Derby Day at Churchill Downs Amid Rain and Crowds
Kentucky Derby day in Louisville drew near 100 000 spectators as rain slowed the track. Quatrain favored at 6 to 2 led contenders with Benny Breuning aboard, while Sande rode Flying Ebony and Mack Garner rode Kentucky Cardinal. Hundreds of autos and visitors from across states filled streets, hotels crowded, and private homes housed guests as Derby Day began.
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Oointed Press
Louisville
Churchill Downs
Quateamn
New Orleans
Whitney
Kentucky Cardinal
Quatrain
Yane Ag
Cantein Hal
Lee O. Conner
Chantey
Almadel
Prince of Bourbon
Sreuning
Benny Steuning
Earl Sande
Hus
Breuning
Sande
America
Mack Garmer
Kentucky
Watis
Panthers Win as Flags Fly at Fort Worth
Fort Worth Panthers raise five Texas League and four Dixie pennants to open the day. Mullen's bat leads with a homer and multiple hits as Murden and Davis add power. Waco falls 3-2 in a spring exhibition marked by errors and disputed plays.
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Fort Worth
Dallas Fielding Features Shoutout in Shutout Loss
Dallas pitcher Brown hurled a strong game allowing no runs and 4 hits in a quiet Dallas win. Beams of the Beaumont offense struggled as Dallas mounted early support on 4 runs, with Leach and Patterson driving key plays and Orenets notching 6 strikeouts.
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Dallas
Beaumont
Mab
Zutiern
Ie Plese
Stanst Sehwaig
McMillan
Patterson
Ticaumont
Burns Hurls Buffs to Another Win
Houston extends win streak as Burns dominates Shreveport in game three. Houston improves to seven wins, two losses in the series. Ottergard and Luderan Stephded among top hitters. Shreveport mirroring struggles, Howe-ton outhits but falls behind early. McCall and Burns split pitching duties with multiple runs scored.
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Houston
Pob Burns
Shreveport
Joe
Burns
Tovals
Peters
Nin Byloninga
Howston
Inn
Stummary
Ottergard
Luderan Stephded
Kéne
Powell
Hollohan
Guiner
Compton
McCurryserrere
Benton
sicDonai
Peel
Ualner
SfcCurdy
Kane
Burs
Hal- Jalan
Boone
Fuller
Gainer
Nairs
McGail
Burne Dy
Py McCall S
Sturny
Oy McCall
McCall
Sheveport
House Ton
Keane
Walt
Sting Sets World Record at Jamaica Race Track
Sting, a two year old colt owned by James Butler, set a world record for two miles and 76 yards at Jamaica race track, finishing in 2:41 13. The horse, carrying 124 pounds, beat the previous mark despite the heavy impost, with jockey Laverne aboard. The record surpassed times set at Douglas Park, Churchill Downs, and prior Jamaica runs by Nancy Longhorne and others, under heavier competition.
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Associated Press
New York
Jamaica
Sting
James Butler
Hy Spur Gsar
Butler
Jokeoyr Laverne Ator
Piff Junior
Trouglas Park
Louisville
Porter
Charchill Downs
Nancy Longhorne
Bifz Tenor
Broad Jump Record Chosen Five Times at SEC Meet
At Sewanee May 16 in the Southern Conference track prelims the broad jump feature saw a record broken five times. All qualifiers surpassed the old 21 feet 3 inches mark. Brady of Kentucky led with 21 feet 4 4 inches, followed by Roberts of Vanderbilt at 21 feet 3 inches. Culbreth of Virginia Polytechnic Lab had 21 6 3 4, Bornman of Louisville State 21 5 1 4, Ambrose of North Carolina 21 4 3 4.
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Bardee Field
Sewanee
Tenn
Brady
Kentucky
Roberts
Vanderbilt
Culbreth
VPL
Bornman
L. SU
Ambrose
North, Carolina
Main Avenue High Nets to Face Austin High Team
Main Avenue High School tennis players travel to Austin to meet the Austin High School tennis team in a morning series of matches. This likely marks the last time the focal tennis squad carries the Main Avenue banner away this season.
