Derby Contenders Set for Kentucky Derby Preview
Eleven aristocrats of the turf prepare for tomorrow's 75000 Derby renewal at Churchill Downs. Post time is 445 pm CST. Matt Winn predicts a 100000 crowd and a 2 million mutuel handle as Swain and Porters Cap vie for favorite status in mud or dry conditions.
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Louisville
Matt Winn
Downs
Aristides
Jess Darnell
Cleaveland Putnam
Boots
Ladysman
Our Boots
Bull Dog
Royee G. Martin
Toledo
Woodvale Farm
Charles S. Howard
Porter
Derby lineup sets field for 67th Kentucky Derby
Louisville May 20 The 67th Kentucky Derby field lists owners jockeys and probable odds for each horse headed by Our Boots at 8 to 5 Porter's Cap 2 to 1 Whirlaway 6 to 1 and Dispose 8 to 1 Other contenders include Robert Morris Blue Pair Market Wise Lou Statetorie Swain and Valdiia with odds ranging from 10 to 50 to 1.
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Louisville
Our Boots
Royce Martin Conn McCreary
Porter’s Cap
Charles S. Howard
Leon Haas
Whirlaway
Warren Wright
Eddie Arcaro
Dispose Robert J. Kelberg, Jr
Carroll Bierman
Robert Morris
J. Fred Byers
Harry Richards
Vera Bragg
Basil James
Wise Lou Tufano
Irving Anderson
Little Beans
Rocky Palladino
George Moore
Hugh S. Nesbitt
George Woolf
Swain Cleaveland Putnam
Johnny Adams
Valdiia
Paul E. F. Woodward
Herb Lemmon
Baseball scores from multiple leagues loaded with results
AP reports numerous games across the National and American Leagues and minor circuits. Notable tallies include Cincinnati 2 Brooklyn 1, St Louis 5 New York 0, Pittsburgh 15 Philadelphia 2, Cleveland 13 Philadelphia 3, Boston 15 Detroit 9, Washington 7 Chicago 0, New York 14 St. Louis 5, and several Western and Southern Association and Texas League games with varied scores. Rain delays affect St Joseph at Topeka and Salina at Hutchinson.
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American Association
Louisville
Bonn
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
St Louis
New York
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Chicago
Boston
Cleveland
Detroit
Washington
St. Louis
Western Association
Batting Leaders and Pitchers Across Leagues
The report lists top batters and pitchers with names such as Lavagetto Brooklyn DiMaggio Boston and Keller New York. It shows leaders in runs batted in, hits, doubles, home runs, and pitching records with multiple players from New York Boston Brooklyn and Cleveland.
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Travis
Washington
DiMaggio
Boston
New York
Keller
Doerr
Gordon
Keltner
Cleveland
Walker
Rizzuto
DiMagegio
Fox
Laabs
St. Louis
Bonham
Harder
Johnson
Sundra
Baseball Stars Deliver Big Offense and Shuts
Charlie Keller homered and tripled while driving in seven for the Yankees against the Browns. Frank Pytlak and Dom DiMaggio each had four hits for the Red Sox in a win over the Tigers. Dutch Leonard and Cecil Travis powered the Senators with a shutout and key offensive output. Russ Bauers held the Phillies to five hits for the Pirates. Bucky Walters pitched 11 innings with seven hits and doubled for the Reds. Len Warneke scattered nine hits to shut out the Giants for the Cardinals. Bob Feller contributed four RBIs including a homer for the Indians in a victory.
