Tennis Meet Resumed at Forest Hills
After a rain delay the National Women's championships at West Side Tennis Club Forest Hills resume with third round singles and second round doubles. Helen Wills faces Mrs L A Harper in the third round as May Sutton Bundy and Hotchkiss Wightman headline today’s featured match.
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George Kirkley
United Press
Forest Hills
N. Y
West Side Tennis Club
May Sutton Bundy
California
Hotchkiss Wightman
Boston
Helen Wills
Berkeley
Cal
L. A. Harper
Los Angeles
L. Harper
Charlotte Hosmer Chapin
Mass
Clara L. Zinke
Cross
San Francisco
F. Stenz
New York
May Sutton Sardy
Santa Monica
Hazel Hotchkiss
Molla Mallory
Virginia Hilleary
Philadelphia
Marjorie Morrell
Dedham
William Endicott
Helen Jacobs
Santa Barbara
William B. Hester
Brooklyn
Penelope Anderson
Richmond
Elsa Taubele
Talking It Over With Joe Williams At Saratoga
At Saratoga Springs New York aug 1 court the dawn track activity reveals the sport behind the scenes. Trainers owners and star riders clock horses as the early morning workouts test form. Laverne on Victorian Earle Sande on Chance Shot Chick Lang on Reigh Count watch horses and jockeys at work before the day’s racing excitement erupts.
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Aratoga Springs
N. Y
Laverne
Earle Sande
Chick Lang
Gus H
Grant Provides Upsets in Meet at Newport Casino
18 year old Bry an Grant of Atlanta upset the Newport Casino tournament by beating Neal Brown of San Francisco in the fourth round 6-4 5-7 6-3. He had earlier eliminated Wilmer Allison of Austin, Texas as part of the day’s action.
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Newport
R. I
Bryan Grant
Atlanta
Neal Brown
San Francisco
Grant
Wilmer Allison
Austin
Texas
John van Ryn
Harris Coggeshall
Main Go Boxers Set for Fifth Card at Harrison Punch Bowl
The Bellows event lists ten rounds Charley Arthur of Newark facing Bobby Williams of Syracuse for the main event after two prior KOs between them in the East. Also on the card are Signac of Benton Harbor vs Smith of Indianapolis, Woods of Indianapolis vs Templeton of Sullivan, and Coogan of Cincinnati vs Sanders of Indianapolis. Williams and Arthur each won one of their earlier meetings in established evenly matched scraps. Eastern sports scribes describe those bouts as whirlwind affairs and punchers excited for next week’s show.
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Charley Arthur
Newark
N. J
Bobby Williams
Syracuse
N. Y
Bobby Signac
Benton Harbor
Mich
Ax Smith
Indianapolis
Kid Woods
Chuck Templeton
Sullivan
Jimmy O'Brien
Joe Lynn
Princeton
Jimmy Coogan
Cincinnati
Don Sanders
Arthur
Williams
Baseball Schedule: American Association and National League Games
Today’s schedule includes AMERICAN ASSOCIATION games with Indianapolis at Milwaukee Toledo at Minneapolis Columbus at St Paul Louisville at Kansas City and NATIONAL LEAGUE matchups Brooklyn at Cincinnati in two games New York at Pittsburgh in two games. Additionally AMERICAN LEAGUE action has Detroit at Boston St Louis at New York Chicago at Washington and Cleveland at Philadelphia with two St Louis–New York games listed.
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Toledo
Minneapolis
Columbus
St. Paul
Louisville
Kansas City
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
New York
Pittsburough
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Boston
St. Louis
Chicago
Washington
Cleveland
Philadelphia
Peneweee
Phil
American League Pet
Cleo
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Baseball results and postponements from Wednesday play
Scores from multiple games led by Brooklyn over St Louis 37 to 2 and Cincinnati over Philadelphia 56 to 2 in long affairs. Chicago split with Boston in a doubleheader with 7 and 4 runs. St Louis beat Washington 2 to 0 while New York vs St Louis was postponed by rain.
