Ferriss Wins 20th Game as Cubs Blank Cards 1-0
Dave Ferriss improves to 20 wins in his second straight season with a 7-5 victory over the Phillies at Shibe Park. Teddy Williams and Johnny Pesky spark the offense while Dizzy Trout blanks Cleveland for a 1-0 Detroit win. Chicago Dodgers and Cardinals edge, rain delays affect Washington-New York and Phillies-Braves.
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Jack Hand
Dave Ferriss
Cleveland
Wes Ferrell
Boston
Hal Newhouser
Hobby Feller
Ferriss
Phil Réetpina
Teddy Willams
Johnny Pesky
Williams
Pesky
Bob Savage
Shibe Park
Felter
Dizzy Trout
Detroit
Bob Lemon
Feller
Chicago
St. Louis
Frankie Hases
Edgar Smith
Taft Wright
Orval Grove
Johnny Schmitz
Chicago Cubs
St. Louis Cardinals
Harry Brecheen
Wrigley Field
Brooklyn Dodgers
Cincinnati
Reds
Giants
Pittsburgh
Obituaries and public notices in small town listings
A collection of notices and lost items from The Messenger includes obituaries, auctions, business notices, and lost articles. Items mention debts not binding beyond the signer, hardware store closures, a bracelet engraved Dan Cavanaugh, a Persian Angora cat, a wristwatch lost in a club, and a wallet found at Blackmore’s with a reward offered for return.
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Dan Cavanaugh
Blackmore's
Yesterday's Baseball Results From Major Leagues
In the American League Washington played New York on wet grounds. Boston defeated Philadelphia 7 to 5. Detroit beat Cleveland 1 to 0. Chicago won 3 to 2 over St. Louis. In the National League Chicago triumphed 3 to 0 against St Louis and Pittsburgh led Cincinnati. New York faced Brooklyn in rain, Philadelphia met Boston in rain. American Association games saw Louisville 2 Kansas City 0 and Milwaukee 9 Indianapolis 5. Columbus defeated St Paul 1 to 12 with Minneapolis 11 in 11 innings.
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Louisville
Indianapolis
St. Paul
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Boston
New York
Detroit
Washington
Reveland
Chicago
St. Louis
Cleveland
St. Louisa
National League game slate and cyclist found dead
The day’s baseball schedule lists Cincinnati at Pittsburgh New York at Brooklyn Philadelphia at Boston St Louis at Chicago Washington at New York and Boston at Philadelphia Detroit at Cleveland. A cyclist named Charles Van Shaik, 20, was found dead near his motorcycle wreckage on a county road north of Cincinnati early yesterday.
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Cincinnati
Charles van Shaik
Cincinnat
Here
Louisville Keeps Big Lead in AA Loop Pennant Race
Louisville Colonel lefty Joe Ostrowski blanked Kansas City on three hits as the Colonels swept a four game series to extend their lead to two games over Indianapolis in the American Association pennant chase. Columbus beat St Paul 3 to 1, Toledo edged Minneapolis 12 to 11 in ten innings, and Indianapolis dropped a 4 1 decision. St Paul fell to five and a half games behind. The Brewers scored big against the Indians with a late surge, while Toledo’s dramatic ninth inning tied and then won in the tenth.
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Louisville
Indianapolis
Colonels
Kansas City
Indians
LU VY Uclibiuue
LU Amu Poumee
Toledo
Minneapolis
Colum
St. Paul
St. Paul's
Apostles
Joe Ostrowski
Jim Gleeson
al Flair
Fred Walters
Brewers
Rex
Cecil
Wes Livengood
Brewer
Madhens
Norb Litzsinger
Columbus
Jack Griffore
Saints
Jone
Many Golfers Seek Amateur Championship
Seven former champions lead about 150 players reporting to Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield New Jersey on Sept 9 for the National Amateur Championship. Defending champ Bud Ward of Spokane heads a field that includes past winners Dick Chapman William Turnesa Johnny Goodman Johnny Fischer Max Marston and Charles. Automatic qualification for former U S and British champions narrows the field to 141 aims after 36 hole qualifiers on Aug 29 with Minneapolis tests Aug 26 27. A.USGA secretary Joe Dey notes entrants around 900 versus 1118 in 1936 and 945 the prior year.
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Austin Bealmear
New York
Baltusrol
Springfield
N.J
Bud Ward
Spokane
Wash
Joe Dey
USGA
U.S
Minneapolis
Ward
Dick Chapman
Greenwich
Conn
William P. Turnesa
Johnny Goodman
Omaha
Neb
Johnny Fischer
Cincinnati
Max Marston
Philadelphia
Charles
Court Meet Moves Into Third Round
In Essex County Club invitational tennis, top seeds Mrs Menzies and Mrs Todé defaulted, while Shirley Fry and Mary Prentiss led third round advance. An upset occurred as Mrs Raymond E Jones defeated Katherine Winthrop 6 4 3 6 8 6 in a rain-interrupted second round.
