Fast Harness Racing Opens Athens County Fair Card
Opening program at the Athens County fairgrounds features two divisions per race and four races. Jew and Donald driven by Clifford Ball and Ford respectively clinch wins in the 2:27 trot first division while Liberty Loan dominates the fast division. In the 2:25 pace Jack Cochato leads in the first division with Thistle Mac and Texas B. sharing wins. the second division sees Six Percent sweep three first places. Earl Sweptson starts the races. Next day includes three more races with solid fields.
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Thistle Mac
Texas B
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Dwight Evans
Earl Sweptson
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George Minister, Jr
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Chekk
Gertie Dolds
Arion Star
Hero Haas homer caps 17th inning win for Athletics
United Press reports Philadelphia Athletics outslug Cleveland 6 to 5 in 17th inning with George Haas delivering a dramatic homer. The victory narrows the A L east gap as New York rested. Detroit swept Boston 7 6 and 4 3 with late rallies. Hadley outdueled Walsh. Washington shut out Chicago 2 0. Brooklyn beat St Louis as Cardinals faltered in National League race. Reds edged Giants 5 4 with Ott and Zitzman key hits.
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Athletics
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A’s
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Tigers
Hadley
Walsh
Washington
Chicago
White Sox
St. Louis
Giants
Stars Shine In Daily Baseball Roundup And Airport Dedication
Paul Waner tripled doubled and singled in four at bats driving in three runs. Al Simmons singled once in eight trips. Freddy Lindstrom doubled twice in four trips. Frank Frisch doubled once and drove in a run. Heilmann failed to hit in two trips then singled in three. Hornsby Geh Rig and Ruth did not play. Dedication set for Floyd Bennett Municipal Airport near Uniontown Pennsylvania with Middletown Air Depot pies and Third Corps participation.
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al Simmons
Freddy Lindstrom
Wice
Frank Frisch
Harry Heilmann
Rogers Hornsby
Lou Gehrig
Babe Ruth
Uniontown
Floyd Bennett
Here
Middletown Air Depot
Third Corps
Standings and results from Wednesday and schedule for Thursday
Wednesday results across leagues include American Association Toledo 16 Milwaukee 1 and St Paul 8 Louisville 0 in 11 innings. National League Pittsburgh 10 Boston 3 and Philadelphia 6 Cleveland 5 in 17 innings. American League Detroit 7 Boston 6 with rematch 4 3 and Washington 2 Chicago 0. Thursday games list Columbus at St Paul Toledo at Minneapolis Indianapolis at Milwaukee Louisville at Kansas City Brooklyn at Cincinnati New York at Pittsburgh Chicago at Washington St Louis at New York Detroit at Boston Cleveland at Philadelphia.
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Cards Cut Giants Lead In Tight Standings
Cincinnati report notes the St. Louis Cardinals narrowed the New York Giants advantage to one point on Wednesday despite both clubs losing. Standings show the Cardinals and Giants near the top with hopefuls for the pennant.
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St. Louis Cardinals
New York Giants
Youths top Old Timers 6 to 4 in Presbyterian league game
The Alexander Presbyterian church team defeated the Old Timers 6 to 4 at the Alexander diamond Tuesday night. It was the third in the series and gave the youths two wins to one for the elders.
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Oldsters
Logan Garage Nine Rout East End in Industrial League
Logan, Aug. 23. By a score of 17 to 2 the Garage defeated the East End in the Logan Industrial league Tuesday evening. The East End had won the pennant in the first half of the season, but this game was a decisive rout.
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East End
Logan
Garage
Athens Jackson golf inter-city match ends season at Athens
The final inter-city golf match of the season was played at Athens Country Club between Athens and Jackson. About 40 Jackson golfers were expected, with Athens boasting strong interest and a close contest anticipated after Jackson won the first encounter. Participants from Athens include Grover, O Bleness, Finsterwald, Beckley, Biddle, Krieger and others.
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Jackson
B. T. Grover
C. G. O’bleness
Russell Finsterwald
Harry Beckley
T. H. Biddle
E. C. Krieger
P. O.nichols
Bob Wood
W. W. Lee
Earl Beckely
H. C. Clark
Harry Henman
H. G. Householder
Harry Kelley
J. H. Haskins
J. R. Sprague
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Lineup Shortfall as Dark Halts Game in Sixth
The losers benched Mull en Glick Harbaugh and Farrow replaced by newcomers with little season play. Floyd pitched for the winners allowing few hits except in the second inning when three straight hits produced both runs. Darkness stopped play at the end of the first half of the sixth inning.
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Glick
Harbaugh
Farrow
Floyd
Matches resumed National Women's Tennis Championships
After a rain delay, the forty third National Women's Tennis Championships resumed at the West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills New York today.
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Forest Hills
N. Y
U.P
West Side
Reds Stop Giants in Rubber Game for pennant chase
Cincinnati wins 5 4 to halt New York Giants bid as Jimmy Welsh injures after a costly misplay in the fifth. Vic Aldridge and Fred Fitzsimmons pitched for the Giants while Zitzmann drove in the winning run for the Reds. Elsewhere Frank O Rourke is hospitalized after a collision in Philadelphia.
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Lindstrom
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