St John’s Draw Byes In City Class A Baseball Play
St John’s Evangelical earned a bye into the semifinals after beating Ft Harrison at Washington Park. Hillside Christian faces Illinois Central while Northwestern Milk meets Morris Street M E with winners advancing to the final rounds. The Class A champ goes to Cincinnati in September for nationals. Power and Light open three-game exhibition with Keystones. Umpires Hartman Longmeier and Rudolph Sellers officiate.
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St. John’s Evangelical
Victor
Ft. Harrison
Washington Park
Hillside Christian
Illinois Central
Northwestern Milk
Morris Street
M. E
Cincinnati
Hillsides
Hartman
Longmeier
Indianapolis Power and Light
Indianapolis
Indianapolis Keystones
Power and Light
Engleking
Hod Eller
Riverside
Rudolph
Sellers
Upset at Travers Stakes Stuns New York Track Crowd
ARATOGA SPRINGS Aug 21 A race at the Travers Stakes drew over 300000 in bets as outsider Petee Wrack upset Reigh Count and Victorian. Reigh Count failed to threaten from the start while Victorian faded in the stretch, leaving Wrack to win by a length amid surprisingly little squawk about the result.
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Aratoga Springs
N. Y
Williams
Travers
Reigh
Petee- Wrack
Petee-Wrack
Mr. Tunney
Euler
Omething
Mr. Dempsey
Feree Wrack
Victorian
Fator
O'Donnell
Son of Wrack
Peter Wrack
Major Stars Yesterday In Baseball All Stars
United Press recaps yesterday’s top hitters. Rogers Hornsby batted .370 with a double in three trips, Wane hit a triple and single in five, Lindstrom singled twice in three, A Simmons went 0 for four, Frisch went 0 for four. Ruth and Gehrig posted strong averages but did not win.
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Rogers Hornsby
Au Wane
Preddy Lindstrom
A Simmons
Prankie Frisch
Ruth
Lou Gehrig
Dublin Prepares to Welcome Gene Tunney
Dublin readies a royal welcome for Gene Tunney arriving Thursday aboard the S S Mauretania. Tunney asked for a quiet reception via a procession from the depot to the Gresham Hotel as plans unfold.
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Dublin
Gene
United Press
Gene Tunney
Tunney
John McCormack
Depot
Gresham Hotel
The Dark Horse of Olympics El Quasi Wins Marathon
A slim Arabian runner named El Quasi stunned the Amsterdam Olympics by winning the marathon. He is pictured crossing with two miles to go, still running strong as the race nears its end.
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el Quasi
Amsterdam
Pooch Donovan Dies at His Home in Natick Mass
William F. Pooch Donovan longtime Harvard athletic trainer died at 62 at his Natick home after a heart disease attack while with the American Olympic team in Amsterdam last month. He leaves wife Julia a daughter Dorothy Marion and two sons William F Jr and John F. Donovan.
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United Press
Natick
Mass
William F. (Pooch) Donovan
Harvard University
Donovan
Amsterdam
Piper
Julia
Dorothy Marion Donovan
William F., Jr
John F. Donovan
Ford wins feature at Goshen Grand Circuit opener
Senator Ford captures the feature event on opening day at Goshen New York. The two year old wins the Horse Review futurity worth 2500 dollars. Trampsmug takes the 2 09 pace. Athelone Guy wins the 2 19 trot and Guy Worth takes the 2 09 trot as part of the Monday program.
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Goshen
N. Y
Senator Ford
Trampsmug
Athelone Guy
Guy Worth
White Sox Duo Tops 308 Innings In 1927 Pennant Chase
Al Thomas and Ted Lyons each pitched 308 innings for the Chicago White Sox during the 1927 pennant race. Lyons and Thomas led the staff with heavy workloads as the team battled for the flag.
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al Thomas
Ted Lyons
Chicago White Sox
Local junior golf tour narrows field in Indiana
At Wayne Indiana the State junior golf tournament halves the field from sixteen to four after two rounds of play. Indianapolis golfers lead with Kesches posting a 73 for low medal and pairs set for Wednesday matches to decide finalists while K Young and Kucela follow with 75 and 76 respectively.
