Dodgers Visit Chicago in Crucial Series for NL Race
Dodgers travel to Chicago to face the Cubs in a pivotal three game set that could decide the National League pennant. Brooklyn’s Lefty O'Doul leads the league with an .870 batting average while Chicago's Lon Warneke sports an 18 win season as the clubs clash amid tense rivalries and strong pitching.
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U.P
Brooklyn Dodgers
Chicago Cubs
Cubs
Dodgers
Phillies
Theer
Charlie Grimam
Mickey Finn
Brooklyn
Billy Jurges
Lefty O'Doul
Hack Wilson
Danny Taylor
Taylor
Cube
Hornsby
Grimm
Lefty O’doul
Lon Warneke
Mitch's Musings and Baseball’s Bright Young Stars
Mr H B Jones of the Hotel Berry won the Ohio Hotel Association golf cup at Scioto Country Club with a 68, the second time the cup visited Athens. The piece then surveys emerging stars and veterans in the current baseball season, naming players from the Pirates, Yankees, Indians, Braves, Senators, Cubs, Browns, Red Sox, and Pirates with notes on rookie breakthroughs and comeback performances.
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H. B. Jones
Berry
Ohio Hotel Association
Sciote ~Antry Club
Columbus
Jones
Vaughan
Piet
Swift
Pirates
Allen
Crosetti
Yankees
Hildeprand
Indians
Brown
Braves
Weaver
Senators
Gomez
Warneke
Cubs
Walker
Tigers
Cramer
Athletics
Levey
Browns
Urbanski
Flerman
Jurges
The
Burns
Jolly, Kline and Andrews
Red Sox
Rabbit Maranville
Joey Sewell
Earle Combs
Riggs Stephenson
Steve Swetonic
Huck Betts
Graves
George Herman Ruth
Tony Piet
Floyd Vaughan
George Gibson
Kid Farmer to Headline Logan Boxing Card
A Rockbridge open air arena near Logan hosts a thirty round card Tuesday night at eight. Main bout features Kid Farmer 155 of Lancaster versus Billy Speaks of Cincinnati. Semifinal pairs Freddie Murphy 130 of Cincinnati and Jimmy Ringhiser of Logan with three other bouts totaling 14 rounds if all go the limit.
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Logan
Rockbridge
Kid Farmer
155 Pounder
Lancaster
Billy Speaks
Cincinnati
Freddie Murphy
Jimmy Ringhiser
Whitcombe Advises Simple Golf Swing for Beginners
Ernest R. Whitcombe, Britain's leading golfer, compares tee shots to driving a wedge under a door and urges beginners to strike the ball squarely with the clubface. He warns against lifting the ball and from beneath, insisting the club head should do the work and the ball will rise naturally.
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Ernest R. Whitcombe
Britain
Whitcombe
Marberry Surprises Indians With Tenure Comeback Pitch
Washington pitcher Fred Marberry, after ten MLB seasons as a relief specialist, returned to start against Cleveland. He held the Indians hitless through multiple innings, walking three but yielding no runners past first base, and the game ended with Dick Porter’s first-inning single as the lone hit.
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Washington
U.P
Fred Marberry
Nationals
Marberry
Cleveland Indians
Indians
Dick Porter
Tribe
Porter
Big Five Sluggers Spark At Bat in Key Game
United Press reports on a game where Jimmy Foxx hit a double and two singles in five at bats driving in a run. Babe Ruth went 0 for 3, Lou Gehrig also failed to get a hit in two at bats, Al Simmons collected five singles, and Bill Terry went 0 for 8.
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United Press
Jimmy Foxx
Babe Ruth
Lou Gehrig
AL Simmons
Bill Terry
Fox Knocks Out Johnson For Negro Heavyweight Title
Tiger Jack Fox of Terre Haute Indiana defeated Larry Johnson of Chicago by knockout in the twelfth round to claim the National Negro Heavyweight title. Two rights to the head in the final round sent Johnson down for the count.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Tiger Jack Fox
Larry Johnson
Chicago
Johnson
No Hit Pitches Spark Major League Season Tales
Major league pitchers chased no hit fame this season as four one hit games and eleven two hit games emerged. Fred Marberry earned a one hit win for the Senators over Cleveland 4 0 while Bump Madley’s four hit effort toppled the Yankees 5 1 for the Browns. Goose Gostin homered as Lefty Grove fueled the Athletics to an 8 1 win over the White Sox. Tom Oliver’s ninth inning two bagger scored two in Boston’s 6 5 triumph over Detroit. Cubs push NL lead to three games with an 8 4 win over Philadelphia.
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New York
U.P
Fred ‘‘Firpo
Marberry
Washington Senators
Indians
Dick Porter
Bump Madley
Browns
Yankees
Goose Gostin
Lefty Grove
Athletics
White Sox
Tom Oliver
Boston
Tigers
Cubs
Phillies
Records Fall On First Day Of Trapshoot
At Vandalia the Grand American championship opens with two 10 team Beat-West squads and a full slate of target events for men women and juniors. Day one yields multiple class records including five 200 straight scores and a Calgary shooter’s 200 in Class B. Smoots wins AA after a shoot-off. Slaughter claims Class A with 200. Pemberton takes Class C. Neuberg and Stegall place in Class DP and B scores flow from Ohio shooters.
