Pirates From Southwestern Visit Brooks Field For Game
Southwestern University brings its fast PIRATE five to Brooks Field in San Antonio Saturday for a clash with the Brooks Field fliers. The Pirates, led by Garder and Mateer, boast one of the state’s quickest squads and carry a strong IAA record. San Antonio fans may witness Southwestern’s attempt to claim a final title bid as they faced the Central Christians last season and aim to rebound after a tough 26 46 setback in their Friday night tilt at San Matéos.
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Southwestern University
San Antonio
Teada
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San Mateos Bobcats
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Georgetown
Bill Gardnér
Buccaneers
Southwestern
Mateer
Cemp
Tro Sessons
Central Christians
San Antonians
Brooks
Brooks Field
Fliers
Fort Worth
Vichules Reynolds
Ao Whitson
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Campo
Matlory
Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association
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Bill
West Pointers
Lee
Big Brooks
Gardner
Perrin
Camp
Reynolds
Skipworth
Skinner
Hida
Adams
Royal
Mateer Hero
Ctuel Pirates
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Pirates Edge Rough Southwestern Showdown
In San Wanda, February 21, Southwestern University Pirates trailed early but led most of the game behind Reynolds and Captain Adams. Southwest Teachers College Bobcats, led by Shelton, rallied to win 26 to 25 after a fiercely rough contest with 3% personal fouls called.
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Southwestern University, Pirates
Southwest Teachers College
Reynolds
Adams
Pirates
Shelton
Cxis
Bill Gardner
Aztec line up out for benefit game
Manager Bart Cahill announces the Aztecs will field a Van Daele all star lineup in the grass girls benefit game at Schwab Field Sunday afternoon. Captain Earl Burke will select the Bacup for the game with most squad members expected to play. Names include Perez Butter Paniagua Magee Brewer and others.
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West Side
Bart Cahill
van Dycle Stadium
Schwab Field
Earl Burke
van Daele
Jimsmie English
Perez
Butter
Paniagua
Magee
Brewer
Rodrizuex
Pacheco
Bernal
Jordan
Gorrell
Arthur Veltgagn
Galvan
Wenner
McCarty
Cur-rey
James
Kelly
Burke
Julius
Henefit
Sebwabh Field
Stribling Stops Jamieson With Technical KO in Savannah
Georgia schoolboy W L Stribling defeated Milwaukee’s Ted Jamieson by 2 technical knockouts in the sixth round of their 16 round bout in Savannah as police assisted the referee after the fighters refused to separate at the end of the first round. Jamieson retired in the sixth after being knocked down for the fourth time.
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Kayo
Savannah
W. L. (Young) Stribling
Georgia
Ted Jamieson
Milwaukee
Police Bac
Jamieson
Meriden Youth Bout Announces Chance at Welter Title
Medley of garbled lines describes Kid Kanlen of Meriden Conn defending a weight class title in a planned bout. Kaplan reportedly signed up as opponent with negotiations unclear. The event date February 21 is mentioned with speculation on the match stipulations and outcome.
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Kid
Cochran and Rotan Reach FNLL Finals at Country Club
Houston's George Rotan and Wichita Falls' Tommy Cochran advanced to the FNLL finals in Houston, set to duel for supremacy in the country club invitation tournament. Rotan's strong play, including a late 33 on the final nine, and Cochran's steady vigor edge out observers' guesses as they cap a warm, cloudy day.
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Houston
George Rotan
Tommy Cochran
Wichita Falls
Col Coursts
Iedar
South Texas
North Terns
Derby Entries Form New Record Pace at Churchill Downs
Nominations for the Kentucky Derby closed with expectations of surpassing last year’s 150 entries. The mile and a quarter race carries 50 000 added and will be run at Churchill Downs on Saturday afternoon May 78. Leading three year olds are expected to be entered with Master Charlie’s owner William Daniele confirming a bid.
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Chicago
Urchill Downs
William Daniele
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Master Charlie
Stimulus
Marshall Fi
Coptain Hal
Lee 0
Conner
Kid
Sunny Man
Singlefoot
Plane collapses. two sergeants killed and injured at Pearl Harbor
On February 21 at Pearl Harbor Master Sergeant David B. Grosvenor was killed and Sergeant Robert H. Pellow, a mechanic, was seriously injured when an airplane they were repairing collapsed from about 800 feet, crashing into mud banks. Grosvenor was from Taunton Massachusetts and Pellow from Enid Oklahoma.
