Boxing Meet Starts Tonight Tribe in Little Rock Series
Torrington High defeats Urania in overtime 23 to 19 to open the third round of the University of Chicago national interscholastic basketball tournament. Wheeler High School from Wheeler Mississippi, in its first season, beat Huntington 40 to 15 and pursues the title after a 23 of 24 season. Third round pairings list Torrington versus Urania and Wheeler versus Huntington with other matchups in the field.
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Reynolds Versus Record In Welterweight Showdown At Broadway
Jack Reynolds meets rival Tommy Record at the Broadway tonight in a two out of three falls wrestling bout for welterweight supremacy. Record aims to reverse a prior loss blamed on rapid weight cutting and feels at peak for the 9:45 start with Charlie Olson refereeing.
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Bulldogs Are Victors
Butler College baseball team defeated Cumberland University 13 to 6 in the second game of the series. Ewing pitched steadily aside from the third and eighth innings. Woodling or Strole were to be used on the mound today.
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Indiana U Hawks Head South For Training Series Opener
Indiana University baseball team leaves Bloomington for Atlanta to begin a series of training games against southern colleges. Oglethorpe University is set as the opening opponent Friday as the squad tunes up away from home. Mike Ballerino Captures Junior Lightweight Title In Philadelphia.
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Eight Titles at Stake in Indiana Kentucky Boxing Carnival
Amateur boxers from Notre Dame Indiana University Gary Y M C A Hoosier Athletic Club South Side Turners Fairbanks Morse Athletic Club Rose Polytechnic Institute Culver Military Academy and others gather at the Indianapolis Athletic Club for the Indiana Kentucky A A U boxing championships opening tonight. Lightweight and featherweight divisions promise rough action with sixteen to seventeen entrants. welterweights top 135 to 147 pounds. Competitors are to undergo medical examinations and official weigh-ins before the three night carnival.
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Buffalo Bowler Leaders In Five Man Event
Two Buffalo teams led the five man event in the American Bowling Congress tournament with the Webser Blue Ribbons totaling 3 023 and Frank Caruana s Whissel Lumber Company at 2 987 Scores in doubles and singles stayed unchanged and A Zwilling of Syracuse topped singles with 659.
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Tunney Ready for Gibbons Fight After Florida Golf
Gene Tunney arrives in Hot Springs Arkansas from St Paul after beating Harry Greb. In peak shape from winter golf he frets over the best way to train for the June 12 bout in New York to avoid overtraining while keeping training camp news flowing. He plans a cautious approach to prepare for the bout with Tommy Gibbons.
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Acmes to Frankfort Juniors Benefit Game
Acme Juniors travel to Frankfort Sunday to play the Frankfort Juniors in a benefit for tornado victims. All players must attend a 7 p.m. meeting Friday at Kappes and Morris Streets. Practice is set for 8 p.m. Saturday at Rhodius Park. For info call Main 3500 and ask for Windy or Stony.
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Indianapolis Baseball and Boxing Community Notices
Independent Baseball Hoosier Milk Products Company, Indiana Travelers, Ideal Furnace clubs announce 7 30 P M Friday meetings at various addresses for tryouts and practice. Players listed include Bratford, Leland, Spider, Flora, Al Ulsason Relat. Evansville boxing event sets Don Carson against Happy Atherton in a ten round Disabled American Veterans show Monday night.
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Rubens Wins Close 11-10 Finale in Three Cushion Night
S Rubens defeated Neal Jones by 11 to 10 in the rapid-fire three cushion final at Harry Cooler on Wednesday night. Rubens carried a four-point handicap while Jones started from scratch. The state balk line tournament continues tonight with Harry Cooler and Benjamin Klein scheduled.
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Baseball Roundup From Coast to Coast and Below
A scattered set of early season notes across cities reports wins and notable events. Grover Alexander delivered a key hit for Oakland in a ten inning Cubs victory. Marty McManus joined the Browns in Birmingham as Frank Frisch recovers. Hornsby had a three for six day for the Cardinals in San Francisco.
