Young Stars Cronin and Chapman Shine in AL Debuts
The season highlights two rising AL stars Joe Cronin of Washington and Ben Chapman of New York as they bolster their teams with strong hitting, speed on the bases, and standout fielding. Cronin leads in runs, hits, and triples while Chapman tops averages and doubles, stealing several bases in a doubleheader against Chicago. The Senators, Yankees, and Indians also post decisive wins as the pennant race tightens.
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Buffaloes
Joe Benes
Dallas
Beaumont
Shreveport
Hamlin
Tamlin
Houston
Fort Worth
San Antonio
Dick Whitworth
Indians
Wichita Falls
Spudders
Galveston
Milt Steengrafe
Major League Hot Shots and Leaders Summary
The piece lists top batting averages, runs, RBIs, hits, doubles, triples, home runs, stolen bases, and pitching wins for both the National and American Leagues. Notable names include Hendrick and Klein in the NL and Morgan and Cronin in the AL, with brief mentions of Ruth Gehrig Cronin and other stars.
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Hendrick
Reds
Waerry
Giants
Klein
Phillies
Terry
Hornsby
Cubs
Davis
Bartell
Worthington
Braves
Watkins
Cardinals
Morgan
Indians
Ruth
Yankees
Myer
Senators
Gallig
Cronist
Gehrig
Cronin
Simmons
Athletics
Webb
Redek
Manush
Chapman
Johnson
Tigers
Fischer
Burke
Baseball doubleheader results and standout performances
Bob Grove held the Browns to two hits and struck out six as the Athletics won 3-0 in the first game. John Schulte's 12th inning single drove in a run to beat the A's in the second game. Ben Chapman and Tony Lazzeri each stole three bases in a doubleheader game for the Yankees against the White Sox, with two on double steals. Willis Hudlin and Clint Brown shut down the Red Sox in a doubleheader sweep, 13-0 and 10-0. Red Lucas blanked the Braves 2-0. Fred Marberry worked to outpit George Thiel and gave the Senators a win over the Tigers.
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Schurts
Fuller Fon
Associated Press
Joe Cronin
Ashington
Senators
Ben Chapman
New York Yankees
Cronin
Sid Tepeve
Chapman
Yapkee
Esterday
New York
Chicago White Sox
Kappie
Yanks
Detroit
Washington
Philadelphia
Athletics
Louis
Bob Grove
Browns
Leveland
Thunder
Boston
Clint Brown
Red Sox
Willis Hudlin
Indians
Cincinnati
Red Lucas
Larry Benton
Cinncinnati
Reds
John Schulte
A's
Tony Lazzeri
Yankees
White Sox
Braves
Fred. _Marberry
George Thie
Tigers
Notre Dames Grid Mentor to Hospital
Notre Dame head football coach Heartly Hunk Anderson traveling by train to Mayo Clinic Rochester to seek treatment for a serious sinus trouble and general breakdown. Accompanied by Mrs. Anderson and in a wheelchair he showed intense pain and weight loss over five days. Illness linked to worry over his coaching duties since five weeks ago starting with a cold.
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Chicago
Anderson
Notre Dame
Knute Rockne
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Paw Paw Lake
Mich
South Bend
Stribling Schemes With Cawley In Heavyweight Camp
Bill Stribling trains with Frank Cawley of Wilkes Barre in Geauga Lake Ohio as both boxers prepare for Stribling’s July 3 title challenge to Max Schmeling. Cawley shows steel in sparring and even copies Schmeling’s straight right to test Stribling’s defenses.
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Geauga Lake
Bill Stribling
Frank Cawley
Wilkes~barre
Max Schmeling
Cawley
Tommy Loughran
Stribling
Bill
Frankie
Pride of
Macon
Schmeling
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
Tom Heeney
Jack Gagnon
Frankie Simms
Hornsby Says Cubs Are Just Getting Started
Chicago Cubs manager Rogers Hornsby, speaking in New York, says the club hasn’t yet had its at bats in the National League race. He notes Hack Wilson's hot streak, a pitching turnaround, and predicts a tough stretch once the team plays more at home, aiming to close the gap with the Giants and Cardinals.
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New York
Rogers Hornsby
Chicago Cubs
Hornsby
Commodore
Hack Wilson
Giants
Cardinals
Local Baseball Boles and Hopkins Standouts in Yard Bust
In a Baptist Methodist clash Boles and Cox lead batters with 3 runs combined and Williams, Shell and Dunn dominate pitching. Baptists edge Methodists 5 to 4 as key hits and steals, including Wood's three base shots, shape the low scoring tilt.
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Boles
Siisesocee
Gwynn
Wood
Terey
Visu
Methodists
Cox
Shell
Newman
Gray
Watkins
Hopkins
Amuarrio's Star on Oval Enters July 4 Auto
Amarillo figures prominently in a July 4 auto program at Scioto and Amarillo’s Lonnie Johnson is entered for the Fourth of July races at the Tri State Fair track. Denny Shute Henry Curci Frank Walsh compete for Ryder Cup spots as Wilfy Cox Billy Burke and Craig Wood join the American team. Lonnie Johnson noted for past wins invites entries for open competition and possible horse race and stock car events.
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Scioto Country Club
Columbus
Walter Hagen
Scioto
Henry Curci
Bridgeport
Conn
Denny Shute
Cleveland
Frank Walsh
Chicago
Wilfy Cox
Brooklyn
Billy Burke
New York
Craig Wood
Buffalo
Burke
Cox
Wood
Lonnie Johnson
Amarillo
Oval
Tri-State Fair
J. M. Wilmot
Lonnie
Fair Grounds
Wilmot
Casey
Wesley Fesler Signs With Houston Buffaloes
Former Ohio State All American end Wesley Fesler joined the Houston Buffaloes for his first pro baseball stint. He arrived with Branch Rickey and had been signed by Columbus, a Cardinal farm, before moving to Houston.
