Tight National League race with mixed results
The National League stayed tight as several games produced uneven outcomes. Brooklyn held off Cincinnati with solid pitching while St Louis beat the Giants 11 to 6 at the Polo Grounds. Cubs beat the Phillies 5 to 3 as McCarthy used reserves in late rallies. Pittsburgh Boston opener was rained out.
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Associated Press
Brooklyn
Ray Kolp
Carl ‘Mays
Jim Edwards
Douglas
McWeeny
Cincinnati
Reds
Rube
Ehrhardt
Cubs
Phils
Joe McCarthy
Homie
Ma Jone
Bush
Jones
Pittsburgh
Washington
Chicago
Boston
Detroit
Herb Pennock
Indians
Yankeetadium
George Uhle
Howard Ehmke
Eddie Rommel
Athletics
Dan How-ley
Gray
Arrange N. E. Game
The 1928 Lawrence high school football schedule is set with four home games and three away. Athletic manager William Essick arranged a game with Lawrence and Northeast high of Kansas City Missouri to be played here on Saturday October 20. It was moved from Friday October 19 due to authorities restricting out of town play on a school day.
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Lawrence
William Essick
Northeast High
Kansas City
Northeast
Grocers and Butchers overwhelm Organ Factory in league win
The Grocers and Butchers baseball team defeated Organ Factory 12 to 1 in an Industrial League game at Shook diamond. Pitcher Charlie Faith allowed no hits while Groters-C Faith, Cook powered the win. Tonight Hardware and Lumber face Kansas Electric Power. Box Factory and Jenny Wren play tomorrow.
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Grocers
Trade talk and Topeka golf meet notes
Former Phillies manager Art Fletcher comments on the Bob O Farrell trade to the Giants, reflecting on Branch Rickey's Cardinals strategy and McGraw's maneuvering. The Topeka Country Club prepares for the state golf meet with about 350 players expected. Missouri Kansas Aggies award baseball letters to thirteen members.
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AL Demarre
New York Giants
Art Fletcher
Philly
New York Yankees
Bob O’ Farrell
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Phillies
Branch Rickey
Cards
Bob” O'Farrell
Chicago, Cubs
Rickey
Cardinals
George Harper
Topeka
Lawrences Country Club
Hetters
Aggies
Missouri Pappion
Kansas Aggies
Great Western Trap Shoot Winners Named At Wichita
AT WICHITA KANSAS JUNE 7 AP great Western Trap Shoot concluded with winners announced Singles Frank Luther Wichita Doubles Ira Carroll Kansas City Handicap C Watts Winfield Women's Mrs de R Ballard Eureka Junior Nathan Prahijer Eldorado Wheeler Cyrus Carroll High Gun all event trees Denver Professional singles K W Jewett Kansas City Professional doubles and handicap C J Mos Wichita
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Kansas City
Wichita
Kans
Frank Luther
Iira
Carroll
Watts
Winfield
de R. Ballard
Eureka
Nathan Prhai Jer, Jr
EL Dorado
Wheeler Cyra
Young heavy gets chance in ten round bout at Madison Square Garden
New York report says Armand Emanuel, a rising California heavyweight, will meet Mike McTigue in a ten round Eastern test at Madison Square Garden. Emanuel, undefeated in 28 coast bouts, drew with McTigue recently and is favored to win as McTigue is viewed as aging but savvy.
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New York
Armand Emanuel
Young
California
Mike McTigue
Madison Square Garden
Emanuel
McTigue
Mike
Tunney to defend title against Heeney at Mankee Stadium
Tex Rickards informed the New York State Athletic Commission that Gene Tunney would defend his heavyweight title against Tom Heeney at Mankee Stadium on July 26. The notice cites Tunney’s camp confirming the match as scheduled, with the event to be held in New York.
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Tunney
Greenex
New York
Tex Rickards
New York State Athletic Commission
Gene Tunney
Tom Heeney
Mankee
Five Badgers Enter Madison Wisconsin Track Trip
Five Wisconsin varsity track members and two freshmen depart Madison for Chicago to compete in the National Intercollegiate track and field championships.
Twenty-Two Sprinters Tryouts at Soldier Field
Twenty-two of the nation s best sprinters compete in the national collegiate track and field meet at Soldier Field in Chicago for Olympic tryouts. Seventy-nine schools entered three hundred thirty-three athletes, with Bracey of Rice Institute posting the top time this season at 9.5 seconds. The event determines entries for the Harvard finals in July.
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Chicago
Fiel
Soldier Field
Harvard
Bracey
Rice Institute of Texas
Wefty Sproull Visits Lawrence After Orient Trip
Former Kansas University athlete Ralph Spark Sproull returned to Lawrence to visit his parents after a voyage to the Orient where he toured foreign ports. He served in the Army several years and was stationed in Honolulu in charge of army athletics. Sproull is noted for his prominent baseball and basketball play while at KU and locally known as One of Kansas’ widely known athletes.
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Ralph “Gefty” Sproull
Lawrence
J.-C. Sproull
Lefty
Orient
Honolulu
No Sproull
Kansas
Army
McCoy's Tablets Promise Weight Gain Guarantee
McCoy's tablets, sugar coated and rich in weight building agents, are advertised as easy to take and gentle on delicate stomachs. The ad claims millions are used monthly across North America and offers a guarantee: gain at least five pounds after using four sixty-count boxes or two one-dollar boxes, with a full refund if not satisfied.
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McCoy
North America
America
Lawrence Long Fellows Readies for Civic Parade
National Society Long Fellows in Lawrence has requested members to report to the Civic Club in Kansas City Missouri at 7 o clock Monday night. They will assemble to prepare for a parade honoring Republican and Democrat visitors. At least 600 members are urged to participate and will march behind the elephant. The parade is non political for marchers, with torches and hats provided.
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Lawrence
National Society
Phil B.zimmerman
Topeka
Cis
Kansas’ City
Kansas City
Repuc
Ccans
Zimmerman
END-O-CORN Promises Quick Relief for Corns
A vintage ad touts NO MORE CORNS OR CALLOUSES with END-O-CORN. It claims immediate relief with nightly application, promising pain-free walking by morning. The ad directs distant customers to E LAB ORATORIES at 4 Garfield Blvd Chicago for The Round Cover Drug Co.
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E Laboratories
Garfield Blvd
Chicago
Lawrence Parade Preparations by Long Fellows
A fragment describes a group of six-footers forming a Lawrence delegation for a parade. The text cites Albanian Head and Vienna as phrases linked to the event, with mentions of assembling on Monday evening and gathering in early June.
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Ned
The
Lawrence
Prominent Albanian Leader Zogu Plans Monarchy Move
An Albanian source reports President Ahmed Bey Zogu preparing to proclaim a monarchy with himself as king. A Kansas genealogical note claims the Gilece/Gileese family holds the longest continuous residence in the state, seventy three years, cited by J. E. Gileese.
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Albania
Gilecce
Kansas
J. E. Gileese
Tope
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