Hawks Prepare for Opening Day as Dixon Trims Roster
With 1927 opening day near, Cletus Dixon trains Hawks at Sioux City. 22 players today reduced to 17 or 18 by game time, Jim Grant and Red Hamilton likely to form the battery, Martinek the catcher favored after Daugherty’s wrist strain. Weather and a team victory are hoped for as plans progress.
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Daugherty
Giants Lose to Robins and Drop to Second Place
The Giants lost 10 to 7 at Polo Grounds as Brooklyn Robins surged ahead with 13 hits while New York totaled 12. Her man hit two homers for Brooklyn and Partridge added a double, with McGraw’s six pitchers yielding a 24-base effort for the Robins. The defeat leaves Brooklyn in first and New York in second in the National League standings, with several players recording runs and bases on balls in a high-scoring interleague clash.
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Fights Last Night In Boxing Roundup
The Associated Press reports multiple results across venues. Ruby Goldstein stopped Johnny Cecccolli in New York. Eddie Anderson defeated Vincent Sanchez in Wyoming. Blas Rodriguez beat Lew Goldberg in New York. Kid Waplan defeated Tony Vaccarelli in New Haven. Joean Dundee outscored Johnny Mendelsohn in Baltimore. Jim Braddock stopped Stanley Simmons in Torrey City. Henry Usse defeated Jimmy Britt in New York. Jack Zivie stopped Bucky Lawless in Erin. Young Neny beat Johnny Sacco in Pittsburgh. Freddy Fitzgerald fought to a draw with Johnny Scinto in Youngstown. Jimmy Reed defeated Frankie Tate in Buffalo. Charlie O'Connor defeated Joe Kaufman in Cleveland.
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Henry Usse
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First acts in mankind drama dated sixteen million years ago
Testa oment recounts a long view of human curiosity with optimist and pessimist quips. Notes from Mud Center: Eph Plunkett’s daughter Maizie tames a wave and Phil Juniper cuts by banana slip. Floods inland, Duck Lake rises, globe trotter Chick Spavin ponders city trip. Valedictorian Albert Judge may skip lofty themes, Squire Plunkett chases spring tonic. evening meal called supper. J.
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Sluther Defeated by Carleton in 14 Inning Duel
Decorah May 3 Luther College baseball team lost a 14 inning game to Carleton 2 to 0. The contest was nip and tuck throughout with strong pitching by both sides.
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Baseball Scores And Scheduled Games List
American League totals show New York 9 Washington 6 Philadelphia 6 Boston 5 Chicago 3 Detroit 1 St Louis 7 Cleveland 6. National League Brooklyn 10 New York 7 with Philadelphia at Chicago and Cincinnati at Chicago rain. American Association and Western League results include Kansas City 11 Toledo 3 Louisville 11 Minneapolis 2 St Paul 6 Indianapolis 1 Oklahoma City 5 Des Moines Denver Amarillo 2 Wichita 5 Lincoln 3 Omaha 11 Tulsa 7.
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Cobb's early season surge sparks praise for Cobb
The article notes T Raymond Cobb's striking .418 peak average in early weeks, his aggressive base running, and key influence for the Philadelphia Athletics. It highlights Cobb's self-driven steals of home, leadership on the field, and the club's need for inspiration amid an uninspired roster.
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Shibe Park
Connie Mack
Connie
Athletics
Cedar Falls Nine Visits Parkersburg for Rematch
Parkersburg hosts Cedar Falls on Sunday at 2 30 PM in a key baseball clash. Patterson, Parkersburg, and Shoot, Cedar Falls, expected to renew their pitching duel from last weekend as Lawn City joins the action.
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Lawn City
Patterson
Wisconsin tops Towa in rain shortened game
College baseball brief reports Wisconsin defeated Towa 1 to 0 in the third inning when play was halted by rain. Carleton beat Duther 2 to 0 in 11 innings. Upper Iowa edged State Teachers 4 to 3 in three innings.