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Dallas
U.P
Wesley Fesler
Ohio State University
Houston Buffaloes
Fesler
Branch Rickey
St. Louis Cardinals
Columbus
Cardinal
Houston
First Christian Church Plans Religious Education Dept
Officials plan a new religious education department in Pleasant Valley to establish a Sunday School for residents. Ed E McKinney, head of evangelism, leads the effort with church and Pleasant Valley district members guiding leadership.
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First Christian Church
Pleasant Valley
McKinney
Paving Projects Approved by City Commission
Two paving projects received formal approval. Parker Street from West Fifteenth to John Dees Addition was completed by Amarillo Construction Company. West Eleventh Avenue from Western to Hillcrest Street was completed by John 8. McKnight. City engineer E. N. Stanley certified the work. The commission authorized $238.83 in 10 year warrants for the city's portion.
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Parker Street
West Fifteenth Avenue
John Dees
Amarillo Construction Company
West Eleventh Avenue
Hillcrest Street
John 8. McKnight
E. N. Stanley
Ridgemere Water Patrons Seek Individual Meters
A Ridgemere Addition group urged the city to install separate water meters for about 25 to 30 patrons. The city commission told the delegation meters would be installed if each patron posts the usual deposit, a proposal the group accepted as fair.
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Ridgemere Addition
City Commission
Ridgemere
East and West to Play Football in August Demonstration
The 1932 Olympiad will feature an East versus West football exhibition in August. UC, USC, and Stanford players join a Harvard Yale Princeton contingent for the national sport showcase coached by Jones Ingram Warner and Tad Jones. Senior players from six universities will be chosen after spring trials with two months of practice ahead.
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Los Angeles
U.P
University of California
Southern California
Stanford
Harvard
Yale
Princeton
Howard Jones
Navy
Bob” Ingram
California
Pop” Warner
Tad Jones
Board of Athletic Control
Texas Golfer To Battle for College Title
Princeton star George Dunlap began the national intercollegiate golf championship in Chicago facing 31 top players. He drew O Hara Watts of Southern Methodist in the opening 18 holes, aiming to defend his crown as Yale’s Jack Reese and Sidney Noyes lead with 146 and 72 respectively at two days.
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Chicago
George Dunlap
Princeton
Dunlap
O'Hara Watts
Southern Methodist University
Jack Reese
Sidney Noyes
Yale
Randall Ahern
College of the City of Detroit
Reese
Noyes
Johnny Risko to Fight on Big Card in Cleveland
Johnny Risko the Cleveland heavyweight will meet Tony Galento of Orange New Jersey in the semi final eight rounds of a big card at Cleveland Stadium on July 3 following the Schmeling Stribling heavyweight title bout. Preliminaries are five rounds each and all heavyweights.
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Cleveland, O
Johnny Risko
Cleveland
Tony Galento
Orange
N. J
Max Schmeling
W. L. “Young
Schmeling Skirts Tough Workout With Brown in Training Fight
Max Schmeling faced San Francisco heavyweight Natio Brown in a two round sparring session at Conneaut Lake Park. Brown unleashed several solid punches drawing praise from about 1,000 spectators. Schmeling showed steady improvement in the second round and is expected to unleash full power later this week.
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Conneaut Lake Park
Max Schmeling
Natio Brown
San Francisco
California
Schmeling
Brown
Max Baer
Larry Johnson
Chicago
Starnes To Talk On Ford Tonight At Revival
Rev. Virgil Starnes leads revival at Fundamentalist Baptist Tabernacle Ninth Avenue and Van Buren Street stating seventy seven conversions and additions occurred in the first week. Tonight he preaches on The Romance of the Tin Lizzie with biblical scripture cited.
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Virgil Starnes
Fundamentalist Baptist Tabernacle
Ninth Avenue
van Buren Street
Starnes
Rev. Starnes
City Sessions Announce Tuesday Meetings At 8 Oclock
City commission regular meetings will start at 8 oclock every Tuesday night replacing 7:30 pm sessions. City manager Bill Durham said the summer schedule change applies only during the season. A ton of coal yields about 10 000 cubic feet of gas.
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Bill Durham
Crow Saves Birdie But Golfer Loses Neck on One Shot
In Evanston on June 24 Dr. Douglas Waitley eagled the eleventh at Middlebrook but misjudged the final stroke. A crow was struck by the ball and its neck was nearly severed as the ball dropped. The doctor still took the lead momentarily before losing by a neck.
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Evanston
Douglas Waitley
Middlebrook
American Eclipses Decathlon Record Set in LA Meet
Jesse Mortensen of USC now with the Los Angeles Athletic Club eclipsed the world decathlon record with 6193.20 points to win the Southern Pacific A A U meet in Los Angeles. The prior record was 6063.29 set by Paavo Yrjola at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics.
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Los Angeles
Jesse Mortensen
University of Southern California
Los Angeles Athletic Club
Southern Pacific A. A. U
Amsterdam
Paavo Yrjola
Finland
Ryan and Hughes Victors in Mixed Card in Indianapolis
Tommy Ryan of Little Rock outpointed Walter Madey of Chicago in the feature bout while Frankie Hughes from Clinton stopped Jack Collins of Flint in a (5) round contest. The U S Department of Commerce estimates 1931 highway outlays will reach 3 billion dollars.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
Tommy Ryan
Little Rock
Ark
Walter Madey
Chicago
Frankie Hughes
Clinton
Ind
Jack. Collins
Flint
Mich
U. S. Department of Commerce
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