Interclass Track Meet Shows Janitors Lead In Meet
Ginnie Saunders reports the Interclass track meet results. Janitors win with 77 points, Seniors finish 63 12, Sophomores 47 1 2, Freshmen fail to qualify. Shaw leads with 24 points in six events while Kiser is second with 21 14 points as team moves toward the state meet.
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Ginnie” Saunders
Shaw
Sknior
Kiser
Maddwk
Kaminski
Ernson
France
Adsams
Tarporter
van Oster
Abbe
Rice
Long
Storey
Lottow
Jolly
Javella—Scholl
Daer
Erin- Som
Riser
Carpenter
Ryan
Navehtan
Abbei
Berger
Kellogg
Penteuad
Dean
Herzht
Stoney
Sporting Events Today's Major Meets
Racing events include Southern Maryland Agricultural Assen at Bowie and Tia Juana Jockey Club at Tia Juana. Golf features the North and South amateur championship at Pinehurst. Swimming hosts the National intercollegiate championships in Evanston Illinois. Wrestling holds the Pacific Northwest amateur championships in Portland Oregon. Boxing presents Pat Morgan versus Young Leonard in a 15 round headline bout in New Orleans.
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Southern Maryland Agricultural Assen
Bowie
Tia Juana Jockey Club
Tia Juana
Pinehurst
Evanston, Ill
Portland
Ore
Pat Morgan
Young Leonard
New Orleans
Dallas Eyes World Best Mile and a Quarter Speedway
Dallas plans a groundbreaking auto speedway promising the fastest mile and a quarter track globally. The project proceeds under business sponsorship with city support aimed for completion within six months.
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Dallas
Babe Ruth Longs for Home Amid Career Struggles
The article traces Babe Ruth from his rough boyhood in Baltimore through reform school to baseball fame with the Red Sox and then the Red Sox sale to the Yankees. It notes Ruth’s later longing for home at his Sudbury farm, his weight battles, training efforts, and a return to boyish feeling during a recent illness. It also mentions President Doumergue’s honorary gymnastics role and Britain’s wartime tax benefits on football.
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Babe Ruth
Earliy
Red Sox
Sudbury
Mass
Ruth
Babe
Dorothy
Baltimore
St. Mary's Industrial School
Jack Dunn
Dunn
Ratpes
Providence
Boston
Ifte
Hot Springs
St. Petersburg
Fla
Various Sports Notes From Early 20th Century Items
The roundup mentions 1690 players in Omaha Municpal Tennis Association, SIAC track at Sewanee May 15 16, James Gordon Bennett Cup balloon race 1906, Gene Tunney delaying bouts till June, Piedmont Baseball League now North Carolina only Salisbury replacing Danville, Uruguay soccer lacking pro sport, Hose Tree Fox Hunting Club in Media Pa claims ancestry to Gloster Fox Hunting Club, Maryland Jockey Club spring meeting at Pimlico from May 1 with Dixie Handicap opening day and $828200 total added money, and Mrs EL Craven of Weymouth England at 6 and a grandmother training to swim the English Channel.
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Sewanee
Gene Tunney
Tom Gibbons
Piedmont Baseball League
North Carolina
Salisbury
Virginia
Danville
Uruguay
South American
Republic
Hose Tree Fox Hunting Club
Media
Gloster Fox Hunting Club
United States
General Washington
Maryland Jockey Club
Pilmico
Grannie
EL Craven
Weymouth
England
Rooming house fire in South Philadelphia fatal for Anthony Oreiski
A South Philadelphia rooming house blaze killed Anthony Oreiski and narrowly escaped four other residents. Firemen confined the second floor blaze and found the victim, believed overcome by smoke. Shirley Mason co stars in The Talker with Anna Q. Nason and Lewis Stone at First National.
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Philadelphia
Anthony Oreiski
Dean
Shirley Mason
Fox
Anna Q. Nason
Lewis Stone
the Talker
Firat National
Ruth May Play In Opener Despite Illness
George Ruth, ill with a slight flu, may play in the opening game on Tuesday. The famed slugger has endured multiple illnesses yet remains a central figure in baseball history.
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Babe Ruth
New York
George H. Ruth
Nature
Ruth
Baseball
Snyder
Vean Gregg Stages One of Baseball's Best Comebacks
The article recalls Vean Gregg returning to Major League Baseball at age 49 after a long minor league stint and near-forgotten status. It cites past cases like Babe Adams and Jack Fournier who rebounded from setbacks to succeed with top teams, highlighting Gregg's late resurgence with a world championship outfit.
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Vean Gregg
New York
Ponce de Leon
Babe Adams
Pirates
Jack Fournier
Fournier
Yankees
Dodgers
Gregg
Cleveland Indians
Gregg and the Comeback of a Baseball Veteran
The narrative recalls Vean Gregg’s late career arc from late 1910s obscurity to a comeback with the Pacific Coast League and Seattle in 1924. He explains at Tampa camp that farm income failed to cover oats, prompting a move to earn money before striding back toward the major leagues via Seattle’s pennant push. The piece ends with a puzzled query about Eddie Plank’s whereabouts.
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Conte Mack
Gregg
Baseball
Mack
Vean
Pacific Coast League
Senators
Tampa
Seattle
Eddie Plank
Nationwide survey urged on occupational diseases in chemical industry
A special committee appointed by the American Chemical Society urged a nationwide survey to determine dangers causing occupational diseases in the chemical industries in Baltimore on April 10.
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Baltimore
American Chemical Society
Hicks sworn as alien property custodian in Washington
Former Representative Frederick G. Hicks of New York today was sworn in as alien property custodian, succeeding Col. Thomas W. Miller who resigned. The oath was administered by G. C. Foster, chief clerk.
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Washington
Frederick G. Hicks
New York
Thomas W. Miller
G. C. Foster
Mrs Hart Near Death in Los Angeles Incident
Mrs Winnifred Westover Hart, estranged wife of William Bart Screenstar, suffered a heart attack today in Los Angeles and was reported near death.
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Hart
Los Angeles
Winnifred Westover Hart
William
Bart Screenstar
Saturday Demonstration Sale At Harry H. Smith Co
Factory representative of living room suites will be at our store all day Saturday. Special sale prices for Saturday only. Harry H. Smith Co.
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Harry H. Smith Co
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Schol
Kolopus
Hess
Pierce
Brown
Penfound
Kaninsk
Svorfug
Sre
W.u
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Doumergue
Strasbourg
Oxford
Newark
Xford
Aan
Broad Street
Sport
Ine
East Ave
Postoffice
Ey. Jones Weam Orchestra
Men’s Union
Levin
Broad ST
Chain OF Men's Stores
Elyria, Ohio
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