Heeney Returns in Ten Round Bout at Queens Stadium
Tom Heeney of New Zealand resumes his comeback tonight against Gerald Griffiths of Sioux City in a ten round bout at the Queensboro Stadium. A win or strong showing is needed to prolong Heeney's career after fading since his 1926 Tunney challenge with Griffiths favored to win.
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Associated Press
New York
Tom Heeney
New Zealand
Gerald
Taffy) Griffiths
Sioux City
Queensboro Stadium
Heeney
Gene Tunney
Griffith
Diamond Dope Monday Baseball Scores and Standings
American League results Detroit 6 Cleveland 7 New York 5 Philadelphia 6 Chicago 6 St Louis 5 standings show Philadelphia 67 33 670 leaders and New York 55 45 61 Cleveland 51 49 518 Detroit 47 54 465 Chicago 40 56 417 St Louis 40 59 404 Boston 25 62 361 schedule has Detroit at Cleveland New York at Philadelphia Chicago at St Louis. National League scores Philadelphia 4 New York 5 Brooklyn 3 Boston 0 Cincinnati 2 3 Chicago 3 5 Tuesday schedule St Louis at Pittsburgh Philadelphia at New York Brooklyn at Boston Cincinnati at Chicago. Texas League results Dallas 8 San Antonio 6 Fort Worth 7 Waco 8 Wichita Falls at Beaumont off Shreveport 1 Houston 4 standings list Wichita Falls 22 11 667 Fort Worth 14 6 600 17 0 514 Shreveport 18 0 0 0 0. Fort Worth at Waco Wichita Falls at Beaumont Shreveport at Houston.
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Detroit
Cleveland
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
St. Louis
Boston
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Texas
Dallas
San Antonio
Fort Worth
Waco
Wichita Falls
Beaumont
Shreveport
Houston
L. Pet
Poole's Homer Caps Long Nashville Victory Over Crackers
Sunny Jim Poole delivered his 37th homer in the 14th inning lifting Nashville to a 13 12 win over Atlanta. Nashville used five pitchers while Atlanta employed three hurlers and two catchers as 20 hits, five homers, and key drives from Jay Partridge and Anderson powered the Vols. Birmingham topped Lookouts 8 4 in the other SSA game.
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Associated Press
Atlanta
Sunny Jim
Poole
Southern Association
Anderson
Adama
Vols
Hearn
Crackers
Chattanooga
Birmingham Barons
Lookouts
Barons
Browns Rumor Denied On Franchise Transfer
Chicago July 29 United Press says officials deny any basis to rumors the St. Louis Browns franchise will move to Milwaukee. The rumor suggested Milwaukee would lose its team while St. Louis or Chicago would get a new placement.
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United Press
Chicago
St. Louis Browns
Milwaukee
American League Baseball
Detroit
St. Louis
Yesterday's Hero Hollis Thurston Shuts Braves Again
Hollis Thurston of Brooklyn pitched a second shutout in six days, allowing only two hits to Boston and giving up just five hits in his last 18 innings with no runs scored against him.
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United Press
Hollis Thurston
Brooklyn
Boston Braves
Thurston
Bien
Thurston Powers Brooklyn Robins in Major League Comeback
Hollis Thurston, 31, returned to the majors and impressed in three straight starts, holding opponents to two hits and no runs in his latest outing as Brooklyn beat Boston 2 0. Bill Terry fueled a Giants win with two homers and key drives, while Cubs split a doubleheader with the Reds and the Athletics outlasted the Yankees 6 5 in Philadelphia after 12 innings.
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Thurston
Cubs
Robinson
Pacific Coast
White Sox
Washington
Hollis
Braves
Brooklyn
Maranville
Robins
Bill Terry
Giants
Phillies
Jim Chaplin
Earl Collard
Terry
Cincinnati Reds
Tean
Reds
Charlie Root
Bennie Frey
Guy Bush
Athletics
Yankees
Philadelphia
Gordon Cochrane
Jimmy Foxx
Cubs Break Reds Jinx in Drive for NL Pennant
Chicago Cubs manager Joe McCarthy declared the club ready to pursue the National League pennant after shaking off the Reds jinx. The Cubs opened a 33 game home stretch with a double win over the Cincinnati Reds, who had rattled off five straight wins, leaving Chicago 1.5 games behind the pace setting Brooklyn Robins.
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United Press
Chicago
Reds
Joe McCarthy
Chicago Cubs
Cubs
Cincinnati Reds
Brooklyn Robins
Lyons Beats Browns For White Sox 6–2 Victory
Ted Lyons pitched through 107 degree heat to win as the White Sox beat the Browns 6 to 2. The A’s loaded the bases in the eleventh but Charles Ruffing escaped without a score before Cochrane delivered the deciding hit in the twelfth. Cleveland rallied to top Detroit 7–6 as Elon Hogsett homered early and Porter drove in the tying runs with two hits.
