Trials Start for Speed Race at Indianapolis Speedway
The 500 mile race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway opens with four lap qualifying trials. Top three in each group earn first row positions beside the pacemaker, while Tuesday qualifiers line up behind those who raced today. Jimmy Murphy and Harlan Fengier set pace on fast laps as rain hampered prep. Tom Beall withdraws his popcorn stand, and Drivers' Day with fan prize fund raises hopes for $10,000. Time trials continue the day.
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Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Jimmy Murphy
Howdy Wilcox
Harlan Fengier
the Speedway
Independent Baseball League Call In Tonight For Class C Schedules
Local teams Brookside Cubs Hoosier Cubs Spade Juniors Keystone Juniors Boys Club Celts Orientals College Cubs Marion Cardinals seek calls Randolph 8940 7:30 8:30 and 1680 later in week. Marion Cardinals beat Irvington Red Sox 7 to 0 on Sunday with nineteen hits off two pitchers. Riverside A A defeated Y M S 8 to 5 in six o’clock bear law stoppage. Other results include Y M S 16 hits and various city club scores.
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Brookside Cubs
Hoosier Cubs
Spade Juniors
Keystone Juniors
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Irvington Red Sox
Baseball Schedule Highlights From The American Association And AL NL
The calendar lists American Association games: Toledo at Indianapolis, Columbus at Louisville, Lee at Minneapolis, Kansas City at ?. American League matchups: Chicago at Washington, St. Louis at Philadelphia, Detroit at New York, Cleveland at Boston. National League two games: Cincinnati at St. Louis. No other games scheduled.
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Baseball scores from Columbus Louisville and more
Scores show first game Columbus 88 Louisville 76 with McQuillan foulk Ketchum Urban Tin cup Brottem. Second game Columbus 47 Louisville 11. Eleven innings Milwaukee 4 Minneapolis 5. Kansas City 10 St Paul 48. New York Cincinnati 6 6 after ten innings. Detroit New York 5 11 Chicago Washington 10 13 Philadelphia St Louis 5 5 Pittsburgh Brooklyn 2 18. American League details include Detroit New York 9 5 and Chicago Boston 10 13 with rain in Washington. Saturday results list multiple city matchups and worn weather notes.
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Swim Stars From National Range At Local Meet
Indianapolis fans saw top national swimmers at the Hoosier A. C. pool in Broad Ripple as trials contenders competed in exhibition events. Robert Pierson of Florida swam four lengths of the 60-foot tank underwater without surfacing. Euphrasia Donnelly won the 100 yard freestyle for women in 1 09, cutting 3 5 seconds from the Indiana Kentucky A A U mark. Donnelly will swim the 100 meter and 400 meter events and diving in the Olympic tryouts.
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Boxing carnival at Washington Park features Smith Lohman bout
Fistic fans flock to Washington Park Thursday night for Steve Harter's boxing carnival. Jeff Smith meets Joe Lohman in a ten round feature, Bud Taylor fights Tommy Ryan in the main event, and six bouts are scheduled.
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Jeff —_ Smith
Washington Park
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Smith
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Irish Win Track Title Once More
Notre Dame clinched its tenth straight track championship at South Bend as Butler and Wabash trailed. Oberst set a javelin mark of 202 feet 7 inches, Jones leaped 22 feet 4 inches for a record, Harrington cleared 12 feet 7 inches, Layden tied the 100 yard dash record in 9.4 seconds, and Johnson of Wabash defeated Doolittle in the mile and two mile events.
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de Pauw
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Indianapolis
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College Baseball Saturday Scores Snapshot
Saturday results show Cincinnati U topping Wisconsin 6 to 4 while Northwestern wins 6 to 2 over Ohio State. Minnesota defeats Michigan 11 to 6 and Notre Dame beats Iowa 8 to 6. Brown edges Dartmouth 7 to 5. Yale 3 Harvard 2 and Navy 2 Army 6, with Georgetown 10 Holy Cross and Cornell 9 Johns Hopkins 4.