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Austin
Main Avenue High School
Austin High School
Focal Tennis Atara
Main Avenue
Buffs Loan Pitcher Sellers to Shreveport
Houston May 16 Alva Sellers left handed pitcher has been loaned to Shreveport under an optional agreement by the Houston club, reducing the Buffalo roster to the player limit. Sellers previously played for Wichita in the Western League after coming from Vernon last season in the Clyde Barfoot deal to the coast.
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Houston
Alva Sel- Tara
Shreveport
Souston
Buffalo
Sellers
Wichita
Box Score ABHOA W F F ABHOS outing and errors
San Antonio vs Wichita Falls game summary with box score highlights. Key players: Washburn, Fitzgerald, Gonzales, Beedle, Morgan. Winning pitcher Cosehrnes. umpires Daly and Osborne. Final score 3 8 1.
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Abhoa
W. FF
ABHOS
CaPhanre
Olstehss
Rosen
Clark
UL Meyers
Booeff
Tan Warcke
Allenp
Zilbauel
Morgan Intents
San Antonio
Wiehlta Falls
Brevald
Gonzales
Washburn
Meyers
Warwick
Ailen
Wistel
Fitsgerald
Bedle
Toreman
Gulyth
Mo Buna
Ganzi
Rosenthal
Beedle
White
Fitzgerald
Gonzals
Cosehrnnes
Pires
Daly
Osborne
Devine Edges Kelly Field 1 0 In Rubber Game
Devine defeated Kelly Field 1 to 0 at Devine to even the series. An error in the sixth inning with a wild throw to first allowed the lone run. Batteries: Dixon and Dixon for Devine. Kirmheylin, Warner and Cousland for Kelly Field.
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Devine
Kelly Field
Dixon
Kirmheylin
Warner and Cousland
Belmont mare sold for record price at Lexington sale
In Lexington Kentucky on May 1 Cheries Hf Berryman of Lexington bought Dena Roca a brood mare by Rock Sand Donna de Gro for forty thousand dollars at the public sale of the late August Belmont stud animals. The auction set a new American record price for a brood mare with colt at her side. The report also lists teams and standings across major leagues and associations in a sweeping sports notice.
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Lexington
Cheries Hf
Berryman
Dena Roca
Rock Sand-Donna de Gro
Belmont
Orice
X Coltac
Floating Hatchery Proposed by Hubby Austen
In May 16 report, LE Hubby will urge a federal floating fish hatchery to relieve a serious shortage along the Texas gulf coast at a conference in Washington with state fish commissioners called by Herbert Hoover. He plans to move the hatchery between planting sites to restock coastal waters with speckled trout. If federal support fails, Texas may build one. Hubby, back from Galveston and Corpus Christi talks with wholesale fish dealers, cites stream pollution as the major threat to saltwater fish and warns it blocks migration and damages breeding grounds.
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Austen
Texas Gulf Coast
LE. Hubby
Washington
State Commissioners of Fish’ Conservation
Herbert Hoover
Secretary of Commerce
Hubby
Austin
Galveston
Corpus Christi
Texas
Speaker dislocation linked to knee injury in Cleveland report
By the Associated Press Cleveland Ohio May 16 Tris Speaker manager of the Cleveland American League team in Rochester New York for knee treatment wired President E Barnard that examination showed only a slight dislocation of a small bone and he would return to the game within a week
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Associated Press
Cleveland
Ohio
Tris Speaker
Rochester
New York
E. §. Barnard
Zbyszko Files Injunction To Protect Heavyweight Title
Chicago May 16 In circuit court Stanislaus Rhyszko seeks an injunction to restrain Ed Lewis Wayne Mann and their managers and promoters from advertising a heavyweight wrestling match as for the title Decoration Day attorneys for Rhyszko filed the action the filing notes Rhyszko’s bid to defend or claim the championship against rivals in court action and public notice context
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Chicago
Ed (Strangler) Lewis
Wayne
Big) Mann
Ircuit Cpurt
Stanislaus Rhyszko
Fortieth Squadron Leads In Kelly Field League Action
The Fortieth Squadron thrashed the Forty-second Squadron 14 to 4 in the Kelly Field League. Williams and Hollowell led the victors with strong at bats, while Smith contributed for the losers. Earlier, the Fortieth beat Headquarters 7 to 2, and the Sixtieth squadron shut out the Ninetieth 2 to 0 with Manski on the mound and Peoples pitching for the winners.