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Bowing Opens Bowie Race Track Debut Crowd
Bowie Md April 2 opening day drew the largest local crowd as eastern racing started at Prince George's Park. Four favorites won led by Leopardess a 4 year old filly from Greentree stable trained for Mrs Harry Payne Whitney. Donaghee owned by James A Bean finished a length and a half behind in the inaugural handicap.
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City bantam champ Walters in Indiana Kentucky A A U tourney
Pat Walters the city bantam champion is a key member of the Hoosier A C squad selected for the Indiana Kentucky A A U mitt tourney tonight at the Indianapolis A C gym.
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Cox in Bout at Capitol City Club Card
Fans who watched Kid Winning of Louisville and Royal Cox of Brightwood set a six round fast quarrel will see a rematch next Monday at Tomlinson Hall on Capitol City Athletic Club’s card. The show precedes a double windup featuring Sidney Glick vs Bobby Gibbons and Louie Lavell vs Eddie Dyer.
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Bushmen Open Up in Arkansas City After Defeating Southern Champs
Memphis April game notes tell of Ownie Bush's Indians traveling to Little Rock for a four game set with Dixie League clubs after beating Southern Association champion Memphis Chicks in five of their six meetings. The Indians split with Hoosier rivals and showcase strong fielding and hitting in Memphis spring action.
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Fast Soccer Showdown Set in Indianapolis League
Shamrocks face Thistles in a quick paced match at Soccer Park on Eighteenth Street and Sugar Grove Avenue. Both teams carry similar form against other league clubs. List of players to report early includes McLafferty, G Bruce, J Burnsides, Brady, Burns, Henderson, McGinley, Bresin, M Brady, McDonald, Dewhurst, Dellieth and W Henderson.
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D C Leach Sets 40 Yard Dash World Record
D C Leach broke the world record for the 40 yard dash in Chicago at the Covenant Club pool opening. He paddled the distance in 18.45 seconds as Arne Borg of Sweden, reigning European champion, failed to set any new marks.
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Indianapolis to host intercity golf matches plan announced
Plans under Harry Schopp outline a quadrangular series with teams from Louisville Cincinnati Columbus and Indianapolis. The local squad will include ten to twelve players drawn from city golf groups. South Grove Golf Club will play Terre Haute on April 19 with matches also planned against Anderson Muncie and Frankfort.
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Rickard Blocked In Plans By Rival Boxing Moves
New York April 2 United Press reports renewed action by Rickard’s boxing rivals blocked him from staging two large matches after he won Yankee Stadium privileges. The New York boxing commission ruled Dempsey ineligible and barred licensed promoters from negotiating with suspended boxers, hurting Rickard’s Jersey City plans and potential Gibbons Tunney match. Rickard faced legal trouble in Trenton over transporting fight pictures.
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Bud Taylor to Meet Tommy Ryan in Derby Eve Bout
Times Sneci reports Louisville April 2 that the main event on Derby eve May 15 will likely be Bud Taylor of Terre Haute opposing Tommy Ryan of McKeesport Pa in a ten round bout with arrangements nearly complete.
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Manual Baseball Opens Practice with 12 1 Victory
The Manual team held its first practice game at Garfield Park on Wednesday. Coach Skinner split players into two squads and pitched for one side. the coach's team won 12 to 1 in five innings with Nield pitching for the losers. Base running and sliding were emphasized as the squad works into shape amid sore arms.
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Wabash Wins Easily in Purdue Game on Stuart Field
Wabash Little Giants defeat Purdue 6 to 0 as veterans power the offense and pitchers Robertson Bass Wyatt Coffell contribute two hits apiece. Boilermakers misplays help widen the gap. McHargue and Kolemeyer favored by Wabash hits and five innings before relief.
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Burdette Former pupil eyed for Lapel High coach post
Anderson Ind April 2 Don Burdette once a pupil of Coach Stages at Anderson and a star at Wabash College reportedly received an offer to coach Lapel High School. Lapel defeated Anderson in the district meet.
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