Foxx Threatens To Pass Ruths Home Run Mark
Jimmie Foxx, cap of the Athletics, with 28 four-baggers, closes on Babe Ruth's 60 homers in 1927. Ruth trails by seven after today, while Foxx hits .381 and leads in other hitting categories. Frasier allowed Foxx's 28th, as Detroit and Cleveland win. Browns rally past Yankees. Giants top Cardinals. Phillies beat Cubs. Wilson homers for the Cubs in a 7 6 loss to Brooklyn.
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Major League Leaders in Batting and Pitching 2 Leagues
National League top batters include P Wier Pirates and P Klein Phillies with high averages runs and hits list. Phillies P Klein leads several categories while Hurst and Waner appear among top hitters. Pitching leaders Swotvale Pirates and Betts Braves show strong win totals and ERAs. American League shows Foxx Athletics dominant in batting runs and hits with Ruth and Porter's teams among leaders.
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California hopes to dominate Olympic track trials
The piece notes California prospects led by Venzke and teammates from Los Angeles Athletic Club Southern California Stanford and California aiming for Olympic trials success. It cites eastern qualifiers at Harvard Stadium and critics over funding for travel, with a standout 3 minutes 52.6 seconds mile by Gene Venzke bolstering confidence despite prior hip injury.
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Golf Memories and Openers From Historic Dates
A recap of notable golf moments and tennis upsets from past anniversaries. Biny Burke shot 289 at Greenwich in a Ryder Cup trial. Witty Cox led qualifiers with 204 while Craig Wood and others posted 299 and 302. Betty Nuthall defeated Mrs. Molin Mallory in Wimbledon. Walter Hagen won the British Open at Sandwich with 300 strokes. Hutchison finished fourth at 302.
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Frank Walsh
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Simplified Decathlon Score Sheet Debuts at KU
Lawrence Kansas June 23 APJ reports a new user friendly Decathlon score sheet by Brutus K. Hamilton a KU track coach and former Olympic competitor. The compact handy reckoner aims to help fans score the 10 events with minimal error and no official status.
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University of Kansas
United States
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Baptists Tie Prison Farm Team in Seven Inning Practise
The Baptist Church team and Prison Farm Team No 2 played a seven inning tie game halted by darkness at Farm No 2 across the river in Callaway County. Free hitting marked the contest with Baptists scoring 9 to 9 despite uneven inning totals. Battery details list Slaughter Mc Clure Brown Grubb and Pig.
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Fights Last Night by the Associated Press
Pittsburgh big Chocolate defeated Johnny Farr in a ten round decision. Liberato Bulahan won a ten round decision over Riger Walker in Cleveland with judging from the same card.
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San Francisco
Riger Walker
Zanesville
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Dempsey Frowns On Bout Decision
Los Angeles June 238 AP Dempsey former champion disapproves of the decision transferring the heavyweight title from Max Schmeling to Jack Sharkey. He notes Sharkey defeated him in 1927 and voiced his criticism of the ruling.
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New York to Stage Third Fight in Jowell vs Schmeling Rivalry
Madison Square Garden plans a third drawn out bout between Sharkey and Schmeling to settle the heavyweight supremacy. James J. Jolson of the garden says talks have begun to bring them back to Long Island City where Sharkey defeated Schmeling, with September hoped. If the new champion refuses, a summer rematch is planned, while officials defend the decision amid manager and press criticism.
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