Local sports schedule features Indianapolis teams this Sunday
Semi Pros and Amateurs Indianapolis Red Men meet Frankfort Nickel Plate at Frankfort Sunday. Mickleyville Grays beat Bridgeport Sunday and face them again at Mickleyville. Riverside A A s vs St Philip As at Brookside No 1. Century Biscuit beats Lauter Boys Club in 11 innings with Geiss earning win. Diamond A Cs hold permit for Diamond No 2 at Rhodius Sunday. A C s hold a meeting tonight for all players.
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Fights and Fighters in Ohio and Kentucky
In Cleveland Meyer Grace defeated Floyd Hybert in ten rounds with Hybert subbing for injured Vince Dundee. In Dayton Johnny Mason beat Young Jack Dillon over ten rounds. In Rock Island Mike Dundee won over Bobby Herman by technical knockout in the third round after the coast pug was knocked down four times.
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Dayton
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Young Jack Dillon
Louisville
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Rock Island
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Riverside Mile Race Sets County Championship
Saturday night at Riverside roller rink Clyde Addison of Riverside faces Roy Wuench of the Dixie rink in a mile race for the county rink title. The event starts at 9 30 with a silver cup awarded to the winner.
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Clyde Addison
Roy Wuench
Dixie Rink
Indians seek catcher to support Betzel’s club in Milwaukee
Tribe officials scramble to add a capable catcher as Roy Spencer suffers a hand injury and may miss time. John Riddle of the Quincy Three-I farm system is called up to join Betzel’s Indians in Milwaukee for the five game series against Jack Lelvelt’s Brewers. Spencer, a key receiver for the league leaders, injures a finger making a foul ball play in Minneapolis and may be out indefinitely.
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Indians
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Brewers
Roy Spencer
Millers
Minneapolis
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Tribe “Farm
Dream City
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Betzlites
Mike Kelley
Byron Speece
Ederle Enters Toronto Ten Mile Woman’s Marathon
Gertrude Ederle of New York City joins the field for the Canadian National Exhibition ten mile women’s marathon on August 29 in Toronto Ontario. She is the first woman to swim the English Channel and competes with other distance swimmers in the event.
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Ont
Gertrude Ederle
New York City
Indians Lose Catcher Roy Spencer With Split Finger
Injury at Minneapolis sidelines Roy Spencer the Indians main catcher indefinitely raising concerns for pennant chances. Manager Betzel seeks a replacement with John Riddle being recalled from Quincy while Pep Florence, the second string, fills in.
Indianapolis Lad Battles For State Junior Crown On Ft Wayne Course
Maurice Feeney of Indianapolis and Andy Kucela of Elkhart faced a 36 hole match for the 1928 State Junior golf crown at the Ft Wayne Country Club. Feeney led two up after the morning eighteen with both displaying strong front nine scores. Final flights in other divisions saw M Johnson and W R Thompson, and Maurice Stone and E Lamboley advance with Beeson and Benjamin winning additional titles.
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M. Johnson
Marion
E. Lamboley
Ft. Wayne
Orchard Ridge
Downing M. Stone
Indianapolis
Elkhart
Feeney
Kucela
Dan Hagan
William Heinlein
Cathedral Star
Ft. Wayne Country Club
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Thompson
W. Charles
Johnson
Mike Pollak
Maurice Stone
Stone
E. McCardle
Lamboley
A. Collar
South Bend
Forrest Beeson
Manual Lad
Chester Nelson
Downing L. Weisenberger
H. Benjamin
E. Gillie
Prudhomme No-Hit Gem Beats Jersey City in Seven
John Prudhomme of Toronto threw a no-hit no-run game till the seventh inning as Jersey City folded with twenty straight batters retired. Two walks with two out in the seventh prevented a perfect game.
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John Prudhomme
Toronto
Jersey City
Indians Fall To Miller Aides In Eleven Inning Tilt
Minneapolis. Indian Miller battles for 1928 title as the Indians and Miller representatives split the series. The Millers win 8 to 7 in eleven innings behind Cotter and Emmer. Spencer is injured in the seventh, leaving the Betlzites handicapped for remaining games.
