Drake Relays Opens With Record Pace and Key Relays
Heather Deal leading Drake Relays in Des Moines as ideal weather boosts early records. Three new marks set yesterday in preliminaries across college and high school divisions. Sioux City Mountings at Mount Side College clock 1:31.6 in the Town relay, Simpson College cuts intercollegiate mark to 1:29.3, Clarinda High School posts 440-yard Class B relay at 46.3. Illinois wins the varsity medley relay in 10:24.5. Hastings College takes the mile medley in 3:34.1. Notre Dame sprinter Jack Elder wins 60-yard dash semi finals with 9.5 heat time and 10.0 final. Valley athletes show strong form amid Big Ten entrants across four preliminaries.
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Formancces
Ingside College
Sioux City
Simpson College
Indianola
Bng Clarinda
Iowa
Varsity of Illinois
Hastings Cole
Hastings
Nebr
Jack Elder
Notre Dame
Sprin
Mish Valley
Big Ten
American baseball results and schedule summaries
American results note Cleveland 10 Detroit 6 and St Louis 14 Chicago 5 with several postponements and rain. National results show St Louis 4 Chicago 2 and Brooklyn 9 Boston U. New York-Philadelphia postponed by rain while Detroit visits Cleveland and Philadelphia visits Washington in the day’s games.
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Detroit
St. Louis
Chicago
Boston
New York
Yankees eye third straight pennant in modern era
National games list shows St Louis at Chicago Brooklyn at Boston New York at Philadelphia Cincinnati at Pittsburgh. The 1926 title and seven wins give the New York Yankees a chance to equal the American League record of three consecutive pennants, set by the Detroit Tigers in 1907 08 and tied by the Yankees in 1921 22 25.
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Chicago
Rooklyn
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Incinnati
Pittsburgh
New York Yankees
Competition Keen In Penn Carnival
Franklin Field hosts the 34th University of Pennsylvania relay carnival as Tony Plansky Kenneth Doherty and Thomas Churchill vie for Olympic decathlon honors. Paddock returns to challenge Penn State and Penn sprinters in sprint and field events likely to see records fall in pole vault shot put and the 1500 metres.
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University of Pennsylvania
Tony Plansky
Georgetown
Kenneth Doherty
College of the City of Detroit
Thomas Churchill
University of Oklahoma
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Charley Paddock
Pennsylvania
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Paddock
Sabin
Carr
Yale
Victor Pickard
University of Pittsburg
Dave Adelman
Ed Hamm
Georgia Tech
Alfred Bates
Penn State
Hamm
George Simpson
Ohio State
Columbus
Jimmy Daley
Jimmy Quinn
Holy Cross
New York
Middle Atlantic
Phil Edwards
Canada
Harold Keith
Oklahoma
Tribe Beats Tigers 10 to 6 in Cleveland
Cleveland erased an early Detroit lead in the first inning and won 10 to 6. Uhle earned the win, Billings took the loss, with Hargrave homer and multiple players contributing RBIs for Cleveland while Uhle fanned two and allowed 11 hits in 8 1 3 innings.
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George
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Summa
Lind
Rice
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Halloway
Sweeney
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Connolly
AL E Jamieson
J Sewell
Hodapp
Myatt
Galloway
Syed Heilmann
Rf. Gehringer
Weather Delays Baseball as Rain Halts Key Games
Rain and cold weather idled stars Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig as the Red Sox Yankees game was postponed. Ty Cobb Tris Speaker were idle amid the East’s inclement weather that stopped the Senator Athletics contest. George Fornster, Kiki Cuyler, Harry Heilman, and Paul Waner posted varying at bats as other games were rained out or canceled.
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Ty Cobb
Tris Speaker
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George Fornster
Braves
Kiki Cuyler
Cubs
Harry Heilman
Tigers
Paul Waner
Pirates
Reds
Baseball Honorees And Totals From League Play
National League and American League listings highlight leading hitters and home run club members. Names such as O Doul Frisch Wilson Webb Grantham and Ruth appear among top sluggers with team affiliations noted, plus totals and totals by league.
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Boxing Officials Clear Rickard Over Dempsey Telegrams
New York boxing commission absolved Rickard of wrongdoing over telegrams offering a "protection" guarantee for Dempsey's title defense against Tunney in New York. Rickard said the pledge meant every fighter would receive a square deal during the Dempsey-Kearns controversy.
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Tex Rickard
New York Boxing Commission
Jack Dempsey
Gene Tunney
Rickard
Jack Kearns
State Supreme Court
Kearns
Dempsey
College Baseball Scores From Midwest Matches
Scores show Purdue seven Chicago U six in Lafayette and Missouri eight Kansas six in Lawrence. Michigan four Syracuse one at Ann Arbor. Loyola twelve St Mel three at Chicago. Kalama zoo Normal four Lake Forest two at Lake Forest. Knox seven Coe five in Galesburg.
