Eight Team City League Opens Under Stadium Floodlights Tonight
The eight team city league begins at the municipal stadium with Baptist and Methodist teams at 8 30 p m followed by Independents versus Farmers Meat Company. A city band and floodlit field mark the season kickoff as two seven inning games set the slate.
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Farmers Meat Company
Joe Dillon
City Water and Light Department
City Diamond Ball League
Municipal Stadium
Municipal Band
Methodist
Baptists
Independents
Wilbur Milton
E. O. Garner
Thomasville High
W. H
Mister Bill) Leonard
Methodists
C. N. Neel
Farmers Meat CO
Joel Blan
Cl Employes
Regy Hawthorne
Hawthorne
Henry Cotton Wins British Open With 283
Memphis notes a fluctuating Southern Association race as the Nashville Vols struggle to maintain first place after a Memphis doubleheader win 3 2 and 5 0. New Orleans gains ground while Birmingham hosts Chattanooga as Atlanta cracks form a potential deal stalemate with Nashville.
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Henry Cotton
Memphis
Tenn
Southern Association
Nashville Vols
Vols
Atlanta Crackers
New Orleans Pelicans
New Orleans
Birmingham
Barons
Diamond Ball Rules in Brief Adopted Nationally
Chicago notes the newly adopted Diamond Ball rules detailing two official diamonds with different base paths and ball sizes, illegal pitching cues, injury precautions, equipment limits, bunt rule, team size, infield fly rule, baserunning restrictions, and no leadoff.
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Chicago
Yates and Ridley Battle for NIIC Golf Final Spot
In Cleveland on June 29 Charley Yates and Frank Ridley of Georgia Tech face off in the National Intercollegiate Championship semi final. The winner earns a place in the final to oppose Michigan in a heat affected match on the Country Club greens.
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Cleveland
Michigan
Southland
Charley Yates
Frank Ridley
Georgia Tech
Country Club
Charlie Yates
Kocsis
U of Michigan
Young Massachusetts player defeats Intercollegiate tennis champ
At Merion Cricket Club Philadelphia on June 29 Gilbert Hunt, an 18 year old from Massachusetts, upset Jack Tidball 6-4 6-1 to seize the National Intercollegiate title. Tidball’s defeat ends his bid for a third straight crown as Hunt advances to meet Billy Reese in the semifinals. Gene Mako and Wilbur Hess also reach the other semi.
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Philadelphia
Massachusetts
Jack Tidball
Gilbert Hunt
Merion Cricket Club
Hunt
Billy Reese
Georgia Tech
Martin Buxby
Texas
Gene Mako
University of Southern California
Wilbur BE. Hess
Rice Institute
National Pro Football League Plans Two Day Meeting
The National Professional Football League opens a two day meeting in New York to ratify Detroit's entry, approve the 1934 schedule, and consider rule changes. Detroit replaces Portsmouth in the circuit with Chicago Bears, Cardinals, Green Bay, Cincinnati, Boston, Brooklyn, New York, Philadelphia, and Pittsburgh also in the league.
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National Pro Football League
New York
National Professional Football League
Detroit
Portsmouth
Chicago Bears
Cardinals
Green Bay
Cincinnati
Boston
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
Pittsbur
Richmonds Rail Terminal Centennial Celebrated
Ceremonies marked Richmond Virginia's centennial as a railroad terminal. The first train departed in February 1934 on the Richmond Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad to Fredericksburg Virginia.
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Richmond
Cty
Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac
Fredericksburg
Virginia
Michigan, Texas junior linked in regional tale
The fragment cites Charley Kocsis of Michigan or Ed White from the southwest, a 20-year-old Texas junior, as part of a regional narrative. The text remains sparse on context, but names imply a discussion of two college athletes across states.
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Charley Kocsis
Michigan
The
Southwest
Ed White
Texas
Buds Perry Rained Out In Georgia Florida League
The Georgia Florida League game between Thomasville Buds and Perry was postponed yesterday due to rain and a damp field. It will be rescheduled at a later date to be announced.
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Thomasville
Buds
Perry
Wilbert Robinson turns 70 amid baseball lore and quiet celebration
Atlanta marked Wilbert Robinson's 70th birthday, the famed Oriole and longtime baseball figure choosing a quiet day at home with Ma. The Atlanta Crackers president recalled his fiery past with Baltimore and Giants stars, while a minor Memphis trade dispute was resolved with his approval.
