at Troon
Charley Yates of Atlanta and Fred Haas Jr. of New Orleans advance to the British Amateur second round at Troon Scotland beating Fischer and Ashworth respectively. Johnny Goodman calls Troon the finest course on the Scottish coast and says it is tougher than Pine Valley.
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Troon
Scotland
Charley Yates
Atlanta
Fred Haas, Jr
New Orleans
Yates
Bobby Jones
Johnny Fischer
Cincinnati
Haas
Louisiana State University
A. J. Ashworth
Johnny Goodman
Hall Pierce
United States
United States Golf Association
Pine Valley
New Jersey
Firth of Clyde
America
Willie Ferguson
Outfield talk and golf chatter mix in sports notes
The column blends baseball talk about Ruppert and Don Keller with reminiscences of Barney Ross and early baseball legends. It includes humorous player nicknames and golf anecdotes from Beach and the British Amateur, noting Bobby Dunkelberger’s late struggle and a farewell nod to Okey Mitchell as Salisbury Herald manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonel Ruppert
Don Keller
Newark
Eveland
Speaker
Hooper
Lewis
Barney Ross
Henry Armstrong
Brown
John McGraw
Willie
Genev
Louis
Red Smith
Dizzy Dean
Okey Mitchell
Greensboro News
Salisbury Herald
Golf grip advice from IA Service Golf Writer
Expert tips describe how to position the V shapes by the thumbs to align over the shoulders to adjust grip. It explains signs of improper hand placement and how to avoid fighting the club wheel while aiming to reduce slicing and hooks.
York Roundup Notes On Boxing Rumors And Snapshot Fodder
York May 24 roundup reports chatter from the Big Ten centers and press boxes. Mentions Camzoneri Ross Arm y Schmeling and ring plans with several unnamed sources. The piece hints at bets, coaching changes, and potential southpaw shifts amid a noisy boxing week.
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York
Barton
Anneapolis Tribune
Oner
Canzoneri
Barney Ross
W York
Ather
Baer
Boxing honesty and a chauffeur tale hide in boxing lore
A fragment recalls boxing writing on fairness, noting that most fights are honest. It mentions Al Schacht and a hired chauffeur who could not drive, hinting at anecdotal behind the scenes stories from boxing lore.
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al Schacht
Ruth Returns to Boost the Game as Cubs Legend
Babe Ruth visited Eb betsfeld yesterday with his wife two daughters and mother in law. Cincinnati writers back Bill McKechnie and the youthful Reds say they have not peaked yet. West Point appointment stirs New Orleans bars as Loyola captain elect Jim Rooney departs. Ohio State backs a standout named Scott ready to shine for the Buckeyes. Pete Minego crows that Scott is great.
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Babe Ruth
Ebbetsfeld
New Orleans
Jim Rooney
Loyola University
West Point
Cincinnati
Bill McKechnie
Hhs
Reds
Ohio State
Scott
Pete Minego
Portsmouth
Recount Confirms Split in Texas North Carolina Baseball Strength
Official returns show North Carolina with 25 clubs in professional baseball and Texas with 2. Texas operates five leagues to North Carolina's four. Both sides claim wins, a contested result amid local cigar store and pool room chatter.
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North Carolina
Texas
Dodgers floodlight plans clash with Camilli buy shock
Brooklyn writers mock owner Larry MacPhail as reports surface he failed to purchase Dolph Camilli from the Phillies for 60000 dollars. A Saturday announcement hints at a delayed or altered prechase while rumors swirl about new floodlight installations.
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Brooklyn
Erling
Larry MacPhail
Larry
Dolph Camilli
Phillies
Dodgers
Tommies Rally To Beat Beetown Bees In Salisbury Return
Thomasville team sails to Salisbury for a return game after an 8 to 2 victory at Finchfield. Wilbourne hit a first inning homer for the Tommies and Paige Dennis held the Bees to one run through eight innings. Pixley pitched eight frames for Salisbury while Dennis fanned seven.
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Enterprise
Thomasville
Tommies
Salisbury
Bees
Finchfield
Astraddie Pixley
Pixley
Wilbourne
Paige Dennis
Pinkston
Adrhpore Miney
Winborne
C. Robinson
Ee Carter
Suteliff
Robinson
Isae
Ee Pisley
Cannon
Mueller
Harrington
Young
Dennis
Wee Ia Ee
A. Salisbury
Maus
Melton
Green
American golfer wins British Amateur as Walker Cup trips continue
In London on May 24 an American golfer claimed the British Amateur title, marking a recurring pattern where the United States produces the winner for every Walker Cup team sent abroad.
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London
United States
Brooklyn Reporter Banned Over Ford Controversy
A Brooklyn reporter was expelled from the press bar after protesting. His paper escalated the matter to President Ford. Frick. Meanwhile Flatbush authors face a critical moment at the berling point.