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Charlie Keller
Yankees
Browns
Frank Pytlak
Dom DiMaggio
Red Sox
Tigers
Dutch Leonard
Cecil Travis
Senators
Russ Bauers
Pirates
Phillies
Bucky Walters
Reds
Dodeer
Len Warneke
Cardinals
Giants
Bob Feller
Indians
St. Louis Cardinals
New York Giants
Redbirds
Lon Warneke
Pittsburgh Pirates
Cleveland Indians
Philadelphia Athletics
A’s
Bob Johnson
Feller
Cleveland
Washington
Chicago White Sox
Boston Red Sox
Detroit Tigers
Boston
Detroit
New York Yankees
St. Louis Browns
Joe Gordon
Ernie Bonham
Wild ninth inning sparks Muskogee eight run win in Fort Smith
A heavy schedule with 46 runs on 41 hits featured Muskogee’s 14 to 10 victory after a wild ninth at Fort Smith. The Giants surged with a seven run third and late scoring, while Joplin toppled Springfield 13 to 7. Salina Hutchinson and St Joseph Topeka games were rained out.
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Kansas
Fort Smith
Muskogee
Giants
Joplin
Springfield
Cardinals
Miners
Salina-Hutchinson
St. Joseph
Lawrence High Lions To Compete At N K L Track Meet
Lawrence High trackmen travel to Abeles field Leavenworth for the Northeast Kansas League meet. Lions seek to defend two league records Kurt Reisen 1929 shot put 50 ft 3½ in and Lowell Trueblood 1927 pole vault 12 ft 2 in.
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Liberty Memorial High
Kurt Reisen
Lowell Trueblood
Lawrence
Abeles Field
Leavenworth
Leavenworth Pioneers
Altho
Atchison Red Men
Lions
Elmer Schaake
Frank Stannard
Stannard
Fronaberger
Wyandotte
Reisen
Trueblood
Briggs
Atchison
Treneey
Jon Wyandotte
Yoakum
Derby Contests and Kansas Sports Cup Tidbits
WAZ recalls Frank Menke’s Derby contest among scribes as Derby day nears Boots chosen to win Our Boots remains the pick. Ruth Christianson becomes secretary at Dr F C Allen’s office. Bucky Walters Smithing a bases loaded strikeout. Henry A Shenk returns to K U physical education staff. Sailfish trophy dazzles office decor and Ray Harris runs a special mile at Missouri junior college track. Phog Allen aims for tighter defense next season. West Virginia may field a power grid team. Iowa State keeps Temple on its football schedule with Denver Michigan State and Drake on nonconference slate.
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Frank Menke
Ray Harris
Trenton
Phog Allen
Jayhawks
Bill Kerns
West Virginia
Mountaineers
Iowa State
Kansas
Temple
Cyclones
Denver
Michigan State
Drake
Prize Combination: Priddy and Rizzuto Shine for Yankees
St Louis May 2. Browns manager Fred Haney hails Phil Rizzuto and Gerald Priddy as the smoothest pairing in the majors after watching them handle 22 chances without a bobble in a three game set. Gabby Street adds praise and notes a potential breakup if Priddy cant hit.
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St. Louis
Fred ‘Haney
St. Louis Browns
Phil Rizzuto
Gerald Priddy
New York Yankees
Haney
Joe McCarthy
Browns
Gabby Street
Priddy
Rizzuto
Street
Gabby
Keystone
Bucky Walters Best Clutch Pitcher For Reds In Double Win
Slender right hander Bucky Walters saved the Reds with a key strikeout and late homer support as Cincinnati split headlines in a day of heavy hitting. He fanned two pinch hitters in the 11th and drove in a run with a centerfield double, while the Dodgers dropped a nine-game streak.
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William Henry Walters, Jr
Cincinnati Reds
Bucky Walters
Bucky
Brooklyn Dodgers
Flatbush
Brooklyn
Walters
Dodgers
Joe Medwick
Pete Coscarart
Eddie Joost
Pete Reiser
Babe Phelps
K U Track Team to Meet Kansas State Tomorrow
Kansas University track squad, hampered by injuries, faces Kansas State in a Big Six dual at Manhattan tomorrow at 3 30 p m. The Wildcats improve. K U will be without Orlando Epp Paul Hardman J R Jones and Bob Stoland who cannot run the low hurdles.