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Manchester
Mass
Kay Stammers Menzies
England
Patricia Canning Todé
Hidden Valley
Calif
Essex County Club
New York
Menzies
Jane
Jean Nicholl Bostock
Brookline
Shirley Fry
Akron
Mary Arnold Prentiss
Los Angeles
Raymond E. Jones
Fort Riley
Kas
Katherine Winthrop
Hamilton
New England
Rain Delays Newport Invi tation Tennis Matches
Rain halted several second round matches at the Newport Casino Invitation tournament delaying play for key internationals Yvon Petra and Frankie Guernsey. Gardnar Mulloy won twice to reach the third round while Pancho Segura, Seymour Greenberg, and Ted Schroeder advanced as expected. In Springfield Illinois A G Schubert won the reserve champion polled shorthorn bull title at the state fair.
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Arl
Jeach
Yvon Petra
Frankie Guernsey
Orlando
Fla
Alejo Russell
Argentina
Eddie Moylan
Trenton
N. J
Gardnar Mulloy
Miami
Francisco (Pancho) Segura
Ecuador
Seymour Greenberg
Chicago
Ted Schroeder
Los Angeles
Hamilton
Springfield
Ill
A. G. Schubert
Hamilton, O
Veterans Vie As Suggs Meets Germain In Western Amateur
Louise Suggs of Lithia Springs Georgia faces Dorothy Germain of Philadelphia in a second round clash at the Women's Western Amateur. Both are former champions and top contenders with Babe Didrikson Zaharias and other favorites awaiting today’s results. Mary McMillin and Polly Riley also loom in the field as second round pairings unfold.
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Cleveland
Louise Suggs
Dorothy Germain
Miss Suggs
Lithia Springs
Dorothy
Miss Germain
Philadelphia
Louise
Mary Agnes Wall
Menominee
Mich
Germain
Ann Bruno
Chicago
Mildred
Babe Didrickson
Betty
Jane Haemerle
St. Louis
Babe
Margaret Gunther
Memphis
Miss Gunther
Peggy Kirk
Findlay
Darkhorse
Mary McMillin
Green Bay
Wis
Phyllis Otto
Atlantic
Polly Riley
Fort Worth
Tex
Miss Riley
Rosann Shaffer
Alice O'Neal
Eileen Stulb
Dorothy Ellis
Jean Hopkins
Jean Hutto
Carol Diringer
Margaret Russell
Sally Sessions
Eddie Bush
Trout Hurls Tiger Win Over Feller
Cleveland Indians lose 1 to 0 to Detroit as Dizzy Trout spins a three hit shutout over Bob Feller. Feller fans seven to reach 262 strikeouts on the season, his 22nd loss, in front of 65,765 at Stadium and a season attendance of 960,348.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Indians
League Park
Detroit Tigers
Bob Feller
Feller
Paul
Dizzy) Trout
Tribe
Indians
Detroit
Bob Lemon
Aetna
Reds Lose Eighth Straight in Pirates Thriller
Cincinnati’s losing streak reaches eight as Pittsburgh tops the Reds 3-2. McKechnie warns of major lineup changes. Hatton homers for the Reds, while Brown seals the win for Pittsburgh in the eighth. The Reds sit one game ahead of the Giants in the pennant race.
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Cincinnati Reds
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Pittsburgh Pirates
Deacon Brill McKechnie
Cincinnati
McKechnie
Reds
New York Giants
Fedley
Bob Malloy
Nick Sirmcevich
Lonnie Frey
Grady Hatton
Hatton
Pirates
Jim Brown
Bob Elliott
Markets Stumble as Leaders Falter on War Anniversary
Moderate gains across assorted stocks mixed with widespread slips by top leaders amid World War I era labor tensions. Boeing Douglas Aircraft Norfolk & Western Goodyear International Nickel Johns Manville Union Carbide Southern Railway Deere Northern Pacific lead gains while US Steel Consolidated Edison Anaconda Kennecott United Aircraft Sears Westinghouse Commonwealth & Southern lag. Cincinnati livestock and produce figures follow with hogs cattle calves and eggs noted. Evans may buy Brewers. Russell knocks out Hirst in Columbus fight with preliminary wins.
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Douglas Aircraft
Norfolk & Western
Goodyear
International Nickel
Johns Manvitle
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Bob) Evans
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