Louisville Stirs to Call of the Derby
Louisville prepares for the 62nd Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs with an expected 50 000 fans and Derby Week atmosphere. Traders and transport firms brace for crowds as horsemen refine three year olds for the one and a quarter mile classic. Local youths on the backs of barns name Brevity as a top contender with other horses drawing interest from prominent stables.
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Louisville
Churchill Downs
Kentucky
James FE. V
Downs
J. E. Widener
William Woodward
E. R. Bradley
Teufel
Broom
Japs Turn To Grid In Tokyo Football Boom
In Tokyo Japan football has surged in popularity, rivaling baseball among Nippon youths. George Marshall, 30, director of athletics at Rikkyo University, credits his efforts introducing pigskin and translating American rules. He studied at Ohin State University.
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Columbus
Ohio
Tokyo
Sons of Nippon
George Marshall
Rikkyo University
Marshall
Japan
Ohin State University
Frome
Japanese adopt American football rules in Meiji Stadium crowd
Spectators including Japanese royalty watched the scene as Japanese Athletic Association adopts American college rules. Paul Rusch of Louisville notes six Tokyo universities now play gridiron with growing enthusiasm. An intercollegiate conference formed in 1935, with a planned playoff among Tokyo colleges next fall. The teams are lighter than American elevens but the sport is booming.
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Meiji Stadium
Japanese Athletic Association
A. A
Japan
Paul Rusch
Louisville
Rikkyo University
Rusch
Tokyo
Strange how mail barrels served Galapagos decades ago
An article recaps early Galapagos postal practice using mail barrels at Post Office Hay near Charles Island. Ships picked up dropped letters, forwarding mail to regular channels. Barrel updates occurred as weather wore it. one ship’s arrival helped Allied movements in a war era tale. Also a note on West Indian shoe squeaks as an attention device. Tomorrow: The Man Who Saw Beyond the Horizon.
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Galapagos
Postoffice
Hay
Charles Island
West Indies
Heart of America golf tournament set for May in Kansas City
Missouri Valley golfers survey year schedule with Heart of America May 18-20 at Oakwood in Kansas City. Dawson, a Chicagoan, seeks fourth title as entry list nears 200. Other events follow May 26-28 in Excelsior Springs and mid-June tours in Topeka Davenport Wichita. Goodman is champ.
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Kansas City
Missouri Valley
Oakwood
Milburn
Heart of America
Midwest
Kansas Cty Golf Association
Acorn
F. C
Mike) Lynch
Association
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Johnny Dawson
Lynch
Dawson
Excelsior Springs
Wichita
Kan
Goodman
Omaha
Valley
Schmeling and Louis Begin Training For Title Fight
Ballyhoo reports Schmeling starts training tomorrow at Napanoch Country Club New York with camp opening May 7. Louis begins Thursday at Lafayetteville New York for two weeks before moving to Lakewood New Jersey on May 15. Ida Lupino comes from a long line of actors with her father Stanley Lupino and mother Connie Emerald among relatives in show business.
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New York
Lakewood
N. J
Ida Lupino
Stanley Lupino
Connie Emerald
Yesterdays Results From Associated Press Recap
National League games between St Louis and Chicago and Cincinnati were postponed. St Louis lost to Cleveland 2 1 in the American League. American Association schedules showed Kansas City at Columbus postponed by rain while Minneapolis played Indianapolis and Milwaukee at Toledo. St Paul defeated Louisville 3 1.
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Kansas City
San Minneapolis
St. Paul
Milwaukee
Louisville
Columbus
Pittsby St
Associated Press
St. Louis
Cain
Chicago
Cincinnati
Cleveland
American Association
Mineapolis
Indianapolis
Aukee
Toledo
Babe Didrikson Debuts In Texas Championship Final Win
Today marks a year since Mildred Babe Didrikson won her golf tournament debut defeating Mrs Dan Chandler 2 up in the Texas championship final. The note recalls three and five years ago Babe Ruth and James R McAleer, a key AL organizer, with Ruth homering against the Senators and McAleer dying at 64. The Elks bowling scores show Hutson 722 490 and Rising GIS 731 with high games tonight featuring Schwiniey and Al Jen.
