Two Stars Are Ready For Olympics
Kansas City June 10 report shows Helen Stephens and Glenn Cunningham ready for the Princeton mile. Hargiss, KU coach, hails Stephens as a champion after her 11.6 seconds 100 meters, near world record, and Cunningham wins 800 in 1 52.2, aiming for faster mile pace. Cunnghams depart for Princeton with hopes of beating last year’s 4 06.7. Nine meet records fall as Pittsburg Teachers lead the Missouri Valley meet.
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Kansas City
Helen Stephens
Glenn Cunningham
H. W
Bill) Hargiss
University of Kansas
Hargiss
Missouri
Cirl
Stella Walsh
Missouri Valley
Princeton
Cunningham
Elkhart
Princton University
Justus O'Reilly
Kansas State College
Glenn
Lawrence
Southwest High School
Pittsburg
Emporia
Maryville
Herechel Neil
Wilbur Stalcup
Tarkio College
University of Missouri and Benton High School
St. Joseph
Wyandotte High
Kan
Donald Dunn
Herschel Neil
Harold Manning
Wichita
Ale
Leefaring
Elwyn Dees
Kermit King
Clyde Coffman
Ford
Dunn
Neil
Haring
Miss Stephens
Fulton
Baseball Leaders Mentioned In Mixed League Totals
Collated batting and pitching leaders across the National and American Leagues mention players from Pirates Cardinals Giants Reds Tigers Athletics Red Sox Indians Senators and Yankees. Notable names include Medwick Waner Greenberg Johnson and Cronin with multiple categories cited.
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Johnson
Athletics
Moses
Gehringer
Tigers
Greenberg
The
Vosmik
Indians
Greenherg
Werber
Red Sox
ples—Cronin
Vasas Indians
Boston
Senators
Lawrence Defeats Atchison in Ban Johnson League Clash
Lawrence defeats Atchison 5 to 1 in an Eastern Kansas Ban Johnson league game at Atchison. Martinac pitched effectively for Lawrence with 14 strikeouts as Campbell Harris Babcock led the offense with timely hits. Next, Lawrence hosts Haskell at Haskell Tuesday. Leavenworth visits Sunday.
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Lawrence
Atchison
Babcock
Harris
Kurth
Murrey
Campbell
Sehon
Dover
Martinac
Nash
McCarthy
Hayes
Ie Lawrence
Holcom
Frank Martinac
Furth
Lawrence Ban Johnson
Haskell
Leavenworth
DOO Holcom
Ss Wu
Bonn
Inesermundd
Pfoa E Biffinger
Malone
Rhe Lawrence
Hiner
Horn
Starmer
Deutech
Tang
Surrey
Alberts
Deutsch
Pastinac
Trombold
National Open Victory Makes Golf History at Oakmont
Samuel McLaughlin Parks Jr, 26, becomes National Open champion at Oakmont after stormy conditions and record low rounds. Only Parks breaks 300 with 299 total, while Jimmy Thomson finishes second two strokes back. Parks earns Ryder Cup consideration as Plantation Ravenwood near Kinston, NC to become part of a national forest.
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New York
Oakmont
Samuel McLaughlin Parks
Pittsburgh
Henry Picard
Bob Jones
Tommy Armour
Harry Cooper
Armour
Cooper
Jimmy Thomson
California
Jimmy
Parks
Ridgewood
N. J
Braddock Faces Baer In Daggered Madison Square Showdown
New York June 10 Baer defends his heavyweight title Thursday night in a 15 round Madison Square Garden bout at the giant bowl on Long Island. Braddock fresh from the Catskills trains hard claiming top form as experts debate Baers edge. About 35 000 expected in the audience with receipts around 250000 and NBC to carry the fight. Braddock reports improved strength height gain and readiness for a bruising 45 minutes while Baer closes training in prime shape amid betting on the bout.
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New York
Big Jim Braddock
Catskills
Max Baer
Asbury Park
N. J
Father Knickerbocker
Baer
Madison Square Garden
Giant Bowl
Long Island
Warriors
Braddock
Rickard
Dempsey
Turney
National Broadcasting Company
Carera
World sports flashbacks of past champions
AP notes anniversaries of great wins: Italy claiming the world soccer title over Czechoslovakia one year ago, Sarazen setting a British Open scoring mark three years back, and Bill Tilden defeating Daniel Prenn for Berlin’s men’s fencing title five years earlier with a 7-5 8-6 1-6 7-5 finish.
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Associated Press
Italy
Czechoslovakia
Sarazen
Bill Tilden
Berlin
Daniel Prenn
Cunningham to Meet Top Stars in Three Major Meets
The world’s greatest miler Glenn Cunningham faces three major meets in three weeks starting with the Princeton carnival mile against Lovelock Bonthron and Venzke. He then competes at Berkeley June 21-22 and at Lincoln July 3-4 AAU Championships.