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Robert H. Pellew
Pearl Harbor
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Taunton
Mase
Pellow
Enid
Okla
Lewis Defeats Dickmund in Heavyweight Title Bout
Chicago era report states Lewis claimed the world heavyweight wing title after a swift headlock victory over Dickmund. The bout concluded in minutes with Lewis applying a series of six swift headlocks. Event held at night as part of the Spring tournament circuit.
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Dickmund Chicago
Rickmunt
Cage Card Saturday at Brooks Field schedule
Event listing for a local cage card on Saturday at Brooks Field and Sacred Heart venues. Intermediates match Central Christians against P. H. Presbyterian at EWA, 8 o'clock. Good Will Center plays Travis Park. first game 2280 8. 8. Christians vs. Alamo Heights at Travis Tark ys. McKinley Avenue.
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Southwestern
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Central Christians
P. H. Presbyteriane
Good Will Center
Travis Park
Sacred Heart
Alamo Heights
Travis Tark
McKinley Avenue
Kinley Avenue teams tie for first in intermediate division
McKinley Avenue Methodists tied for first in the intermediate division by routing Calvary Baptists 48 to 19. Grace Lutherans walloped Prospect Hill Baptists 42 to 4. Daggett led McKinley with 18 points, McMillan 14, Robertson 10 for the Baptists, as refs called 22 fouls in the McKinley Calvary game. Lineups listed. next games include Travis Park vs Good Will Center and Central Christians vs Prospect Will Presbyterians.
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Calvary Baptists
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McKinley
Howard McMillan
Baptists
Robertson
McWinter
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Ric Millan
Swanson
Smith
Hastings
Wright
Red
Huh McMillan
Lee
Marks
ArcDougal
Hower
French
Geyer
Grace Lutherans
Dili Baptiste
Bour’e
Hoffman
Tora
Werner
Blairhofer
Haskell
Fritae
Bourne
Davenport
Thurton
Johnson
Rees
Fme
Travis Park
Good Will Center
Central Christians
Good Will Center Juniors Triumph Over Briscoe School
Good Will Center juniors defeated Briscoe School 10 to 4 on Friday afternoon. Salas scored six baskets for the winners, with Dick adding five more. Zertuche played strong guard for WLC while Neal and Lewis led the Briscoe team with one field goal each. Lineups show Salas, Rizzi, Zermelos, and Riper as guards and centers with Kido and Hanlon among the subs.
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Salas
Zertuche
Neal
Lewis
WLC
Rizzi
Zermelos
Riper
Kido
Hanlon
Briscos
Robles
Grace
Sanchez
Garcia and Herman Slambang Draw in New York Fight
Bobby Garcia of Camm Holabird Maryland and Babe Herman of the Pacific Coast fought to a twelve round draw. Garcia held the edge most of the bout until the tenth when Herman staggered him. In the semi windup Danny Kramer of Philadelphia knocked out Jaco Roy, Canadian champion, in eight rounds.
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Bobby Garcia
Camm Holabird
Babe Herma
Pacific Coast
Garcia
Herman
Soldier Star
Danny Kramer
Philadelphia
Jaco
Bid) Jroy
Garcia Defeats Gans in Phoenix Lightweight Bout
In Phoenix on February 21 Santis Caria of Los Angeles defeated Young dne Cans of Vieni in a ten round lightweight bout. The fight capped a night of boxing with Caria securing the division win.
Indoor track stars head to Georgetown meet in capital
Star athletes including Paavo Nurmi gather in Washington for Georgetown University indoor track carnival. Nurmi eyes the 3000-yard or 5000-meter options as top rivals from Millrose Club and Finnish American Club join Joie? Lloyd Haan and Jimmy Connolly in an eight open races program with field events and relays. Eugene Bonniwell referees.
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East
Georgetown University
Convention Bell
Paavo Nurmi
Hugo Quist
Nurmi
Astrom
Finland
White House
Coolidge
Verne Booth
Millrose Athletic Club
New York
Omar Prim
Gunner Nilsson
Joie
Lloyd Haan
Jimmy Connolly
Georgetown
George Marsters
Hilltop
Alan Heilffrich
Penn State
Ray Watson
Illinois A. C
Boots” Sever and Farrell
Newarks
A. G
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Driscoll
Devanney
Ascher
Watson
Bob Legendre
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Princeton
Navy
Maryland
Tohns Hopkins
Eugent Bonniwell
Philadelphia
Metropolitan AAU senior track meet in New York tonight
Two hundred athletes compete in the Metropolitan Association AAU senior track and field championships at the 12th Engineer's Armory. The feature is the four mile walking event with Ugo Frigeria and Philip Granville among the top entrants. Abel Kivist and Sam Campbell headline other races, while Jack Renault knocks out Charlie Burke in Fort Bragg.
