National League Pennant Race Is Hot as Dodgers, Reds Lead
The NL pennant chase tightens with Dodgers and Reds tied at 18–8 while Paul Derringer struggles for Cincinnati. Giants top Derringer 6–4 as Carl Hubbell earns his third win. Dodgers beat Pirates 3–1 behind Fat Freddy Fitzsimmons. Cleveland tops Boston 9–6. Yankees explode past Detroit 8–2. White Sox win 10–1. Senators beat Browns 9–2.
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Brooklyn Dodgers
Cincinnati Reds
Dodgers
Reds
Free hitting pace marks American Association games
Milwaukee hosts a high scoring night as four games generate 52 runs and 80 hits. Kansas City beat Milwaukee 10 to 5 with 13 hits off four Brewers, while Milwaukee had eight hits. Minneapolis beat St Paul 12 to 5 as Red Evans limited Saint Paul to eight hits. Columbus edged Toledo 3 to 2 in a tight contest. other scores include Fairbury 10 Beloit 6 in 13 innings, Marysville 7 Junction City 10, Beatrice 8 Concordia 5.
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Milwaukee
Kansas City
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Red Evans Seld
Louisville
Indianapolis
Indians
Fairbury
Beloit
Marysville
Junction City
Beatrice
Concordia
American’ Association
Columbus
Toledo
Cincinnati
BNL
Brooklyn New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Boston
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
Detroit
Washington
New York
Brooklyn
American Association
Southern Association
Atlanta
Birmingham
New Orleans
Chattanooga
Nashville
Little Rock
Wet Grounds
Knoxville
Memphis
Garcia and Overlin Clash For Fragile Middleweight Crown
In Madison Square Garden a 15 round bout pits Ceferino Garcia against Ken Overlin for the disputed middleweight title. Garcia claims the New York California portion of the crown with recent wins in New York and Manila, while Overlin carries a long international record. Promoters seek a winner to face Al Hostak of Seattle, with Carlson planning further moves.
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New York
Ceferino Garcia
Ken Overlin
Madison Square Garden
Garcia
Los Angeles
Illinois
Norfolk
Washington
California
National Boxing Association
al Hostak
Seattle
Mike Jacobs
Hostak
Nate Druxman
Overlin
Freddie Apostoli
Glen Lee
Manila
Henry Armstrong
Callin
Meoinge Et Verlin
Mas “Garden
Madison Square
Woods wins six sales contests and six radios
Durant Oklahoma May 23. Char levy Woods once a Pittsburgh Pirate pitcher and now a flour salesman has won six sales contests and six radios. He said if he wins one more he will ask for a leave of absence to sell his radios.
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Durant, Okla
Charlevy Woods
Pittsburgh
Oklahoma coach sports black eye after hail stone strike
Norman Oklahoma May 23 Coach Tom Stidham of the University of Oklahoma reports a black eye after being struck by a ice hail stone while playing golf.
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Norman
Okla
Tom Stidham
University of Oklahoma
Yesterday's Baseball Scores Across Leagues
Results from the National League and American League games include New York 6 Cincinnati 4 and Chicago 10 Philadelphia 1 with several postponements due to rain. Other standings show Tulsa Shreveport rain and Dallas 4 Beaumont 3 in the Texas League.
Stars Shine With Four Hits In Big League Day
Babe Dahlgren homer and four singles for the Yankees against the Tigers. Ken Keltner adds a homer with a double and single in a 9-6 Indians win over the Red Sox. Ken Chase allows seven hits as the Senators beat the Browns 9-2. Ed Smith yields seven hits but shuts out the Athletics in a 10-1 White Sox win. Fred Fitzsimmons limits the Pirates to six hits and no runs after the first inning.
