Hawks Batter Davenport To Close Three Game Series
Clayton Thompson Iowa U catcher signs as Davenport beats Waterloo 8 to 5 in a tight three game set closing after a 12 day home stand. Dixon plans three days in Cedar Rapids then more games at Davenport before returning for the Dubuque series opening. John Wiggeling’s seventh inning error helps Davenport seize the lead as Waterloo fights back with strong fielding and timely hits.
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Baseball losing ground to other sports says Kofoed
Veteran New York sports critic Jan Kofoed argues baseball national game status waning as golf tennis football boxing attract crowds. He cites 15 million turning to golf and 5 million to tennis, women under 1 percent of crowds, and football and cycling hurting attendance. He blames high admission prices and shrinking urban playing space, noting cars and open roads lure fans away while baseball remains a potent cultural force.
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College Tennis Tourney Draws Record Field
Haverford Pa June 24 The forty fifth National Intercollegiate tennis championships opened at Merion Cricket club with a record entry from 45 universities and colleges defending champion Julius Selig son of Lehigh faces first round rivals Johnny Derg Stanford and Brice Barnes Texas among stars Berkeley Bel of Texas Penn Enidla Jacobs Pittsburgh Gregory Mancini Georgetown Bradshaw Harrison Oregon Harrig Coggeshall Grinnell Emmet Paro Georgetown lead a field including notable players across the nation.
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Detroit Victors Take Series Final Over Cleveland
Detroit wins 7 to 6 in Cleveland as Stoner earns the victory after relieving starter Ghle. Umpire Van Graflan knocked out of the game by Fonseca’s path on a close play. Box score shows Hellman led Detroit with three RBIs while Gehringer and Falk contributed multi hit efforts in a tense finale.
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Southpaws Play In Golf Tourney
More than 50 left handed golfers entered the Iowa southpaw golf tournament in Nevada Ia as the first round began. Henderson and Tom Lloyd led with 92s in practice rounds while Joe Johnson the defending champion carded 87. A Wells Nevada shot 88 and George Baker Decorah 89.
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Strack Close Training For Londos Match In Chicago
Charlie Strack arrived in Chicago to close training for his wrestling bout with Greek champion Lim Londos Friday night at Logan Square baseball park. Strack weighs about 215 pounds, Londos about 205, and the former college standout aims to clinch the victory.
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Fator Likely To Take Long Rest After Poor Ride
New York June 24 Fator faces possible end of season after a suspension for a poor ride on Folking at Aqueduct. The Queens County Jockey Club suspended him for the remainder of the meeting, with the case sent to the parent body. Laverne Fator is one of three riding brothers who came east a decade ago to seek fortune on eastern tracks.
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Poughkeepsie Hosts Historic Varsity Rowing Championship
Poughkeepsie wakes to a major rowing day as nine crews race for collegiate and world titles on a four mile course at Bartlett's Cove. California and Columbia are favored. crowds may reach 190000, with pre race events and high ticket scalping noted amid long, three ring program.
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American Batling-Poxx and Tigers Clash in 404 Play
Baseball summary shows Batling-Poxx of American facing Tigers with 6h from Rins-Gehringer and 92 by Hite-Genritger. Simmons leads Athletics with 74 RBIs while Manush drives triples for Crowns and Garrith adds for Red Boxy. Ochrig of Yanks hits 20 homers. Aier steals 10 bases as Grove, Auilelicn earns win.
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Athletics Take Lead In Series As Records Fall
New York June 24 The Philadelphia Athletics beat the New York Yankees 7 to 4 to win the series three games to two and pull ahead in the American League race by 1-2 games. A record five-game attendance of 184,096 marked the three-day series. Simmons, Athletics left fielder, starred with 13 hits, 8 RBIs, and a .619 average including four home runs. Babe Ruth and the Yankees fought hard, but Miller Huggins remained hopeful they could rebound in Philadelphia next series. Browns move ahead of the Yankees, who were idle today.
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Home Run Hitters and Baseball Lineup Fragments
A garbled late edition page lists players by team with scattered counts and names. References include Ruth Yankees Foxx Athletics Gehrig Yankees Hornsby Cubs and others, followed by totals and odd notes about organ composition and body parts from an unrelated line.
Leading Big Ten Hitter Reports Thompson Joins Hawks
Eddie Spellman Waterloo catcher played seven innings with a broken right thumb and will be out several days. Clayton Thompson, University of Iowa’s first-string catcher, signed by the Hawks and arrives tomorrow to back behind the plate. Joe Day released to make room for Thompson. Kernan returns to field. Thompson’s arrival may shift infield duties. Thompson led the Western conference in hitting last year and is praised as a top rookie catcher.
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National Intercollegiate Golf Championship Qualifying Opens
A field of 101 golfers began the first of two 18 hole qualifying rounds in the National Intercollegiate golf championship in New Jersey this morning. Georgetown defending champion Maurice McCarthy is among the entrants.
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