Swedes and Waterloo Highlight Muskcatine Opening Day
More than twenty semi pro clubs from Iowa and western Illinois converge at League Park Muscatine for a nine day tourney. The Terrible Swedes meet Waterloo A C in a feature Saturday opener as 23 teams compete with innings cut to seven for four days.
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Iowa
Illinois
Muscatine
League Park
South Muscatine
Howard McFadden
Nichols
Bonaparte
Keokuk
Muscatine Muskies
Peerless Dairy
Rock Island
Bonapart
Waterloo A. C
Millard All-Stars
Ottumwa
Valley Junction
Albia
Radloff
House of David
Waterloo Mississippi Valley League
Central Iowa
Valley Junction Merchants
Centerville
Miller
Halaska
Pappick
Dubuque Meteors
Dubuque
Galbraith Motors
Peerless
Motormen
Muscatine Independents
Dairymen
McFadden
Albery Barry
Ira McFadden
Kenneth Jones
Wrestling results from Philadelphia and beyond
The Associated Press notes several bouts with mixed outcomes. Savoldi and Lutzke opened with a draw at 31 21, Pinto versus Kirchmeyer ended in a draw at 45, Sokolis and Hansen drew at 30, Macaluso threw Hurley in 11 30, and McArthur vs Boesch finished in a draw at 30.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Joe Savoldi
South Bend
Nick Lutzke
Chicago
Stanley Pinto
Ravenna
Roland Kirchmeyer
Oklahoma
Stan Sokolis
Charlie Hansen
New York
Len Macaluso
Hamilton
N. Y
Jack Hurley
Jack McArth
Baseball Roundup Hits and Highlights Across Leagues
Pinkey Whitney sparked the Braves and Cubs pitching allowed three hits. Earl Averill drove in a ninth inning run to edge the Athletics 5 4 for the Indians. Hal Schumacher blanked the Reds with five hits. Bucky Walters powered the Red Sox with a homer and two singles against the Tigers. Jim Collins of the Cardinals and Cy Moore of the Phillies each won in two notable ways. Irving Burns of the Browns doubled twice and singled twice against the Yankees.
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Bucky Walters
Red Sox
Tigers
Homer
Jim Collins
Cardinals
Cy Moore
Phillies
Donie Bush Predicts Giants Prove Best in National League
Donie Bush, managing the Reds, says the Giants will likely win the pennant while warning the Cubs, Pirates, Cardinals, and even the Braves could challenge. He notes his own team struggles in the NL and reveals he was named an incorporator in a road material firm in Indianapolis.
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New York
Donte Bush
Cincinnati Reds
Donie
Brooklyn Dodgers
Indianapolis
Indiana
Pirates
Bill Terry
Giants
Cubs
Boston Braves
Mary Reynolds wins Hambletonian at Goshen in dramatic race
Grey veteran W Ben White drives Mary Reynolds to win the Hambletonian in two of three heats earning $28 323. Brown Berry with J S Lyle places second after a spill nearly injuring Fred Egan. Meurice takes third as 12 horses competed for over $40 000 in purse money.
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Goshen
N. Y
Little Did
W. Ben White
Mary Reynolds
Reynolds
White
Fred Egan
Brown Berry
Egan
Meurice
William Hughes Cleveland
Fly Casters Open 25th Annual Championship Tourney
Chicago hosts two hundred fishermen from 36 casting clubs in the National Association of Scientific Angling clubs as the 25th annual fly casting championships begin. The event will end Sunday with champions crowned in eleven divisions plus an all around title.
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Chicago
National Association of Scientific Angling Clubs
Giants Struggle At Bat Against Notable Pitching Trio
The excerpt notes their poor hitting this season with a powerful pitcher facing Terry, Mell Ott, and Lefty O'Doul in sequence. It compares the pitching to legendary Cubs and White Sox eras, highlighting exceptional mound dominance.
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Giants
Terry
Mell Ott
Lefty O’doul
Cubs
White Sox
British Girls Take on Americans in Net Tourney
Forest Hills matchups in the third round of the women's national tournament feature England against the United States in six of eight contests. Notable clashes include Helen Wills Moody vs L A C Mitchell and defending champion Helen Jacobs vs Freda James, with other British players like Betty Nuthall and Peggy Scriven favored in tossup bouts.
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Forest Hills
Athletic Daughters
England
United States
America
West Side
Helen Wills Moody
L. A. C. Michell
Uncle Sam
Helen Jacobs
Freda James
Dorothy Round
John van Ryn
Philadelphia
Betty Nuthall
Carolin Babcock
Los Angeles
Josephine Cruickshank
Wichita
Peggy Scriven
Baroness Levi
New York
Marv Heeley
Scriven
Heeley
Hitchcock and Mates Capture Second Match
The west faced a setback as hubert M Williams fractured his right leg in a fall during the Wednesday clash with an eastern nine. Tommy Hitchcock reshuffled positions and led a stronger attack as the east beat the west to set up a deciding Sunday game.
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William Weekes
Chicago
Hubert M
Rube) Williams
Plainsmen
Tommy Hitchcock
Williams
Hitchcock
Hopping
Michael Phipps
Winston Guest
Rain Delays Net Meet Between Local Teams
Rain interfered for the third time in three weeks as Muscatine and Davenport De Molay scheduled a ten nis match here Wednesday to decide the series in Davenport next Tuesday afternoon. Montreal Albert Ladon defeated Roger Bernard by decision while Babe Davis knocked out Tommy Walters in Kansas City.
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Muscatine
Davenport de Molay
Davenport
Montreal
Albert Ladon
New York
Roger Bernard
Flint
Mich
Babe Davis
St. Louis
Tommy Walters
Kansas City
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Waterloo
Pinkey Whitney
Braves
Whitehill
Senators
Earl Averill
Indians
Athletics
Hal Schumacher
Reds
Irving Burns
Browns
Yankees
Bush
Teerateateaa
West Freat St
Charley
Jim Crowley
West
Elmer Boeseke, Jr
Quincy
al Stillman
Petro Corri
Ellis Bradley
Joe Redd
Little Rock
Drew
Tony Viviano
Les Gartner
Hannibal
Sterneman’s
Perm
Standard Oil
DISTR
Atlas Tires
Standard Ol Co
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