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Fat Freddy
Fat Freddy Fitzsimmons
Dodgers
Pittsburgh Pirates
Cleveland
Red Sox
Hal Trosky
Roy Weatherly
Ken Keltner
Yankees
Detroit Tigers
Babe Dahlgren
Marvin Breuer
Pride
Rolla
Tigers
Chicago White Sox
Philadelphia Athletics
Washington Senators
St. Louis Browns
Haney
Indians
Ken Chase
Senators
Browns
Ed Smith
White Sox
Athletics
Fred Fitzsimmons
Pirates
Kansas Open Trap Shooting Opens Three Day State Meet
Amateur and professional shooters from across travel to the Lawrence gun club for the Kansas open trap event starting at 9 30 am. The opening win earns the Kansas State Sportsmen's association trophy as the three day state shoot unfolds with doubles and singles events and defending champions noted.
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Lawrence
Kansas State Sportsmen’s Association
Fred Etchen
T. P. Palmer
Dick Williams
Kansas City
Odd
Rudy Etchen
Missouri
Pro Baseball and Boxing Notes From New York May Review
A collage of sports notes and rumors from New York dated May 23 covers Moe Berg observing the international situation, Ken Overlin betting on Ceferino Garcia, boxing strikes by the Wrestling Equity Association, Babe Dahlgren’s train injuries, and various college and club sports updates. Names include Berg, Overlin, Garcia, Armst rong, Drebinger, Hagrerty, Ferrara, Lee Savold, Ed Tipperary, Tom Lieb, Florida, and East Denver teams.
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New York
Moe Berg
Red Sox
Sox
Detroit
Canada
Ken Overlin
Ceferino Garcia
Henry Armstrong
Overlin
Garcia
Boxing Commission
Ken
Cubs
Eddie Miller
Brooks
Lee Savold
Ed Tipperary
Kansas City
Bruce Smith
Minnesota
Larry Gutsch
Salina
Kan
Monte Barnard
Rensselaer
N.Y
Reds Back On Top In Western Association Standings
Muskogee's Reds beat Topeka 8-3 to claim first place with nine wins in ten. Hank Mestnik held Topeka to six hits as Pete Monahan hit two homers. St Joseph lost to Fort Smith. Joplin beat Salina 4-3 in 11 innings. Hutchinson beat Springfield 8-6 on wild pitches. Parks and teams unchanged for tonight’s games.
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Beaumont
Tulsa
Shreveport
Houston
Fort Worth
Oklahoma City
San Antonio
Western Association
Hutchinson
Springfield
Muskogee
Topeka
St. Joseph
Fort Smith
Joplin
Salina
Reds
Owls
Hank Mestnik
Pete Monahan
al Challoner
Red
Pete
Miners
Saints
Ralph Houk
Young Paul Wright
Pirates
Law Kuipers
Missouri Valley Tennis Tourney Dates Are Set
The Missouri Valley Tennis Association today announced 15 women’s and five mixed doubles tournaments for the summer. Highlights include Heart of America in Kansas City June 10-16 and the Tri-state events in El Dorado Arkansas and Burlington Iowa August through September.
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St. Louis
Missouri Valley Tennis Association Today
Heart of America
Kansas City
Arkansas Valley
Oklahoma City
Tulsa
Wichita
Kan
Okmulgee
Okla
Oklahoma
Ada
el Dorado
Ark
Burlington
Omaha
Neb
City
Independence
Kansas Nine to Meet Iowa State in Weekend Series
Kansas travels to Ames for a three game series with Iowa State the final Big Six clash of the season. The Cyclones sit fourth with a chance to rise to third by sweeping. Kansas seeks a win to end a losing spell. Jack Sands likely to start game one with Leon Wilson backing him. Hank Horak to pitch Saturday. Friday game at 4 pm, Saturday doubleheader at 1 30 pm.
