Hawks Set to Face Burlington Bees This Weekend
Ottumwa Hawks host Burlington Bees in a three game set Friday Saturday Sunday after a doubleheader today. Pitchers McKain Grant or Hamilton to start. Reichle’s Ottumwa sits third in standings and Watson hospital stay improves. League roster cut to 14 by Friday ends six veterans, likely Stewart or Serre to depart. Enger signs with Des Moines Western league.
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Cletus Dixon
Hawks
Burlington Bees
McKain
Grant
Barnholtz
Hamilton
Bees
Id Reichle
Land
Dixon
Green
Waterloo
J. Grant
Anderson
Cleveland
Stewart
Serre
Altho
Enger
Marshalltown
Des Moines
Pirates Let Loose Fireworks to Trim Giants by 13 to 6
May 19 at the Polo Grounds the Pirates pounded three Giant pitchers, scoring in bursts. They led 5-0 after one, added three in the second and third, then five in the fourth to clinch a 13-6 victory. Terry homered twice for New York, while Fitzsimmons allowed nine runs before Clarkson finished.
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Giants
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Polo Grounds
Farrell
Henry
Abrhpoare Myson, If
Meese
Fardackson
Tloush
Hornsby
Verry
Woenry
Moo Fitzsimmons
Clarkson
Mueller
Pittsburgh
Terry
Wrighht
Traynor
Cuyler
Aldridge
Wright
Grantham
Harris
Morris
Roush
Aldridgce
East High Plans Two Track Meets This Spring
Two track meets remain on East High's spring schedule. Coach Midge Makeever announced a home meet likely May 28 or June 3 and a dual meet with an unnamed opponent on one of those dates.
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East High
Midge Mackeever
Makeever
Cedar Falls High
Yenton
Tigers
Manchester
Moment festa 3 Read in publick prints of a rogue catching gold
A fragmentary column notes a trickster posing as a veteran selling neckties and cravats by exchange for gold, with readers warned against keeping or paying twice for the goods. It recalls other satire and crowd-pleasing quips, including an Indiana case and jokes about actors and politics.
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Ted Cook
Samuel Peppys
Baseball standings and results from yesterday
Rainy day results across leagues with all Mississippi Valley League games postponed. American League scores include Detroit 5 Washington 2 and Boston 6 St Louis with New York at Cleveland and Philadelphia at Chicago rained out. National League games Cincinnati at Philadelphia on wet grounds, Pittsburgh 13 New York 6, Chicago 7 Brooklyn 4, Boston and St Louis 1. American Association results show Milwaukee 5 Minneapolis 0 and several other scores including Tulsa 16 Omaha 4 and Des Moines 4 Wichita 3.
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Cedar Rapids
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Des Moines
Oklahoma City
Braves End Losing Streak By Toppling Cardinals
Boston, May 19 The Braves break their skid by defeating the world champion Cardinals 7 to 1. Benton shines but a first inning error costs him a shutout as Sherdel struggles in the sixth. Frisch Bancroft and Richbourg spark St Louis while Mann Benton and Brown pace Boston with key hits and runs. Umpires Hart Moran and Quigley. Time 1:55.
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Hafey
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Quigley
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Chicago
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Henline
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Cooney
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Wilson
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Hartnett
Beck
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Stephenson Butler Flowers
Adams Stephenson
Adams
Flowers
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Herman
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Doak
Ehrhardt
Oak
Wilson McLaughlin
Klem
Ames Nine to Meet Central Team Friday
Ames Iowa State baseball prepares for a Friday game with Central college. The lineup features Grotenhius starting for Central with Rowland catching. Lefty Dorr likely to pitch for Iowa State with Johnson or Kruse catching. Also note Omaha’s FarL Cash to undergo surgery after injuries from a Monday slide into home.
