Grover Alexander falters as Giants fall to Cubs 3 2
Giants ace Grover Alexander is blasted for a string of hits in the sixth inning as New York scores three runs to beat the Giants 3 2. Rube Benton limits Cubs to six hits while Charley Nolfach er contributes a homer and two singles.
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Charley Nolfacher
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Pittsburgh
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Culshaw
St. Louis
Boston
Nebs
Braves
Cardinals
Goodwin
Clemons
National League Batter Stats From Early Season Games
Scores from games across the National League include New York, Philadelphia, Boston, and Brooklyn venues. Batteries listed feature pitchers and relievers such as Anderson, Martin, Killster, Renton, McCarty, Hamilton, Sweeney, Jacobs, Adams, Nehf, Wilson, and Wingo with varying run counts and final results.
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Ander, Martin and Killster
Renton and McCarty
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Hamilton
Sweeney, Jacobs and Adams
Chicago Cubs win in seven as early baseball action unfolds
American League games listed with Chicago and Detroit results. Davenport Mayer, Robertson Kerr Schalk and Coombe Coveleskie Ard O Neill Davis Cunningham Annenmith credited in mixed box scores. Other leagues show scattered results and Thursday NL matchups include St Louis Boston Chicago and more.
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Chicago
RAE &J. Louis
Goa
Davenport and Mayer
Robertson, Kerr and Schalk
Detroit
Cleveland
Iss
Stewart Nebraska athletic director reelected
The University of Nebraska board of regents announces the reelection of Dr. B. J. Stewart as the university's athletic director. Dr. Stewart is widely known in university and college athletic circles. An advertisement for men’s suits cleaning and pressing is included.
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Lincoln, Neb
University of Nebraska
B. J. Stewart
Dr. Stewart
Billy Whelan Battles Johnny Dundi In Saint Paul Show
Billy Whelan prepares for a 10 round bout with Johnny Dundi at St Paul while Mike Gibbons handles Whelan in the corner. The build includes Otto Wallace and Gedi Hapids as other names amid talk of a potential future bout with Ben Leonard if Whelan wins. Frankie Whitrex also racks up victories in recent weeks.
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Waterloo
Otto Wallace
Gedi Hapids
Billy Whelan
St. Pe
Mike Gibbo
St. Paul
Bil Whelan
Whelan
Johnny Dundi
Mike Gibbons
Dund
Ben Leonard
Frankie Whitrex
State meet at Drake Stadium promises best year yet
About 275 athletes from 11 colleges and 300 high school athletes will compete in the state meet at Drake Stadium on May 24 under the Four. Drake Ames Iowa Coe Morningside Simpson Parsons Des Moines Dubuque. Grinnell Hass and Dubuque Butler rivalryportedly top contenders. High schools North Des Moines East Cedar Rapids Mason City Prest Des Moines. Merriam Ames to challenge Morningside in distance events.
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Ames
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Parsons
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Butler
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Fort Dodge
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Mason City
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Crawford
Coe College
Morningside College
Morninside
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Ames College
Grinnell College
Richards
Brack
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Frendricksen
Towns University
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Green
Wand
Wagner
Page
Seares
Champs of Cedar Rapids Seek Baseball Challenge
The Warfield Pratt Howell base ball team of Cedar Rapids asks for a game with any fast local squad. They boast city Cadiz Rapids title and Eastern Town championship in 1998 and invite teams to book via wire or phone. Manager Demisy Jones Cedar Rapids Ta care of Cedar Rapids Oil Co.
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Warfield
Pratt, Howell
Cedar Rapids
Cadiz Rapids
Demisy Jones
Cesday Rapids
Cedar Rapids Oil Co
Willard Plans Mountain Training For Dempsey Title Fight
Champion Jess Willard intensifies prep for the July 4 bout with Jack Dempsey. He trains at a Los Angeles camp with mountain climbing to harden muscles and build wind, backed by a staff of trainers and sparring partners. Willard says his jaw and three ribs were broken by Johnson in Havana. He brings a full gym setup to camp and works toward his best fighting weight while filming a movie in which he stars.
