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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1924
Page
11
Fragmented OCR summary recounts a track and field drill or match with names like Zahn Pat and Yannny, plus mentions of vaulting and sprinting. The garbled text suggests a local meet with attempts, a voltage of practice, and unclear results.
Twenty years ago in sports Tannehill pitched for Boston allowing Washington only two hits in a 5-0 shutout. Two Georgetown relay teams will represent the school at the annual Pennsylvania relays at Franklin Field. Arthur Duffy, a star sprinter, declines invitation to a special 100 yard dash.
Boston pitchers limit New York to one run as Red Sox hammer Mort Koetiger and Siields for 19 bases. Ferguson stifles visitors, while Ruth, Dugan, and Shanks contribute in a tense game with timely hits and strategic baserunning.
American League standings show Detroit, Philadelphia, and Washington near the top with Boston and New York in pursuit. Yesterday, Philadelphia beat Washington while Chicago defeated New York and Boston lagged by rain against Philadelphia. In the National League, Chicago and New York posted wins while Boston and Philadelphia faced rain. Today’s games include Cleveland at Detroit and Chicago at St. Louis among others.
District of Columbia public links championship at Rock Creek Park to be closed to the public during the May 19 to 24 period. Norman Belrost and Col Sherrill announced the plan at a District of Columbia Municipal Golf Association meeting. Four classes will compete with 18 hole qualifiers and match play. Winners advance to Dayton and four Washington players join the Harding trophy intercity team.
Tech High pitchers dominated St Alban’s as they cruised to a 12 0 victory. Du Mu allowed two hits over six innings while fanning 10. Zahn homered in the fifth and MiCormick added three hits to pace the Tech High offense.
Midshipmen will host three athletic events Saturday afternoon in Annapolis with a triangular field and track meet featuring Syracuse and the University of Virginia. The naval freshmen season opens as lacrosse matches with Stevens Institute and Colgate follow the 12:15 and 2:30 starts, respectively.
Wayland Dean hurls a 4 hit shutout as the Giants beat Brooklyn 4 0 in a tense duel. Groh drives in two runs with a homer and singles to back the win. Dean improves to 15 1 as NY seals the game in the tenth inning on timely hits by Johnston Fournier and Groh.
Chicago Cubs pounded Sherdel with timely hits to beat St Louis 7 to 4 in Apr 17 action. Gradlram hit a homer and a double with two singles in five trips, Grimes and Grantham contributed, while Grimes, Vogel and Kaufmann aided the win as Chicago built a 7-4 lead behind solid hitting and key defensive plays.
Eastern High defeated Petworth 4-0 in a baseball game. Petworth struggled offensively as Eastern High controlled pitching and defense, earning a decisive shutout victory.
Harvard bound Yale suffers a crushing defeat as Georgetown Catholic wins 12 to 0 at the new stadium. Pond dominates on the mound and Hale hits a deep homer, while Yale equities falter with multiple errors and sparse offense.
Mt Pleasants holds a commanding lead in the pennant race of the Washington Lades Duchot league with 71 victories and 14 losses. Lucile Preble of the Independents posts a high set total of 319 with games of 106 104 and 208, leading individual high-set honors as teams’ standings show the Independents and various clubs contending for upper honors.
Brig Gen Charles G Treat retired and Rear Admiral Andrew T Long chief of the Bureau of Navigation were designated as representatives of the Army and Navy at the Olympic games.
A scrambled recap lists scores from SOLTHERY and various leagues including Atlantic, American Association, International, Virginia, and Florida State, with teams such as Asheville, Spartanburg, Greenville, Macon, Charlotte, Indianapolis, Minneapolis, Baltimore, Buffalo, Toronto, Syracuse, Jersey, Reading, Petersburg, and more. It references numerous uneven results and partial scores with weather-affected games and unclear details.
Jumbled lines reflect a noisy OCR of a reflective page. It mentions courage persistence and determination amid trouble. References to training tours and a “surgery of happiness” appear as scattered aphorisms. The piece reads as a collage rather than a coherent article.
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