Texas Tennis Star Enters Weeks Park Pro Championship
Bruce Barnes joins eight stars including Tilden Perry Kovacs in the Wichita Valley Professional Tennis Championship at Weeks Park. Barnes plays singles and doubles with Bill Tilden while defending titles, with Friday and Saturday rounds leading to Sunday finals across singles and doubles.
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Bruce Barnes
Texas
Weeks Park
Barnes
Big Bill” Tilden
Tilden
Jane Sharp
Dorothy Burkhardt
Arnold
Fred Perry
Frank Kovacs
Howard
Professional Tennis Players Association
Bill
Jack March
Dick Sheen
Carl Barn
Bill Tilden
Jack Jossi
Kovacs
Perry
Earn
Jessi
Sheen
March
Texas Bred Assault Wins Preakness in Slow Track
Assault, owned by Robert J. Kleberg’s King Ranch, captured the 56th Preakness Stakes earning $99,120 after a season of four wins in five starts. His earnings for the year reached $226,120 as he eyes the Belmont Stakes for a possible turf triple crown bid. Track was fast despite drizzle. time 3:01 2-5.
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Assault
Robert J. Kleberg
King Ranch
Texas
Sir Barton
Gallant Fox
Omaha
Whirlaway
War Admiral
Count Fleet
Alsab
Finance Team Holds Narrow Bowling Lead After Friday Matches
Finance 1 remains atop the standings after defeating Squadron C in three games. Squadron B and H leapfrogged into a tie for second by sweeping Squadron K and posting high series and team game. Smith and Blankemeyer helped Finance B with 300 series. Hummingbird led the night with a 576 series and 242 game as part of Squadron P.
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Finance 1
Squadron C
Squadron B
Squadron H
Squadron K
Smith
Blankemeyer
Squadron P
Hummingbird
Rux
Ceragioli
Hui
S@aim Finance
Mingbird
Casciotti
Speedrome to Run Buses for Tuesday Auto Races
Racing fans at the Speedrome will find buses ready at the main gate at 6:00 Tuesday May 21. Buses depart every ten minutes and take fans directly to the race arena. Last week's rainout means the same line up returns this week.
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Speedrome
Coulter sets record at West Point track meet
Army routs at North Athletic Field with 91 points as Dewitt Coulter breaks shot put mark. He achieves 54 feet 744 inches to surpass his own 53 feet 3/4 inch Academy record while NYU and Pittsburgh trail.
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Coulter
West Point
N. Y
Army
Dewitt Coulter
New York University
Pittsburgh
North Athletic Field
Louis Confident Ahead of June 19 Conn Bout
Joe Louis, at Pompton Lakes training camp, expresses confidence facing Billy Conn on June 19. The Brown Bomber, 32 candles on his cake, downplays a four year Army layoff and expects to fight at around 208 pounds, while Conn seems slower after four years out. Louis contemplates future big-money fights and a potential retirement only after another year or two.
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Joe Louis
Billy Conn
John Hancocks
N. Y
Pompton Lakes
Brown Bomber
Joe
Conn
Louis
Billy
Detroit
Bob Fitzsimmons
Jack Johnson
Inaugural Boxing Arena Debuts With Four bouts Amid Rain
Squadron I opens Barrett's Bowl a new boxing arena with four complete bouts drawing about 1500 fans. Fader defeats Provovost in a Massachusetts clash, Bamford draws with Hight, Shoaf defeats Nauck, Ramos edges Morales in a bout with many clinches. The main event Agapiou and Padilla fought two rounds before rain halted proceedings.
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Squadron I
Barrett’s Bowl
K. O's
Fader
Ray Provovost
North Ve. South
Don Bamford
Leo Hight
P. T. Department
Richard L. Williams
Ellwood Collins
Rinkhaus
Gerald Shoaf
R. C. Nauck
Sheal
Gerald Shoal
Kansas
Daniel Ramos
Martin Morales
Ramos
San Antonio
Morales
Rio Grande
Dick Huieme
Lefty Agapiou
Pittsburgh
Art Padilla
the Cocoa Kid
New York
A. Klein
Texacts
Tillie Loses Pups Adopts Rag Doll
In Houston Texas a terrier named Tillie lost her litter a week ago and began caring for her owner's daughter's rag doll. The dog refuses to eat or drink without the doll and whines when it is moved.
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Houston
Texas
Tillie
Office Productivity Aims With Three Stenographers
A lighthearted note suggests that the only way to accomplish anything with three competent stenographers is to give two of them the day off. The remark reflects office humor about workload and staffing.
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