Local Grid Teams Break Camp Friday
Shortridge and Washington High School football teams from Indianapolis break camp near Leesburg at Camp Crosley to begin tougher tryouts for the 1928 season. Muncie squads won the field day with nine tests. James Myers led as best all around gridder, Bobby Parr second, Meredith Rose third. Short ridge shows balance. Bearcats won meet but six men contest back field duties.
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Dead Arm Epidemic Hits Yankees as Four Armers Falter
New York columnist notes an outbreak of dead arms affecting the Yankees with Pennock Moore Lazzeri and Bengough sidelined. Huggins worries over Moore’s relief pitching while Ruppert prefers dead arms to dead heads and Philadelphia World Series fears grow.
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Golf Gossip from French Lick highlights women invitational results
Chuck Bader of Gary struggled on the fourteenth hole as scores rolled in from nineteen players in a women’s invitational. Mrs. Robert Tinsley led with 88, followed by Dorothey Rice and three others tied at 94.
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Women swimmers ready for third Wrigley marathon in Lake Ontario
Fifty four competitors including champions gather in Toronto for the ten mile Wrigley marathon swim. Favorite Gertrude Ederle aims for the first prize of ten thousand dollars as the start gun is delayed.
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United Press
Toronto
Lake Ontario
Gertrude Ederle
Dick Moore Wins Medical Arts Golf Tourney At Coffin Course
Dick Moore scored 83 to win top honors in the Medical Arts Golf Association event at Coffin course. He captured the Spink trophy as Dr Beery finished runner up with 84.
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Mitchell-T Zimmer Open Indiana Amateur First Round Feature
Dwight Mitchell and Eddie Zimmer opened the 28th Indiana Amateur with a first round feature at Indianapolis. Zimmer trailed Mitchell four holes after nine as the match progressed amid hot conditions and tricky greens.
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Paul Shaffer
Chuck Bader
Bernie Lehman
Walker Cup Opens With British Hopes Against Bobby Jones
The sixth Walker Cup starts Thursday at Chicago Golf Club with two ball foursomes. Captain Tweddell leads a weak British team against the strong American amateurs led by Bobby Jones. Jones has posted nine straight rounds under 70, including 37-30-67 at Flossmoor and 67, 67, 68 scores at Chicago Club during Walker Cup trials.
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Yankees drop options on Lary and Reese
New York world champion Yankees relinquish claims on Lynn Lary and Jimmy Reese of the Oakland club, dropping the 7 000 dollar option money. The move ends the Yanks option on the star keystone duo from the Pacific Coast League.
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Tom Heeney Visits Honolulu With Bride
New Zealand heavyweight contender Tom Heeney and his bride drew hundreds of admirers in Honolulu as he conducted exhibition matches. In Wisconsin Fond du Lac, caddy champion Melvin Hill allegedly set a world record by playing 135 holes in a single day, surpassing the prior national mark of 127.
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Yankees Buy Southpaw Edwin Wells from Birmingham
Edwin Wells a left handed pitcher from the Southern League club Birmingham has been purchased by the New York Yankees and will report next spring Wells previously pitched for Detroit and Washington before joining Birmingham for the current season.
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Times Special
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Edwin Wells
Birmingham
New York Yankees
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Detroit
Washington
Duggan Named Houston Coach After Notre Dame Career
Ed Duggan, former Notre Dame athlete and Franklin College coach, signs to lead football basketball and track at a Houston high school. The move follows a season of coach duties at Franklin Indiana and reflects a return to Texas coaching horizons.
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Association Chatter Promotes Saturday Indian Parade in North Street
The notice invites readers to a 1 p m parade starting on North Street between Meridian and Delaware with floats club cars fans and amateur teams. The item blends local event hype with baseball news including Minneapolis lead pursuit Columbus loss and Brewers incidents.
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Tribe Sees Lead Narrowed in Doubleheader Pennant Chase
Kansas City news recounts a split in Tuesday's double header as the Indians slip a fraction in the pennant race. Jimmy Zinn shut down the Tribe in game two, while Danny Boone and Worth sparked the opener, drawing 7,500 fans and leaving the Blues two games up in the series.
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Single G Oval Dedicated After Wayne County Race Track Meet
Races and baseball scores mix with a note on Wayne County fairground dedicating a new race track named Single G Oval in Richmond Indiana. Pacer Single G, bred near the area, is owned by Will Barefoot of Cambridge City and highlighted the dedication event.
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New Grid Field at Martinsville Shaped Up
ATINSVILLE Ind Aug 29 The opening date for Martinsville football is set for Sept 20. A new gridiron is being leveled with tractors finishing the field as football debuts in the school after years with no play. Three games are slated Bloomington Thornton and Shortridge seconds. Coach Glenn Adams curates the squad and many candidates are expected to try out.
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An Even Break at K. C. South Grove Meeting
The South Grove Golf Club plans an important meeting at the clubhouse Friday at 8 p m. All members are urged to attend.
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Tribe Booster Parade Saturday Hums With Pep
George Wellbaum and the Chamber of Commerce athletic committee finalize plans for a baseball parade Saturday before Indianapolis hosts Louisville Colonels at Washington Park. The event honors Bruno Betzel’s pastimers who have boosted city fame by leading the AA race since mid June. Parade marshal Harry Franklin leads festivities with Emil Fertig riding, as Indians and Louisville players participate amid high booster turnout.
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Semi-Pros and Amateurs See Indianapolis Triangles Fall 8–0
The Indianapolis Triangles were defeated 8 to 0 as McCurdy limited them to four hits while Priller exited after three innings. Y M 8S star pitcher Rearick finished the game. The Triangles seek fast State teams for next games amid cancellations.
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Star Yankee Duet Faces Australians in National Doubles
Chestnut Hill Mass August 29 George Lott Jr of Chicago and John Hennessey of Indianapolis as No 1 seed set to meet Harry Hopman and Jack Crawford of Australia in the national doubles championship quarter finals at Longwood. Other US pairs and Australians also scheduled with upsets noted as C Cochet Brugnon France beat Borotra De Buzelet. Lott and Hennessey easily defeated Tapia Unda 6 0 6 0 6 2.
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Ruth’s late homer ties up exhibition with Hartford club
Babe Ruth slammed his forty seventh and forty eighth homers in an exhibition in Hartford, but the blows did not count toward the American League record. Gehrig homered before Ruth in the tenth as fans swarmed the field. Ruth’s first blast came with two on in the first.
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