Open golf round at Baltusrol stirs bettors and fans
Round-Up notes that Walters Hagen draws crowds while Horton Smith and Henry Picard top betting lists for the national open. Detroit backers expect a grand slam vibe as a low score could win in 40 years. The column also covers Louis Schmeling, Braddock, Dempsey rumors, and Broadway fight chatter.
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Associated Press
New York
Baltusrol
Bobby Jones
Lawson Little, Jr
Bobby
Walter Hagen
Jones
Jack Doyle
Horton Smith
Henry Picard
Doyle
Detroit
Hagen
Michigan
Walter
Detroit Tigers
Detroit Lions
Red Wings
Napanoch
Joe Jacobs
Max Schmeling
Joe Louis
Tommy Webster
London
Queen Mary
Schmeling
W. Louis
Max
Braddock
Louis
Broadway
Billy McCarney
Jimmy Braddock
di Maggio
Crosetti
Lazzeri
Charlie Ruffing
Ruffino
Mabe
Picard
Harry Cooper
Western League Standings From Davenport to Des Moines
League standings listing Davenport Cedar Rapids Sioux City Omaha Des Moines and Waterloo reflect team positions and points across the Western League in a concise regional summary.
Yesterday's Results and Today's Baseball Pairings
Yesterday's scores show Des Moines 0 Davenport 2 Waterloo 13 Sioux City 1. Today Des Moines plays Sioux City and Omaha meets Waterloo. Cedar Rapids faces Davenport and Brooklyn visits Chicago. Also slated are Pittsburgh, New York at St. Louis and Boston at Cincinnati.
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Des Moines
Davenport
Waterloo
Sioux City
Omaha
Cedar Rapids
Brooklyn
Chicago
Pittsburgh
New York
St. Louis
Boston
Cincinnati
Cleveland Ee
Etroit
Washington
Peete Ewer Eene
Philadelphia
Petal
C.hicago
Injury Jinx Continues as Tigers and Open Field Stirreds
Walter Hagen surveys wreckage at the National Open as the Wilson Cup Rifle Match is postponed to allow Muscatine Rifle Club members to train for the Illinois State Regional shoot set for Sunday June 14 at Milan. The Muscatine club features four matches including 22 calibre and international target events plus a big bore navy match.
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Detroit Tigers
Walter Hagen
Muscatine Rifle Club
Milan
J. G. Johnston
Illinois
Muscatine Club
Navy
Cochrane Sidelined by Nerve Ailment Amid Tigers Slump
Detroit Tigers suffer a blow as manager Mickey Cochrane collapses with a nerve ailment after a homer that sparked an 18 9 win over the Athletics. The illness comes during a season of injuries to key Tigers stars as Washington falters and league races tighten across the American and National leagues. Cochrane will miss games but hopes to return in a few days as the team seeks stability.
Ohio State Favored to Repeat Track Carnival Victory
Ohio State is favored to win the central intercollegiate track and field championship in the eleventh running of the games, with Notre Dame expected to press the Buckeyes. Captain George Meagher may be out for illness, weakening the Irish hopes in the broad jump and discus.
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Milwaukee
Jesse Owens
Ohio State
Notre Dame
Galesburg Miners Set Sunday Clash With Indees
The Galesburg Miners, winners of 27 games last season, travel to Weed park to face the Muscatine Independents Sunday at 2 30 p m. Indees expect a tough test and seek victory No 5. Bill Wallarab to pitch for Muscatine with Kenny Huber catching.
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Galesburg Miners
Muscatine Independents
Weed Park
Indees
Bill Wallarab
Kenny Huber
Fifth Member of Wightman Cup Team Is Selected
London Mrs. Dorothy Andrus of New York and Stamford Conn was named the fifth member of America's Wightman cup team. Captain Helen Jacobs said it was undecided if she would play singles or doubles. Mrs Andrus defeated Mrs. Sarah Palfrey Fabyan in the St George's Hill tournament fourth round.
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London
Dorothy Andrus
New York
Stamford
Conn
America
Helen Jacobs
Andrus
Andrs
Sarah Palfrey Fabyan
St. George’s Hill
Major Heroes Shine as Run Totals Rock the Days Baseball
Mickey Cochrane of the Tigers hits a bases loaded homer in an 18-9 win over the Athletics. Ernie Lombardi drives in the winning run as the Reds top the Phillies 5-3. Johnny Whitehead limits the Yankees to four hits in a 16-3 White Sox victory. Julius Solters homers as the Browns beat Washington 6-2. Paul Waner makes a leaping snag to end the Bees rally in Pittsburgh 7-5. Frenchy Bordagaray has a double and two singles in the Dodgers 4-3 win over the Cardinals. Len Warneke tosses a tight game to beat the Giants 8-5. Bill Werber delivers a two bagger as the Red Sox edge the Indians 4-3. U S motor vehicle deaths peak in October 1935 with 3 850 fatalities.