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United Press
Ft, Wayne
Ind
Indianapolis
George Kesches
G. Kesches
Indianapolia
W. Heinlet
Ores Polis
Jo. Perut
W. Bassett
Ene
Apie Indianapolis
W. Reed, Jr
Kucela
Elkhart
M. May
K. Young
Lafayette
G. Miller
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F. Weiminger
Tippecanoe
S. Greiner
South
Ben
Cubs Outfielder Wilson Suspended Three Days
Hack Wilson of the Chicago Cubs is suspended for three days after he demonstrated on the field when called out on strikes in the game against Philadelphia in Chicago. National League President John A Heydler also fined Cubs pitcher Pat Malone $50 for using profane language from the bench.
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New York
Hack Wilson
Chicago Cubs
Cubs
Philadelphia
Chicago
John A. Heydler
National League
Pat Malone
Northwestern athletics chief advocates new selection method
Ken neth L. Tug Wilson Northwestern University director of athletics told coaching school members in Evanston that spring campaigns left Olympic athletes burned out and their skill decreased after Amsterdam. He proposed a revised team selection process.
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UN United Press
Evanston
Kenneth L
Tug) Wilson
Northwestern University
Amsterdam
Helen Wills Opens Bid For Fifth National Title
Helen Wills advances to the second round of the national tennis championships at Forest Hills as the heavy favorite to win a fifth singles title. She faces Mrs J Saunders Taylor after both had byes in the first round. Miss Wills has not lost a set this season and is expected to prevail. Helen Jacobs and Marjorie Gladman loom as other top contenders with Jacobs likely meeting Wills in the final.
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George Kirkley
United Press
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N. Y
Helen Wills
J. Saunders Taylor
New York
Miss Wills
California
Helen Jacobs
Santa Monica
Cal
Hiss Wills
Majorie Gladman
Palo Alto
Edith Cross
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Betzel's Strategy Fuels Indians Win Over Millers
Betzel's plan backfired on the Millers as Emil Yde starred for the Indians in an 8 to 2 win. Yde held Minneapolis to seven hits with four strikeouts and one walk while driving in a run and scoring twice. Warstler's ten assists highlighted the strong defense as the Indians moved closer to first place amid Brewers losses and strong attendance.
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Millers
Indians
Tribe
Miller
Steve Swetonic
Betzel
Swetonic
Leverett
Reb Russell
Warstler
Milwaukee Brewers
Iunday
Emil Yde Shuts Out Eels With Seven Hits Allowed
In Minneapolis on Monday Emil Yde excelled for the Tribe, limiting the Eels to seven hits. He struck out the Indian outfielder in the seventh as Comorosky robbed Smith of extra bases and made a leaping catch near the left-field scoreboard.
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Indianapolis
R Matthews
Connolly
Haney
Russell
Rf . Comorosky
Burrus
Spencer
Warstler
Yde
E Hayes
Noter
Harris
Aelee
O Gillis
Aes Cotter
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Il Mancuso
Eee
Iisenbee
Williams
Bohne
Pate
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Cotter
Lisenbee
Comorosky
Vode
Losig
Ly Times
Emil Yde
Eels
Smith
Matthews
Cotter Parker
Warstler Stars In Indians Miller Battle On Wet Field
Warstler made a sharp play to retire Harris in the first inning and paired with Burrus on the Miller infield for several key outs. Russell homered, Connolly and Comorosky shone on defense, and Yde was touched but aided by strong defense as the Indians rallied and won a tight game on rain-slick turf.
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Warstler
Harris
Burrus
Hayes
Miller
Weekly Ripple Scraps Tiger Purvis versus Jimmy Slusher
Kokomo’s Tiger Purvis meets local pug Jimmy Slusher in the main bout of Broad Ripple Park’s four-bout card Thursday evening. Both fighters train at Atherton gym and appear in top form for the event. Preliminaries include Gierke vs Smell at 118 pounds, Bentz vs Steinite at 118 pounds, and Welton vs Dunham at 105 pounds.
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Kid) Purvis
Kokomo
Jimmy Slusher
Broad Ripple Park
Atherton
Gierke
Johnny Smell
Bill Bentz
Kid Steinite
Frankie Welton
Jimmy Dunham
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