Mrs Diz Takes Over Holdout Campaign
Bradenton Fla March 19 Dizzy Dean’s holdout dispute escalates as Mrs Dizzy Dean takes charge of future negotiations. She vows to hold firm for $40,000 for 1937 plus back pay, blaming Branch Rickey for the standoff while Dizzy insists he and Paul Dean would aid the Cardinals only if paid fairly.
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Bradenton
Fla
Dizzy Denn
Dizzy Dean
Disey
City
Jerome Herman
Cardinals
Rickey
Dizzy
Branch Rickey
Sam Breadon
Toom
Brendon
Babe Ruth
Ang
Brother Paul
Paul
Dean
Joe Engel
Chattanooga
Tobin Team Captures YMCA Championship Victory
The Edgar Tobin Aerial Surveys won the 1996 YMCA basketball championship, securing their second straight playoff win over the Junior Triangles by 27 to 26. Rudy Davalos led with 16 points, Edcar Tobin had 27, and Ht. A. Davalos scored 26, as Teague’s team claimed the title.
Southwest Texas League Plans Reorganization Meeting
Victoria reports that President W. T. Scarborough has called a league meeting for reorganization. The session is set for Tuesday night at 8 o'clock in Beeville with teams from Beeville Taft Aransas Pass Refugio Kennedy Cuero El Campo Corpus Christi Victoria and others invited to send representatives.
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Victoria
W. T. Scarborough
Southwest Texas Baseball League
Beeville
Taft
Aransas Pass
Refugio
Kenedy
Cuero
el Camps
Corpus Garisti
Ice Hockey Schedule From Natl League Ties Rangers at Montreal
National Hockey League schedule lists New York Rangers visiting Montreal and Toronto facing New York Americans. Detroit plays Boston as games listed for a weekend slate with unspecified results or times.
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Tonics
New York Rangers
Montreal
Marons
Toronto
New York
Division Out of Polo Meet May Be Limit for Second Division
The Second Division polo team may miss the joust in Houston starting March 23 after shoulder injuries to Trewl Duff and Sudduth's car crash left his shoulder sore. Billy Skidmore returned to refereeing a game in Wichita after a tumble while Ban Antonio and Wichita were set for Brackenridge showdowns. Burial notes report Claude Blanton, former Texas football star, buried at Lufkin after dying from burns in Longview.
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Duff
Budevith
Sta
Houston
Sudduth
Billy Skidmore
Wichita
Blanton
Lufkin
Lumkin
Claude
Ox”) Blanton
University of Texas
Longview
AL Longview
The Butter Tree and Other Oddities in Faraway Trades
Yesterday's Explanation describes shea butter from sun dried seeds boiled in water. It notes butter's high value, storage without salt, and superior taste. The piece also profiles long worker Olin H. Smith born 1845, his 14 hour days, farm life in Montrose Michigan, and his son Mel. It mentions Trout Hypnotist Thomas MacClure who can catch trout by hand, a Scottish skill called guddlin, then previews Farmers' Falls.
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Olin H. Smith
Mel Smith
Montrose
Michigan
Thomas MacClure
Scotland
MacChire
Promoter hosts mixed results at Walkathon arena card
Juan Garcia overwhelmed Red Rose in salacious fashion to secure a second round finish. Billy Deeg and Dave Velasco fought to a draw after a frenzied exchange. Nick Peters defeated Ike Bastwick in six rounds while Jimmy Scarmore edged Low Duran in six. Chick Sanchez beat Oggie Martinez. Bert Brannon and Terry Young refereed.
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Doc Shaw
Juan Garcia
Mexico City
Red Rose
Houston
Matuel Malaumi
Walkathon Arena
Rose
Garcia
Jeff
Red
Billy Deeg
Dave Velasco
Nick Peters
Ike Bostwick
Portland
Ike
Jimmy Scarmore
Mittasinger
Duran
Jimmy
Chick Senchez
Kearns Suspended 30 Days in Illinois
Illinois athletic commission suspended promoter Jack Kearns for 40 days over a bout in Chicago. The action cited failure to have his fighter Lorenzo Fack in proper condition for a February 28 card at Chicago Stadium, where the bout with Cowboy Frankie Edgran was stopped and ruled no contest in the sixth round.
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Chicago
INS
Jack Kearns
Lorenzo Fack
Detroit
Unois
Illinois State Athletic Commission
Pack
Frankie Edgran
Cheyenne
Wyo
Chicago Stadium
Kearns
Brackenridge High School honors eight basketball lettermen
Captain Johnny Hil and seven Brackenridge players were awarded letters for the season. The Eagles captured their city and district 22 cage titles. Other lettermen include Harry Warnke Jack Krals Curtis Flaeyner Edgar Ahern Bob Woodlee Ed Dreiss and Conrad Abee.
