Chicago Holds An Iron Tiger Same Mark As Last Season
Major league standings show the Cubs and Athletics near pennant favorites. The Cubs equal their 1929 pace led NL with an 10 3 win over the Giants as Brooklyn was rained out. The Athletics beat Detroit 4 1 in eight and others include Washington and Cleve in close races. Babe Ruth homered as Yankees beat White Sox 15 3 and Cleveland topped Boston 8 3.
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United Press
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Philadelphia Athletics
Hal Carlsen
Rogers Hornsby
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Athletics
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Brooklyn Robins
St. Louis
Genewich
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Fred Blake
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Pirates
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Uhle’s Hallmark Years and a Pitcher’s Marathon Season
The piece recalls George Uhle as a top American League hurler in 1926 with 27 wins and 11 defeats, compares him to Jim Bagby, notes his 1929 Detroit season of 15 wins and 11 losses, and mentions a 21 inning game with the White Sox that nearly ruined his arm.
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Uhle
Jim Bagby
Bagby
Cleveland
George Uhle
Detroit Tigers
Adolphe Luque
Brooklyn
Able
Detroit
Tavenor and Halloway
Indians
Tadians
Bucky Harris
White Sox
Major League Leaders Through June 30
The Associated Press lists national league leaders: ODea l Phillies 401 hits Klein Phillies Terry Giants 103. fr ich Cardinals 24 doubles. Cuyler Cubs 69 runs and 11 triples. Wilson Berger 22 homers. Cuyler 17 steals. American League leaders include Cochrane A's .409 and Ruth Yankees 90 runs. Gehr Yankees 85 RBI. Hodapp Indians 04 hits. McManus Tigers 25 doubles. Ruth 30 homers. Rice Senators 12 steals. A Berlin joke reads What did you pay for your watch Six months Dorfbarbier.
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Cuyler
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Klein
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Specs Meadows Stumbles Toward Texas League Win
Veteran pitcher Lee Specs Meadows keeps tumbling into misplays at crucial moments. He toppled a late inside ball and later a long alley hit, costing Dallas in a 4 to 2 loss that kept Fort Worth within striking distance in the second half.
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Gayle Talbot, JR
Associated Press
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Dallas
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Steers
Lil Stoner
Mavericks
Clarke
Waco
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Baker To Tackle Baby Joe Gans In 12 Round Bout
Sergeant Sammy Baker welterweight veteran faces Baby Joe Gans in a 12 round headline fight at Taylor Bowl Cleveland tonight. They previously battled to a furious 10 round draw at Madison Square Garden New York.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
Sammy Baker
Baby Joe Gans
Baker
Gans
Madison Square Garden
New York
Bobby Jones to Receive Massive New York Welcome
The golfing great Bobby Jones returns from England with both the British amateur and open titles. A citywide welcome is planned including an Atlantic train, a New York Broadway procession, a Mandalay excursion, and transport by the Macom tug from Quarantine. The Candlers invite him to attend the national open at Interlachen July 10-12.
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Associated Press
New York
Golf
Bobby Jones
Bobby
U. S. Europa
England
Atlanta
Asa G. Candler
Hunter Terry
Ralph Smith
Atlanta Journal
Newark
N. J
John S. Cohen
J. N. Ragsdale
R. J. Spiller
Atlanta Baseball Club
Jones
JL. M. Britain
Georgia Tech
Grover Whalen
Bobby Will E
Broadway
Mandalay
Maters
Candlers
Minneapolis
Interlachen Club
Net stars heat up race for majors as trades loom
Wil bert Robinson's Brooklyn Robins buy Boone from the Mission club to improve left field while Bob Shawkey of the Yankees adds pitching by acquiring Ken Holloway on waivers. Boone hit .407 last year in the Coast League and around .440 this season in 70 games.
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Associated Press
New York
Wilbert Robinson
Brooklyn Robins
Bob Shawkey
New York Yankees
Robinson
Robins
Boone
Mission Club
Boston Red Sox
Babe Herman
Johnny Frederick
Toone
Yankees
Ken Holloway
Cleveland Indians
Detroit Tigers
Holloway
Jackie Tavener
Indians
George Uhle
Detroit
Crowds Pack Henley For Royal Regatta Start
Henley on Thames July 11 crowds fill the village as visitors arrive for the annual Royal Henley regatta opening tomorrow. Five foreign crews contest the Thames cup and three foreign scullers boost the international profile. Notable guests include Miss Irene Jones Miss Dolly Watson of Dallas Miss Betty Fuller Miss Dorothy Reid and others from Chicago.
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United Press
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Henley
Irene Jones
Dolly Watson
Dallas
Betty Fuller
Dorothy Reid
Moss Murty
Hermes Nye
Evie Nye
Edwin Roach
Dick Tepperman
Chicago
Ruth Sees Another New Homer Mark
Babe Ruth predicted more home runs as heat spurs his hitting. With 15 homers in June, he reached 30 for the season, twelve days and twelve games ahead of his 1927 pace when he set a record of sixty.
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United Press
New York
Babe Ruth
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