Drillers Open Second Half Season With Laurel
The Drillers and Vicksburg Hill Billies set to play at Forsythe ball yard in the first of a two game series. Maurice Clark may be sent to the rifle pit to perform damage before the curtain falls Saturday. Sunday the Drillers revive the pennant chase against Laurel to begin the second half of the Cotton States league year.
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Vicksburg Hill Billies
Forsythe Ball Yard
Monroe
Palmer
Maurice Clark
Rifle Pit
Laurel
Wray Query
Hill Billies
John Ganzel
Larsen
Wernebee
Snider
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Laurel Club
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Hosten
Baseball Scores Across Leagues Compete On Multiple Fronts
The schedule shows GAMES tie STATES LEAGUE at Jackson with many matchups listed. National and American Leagues feature Detroit at St Louis Chicago at Chey Philadelphia at Boston at Washington. Texas League lists Waco at Fort Worth Shreveport at Houston Ballas at Beaumont Wichita Falls at San Antonio. Southern Association has Atlanta at Birmingham plus Nashville at Memphis Asheville at Chattanooga New Orleans at Little Rock.
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Detroit
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Philadelphia
Boston
Washington
Waco
Fort Worth
Shreveport
Houstos
Ballas
Beaumont
Wichita Falla
San Antonio
Southern Association
Atlanta
Birmingham
Broblie
Memphis
Ashville
Chattanooga
New Orleans
Little Rock
Night lights in foggy eastern games incomplete
An Associated Press snippet shows scattered names and places including New Orleans Philadelphia Toronto and New Bedford with fragmented references to boxers and players like Jimmy Slattery Beeny Bass Larry Gaines and Tony Marullo. The text is garbled, offering no coherent event or outcome.
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Affalo
Jimmy Slattery
Bistele
Tony Marullo
New Orleans
Hiladelphia
Ete Nebo
Beeny Bass
Philadel
Larry Gaines
Kaplan toMeet Dusek in Local Wrestling Bout
Abe Kaplan a Jewish grappler meets heavyweight Rudy Dusek in a Friday night bout promoted by Avery. Kaplan boasts multiple holds including strong leg scissors and tearing attacks, while Dusek, usually lighter in weight, weighs fifteen pounds less but has shown resilience to weight handicaps. Tickets on sale at the Virginia hotel cigar stand.
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Joe Stecher
Avery
Rudy Dusek
Virginia Hotel
E.gar
Poole Reclaims Form With Four Hit Day For Cracker Six
Atlanta Southern Association action shows Jim Poole delivering a double and a single driving in five runs to power the Cracker win over Birmingham 8 3. George Dumont allowed 15 hits in a complete game victory for Atlanta. Memphis defeated Mobile 11 2 as Birmingham’s lead tightens. Little Rock rallied past New Orleans 4 3 with an eighth inning burst. Blair Pebble handled 15 chances in the field for the Chicks. Nashville and Chattanooga did not play.
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Atlanta Southern Association
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George Dumont
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Little Rock
Joe Martina
New Orleans
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Durham dominates as Jackson blanks Alexandria in opener
Jacksons young right hander Durham throws four hit game over Alexandria with eight strikeouts. Reds and Senators win 5 to 0 as Eberhard struggles. Sigman Long and Gibson drive offense with hits while Calhoun and team errors sparking miscues.
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Hudkins Walker Ready For Bout At Comiskey Park
Mickey Walker and Ace Hudkins of Nebraska finished final workouts for a ten round middleweight title fight at Comiskey Park. Walker weighs 160 pounds, Hudkins down to 134, both sparring and resting tomorrow. Promoter J. Mullen reports advance sales past 130000 with likely reach to 175000. notable guests include Mayor Jimmy Walker Jack Dempsey Jim Jeffries and Governor Len Small.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Mickey Walker
Ace Hudkins
Nebraska
Comiskey Park
Walker
Nebraska Wildcat
Hodkins
Dixie Kid
Rail Birds
Jiat Mullen
Mullen
Jimmy Walker
New York
Jack Dempsey
Jim Jeffries
Charles A. Bryan
Jim Dahman
Omaha
Len Small
Quarter of Thompsons Hold Track Champions
Northeastern Universitys undefeated track and field team credits four Thompsons for its success as Eastern Intercollegiate Athletic Association champions. Charley led with 18 points and a new Northeastern quarter mile record, Stuart scored 13, and Red William added 10 as Theron, the freshman, ran the two mile without scoring.