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Purdue
Chicago U
Lawrence—Missouri
Kansas
Ann Arbor
Michigan
Syracuse
Chicago
Loyola
St. Mel
Lake Forest
Kalamazoo Normal
Galesburg
Knox
Coe
Eagles Open Season Sunday in Lorain Clash
Elyria Eagles start baseball season Sunday afternoon at Lorain facing the Lorain Nativities, last year’s Class A champions. The Birdmen add new talent and lineup L Wragg catcher A Wragg Streckradt or Werner pitcher Bill Rose first base Bates second Shrimp short Mackin third Fitz left Jacobs center C Wragg right field.
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Birdmen
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A. Wragg
Streckradt
Or Werner
Bill Rose
Bates
Shrimp
Mackin
Fitz
Jacobs
C. Wragg
Gain On Leaders In Pyle Race At East St Louis
EAST ST LOUIS Apr 28 The leaders in the Pyle cross country race cut their elapsed time margin again as others closed in. Ed Gardner Seattle won yesterday’s lap from hillside view, with Peter Gavuzzi Southampton and Andrew Payne Claremore tying for 20th. Gardner’s time for the 284 miles was 3.29:23, John Salo Passaic second in 3.31:55 and Phillip Granville Hamilton Ont third in 3.49:33.
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Pyle
Hamilton
Ont
Big Jim Elliott falters as Braves blank Robins 9 to 0
Yesterday’s scoreboard reports Brooklyn Robins suffer a 9 to 0 loss to the Braves with Elliott allowing only three hits. Indians topple Tigers 10 to 6 after 16 Brooklyn pitchers are hammered. Sam Gray wins for St Louis Browns 14 to 5 as he shut out Chicago Sox barring a ninth inning error by Kress.
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St Louis Browns
Chicago White Sox
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Gray
White Sox
New Live Volcano Found in Jungle by American Explorer
American explorer Joseph Nt. Sinclair reports sighting a long rumored volcano called Reventador in Ecuador's jungle, part of an American Geographical Society expedition with Mrs. Sinclair. They could not ascend the foe, halted seven miles from the jagged peak by a river at the base. locals say the volcano brings fierce danger when touched by man.
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Ecuador
Joseph Nt. Sinclair
Ilavana
Wardiner Siboney
Reventador
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Quito
Andes
Equator
Sinclairs
League Affiliation Vote by Six Nations Delegates
Delegates from six countries voted on league affiliation with four opposing and three abstaining. Germany China Portugal Jugoslavia and Italy France supported making the central board secretariat an integral part of the league secretariat. Great Britain India Japan Holland voted against. Switzerland Slam and Bolivia abstained.
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Holland
Switzerland
Slam
Bolivia
Dinner Stories Competition Round Notes
A fragmentary exchange references football and a lovers quarrel as characters discussed who did what. The dialogue hints at Mirandy and Alirandy, suggesting a playful scene or retelling within a dinner setting. No dates or locations are provided.
Congress Today Senate Debates Flood Control Bill Changes
Commerce committee weighs president's flood control amendments while Naval affairs panel continues cruiser bill hearings. House forms a committee to attend Rep Madden's funeral as California tests rice hulls to improve road asphalt and reduce soil and clay tenacity.
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Commerce Committee
Naval Affairs Committee
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New Gas Mixture Aims to Power German Airship
A novel gas mixture, 700 times lighter than benzine, will be used to drive the five engines of a new German airship. Officials hope the craft can begin a trans Atlantic service this summer.
Expose of Auto Theft Ring Seen in Cleveland
In Cleveland on April 28 Joseph Sanders known as the Master Mind of a vast auto theft organization expected to reveal its operation. Sanders former president of Sanders Auto Sales Co is jailed under 20000 bond after arrest in New York by justice agents. The case spans three states with alleged sales of more than 75 stolen cars and potential names of twelve others including an Akron banker. Police expect branches in Pittsburgh Detroit Akron Canton Erie Toledo and Youngstown. Sanders may charge a city detective with tipping him to flee last October.
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Joseph Sanders
Sanders
Sanders Auto Sales Co
New York
Department of Justice
U .S
A. F. Bernsteen
Donald C. van Buren
Akron
Saunders
Bernsteen
van Buren
Jacob Graut
Pittsburgh
Detroit
Canton
Erie
Toledo
Youngstown
Auto theft ring arrests expose Akron suspects and arrests
The report details an auto theft gang linked to Miss Estelle McFarlana once titled queen of the ring, with Sanders and Mies M jailed in January following indictments. Miss MaBag Lane faced March trial and eight year sentence. the case traces back to October 1927 when three Akron men were arrested for stolen cars. Howard R. J. federation reformery reference noted as location of imprisonment.
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Akron
Harry Welsh
Sanders
TWO JAIL NURSES AND DEPUTY SUSPENDED IN CLEVELAND JAIL
Cleveland April 28 two jail nurses Dan Patty and Frank Castle and deputy sheriff were suspended by Sheriff Edward J Hanratty amid a jail scandal tied to an alleged plot to free George Lee alias Robert Spratt Wilson a con man. The inquiry centered on reports prisoners were moved to the hospital ward for payment and Patty allegedly took 15 in tips from Wilson with Castle acting as a go between.
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George Lee
Robert Spratt Wilson
Dan Patty
Frank Castle
Edward J. Hanratty
R. E. Graves
Patty
Hanratty
Wilson
Castle
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