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Cochrane
A’s
Charles Ruffing
Roy Sherid
Earnshaw
Lyons
Ted Lyons
Browns
White Sox
Sox
Cissellate
Cleveland
Detroit
Elon Hogsett
Tiger Hurler
Indians
Porter
J. Sewell
Jablonowski
Tear gas gun altered to carry cartridge injures man
A complaint filed at police headquarters concerns an accident involving a tear gas gun shaped like a fountain pen altered to fire a .38 cartridge. Ernest Paul, a Black man, was injured and may lose partial eyesight. he is treated at Northwest Texas Hospital after the demonstration went wrong.
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Ernest Paul
Paul
Northwest Texas Hospital
Fire chief urges care in alarms
Fire Chief George Cooper urged precise alarm reports after a seven minute response to a trash fire at Sixth and Hayden. No damage was reported as crews returned from City Hall. He warned against general alarms for trash fires likely to threaten nearby property to save fire-fighting resources.
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Central Fire Station
Hayden
George Cooper
Outfielder Shires Leaves Washington for New Role
Washington July 29 Art Shires changes identity to Outfielder Shires after Manager Walter Johnson assigns him to the outfield following the Senators purchase of Joe Kuhel from Kansas City for about 65 000 dollars. Kuhel, a .877 hitter in the American Association, reports immediately.
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United Press
Washington
Art Shires
Shires
Walter Johnson
Senators
Joe Kuhel
Kansas City
Kuhel
Stribling Emerges Real Contender With Quick KO of Scott
Georgia heavyweight Young Stribling toppled Phil Scott at Wimbledon Stadium in two rounds before about 45 000 fans. A series of left hooks to the body and jaw sent Scott to multiple nine counts and a final late second round knockout. English critics praised Stribling, with Trevor Wignall predicting he should be recognized as champion.
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United Press
London
Young Stribling
Georgia
Max Schmeling
Phil Scott
Wimbledon Stadium
England
Vicious
Stribling
Jack Sharkey
Scott
Sharke
Otto van Porat
United States
Trevor Wignall
London Daily Express
Mussolini Celebrates His Forty Seventh Birthday
Milan observes Benito Mussolini's forty seventh birthday with Fas cist demonstrations in the cradle of Fascism. Across Italy celebrations reflect wartime ardor. An Arditi unit leads the events as supporters rally for the regime. A police report notes a close range blank cartridge incident where Paul was struck in the face. eyesight unaffected per the doctor.
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Associated Press
Milan
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Arditi
Paul
Fights Last Night Across Various Cities
Boxers in multiple cities won or lost by knockout or decision including Stribling in London and Genaro in New York. Other results feature Adelman, Buhl, Carolton, Kimrey, Lichtenstein, Horner, Ramm, AnderSon, Williams with varied outcomes. The piece ends with a note on Fascist militia enlistment tied to Arditi veterans and a national anniversary.
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Associated Press
London
W. L. (Young) Stribling
Macon
Phil Scott
England
New York
Frankie Genaro
Davey Adelman
Philadelphia
Eddie Buhl
Jacksonville
Fla
Pinkey Silverberg
Jersey City
Harry Carolton
Babe Herman
Charlotte
N. C
Dewey Kimrey
Norwood
Roy
Lumpkin
Texas
Rochester
N. Y
Abe Lichenstein
Farmer Joe Cooper
Terre Haute
Ind
Jackie Horner
Louisville
Jimmy Burns
Scotland
Chicago
Nisse Ramm
Norway
Joe Miller
Duce
Carlo Scorza
Lucca
National Association of the Arditi
Major League Leaders and Amarillo Summer Cottage Visit
A list of season leaders includes Klein with several categories for Phillies and Ruth with home run and RBI tallies for Yankees. Also noted are Hodapp and McManus leading in hits and doubles, plus other player titles. The Cavaliers mention Mr and Mrs W F Ballard and family from Amarillo vacationing at Ballard's Palisades cottage.
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Associated Press
Klein
Phillies
Phillis
O’doul
Comorosky
Pirates
Wilson
Cubs
Cuyler
Simmons
Athletics
Ruth
Yankees
Gehrig
Yanks
Hodapp
Indians
McManus
Tigers
Reynolds
White Sox
W. F. Ballard
Edna Ballard
Bill Brannan
Lika McNutt
Amarillo
Mrs. Ballard
The
Palisades
Oklahoma Leads Decline in Nation's Daily Oil Output
Oklahoma caused the largest weekly drop in U S daily oil production for the week ended July 26, the Oil and Gas Journal reports. The national average fell to 2 477 849 barrels from 2 506 282, with Oklahoma down 20 610 to 565 140. Mid continent output declined while Rocky Mountain gains limited losses elsewhere.
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Associated Press
Okla
Oklahoma
United States
Oil and Gas Journal
State Corporation Commission
Mid-Continent
West Texas
Texas Panhandle
Kansas
Rocky Mountain
California
Southwest
Texas
Stanley Returns to Work After Fall
E. N. Stanley head of the city engineering department, returned to work Tuesday after a Monday fall at the East Third Street underpass. He suffered a broken right shoulder, and severe bruises to his left hip and head from a 25 foot drop into an excavation pit.
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East Third Street
E. N. Stanley
Stanley
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