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x : UE LARKSPUR TO 5 BR2TO4 FAVORITE be Phritling Horse Race Predicted Despite Heavy Track and Dubious Weather SRADLEY IS AFTER RECORD at Clyde Van Dusen, Carrying Col- | ors of H. P. Gardner, Is Second Choice ' SEGHTR. SHEAS STRLS- ALAN J. GOULD jated Press Sports Editor) May (Ass: ee Louisville, Re and wes send its blueblooded horseflesh in arf tomor. S honors of the Amer h running of the * row in the fifty-fi ex a | thoroughbreds go to the Bact ar 5 p. m.. central standard t race will be worth 364.000 none allad $54,000 will ¢ victor in the 1 stamina and cou of one mile anc day for the mu shine, heavy perts predict promoters cx of upwards of turesque Churchil Millions more are expected to tune fn on the thrills of America’s most colorful turf classic over a record radio hook-up for the derby, ar- b ranged by the national broadcas | f company and its associated stations. Kentucky, as usual. has its fa- | fs vorite. The roar of the crowd tomor- B row will be from the heart, as well & as the pocketbook, if Blue Larkspur, the pride of the Blue Grass, comes | first in the colors of the Idle Hour f farm of Col. Edward R. Bradley. Clyde Van Dusen Second Blue Larkspur has been the fa- vorite for the derby ever since he} closed a finc two-year-old n. ( The famous son of Black Servant, | declared good in any kind of going, | probably will face the barrier a 2 » to 1 favorite, w ith Clyde Van Dusen, F carrying the colors of H. P. Gardner, second choice, probably around 4 to; » 1, on the basis of wagering reported today. Twice before, in Colonel Bradley has seen his horses finish one-two in the derby. The chances are against a repetition of this honor tomorrow but the famous} Kentucky turfman will attempt it} by also saddling Bay Beau’ _ of Black Toney, for the c'! i 1921 and 1926, f Yesterday’s Games | I NATIONAL LEAGUE First Game: R H E/ New York . . 3 9 1} Boston 4 10 1} Benton, Walke: Hogan; Cun- aingham and Spohrer. Second Game: Bo He Bl | New York ........ ig 14 1 Boston ..... 13 2] 0 ‘ i Hubbell and O'Farrell; Delaney and | Spohrer. | 1 TES» Gael | St. Louis .. + 10 15, 9 | Pittsburgh E 9 16 1| «10 innings) Haines, Haid, Johuson and Wilsen; Peity, Brame. Swetonic and Har- greaves, Hemsley, Linton. | | Rn H E | Brooklyn .. 4 9 0 Philadelphia 7 il 0} Vance, Koupal and Deberry; Wil- | loughby and Davis. Others not scheduled. AMERICAN LEAGUE ¥ R H E 6 3] 4 9 1 H E 0 2 o St. Louis . | 9 0 Miller and L. Sewell; Crowder and | sion. Others not scheduled. AMERICAN ASCOLIATION R E 3 3 ; Carroll and} rg quest of the classic three year-old |.) gentle lehampions scored one run in ninth and another in the tenth to| | pull out the decision by 10 to. 9._ Al- lmost everybody except Donie Bush and Bill Southworth pitched, Jim Bottomley hit two home runs. |more than the Browns. cutlasting ® |tional league program in their cus- {tomary manner, losing their ninth \straight to the P' only unusual item connected with | this statement is that Dazzy Vance | was on the firing line for Brooklyn. terday ers in the American league blazed | ed Walter Miller by 1 to 0 in a pitch- THE BRAVES BEGINNING TO BELIEVE ~ ASSCORE COMPETE) THEY BELONG IN TOP DIVISION: ‘Emil Fuchs and Tribe Take Two Bismarck Boxers Games From Startled New York Giant Clan Cavanagh, », Gray at and .d Brown Fig- | Have Heavy | Work: TEAM ure in Five Fights Be- i CARDINALS ASSUME LEAD Strong ada fore June 1 : — ring iBrooklyn Robins Lese Ninth: Lee Cavanagh. Jackie Gray and) Tony Brown, members of Isham Tex Straight Despite Pitching | Hall’s Bismarck boxing stables, will! WISiTORS of the Dazzier be busy during the rest of Ma | trail after taking Al Var Emil Fuehs | s t principle a