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Boston
Northeastern Univesity
Eastern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Boston University
Colby College
Huskies
Charley
Clan
Stuart
William
Red
Theron Thompson
Northeastern
Ball Player Receives Unwanted Publicity at Boston Club
In Boston on June 19 a guest at a luxury night club faced embarrassment as the master of ceremonies introduced him as "one of the greatest baseball players of all time." The star, though unnamed, was violating the club’s rules by staying out past curfew, just a few minutes overdue.
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Boston
Golf boom in Monroe spins into a popular sport
Monroe golf enjoys its best season as locals flock to Country Club and Municipal courses. Promoters push wrestling cards headlined by Kaplan Dusek. The Cotton States league plans a new schedule with Sunday games and new signings to boost the Monroe Drillers ahead of the second half pennant chase.
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P. M. Atkins
Driller
Joe Austin
Monroe
Drillers
Palmer
New Unit Sanctioned for Harvard Stadium
The Harvard Stadium, once one of America’s great stadia, will be enlarged to about 55,000 seats by enclosing the open end of the horseshoe to approach the size of newer college athletic amphitheaters, as authorized by the Harvard Corporation.
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Harvard
America
Harvard Corporation
Athletes Eligible for Olympic Trials
General Douglas A. McArthur, president of the American Olympic Association, informed John L. Griffith that athletes placing in the national collegiate track and field meet in Chicago on June 9 are eligible for the final U S Olympic team tryouts at Harvard in July. Initial word suggested only first and second place finishers could compete.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Douglas A. McArthur
American Olympic Association
John L. Griffith
Harvard
Solons Blank Alexandria 3 0 In Tight Ballgame
In a fast paced game the Solons shut out Alexandria 3 to 0 as Gulfport Tarpons suffered early power from Pepper Laurel’s centerfielder hit a long homer in Laurel park. Larsen held Gulfport to four hits until the ninth inning.
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Laurel Park
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New York Cops Shine in Weight Throwing History
The Big Five weight throwing champs from New York include three patrolmen from the Bronx and downtown precincts. Matt McGrath, a four time point scorer, Pa McDonald, a Bronx lieutenant, and Paddy Ryan, retired and living in Ireland, propel the force in the Olympic hopeful sport ahead of Amsterdam.
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Amsterdam
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Ireland
Record of Total Wins May Fall Before Yanks
New York Yankees threaten the major league record for wins in a season as they trail the 1906 Cubs. With the Tinker to Evers to Chance era Bruins posting 116 wins, the Yankees stood 36–8 early in the week, projecting about 126 victories if pace continues, while Cubs in 1906 went 116–36 before losing the world series to the White Sox known as The Hitless Wonders.
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Western quarter mile racing fades with time
The article recalls 19th and early 20th century Western frontier quarter mile races in Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, Montana, Idaho and Utah. Indians, frontiersmen, and later white owners blended horses racing at quarter miles, with speed legends like Bob Wade and Judge Thomas. It traces venues, tracks, and famed performers such as Sam F, Big Dutch, Queen T, Carrie Nation, Marvel of Texas, and Usecit, noting the decline as longer-distance breeds rose in popularity.
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Butte
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Sam F
Big Dutch
Parrott King
Queen T
Joe D
Carrie Nation
Whiskey King
John Griffin
Atcha
Joe Blair
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Black Gold and the Last Quarter Horse Derby Legend
The tale of Black Gold, the Kentucky Derby winner bred from a remarkable line of quarter mile speed. An Arkansas oil boom made his owner rich, and a dramatic life of races, setbacks, and a shoot to fame that ended with a tragic track accident in New Orleans.
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Juarez
Useeit
Oatel
Qoats
Oklahos
Oats
Aseeit
Black Tony
Kentucky
Olympia Fields National Open Course Yardage Becomes Talk
Chicago June 11 Here 15 to pur card for Number 4 course of Olympia Fields Golf Club where leading linksmen will meet in the National Open Golf tournament one June 20 Outgoing nine Incoming nine hole yardage Par hole yardage P 1 520 5 10 403 d60 4 oil Be7 3 420 40472 ott 4 aOR 4 435 Loo A i ola AUS G ny 4 565 7 als 4 18 50 8 220 3 17 B83 u ADS 4138 490 Ol? 54 odd af Total yardage 6 761 Par for holes TL
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Chicago
Olympia Fields Golff Club
Golf Kolven Played in Fifteenth Century In Amsterdam
Amsterdam June 19. Old prints show kolven as golf's original name and a popular pastime in Holland 400 years ago. The data claim the Dutch introduced the royal and ancient game to Scotland where Mary Queen of Scots became adept. The sport is said to be growing in popularity here.
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Amsterdam
Holland
Scoland
Mary Queen of Scots
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