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Johnny Hil
Brackenridge High
Besdon
Eagles
Hill
Harry Warnke
Jack Krals
Curtis Flaeyner
Edgar Ahern
Bob Wood~lee
Ed Dreiss
Conrad Abee
Venzke Ready to Race Cun ningham and Mangen Saturday
New York March 1 Gene Venzke, sidelined by illness last week, reports ready to race at Madison Square Garden Saturday night against Glenn Cunningham and Joe Mangen in the intercollegiate A A A meet.
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Venzke
New York
Gene Venzke
Centennial bird named the Chukar pheasant
Jack Gordon of the Bob White club proclaims the centennial bird is the Chukar pheasant and outlines a plan to breed and release birds in Bexar County with two years protection. Club drives seek members. eggs withheld from individuals. Los Angeles bids for the 1936 Olympics loom as Europe’s situation unsettles. Bill McKechnie praises Ali Urbanski and Pinkey Whitney. Brooklyn to push for night pay in baseball.
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Jack Gordon
Bob White Club
Sterling
Lavid
Exes J Cub
Gotton
Gordon
Tney
Setting of
Eyes Club
Ege Fa
Bexar County
Los Angeles
Zack Farmer
Los Anggeles
Europe
Berlin
Bill McKechnie
Beaton Bees
The
Braves
Pinkey Whitney
San Antonio
McKechnie
Ali Urbanski
Warneke Becomes Newspaper Owner in Arkansas
INB Lon Warneke, star pitcher for the Chicago Cubs, became an incorporator of the Herald Publishing company in LITTLE BOOK Arkansas. The firm filed with the secretary of state to publish a weekly newspaper at Mt Ida Warneke's hometown. Capitalization listed at 2800 dollars.
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Warneke
Little Book
Ark
Lon Warneke
Righte
Florida ruling bars Meade everywhere
Don Meade, a leading jockey and Col Edward R Bradley contract rider, was barred from all Florida tracks by the state racing commission. The suspension, kept confidential at hearing, also bars him nationwide until restored to good standing in Florida. Meade, 37, from Plankington D C, has faced prior warnings for rough riding and betting.
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Miami
Pla
Don Meade
Edward R. Bradley
Florida
Profids
Meade
Piorida
Hialeah
Worida
Anid
Plankington
D. C
Broker's Tip
Women Chess Rise In Pro Chess Era At New York
Frank J. Marshall, undefeated American champion on the eve of retirement, notes a growing entry of women in chess. Twenty female players compete in a New York tournament aiming to produce a contender for the Russell Hamilton trophy at Stockholm in 1937. Marshall adds women speak little and play with steady effort.
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New York
Frank J. Marshall
Marshall
Russell Hamilton
Stockholm
Junior Spring Dates Named for Bexar County Conference
The Bexar county junior conference baseball season opens April 2 with entrants Alamo Heights Central I M I Peacock San Antonio Academy St Gerard's Harlandale St Joseph's St Henry's and St Anthony's. Track and field dates were set at St Anthony's meeting. Track seats at Edison Field. Class B March 25 Class A March 28 pentathlon March 31. Entry deadline Monday night March 16.
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Bexar County
Alamo
Heights
Central
Bright winner in Olympic seap track meet
San Francisco March 10 red headed Normin Bright of the San Francisco Olympic club swept the 5000 meter indoors, beating Joe McCluskey of the New York Athletic Club by 15 yards in 15 minutes 0 seconds. Bright, a Sunnyvale high school teacher, surged late to lead McCluskey and Fordham alum BU Sefton, withWalter Marty of Fresno crowning the high jump. Golf postponed in Miami due to rain.
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San Francisco
Normin Bright
Olympic Club
Sunnyvale
Calif
Joe McCluskey
New York Athletic Club
Bright
McCluskey
Iron Man
Fordham
BU Sefton
University of California
Walter Marty
Fresno
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Ripley
King Kean Syd, Inc
Harding
Anna Querton
Denver
Cela
Klausnalz
Germany
Red Rove
Dave Velace
Ike Bastwink
Fimmy Scamioza
Low Duran
Chick Sanchez
Deeie Marenex
Illinois
Brackenridge
C. E. Huss McKee
Chuck Huss
Navy
Tean
Chuck
Prince Albert
Prince
BR. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co
Winston-Selees
N.C
Esa
Aelights
Mr. Gordon
Brooklyn
Cincinnatis
Norman Bright
Olympis
Firestone Auto Supply and Service Stores
N. Alamo
Gordon Jersin
MGR
North ST. Mary's Street
W. H. Anderson
Main
Martin & Soledad
Jack Parker
Broadway
Eddie Quill
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