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Eels
Millers
Tribesmen
Bowling League Holds Special Meeting At Elks Club
A special bowling meeting will be held at the Elks Club Friday evening at 7 30 open to all members of the Ladies Social League. The annual meeting was held Tuesday with officers elected for the new season Mrs H Mueller president Mrs M Mayer vice president Mrs E Wiseman secretary treasurer.
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Ladies’ Social League
H. Mueller
M. Mayer
E. Wiesman
French Lick Pro Urges Use of Course Caddies
Jess Messler of the Indiana State Golf Association said a letter from R E Lockwood, French Lick pro, expressed_favor for Indianapolis golfers in the State amateur meet to use French Lick caddies rather than bringing their own. Lockwood noted the club has year round caddies and importing outsiders would be resented.
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Indiana State Golf Association
R. E. Lockwood
French Lick
Lockwood
Indianapolis
Vet Southpaw Goes to Yankees
Washington reports veteran left handed pitcher Tom Zachary was sent today from the Washington Club to the New York Yankees on waivers. Zachary, 31, has been with Washington since 1919 aside from a short stint in St Louis. He won two games in the 1924 World Series and has six wins with ten losses this season.
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Washington
Tom Zachery
New York Yankees
Griffith
Yankees
Miller Huggins
Zachary
St. Louis
Rainhalts Grand Circuit Races at Goshen
The Grand Circuit program at Goshen on Wednesday was postponed due to rain. The events that were postponed were planned to be run today.
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Four Bouts in Ripple Ring Tonight at Broad Ripple Park
Four boxing bouts set at Broad Ripple park ring tonight headlined by Tiger Purvis of Ko komo versus Jimmy Slusher in a six round main event. Three four round undercard fights include Frank Gierke against Johnny Small Bill Bentz versus Kid Slemie and Frankie Welton versus Jimmy Dunham scheduled to start at 8 45 p m.
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Kid) Purvis
Kokomo
Jimmy Slusher
Indianapolis
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Johnny Small
Bill Bentz
Kid Slemie
Frankie Welton
Jimmy Dunham
Printcraft Bowling League Meets At Delaware Recreation Alleys
The Printcraft Bowling League will hold an important meeting tonight at 8:30 at the Delaware Recreation alleys. New teams wishing to join are requested to attend.
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Printcraft Bowling League
Delaware Recreation
Five Home Tilts for Purdue
AFAYETTE Ind Aug 23 The home football games at the Ross Ade stadium will draw crowds this fall Purdue faces De Pauw October 6 Wisconsin October 20 Case November 3 Wabash November 17 and the State classic Purdue versus Indiana November 24 Ticket applications for all home games will be mailed soon by C S Doan manager of ticket sales
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Indiana
C. S. Doan
Tunney Heads to Ireland for Tailtean Games Visit
Former heavyweight champion Gene Tunney sails to Ireland to attend the Tailtean games and plans a two to three day stay before heading to London for a similar period. He notes plans to enter business but declines specifics and hints at a possible talk with George Bernard Shaw while acknowledging uncertainty over the next heavyweight title holder.
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Tunney
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London
Lymouth
Mary Josephine der
Mauretania
Piercy
Busines
George Bernard Shay
Phil Scott
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Races Are Fixed Claim Runners Held by Ohio Police
Two men allege racing at Bain Bridge track in Cleveland was fixed and horses were drugged. They claim the long shots won and were jailed on disorderly conduct charges as authorities prepared an investigation.
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United Press
Cleveland
Bainbridge Track
Fisticcoin Funding Boost for Police and Fire Pension
The police and firemen's pension fund increased by 250 dollars as part of a cut tied to Joe Packo. Toledo officials credited the move to a cooperative effort between city departments and Ft. Harrison to support veteran service.
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Joe Packo
Toledo
Roy Wallace
Ft. Harrison
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