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Glenn Cunningham
Kansas
Princeton
Cunningham
Joe Lovelock
Bill Bonthron
Gene Venzke
Berkeley
Lincoln
Hargiss
New York
California
Glenn
Topeka Nine Club Beats Grove Team 12 to 1
Topeka Santa Fe nine built an early lead aided by several errors on the local diamond Sunday and defeated Pleasant Grove 12 to 1. Next game for Pleasant Grove is with Watson Bros. Transfer of Kansas City here Sunday.
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Topeka Santa Fe
Pleasant Grove
Watson Bros. Transfer
Kansas City
Blues Win Rebound Run Boosts Kansas City Standings
Kansas City Blues surge to 17 wins in 22 games pushing them into third place in the American Association behind St Paul and Indianapolis. They beat St Paul 4 3 on a 11 inning victory as Breese doubled and Sulik singled for the decisive run. Dale Alexander drove in two with two doubles and Bill Brubaker homered after being optioned from Pittsburgh.
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Chicago
Dutch Zwilling
Kansas City
Blues
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Breese
Sulik
Dale Alexander
Bill Brubaker
Pittsburgh
State Tourney on at Salina Kansas Golf
Kansas State Golf tournament narrows to a 32 player bracket as senior and junior divisions are abolished due to a small entrant field. Loren Rocks of Wichita makes a hole in one on No. 10 while Harry Nordefert and George Matson pace qualifiers after 18 holes. First round starts tomorrow with pairings announced today and a dinner planned.
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Salina
Kan
Loren Rocks
Wichita
Ira Watson
Kansas State Go Association
Watson
Rocks
Qiakisine
Harry Nordefert
Lyons
George Matson
Baseball scores from early American league action
In a roundup of results from multiple games, Boston fell to New York 5 4, Cincinnati 4 and Pittsburgh 7 2, Chicago 2 and St Louis 13, Philadelphia at Brooklyn postponed, Detroit 4 and Chicago 1 St Louis 2, Cleveland 1. Philadelphia 4 Washington 3. New York at Boston postponed due to rain. Also notes on the Pacific Coast league and Western Association standings with Toledo 7 5 Louisville 4 4 Columbus 2 3 Indianapolis 5 0 Kansas City 4 St Paul 3 Milwaukee 4 Minneapolis 6 with rain in the second games.
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American Association
St. Paul
Indianapolis
Kansas City
Rocesveensas
Minneapolis
Uu. A
Milwaukee
Columbus
Toledo
Louisville
New York
Chicago
Cleveland
Detroit
Boston
Washington
Elfadelphia
St. Louis
Pittsburgh
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Boston Il
Swamerican Association
White Sox and Pirates Star Performances Highlight Eccentric Box Score
In a day of scattered major league action, John Whitehead fanned five while the White Sox pitchers outpitched. Paul Waner connected for a homer and two singles in three at bats with four RBIs for the Pirates. Ossie Bluege drove in a run with a tenth inning single to beat the Athletics 5-4. Joel Moore and Charley Gelbert contributed in Giants and Cardinals wins, while Ed Coleman homered and doubled for the Browns. The Cardinals swept Chicago 9-3 and 14-4. </S>
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Tommy Prdges
Iwers
John Whitehead
White Sox
Paul Waner
Pirates
Reds
Ossie Bluege
Senators
Athletics
Joel Moore
Giants
Braves
Ed Coleman
Browns
Indiana
Charley Gelbert
Cardinals
Chicago
Homer
Les
Wiley Brothers Face CCC Softball Tonight in North Lawrence
Wiley Brothers meet CCC camp in the second softball game of the season on the Woodlawn school grounds North Lawrence at 8 15 pm. Floods delayed games. revised schedule lists clashes from June 10 to June 27 with matches involving Wiley's, CCC camp, Civic club, Varsity Velvets, and Goodrich. The notes cover AAU events, world records, and campus honors alongside Police report of a broken Railway Express window.
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Woodlawn
North Lawrence
Wiley Brothers
CCC
Wileys
CGC
Civic Club
Goodrich
Varsity
Tailspin tale of Tommy and Jose Jolla rescue
In a hazy report from December 1997, Jose Jolla of the Air Force is credited with saving Tommy and McGuire from a firing squad TS. The bizarre scene unfolds as an officer nearly collapses, summoning Jose to report the supposed aim in a chaotic moment.
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Hen EL
Jose Jolla
AIR Force
Tommy
Mguire
Jose
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Frank Cramer
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Paul Harrington
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Missouri University
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