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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1927
Page
12
United Press reports feverish Derby anticipation in Britain as June 1 race date nears. Office sweepstakes and Stock Exchange bets spread hopes and worries among stable owners, trainers, jockeys, and workers with potential winnings in excess of £50,000.
American League standings list New York at .667 and Washington at .500 with Detroit Cleveland Boston and Chicago also shown. National League shows St Louis Chicago and Brooklyn among leaders with detailed win loss records and a busy slate of games today across both leagues.
Scores from games in Toledo Indianapolis Milwaukee Minneapolis Toursville Columbus New York Washington Chicago St Louis Detroit Cleveland Brooklyn Philadelphia Pittsburgh Cincinnati and New York at Boston with rain interruptions. Key players included Johnson Young Heimach Leimer Wilkinson Wicker Friday McMullen Meeker Biemiller Bird Thomas Shanker Collins Thurston Braxton Marberry Ruel Elliott Barnes Hargreaves Mitchell Jonnard Morrison Spencer Gooch and Kolp among others. Multiple games featured high run totals and shifting inning by inning outcomes across the day.
Legion card lists Young Nasser versus Kid Woods in four rounds at Terre Haute. Evansville's Bob Lewander faces Jackie Purvis in six rounds 140 pounds. Hank Graham meets Red Halloway in six rounds 147 pounds. Red Rodman battles Pat Joyce in eight rounds 120 pounds. Jimmy Sayers vs Philippine tana in ten rounds. Local Indianapolis fighters Woods Purvis Halloway praised for tough, crowd-pleasing action.
Nine Indiana college tennis teams will compete in the state tournament in Muncie next Friday and Saturday. More than a score of college stars are scheduled to appear. Schools entered include Butler Manchester Earlham Terre Haute Normal Indiana Central Purdue Indiana Muncie State Normal and Wabash.
University of Chicago defeated Ohio State 5 to 2 in a campus tennis match. Ohio State won only one singles and one doubles match.
Tommy Thomas pitched his seventh win and kept the White Sox in second in the American League as Chicago beat the St. Louis Browns 4 to 1. He allowed three hits and extended scoreless innings to a 25th. Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth homered for the Yankees but Washington won 3 to 2.
Major Segrave Britain’s “Speed Demon” will retire from active racing at season’s end after eight years in the sport. His Sunbeam contract runs out in September and he rules out any comeback even if Malcolm Campbell matches or surpasses the 207 mph Sunbeam Daytona record. Mrs. Segrave greets the news with delight.
In San Francisco on May 24 Little Bill Johnston won a third round match to defend the Pacific Coast title by defeating Mervyn Griffin with scores of 6-2 and 6-3.
Léonard E Pearson notes the fourth world radio fair in September 1924 at Madison Square Garden New York will showcase leading radio equipment, lectures by top scientists and engineers, and appearances by foreign celebrities. Stations WRNY KGO WCAE WSAI WKBF offer varied programs including music broadcasts and late news, with daytime and nighttime schedules mentioned.
Radio fans are advised of 10 30 schedule features including an organ recital by Burnett Burkett at the Zaring Theatre at noon and a Maxwell House Coffee Maxwell hour grand opera broadcast from the Blue network. Stations plan speedway airings May 30 with listener tips to address concerns to Chicago Tribune station.
Thieves removed a 600 pound bronze bell from a small church in the Moscow outskirts. The burglary occurred at night while streets are usually busy. how the bell was moved undetected remains a mystery amid constant late night activity.
Herbert Hoover, Glenn Frank, Will Durant and other named figures headline Indiana State Recu ns Association conference in Des Moines. Oct 20 22 speakers include Vel Lambing Maryville Juvenile Judge Hoffman Cincinnati Carleton Wasburne Winnetka Chauncey Boucher University of Chicago Philander Claxton Tulsa Henry Suzzalo Seattle Edwin Starbuck Iowa City Jonathan Rigdon Danville Thomas H Bridges New York Teachers College Charl Williams Washington DC Thomas Finegan Rochester F D Boynton Ithaca.
In Shanghai a common alley murder rate is reported at ten dollars a head. The trial of a Chinese man who killed a loyal mill worker reveals gunmen or knife experts could be bought for that price at the behest of a labor leader.
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