Young Jack Dillon to Fight Roy Walace at Armory Card
The main event at the Armory Tuesday night features Young Jack Dillon of Louisville trading punches with Roy Walace, a local scrapper whom Dillon beat last outdoors at Ft Harrison. Dillon lost to Walace on points previously. Four other six round bouts are on the card, with Matchmaker Greene promising strong action and fans won’t be disappointed.
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Talking It Over With Joe Williams on Boxing Scams
Chicago report notes counterfeit World Series tickets target the soft and specs while Dempsey’s arena show underperformed by about 5,000. He plans another promotion outdoors at Soldiers Field next summer with Schmeling Griffiths and Von Porat as possible opponents.
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Estelle Bets Dempsey Comeback At Ringside
At ringside Thursday night Estelle predicts Dempsey will continue boxing as she contemplates his next steps and possible earnings. The exchange hints she intends to influence his boxing career and finances.
Baseball league standings fragment with teams and records
Fragmentary baseball standings show American League teams with win totals and percentages. Entries mention Washington, Detroit, Chicago, Boston, with varying records and a note of .579 for one club and .368 for another, indicating partial data from a season table.
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Boston
Baseball and tennis notes from a busy sports day
National League games featured Chicago at Cincinnati and New York at Philadelphia as two nonleague double headers in Cincinnati and St. Louis. Cleveland matched with St. Louis in rain delays while Chicago faced Cincinnati and New York played Philadelphia on wet grounds. In tennis Vincent Richards, former Davis Cup star, will have a rematch with Karel Kozeluh on Sunday at Mammoth Courts in Brooklyn after losing the recent pro finale.
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Greencastle Lad Scores 64 Points in Big Win
John Tobin, Greencastle high school half back, scored ten TDs and added four points after touchdowns to total 64 of his team's 98 in a blowout over Shelburn. Fullback Gross added four touchdowns, Allen returned a picked pass for six, as Greencastle won 98 to 0.
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Defending Champ Favorite to Capture Fourth National Links Crown
Glenna Collett is favored to win the final match of the thirty third national women's golf tournament and claim a fourth American championship in Detroit. She faces Leona Pressler after both advanced past contenders including Maureen Orcutt and Dorothy Campbell Hurd with tight games and late surges.
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Cubs Lead Macks at Plate With Slight Pitching Edge to Rivals
The Chicago Cubs outhit the Philadelphia Athletics .303 to .295 and match them in fielding at .975. Both pennant winners are strong on the mound, with Grove Walberg and Earn leading the Cubs’ staff in a comparison of the top pitchers.
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Baseball and football scores mix in late season columns
A collage of high school football results from Martinsville to Lawrenceville plus college shows and a baseball preview. Notables include Martinsville 14 Broad Ripple 6, Crawfordsville 14 Lebannon 0, Hanover 75 Lindsey Wilson, and a Cubs Athletics series outlook with pitching and batting stats.
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Major League Batting Leaders Appear in Year’s Stats
The list highlights leaders across categories. Most runs batted in include Simmons of Philadelphia with 151 and Wilson of Chicago with 152. Gehringer of Detroit leads runs scored with 123 and is also top in triples with 17.
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Rainy Night Victory: Evansville Purple Aces Beat Oakland City
In Evansville Indiana on a wet Friday night the Evansville college Purple Aces defeated Oakland City 6 to 0. Crist and Dossett starred with long off tackle runs, setting up Dossett’s late fourth quarter plunge after multiple fumbles by both sides.
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Cubs Edge Keystone and Athletes in World Series Pivot
Ruth notes Cubs and Athletics infield strengths with Hornsby and English on the Cubs pivot, Foxx fielding, Boley reliability, Dykes versus McMillan, and overall parity between the two clubs in defense and infield depth.
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Alley Bowling Scores Draw City Teague and Local Clubs
Hare Chevrolet and Meridian Garage led a high scoring bowling night at Elks Club alleys with three-game totals of 3 089 and 3 081 respectively. Dave James topped the 600 class with 660 while W Hare posted a 267 single. E C Atkins avoided a shutout in Fountain Square No. L League with a 918 final effort.
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Bowling results from Prospect Afternoon League and Big Four League
The report details multiple league results at Fountain Square and Pritchett alleys. top scorers include Fehr with 597 and Johnson 608 while Hoosier Optical led the Washington League with 2 938 total as teams won three from rivals and players chased 700 series.
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Hawthorne Race Entries Show Crowded Saturday Card
Entry list for Hawthorne races includes six events with purses from 1 100 to 15 000 added. Notable names include Busy Star Lassie Alcibades Spinach Timour and Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes runners across two year old and older divisions.
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Louisiana College Faces Mexico in Historic Football Debut
In Mexico City on October 5 United Press reports Louisiana university clashed with the University of Mexico in the first international football game ever played there. Climate was a handicap for the visitors but coach Walden said the aim was to popularize football in Mexico, not the outcome.
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Army Polo Game Sunday at Ft Harrison Reds vs Blues
A polo match is set for Sunday at 2 30 PM at Ft Harrison. Reds face Blues with players selected from the Third Field Artillery, Eleventh Infantry, and Rolling Ridge teams.