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Associated Press
Didrikson
Dan Chandler
Texas
Babe Ruth
Senators
James R. McAleer
ELKS
Hutson
Schwiniey
Aljen
Indians Impress Old Hands as They Rise in the A L
American League assessors note the Cleveland Indians atop the standings with eight wins in 11 starts. Steve ONeill has built a cohesive, hard fighting club led by strong pitching from Harder Allen Blaeholder and Hudlin. Trosky’s five homers and 16 RBIs pace the attack as Averill Vosmik and Campbell handle heavy hitting duties.
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Associated Press
Cleveland Indians
Indians
Steve O'Neill
Mel Harder
Oral Hildebrand
Johnny Allen
Lloyd Brown
George Blaeholder
Willis Hudlin
Tigers
Red Sox
Yankees
Harold Tro
Earl Averill
Joe Vosmik
Bruce Campbell
Trosky
Bill Dickey
Yanks
Brown
Harder
Allen
Blaeholder
Blawickler
St. Louis Browns
Campbell
Cincinnati Reds
Cubs
German Border Guards To Relax for Olympics
Berlin reports border officials will be soft during the August Olympic visit. Foreigners will see wide borders and reduced formalities with only country of origin marks on cars. Officials will issue Olympic frontier passes for 40 cents even without passes or tickets.
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Berlin
Frontier
KU Spring Basketball Practice Call Issued
Dr. F C Allen announces KU spring basketball practice to begin next Monday and run each Monday Tuesday and Wednesday for three weeks. Emphasis on fundamentals to prepare for next season within the KU system. Key returnees include Ray Noble Fred Pralle Marvin Cox Paul Rogers Roy Holliday. Seniors listed include Ray Ebling Milton Allen forwards Francis Kappelman guard and Wilmer Shaffer utility.
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F.C. Allen
University of Kansas
K. U
Ray Noble
Fred Pralle
Marvin Cox
Paul Rogers
Roy Holliday
Ray Ebling
Milton Allen
Francis Kappelman
Wilmer Shaffer
SeNIGHTS Boxing Roundup From AP Wire
New York Pedro Montaner 133 Portu Tuco outpointed Aldo Spoldi Italy 419. Chicago Davey Day 137 knocked out Mike Primich East Chicago. Baltimore Harry Jeffra 122 knocked out Dewey Cannon Baltimore. Mobile Krieger, Pittsburgh Dean Green overripe. Washington Overlin 139 Richmond outpointed Ralph Chong 161 New York. Oklahoma City Junior Munsell 185 outpointed Buck Rogers Williamsport. San Francisco Ernia Schneider 175 Portland knocked out George Tooshy Bakersfield.
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New York
Pedro Montaner
Portu Tuco
Aldo Spoldi
Italy
Chicago
Davey Day
Mike Primich
East Chicago
Ind
Ballimore
Harry Jeffra
Dewey Cannon
Moblie
Pittsburgh
Yy Krieger
Oklahoma Sooners Baseball Clowning Feeds Nine-Game Win Streak
Norman April 28. Sooner practice features Ira Monroe nickname wisecracks from the bench as Coach Jap Haskell fosters humor to spur play. Monroe leads by example while teammates rib and rally around a hot day in Oklahoma's baseball camp. The club has won nine straight games.
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Norman
Lawrence “Jap” Haskell
Oklahoma
Nick Altrock
Sooners
Ira Monroe
Monroe
Johnny Hunter
Hunter
Dillard Jackson
George Twyman
Haskell
Hobart
Red” Hardwick
Hardwick
Delmar Steinbeck
East Central
Jack Baer
Tom
Baer
Qld
Jim
Steinbock
Vincent Lopez Declares World Mat Championship Claim
Vincent Lopez proclaimed himself world heavyweight wrestling champion in Los Angeles, presenting a five foot high lion head trophy as proof. He traced the claim to a match won last year against Harry Ekizian, who he identifies as Ali Baba, the wrestler who allegedly took the title from Dick Shikat in Detroit last week.
