Homerure first contest on local ground by four to two
Homer opened the present series by defeating Monroe 4 to 2 on their home field. Collins pitched well for Homer holding Monroe to six hits while his team capitalized on timely hits and Monroe errors. Monroe briefly threatened in the eighth but Homer added another run in the eighth and held on for the win.
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Monroe
Isitors
Collins
Arnsinger
Texas
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Onroe
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Arnspiger
Veach
Cruse
Oakes
Price
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Hollis
Hubert
Mel Combs
Brown
O'Neill
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Ird
Haert
McCombs
Hunniecut
Infeld
Herera
Hudrt
Herrera
Lefty Taylor
H Omer
Tay
Herrera Drives Run Front in Oakes Brown and Huberto
Herrera drives a run in a game featuring Oakes Brown and Hubert Covington. Cruse fans one and Collins six. Walks amount to three for Cruse and three for Collins. Time 1 55. Um pires Romano and Harkins.
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Oakes, Brown
Hubert
Covington
Cruse
Collins
Romano and
Harkins
Collins Drives Sox to Top Batting Form this Season
Eddie Collins of the White Sox leads in American League averages after nine hits in four games, lifting his mark to .388 and vaulting him toward batting honors. Harry Heilmann tops majors at .429 with Ted Williams and Babe Ruth contributing strong home run and run totals. Rounds of standings show Rogers Hornsby back in action for the Cardinals and Zack Wheat leading NL batting with .409. A broken leg ends Lance Riedbourg’s Nashville lead, with Smith rising to 361 in the Southern Association.
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Bostotn
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Associated Press
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Charley Grimm
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Sammy Bohne
Cincinnati
Dave Bancroft
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Mohan
Frisch
Roush
Young
Southworth
Neil
O'Farrell
McInnis
Cord Rival Johnson
Southern Association
Lance Riedbourg
Nash Ville
Smith
Little Rock
Nashville Star
Chase Named Manager for Nogales International Team
Hal Chase, former major league star, will manage the Nogales international baseball team of Nogales Sonora Mexico. Arrangements were announced after Chase resolved his ban from organized baseball and he has been living in San Jose California.
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Nogales
Associated Press
Ariz
Hal Chase
Nogales International
Sonora
Mexico
San Jose
Cal
Annual Track Meet Draws 300+ Athletes From 61 Colleges
More than three hundred top track athletes from sixty one colleges gathered at Stagg Field on the University of Chicago campus for the Amateur Athletic Union third annual track and field meet. The trials showcased an unusually strong field of competitors and abilities.
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Chicago
Stagg Field
University of Chicago
Amateur Athletic Union
Farmerville Nets Stellar Forty for Classy Louisiana Baseball Crew
Farmerville has assembled a premier baseball squad for the season traveling across North and Central Louisiana and South Arkansas. Under C. M. Smith the roster includes captain Leissner from Texas, Bugs Carson, Odom, Eckhardt, Smalley, Mulcahy, Bedford, Thompson, Gill, Ferguson, Lovvorn, Kallina, Falk, Thompson and other collegiate standouts from Texas A and M, Dallas, T C U and Jacksonville.
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Arkansas
C. M. Smith
Texas
Texas University
Rube” Leissner
Longhorn
Bugs) Carson
Herman B. Odom
Texas Longhorns
New York Yankees
Oscar Bronze Eckhardt
Dewey Smalley
Johnny Mulcahy
Dallas
Tex
Eugene Bedford
Lovie Thompson
King Gill
Texas A. and
Jack Ferguson
Monroe to Host City Tennis Tournament on July Fourth
Monroe plans a city tennis tournament on July 4 under the Monroe Community Service and the Monroe Tennis Association as a preliminary for a North Louisiana event in September. The elimination contest will select players to compete with North and Central Louisiana towns. Monroe features a top municipal tennis ground built by the city council as part of recreation and tourist plans.
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Monroe
Monroe Community Service
Monroe Tennis Association
North Louisiana
Louisiana
City Commission
Racing Calendar Highlights at Aqueduct Latonia and Dorval
Today's sports brief lists the Queens County Jockey Club meeting at Aqueduct the Kentucky Jockey Club event at Latonia and Dorval Jockey Club opening scheduled races and activities across venues. The item notes upcoming race meetings and openings for the season.
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Queens County Jockey Club
Aqueduct
Kentucky Jockey Club
Latonia
Dorval Jockey Club
Regional College Sports and Championship Dates
Locations across the continent list upcoming championships and events in rowing golf tennis track and shooting. Wisconsin meets Washington at Madison and Montreal, with several state and metropolitan tournaments closing in Kansas City Little Rock Topeka Boston Pequot Bala and Toronto.
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University of Wisconsin
University of Washington
Madison
Washington, D. C
Missouri
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Arkansas
Little Rock
Kansas
Topeka
New York
Cit
Massachusetts
Boston
Pacific Coast
Berkeley
Central Ontario
Toronto
Orange
N. J
Harvard
Yale
New Haven
Pequot
Philadelphia Country Club
Bala
Crackers Hold Second in Dixie Circuit Race
Atlanta, June 16. The Atlanta Crackers sit two points behind the leaders in the Dixie circuit after New Orleans defeated Nashville 7 to 1. The Pelicans posted a ninth straight win, and Atlanta beat Graham of Little Rock 5 to 2. Memphis had 14 hits in a 7 to 3 win at Birmingham, Chattanooga lost to Fulton, and Mobile beat the Barons 7 to 4.
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New Orleans
Atlanta Crackers
Nashville
Volunteers
Pelicans
Crackers
Graham
Little Rock
Memphis
Birmingham
Barons
Chattanooga
Fulton
Mobile
Baseball Scores Across Leagues
Major leagues include Washington over Chicago 6 to 2 and New York 19 to 0 with St. Louis 6 and 5. National League results feature Brooklyn 9 over Chicago 7 and Cincinnati 3 over Philadelphia 3. Southern and Cotton States leagues report various victors with scattered rain.
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Washington & Chicago
Detroit
Boston
New York
St. Louis
Cleveland
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Chicago
Cincinnati
Carpentier Beckett bout postponed again in London
London reports another postponement of the Carpentier Beckett fight with July 4 targeted. Beckett suffers recurring left-hand trouble from his previous bout with Dick Smith last month.
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Carpentier
Associated Press
London
Sporting Life
Beckett
Dick Smith
First Round in Champ Contest Yields Early Golf Victories
The opening round of the state championship in Baton Rouge produced tight matches and several decisive results. Nelson Whitney defeated Raymond Saal five and four, W V Conover beat Jack Rathbone three and two, Fredericks topped Charles Hardy one up, Tel Simmons downed Lebourgeois three and two, Turpie Jr defeated Warmoth five four, Goedehaux beat Scabell three two, Louis Lebourgeois eliminated A E Roberts three two, and Bert Jones beat Amiss three two.
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Associated Prep
Baton Rouge
Astmained
Nelson Whitney
New Orleans
Raymond Saal
West End
W. V. Conover
Lake Charles
Jack Rathbone
C. J
Shipwreck lifeboats fitted with automatic electric lights
A new invention promises to end darkness on lifeboats by powerful electric lights that attach to the boats and automatically switch on when the boat touches the water, fully illuminating the vessel.
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