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Duther
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Ackley Ball Club Chooses Officers
Ackley base ball nine known as the White Sox elected their officers for the coming season. Alfred Christensen serves as manager, Sam Greenfield as treasurer, and Everett Lowe as captain. A practice game is planned with Grant Center next Sunday and the opening game at Ackley on May 15, opponent to be announced.
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Alfred Christensen
Sam Greenfield
Everett Lowe
Grant Center
Sport names come in pairs at Annapolis
Annapolis Md May 3 The Eddys and the Dysons and the Huffs and the Dennises and the Millers ace high sport names at Navy just now come in pairs and take their athletics in the same way Big Tom Eddy its crew captain and a football player His younger brother Ian C is following his lead Howell J and Gerald R Dyson are wrestlers The twin Huffs Charles P and George K are swimmers while Earle V and Harry C Dennis play baseball and basket ball The Millers Ken and Ted substitute for almost anything.
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Major Griffith to speak at city indoor baseball banquet
Major John J. Griffith, commissioner of the Big Ten, will be the principal speaker at the indoor baseball leagues banquet at the forum Thursday evening. Victor Read reports strong interest with over 300 tickets sold and additional talks planned by league managers. A later meeting on forming an outdoor industrial baseball league is set for Friday night.
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Griffith Sees College Men as Better Prospects
Washington May 3 Clark Griffith president of the Washington club says college men are not always best big league players but those with ability can cash in faster. He cites Ruel Reeves and McNeely as examples and notes the team will seek promising college material though not expect instant stars due to coaching gaps.
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Rich Meal Money for Boxers Now
In a summer scene of three uneliminated challengers Sharkey Maloney and Uzen, with Dempsey in the Tex Rickard three ring heavyweight circus, Gene Tunney wonders about gate receipts after eliminations. A fleeting memory recalls Tommy White once fought for meat money in New Orleans, trading a quick KO for $25 purse to avoid hunger.
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Tex Rickard
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Tommy White
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Orchard High Defeats Carpenter 4 to 0 in Seven Innings
Orchard high school beat Carpenter 4 to 0 in a fast seven inning baseball game at Orchard Ta yesterday. Both teams played solid defense and strong pitching.
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Courier Special Service
Orchard, Ta
Orchard High
Church Athletes Plan Base Ball Season at YMCA
Church leaders and managers held a meeting at the YMCA to organize the Sunday school baseball season. A. B. Cook was named baseball chairman with C Wilcox Su E Walker Joe Buck Bernard Redden B Brocksuns Otto Fry Clifford Hoard Harold Jolla and A J Cornwell on the committee. Games will run five nights weekly from May 16 with entry deadlines set May 4. A volunteer umpire system returns and a diamond committee led by Joe Buck will arrange use of Byrnes Park and Cedar River Park diamonds. A junior league for under 16 may be formed with afternoon games. Cedar Heights church joined the Waterloo Inter Sunday School Athletic Association.
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Clifford Hoard
Harold Jolla
A. J. Cornwell
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Waterloo Inter-Sunday School Athletic’ Association
Young Stribling and T Loughran in Ring Tonight
New York May 3. Tommy Loughran and Young Stribling clash at Ebbets Field for a 10 round bout to decide who earns a shot at the light heavyweight title. Stribling holds a lead in prior meetings but Loughran seeks reversal. Semifinal features George Courtney vs Chuck Burns, both middleweights, with two other 10 round heavies Sailor Huffman vs King Solomon and Harold Mays vs Bob Lawson.
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Oklahoma
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Boxer Who Fought Jeffries Still in Boxing Game
Chicago May 3 Bob Armstrong a veteran negro boxer who fought James J Jeffries ten rounds in 1898 remains active in boxing as a trainer in Mullen's gym Chicago He is in his early fifties and works with Wol Scott Langford and other black boxers.
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James J. Jeffries
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Wolscott Langford
Mullen
Armstrong
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