Thin Clads Set for April 3 Start at WWHS Stadium
Woodrow Wilson High School opens track season with 16 records set to challenge 1936 marks. Ken Hunt leads about 50 candidates toward bouts with Oak Hill and a slate of meetings across Huntington Charleston and Beckley as Beckley’s 1936 state mile relay title is recalled.
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Cambridge Crew Loses to Oxford in Thames Battle
Oxford's heavier crew overpowered Cambridge by three lengths in the 91st varsity clash on the Thames. The race ended in 22 39 for four miles and 374 yards, with Oxford ending a long slump and Cambridge suffering and 1934 records near the clock.
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Dark Blue
Shoeless Joe Jackson runs liquor store in Greenville SC
Former baseball star "Shoeless" Joe Jackson, dismissed for the 1919 Black Sox scandal, is identified as the owner of a liquor store in Greenville South Carolina. The note places him in a business role far from the diamond, highlighting his lasting notoriety.
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Black Sox
Greenville
S. C
Tilden Beaten By Fred Perry At Madison Square Garden
Frederick John Perry defeated 44-year-old Big Bill Tilden in four sets 6-1 6-3 4-6 6-0 at Madison Square Garden in the all star show watched by a near capacity crowd of 15,132. The match showcased Perry’s agility and steadiness as Tilden faded after a brief third-set resurgence.
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Associated Press
New York
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Madison Square Garden
Green
Frederick John Perry
Perry
Big Bill
Tilden
Skate Maker to Skate Masters from St Paul Saga
80 year old J E Strauss builds hand forged skates for champions such as Sonja Henie Bobby McLean Everett McGown and Jack Shea aided by his son John Jr 27 and two workers. His unique blade process creates glass hard steel that stays sharp longer and his customers include top speed and figure skaters who praise the blades and miss Henie wrote she would not compete without them.
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ST. Paul
J. E. Strauss
Sonja Henie
Bobby McLean
Everett McGown
Allen Potts
Jack Shea
Irving Jaffee
Roy Shipstead
Douglas Duffy
Maribel Vinson
Eleanor O'Meara
John, Jr
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Italy
Balaski Wins Three at Tropical Park Races
New Orleans rider Lester Balaski, recently signed to John D. Hertz, scored a triple at Tropical Park yesterday. He won the third with Dominant Mary, the fourth with Adamite, and the seventh with the Singer, while two favorites from J. E. Smallman’s Medway stable were defeated.
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New York
Lester Balaski
New Orleans
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J. E. Smallman
Medway
Tropical Park
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Mary
Adamite
Singer
Pittsburgh Seen As Major Threat
SAN BERNARDINO California Pittsburgh's Pirates, led by manager Pie Traynor, aim to rise in the NL with a strong batting attack and a pitching staff needing solid work. Ed Brandt and Cy Blanton are key, with veterans Fred Lucas, Bill Swift, Jim Weaver and Mace Brown expected to pace the staff as rookies and new faces vie for spots.
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Brooklyn
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Mace Brown
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Feller Idol of Tribe's Trainer
Lefty Weisman finds a new baseball hero in Bob Feller, the Iowa schoolboy pitcher. The story follows Weisman's lifelong admiration for Tris Speaker and how Feller, a country kid with a blazing fastball, inspires him as trainer and mentor in the Indians clubhouse.
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Speaker
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Pirates Finish First Division Record Across Years
After the regular Pirate outer front of the two Waner boys Paul and Lloyd and Forrest Jensen, Pittsburgh has finished in the first division 29 times in 36 years.
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Forrest Jensen
Pittsburgh
Sande Trains Winners But Longs To Ride Em Again
AP Turf writer recalls Earle Sande the handy rider who trained winners at Hialeah Park yet longs for the days he rode to victory. He cites Gallant Fox’s nose win over Questionnaire in 1930 and ranks Man O War as the best he rode, with career earnings near three million dollars across stints with Bedwell Ross Hildreth and others.
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Hildreth
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New Price Law May Stop Fight in Chicago
Chicago's heavyweight fight plans stall as Illinois Senate passes a bill capping prize fight tickets at 1. Promoter Joe Foley warns a $25 top is needed to cover Braddock and Louis guarantees, or the bout will be moved. Governor Horner doubts House support. Braddock heads to Chicago after dodging a court order.
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Joe Louis
Comiskey Park
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Miami
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Woodrow Wilson High crowned WW tourney champs
Woodrow Wilson High School won the Woodrow Wilson tournament title after eliminations over a week at the Armory. 11-C defeated 12-F 38 to 12 in the final as Phipps scored 33 in two games and Riggs added 13. All-tournament picks included Phipps, Riggs, Wheeler, Blake, and J Williams. Tarzan White signs with the New York Giants for pro football next fall.
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