Cubs Revival Lifts National Race in Doubleheader
Chicago Cubs rally to slip past St Louis in a two game set 7 2 and 6 4 for a fresh inch toward the Giants. Deans brothers fall to Cubs pitchers as Billy and Bebe Herman homer in the opener and Dizzy Dean yields four runs in the eighth. Pirates top Reds 9 6 in NL action while Yankees split with Red Sox and Earnshaw earns bonus by notching win number eleven.
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Fullerton, JR
Associated Press
Chisago Cubs
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Cardinals
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Boston
Dean Brothers
Deans
Paul Dean
Billy
Bebe Herman
Dizzy
Pat Malone
Chicago
Pirates
Phillies
Reds
Cochrane and Tigers Face Yankees in Key Series
Mickey Cochrane of Detroit leads the Tigers into Yankee Stadium for a four game set with the New York Yankees who trail by four and a half games. Detroit rides a 12 game streak as Cleveland falls 6-5 while Marvin Owen fuels a comeback with a homer and the winning run.
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Navin Field
Yanks
Detroiters
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Cleveland
Marvin Owen
Luke Hamlin
Monarchs and Davids Clash in Denver Showdown
The Kansas City Monarchs and the House of David meet at Merchants Park under lights for the 1954 Denver Post baseball tournament final. The Monarchs, the event's only Negro team, seek a title after a 5 to 4 semifinal win over Eason Oilers, while the bearded Davids topped Humble Oilers 8 to 2 to reach the final.
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Denver Post
Kansas City
Monarchs
House of David
Merchants Park
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Eason Oilers
Enid
Okla
Humble Oilers
Overton
Tex
Hal Surface Wins Michigan Tennis Title
Hal Surface of Kansas City defeated Karl Kamrath to win the ninth annual Michigan Riviera championships men’s singles in Charlevoix Michigan. Eugenie Sampson Kamrath won the women’s singles, defeating Bernice Ayer. Surface and Phil Castlen captured the men’s doubles title against Walter Hayes and Kamrath.
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Mich
U.P
Hal Surface
Kansas City
Karl Kamrath
Austin
Texas
Eugenie Sampson Kamrath
Chicago City
Catherine Wolf
Elkhart
Ind
Bernice
Jackie” Ayer
Chicago
Surface
Phil Castlen
Los Angeles
Walter T. Hayes
Newark Swimmer Sets World Mark in Tokyo Titles
TOKYO August 13 UP Al Van de Weghe A C backstroke star set a new world record in the Japanese national swimming championships. He won the 200 meter backstroke in 2 33.2 besting Yoshida 2 37.2. Jack Medica of Seattle clinched the 400 meter freestyle in 4 47 Makino of Japan was second and Nogami third.
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al van de Weghe
America
Jack Medica
Seattle
van de Weghe
Yoshida
Medica
Makino
Japan
Nogami
Walker and Corbett Set for 10 Round Outdoor Fight
In San Francisco on August 13, Mickey Walker and Young Corbett III finished training, announcing a 10 round outdoor bout at Seals Baseball Stadium the next night. Neither fighter has met before, with Walker as former middleweight and light heavyweight champion and Corbett holding the welterweight title. Each plans to challenge Vince Dundee for the middleweight crown if he wins.
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Mickey Walker
New Jersey
Young Corbett III
Seals Baseball Stadium
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Corbett
Vince Dundee
Texas League Leaders By The Associated Press
Key performers lead the Texas League with Bell Galveston 364 in hits 179 total Bell 109 runs scored 47 doubles and Shelley Beaumont a2 stolen bases. York Fort Worth 26 home runs Kennedy Oklahoma City 133 strikeouts Bettencourt San Antonio 107 RBIs Hillin San Antonio 22 wins Hooks Tulsa 20 triples Morgan San Antonio 358.
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Associated Press
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Galveston
Morgan
San Antonio
Hooks
Tulsa
York
Fort Worth
Bettencourt
Shelley
Beaumont
Sports Parade sketches stars and scenes across sports
Henry McLemore surveys colorful notes from boxing to tennis and polo. Mickey Walker defies age to face Corbett III while Jess Sweetser and George Dunlap push 18 hole tests. Belmont hosts sprint courses, Lott challenges for national title, and Jeff Dickson reshapes hockey venues.
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United Press
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U.P
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Fough
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George Dunlap
Belmont
U. 8
Frank Shields
Lester Stoefen
Perry
George Lott
Lott
Jeff Dickson
Tex Rickard
Europe
Palais de Sport
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Jimmy Wilde
Steeplecha and Hunt Association
Farm neglect proves costly in U S agriculture history
New York dispatch reports that the United States begins paying for seven decades of agricultural neglect. Professors Harry J. Carman and Rexford G. Tugwell discuss the need to understand farming’s past, noting farmers faced victimization by better organized manufacturers and merchants as civilization shifted. Advisory scholars from Chicago, Toronto, Ames, and Texas contribute to the Columbia University series.
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United States
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Rexford G. Tugwell
Columbia University
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Avery O. Craven
University of Chicago
Harold A. Innis
Toronto University
Louis B. Schmidt
Ames
Iowa
Walter P. Webb
Texas University
Major League Batting Leaders and Local Playoff Result
Baseball leaders listed by United Press show Manush and Waner sharing 160 hits, Gehringer and Gehrig tying in runs and total bases, with Gehrig and Foxx both at 36 home runs. In San Saba Texas, the Hill Country league crowns a second half title after a 7 to 3 win over Goldthwaite, with a playoff set between Richland Springs and San Saba beginning August 26 to decide the half.