must absorb to escape from the s¢ ond division— | dded to the woes of | erday by ittsburgh in a erogey 10-round melee at Forbes fieid. ye the and The Robins rounded out. the na- ies, 7 to 4. The The Cubs and Reds were idle yes- While the acknowledged contend- | along the exhibition trail yesterday, the Browns and the Tigers improved their standing by turning back west- ern opponents. Alvin Crowder shad- ing duel at St. Louis while Owen Carroll turned in a fine game to de- eat Al Thomas and the White Sox | by 4 to 3 at Detroit. Tigers, Browns Tied This-dual triumph for the western hopes in Edward Barnard’s loop} maintained the Browns and the Tig-} ers in a virtual tie, and enabled both | \to step up to practically even terms | with the Yanks, who trail the} Athletics by half a game. The champions have one game fewer) than the Macks and have lost the same number. The Browns have won two more and lost two more than the Yankees, and the Tigers |have won two more and lost two No actual changes in the standing of the first four teams occurred, a) the extra defeats for St. Louis and| Detroit placed them, in order a f tage points behind the Yan-| ‘Yank Davis Team | Has Apparent Win Montreal, May 17.—(@}—The United | States team apparently has hurdled | the first obstacle in its second cam- | | paign to bring back the Davis tennis cup from France. | Victory yesterday in the first two singles matches in the first round American zone cup tie gave the Unit- ed States a lead that the dominion | hardly can overcome. The two United States victories yesterday were turned in by John Hennessey of Indianapolis and John Van Ryn of East Orange, N. J. Van Ryn, a newcomer to Davis cup | play. conquered Willard F. Crocker, the No. 2 Canadian player, in straight | . 9-7, 6-2. 6-3. Hennessey dropped a set to Dr. Jack Wright, No. 1 Cana- dian, but von the match, 6-3, 4-6, 6-1, | 6. Bison Will Face Vikings on Track Fargo. N. D., May 17.—Bison chances of defeating the strong University of | North Dakota cindermen next wee! will be definitely known Saturday afternoon when Coach L. T. Saal- waechter's North Dakota Agricuitural college trackmen clash with the North Dakota Teachers of Valley City at Fargo. This will be the first complete track meet for the Bison this year, although the Buffalo men were en- +) tered in relays and special events ar bos Maas Minnesota and Sioux Falls noah Saalwaechter is @ little Bilt cer! over a knee injury juired by Ole Sand, sensational Meretaina dash man. Ole will run, however, and it is expected that the Viking, who ran the century at Sioux Fails in 9.9, will have litt ff 4 r little difficulty copping. Joe will enter the pole vault event, although his hurt ankle will be taped. Joe made a name for him- self smashing the North Central con- 1/ events are: ‘Bison athletes entered and their t and the first w ught the tribe the | June. nning the one-|meets Krause in a 10-round head- | ad of losing them. | liner; shading | faces Shipman in a 10-round head- and 5 to 4, in aj liner; Jackie Gray meets Young Jen- \kins, Ellendale, in a fights an unnamed Wishek heavy- weight in the headline affair; Jackie Gray meets a Wishek 130-pounder in @ six-round semiwindup. i ed Hill Started as e | outfit mainly because of a lack of Good Weight Man pitching strength. Sprout, Pierce, and | Frankie Mason of Fort Wayne hit the comeback | a bad beating from | Ryan, St. Paul, here May 3.) py mecting Battling Krause, Hazen . O. Shipman, ndale, next K. While Jackie Gray also has two ‘aps and Tony Brown one before Cavanagh will Gray Pilot DOGLOVEPROBABLE PITCHER FOR LOCAL Mercer Has a Veteran Crew, Starters, but Promises to Shift Lineup BISMARCK TRIBUNE HERE SUNDAY After Beating Columbus | in 12 Frames i Last Year, Bar- Their Hurlers GOOD CLOUTERS Louisville Breaks Eight-Game: Losing Streak by Trim- ming St. Paul Picks Veterans for] Chicago, May 17.