Classy Headliner Carved For Legion's Weekly Show Friday
Promoter Art Marrs stacks an eight round main event at the Legion arena with Johnny Roth from Los Angeles facing Eddie Wright of Santa Ana. Supporting bouts feature Earl Force of Honolulu vs O'Brien of San Francisco and Popeye Davis vs Bud Thomas of Las Vegas with other local fighters listed.
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Art Marrs
Legion Arena
Volassy Youn
Cal
Johnny Roth
Eddie Wright
Roth
Wright
California
Los Angeles
Santa Ana
Earl Force
Trou
Honolulu
O'Brien
San Francisco
Force
Howat
Mr. Force
Popeye
Davis
Bud ‘Thomas
Las Vegas
Thomas
Darnell
Windy
Jack Lawrence
Indiana
Belmont Entries Drift and Steeplechase Card
Belmont entries list a day of racing with horses such as Sand Lark, Jacobs Ladder, Urbanite, Mesut, and Blue Joan. Notable horses include How High and The Damsel Willies with posted times and weights. The card features a mix of flat and steeplechase races with various distances and odds.
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Theaur News
Cobens Drift
Marvan
March King
Jacobs Ladder
Jevius
Jay Natanis
F. Ann
Vietrese
Sand Larkitt
Urbanite
Mesut
Just Imsine
Seuaint
Rosell
Churchill Downs Entries Overview Fragment
A garbled OCR fragment lists Churchill Downs horse names and related data such as numbers, times, and stable hints. Prominent mentions include Elmira, Cherokee, Sally Irene, and Ya Limit among many unclear entries. The text lacks coherent details or a discernible event or outcome.
Major League Baseball scores from a multi-game slate
Summary of several MLB games with final tallies including Cleveland versus New York and Chicago versus Boston. Notable pitching and batting contributions appear for Brown Myatt Johnson Dickey Faber Thomas Gregory and others across matchups, with results showing varied innings and run differentials.
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Cleveland
New York
Brown and Myatt
Johnson and Dickey
Washington Wednesday in Congress 1926 docket notes
United Press reports on Senate actions including beer tax proposal defeat and stock market inquiry revival. House debates war department funds, Hawaii under military rule proposal, Lindbergh baby reward, and tariff and commodity exchange regulation. Legislative chatter covers federal judgeships and currency stabilization efforts.
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Senate
Eugene Meyer
Federal Reserve Board
Peter Norbeck
Janking and Currency Committee
House
New Jersey
Watson
War Department
Britten
Repu
Hawaii
Judiciary Committee
O'Brien
Federal Tariff Commission
Ways and Means
Americans aboard French liner Georges Phillipar burned
May 18 reports from London say the French miner Georges Phillipar was destroyed by fire in the Gulf of Aden with heavy loss of life. Three American passengers were among those aboard, including Mr and Mrs Van Pelt, with children also among the travelers. No Americans or Britons were among Aden survivors, though at least 420 other survivors were en route to other ports.
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London
Georges Phillipar
Gulf of Aden
van Pelt
Aden
Orlin's Picks: Horse names and runners listed
A fragment lists horses and riders including Miss, Dusky Lass, Flying Cherokee, U Por Me, Maid of Honor, Lady Witt, Hoops, Flying Home, Blast, Brushdown, Noel Hestnet, Pigeon Hole, High, Oust Tmaaine, Blu. The readable items appear as a racing card snippet with numerous entries.
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Churchill Downs
Dusky Lass
Eli
U Por Me
Lady Witt
St. Hoops
Flying Home
Blast
Beter Dixonmut
Brushdown
Noel
Mister Ruth Ends Homer Slump With Tie-Breaking Shot
May 18 New York. George Herman Ruth lifted the Yankees to a 2 to 2 tie in the tenth inning against the Cleveland Indians with his sixth homer of the season. The win completed a series sweep and extended New York’s streak to nine games. Henry Johnson won his first start back from an appendectomy, striking out 12 in about two months of activity. Lefty Grove guided the Athletics to an 8 2 victory over the Tigers, with Jimmy Foxx homering for the A’s. The Senators fell to the Browns 11 7, the Red Sox beat the White Sox 13 10, the Giants rallied to beat the Reds 9 3, and the Robins toped the Pirates 4 2 in Brooklyn. Cubs defeated the Phillies 26 4 as Ruy Bush earned his fifth win and Klein homered for Philly.