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Courier Special Service
Ames
Iowa State
Central College
Missouri
Cyestones
Town State
Grotenhius
Central
Rowland
Dorr
Omaha
Neb
Farl Cash
Wichita
Kan
Seek Boxer With Kick in Punch
Tex Rickard faces multiple hurdles planning a million dollar title bout for Gene Tunney. He must locate a challenger with real punching power as fans tire of costly defensive 10 round matches. A knockout by Jack Sharkey or Jimmy Maloney could revive interest and fuel another mega fight.
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Rickard
Gens Tunney
Sharkey
Maloney
Drury Knocks Out Oelwein Foe in Boxing Thriller
Clyde Drury of Marshalltown unleashed a hard right to floor Joe Thomas of Oelwein in the third round, winning by knockout after a brutal second. The bout opened close with infighting and saw two preliminary scraps deliver comic misfires before the main event.
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Joe Thomas
Electric Park
Oelwein
Waterloo
Clyde Drury
Marshalltown
Drury
Thomas
Albert Knipp
Nil Henry
Cedar Falls
Chuck Russell
Ralph Caughran
Harold Nelson
Sharkey Maloney Fight Postponed By Bad Weather
New York May 19 Tex Rickard announced the Sharkey Maloney boxing match set for Yankee Stadium tonight was postponed to Friday night due to bad weather.
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New York
Tex Rickard
Sharkey-Maloney
Yankee Stadium
Cyclone Coach Plans New Freshman Drill System
Ames Iowa May 19 Inauguration of a new system for handling freshman football players at Iowa under Head Coach Noel Workman involves dividing the squad into four teams with a regular schedule. An all star team from the contenders will receive gold numeral sweaters after the fall season. A team of men unable to devote full time due to outside work will be formed to compete separately.
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Ames
Iowa
Noel Workman
Workman
Northwestern appoints Lonberg head basketball coach
Arthur Lonberg, former Kansas star, named head basketball coach at Northwestern after recent stint as Washington College coach in Topeka Kansas. Other items note Colgate routs Michigan 18 to 3, Eddie Meade's death threat, track meet entries, and Chicago racing track plans pending state approval.
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Chicago
White Sox
Eddie Collins
American National Jockey Club
Harry D. Frown
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Springfield
Len Small
Chandler Pleased With Delay of Dribble Rule Change
Ames May 19 Iowa State coach Bill Chandler Western rules committee member welcomed delaying the one bounce dribble amendment until 1928-25 after receiving New York telegrams. He and three others urged testing under game conditions before adopting the change. Chandler noted Northwestern success with the new rule and argued it would speed the Cyclones rather than hinder them.
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Ames
Bill Chandler
Iowa State
New York
Altho
Chandler
Northwestern
Towa
Cyclones
Fights Last Night in Newark Fight Card
Georgie Mack of Newark won on a technical decision after a late stoppage in West New York. The Associated Press report notes Mack’s victory and references the rough, controversial finish at the arena.
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Associated Press
West New York
Georgie Mack
Newark
Grip position for wooden golf clubs explained
A. G. Expinosa, a leading professional, argues that gripping wooden clubs about one half inch from the end preserves balance and lie. He notes a past habit of choking four inches from the end but found inconsistent grips, and returned to the half inch from end method.
Notable Boxing Card Spurs KO Wins and Draws
In a compact card, Warnie Smith of Barnesville OK boxed Sunny Tree Alabama to a 6 1 2 finish while Kansas City supplied a 16 with Wilson Wiener and Floyd Bowers drawing in Des Moines. Dave Os tor from Duluth fell to Mo-Warnie Smith.
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Young Philadelphian Rival Helps Tilden Triumph Again
Augusta Ga May 19 A Philadelphia schoolboy Sandy Weiner aims to help Big Bill Tilden reclaim the world tennis title this year. Weiner, Tilden's doubles partner and protégé, recalls being coached from 1922 after meeting in German Town Academy. He rose to junior national rank by 1945 and remains a close follower of Tilden as both grow older.
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Philadelphia
Big Bill
Tilden
Sandy Weiner
Sandy
Weiner
United States Jawn Tennis Association
Godold- Spring
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