—(4)—Successful in their first skirmishes with eastern contingents, western teams today prepared to lay down a barrage of base hits against each other for stronger salients in the war for the The schedule looks like this: | with Mercer having secured a | American association pennant. May 21, at Dickinson, Cavanagh j pitcher whose name they refuse to| Kansas City, entrenched in first \disclose until game time, Neil O.| Place by a single game margin, May 24, at Ellendale, Cavanagh | Grays, looks and the Gra ix-round semi-| athletic field Eddie “Kid” Bauman, Edge- mound work outfit it had good hurler. | they-lost to t Flinn failed Los Angeles, May 17.—(?!—From a shotputter of mediocre ability to a) sprinter consistently capable of 9 4-5 though the Hill, captain-elect of the University of California at Los Angeles track and field squad. The “Bruin Express,” as Hill now is called, has been whizzing down south- ern California's straightaways in such fast time as 9.7 and 9.8, and his com- petitive sprinting experience was be- gun only this season. He performed only in the weights last year, and had never done any sprinting before this season. * Hill, who wears glasses, weighs but 142 pounds. His stature, however, greatly resembles that of Charley Pad- dock. His coach, Harry Trotter, pre- | dicts that Hill in another year will be | flashing his spikes to the country’: 5] best. Frankie Mason Is Beaten by Illness | Ford Wayne, Ind. May 17. second base; E. Sackman, Johnson, Sprout, Evanson, Schweiz- shift his 15 burg, second 1920 was America’s greatest flyweight | Kan: bo: is seriously ill with tubereu- |Minr losis. He has been unable for several | St. Paul months to work at his trade as a | Indianapolis | Printer. | Milwaukee Mason and Jimmy Wilde fought a ;Toledo ... sensational 12-round battle in New |Columbus . Churchill, manager to the baseball game which Mercer Mercer has practically ception of the man tossing them over. Last year all they needed was one In the tournament here in August from clouting Heidt, Workmen hurler, freely. M “s starti seconds in the 100-yard dash was the | wij) Re oe SiGe ee toned | metamorphosis undergone by Johnny | shortstop; Heupel, third base; Leif, er, outfielders. Though Churchill plans to again during the contest, he announced the Probable starting lineup as follows: Guidas, catcher; Fuller, third base; Johnson, shortstop; Grimes or Lena- and Sagehorn, Simonson, outfield opencd its fight at home against Florence Killilea’s rejuvenated Mil- waukee Brewers, while Minneapolis and St. Paul, perennial rivals in everything, faced cach other in the of the Bismarck forward with misgivings will stage at the city at 3 p. m. Sunday. | windup; And Church is worrying a great | Saints’ stronghold at Lexington park. “can Take Lead \ley, fights Dynamite Brocco, Aber-| deal despite the fact that Doe Love, It took Kansas City 12 innings to x als slipped ahead of the | | deen, S. D., in a six-round event; chiropractic hurler, has announced | hand Columbus a trimming yesterday. to the league lead b May 31, at Wishek. Tony Brown|he probably will be ready to do| Myers. string bee Columbus hurler, and Nelson of the Kaws engaged in an cven mound duel until the twelfth frame when McCann fumbled Grigs- by’s infield poke while the bases were choked. Giving Kansas City a 2 to 1 triumph. ‘The Kansas City victory was well timed as its nearest rival, Minneap- flolis, was drubbed by Indianapolis. for the Grays. he same last year with the ex- he Bismarck A. O. U. W. | Kansas City Back in First Place| ;The Indians lashed out 