Triple Jinx Roils Opening Day For San Antonio Bronchos
General Pershing and Mayor Brown open the game as the Beaumont Oilers defeat the Bronchos 7 to 4 at League Park. May’s wild pitching and the Triple Jinx band stir the crowd. Nixon triples drive in three in the third as San Antonio rallies briefly in the seventh before falling behind.
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Jack Johnston
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Scoring Recap From Kansas City Indianapolis and Louisville
In Kansas City a 4 to 5 game saw Minneapolis edge Kansas City. Indianapolis shut out Toledo 1 to 0 in Indianapolis. Louisville overwhelmed Columbus 3 to 0 in Louisville. Milwaukee St. Paul game noted as cold with no result.
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Indianapolis
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Louisville
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Milwaukee-St. Paul
Strand Athletic Night Showcases Five Boxing Exhibitions
A Friday Strand Theater program highlighted athletic night with three set-to boxing bouts and a battle royal among five Black fighters. Notable clashes included Young Danna versus Kid Jackson in a four round 140 pound bout and Ketchel versus Billy Jack in a four round 186 pound match. Pancho defeated Cotton in three rounds, drawing loud crowd reaction. A boxing card closing with a fizzling battle royal left two fighters, promising another exhibition next Friday.
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Billy Jack
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Texas Infantry
Ketchel
Jack
Philadelphia
Jack O’brien
Kid
Pancho
Kid" Cotton
Cotton
Buffs Blank Pirates In Houston April Baseball Action
Houston pitchers held the Pirates to four hits and a four to nothing shutout. Whittaker exited after three runs touched him in the third inning, with Gudger relieving. Galveston tallied no runs after a late rally as Houston took the game.
City G Hen Plotting a Hatch Like a Plotting Maiden
In a Baltimore American quip the City G hen is said to act queerly as if hatching a plot. A counterpoint from a Country Maiden notes the opposite, claiming she is plotting a hatch.
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Baltimore
Moran Knocks Out Cowler in New York Ring Fracas
Frank Moran of Pittsburg knocked out English heavyweight Tom Cowler in the fourth round of a 10 round match in New York. Moran weighed 201 pounds while Cowler was 215. The knockout came two minutes and 40 seconds into the rapid exchanges with a right to the heart and a left to the jaw.
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New York
Frank Moran
Pittsburg
Tom Cowler
Yokel Defeats Ketonen in Houston Middleweight Bout
Mike Yokel of Salt Lake City defeated Waino Ketonen in Houston with a straight fall in 80 minutes. Ketonen was fouled at the end of one hour four minutes in the second fall and the decision was awarded by Frank Gotch, the former heavyweight champion, who refereed.
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Waino Ketonen
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Club standings and Friday results
Houston defeated Galveston 4 to 0, Dallas beat Fort Worth 6 to 0, Beaumont won 7 to 4 against San Antonio. Upcoming games Saturday feature Beaumont at San Antonio, Galveston at Houston, Waco at Dallas, and Fort Worth at Shreveport.
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Baseball weather and matchups across the league
In the American League, Detroit hosts Cleveland while New York faces Boston on wet and cold grounds. Washington plays Philadelphia and Chicago meets St. Louis as two scheduled Saturday games remain.
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Boston
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Sneer
Friday Night Baseball Scores Amid Rain Delays
Results show New York and Boston with rain interruptions, plus Philadelphia and Brooklyn affected by rain. Chicago beat Pittsburg 6 to 1 while St. Louis toppled Cincinnati 3 to 2. Matchups list New York vs Boston and Philadelphia vs Brooklyn with remaining games Pittsburg at Chicago and St. Louis at Cincinnati.
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Giants defeat Panthers in shutout by six to zero
Dallas rallied for six runs on three hits two walks and an error in the sixth inning to defeat Fort Worth six to zero. Lewis pitched seven innings allowing two hits and a scratch single as Countryman worked the final. Augustus Kuhn and Adams led with two-base hits and a home run respectively for Dallas while Crouch Palmer and Litschi stole bases and McCandless and Kuhn drove in runs.
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Ene Kircher
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Keatley, Jr
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Countryman
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Rf Palmer
Litschi
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Coleman
Innimee
Adams
Palmer
Giest
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Lew Countryman
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Ilec Chlo iPao
Seppahla Leads All Alaska Sweepstakes At Alaskan Nome Start
In Nome on April 14 with clear skies and mild temps the three top teams push toward Candle and return 412 miles for a $2600 purse. Seppah1a leads most of the way with Delzene second and Anderson third as Delzene and ailing dogs trail. Paul Kjegstad hauls a dead dog and a sick hound east of Solomon after Monday’s blizzard, far behind the leaders.
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Boston Roadhouse
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Taberski Champion Keeps World Pocket Billiards Title
Akron, April 14 Frank Taberski of Schenectady retains the world pocket billiards championship. He narrowly defeats Benny Allen of Kansas City 450 to 448 in a Friday night final.
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Schenectady
Benny Allen
Kanone City
Louisiana governor urges cancel of Darcy bout with Smith
Governor Pleasant asks a local club to cancel the April 23 20 round fight between Carey and Jeff Smith of New York after citing Les Darcy to follow George Carpentier's noble example. Tortorich says the directors will consider the request as Darcy seeks American citizenship and Carpentier fights in the French army.
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George Carpentier
Louisiana
Pleasant Friday
Cance
Carey
Jeff Smith
New York
Dominick Tortorich
Carpentier
Darcy
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