Finale With Saints as Millers Aim to Tie Series
Eddie Ash reports the Champion Saints host the Minneapolis Millers in a three day set following a 5 1 St Louis win and a likely mound duel featuring Fitzsimmons Henry and Burwell. The Indians battle back from a 2 1 deficit as Sick y and Koenig spark the offense in Wash gton Park.
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Burwell Stifles Saints in Big Thursday Win
Burwell stopped the Saints and started a double play in the seventh. Schmand made a stellar stop on a grounder to save an inning, and Tie cut down a runner at first. Ray’s defensive heroics crippled the visitors’ rally as 2000 fans watched, with more hoped for if weather held.
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Prest-O-Lite Beats Wabash 9 to 3 In Return Game
Prest-O-Lite of Indianapolis defeated Wabash College 9 to 3 in Crawfordsville. The two teams split their series with a rubber to be played in Indianapolis next Monday. Coffel crashed into the fence tracking Plummer’s long eighth inning homer and left with a smashed nose.
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Jensens Roll Tonight Shaping State Bowling Meet
The State bowling meet continued with Terre Haute Marion and Batesville teams sharing the alleys with local squads. The Jensen Brothers team of Terre Haute remains a menace in any meet as Braden and Magel posted a 1 078 team total, Liebtig and Fox close behind at 1061, with Liebtig leading individuals at 621.
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Independent Baseball Team Meetings And Sunday Games
A chaotic summary notes multiple baseball team meetings tonight at 8407 Liberty Building Capitol Ave and Maryland St for the Print ers and Indianapolis Tigers. The Tigers plan Sunday games at Garfield No 3 and other venues as managers and players are urged to attend duties and confirm contact details with Drexel at several numbers.
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Amateur Baseball Opening Day Stir Hits Indianapolis
The Indianapolis Amateur Baseball Association launches the season with seven leagues starting Saturday including Cooperative, Big Six, Fraternal, Commercial, Marion County S, 8S Seniors, National and American. A Sunday Morning League and Peerless Circuit also begin. A City Hall meeting at 7:80 will finalize parade plans with cards and year books to be handed out. Parade forms at Walnut and Delaware at 12:30, disbands at Indiana and Senate Aves, then teams move to park fields.
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Burford Dominates First All Day Shoot at Indianapolis Gun Club
William B. Burford Jr. wins the 150-target event at the season opener with 147 of 150. He also takes the doubles with 41 of 25 pairs and leads all events with 208 of 225. Grin Steiner finishes second at 144. Rice, Kemper, Martin and Wiggam tie in the handicap with perfect scores. Rice wins the shoot-off.
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Wiggam
Baseball Matchups Today Across Major Leagues
In the American Association St Paul visits Indianapolis and Minneapolis plays Louisville. Kansas City meets Toledo while Milwaukee faces Columbus. In the American League St Louis travels to Cleveland Philadelphia plays Boston and Detroit visits Chicago. The National League schedules Cincinnati at St Louis Boston at New York and Brooklyn at Pittsburgh while Chicago plays Pittsburgh.
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Minnesota Coach Walrus removes guard from team
Minnesota coach Lee Walrus announced the ouster of Ken Bross from the Gopher baseball squad for violations of training rules. The move comes as Minnesota searches for a new outfielder after the Thursday dismissal.
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Minneapolis
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Lee Walrus
University of Minnesota
Ken Bross
Gopher Gardener
Wrestling results from Broadway theater matches tonight
Jack Reynolds defeated Hassan in two straight falls, controlling the bout from the start. Reckless Honeycutt of Bloomington won in straight falls against Happy King of Indianapolis. Kid Chissel fell to Sammy Davis in a quick one fall match.
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Reckless” Honeycutt
Bloomington
Happy King
Indianapolis
Kid Chissel
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Frosh Trackers Shine at Butler Tryouts
Butler University freshmen under Coach Pat Page show strong form as twelve earn first year numerals. Thompson and Hamilton clear 10 feet 5 inches in pole vault, Bell throws discus 117 feet 8 inches, Harding runs mile in 5:03, Wiggins 4:65 for mile, McCalla and Hitchcock 24.4 seconds in 220, Sweeney 11.0 seconds in 220, Coy clears 6 feet 5 inches high jump, Lee runs half mile in 2:13.