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Engineer’s
Ugo
Frigeria
Guninat Philip Granville
Pat McDonald
Abel Kivist
A. A
Sam Campbell
Sid Lesbie
John Burns
Basketball results roundup across campuses and cities
Scores from several college games across Texas Oklahoma Missouri Illinois and Nebraska with mixed outcomes. Rice Institute topped Houstonz 122 to 68 while Oklahoma Aggies beat Denton 45 to 6. Southwest Texas College defeated San Marcos 21 to 20 and Grinnell fell 37 to 26 at Columbia Missouri. Other results include Tulane over Colorado 35 to 31 and Butler 39 over Nebraska Wesleyan 11. North Dakota Aggies edged North Dakota 16 to 15 in a Frat Sports scene.
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Rice Institute
Stillwater
Obia
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San Marcos
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Meadeas College
Southwestern Sa
Ascene Co-Bas
Denton
Lahoms
Drake
Lansing
Franklin
Missouri
Grinnell
Geten Rouge
Tulane
L.t .Galesburg
Cor
Knox
AL Ee ‘Gneans
Southwestern College
Loyola
Edulder Jeluinge College
Colorado University
Indianapolis
Butler
North Dakota Aggies
North Dakota
Macor
Atlanta Athlete Club
Moreer
Lanier Basketeers Rout Irving In Friday Play
Sidney Lanier defeated Washington Trying 40 to 17 in a top heavy junior high AA Class game. Mark Caynin beat Page 14 to 3 and Emerson downed Hawthorne 28 to 7 in other Class games. Hawthorne edged Emerson 1 to 4 in a 07 Glass game. Harris swept Lanier in volleyball with three victories in one division. Page swept Washington Irving across all three classes. Poe won A Class and tied with Ewsin in B Class. Swain tops C Class.
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Washington
Muilay
Mark ‘Caynin
Page
Emerson
Hawthorne
Harris de Rae Pot
Harris
Lanier
Washington Irving
Poe
Ewsin
Swain
Tenth Group Team Wins From Medicos Army
The Tenth School Group beat the Base Hospital 25 to 2 in an Army VY MLC A League game Friday night. O'Rourke led the winners with 10 points. McConnell scored six for the Hospital quintet. Lineups list Perkins, Borgeaux, O'Rourke, Ei, Guthrie, Noung, Jourdan, Newberry, Guinn.
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Army VY. Mlc
Voigt to Wrestle Ellis in Victoria
San Antonio matmen fre being draw into the trepility revival in Victoria Sack Voigt the 210 pound traffic cop who recently wrestled John Ellis a draw at E Campa will meet Ellis at Victoria week after next Ellis is the fair haired boy with Victoria fans and he pinned Charles Olson who has been sintering in San Antonio in 44 and 17 minutes last Wednesday night Obi zon was rather on of condition
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Victoria
Sack
Voigt
John Ellis
E Campa
Ellis
Elis
Charles Olson
Barrett Flattens Rodgers On Coast Fight
Calif outcome reports Bobby Barrett of Philadelphia KOed Danny Rodgers of Baltimore in the tenth round of a scheduled ten round bout on the coast near Sacramento February 21.
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Rodgers
Sacramento
Cal
Bobby Barrett
Philadelphia
Danny Rodgers
Baltimore
Sisler to Return Boosts Browns Confidence in Pennant Fight
Chicago report says George Sisler plans to join the Browns as he recovers from a year out. His comeback is expected to stabilize the team while trades bring Milton Gaston Joe Giard and veteran support like Joe Bush and Leo Dixon to back Hank Severeld. Urban Shocker and Pat Collins left the club in a retooling move.
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Goys
Browns
St. Louis
Phil Ball
Urban Shocker
Pat Collins
Milton Gaston
Joe Giard
Joe Bush
Leo Dixon
Hank Severeld
Main Rich Girls Tie for Top in League Race
Main Avenue High School girls basketball edged Wolff & Murr 1 point behind after a strong comeback on St Joliot court Friday. The win narrows the gap to Prospect Hill Owls for first place as Wolff & Marx outscored later in the second half but could not overtake. Elizabeth Hasselbauer scored eight field goals and a foul for Main, Arline Appleby added five field goals and four fouls, Isabel Schneicer accounted for all Wolff & Marx points. Lineups listed for both teams with referees noted.
