Probable Starting Pitchers and Won-Lost Records Summary
Boston at St. Louis Barrett 2 3 faces Lanier 1 2 Philadelphia at Cincinnati Morning Kimball 1 1 versus Vander Meer 4 4 or Starr 2 4 New York at Chicago Feldman 0 3 versus Bithorn 4 4 Brooklyn at Pittsburgh Newsom 5 1 and Lanning 1 1 or Kitmger 2 1
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chicago
St. Louis
Boston
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Brooklyn
Barrett
Lanier
Kimball
Ve. Vander Meer
Starr
Feldman
Ve. Bithorn
Newsom
Lanning
Kitmger
Detroit and Cleveland Matchups Highlight Early Season Scores
Detroit visits New York Trout to face Borony as Cleveland plays Boston Salveson while Chase and Philadelphia Smith meet in another pairing. St Louis travels to Washington Hollingsworth to challenge Wynn in the fifth contest.
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Boston
Cleveland
Detroit
New York
Washington
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Chicago
Trout
Borony
Salveson
Chase
Smith
Plores
Hollingsworth
Wynn
Boxing to acting links and high school jinks across sports
Lightweight Bobby Ruffin set for Broadway debut in Is Zot So after boxing success and stage ambitions. Johnny Forbes trains horses with wife Nancy Shakespeare. Scotty Riles and wife win Maryland ladies race. Indiana University athletes report for basic training at Camp Croft. Mason City high school jinks halt 58 game win streak as Corwith stops them. Dewitt Coulter of Mason City tops shot put but skips AAU. Fort Worth star Dewitt Coulter aims for Texas A&M and 50 foot shot put.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Fullerton, JR
York
Bobby Ruffin
Trenton
N. J
Ay Wright
Canada Lee
Ruffin
Madison Garden
Broadway
Johnny Forbes
Nancy Shakespeare
Scotty Riles
Riles
Maryland
Bill Cissell
White Sox
California
Mason City
Iowa
Corwith
Iaswell Harry Cooper
Lacrosse
Wis
Central High
Dewitt Coulter
Fort Worth
Tex
New York
Texas A. and
Sports and Society Notes From Early 20th Century Page
Holcombe Ward discusses school tennis versus football in youth sports. Marine Corps veteran R. A. Holbrook shines at Georgia Pre-Flight School regimental game as tailback. Jim Milne plans Army paratrooper path after MSU high jump. Rip Valenti bids $10,000 to lure Jake Lamotta against Lenny Horne. Omaha, 1935 Triple Crown winner, shown to Jockey Club breeding bureau. South Africa to replace iron ships with wooden clubs and pellets amid golf shortage.
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Rip Valenti
Boston
Jake Lamotta
Lenny Horne
Nile
William Wood- Ward
Omaha
Jockey Club Breeding Bureau
South Africa
Major League Leaders Show Bright Early Standouts
Leaders across the National and American Leagues feature Frey and Herman atop batting lists with high averages. Other categories spotlight Musial, Camilli, Ott, Maynard, Litwhiler, and Russell in runs and RBIs, with pitching titles claimed by Allen Newsom Carrasquel and others.
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Frey
Cincinnati
Herman
Brooklyn
Musial
St. Louis
Camilli
Proelite
Cimaggio
Pitrsits
Vaughan
McCarthy
Boston
Dimaggio
Pitts
Riples
Russell
Pittsburgh
Ott and
Maynard
New York
Litwhiler
Philadelphia
Murtaugh
Phila
Gustine
Washington Senators Rise to AL Lead in Unlikely Turnaround
Washington, May 28. The Senators, now AL leaders, reject doubt with a confident stance under fresh management. Ossie Bluege cites strong pitching from Leonard Carrasquel Wynn and Pyle, a strengthened infield with Gerry Priddy, and an outfield of Spence Case Johnson. They have yet to unleash full batting power despite several players underperforming.
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Washington
Washington Senators
Sens
Ossie Bluege
Senators
St. Louis
Cleveland
New York
Washington Club
Bluege
Dutch Leonard
Alex Carrasquel
Early Wynn
Ewald Pyle
Stan Spence
George Case
Bob Johnson
Gerry Priddy
Yankee
Ellis Clary
Case
Johnson
Spence
Jimmy Vernon
Clary
Senators Take Over AL Lead
Washington moved into first place in the American League while the St. Louis Cardinals closed in on the Dodgers in the National League. The Pirates rallied to beat Brooklyn 9-5 amid a benches-clearing incident. the Red Sox swept a doubleheader as Boston and Cleveland fell. Hal Newhouser fanned 14 in Detroit’s 3-2 win, and Elmer Riddle pitched four hits as Cincinnati shut out Philadelphia 7-0.