13 hits off | four Miller pitchers and won, 10 to 1, thus giving Minneapolis its first series defeat of the season. Louisville broke its eight-game losing streak yesterday by blasting out a 6 to 4 victory over St. Paul, foe Milwaukee defeated Toledo, 4 0 3, Rosy Ryan hung up his fifth INDIANS WALLOP MILLERS Vises of the season in the game. President Thomas J. Hickey has decided to separate Larry Goetz and {George Johnsor, who have been call- ing strikes together for the past five years. Hereafter, Goetz will work with Charles McCafferty and John- son will pair with Frank Brown. Hickey said he was satisfied with their umpiring but that it was cus- tomary to switch the c-biters about. .UDES GAMES OF MAY 16 (By the Associated Press) NATIONAL Batting—Stephenson (Cubs), .418. Runs—Douthit (Cards), 27. Homers—Ott (Giants), 8. Stolen bases—Swanson (Reds), 8. Pitching—Grimes (Pirates), won 5, lost 0. x AMERICAN Batting—Jamieson (Indians), Runs—Gehringer (Tigers), 31. Homers—Gehrig (Yanks), 8. Stolen bases — Gehringer, Johnson (Tigers), Averill (Indians), 5. Pitching—Uhle (Tigers), won 6, lost 0. 393. to keep the Workmen the pill at random Mercerites hit George follows: T. Sackman, Flinn or Pierce, catcher; first base; and Raugust, fielders around freely base; Tobin, first base; Mohn, Nagel, and the FRIDAY, MAY 17, 1929 ———— eee eee :-Horses From Four Corners Compete in Kentucky Derby Tomorrow MYSTERIOUS US MERCER HU 2 HURLER KEEPS GRAY MANAGER GUESSING ASSOCIATION’S WESTERN CLUBS |Jack Hurley Buys |Joyce Wethered PREPARED TOFACEEACHOTHER| Murphy Contract) Defeats Collett Fargo, N. D. . May 17.—)—Leo Kossick’ of Moorhead today a1 nounced that he has sold his con- tract with Spud Murphy, crack junior lightweight fighter, to Jack Hurley. Details of the transaction were not announced. Turnesa Is Sole Yankee Survivor Leo Diegel Beaten in 1,000- Guinea Pro Golf Tour- ney in England In British Meet American Woman Takes Big Lead in Morning, but Fails in Afternoon Round St. Andrews, May 17.—-()—Joyce Wethered won the British women’s golf championship today for the fourth time, defeating Glenna Col» lett, three times American cham ion, in the final 36 holes. e American piled up a big lead on the first nine and was two up at the end of the first 18, but could not combat the steady play of her op- ponent in the afternoon. i The British girl’s bat td of vice tory was three up and one to play, the match ending when Miss Wethe ered won the 35th hole. The Ameri- can girl started home with a pair of threes, reducing her opponent’s margin from four up to two up but she was not able to reduce it more during the final eight holes. Arne Borg Cracks -Another Record Santa Maria, Calif., May 17.—(%)~ Arne Borg, Swedist, distance swim- mer, broke the world’s record for the 70-yard swim at the Santa Maria Municipal pool last night. His time, 8 minutes, two and three-fifth sec- onds, chopped 27 seconds off the former record held by Ruddy of the New York Athletic club. Moortown, May 17.—(7)—Play in the 1,000 guineas professional golf tournament reached the semifinal round this morning with Joe Turnesa, of New York, the sole American sur- viving for the seimfinals this after- noon. Turnesa played in brilliant fashion to trounce J. J. Taylor, of Great Bri- tain, 5 and 4, but Leo Diegel, the sec- ond American hope, was beaten by Charles Whitcombe, British Ryder cup star, 2 and 1. In the British half of the quarter finals, George Duncan, who elimiated ‘Walter Hagen in the first round yes- terday, was beaten by W. H. Davies, one up. Herbert C. Jolly, Great Britain, out- lasted Archie Compston in a long drawn out battle, winning one up at the 21st hole. In the semifinals this afternoon, Turnesa was matched with