State junior golf championship set at Ft Wayne Country Club
The State junior championship unfolds next week at Ft Wayne Country Club with top hopes anchored on last year’s winner Homer Red Davidson of Marion. Indianapolis fields a strong contestant lineup, while Fort Wayne and Crawfordsville youths seek glory alongside noted players from Gary Pleasant Run and other clubs. The event caps a busy golf season amid broader amateur play and critiques of national open qualifications and handicap methods.
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Red) Davidson
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Armour Wins Philadelphia Open Golf Title at North Hills
Armour, the Washington pro, clinched the Philadelphia open golf championship at North Hills with a 292 total for 72 holes, three strokes ahead. Diegel finished second, Williams third, followed by Melhorn and Golden.
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HPHIA
Recor Armour
Washington
North Hills
Leo Diegel
Danny Williams
Melhorn
John Golden
Final 36 Hole Match for Western Crown on Saturday
In Chicago at the Indian Hill Club the second round of the women Western tournament began. Surviving players from the first round faced a fast pace as eight advanced toward the quarter finals and then the semi finals before Saturdays 36 hole championship match. Dorothy Page of Wisconsin faced Mrs Curtis Sohl of Columbus in a marquee pair, while defending champion Mrs Harry Pressler of Pasadena met Ann Webster of Fort Leavenworth in today’s action.
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United Press
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Chicago
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Wisconsin University
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Ohio
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Jane Cannon
Milwaukee
Sohl
Robert Bullard
Springfield
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Pasadena
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Spartans defeat Buccaneers in Riverside Park youth game
Amateur and semi pro nines Spartans beat the Buccaneers 8 to 5 in a 17 to 19 year olds class game at Riverside Park. Managers are advised to contact Belmont 2825 for Leslie Fox.
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110 Pound Boys on Ripple Bill
Noble Clark and Young Jess, 110 pound lads, open the fifth show at Broad Ripple bathing beach ring Thursday night. They box four rounds with two other four round scraps and a six round feature between Cecil Hurt and Billy Moore. Ring action starts at 8 45 p m daylight saving time.
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Young Jess
Broad Ripple
Cecil Hurt
Billy Moore
Stars Gather For A A U Outdoor Swim Championships
Swimmers of high caliber are entered for the August 23 to 25 A A U championships at Lake Wawasee Indiana. Indianapolis Athletic Club Louisville Purdue Muncie Y M C A Hoosier Swimming Club and Huntington sent reps with noted athletes and officials named for the event.
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Major league pennant races remain tight in August
In New York on August 15 the two major league pennant races stayed close with ongoing contention between leading teams. The report notes continued competition and no clear leader emerging at that time.
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Dempsey Rushes to Aid Wife of Jack Kearns
New York August reports Jack Dempsey, former heavyweight champion, hurried from Los Angeles to bedside of Jack Kearns' wife who lies critically ill at Long Beach hospital. Mrs. Kearns transferred Tuesday. Dempsey notified her lawyer and rushed to the hospital amid ongoing baseball standings and boxing results.
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New York
Jack Dempsey
Jack Kearns
Kearns
Long Beach Hospital
Los Angeles
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Canine Races at Broad Ripple Park Friday Night
Four whippet and four greyhound races will be staged at Broad Ripple Park Friday evening starting at 8 30. George Hornaday with a ken nel of fast dogs has entered two greyhound stars Just Right and Markee whose 200 yard time is about ten seconds. Several out of town entries will race.
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Just Right
Markee
Shortridge Grid Squad in Training 1928 Camp
Twenty five Shortridge High School football players under Head Coach Alonzo E. Goldsberry depart 7 a m Monday for Leesburg Indiana to train for the 1928 season at Camp Crosley on Little Tippecanoe Lake with assistants Russell Julius and Lloyd Messersmith. Six lettermen travel including Captain Ennis Bill Rhem Meredith Rose James Stewart and Bill Skinner. Washington High School also plans a similar trip with about twenty men.
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Leesburg
Ind
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Bill Skinner
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Camp Crosley Sees Freshman and Sophomore Gridders Rise
Coach Bogue plans to develop a squad of sophomores and juniors after last year’s camp drew about 250 high school players at Camp Crosley.
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Camp Crosley
Baseball box score notes for Lindstrom Hornsby Frisch
Fred Lindstrom singled twice in five at bats and scored a run. Rogers Hornsby singled twice in four at bats. Frank Frisch went 0 for four but scored a run. Low Conse hit once and drove in a run in three at bats with a triple.
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Paul Waner
Babe Ruth
Low Conse
Freddy Lindstrom
Con
Rogers Hornsby
Frank Frisch
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