Bryant Shuts Down Moline in Hard Fought Opener
In Moline Illinois on May 30, Bryant pitched a masterful game for Kernan club as Rock Island toppled the league leaders 4 to 3 in the opener. Stone flashed a one-handed catch, and Bryant held Moline in check until four late hits produced three runs.
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209 Pounder Leads Harvard Sprinters
Cambridge Mass May 30 Despite his 209 pounds Al Miller of Harvard sprinted on the clneer patha clocked in 9.45 seconds at the Harvard Yale and Oxford Cambridge meet. He won ahead of Porritt and Bayes Norton and he may be the 10 second man in the 100 yard dash. This will be his first year of intercollegiate competition.
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al Miller
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Speedway to Stir Flock of Thrills Today
Speedways fans will witness the 15th Indianapolis Motor Speedway 500 mile race in Indianapolis today. Top drivers include Frank Lockhart, Peter De Paolo, and Peter Kreisl, with a history of dramatic speeds and near misses.
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America
Indianapolis
Ind
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Peter de Paolo
Italy
Ralph DePalma
Lockhart
Peter Krels
Racter
Daily Quiz Answers From a Historical List of U.S. Presidents
The listed figures include John Adams and John Quincy Adams, Martin Van Buren, Theodore Roosevelt, William Henry Harrison, Grover Cleveland, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, Lincoln’s era names, James Garfield, Stephen Meintey, William Howard Taft.
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John Quincy Adams
Martin van Buren
Theodore Roosevelt
William Henry Warrison
Grover Cleveland
Thomas Jefferson
Abraham Linncoln
Garfield
Meintey
Willam Howard Taft
Championship bout opens Chicago outdoor boxing season
Chicago May 30 Mushy Callahan the junior welterweight champion meets Spug Myers of Idaho in a title bout as the outdoor boxing season starts. Promoter Jim Mullen hopes to pair the lightweight champion Sammy Mandell with the winner in a possible Chicago title bout. This would be Mullen s fourth championship fight in a year.
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Spug Myers
Idaho
Jim Muilten
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Mandell
Rocky Kansas
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Catalina Island swim plan led by Miss Martha Stager
Miss Martha Stager of Portland intended to enter the water at Avalon isthmus on the northern island today to attempt a Catalina channel swim. The report also notes Bobby Seymour, the New Orleans featherweight, defeated by Jose Zavala in a Mexican championship fight last night after five knockdowns, and other local sports results across Iowa towns including trapshooting and polo scores.
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Catalina Island
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Portland
Ore
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Mexico City
Bobby Seymour
New Orleans
Altho
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Fayette
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Luther
Decorah
Fort Dodge
George Nunn
Ti. M. Cooper
Joe Kautzky, Jr
W.tolen
Ogden
Des Moines
Wakonda Club
Fort Des Moines Army
Towa City
Randall
Lacey
A. Mieltenger
Kalona
Nerve makes Cruickshank the man to watch today
New York May 30 Bobby Cruickshank, once a Scottish amateur, rebuilt after war injuries and German prison camp. He moved to America to teach golf, rose to lead prize money, won four opens and the Los Angeles open. He prepares for the national open at Oakmont and seeks entry to the British Open.
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Courier Special Service
New York
Bobby Cruickshank
Scotch Links
Great Britain
America
Shackamsaxon
Oklahoma City
Progress Golf
Tawood
N. J
Bobby Jones
United States
Oaktont Country Chi
Pittsburgh
Progress Country Club of
Purrhugse
England
Eighteen Shooters Take Part In Park Gun Club Shoot
Eighteen shooters participated Saturday in Waterlooa Gun Club trapshoot at Byrnes park. Miller delivered the high performance with a broken string of 48 breaks and posted the day’s best average among seven possible targets. Scores followed.
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Waterlooa Gun Club
Byrnes Park
Miller
East High Home Track Carnival Postponed
East High's home track meet, set for Saturday, was postponed due to bad weather and will likely be run off next Saturday. London visitors to London this season will see the Heaven of Parliament as they have existed.
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East High
London
New Exterior to Rise Over Old Building by 1867
In 15 years a totally new exterior will replace the current structure. The transformation will be gradual, beginning after completion in 1852 and progressing to a modern facade by 1867.
