No Prediction on This Year’s AL Winner Says Ruth Baffling
The league battle tightens as Pitts extend lead over Clarks with three straight wins. Anodes gain with Erickson and Kellett, while Powers slump. Batters Bloodgood and Matthews post notable totals as Rathjen and Tucker rise in the standings. Pitching depth from Erickson, Lasley, and Babb steadies the field amid fluctuating averages and hit totals.
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Hoyt Comes Back In Ninth In Battle With Cleveland
Waite Hoyt returned to form for New York allowing four hits as the Yankees beat Cleveland 5 to 1. Ruth walked twice and doubled, striking out once. The game featured strong pitching and timely hits, with notes on base on balls and double plays.
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Pirates Garner Double Header
Pittsburg swept Philadelphia in a double bill winning 16 to 4 and 7 to 5. Hazen Cuyler went 6 for 6 with three doubles and a triple in the opener while Traynor Williams and Barnhart homered. Cooper won the first game with Oeschger taking the loss. In the second game Kremer Schmidt and Mitchell Hubbell divided pitching duties as Philadelphia managed five runs.
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Philadelphia Today
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Carlson
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Barnhart
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Streaking Blake Wins Second Game as Boston Triumphs
In the second game Dickerman kept Brooklyn to three hits while St. Louis beat Brooklyn 5 to 1. Bottomley drove in all St. Louis runs with a bases loaded single in the third and a solo homer in the seventh, plating Holm and Hornsby after their earlier hits.
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Associated Press
Brooklyn
Dickerman
Crooklyn
St. Louis
Holm
Hornsby
Chicago and Braves split doubleheader in Boston
In Boston on August 9 Chicago won the first game 11 to 6 in 10 innings, then the Braves captured the second 6 to 2 behind Benton's pitching. Statz hit a decisive homer after a bases loaded situation in the opener, and Wilson homered for Boston with one on base.
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Associated Press
Boston
Chicago
Benton
Braves
Cubs
Theses
Statz
Wilson
Stolen bases and pitching details from a baseball game
Stolen bases credited to Bilue with Sacrifices by Stoner Ferguson Heilmann Veach and Jones. Double plays by Stoner O Rourke and Blue. Walks: Ferguson 5 Stoner 2. Strikeouts: Stoner 6 Ferguson 3. Hits allowed: Stoner 10 in 9 2 3 innings Wells 1 in 2 3 inning Dauss 6 in 2 3 innings. Winning pitcher Dause.
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Batted for Robertson in seventh in Philadelphia game
Two base hits Welch Jacobson Simmons. Three base hit Meeker. Stolen bases Sister Mc Manus. Sacrifice McManus. Double play McManus to Getber to Sister. Runs on balls Off Meeker 5 off Shocker 3. Struck out by Meeker 1 by Shocker 4.
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Women's Western Golf Final Set Between Burns and Cummings
In Onwentsia’s final rounds Miriam Burns of Kansas City and Edith Cummings of Chicago will compete for the Western title after two tight semifinals. Burns upset Dorothy Eliot of Chicago 3 to 2, while Cummings defeated Mrs. Lee Fid a 3 to 2, both matches featuring strong play.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Miriam Burns
Kansas City
Edith Cummings
Onwentsia
Dorothy Eliots
Miss Cummings
Lee
Fida
New York Tops Cincinnati Behind Wilson's Big Seventh
In a 4 2 victory over Cincinnati, Lou Wilson doubled with the bases loaded in the seventh for his first hit in 23 at bats, driving in three runs after Frisch was intentionally walked. Also noted, government farming of the San Carlos Hacienda in Mexico failed and over 30,000 acres will be colonized.
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New York
Associated Press
Lou Wilson
Cincinnati
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Frisch
San Carlos
Mexico
Baseball pennant race shaped by pitching and aging stars
The piece notes a four club pennant race in the American League with no clear favorite. It emphasizes pitching as the deciding factor and cites veteran lineups, attendance records, and late-season form as key themes. In the National League the Giants appear safest, with Pirates Cubs and Reds all evaluated for strength and injuries.
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Tigers
Washington
Senators
St. Louis
Giants
Pittsburg
Pirates
Cubs
Cincinnati
Yankees
Herb Pennock
Christy Walsh Syndicate
Sunny Man Wins Saratoga Special in Front Running Fashion
Willis Sharpe Kilmer's Sunbriar colt Sunny Man, a 9 to 5 favorite, captured the Saratoga Special by two lengths from 12 starters. Voltaic finished second and Cloudland third as Sunny Man clocked 1 12 3-5 for six furlongs and earned $13,600. Greece produced 70 060 pounds of salt last year.
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Saratoga Springs
N. Y
Willis Sharpe Kilmer
Voltaic
Cloudland
Bun Hatcher
Sweep
the Bat
Felix
Greece
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