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Atlanta
Memphis
Thomas R. Watkins
The
Chicks
Wilbert Robinson
Crackers
Buck Redfern
Byrne James
Wilbert Robbinson
Oriole
Ma” Robinson
Robinson
Atlanta Crackers
Southern Association
Tom Watkins
Robby
Baltimore
Watkins
Wakins
John McGraw
Brodie Brouthers
McMahon
Keeler
Gleeson
Giants
McGraw
Brooklyn
Hudson
Mass
Athletics
Nashville
Charlotte
Bobby
Baseball Standings and Results In National League
Yesterday no games scheduled. Today's matchups include Philadelphia at Boston and Brooklyn at New York. New York defeated Washington 4 to 0 while Philadelphia beat Boston 7 to 1. Detroit edged Chicago 8 to 7 in ten innings with other games not listed.
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New York
Washington
Philadelphia
Boston
Detroit
Chicago
St. Louis
Cleveland
Yesterday's Results and Today’s Schedule
Results show Memphis 3 5 Nashville 2 0 and Knoxville 2 Birmingham 1 New Orleans 6 Chattanooga 65 with Atlanta at Little Rock postponed. Today games include Knoxville at Memphis New Orleans at Birmingham Chattanooga at Little Rock and Atlanta at Nashville.
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New Orleans
Chattanooga
Knoxville
Birmingham
Atlanta
Little Rock
Memphis
Nashville
British Pro Opens Narrowly Extended Lead At Open
Henry Cotton, 27, widened his British Open advantage to ten strokes at the 54 hole mark with a third round 72. Joe Kirkwood moved into second with 214, while Denny Shute and Gene Sarazen faded away, leaving Cotton poised to win after a brutal final day.
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Sandwich
Eng
Flenry Cotton
Gene Sarazen
Cotton
Sarazen
Henry Cotton
Joe Kirkwood
Kirkwood
Alf Pangnam
Great Britain
Denny Shute
Tumbeld
Sandwik
Smokey Harrison to Play Beutell Hayes in Billiard Match
Smokey Harrison a top local billiard player will face H M Beutell and R H Hayes in a 175 ball exhibition at the Thomasville Billiard Parlor tonight starting at 9 00 o clock. The match will be refereed by J B Jemison. A Maltese cat in Hickory North Carolina adopted a brood of mice and raised them.
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Smokey Harrison
Beutell
Hayes
Thomasville
Smokey” Harrison
H. M. Beutell
R. H. Hayes
Harrison
J. B. Jemison
O. M. Barnes
Hickory, N. C
Canzoneri Wins Controversial Bout To Nab Shot At Ross
Tony Canzoneri defeated Frankie Klick by technical knockout at Ebbets Field after a fifth round left hook swollen Klick’s eye, leaving him nearly blinded. Referee Patsy Haley halted the fight in the ninth, granting Canzoneri the victory before 13,000 spectators and setting up a potential title chance.
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Frankie Klick
Ebbets Field
Patsy Haley
Canzoneri
San Francisco
Klick
Tony
Haley
College for dogs in Georgia trains canines for police work
A Georgia college trains dogs for police work and private protection with modest fees and notable success. The piece notes a landowner with potential in dog training and mentions golf standings near Cot ton and Shute, plus a Georgia clash in the Intercollegiate Golf tourney at Cleveland and Wilbert Robinson’s birthday tribute from Atlanta reporters.
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Georgia
Tigers Feared More Than Ever By Rival Clubs
Detroit's 9-7 ten inning win over Chicago and New York's 4-0 shutout of Washington keep the Tigers a half game behind the Yankees. Gehringer and Greenberg delivered the decisive blows as Red Ruffing and the Yankees extended their lead. The day also saw Bob Johnson and Foxx power the Athletics past the Red Sox 7-1. NL teams were idle.
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Mickey Cochrane
Detroit Tigers
Detroit
New York Yankees
Tiger
Yankees
Tigers
Cochrane
Chicago White Sox
Washington Senators
Fred Marberry
Sam Jones
Marberry
Chicago
Charley Gehringer
Hank Greenberg
Red Ruffing
Washington
Bob Johnson
Jim Mie Foxx
Philadelphia Athletics
Boston
Red Sox
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Lee Neel, Jr
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R. E. Chastain
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Methodists Packers
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S. Sampson
Frohberg Wilson
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W. Young
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T. T. Sampson
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Walker
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the Crackers
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Yates
Ridley
Tidhall
New England
University of Calfornia
Los Angeles
Ma’ Robinson
Pittsburgh
Weer
St Louis
Boston Revenee
Brookly
Cincinnati Etterens
St. Louis Ag
Shute and Sarazen
MacDonald Smith
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Tony Canzeri
Barney Ross
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Thomasville Billiard Parlor
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