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Brooklyn
Ford
Frick
Flatbush
Berling Point
Major League Clubs Trim To Two Per Lineup
May 24 Chicago dispatch reports major league teams have cut rosters to a two pitcher plus two player limit as the waiver deadline passed. St Louis Cardinals, under Landis extension, maintained two pitchers while waivers were filed for several players. Other clubs including the Yankees Dodgers Giants Senators Red Sox and Phils had already met the limit or moved toward it with various optionings and sales across the league.
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Chicago
St. Louis Cardinals
Gas Housers
Cards
5I Johnson
Roy Henshaw
Rochester
K. M. Landis
New York Giants
Dodgers
Washington Senators
Boston Red Sox
Philadelphia Phils
Boston
Bees
Tom Reis
Phils
Cincinnati
George Davis
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Marvy Duke
Ken Eintzelman
Cleveland
Joe Hoving
Milwaukee
St. Louis Browns
Vito Tumulis
Brooklyn
Chicago Cubs
Coaker Triplett
Minneapolis
Bob Mattick
Indianapolis
Newel Kimball
Birmingham
Guilford Horse Show Set For Saturday In New Ring
Guilford county hosts the Piedmont Livestock Exhibition Horse Show with about 300 saddle horses draft stock mules and broods entering. The event at Guilford Court Dairy Farm on highway 76 will start at 10 AM and end around 6 30 PM with 28 classes judges L M Tate and Fred M Haig.
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Guilford County
Guilford Court Dairy Farm
Highway No. 76
Guilford
L. M. Tate
Pinehurst
Charles Knight
W. E. Whitt
Dr. Coyle
State Highway Patrol
Sherif
Major Leaders In National League Batting And Pitching
National League season leadership lists top batters and pitchers. Lavagette leads with 402 at bats for Brooklyn while Medwick has 81 RBIs and Louis 368 batting. Ott of New York has 32 runs, Hack 27, and Galan and Ott 20 RBIs. McCormick Cincinnati and Goodman Moore lead in hits and RBIs. Stolen bases credits to Roy Brooklyn and Hack Galan Chicago. Pitching leaders show New York 6 1 record with Hubbell 5 1.
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Lavagette
Brooklyn
Medwick
Louis
Ott
New York
Hack
Chicago
Rune
Galan
Hite
McCormick
Cincinnati
Goodman
Moore
Martin
Philadelphia
Risso
Pittsburgh
Riggs
Rosen
Roy
Hack and Galan
Hubbell
American League batting and pitching leaders listed for 1941 season
Batting leaders include Trosky Cleveland 392 and Chapman Boston 391. Runs leaders Lewis Washington 24 and Averill Cleveland 27. Foxx Boston leads with 41 RBI, Averill and Keltner Cleveland 25. Hits show Lewis Washington 4 and Trevis Washington 44. Home runs feature Foxx Boston and Berg Detroit with 4. Pitching shows Grove Boston 1-6 and Kennedy 6-0.
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Trosky
Cleveland
Chapman
Boston
Lewis
Washington
Cramer
Averill
Foxx
Keltner
Trevis
Cronin
Kreevich
Chicago
Walker
Detroit
Knickerbocker
New York
Stone
Almada
Greenberg
Pitching Grove
Kennedy
Kid Luckman Shines as Columbia Plays Shortstop
New York reports May 1 with Kid Luckman, famed forward passer, delivering a bang-up game at shortstop for Columbia.
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New York
Kid Luckman
Columbia
Hornet Hurlers Fall 8 2 as Haynes Slips in Opener
Charlotte's pitching ace Joe Haynes dropped his first loss of the season after Rocky Mount defeated the Hornets 8-2. Gil Torres relieved but was touched by a late rally. Al Jarrett starred for the Red Sox with six hits and two runs, while Charlotte tallied on a scratch hit, a single, a sacrifice, and errors. Asheville beat Winston-Salem 16-11 as Norfolk paralleled delays, and Portsmouth edged Durham 6-5. Jorgenson injured on a slide for the Bulls.
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Charlotte
Joe Haynes
Rocky Mount
Haynes
Red Sox
Gil Torres
al Jarrett
Hornets
Estatella
Barry
Neisler
Asheville
Norfolk Tars
Winston-Salem
Tourists
Norfolk
Richmond
Portsmouth
Durham Bulls
Cubs
Stanky
Bulls
Jorgenson
McCormick Leads Reds Word in 1938 Rally
Cincinnati's Frank Buck McCormick shines as a power hitter, batting .353 and scoring key runs in a 6-4 win over Brooklyn. The Reds climb to third place, as Chicago and New York and Pittsburgh contest top spots amid a day with rainouts in the American League.