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Baseball chatter hits Cubs and A's playoff talk
ART SHOTTON of the Phils questions how the Cubs could fall to the Athletics. He notes the Mack edge centers on Foxx and Cochran. Eddie Brannick of the Giants urges Root and Carlson to end the Mack threat. Waite Hoyt predicts A's hitting will overwhelm the Cubs. McGraw praises the Cubs at home, while the Giants win three of four the following week. Washington Senators plan Chattanooga spring training.
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Third Series Tilt at K. C.
Rochester Red Wings meet Kansas City Blues in game three of the little world series as the series sits tied after a 11 to 2 loss by the Blues. Managers Zwilling and Southworth prepare for the next games with top pitching options ahead of travels to Rochester.
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Tomlinson Hall Hosts Tightly Contested Boxing Card
Tomlinson Hall hosted a double feature Friday night with Cincinnati light welterweight Tomlinson Hall Bouts Charlie Court and Terre Haute’s Lon Lovelace edging Court in ten rounds. In the keystone bout Pat Moore fell to Johnny Nasser in a close ten round decision.
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Big Leagues Cubs Beat Reds In Extra Inning Win
ACH Taylor singled with bases full in the tenth to lift the Chicago Cubs past Cincinnati 6 3 on Friday. Eppa Rixey held the Cubs to two earned runs in nine innings but errors by Kelly and Sukeforth hurt his chance for the win. Red Herring allowed two bad innings as the Chicago White Sox beat Detroit 14 6. Rain postponed all other Friday games.
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Cruickshank Wins One Day Tourney At Old Westbury
Bobby Cruickshank captured the top prize at Old Westbury Country Club in a one day tourney as 100 professionals competed. His sensational 70 in the afternoon gave him a 147 total, one stroke ahead of Billie Burke of Westport New York.
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Detroit Annexes Seventeenth Win in Football
Detroit university extended its streak to seventeen straight wins by beating Dayton 18 to 0 before 19,000 fans. The game featured Schnifs Ross with a 74 yard run for the first touchdown.
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Hanover Starts Well in 32-0 Victory Over Lindsey Wilson
Hanover used an open attack of passes and wide end runs to beat Lindsey Wilson of Kentucky 32-0 in their 1929 season opener at Hanover Indiana under the new lights. A 26-0 halftime lead allowed Coach Money to substitute freely in the second half.
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Drake Downs Aggies Des Moines Drakes 18 Oklahoma A and M 6
Drake University opened its campaign for a second straight Missouri Valley football title by defeating Oklahoma A and M 18 to 6. Drake dominated play but penalties and a tough Oklahoma defense near the goal prevented a larger margin.
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Fernandez scores technical knockout in sixth
Filipino featherweight Ignacio Fernandez defeated Mexican Kid Ponce by technical knockout in round six of a ten round bout in Hollywood California. Ponce rose after a nine count but slipped to the canvas again.
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Stribling Plans Training for European Heavyweight Bout
Paris dispatch reports Georgia heavyweight William L. Stribling arriving to begin training for European opponents. He likely will meet Italian Primo Carnera as his first foe in upcoming bouts.
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Fonseca and Root Lead Majors in Weekly Averages
Lou Fonseca of Cleveland tops the American League with a .369 average, surpassing Al Simmons. Charley Root of the Cubs leads NL pitchers with eighteen wins and six losses, while Lefty Grove of the Athletics is favored as AL pitcher of note with twenty wins. OTD.
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Lefty) O’doul
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26 Cubs to Get Full Shares in Series Profits
In Cincinnati on October 5, 26 Chicago Cubs players including Manager McCarthy and Coaches Burke and Land will share equally in the world series prize. A 27th share goes to road secretary and trainer Lotshaw. Eddie Froelich gets 1000 dollars and Tommy Langtry 390. Full shares go to Taylor Hartnett Gonzales Schulte Malone Root Bush Coengross Carlson Nebs Blake Grampp Grimm Hornsby English McMillan Blair Beck Stephenson Wilson Cuyler Heathcote Moore McCarthy Burke and Land.
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Indiana Central Back Field Star Hurt Before Franklin Game
Raymond Brenneman the Indiana Central quarterback suffered a badly injured leg during final practice for the Franklin game. The Manual High School graduate is in Methodist hospital and may miss the remainder of the season.
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Zuppke Debuts New Formation Against Kansas
Champaign Ill Oct 5 Coach Bob Zuppke unveils a new football formation called the fades to replace the double wingback plan used by Illinois. The change aims to keep a back field player continually fading in or out of play during the game with Kansas today.
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Trial with Yankees in Bloomington for Woodward homecoming
BLOOMINGTON IN Oct 5 Dick Woodward former Indiana diamond star is in town for the weekend homecoming He has been purchased by the New York Yankees for a trial next spring Woodward a right handed hurler helped Indiana win the Big Ten title in 1925 He resides in Anderson
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New York Polo Grounds Crowd Grows for WV Wesleyan Game
Rumors swirled around the New York University football area that West Virginia Wesleyan was seen as a fearsome draw to boost interest in today’s game at the Polo Grounds. A strong crowd was already assured before kickoff.
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