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Wolff & Murr
St. Joliot's Court
Prospect Hill Owls
Owls
St. John's, Wolff & Marz
Main
Elizabeth Hasselbauer
Main High
Arline Appleby
Isabel Schneicer
Wolff & Marx
Main Appleby
Kapselbauer
King
J. Weistachter
Hodges
Chasey
Bowie Pupils Plant Tree for Steffler
Warent-Learner Association pupils at Bowie School honored Paul Steffler Slane with a program. Fifth graders planted two trees in the school yard dedicated to him after the city commission ordered street work in the Sachool district following requests from 1600 children. Mothers Club praisedMr Steffler and Commissioner Ray Lambert for local district efforts.
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Paul Steffler Slane
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York
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Meeting to discuss insurance measure in San Antonio
Citizens of San Antonio and the San Antonio legislative bureau met in the Chamber of Commerce assembly room Saturday morning to discuss the Wirtz Senate bill repealing parts of the Robertson Insurance law of 1907. The meeting was postponed from Friday due to the bureau's quorum absence.
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North Central track meet yields six records for Creighton
In Omaha on February 21 Creighton University won the second annual North Central conference indoor track meet with 45 points. Dakota University finished second with 23 points as six conference marks were lowered and one world record was unofficially erased during the night session.
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Nile
Creighton University
Smith Dakota University
Wonder Athlete Limerick Highlight Within Local Section
A playful limerick notes a “wonder athlete” in this section with hints about Betty, a 33 year old Texas University student, and mentions Roland Johnson at 423 E. Fiench. Gene Seng is cited as a friend who helped identify a hair for league basketball while some figures drift from the limelight. Second prize Park ticket goes to Miss Hoberta Wilcox at 819 Denver Boulevard for a listed line.
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Betty
Texas University
Roland Johnson
E. Fiench
Gene Seng
Boxing card planned for milk fund show in New York
Promoters tentatively set a summer milk fund boxing program in a New York metropolitan park featuring Wills vs Gibbons for 15 rounds with a shot at Dempsey, Berlenbach vs Delaney in the semi and Mandell vs Terris in a prelim. Dempsey expected fall return, if at all, with winner getting Dempsey challenge.
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NEW Yo8k
Harry Wils
Tommy Gibbons
Paul’ Berlenbach
Tack Delaney
Sammy Mandell
Sid‘Terris
Metropolitan
New York American
Ring
Conmj
Cannefax Demands Return Match Against Hoppe
Robert J. Cannefax world three cushion billiards champion challenges Willig Hoppe to a return exhibition for a $4000 side purse. Cannefax offers two matches in one, 11 blocks per side, with a point tote and block system. Hoppe prepares for the world balk line tournament opening Monday in Chicago. Larry Paton wins Washington's Birthday amateur golf tourney at Belleair Heights, defeating Harold Ingersoll two up in 46 holes.
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Associated Press
New York
Robert J. Cannefax
Willig Hopp
Connefax
Hoppe
Rosenthal and Fight Field In Good Standing
Fragmentary OCR notes discuss Si Rosenthal and a fight field, referencing a June injury and a payoff in a high profile contract this year. The readable text hints at a holdout role and salary concerns but lacks clear details or names of events.
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Orini
Hurdle fall fatal to Austin athlete
Austin high school hurdler Gwynd Col Conger Co was killed after a high jump practice accident at University of Texas Memorial Stadium. He tripped on a hurdle and fell, suffering injuries that proved fatal despite medical transfusions. He was a member of the Aero high school track team and was practicing the high jump when the accident occurred.
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Austin High School
Gwynd
Molly
Conger Co
University Texas Memorial Stadium
Cook
Aira
Billy Wells Beats Jack Britto For Title In San Francisco
Billy Wells defeated Jack Britto to claim the title after five rounds in San Francisco last night. Wells emerged as the winner at Fobo 21 Bermondsey show, improving his standing as titleholder in this event.
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Jack Britto
San Francisco
Bermondsey
Bi Wells
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Draw Result Highlights Night Squash Collision
Philippines drawn with ten players in a late night squash meet reflecting a draw. Bray leads as national champion open events begin in Buffalo with strong entries, while rumors of stadium delays at Northwestern loom over fall 1926 plans.
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