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Kansas
Iowa State
Ames
Jayhawkers
Cyélones
Mike Getto
Iowa
Merkel
Cadwalader
Hunt
Napier
Kresie
Chilson
Kraemer
Hensley
Thompson
Sands
Horak
Cameron
Reims
Dugan
Burge
Jayhawker
Kansas State
Lawrence
Cyclones
Bob Benedict
John Thompson
Dale DeKoster
Nebraska
Bob Dappen
Dappen
Fred Gordon
Jack Sands
Leon Wilson
Town State
Hank Horak
K. U
Willard Mylenbusch
Payoff Turns On Track Conditions At Belmont And More
The article notes Bimelech could not show his best on the Belmont Park surface while Corydon challenged Roman for a Withers mile place. It mentions Kayak II’s sickness, Jimmy Murray resigning as LA Olympic Auditorium matchmaker, and boxing prospects. It also covers baseball figures Ken Sears and Ziggy Sears, Lombardi in Cin CinI fame, and the Indy 500 history. Night baseball origins are noted with a playful tag.
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Corydon
Roman
Bimelech
Withers
Belmont Park Strip
Kayak II
Pimlico
California
Jimmy Murray
Los Angeles
Olympic Auditorium
Walter Hagen
Notre Dame
William J. Burke
The
Haig
South Bee
Ken Sears
Sears
Yankees
Newark
Alabama
Ziggy
Bill Dickey
Schnozzle Lombardi
Cincini
Big Boy
Belvoir at Berryton Baseball Game Sunday Afternoon
Belvoir will play a baseball game at Berryton Sunday afternoon at 2 o clock. Suggestion for a graduation present a scholarship in the Lawrence Business College. Special rate if purchased before June 1. Adv.
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Belvoir
Berryton
Lawrence Business College
Lawrence Gun Club Trapshoots Thursday and Friday
A brief sports calendar lists trapshooting at Lawrence gun club on Thursday and Friday with events by South End against Auto Service in softball at 8 p m at South Park. Kansas State Trapshoot Journey here and U baseball team travels to Iowa State with state trapshoot Saturday and LU baseball at Iowa State Sunday.
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Lawrence Gun Club
South End
Auto Service
South Park
Ikkansas
KX. U
Iowa State
KK. LU
Haskell Institute Seeks Softball Games Next Week
Warner Coffin announced that Haskell Institute will organize a softball team and be ready to play next week. He seeks games and can be reached at 2067 or by writing care of Haskell. A baseball team will be organized and available for games later.
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Haskell Institute
Warner Coffin
Coffin
Haskell
Welterweight Grudge Recalled In Past Ring Histories
Today marks a flashback to last year when Davey Day stopped Pedro Montanez in the eighth round of a welterweight bout. The record also recalls three years ago when Van Lingle Mungo of Brooklyn faced fines and a suspension after an on hotel fracas with teammates. Five years ago W Lawson Little Jr reached British amateur gems quarter finals defeating McCallum of Scotland and Black of England.
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Davey Day
Pedro Montanez
Brooklyn
van Lingle Mungo
W. Lawson Mlittle, Jr
W.G. McCallum
Scotland
J. L. Black
England
Betty Jameson Eliminated in Southern Golf Quarterfinals
Betty Jameson national women's golf champion was defeated by Kay Pearson of Houston 2 and 1 in the quarterfinals of the Women's Southern Golf Association tournament played in Fort Worth Texas on May 23.
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Betty Jameson
Fort Worth
Tex
Kay Pearson
Houston
St Benedicts to Meet Notre Dame B Team in St Joseph
Contracts signed for October 19 football game in St Joseph Missouri between Notre Dame B team and St Benedicts college Atchison Kansas of the Central conference. Central high school gridiron hosts the contest as part of intercollegiate events organized by the St Joseph Junior Chamber of Commerce.
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St. Joseph, Mo
Notre Dame
St. Benedict's College of
Paradise town census shows population drop to 162
In Paradise Kansas, the 1940 census reports 162 residents, down 16 from 1930. The Russell County town records a shrinking population as officials note continuing drift away from the community.
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Feven
Paradise
Kan
Russell County
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