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Los Angeles
Vincent Lopez
Harry Ekizian
Ekizian
Ali Baba
Dick Shikat
Detroit
Hole-In-One Club Leads Nation In One-Shots
Nashville Tennessee tops the hole in one club roster with twelve members after four new inductees. Dallas Texas trails by one, Fort Worth Texas has seven, Texas leads states with 35 acres of members while Tennessee has 17 and Ohio 13. New entrants include Gordon Sawyer and Mike Turnesa among others. The list also notes Dee Errickson, coach at Washburn College, and Victor Jory, former boxing champion.
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New York
Associated Press
Nashville
Tenn
Dallas
Texas
Fort Worth
Tex
Tennessee
Ohio
Gordon Sawyer
Shelby
J. B. Alexander
The
Oriental
Horace D. Box
Billy Howe
Belle Meade
Mike Turnesa
Elmsford
N.Y
Fairview Country Club
Dee Errickson
Ottawa
Washburn College
Independence
Arthur Errickson
Baseball Roundup The Reds and Indians Win Narrow Games
Ernie Lombardi and Tony Pheves of Cincinnati led a Reds rally with a homer and a run scoring double in the 30th to beat the Cubs. Bruce Campbell homered for Cleveland as the Indians edged the St. Louis Browns 2-1 in a pitchers duel.
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Browns
Indians
Ray Hughes
Averill
Vosmik
Harland Clift
Rollie Hemsley
Cleveland
Ernie Lombardi
Reds
Tommy Thevenow
Lon Warneke
Warneke
Larry French
Billy Herman
Chuck Klein
Tony ‘Pheves
Cubs
Thevenow
Bruce Campbell
St. Louis Browns
Wrestling Last Night Across Cities and Matches
A wrap of last night’s bouts shows Dean Delion from Salt Lake City who defeated the Blue Marsketd Marvel in one fall. Al Bisignano from Lancaster beat Mike Mazurki in one fall. Chief Little Wolf from Wilmington defeated Ane Coleman in two falls to three. Yvon Robert from Montreal beat Lutze from Venice, Cal in straight falls. Ed Strangler Lewis from Winnipeg defeated Ostopovich in one fall. Lou Plummer from Rochester tossed Vaduroff in Baltimore. Hedda Hopper noted as Hollywood actress-agent.
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Associated Press
Atlantine City
N. J
Dean Delion
Salt Lake City
Marvel
Lancaster
Al_ Bisignano
Nuly
Mike Mazurki
New York
Wilmington
Del
Little Wolf
Trinidad
Ane Coleman
Montreal
Yvon Robert
K Lutze
Venice
Cal
Winnipeg
Ed Strangler Lewis
Dario Ostopovich
Kansas City
Rochester
Minn
Lou Plummer
Baltimore
Ivan Vaduroff
Riga
Russi
Wichita U. seeks game with Kansas in 1987 schedule
A Wichita delegation plans to meet KU athletics director Dr. F.C. Allen at the KU athletic office tomorrow morning to push for a football game with Kansas. They aim for November 21, the only open KU date next fall, or to arrange a date in the 1987 season.
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Wichita
University of Kansas
University of Wichita
F.C. Allen
K.U
Fairfax Belmont Social Round Feasts and Visits
Mr and Mrs W G Koehring hosted a family dinner with guests including Albert Herning and daughter Sarah Ann of Merriam and C C McGee with daughters Mary Rose and Marjorie of Kansas City. Fred Brown took Charles Schaake to Kansas City to see Richard Sawyer who is hospitalized after eye injury.
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W. G. Koehring
Albert Herning
Sarah Ann
Merriam
C. C. McGee
Mary Rose
Marjorie
Emmet Perdue
Kansas City
Fred Brown
Charles Schaake
Richard Sawyer
Frank Jones
Herbert Jones
Topeka
Walter Cook
Paulette
Jacqueline
C. C
Vinland
L. D. Ice
John Kasson
Riverside Bureau Club
Planting and Beautifying Work Near Riverside School Corner
Work on planting and beautifying the corner near Riverside School was completed at a specified time. The event focused on improving curb appeal and surroundings, with local involvement and a community cleanup spirit evident in the effort.
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Riverside School
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