Pirates, Giants in pennant race as tied standings loom
Three National League contenders push toward the World Series as Pittsburgh leads with two games to spare while New York and St. Louis jockey for second. Pirates beat Cubs twice, Cardinals win two at Boston, and Giants with 35 000 fans in Brooklyn stave off the Giants in darkness.
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Associated Press
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Donie Bush
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Cubs
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Charlie Roott
Cardinals
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Worldampions
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Cincinnati
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Gehrig
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Kite Sox
Unney 10 Gets Second Cheer From New York
Cleveland report notes United Press dispatch about Unney 10 receiving a second cheer from New York audiences after two years of relative seclusion. Article details a public reception and hints at renewed attention for the subject.
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UNNEY
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United Press
Cleveland, O
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Tunney Leaves Cleveland for New York Amid Valedictory Fanfare
Leonard C. Hanna of Cleveland hosts a farewell for Gene Tunney who will depart late today for New York where he is again hailed as a conqueror. In Chicago Tunney said he rose just as the count reached nine but was advised to remain down by Billy Gibson and Jimmy Brons on.
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Walter Johnson
Irving Hadley
Nick Altrock
Leonard C. Hanna
Cleveland 1
Gene Tunney
Cleveland
New York
Newspapen
Jack Dempsey
Chicago
Tunney
Billy Gibson
Jimmy Bronson
Wichita Spudders Win Four To Make Record
The Wichita Falls Spudders swept the Dixie series in four straight games marking a first in the league. They ambushed Pelicans pitchers led by Danforth, scoring 26 runs while limiting New Orleans to 3. Rainy conditions muted attendance as game four ended 4 to 2.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Wichita Falls
Texans
Pelicans
Dave Danforth
Danforth
Spudders
Change in football rule shifts phrasing on first downs
United Press notes a rule tweak as goal line to go replaces goal to go after the goal posts moved 10 yards back. In Chicago, William T. Tilden and Wallace Johnson beat George Lott Jr. and John Hennessey for the national inter sectional singles title while Lott and Hennessey captured the doubles championship.
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United Press
New York
Chicago
William T. Tilden
Wallace Johnson
Middle States
George Lott, Jr
John Hennessey
Midwest
Lott
Hennessey
Valley Conference Shocks With Six Withdrawals
Six leading Missouri Valley conference members withdrew from the organization, including Missouri, Nebraska, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, and Oklahoma. Drake University officials called the move a shock and disappointment while Grinnell, Drake, Washington University, and Oklahoma A & M remained. Drake athletics chief Oxsie Solem hinted he might comment further as the four remaining schools faced enrollment concerns.
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United Press
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Nebraska
Iowa State
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Grinnell
Drake
Washington University
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Oxsie Solem
Drake University
Salem
War of words among directors precedes punch
New York dispatch reports a heated boxing commission meeting after the Dempsey Tunney bout. Billy Gibson threatened to withdraw Tunney while Illinois boxing commissioners Lea Flynn Tex Rickard and George Gets debated hand wrapping and gauze rules.
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New York
Chicago
Billy Gibson
Tunney
Boxing Commission
Illinois
Lea Flynn
Tex Rickard
George Gets
Gibson
Flynn
Flgnn
Dempsey
Pastor Denounces Prize Fighting In Sermon
The Rev Dr Cortlen Meyers of Los Angeles, in his final sermon at First Baptist Church New York, argued prizefighting harms moral life. He claimed spiritual power outweighs physical strength and questioned how fighters reach higher levels, blaming radio for misused modern inventions and noting eight deaths linked to Dempsey Tunney fight reports.
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New York
Ndt
Cortlenot Meyers
Los Angeles
First Baptist Church
Chicago
Dr. Meyers
College football opens with mixed results across major teams
The football season kicks off with Yale Harvard Princeton and Navy among the leaders opening weekend. Army NYU Brown Lafayette Columbia Colgate Pitt Cornell Dartmouth and Carnegie Tech posted easy wins while Navy and the Big Three did not yet play their first games.
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New York
Army
New York University
Brown
Lafayette
Columbia
Colgate
Pittsburgh
Carnell
Dartmouth
Pordhan
Carnegie Tech
Fish Dynamiters Given Jail Term
In Austin Texas on September 20 state game commissioner Will J Tucker said thirty day jail terms and fines of 26 dollars are being assessed against violators of the fish dynamiting law. Five men were recently convicted in Walker County court and each drew such a double sentence.
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Austin
Texas
Will J. Tucker
Walker County
Tucker
Mrs Horn Says Grandpa To Get Her For Smokes
Miriam Burns Horn, 32, wins the women’s national golf title at Cherry Valley defeating Maureen Orcutt 6 up 4 to play. She admits smoking five cigarettes in the final and says superstition aside she believes thirteen clubs brought luck. She refused a Europe trip to quit smoking and defends her nerves under press scrutiny.
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Paul W. White
United Press
New York
Kansas City
Miriam Burns Horn
Mire. Horn
Maureen Orcutt
Cherry Valley
Tamale
Europe
Richards First American Champion of Pro Tennis
Vincent Richards, former national Olympic and All England amateur champion, becomes first American pro tennis champion by defeating Howard Kinsey of California 11-9 6-4 6-4 in the final of America’s first professional tourney held in New York.
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New York
Vincent
Hicharite
America
Howard Kinsey
California
Baseball Stars Gap in Weekend Games Notable Slumps
Yesterday’s Big 5 report notes Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth posting limited hits over a two game stretch. Ty Cobb and Tris Speaker did not play, while Rogers Hornsby went 1 for 6 and Gehrig 2 for 10, with Ruth 3 for 7.
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Unitied Press
Louw Gehrig
Ropers Horneby
Habe Ruth
Ty Cobb
Tris Speaker
American income at peak prosperity estimates
The article states that the total income of the American people amounts to about 200 million dollars daily when prosperity is at its highest.
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