Roy Wallace to Face Jimmy Mahoney in Armory Bout
Roy Wallace Indianapolis middleweight meets Jimmy Mahoney Chicago in a ten round featured bout at the armory next Tuesday night. Also in action, Jimmy Hackley of Indianapolis stopped Steve McDonald in the fourth round of their ten round clash after McDonald led on points. Tracey Cox turned in a strong showing against Willie Cecil in the eight round semi windup.
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Jimmy Mahoney
Chicago
Armory
Jimmy Hackley
Steve McDonald
McDonald
Tracey Cox
Willie Cecil
Louisville
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Cecil
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Terre Haute
Lee Norton
Cincinnati
Tony Delmars
Akron
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Babe Ruth Says Ball Players Are Not as Superstitious
In a St. Louis dispatch from May 8 1929 Babe Ruth says ball players are not as superstitious as fans. The piece relays letters from Texas fans about changing his uniform number and notes quips from teammates about hits and curve balls. It also mentions Hug admitting he once was superstitious and cites other baseball tidbits and a boxing result in Wilkes Barre.
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Babe Ruth
ST. Louis
Mez
Texas
Babe
Yankees
Lou Gehrig
Bob Meusel
Earle Combs
Hug
Rocco Defeats Risko In Pro Heavyweight Bout
Cleveland May 8 Johnny Risko again loses a heavyweight bout this time to Emmet Rocco the young Italian from El city in a referee decision. The match follows Risko’s previous loss to Max Schmeling and places Rocco in the position after the bout in Cleveland.
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Bu United
Cleveland
Johnny Risko
Max Schmeling
Emmet Rocco
US Tennis Aces Sail for World Campaign
William T. Tilden and Francis T. Hunter, top American players, will sail at midnight on the Cunard liner Aquitania to compete in the French Dutch and English championships. Gorilla Jones meets Izzy Grove in a ten round bout at Madison Square Garden May 17.
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New York
William T. Tilden
Francis T. Hunter
United States
Cunard
Aquitania
Gorilla Jones
Akron
al Mello
Izzy Grove
Madison Square Garden
Baseball Calendar Shows Scores Across Leagues
A scanned baseball calendar lists yesterday and today results from American Association and American League games. Notable line scores include Cincinnati over Philadelphia 5 1 and St. Louis 5 over Boston 3, plus Yale topping Wesleyan 10 to 0 and Northwestern beating Wisconsin 8 to 3.
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Yale
Wesleyan
Butler
Danville Normal
Ball Teachers
de Pauw
Northwestern
Wisconsin
Michigan
Meiji
Japan
Baseball and Basketball Schedule For Today
The AMERICAN ASSOCIATION features Louisville at Kansas City Indianapolis at Milwaukee Toledo at Minneapolis Columbus at St. Paul. The NATIONAL LEAGUE matchups include Cincinnati at Philadelphia Pittsburgh at New York St Louis at Boston Chicago at Brooklyn New York at St Louis Philadelphia at Chicago Washington at Detroit Boston at Cleveland.
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Minneapolis
Columbus
Louisville
Milwaukee
Toledo
Phila
Chicago
New York
Ali Et Louis
Brooklyn
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St Louis
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Detroit
Wash
Games Today
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National League
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Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Vicago
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Baseball scores and lineups from varied games across cities
Ten innings ofScore details show Pittsburgh at New York with 3 1 late runs and Brooklyn versus Chicago with 9 12 hits. Batters listed include French Hargreaves Benton Hogan Nehf Grace Moss Kou Pal Pattison Picinich. Other cities shown include Kansas City Toledo Minneapolis and Pittsburgh with partial box figures.
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National League
Pittsburgh
Eosesese
York
Hargreaves
Benton
Hogan
Dempsey Backed 15-Round Championship Bill Passes Senate
Lansing May 8 United Press reports lobbying by Jack Dempsey and Floyd Fitzsimmons for 15 round bouts in Michigan helped the Jahnke bill clear the senate. The measure goes to the Governor for approval. Major homer leaders Gehrig Ruth Jackson O'Doul listed with five.
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United Press
Lansing
Mich
Jack Dempsey
Floyd Fitzsimmons
Michigan
Jahnke
Senate
Milionis varsity third baseman James Lymperopoulos nicknamed Lymp
Notes on Milionis varsity baseball remind of James Lymperopoulos called Lymp and praise for arm durability by Herb Pennock. Al Simmons’s brother Wally plays with Waterloo. Rae Marie Chapman daughter of Ray Chapman has died, recalling her father’s 1920 fatal pitch incident. Mickey Cochrane says Athletics are 50 percent stronger after last fall’s New York series loss.
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James Lymperopoulos
Lymp
Herb Pennock
al Simmons
Wally
Waterloo
Rae Marie Chapman
Ray Chapman
Carl Mays
Mickey Cochrane
Athletics
Indiana gains second in Big Ten with Wisconsin loss
Indiana University nine climbs to tie for second in the Big Ten baseball standings after Wisconsin drops 8 to 3 to Northwestern in ten innings in Madison. Northwestern’s Jacobs collects five hits including a homer in the tenth as Northwestern outslugs Wisconsin 8 to 3.
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Pool players battle at Crooked Creek Gun Club
Fourteen faced traps at the Crooked Creek Gun Club on Tuesday. McIntyre led with 46 breaks out of 50 shots. Dooley followed with 44, and Slinkard and Hutsell each had 42.
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McIntyre
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