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Jess Willard
Jack Dempsey
Willard
Los Angeles
Johnson
Havana
Ray OQ
Archer
Wil
Jess
Mvy'tian
Women Players a Boost to Tennis in New York May
The article praises American women for sustaining interest in lawn tennis during wartime. It highlights Mary Browne and Molla Bjurlstedt as examples and notes the strong, ongoing role of women in American tennis through 1917 and 1918, underscoring their lasting impact as the new season approached. Eddie Me defeated Harry Reeve in the third round in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
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Mary K. Browne
Molla Bjurstedt
Mgoorty Wixs
London
Eddie Me
Oshkosh
Wis
Harry Reeve
Deceiver Forced to Run for Life After Fake Bout
A historic boxing ruse ends in mob fury as Jem Ward posing as Sawney Wilson backs a fake match at Bath. Ward and accomplices flee for life after the crowd discovers the deception and seizes the purse. A later 15 year prior example in Butte shows Mose Lafontise fighting Ketchel in a staged bout.
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Jem
England
London
Bath
Sawthey Wilson
Joe Hickens
Somerset Rehampion
Joe
Joose
Sawney
Ward
Butte
Mont
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Stanley Ketchel
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Lafontise
Discharged Army Athletes May Be Taken to France
Paris reports that famous athletes who served with the American Expeditionary Forces and have since returned may enter the inter allied games next month. Gen March seeks funding from welfare groups to transport selected athletes to France, despite lacking legal authority for civilian ex soldiers. The Henley regatta features a service race with international crews, culminating in an inter allied regatta two weeks later. The University of Paris defeated the University of Lyons in a base ball match, with ex Harvard and Princeton players starring for Paris. The Beaune expeditionary university won the inter university track meet against teams from Toulouse Montpellier Dijon Grenoble Poitiers Nancy. A humorous driver quip and an ad for Dodge Tungsten plugs close the note.
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Ihom
War Department
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England
Canada
British Flying Corps
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New Zealand
America
Belgium
Czecho-Slo ‘Vakia
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Hugh Kelliher
Princeton
George ‘Abbot
American Expeditionary University of
Towa Conference Track and Field Meet Friday
Approximately 100 athletes from eight Iowa colleges compete at Coe field in Cedar Rapids for the annual conference meet. Notable entrants include Sol Butler from Dubuque Seminary, Henderson and Sprague of Simpson, Terraine and Browning of Cornell, and Holthaus Frontress and Schiotter from Coe. Dubuque is favored to place high. Cordell and Butler are singled out as strong contenders.
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Iowa College Conference
Coe Field
Sol Butler
Dubuque Seminary
Witnner
Penn
Coe
Dubuque
Butler
Simpson
Cordell
jCoe
York Leads Pistol Experts in AEF Championship
Oliver B. York of the Fifth Marines leads 850 pistol experts in the American Expeditionary Force championship with a score of 685 out of 1000. Beil of the 15th Field Artillery receives honorary first place as a distinguished pistol shot. The event ends tomorrow.
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Lemans
Oliver B. York
Fifth Marines
Franklin
Lloyd E. Wilson
11Th Field Artillery
Pelham
Wash
York
James W. Beil
15Th Field Artillery
Gary to Host First Industrial Meet
The first national annual field and track meet will be held in Gary Indiana on July 4 under the American Industrial Athletic association. Over fifty industrial institutions with more than half a million workers will send representatives and compete on one of the best equipped athletic fields in the country. Gary outbid Pittsburgh Detroit Toledo Sharon and Cincinnati for the staging.
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Lou
Fredona
Sunshine Mission
T. Akron
Gary
Ind
Sherman
American Industrial Athletic Association
Pittsburgh
Detroit
Toledo
Sharon
Cincinnati
14 Year Old Bride Charged with Cruelty in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids May 14 charging his 14 year old wife with cruelty authorities report the alleged abuse in a case that highlights grim domestic tensions in the area.
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Charghs
Cedar Rapids, In
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