National Champions On Hand for Track Event at Berkeley
Nearly 300 track stars from 66 colleges opened two days of heats for the Big Ten NCAA track championships at Berkeley. USC is favored to win the team title led by Bill Sefton and Earle Meadows in the pole vault, with Stanford and Indiana among the contenders. Meadows, Woodruff, and Towns headline Olympic champions in the entrant list, while Forrest Towns aims to lower his world mark in the hurdles.
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Berkeley
Calif
Natonal Collegiate Athletic Association
University of Southern California
Ita
Bill Sefton
Earle Meadows
Fedwards
Stanford
Trojans
Indiana
Michigan
Washington State
Notre Dame
Ohio State
Temple
Pittsburgh
Columbia
Don Lash
Princeton
Lash
James Smith
Tom Deckard
Smith
Deckar
Meadows
Johnny Woodruff
Forrest Towns
Georgia
Seals Sweep Missions To Narrow Coast League Lead
Timely hitting and errors narrowed Sacramento's lead to two games as Seattle beat the Kings 5 2 and the San Francisco Seals won 3 0 and 6 1 against the Missions. Don Hurst sparked Los Angeles to a 4 2 win over San Diego with a two run double. Sam Gibson earned his 12th win as Gene Lillard delivered key hits in a late surge.
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San Francisco
Sacramento
Seattle
Los Angeles
San Francisco Seals
San Francisco Missions
Portland
Oakland Acorns
San Diego
Don Hurst
Angeles
Padres
Sam Gibson
Mission Seals
Gene Lillard
Lillard
Triiards
Ken Douglas
Bill Sweeney
Red Birds to Play Downey Sunday at 2 P M
The Alameda Red Birds meet Downey Sunday at 2 p m. Downey has been the league champion for two years in the Porthenu-Bear River circuit. Alameda has two losses this season to Fort Hall and the American Legion while Downey beat Montpelier by a close score. Pitchers include G Frazier E Frazier and Atkinson with 10 hits allowed and 22 strikeouts in two games. Heavy hitters are Rawlins Atkinson Trabant and Williams.
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Porthenu-Bear River
Alameda
Fort Hall
American Legion
Montpelier
G. Frazier
E. Frazier
Atkinson
Red Bird
Rawlins
Trabant
Willams
Niason
G. Owen
Olson
C. Owen
Burton
Bybee
Andreason
Wilding
Christensen
P. Alameda
R. Henderson
B. Henderson
Williams
Hanes
Stinger
D. Sluder
Martin
Stars shine as Yankees, Red Sox win twin bill
George Selkirk homered and had three singles with two RBIs in a 9-7 Yankees win over the Indians. Jack Wilson and Ben Chapman led Boston as Wilson allowed five hits for a 5-2 win over the White Sox in the opener, with Chapman's tenth inning single delivering the nightcap victory. Herschel Martin collected four singles driving in three as the Phillies trounced the Cardinals 13-7.
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Associated Press
George Selkirk
Yankees
Indians
Jack Wilson
Ben Chapman
Red Sox
Wilson
White Sox
Chapman
Herschel Martin
Phillies
Cardinals
Batting leaders split as YMCA league releases first round stats
The YMCA Commercial softball league names Berrett of Petersen-Stephenson with eight hits in 14 at bats leading a field of about six teams. Clark of the Packers adds nine for 16, Orr of Idaho Glass-Crane 533, and Fisher of Pocatello Mill-Henders on 500 as top batters in round one with many players listed by team and stat line.