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REDS
Bees
Bill Lee
Chicago Cubs
Lee
Lou Fete
Chicago
New York Giants
Pittsburgh
Hugh Mulcahy
Phillies
Cardinals
Duke Bounces Heels Again in Third Duke Triumph
Duke completes a three game swing over North Carolina with a 5-3 win in Chapel Hill. Dave Smith relieved to capture two Duke victories, Eric Tipton homered, and Duke extended its streak to seven consecutive wins over UNC and its 17th win of the season.
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Chapel Hill
North Carolina Tar Heels
Jack Coombs
Duke
Blue Devils
Tar Heels
Dave Smith
Devils
Eric Tipton
Gaddy
Davis
Bill Carey
Daffy" Parker
Sam Davis
Bergman O'Mara Swindell Named Blue Devil Captains
Duke announces 1939 baseball captain Bergman of Madison New Jersey and basketball co captains Bob O'Mara of Ashland Kentucky and Ed Swindell of Durham for the upcoming season.
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Bergman
O'Mara
Swindell
Blue Devil
Durham
Russell
Sparkie) Bergman
Madison
N. J
Duke
Bob O'Mara
Ashland
Ed Swindell
Mancuso A Giants Catcher And Crossword Fan
New York May 24. Gus Mancuso Giants catcher enjoys cross word puzzles and imports newspapers from his hometown Houston to fuel his hobby.
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New York
Gus Mancuso
Giants
Houston
Baseball Results From Yesterday Across Leagues
Scores from multiple leagues show Chicago over Boston 4 1 and Philadelphia over St Louis 7 6 in the International and American Associations games with several rain or wet grounds. Wilkes Barre tops Williamsport 7 4 Albany beats Hartford 7 2 Trenton defeats Binghamton 7 3 and Jacksonville wins 10 7 while Greenville takes Columbus 6 4 in the Sally League.
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Wilkes-Barre
Williamsport
Albany
Hartford
Trenton
Binghampton
Elmira
Hazelton
Rein
Jacksonville
Savannah
Greenville
Columbus
Macon
Augusta
Spartanburg-Columbia
Nc State League Scores Summary
Lexington defeated Mooresville 11 to 6 while Shelby topped Cooleemee 6 to 5. Thomasville beat Salisbury 8 to 2. Landis Newton Conover games affected by rain.
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N. C
Cooeemee
Shelby
Mooresville
Lexington
Newton-Conover
Landis
Thomasville
Galisbury
Charlotte at Durham Portamouth at Winston-Salem
Rocky Mount at Norfolk Richmond at Asheville brief college or club match pairings listed with four regional venues in a compact schedule blurb.
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Piedmont League
Charlotte
Durham
Portamouth
Winston-Salem
Rocky Mount
Norfolk
Richmond
Asheville
Baseball matchups and league schedule snippets
The brief lists multiple 1930s style baseball games by city and player nicknames, detailing matchups such as Washington at Chicago Leonard versus Stratton, Philadelphia at St Louis Nelson versus Van Atta, Boston at Detroit Bagby versus Auker, New York at Cleveland Allen, Chicago at Brooklyn Preaswell, Cincinnati at Boston Vander Meer or Davis versus Turner, St Louis at New York Welland versus Castleman, Pittsburgh at Philadelphia Tobin versus Walter, and regional games including Newton-Conover at Landis and Thomasville at Galisbury. Carolina League games feature Concord at Lenoir, Valdese at Kannapolis, and Hickory at Gastonia.
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Norfolk
Tere
Asheville Senses
Charlotte Ereses
Rocky Mount
Portsmouth
Durham Ta
Richmond
Winston-Salem
Cleveland
Oem
New York
Eenee Wee
Boston
Aeees
Washington
Detroit
Philadelphia
Ciicccive
Chicago
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Brook
Shel Senta
Thomasville
Newton -Conover
Bo Salisbury
Acen
Mooresville Fetee
Peete
Little Rock
Memphis
Atlanta
Sil
Chattanooga
Nashville Tenner Rene
New Orleans
Knoxville
Brooklyn
Leonard
Stratton
Preaswell
Vander Meer
Davis
Ve. Turner
Welland
Ve. Castleman
Tobin
Walter
Barney Ross Seeks Cash Stir in Madison Square Garden Bout
Barneys arrival in New York aims to boost purse for his 1 round bout with Henry Armstrong at Madison Square Garden. Promoter Mike Jacobs profits from the Louis Schmeling fight while Ross and Armstrong face a thin takings share. Ross weighs 141 and trains at Stillman’s gym in readiness.
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New York
Barney Ross
Henry Armstrong
Madison Square Garden Bowl
Barney
Stillman’s
Grossinger Lake
Armstrong
Mike Jacobs
Henry
Jacobs
Ross
Was His Face Red Fred Nicholson Charged With Four Errors
Boston Brave outfielder Fred Nicholson in 1922 faced four errors on two consecutive plays against the Cubs. He muffed two fly balls and then threw wild after recovering on both occasions.
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Fred Nicholson
Boston Brave
Cubs
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Buck) McCormick
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