Baseball Trades In Both Leagues Shifts Players
By Laufer SHIRES, two major trades announced today reshuffle key pitchers and hitters. Art Shires moves from Chicago White Sox to Washington to handle infield duties, while Garland Braxton and Benny Tate join Chicago. In the National League, Boston sends Burleigh Grimes to St. Louis for Wee Willie Sherdel and Fred Frankhouse, reshaping pitching mobs in both circuits.
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Garland Braxton
Benny Tate
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Burleigh Grimes
St. Louis
Wee Willie’ Sherdel
Fred Frankhouse
His Best Investment to be staged by St Simon Dramatic Club
The play His Best Investment follows a wealthy youth who funds a child’s schooling then goes to war, with years passing before a reunion where friendship and true love test each other. Presented June 25 and 26, it promises entertainment for amateur dramatics enthusiasts. London is noted with a detailed civic profile.
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Fragmented 1920s sports musings on boxing and baseball
A garbled collage notes Abby Hartnett and Old War Ron Jones in boxing and national interlachen, references Mac Mac secret training, Giney Dempsey Chi clash, Jack High million dollar gate, Schmeline and Angel Firpo, Bill McKechnie, Art Shires, and Kid Berg amid late season Boston Braves chatter and puzzling cryptic lines about wolves and water torture imagery.
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Warron Jones
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Angel Firpo
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Bill McKechnie
Art Shires
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Berg
Wife Sues Lubitsch for Divorce in Hollywood Bungle
Helen Lubitsch files for divorce from famed director Ernst Lubitsch alleging rude and discourteous behavior. Married in Berlin in 1922, the couple’s domestic dispute surfaces amid talk of a three year military eligibility rule ignored by West Point.
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Hollywood
Beng
Helen
Berlin
West Point
Ancient of Ancients and Coast to Coast Sports Roundup
Baseball lore links Abner Doubleday to the first diamond at Cooperstown while Odds and ends touch on Gallant Fox progeny, horse and yacht prospects, and mixed results from recent baseball and horse racing leagues. Notable names include Man o War offspring, Woodward, Field and Bancock, plus ratings from the American and National Leagues as winds shift through June.
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Marshall Field
A. K Bancock
Robert Fairburn
Galahad
Gallant May
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Pansy
Walker
Bobbles
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Fight fans promised action at Vincennes Gibeault Gym
Promoter Fitzgerald announces twenty four rounds of milling on Thursday night in Vincennes Indiana at Gibeault Gym. Main event features Kid Shuppert of Lawrenceville vs Chester Battling Menk of Oak Town for eight rounds. Semiwindup pits Marion Youngstafel undefeated heavyweight against Herb Harris of Oak Town. Three preliminaries set, Eddie Johnson Vincennes versus Kid Griffith Lawrenceville, Kid Fields Edwardaport versus Eddie Cox Robinsons Ill, and Chisk Smith Washington versus an as yet unnamed opponent. It may be decided before the first which Smith opponent will be.
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Herb Harris
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Eddie Cox
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Chisk Smith
Washington
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Smith
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Interurban Crash Injures Two Near Greencastle
Two cars of the Terre Haute Indiana Railway and Eastern traction collided head on near Fillmore six miles east of Greencastle injuring two men. Motorman J R Bohan of Terre Haute sustained internal injuries and fractured ribs while Refford Hymera suffered a pierced right hip and possible internal injuries. Civil authorities investigated the incident and paving operations were discussed in relation to industry savings.
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Terre Haute, Indienavial
Eastern Traction
Fillmore
J. R. Bohannan
Terre Haute
Refford
Hymera
Death-Defying Career of Major General Seely
London reports Major General the Rt. Hon. J. B. B. Seely, famed for surviving deadly perils during World War I, from avalanches and gunfire to gas tank bursts and extreme altitudes. The veteran recounts more than a hundred near fatal encounters, each ending with a mere scratch.
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