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Washington Senators
St. Louis Cardinals
Brooklyn Dodgers
Pittsburgh
BUCS
Pirates
Brooklyn
George Barr
Johnny Allen
Dodgers
Allen
Fred Fitzsimmons
Rube Melton
Les Webber
Forbes Field
Boston
Red Sox
Cleveland Indians
New York Yankees
Tex Hughson
Tribe
St. Louis Browns
Senators
Browns
Indians
Hal Newhouser
Yankees
Detroit Tigers
New York
Rudy York
Detroit
Joe Gordon
Chesox
Philadelphia Athletics
Chicago White Sox
Cardinals
Boston Braves
Lefty Howard Pollet
Redbirds
Cincinnati Reds
Philadelphia Phillies
Elmer Riddle
Giants
Chicago Cubs
Lou Novikoff
Johnny Allen Banished For Rushing Ump
Johnny Allen hurler for Dem Bums led a Bronx style fracas after an eighth inning rush on umpire George Barr. Teammates Freddy Fitzsimmons Rube Melton and Lester Webber were banished as Brooklyn protests sparked a 10 minute melee.
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Pittsburgh
Johnny Allen
Brooklyn
George Barr
Allen
Freddy Fitzsimmons
Rube Melton
Lester Webber
Phil
Melton
Johnny
Geary
Barr
Rally In Sixth Ends Close Tilt
Triangle defeats Adams-Millis 12 to 2 in an Industrial League game at the Senior High School diamond. Foxworth scattered seven hits and Triangle exploded for nine runs in the sixth inning then added three more in the seventh to pull away after a 1-1 tie. Adams-Millis battles Marsh Furniture next.
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Foxworth
Triangle
Woody Crowson
Adams-Millis
Adams-Millic
Rothrock
Howell
Byrd
Crowson
Rickard
Thomas
Parrish
Phillips
Flynn
Newby
Kennedy
Huff
Brewer
Fowler
Lewis
Hucks
Morgan
Amick
Mail
Chapel Hill Transformed by Navy Takes Over Village
Navy control of nearly half the UNC campus reshapes Chapel Hill as 2 000 preflight men, 275 indoctrination cadets, and future service members occupy dorms and local shops. The university, main employer, loses funds with high meal costs but maintains the town’s social life as masked by uniforms and naval routines.
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Chapel Hill
Universitys of North Carolina
Navy
Waacs
University
Franklin Street
North Carolina
Carolina Inn
Johnny
Uncle Sam
United States
Andreas Targets Uniform War Service Athletics
Syracuse University athletic director Lew Andreas blasted the lack of a uniform wartime athletic program for the armed services in a public telegram to President Roosevelt. He urged Asa Bushnell be included on a national wartime sports committee to address college football regulations and Army Navy participation differences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
N. Y
Lew Andreas
Syracuse University
Eastern Intercollegiate Football Association
Armed Services
Andreas
Roosevelt
Asa Bushnell
Bushnell
Princeton University
Central Office
Army
Navy
They Said It Couldn't Be Done But Cummings Got Curve Ball Idea
A historical reminiscence tracing Candy Cummings credited with throwing the first curveball. The piece contrasts claims by Fred Goldsmith and Pop Chadwick, recalls Cummings’s Harvard background, his clam shell inspiration, and the old underhand pitching rules of 1860s 70s. It notes McGraw’s train wager and traces Cummings’s career with the Star Amateur Club Brooklyn to the National Association and NL era.
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Cummings
William Arthur Cummings
Candy Cummings
Fred Goldsmith
Goldsmith
Pop Chadwick
Chadwick
Yale
Brooklyn
McGraw
Star Amateur Club
National Association
National League
Babe Ruth
Ruth
Hunter Hangs Up Shoes Maybe For Good
Notre Dame distance runner Ollie Hunter is enrolled in the Navy V-7 program and may retire from racing after the war. He says it could be too late to return, and he would like another chance at Greg Rice, whom he calls the greatest runner in the country.
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Notre Dame
Ind
Ollie Hunter
Navy
Hunter
Ollie
Greg Rice
Attention On Block At Belmont
Belmont Park auction today centers on Attention a tall bay galloper with $115 125 career earnings. Estimated bidding up to 30000 40000, trainer Maxie Hirsch may bid himself as attention targets suburban and Massachusetts handicap races, bred by the late Mrs Parker Corning.
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New York
Belmont Park
Old Man Nose
Tall Bay Galloper
Whirlaway
Shoutout
Equipoise
Parker Corning
Albany
Count Fleet Earns Over $100000 in Two Races
The racing legend Count Fleet earned just over one hundred thousand dollars across two races, totaling about four minutes of running time.
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Associated Press
Indiana U
Billy Hillenbrand
Camp Croft
S. C
Louie Nivikoff
Holcombe Ward
U. S. Lawn Tennis Association
Major League
The
Stephens
Higgins
White
Keller
Bloodworth
Wakefield
Gordon
Chartak
Moses
Carrasquel
Dean
Broadway Billiards
N. Main BT
American Standards Association
Adams- Millis
Judson Bailey
Oscar Judd
Jim Bagby
Tom Turner
Wally Moses
Johnny Sullivan
Comiskey Park
Ump
Leo Durocher
Triangle c
Culp
Parrish Flynn
Crowson Byrd
Harmer
Farrow
Dempsey
Jack Dempsey
Naval
Ed Don George
Manassa
John Selby
Robert B. House
Harry Grayson
NEA
Belmont
By Sid Feder
Maxie Hirsch
Billie Rose
Ekky
Massachusetts
Suffolk
City Lake Pool
Otte Chiericay
Gaby Leg
Ring- Harris Pharmacy
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