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Detroit Tigers
Hank Greenberg
Schoolboy Rowe
al Simmons
Mickey Cochrane
Homer
Tigers
Athletics
Washington Senators
St. Louis Browns
Lou Warneke
Chicago Cubs
Mel Ott
Cy Blanton
Pirates
Boston Bees
Reds
Phillies
Cochrane
Mickey
Washington
Chicago
New York
Castleman
Coffsman
Hubbell
Fitsmmons
Mancuso
Warneke and
Hartnett
St. Louis
Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
Boston
Leeseee
Lanning, Smith
Brandt and Ber- Lopez
Clanton, Brown and Toddres
Dean, Winford
Ogrodowski
Davis
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Kelleher
Wilson
Atwood
Derringer
Brennan
Lombardi
R. H. B. Chicago
Whitehead and
Sewell
Pearson, Bronca
W. Brown
Kieinhans
Glenn
H. E. Detroit
Detroit
Auker and Cochrane
Hayworth
Rhodes
H. E. St
Hogsett
Hems- Bullock
Flythe, Dietrich, and Baley
Marberry, Appleton and
Millies
R. H. F. Cleveland
Cleveland
Biaeholder
Lee Oo Pytlak
Grove
R. Ferrell
Ernie Lombardi
Johnny Whitehead
White Sox
Yankees
Julius Solters
Browns
Paul Waner
Hal Lee
Bees
Frenchy Bordagaray
Dodgers
Cardinals
Len Warneke
Cubs
Giants
Bill Werber
Red Sox
Indians
Alvin Crowder
Bengals
Ted Lyons
Whitehead
Blanton
Lon Warneke
van Lingle Mungo
Paul Derringer
Tommy Bridges
Curt Davis
Wes Ferrell
Mel Harder
Buc” Newsom
Big Ten basketball race includes strong contenders
Indiana was rated in the running but weakened by final exams at Bloomington. Wisconsin, Pittsburgh and Marquette were also expected to rank high as 33 schools entered the final conference tabulations.
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Ners
Indiana
Bloomington
Wisconsin
Pittsburgh
Marquette
Major League Twirlers Battle Tough Sledding This Season
Veteran pitchers across both leagues struggle as batsmen swarm mound talent. Dizzy Dean and Lefty Grove stand out with strong records, while peers like Pearson Hubbell Crowder Lyons Warneke Whitehead Blanton Mungo Derringer and others endure rough outings and frequent early exits.
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Earl Hilligan
Chicago
Jerome
Dizzy” Dean
Bob
Grove
Diz
Cardinal
Boston Red Sox
Monte Pearson
New York
White Sox
Carl Hubbell
New York Giants
Cubs
Schoolboy Rowe
Detroit
Bengal
Elden Auker
Alaska map fit to U S scale
If a map of Alaska drawn to the same scale as the United States were superimposed on the latter, with Point Barrow placed at Duluth Minnesota, the islands of the Aleutian archipelago would touch Los Angeles, while the southeastern point of Alaska would rest upon Savannah Georgia.
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Alaska
United States
Point Barrow
Duluth
Minn
Aleutian Archipelago
Los Angeles
Savannah
Old Master Can Recall When It Was His Show
Walter Hagen, at 43, opened the 40th national open at Baltusrol with a 74 to sit five shots behind leaders Paul Runyan Ray Mangrum and Clarence Clark in a record scoring first round. Hagen recalled his 1914 title defense and noted he reached 15 greens in regulation, saying he still feels the “Old Haig.” Vic Ghezzi led through 36 holes with a 139 total, one shy of the 36 hole mark, as 80 players were within six shots.
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Henry Picard
Hershey
Baltustel Country Club
Springfield
N. J
Herman Barron
Walter Hagen
Baltusrol Links
Paul Runyan
Ray Mangrum
Clarence Clark
Hagen
Haig
Oldster
Moore
Johnny Revolta
Vic Ghezzi
Tom Kerrigan
Les Madison
Frank Moore
Terry
St. Louis Cardinal
Craig Wood
Ted Longworth
Ky Laffoon
Johnny Bulla
Harry Cooper
Ghezzi
Chick Evans
Lop-Sided Softball Scores Highlight City Night
Thursday's results feature Elks 14 Red Paint Store 0 and Journal 28 Huttigs 0 in a night of record chaos. Methodists 25 Walnut 0 and an 18 run third inning power surge marked a high scoring, error prone slate at Oregon Park and Jefferson Field.
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Elks
Journal
Huttigs
Methodists
Walnut
Ellis
Muscatine
Jimmy Lange
Elks Lodge
Oregon Ball Park
Jefferson Field
Walnut Street
Huttig Boys
Walnut Street Baptists
Lange
Karl Kolmerer
Oregon Street
Kolmerer
Lodgemen
Dave Sywassink
Walnut Baptists
Mills
Baptists
Hkee
D. Battey
H. Bywasswak
Weber
E. TeStrake
Enenee
Lee
D. Sywassink
Ween
Spangler
Poae Mills
L. Jacobs If
Cook
Settee
Walvee
Vives Whitlow
Ween Cogshell
Walter c
R Wee Ahlf
A & H. Laughlin
Rss
Kautz
Kolmerer c . Walters
Heerd
Ween Bartelt
Oo Taylor
Eeere Shenk
B. Bayers
Eeene L. Bayers
See Nee
Dillon
Tener Tipton
Eeeres Oppelt
En Jean
Poae Hubbard
Lemkau
Wees Barko
League Leaders By The Associated Press
American leaders include Sullivan Indians .406 batting average and Gehrig Yankees with 56 runs. Dickey Yankees leads 50 RBIs, Griffon? Hesitate. note Hershey. Gehringer Tigers has 70 hits and 19 doubles, Clift Browns 8 triples, Foxx Red Sox 13 homers, Powell Senators 10 steals. Grove Red Sox 81 earned runs? not clear.
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Associated Press
Sullivan
Indians
Gehrig
Yankees
Dickey
Gehringer
Tigers
Clift
Browns
Foxx
Red Sox
Powell
Senators
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Joe Palooka
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Ernie’s Tire Shop
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