Jockey Merritt Faces Public Hearing Over Cheating Claims
New York April hearing on jockey Bobby Merritt continues after a four hour session. The commission and Jockey Club accuse Merritt of three questionable rides including Peep Show at Empire City in 1942. Witnesses and attorneys presented testimony as the hearing adjourned to next Tuesday night.
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New York
Bobby Mer
Merritt
New York State
Commission
Jockey Club
Herbert Bayard Swope
Ashley T. Cole
Alfred Tiernen Morris
Joseph E. Davis
Styope
Kenneth W. Greenawall
Empire City
Dtaly
Meryth
Iwinme
Peep Shay H
Sel
Patce
Horse Racing Results and Notables From Belmont and Bay Meadows
A garbled report lists multiple race results and entrants including Watitar Teithwin finishing HL in a purse event, Brookland We YAN and Stir Up among noted horses, with references to Belmont and Bay Meadows as venues. It mentions authorities and figures like William Megistratty Dee and Viscount Widener’s Lasky Draw, plus purses around 100 and 290 dollars, and a Victorian-era style context.
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Aenkow
Watitar Teithwin
Wits Brookland
Women’s Golf Championship Round Opens With Pairings
Marjorie Row of Amars ton and Laddie Inwin of Monteair led the field as co medalists in the women’s go f event. Margaret Gunther was eliminated by Peggie Kirk of Cleveland while Mary G. O’Conner of Durham paired with Kay Byrke of Rye NC. R A Bowles and Jane Cram competed alongside Estelle Tawson Page, with Katherine Fox among those returning to campai g after a year layoff.
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Marjorie Row
Amarston
Assay
Laddie Inwin
Monteair
W. M
Margaret Gunther
Peggie Kirk
Cleveland
Ohio
Mary G. O'Conner
Durham
N.C
Kay Byrke
Rye
N. C
R. A. Bowles
Garden City
B. I
Jane Cram
Orangeburg
5. C
Estelle Tawson Page
Chapel Hill
N. GC
Katherine Fox
Glenridge
N. J
Old Ball Player Elected Mayor
In La Jolla Beach on April 19, former baseball figure Jimny Austin, longtime third baseman with the St. Louis Browns, is elected mayor. The event follows 22 years after he began his final season and comes with congratulations from fellow players including Dundee C. Cravath, a former Philadelphia Athletics slugger.
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Lawuna Beach
Galil
James T. Austin
Jimny” Austin
St. Louis Browns
Aus Litt
Dundee C. G
Gavey" Cravath
Philadelphia Athletics
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Dunne Wen
Spector
Tobin
Drewsay
Witter
Befrasak Park
William Megistratty Dee
Olymnie Beith
Gunaica
Ike Hirsch
St. Tanves
Tilvou Christopher
Preakness
Mary
Ivan
Ohana
Okan
Hayat Bay Meadows
Wolff & Marx
W. Houston ST
Gunter Hotel
Palm Beach
Well! & Marx—Men'y Store
Wolff & Mara—Men's Store
Weltz & Marx—Men's. Store
Colton
Woltz & Marx
W&m
Famous Label Suits
San Antonio
Daroff
Botany
Woltz & Marx—Men's Store
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