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Berrett
Petersen-Stephenson
Clark
Packers
Orr
Idaho Glass-Crane Co
Fisher
Pocatello Mill-Henderson
AR HK
Peterson-eph
Wy Clark
Idaho Glass-Crane
Maher
Mill-Henderson
Speir
Morse
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Evans
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Eel
Phenaon
Westwood U.P Clerke
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McLean
Ica
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Edwards
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Knowles
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Anderson
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Jones
Whittle
Ree Graves- Potter
Clyde Ames
Western Coal
Yancey
R. Isham
U. P. Clerks
McFarland
U. P
W. Westwood
U.P
Rampton
Petersen-Steph
Carter Ames
West
Reynolds
Akey
Reisinger, Packers
van Vieck
Idaho Glass
Young
Petersen-Stephen
J. Fenwick
Graves-Potter
Hale
Poppleton
Henderson
Mill-Hen
Comstock
Clearing House
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Melquist
Burton
Caccia
Biill
Idaho
Gilaas-Crane
Ahlstrom
Kump
E. Smith
Crowshaw
B. Henderson
L. Fenwick
W. Reynolds
Graves-Pot
Ross Knocks Out Woods For Welterweight Crown
In Indianapolis Barney Ross the world welterweight champion knocked out Chuck Woods. The Chicago fighter won 143 to Woods 148 in a decisive stoppage. In Portland Dave Castillous won a newspaper decision over Eddie Alzek in Winslow New York 133 to 1284.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
Barney Ross
Chicago
Chuck Woods
Detroit
Portland
Dave Castillous
Winslow
Eddie Alzek
New York
Boxing results from St Louis and Kansas City cards
In St Louis Everett Marshal from La Junta Colorado beat Ali Baba of Kurdistan 36 25 before Ali Baba was disqualified. In Kansas City Danno O Ma honey from Dublin defeated Dick Raines of Orange Texas by one fall.
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Everett Marshal
la Junta
Colo
Ali Baba
Kurdistan
Kansas City
Danno O'Mahoney
Dublin
Dick Raines
Orange
Tex
Major League Roundup Highlights Cleveland Road Woes
The AP notes Cleveland Indians struggle on the road with a 6-10 season road mark after three straight losses to the Yankees, while Boston Red Sox surge to above .500 with two quick wins. Weather sparse day of games leaves many rained out.
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Tom Yawkey
Boston Red Sox
Sox
Boston
White Sox
Jack Wilson
Rube Walberg
Indians
Rain Sidelined Games Shifting Yesterday Scores
Cleveland weather forced postponements including New York at Pittsburgh and Boston at Chicago while Philadelphia defeated St Louis 13 to 7 in the day’s games with planners awaiting rescheduled dates.
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Cincinnati
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Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Chicago
Boston
St. Louis
Cleveland
Detroit
Washington
Major League Leaders in Batting Runs Hits and Pitching
Major league leaders include Gehrig with a .394 average for the Yankees and Bell with a .371 for the Browns in batting. Greenberg tops runs with 51 for the Tigers. Walker leads hits with 80 for the Tigers. Greenberg also hits 15 homers for the Tigers. In pitching, Pearson of the Yankees and Allen of the Indians each post 4-0 records. Medwick leads Cardinals batting at .416 with Vaughan at .378 for the Pirates. Medwick also has 77 hits and 12 homers, Bryant and Shoun top Cubs pitching with 5-0 and 4-1 records.
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Yankees
Bell
Browns
Greenberg
Tigers
Averill
Indians
Walker
DiMaggio
Pearson
Allen
Medwick
Cardinals
Vaughan
Pirates
Galan
Cubs
Kompouris Reds
Bryant
Shoun
Mink Creek Moves To Third In Y League With 3 0 Win
Mink Creek defeated CCC Headquarters 3 0 to grab third place in the Y M C A Independent softball league. Terrell pitched superbly allowing only three safeties and Sherrod provided sturdy support behind him. The game finished in 41 minutes with two third and sixth inning errors producing all runs.
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Mink Creek CCC
CCC
Mink Creek
Terry
Sherrod
Terrell
Davidson
Two Favorites In American Derby At Washington Park
Chicago June 18 Case Ace and Mars Shield from Milky Way farms are the favorites for the $25 000 American Derby to be run Saturday at Washington Park. Eagle Pass from Valdia farm is second choice and Dawn Play is around 4 to 1. The one mile and one quarter race has a history of upsets with only three favorites winning in the last decade.
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Associated Press
Cleveland Indians
Cleveland
Yankee Stadium
New York
Yankees
Yankee
Chicago
Case Ace
Mars Shield
Milky Way Farms
Washington Park
Milky Way
Valdiia Farm
Texas
Toro
Mate
Cavalkade
Origins of the Life of Riley Phrase
The origin of the slang expression the life of Riley remains uncertain with no definitive early source. Linguists note varied attributions across regions and time periods without consensus.
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Life of
Riley
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