Eleven American tennis stars named for Davis Cup squad
United Press reports 11 players selected to form a Davis Cup squad including Tilden Johnston Lott and Doeg and others. Training and trial matches planned at West Side Tennis Club Forest Hills with August 15 call to report. Regular team of four to be chosen with several younger players likely kept for Philadelphia challenge round September 8-10.
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New York
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Philadelphia
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San Francisco
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Berkeley
Cal
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Chicago
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Austin
Texas
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Springfield
Mass
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Francis T
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New Rochelle
Dirt Track at State Fair Draws Top Drivers
Twenty well known dirt track drivers will compete in three races of ten fifteen and twenty five miles at the State fair ground Saturday afternoon staged by the Monument Racing Association. Entries close Thursday midnight. Notable entrants include Howdy Wilcox Bill McCoy Charles Crawford Joe Huff Ted Everroad S E Bone Ralph Biddle Kenneth Holdaway Ray Caldwell Homer Duesing and Eddie Metzler.
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Dressen completes partial triple play as Reds fall to Pirates
In a game with Pittsburgh, Dressen at third sealed two outs by catching Waner's liner, stepping on the base, and throwing to Cruz for the third out, but the Pirates still won 11 to 1. Brooklyn’s four-run fifth beat Philadelphia 6 to 5. Detroit beat Cleveland 6 to 3 as rain postponed other games.
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Walker II England arrives to train for Milligan bout
Mickey Walker, the world middleweight champion, arrived in London with manager Jack Kearns to begin training for the June 30 title defense against Tommy Milligan of Scotland. He plans to train at Brighton, the English seaside resort, and was said to be in excellent condition.
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London
Mickey Walker
Jack Kearns
Tommy Milligan
Scotland
Walker
Brighton
Poloist Like Dad follows legendary pony polo lineage
Earle W. Hopping, renowned as a top pony polo player, sees his son follow in his footsteps. The younger Hopping recently arrived in America from England to compete in matches here.
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Homer Hits 350 Foot Home Run in Nashville Game
Mule Washburn of Little Rock, second baseman, cleared the center field fence for a 350 foot homer in the May 8 game in Nashville.
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Nashville
Referee Crowned Coffroth Handicap Winner 1926
E O S Carlaris, English bred colt, took Coffroth handicap in 1926. Lester Bell hit .325 in 255 games for St Louis last season. Harry Hartz led 1926 auto racing and won Amatol 300 mile race with a 2 14 14.18 time. P H R O Neill Farrell of Chicago won Endicott New York national skating championship.
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Amatol
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N. Y
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Chicago
Sharkey Named Top Challenger for Tunney Crown
New York May 25 The New York Boxing Commission backs Boston heavyweight Jack Sharkey as the leading challenger to Gene Tunney for the world heavyweight title. Chairman James A Farley says Sharkey has beaten Harry Wills and Mike McTigue and deserves first shot, with Dempsey potentially matching Sharkey if promoters arrange it.
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United Press
New York
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Boston
New York Boxing Commission
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Jim Maloney
Gene Tunney
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Memorial unveiled for swimmer Sybil Bauer at Northwestern
A memorial to Sybil Bauer, famed swimming star who died after a long illness, was unveiled in Patten Gymnasium at Northwestern University in Evanston on May 25.
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Evanston
Sybil Bauer
Patten Gymnasium
Northwestern University
Northwestern Coach Hanley Suffering Appendicitis
Richard Hanley will not need surgery for appendicitis, his physician announced. He can attend the Big Ten coaches conference in Madison, Wisconsin, on Friday and Saturday.
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Chicago
Richard Hanley
Northwestern University
Hanley
Madison
Wis
Women golfers face soggy start to 1927 season
In Indianapolis the 1927 schedule for the Indianapolis Women's Golf Association opens at Meridian Hills with a soggy blind par tourney. Mrs. B C Stevenson and Miss Eleanor Taylor lead scores. Mrs. Barrere resigns for health and relocation, to be replaced by Mrs. C A Tucker.
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Indianapolis
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Eleanor Taylor
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D. S. Menasco
Coast Stars Far West Tracksters Pass Up June Meet
Stanford and California track teams, favored for the ICAA A games, stopped in Chicago for a brief workout on their way to Philadelphia for the contests. Coaches said they likely would not compete in the National Collegiate meet in Chicago June 10 and 11 due to extensive prior travel.
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United Press
Chicago
Stanford
California
Kelly Out for Six Weeks After Appendicitis Operation
George Kelly infielder for the Cincinnati Reds rests easily at Lutheran Hospital after undergoing an operation for appendicitis Tuesday. He will be unable to play baseball for at least six weeks, doctors said.
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New York
George Kelly
Cincinnati Reds
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Johnson Shows Strong Arm in Washington Exhibition
Walter Johnson of the Washington Senators returned from a spring leg injury to pitch in Baltimore against the Orioles. He held Baltimore to two runs and four hits while the Senators scored nine times. It was Johnson’s first appearance since the injury.
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