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Williams
Hollowell
Smith
Torty
Snowden
Chalk
Hendrickson
McAnister
Ninetieth
Mansfivki
Peoples
Witners
Crangle Accepts Coaching Post at Missouri
Fayestville Ark May 16 Tuck Crangle coach of university of Arkansas here announced he had accepted offer to be assistant football and head baseball coach at the University of Missouri. He will assume duties next year Crangle started at the University of Thana.
Pennant Chasers 7 314 oS ma st Ean Antonio: at: 1a00.
Intricate baseball box score snippet with multiple games listed including San Antonio at 1:00, Beaumont at Houston, Shreveport at Dallas, Fort Worth at Wenti, and other city matchups. Batter details and partial team records scattered through the fragment.
Baseball Scores and Schedules From National League Games
National League results show Cincinnati beating New York 4 1 and 2 0, with Philadelphia routing Chicago 8 to 4. Brooklyn defeated St Louis 8 to 2, while Chicago beat Philadelphia 4 to 1. Pittsburgh at Boston postponed due to wet grounds. American Association and other leagues list St Paul over Minneapolis 8 6 and Kansas City over Milwaukee 6 1.
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St Louis
Brooklyn
Chicago
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
New
Eliioburgh
Boston
Newe Xorke
New York
Fenton
Biemislec
Shoxhan
Wingo
Barnen
Snyder
St. Louis
Leete
Dyer
Kach
Schmidt
Gonzales
Rush
Greene
Hashell
Dekerry
Phiadelphia
Palladelphia
Coast
Seagce
Sacramento
Suit
Lake City
Seattle
Vernon
Oakland
Portland
Deratur
Bloomington
Torre Hante
Quincy
Springfield
Danville
Peoria
Evansville
American Association
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Milwaukee
Howle Elected Champions Captain at Brackenridge HS
Brackenridge High School baseball selects A. J. Howie as captain after a telephone vote among eligible players. Howie, left handed pitcher, earned praise for two-year pitching duties and a shutout against Main Avenue High to clinch the Academic League title. Bass was the other candidate. the remaining voter was absent.
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Brackenridge Heh
A. J. Howls
Moundsman
South Siders
Bettween
Howie
Ree
A. T. Howie
Brackenridge ‘P
Main Avenue High School
Brackenridge High School
Charley
Red" Davis
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BEARS
Waco
CATS
Wichita Fall
Wichita Falls
Spudders
Cubs
Cets
Inkie Atz
Wichite Patts
Spuddertown
Dell Preti
Morgan
Bone Meyers
Bruin
Smadders
Bob Couchman
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Meeyers
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Spnds
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Twick
Ron
Bob Coleman
Coachman
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Callazhan
Bodice
Dister
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Mike Gonzales
Washbere
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Tanners
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Panthers
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Mullen
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Morrow
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Phelan
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Alamo-Peck Indians
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van Daele
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Schwab
Texas Entertainers
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Finland
Paavo Nurmi
Albin Oscar Stearous
Paavo
Stenrous
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Nurmi
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Strong Keely
Texas Association
Tenole
Palestine
Corsicana
Totrall
Mexia
Southern Association
Nashville
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Mamphley Latille
Tie Little Rack
Nene Orteann
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Chattanaoge
Speaker
Zbyszko
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Kelly
Jack Crangle
Missouri
Pennant Chasers
American ‘League
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Jones
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Pitte
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HOWLE
Brackenridge High
Ease
Texas League
Tyter
Parle
Geecnile
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Texarkana
Mount Pleasant
Marshall
Lake Medina
Fred Christiles
Sagale
Joe’s Wharf
Medina Lake” Dam
Hotel Granieri
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