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Sen
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Gehringer
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Yankees
Foxx
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Johnson
Berger
Braves
Trosky
Indians
Collins
Cardinals
SAN Saba
Goldthwaite
Llano
Richland Springs
Sunflower Reaches 35 Feet In Saxonburg Gardens
Saxonburg residents boast of tall sunflowers but Frank Seibert claims the pride of a 35 foot bloom. A seed buried in an apple tree knot hole by a squirrel or bird sprouted and grew 12 feet more, lifting the bloom astonishingly high.
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Saxonburg, Pa
Saxonburg
Frank Seibert
Boston Honors Babe On His Farewell Trip
Babe Ruth ends 20 year major league career in Boston with a record crowd of 46,766 as he plays his last Boston games. The Yankees split a doubleheader with the Red Sox, Ferrell’s Red Sox win 6 4 in game one while the Yankees take 7 1 in game two. Ruth walks and fans cheer as he leaves the field after a long career marked by 705 home runs.
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West Texan Starts Frog Farm for Bully Frog Legs
Claremont August 13 A West Texas farmer Basil C Cairns began a frog farming venture to raise bullfrogs for their legs. He built a tank near his Kent County home, after initial failures with unsuitable housing. He now keeps a dozen plus frogs in a natural tank and plans to retail frog legs when market ready.
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Robert L. Ripley
American Desert
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Basil C. Cairns
Kent County
Cairns
China
Dallas Moves Up to Fourth
The Dallas Steers rose to fourth in the Texas League after sweeping a doubleheader over Fort Worth in Dallas 6 to 1 and 5 to 0, with strong mound work by Whitehead and Gliatto. Beaumont split a doubleheader with Houston, taking the opener 2 to 0 and losing 6 to 4, while San Antonio lost to Galveston, narrowing the gap at the top. Oklahoma City won 11 to 2 then lost 6 to 3 in a twin bill there.
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Steers
Fort Worth
Dallas
Whitehead
Gliatto
Houston
Beaumonters
Galveston
San Antonio
Galveston Boys
Hillin
Oklahoma City
Tulsa
Helen Jacobs Fights For Third Straight U S Women's Crown
Helen Jacobs opens her bid for a third consecutive United States women’s singles title at the 47th championship in Forest Hills with many challengers including three British players and all top Americans except Helen Wills Moody and Alice Marble. Her recent form in the Wightman Cup is noted alongside losses to Peggy Scriven, Dorothy Round, and Carolin Babcock.
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Helen Jacobs
United States
Helen Wills Moody
Alice Marble
West Side Stadium
Forest Hills
Mrs. Moody
Miss Jacobs
Cullenbine Plays Right Field for Fort Worth Cats
Outfielder Cullenbine from Clarksville of the East Dixie League played right field for the Fort Worth Cats today in place of Rudy York who has been ruled ineligible to play this year with the Exporters. Manager Pratt said Cullenbine was with the Cats on option.
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York
Pratt
Cats
Aged couple killed in crash en route to dance
Texarkana Aug 13 Aged Mr and Mrs J L Graham of Boston Tex were killed when their truck exited a curve at Carbondale about 40 miles west of Texarkana. Both died from head injuries. The couple were traveling to a dance with a party of 12.
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J. L. Graham
Boston
Tex
Carbondale
Here
Stream-lined fox trot gains rush at Chicago convention
Josie Corbera and Elliott Vincent debut a new streamline fox trot at the Chicago dancing masters convention. The dance opens with a free wheeling whirl, glides into a knee-action strut and ends abruptly with a hydraulic break, signaling a fresh trend for the season.
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Chicago
Josie Corbera
Elliott Vincent
Lovelock Beats Bonthron In 1500 At Olympic Stadium
In Amsterdam August 13 Lovelock of New Zealand won the 1500 meters in 3 53.2 beating Bonthron who finished 3 54.1 for the third straight time in international races at the Olympic Stadium. Eastman Hardin and Berger led wins in 800 400 and sprints with relay team tying Holland in 400 meters.
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Holland
U.P
Bill Bonthron
Princeton
Jack Lovelock
New Zealand
Olympic Stadium
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Bonthron
Ben Eastman
Stanford
Glenn Hardin
Louisiana
Percy Beard
New York
Jack Torrance
John Lyman
Eulace Peacock
Cornelius Johnson
Compton
Cal
C. Berger
United States
Beard
Bob Kane
Cornell
Johnson
Hardin
LA Player Reaches Seabright Finals After Return From Abroad
The athlete from Los Angeles advances to the Seabright tournament final, the lone event she entered since returning from overseas. Her appearance marks a notable comeback as she competes for the title in the final round.
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Los Angeles
Seabright
Noble Kizer To Be All Star Mentor At Bears Game
Purdue head coach Noble Kizer will lead an all Big Ten staff to train 33 college stars for a Soldiers Field clash with the Chicago Bears on August 31. Fans cast 617000 votes for Kizer as mentor, with Dick Hanley of Northwestern and Robert Zuppke of Illinois among his assistants.
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Noble Kizer
Purdue
Chicago Bears
Soldiers Field
Kizer
Dick Hanley
Northwesternend
Robert C. Zuppke
Ilinois
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