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New York
George Herman Ruth
Yankees
Babe
New Yorkers
Cleveland Indians
Ruth
Henry Johnson
Johnson
Indians
Lefty Grove
Philadelphia Athletics
Detroit Tigers
Grove
A's
Herring
Jimmy Foxx
Washington
St. Louis Browns
Senators
Browns
Stewart
Coffman
St. Louis
Brown
Narberry
Burke
Boston Red Sox
Chicago White Sox
Red Sox
Chicago
New York Giants
Cincinnati Reds
Terry
Cards
Frisch
Bass Ruy Bush
Chicago Cubs
Phillies
Chuck Klein
Sharkey Favored Over Inexperienced Schmeling in Title Bout
United Press reports boxing analyst McAuliffe believes Jack Sharkey will beat Max Schmeling next month due to Schmeling's inexperience and lack of recent activity. McAuliffe cites Sharkey's performance vs Dempsey as evidence of his readiness and asserts the upcoming bout should stay within boxing rules.
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Stuart Cameron
United Press
Jack Sharkey
Max Schmeling
McAulinge
United Press Today
McAuliffe
Max
Stiibling
Criterion
Strik
Sharkey
Schmeling
Si Garkey
Jack Dempsey
Dempsey
Mickey
Petrolle and Battalino Reach Ten Round Ring Test
Chicago May 18 Billy Potto Duluth junior welterweight and Christopher Battalino Hartford light weight completed strenuous training today for a 10 round bout. Petrolle expected to score 139 and Battalino 135. A crowd of 15 thousand with receipts near 40 thousand dollars was forecast by Ma Lewis.
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Chicago
Billy Potote
Duluth
Minn
Christopher
Ba” Battalino
Hartford
Conn
Chiedium
Battalino
Ma Lewis
Coast League Results and Standings Summary
Coast League games featured Los Angeles beating San Francisco 1 10 2 and Sacramento defeating Seattle 12 0 1 0. Portland edged Oakland as Hollywood tied with Missions in another set, with multiple players credited in box scores.
Judge to Sentence Alleged Forger John Stewart
Judge Frank M. Ryan will pronounce sentence on John Stewart an alleged forger in justice court. Police say Stewart passed a worthless check for 15 dollars to H S Trehern of Nipton months ago. Stewart was later fined and sentenced in Lincoln County for the offense and, after completing that sentence, turned over to Clark County authorities.
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Frank M. Ryan
John Stewart
Justice Court
Stewart
H. S. Trehern
Nipton
Lincoln
Clark County
Fragmentary racing card hints at riders and horses
OCR scraps show a list of horses or riders with odd spellings and numbers. Entitled phrases like Mile and Moon appear, with names such as Jodie Ke and Anita Ormont, but the text is incomplete and hard to parse.
Spring Football Game Set as Wildcats Prep for 1931 Season
Two squads meet Sunday at Che memorial field to showcase Wildcat talent as Coach Dashiel leads spring practice. Starters Van Gordon and Harold F headline the lineup with Fat Stewart Ray McMichael Lee Beatty Patt Melbach, while several newcomers compete for positions left by graduates Clyde Kay Sill Gravelie Rex Jarrere and May Stockm. A small admission will be charged for the open public event.
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Wildcat
Dashiel
Bull’ van Gordon
Harold F
Fat Stewart
Husky
Ray McMichael
Lee Beatty
Patt Melbach
Calline
Clyde Kay
Sill Gravelie
Rex Jarrere
May Stockm
Vanson
Migel
Butfield
Cher
Che
McMichael
Hiltle
Wykoil Skips Berkeley Intercol Regime Meet
University sprint star Wykoil of South IA will not compete in the California intercol regime meet at Berkeley next Saturday, announced by Dean Cromwell. The omission comes ahead of the LC. A. event.
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Los Angeles
Snk Wykoil
University of Southia
California
Berkeley
Dean Cromwell
LC. A
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