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The Nut Cracker Boxing Battle Imitates a Napoleonic Flair
The piece portrays Georges Carpentier as a refined Parisian fighter with a Napoleonic aura and sharp left hooks while contrasting his elegance with harsh street language. It mocks social ranks and suggests brutal truth in the ring, ending with a sharp social jab about local grit.
Cannefax Wins National Three Cushion Title in Detroit
Robert Cannefax of Detroit defeated John Layton of St Louis 60 to 51 in sixty one innings to reclaim the national three cushion billiard title. The match followed a round robin with seven wins and four losses for each player.
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Robert Cannefax
John Layton
St. Louis
Jefferson High Wins Indiana State Baseball Tourney
Jefferson High School of Lafayette teamed with West Lafayette High and Purdue to mount a state tournament. The Jeffs, led by left-hander Lee and right-hander Stewart, won all games but the final 6 to 2 over Technical of Indianapolis. Stewart allowed five hits in the title game. Jordan held South Side Ft. Wayne to one hit in a 1 to 0 semi final victory.
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Southern Star in aquatic meet
Paul R. Jordan, director of three day Olympic finals swimming tryouts at Broad Ripple, announces entries including Duke Kahanamoku, John Weissmuller, Buddy Smith, Warren Kealoha and Ensign Grant. The Southern Pacific A A U officials confirm Duke will be on the team, with Weissmuller and Smith already entered and more entries anticipated. Fans expect an outstanding speed event lineup unseen before.
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Butcher Wins 75 Mile Dirt Track Race at Hoosier Speedway
Indianapolis driver Ray Butcher won the seventy-five mile dirt track race at Hoosier Motor Speedway in a Rogers and Butcher Special. He clocked 1 26.3 to beat Dutch Baumann and Joe Huff both in Fronty-Fords. One accident occurred when R S Miller's Chevrolet Special skidded and broke a wheel. Miller was uninjured.
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Indianapolis
Hoosier Motor Speedway
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Joe Huff
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Leaders Tied in City Horseshoe League After Week One
The Bunite Piston Company and Prest-O-Lite lead the City Horseshoe League tied atop the standings after the first week. Leffel of Bunites has 37 ringers, close behind Tanner of Westerns with 36 and Partlow of Prestos with 34. Tonight’s schedule features Merchants Heat and Light vs Diamond Chain and other matchups at multiple city parks.
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Butler Sagalowsky Faces Goodwillie In Big Ten Tennis Semis
In Chicago on May 26 Sagalowsky of Butler meets Goodwillie of Illinois in the Big Ten tennis singles semi finals. Wilson of Chicago opposes Donovan of Notre Dame with Sagalowsky and Wilson favored to reach the final.
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Big Leagues YER St Louis Outfielder Delivers Ninth Inning Hit
St Louis outfielder tied the game with a sixth inning triple and hit a bases loaded single in the tenth to beat the Phils 5 4. The Yankees lost to the Tigers 6 5 allowing the Red Sox to reclaim first place on Sunday.
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Indians slump as three straight losses blot weekend
Ownie Bush's Indians dropped three straight games. Columbus Sen took a double header 11 to 4 and 3 to 2, then Toledo Hens beat the Tribe 8 to 3. Ernie Krueger hit a remarkable inside the park homer while Ralph Shinners suffered a head injury on a throw.
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Shinners
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Robreguet
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Bush
Hens Win in Ninth
Hamilton Ohio May 26 Carl Weilman former St. Louis Browns star pitcher died here Sunday. Cause of death tuberculosis of the throat following a severe influenza attack. Weilman had been employed as scout for the Browns.
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May 26, 1891 Rainy Field Sparks Reds Victory
Cincinnati rallied on a soggy field to defeat Boston 21 to 16 in the American Association game of May 26, 1891. Billy Robinson, once a top second baseman, pursued a new world record by handling all seven chances in the game.
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