Whit- combe and Jolly with Davies. WHY | Spotlight truth about infected cigars Mt Caen, . Litt. A. B., LL. D. AMERICA’S NOTED PURE FOOD EXPERT “Just think! On the hands of a cigar-maker may lurk many different kinds of disease germs... crippling ‘mites of malice » that you may draw into your mouth York in 1920, at a time when the, | Louisville W Englishm: the world’s flyweight | champio W Ide won, but his margin | Results Thursday was slight Indianapolis 10; Minneapolis 1. Mason quit the ring several years} Mi ec 4; Toledo 3. | ago after his hands gave out.| Kansas City 2; Columbus 1; (10 in- Throughout his ring career he was | nings.) handicapped by brittle hands, and he | Louisville 6; St. Paul 4. seldom finished a bout with all his knuckles in their right places. Games Today At the time of his success there was; Minneapolis at St. Paul littie interest in the division and Milwaukee at Kansas City. purses were small. Only games scheduled. AMERICAN LEAGUE ee! y ets any Won Lost Pet. Philadelphia 14 8 636 New York . » 1s 8 619 naccurate i hrows|s: vu: .- 135 10 00 17 12 586 New York, May 17.--When a play is Sa ae: ee made at first base the Pittsburgh |W, chington eae tas a5 players don’t have to be the most ac-| pot on ae heey eee curate throwers in the world. Earl Sheely, their first baseman, can get anything within seven feet of the bag, and as high as eight fect off the ground. Sheely submitted to measurements recently, and it was found that he could reach to a height of eight feet three inches with a foot on the bag and he could stretch forward or side- wise exactly seven feet three inches. Naturally, the Pittsburgh players say he makes a grand target for their throws to first. Moakley Coaches Cornell 30 Years Ithaca, N. ¥., May 17.—()—Jack Moakley this June completes his thir- {tieth year as track coach at Cornell with a record of winning 83 out of 128 contests in cross-country and track meets. Moakley, who has been at Cornell since 1899, has coached nine Cornell teams that won the intercollegiate track championships and 17 teams that placed first in the cross-country championships. ‘The Cornell coach was a great ath- ference pole vault record two weeks | Ser? Results Thursday Detroit 4; Chicago 3. St. Louis 1; Cleveland 0. Only games scheduled. Games Today Chicago at Detroit. Boston at New York. Cleveland at St. Louis. Philadelphia at Washington. NATIONAL LEAGUE Won Lost Pet. St. Louis » 16 38 867 Chicago » 8 652 Bsoton .. » 13 10 565 Pittsburgh Fete | 10 524 Cincinnati ~~. 12 ATR Philadelphii 10 11 A416 New York 7 13.350 Brooklyn ... 6 17 261 Results Thursday Boston 4, 5; New York 3, 4. Philadelphia 7; Brooklyn 4. St. Louis 10; Pittsburgh 9. Only games scheduled. Games Today New York at Boston. Cincinnati at Chicago. Brooklyn at Philadelphia. St. Louis at Pittsburgh. NOD. BEAT BISON Fargo, N. Dak., May 17.—(#)—The North Dakota university tennis team select the North Dakota Aggies, 2. McCASKEY RETURNS Walter B. McCaskey, captain of the Penn State football team in 1895, returned to the college this year a a United States army colonel command of the cadet corps. HITTING TIMELY IN PINCH Appearing as a pinch hitter in three games for the Cincinnati Reds in one week early in May, “Red” Lucas, piteher, hit safely neh time. ALL-AMERICAN AT RUTGERS Pau} Robeson, col 8 1 Was an Al American. football player at Rutgers @ number of years Slane He Alfred W. McCann —Fearless, un- biased, Alfred W. McCann’s expert . testimony has been used by the De- partment of Justice, the Attorney. General of New York, the District Attorney and the Corporation Counsel’s Office in 210 prosecu- tions of food frauds. He has never lost a case. 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