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Kansas University
Kansas State
Manhattan
Wildcats
K. S
Colorado
Bill Hargiss
Orlando Epp
Paul Hardman
J.R. Jones
Bob Stoland
Altho
Indians On Road Trip For Two Games
The Haskell Institute baseball team departed this morning for a two game swing. They will play the Chiloco Indians at Chilocco Oklahoma this afternoon and return to Winfield tomorrow to face St. John's Academy. Next home game vs Rockhurst Hawks on Thursday May 8. Coach Warner Coffin took 12 players Battese Jackson Broker Doctor Dawes Black Evans Caleb Gokey Sulphur Blalock Coon.
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Haskell Institute
Indians
Chilocco Indians
Chilocco
Okla
Winfield
St. John’s Academy
Braves
Rockhurst College Hawks
Warner Coffin
Battese
Jackson
Broker
Doctor
Dawes
Black
Evans
Caleb
Gokey
Sulphur
Blalock
Coon
Bull vs Cotten fight ends when bull throws in towel
In McComb Mississippi on May 2 an ex-wrestler named Cotten fought a bull named Smith Cotten. The bull knocked Cotten down and broke a leg in the first round but Cotten grabbed the bull by the ear and dirtied its eyes to keep fighting. The bull threw in the towel.
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McComb
Miss
Smith Cotten
Cotten
Sports Roundup hints spitter talk and big bets
New York May 2 Roundup surveys MLB spitball chatter around Johnny Allen and the White Sox, bets on Swain at 40 to 1, and looming concerns for Minnesota’s opener with Washington. It notes Durocher bonds, Mike Jacobs, Ed Oliver in the Open, plus tonight’s boxing winners and a medical diagnosis for Max Baer.
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New York
Johnny Allen
White Sox
Porter
Colt
Swain
Bernie Bierman
Minnesota
Washington Huskies
Leo Durocher
U. S
Brooklyn
Mike Jacobs
Lew Jenkins
Uncle Sam
Ed Oliver
Fritzie Zivic
Tony Marteliano
Sammy Angott
Dave Castilloux
Louisville
Georgie Martin
Honey Mellody
Boston
Mike Gonzales
St. Louis
Mike
Spectator notes on Dempsey and college stars in baseball
A Broadway column notes Jack Dempsey may go to South America as a goodwill ambassador for FDR after turning down a $100000 exhibition tour. It mentions Eddie Shokes possibly joining the Reds instead of moving to the Athletics, and scouts eye Rutgers second baseman Frank Brock. Also referenced are Lynn C. Doyle on the Phillies and a quirky line about Knight batting in an Auburn Indiana game with umpire Weeks.
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Jack Dempsey
South America
F.D.R
Duke
Eddie Shokes
Reds
Philadelphia Athletics
Jack Coombs
Frank Brock
Rutgers
Odds and Ends From The Sporting World
A year ago Ossie Grimes of Cleveland was hit by a line drive breaking bones in his leg. Three years ago Burgess Whitehead, Grant second baseman, suffered an indefinite team stoppage due to a nervous breakdown. Five years ago Bold Venture won the Kentucky Derby in a driving finish at 4 5 favorite Brevity.
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Associated Press
Ossie Grimes
Cleveland
Burgess Whitehead
Grant
Norton
L Schwarz
Blues Chase Third Straight AA Pennant As KC Wins Opener
Kansas City blues beat Indianapolis 8 to 2 to win their home opener and move to second place behind Louisville. Charley Wensloff allowed no more runs after the first inning. St Paul tops Toledo 6 to 4 as Red Kress debuts as Saints manager with two homers and three RBIs.
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Kansas City Blues
Blues
Kansas City
Indianapolis
Louisville Colonels
Milwaukee
George Bailey
Charley Wensloff
Indians
Ray Starr
St. Paul
Red Kress
Saints
Toledo
Columbus
Minneapolis
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Haskell
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Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
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