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Thompson
Hamilton
Donald Bell
Harding
Wiggins
Harry McCalla
Hitchcock
Sweeney
Coy
Lee
Major homers Thursday lead multiple teams across league
The report highlights several players homering on Thursday including Myatt for Cleveland and Kelly with the Giants along with Miller Wheat Robins Huber Phils and others such as Mc Kan Henline Caveney Reds Smith Pirates Fournier Robins.
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Wells' Dream of Indy Triumph Ends in Tragedy
Fred Wells, automobile engineer and race driver, was killed on Long Island while tuning a car he built for Indianapolis. Known inside racing circles for his quiet persistence, Wells dreamed of qualifying and winning with a car of his own design, but a lifelong pursuit ended before his final lap.
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An Ark
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
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Drake Relays Probe Over Finnish Stars Demand Exorbitant Fee
Drake University athletic director K L Wilson says he will investigate claims that track stars Paavo Nurmi and Willie Ritola demanded an exorbitant appearance fee for the Drake Relays. F W Rubien of the Amateur Athletic Union questions the Drake manager’s story. Hugo Quist, Nurmi Ritola’s Finns manager, cites 500 dollars as necessary to bring Ritola to Des Moines with hints Nurmi would require transportation costs.
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Des Moines
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de Moines
Finland
Tigers Triumph Over Engineers 7 to 8 in Pitch Duel
Greencastle Indiana April 24 De Pauw faced Rose Poly with a new pitcher on the mound and Manas of grid fame held the Engineers to six scattered hits as the Tigers edged the Engineers 8 to 7 in a tense late innings showdown.
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Open Air Matches At Ft Harrison This Season
Lt. Porter announces outdoor boxing at Ft Harrison begins Tuesday night May 26 with Burns vs Packo headlining. Shows continue each Tuesday. improvements include inclined ringside seats and local plus out of town boxers. Lou Bauman to ref. trap shooting starts May 3 Sundays at 2 pm open to all. Pony Polo Sunday on drill field at 2:30 pm with 3rd Field Artillery and 11th Infantry teams. free admission.
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Joe Packo
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Fight Card Tonight at Tomlinson Hall
Happy Atherton of Indianapolis faces Midget Mike O Dowd of Columbus in 116 pound ten rounds. Carl Schmaedel of Indianapolis meets Jack Langford of Louisville at 126 pounds over eight rounds. Billy Edge of Gary boxes Louie Bloom of Columbus at 126 pounds in eight rounds. Leo Gardner of Fort Wayne vs Billy Meyers of Indianapolis at 180 pounds over six rounds. Rip Wilson and Eddie Smith, both from Indianapolis, meet in four lightweight rounds. Kid Chissell tackles Kid Sullivan in four rounds.
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Louie Bloom
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Ft. Wayne
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Rip Wilson
Eddie Smith
Kid Chissell
Kid Sullivan
Track Tourneys in East and West Under Way
Henry L. Farrell reports from Philadelphia that the annual relay carnival opened with 2500 entries from 300 schools and colleges. The event features five decathlon legs and broad participation from the East, Middle West and South, with foreign entries from England, New Zealand, Canada and Cuba. Tickets sold well as weather cooperates for two days of competition. In Des Moines Drake stadium hosts the sixteenth annual relay carnival with a looming world class 440-yard university relay featuring Kansas, Illinois, Butler, Nebraska and others aiming for record performance.
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Cathedral Opens Tennis Season vs Morton of Richmond
Cathedral High School tennis begins this afternoon on its courts against Morton of Richmond. Team captain Bud Markey leads a squad including Brosnan Chevrolet Mangan and Quinn.
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Busy Day for Indianapolis High Schools on Diamond and Track
Indiana sports note reports a busy day with high schools playing baseball including Tech at Bloomington, Manual versus Brazil at Garfield Park, Short Ridge at Southport, Broad Ripple at Oaklandon, and track events Manual versus Morton of Richmond at Willard Park along with a triangular meet at Tech featuring Shortridge Elwood and Tech.
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Hanover at Butler Roster Debut Opens Irwin Field Tilt
Butler and Hanover College prepare a home season opener at Irwin Field this afternoon. The Irvington nine will feature a revamped line up as they host the clash with Hanover College in a key baseball matchup.
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Munn and Lewis Sign for Michigan City Bout
Chicago April 24 Gabe Kauffman manager of Wayne Munn signs for a mat match with Strangler Lewis at Floyd Fitzsimmons bowl Michigan City Indiana on Decoration Day. Lewis guaranteed 60 percent of a 30000 purse Munn 30 percent Sandow Lewis manager wins the diamond studded belt.
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Big) Munn
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