Gnagy Elected President Of Waterloo Gideons
Cr Gnagy of 220 Kingsley Avenue was elected president of the Waterloo Camp of Gideons at a Saturday night business meeting hosted by Mr and Mrs C R Miller. Also elected were F E Newkirk vice president Smith T Edwards secretary treasurer and R E Crowther chaplain. About 35 members planned to attend the state convention in Cedar Rapids next weekend. The program featured readings by Miss Marjorla Harker solos by Miss Frances Fatst and a xylophone solo by Roger Clana. Talks on Gideon work were given by Rev George Woodall and C H Benson. Waterloo led state camps in Bible fund contributions with 894. Other camp totals include Wort Dodge 839 Marshalltown 823 Des Moines 439 Cedar Falls 499 Cedar Rapids 337 Sioux City 332 Mason City 122 Ames 98 Storm Lake 36 and Grinnell 73.
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Gideons
Hame
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R. E. Crowther
Cadar Rapids
Marjorla Harker
Misa Francea Fatst
Roger Clana
Gideon
Gorge Woodall
St. Paul's M. E. Church
C. H. Benson
Corn Belt Business College
Morrie Schlaifer Once Welter Ace Now in Hospital
Omaha report says Morrie Schlaifer once top welterweight fighter is in County Hospital psychopathic ward after a nervous breakdown worsened by past losses to Mickey Walker. Dr Lathrop said he is in hospital for a thorough going over and may be discharged soon.
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Omaha
Neb
Morrie Sthatter
County Hospital
Schlaifer
Chicago
Mickey Walker
New Jersey
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Schinster
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Upper Iowa Close.s Baseball Schedule With Luther Games
Fayette May 20 Two Iowa Conference games between Upper Iowa and Luther determine the title. The opener is here today with a second game at Beaverath on Wednesday. Peacock ace Tarson and Captain Cayou will duel Luther’s southpaws as both sides seek the crown and Memorial Day bragging rights.
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Luthorans
War Dept. Has Information Bureau in Old Marie John
The Washington War Department keeps a memory bank in Old Marie John a centenarian clerk named John R Randolph aged 84 with 64 years service who recalls Civil War era events including Maj Robert E Lees 1861 visit to Gen Winfield Scott and the alleged Blair house encounter Randolphs long career spans Grant era chiefs of staff Leonard Wood and John J Pershing and his family ties to Randolph of Virginia Henry Clay and Daniel Webster captions this reminiscence of a living archive.
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National Tribune
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War Secretary
Marie John
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Maj
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Winfield Scott
Arlington
Francia P. Blair
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Lee
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Virginia
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Daniel Webster
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General Staff Corps
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John J. Parshing
Feud Ends in Fatal Shootout at Mountain Cake Auction
In Graham county North Carolina a feud erupts during a Shccoah school house cake auction. Loe Tipton is dead and his brother Charles is fatally wounded. sixteen year old Howard Edwards is alleged shooter as tensions over faction loyalties and tally cheating flared. Officers hunt Edwards as the community recalls prior clashes and fear of retaliation.
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Charles
Graham County
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Tipton Brothers
Clyde Quinn
Edwards
Ned
Shccoah School House
Robbinsville
Mies Lang Hamilton
Quinn
Joe Tipton
Altho
Tipton
New Method for Death Penalty Sought in France
Paris readers report debate over replacing the guillotine with a modern method. Electrocution gains favor, yet fears of victims reviving in coffins fuel preference for the traditional device, while Dr. Guilotine’s role in invention is clarified and a shift in official execution practices is discussed.
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Paris
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Guilketin
Sorbonne
Assembly
Louis
College of Surgeons
Norwegian flier hunts reindeer in airplane
Oslo reports Lieutenant Reistad of the Norwegian flying corps flew a no fly mission to locate a herd of 20 reindeer during a fierce May snowstorm between the File mountains and the western coast. He was supported by a mechanic and herdsman. The reindeer were valued at 40,905 Norwegian currency. The plane used skis instead of wheels.
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Reistad
Norwegian Flying Corps
File Mountains
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