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U.2
North America
K. M. Laach
Calgary
Alberta
Ralph Smoots
Kenton
Steve Crothera
Chestnut Hills
Walter Beaver
Berwyn
Smoots
George Slaughter
Benton Harbor
Mich
Harry Pemberton
Roseville
Charles Jones
Newark
W. P. Burney
Hannibal
West Jefferson
C. R Swartz
Hootman
Hicksville
Fred G. Gearhiser
Marion
M. G. Deavera
Crookeville
A. A. Bradley
New Carlisle
J. D. Claypool
Re. BE. Gregg
R. W. Reese
Niles
A. Chalfante
Somerset
Fred Harlow
H. H. Smith
Troy
D. L. Ritchie
Goshen
Giants Take Nightcap as Doubleheader Split with Pirates
In a twin bill Dodgers idle Waite Hoyt finished the night with a 4 to 8 loss as the Giants defeated Pittsburgh after the Pirates won the opener 6 to 1 behind Heinie Meine's five hit effort. Boston and the Cardinals split a two game series with Boston winning 7 to 2 and dropping the second 3 to 0. Only scheduled games were played.
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Waite Hoyt
Brooklyn
Giants
Pittsburgh
Heinie Meine
Boston
Cardinals
Braves
Nelsonville Boy Winner By Kayo Nelsonville Boy
Tiger Walker of Zanesville won a 10 round decision over Jack Hoster of Columbus in Columbus. Walker weighed 133 and Hoster 128. Other results include Feitheim drawing with Tracey, Forbes losing to Smith, Dixon defeating Denny, and George defeating Flannegan.
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U.P
Tiger Walker
Zanesville
Jack Hoster
Walker
Hoster
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Joe Tracey
Harry Forbes
Washington
D. H
Denny Smith
Portsmouth
Homer Dixon
Nelsonville
Joe Denny
Chester Beats Gallipolis Independents in Sunday Clash
Chester defeated Gallipolis Independents 41 at Chester on Sunday. Jim Davis, recently released from Grand Rapids, pitched for the Independents. Burns caught.
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Gallipolis
Chester
Jim Davis
Grand Rapids
Independents
Burns
Standings and results from recent baseball games
New York at Louis and Brooklyn at Chicago headline standings as American and National league games finish with scores. Mooney Gibson Schumacher Ho gan Meine Padden Hoyt O Farrell Hogan Chagnon Grace Rhem Bennya Fiett Davis Grimes Hartnett Rhem. Boston St Louis and Boston Chicago Boston St Louis games include Prankhowse Spohrer Derringer Maines Witton Pruett Schulte Careron Manuso.
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Mooney
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Schumacher
Hogan
Meine
Padden
Pittsburgh
Hoyt
O'Farrell
Chagnon
Morris and
Grace
Philadelphia
Chicago
Rhem
Bennya Fiett
Davis
Tinning
Grimes
Hartnett
Boston Cmadeneoves
T. Louis
Prankhowse
Spohrer
Derringer
Maines
Witton
Boston
Cowewe
I St. Louis
Pruett
Schulte
Careron
Manuso
American Association
Wemgianrists
Niennon
Kansas City
Toledo
Milwaukee
Louisville
St. Paul
Lfaghe
Louis
Lee
St Eas
Philadephia
Cleveland
Washington
Ennee
Detroit
St. Louis
Aia
Gallivan
Berry Grove
Cochrane
Homeett
Desautels Andrews
Kline
Connolly
Soto i
Hudlin
Winegarner
Sewell
Marberry
Spencer
Nadiey
Ferrel
McFayden and Dickey Association
Paul
Pearson
O'Neill Streleck
Adkine Munnis
Outillant Louteville
Shea Erickson
Fowler
Grahler
Bnrder
Indianapolis
Red Birds Win First Game as Millers Lead Shrinks
In Minneapolis the Columbus Red Birds beat the Millers 11 to 6 in the first game of a series, narrowing the Millers four and a half game lead. Bud Parmelee earned his 10th straight win after the Birds pulled ahead with a ninth inning run following Parmelee stopping a threat in the eighth.
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Ke Threst
Long count debate over tied baseball game in Gallipolis
In Gallipolis on August 23 the Business Men and the American Legion tied 8 to 2 at the end of regulation, with the game called at dusk. A controversy centers on a Broyles hit that cleared the center field fence in the ninth. if ruled a homer the Legion would have won. The tied result follows a second consecutive nine inning finish with darkness ending play. a rematch is expected tonight. Batteries: Diggin and O'Brien for the Business Men. Smith and Wilson for the Legion.
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Wilson
Beckley
Ohio Fuel
Rauch
Abrhpoa
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Spaulding
Gaskill
Morenead
CW Seis
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E.a
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Burool
Pruleoskis
Russell
Porter
Rutkoskie
Littler
Sphaing
Gallipolis
Academy
Broyles
American Legion
Akron West High to meet Anderson high in Massillon test
Massillon Aug 23 Akron West High School basketball team Ohio State champions will play Anderson Indiana runner up in the Hoosier State tournament in an out of season game here tomorrow. The match is part of the Massillon basketball school meetings drawing many Ohio coaches and cage mentors from other states. The contest will display the new season rule changes.
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Massillon
R-Akron West High School
Ohio
Anderson, Ind
Massillon Basketball School
Big League Trade Winds May Become Gales In Winter
New York Giants and Philadelphia Athletica lead potential winter upheaval as clubs plan drastic shakeups to build for the future. Bill Terry signals a near new 1938 Giants with costly players on the market. Connie Mack and Yankees rumors swirl of discarded stars and Ruth’s contract renewal in doubt amid heavy spending.
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Clube
New York Giants
Philadelphia Athletica
Bill Terry
McGraw
Giants
Terry
Connie Mack
Athletica
Simmons
Yanks
Barnahaw
Browns
Cochrane
Walberg
Dayton wins 6 to 8 in Central League battle
Dayton defeats Fort Wayne by 6 to 8 as Erie holds second place. Cincinnati visit follows an exhibition win for Dayton in eight innings. Tomorrow Dayton plays at Erie while Fort Wayne stays at Youngstown.
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Phii Tews
Wayne
Erie
Sacond Place
Waile
Cineinnati
Ft. Wayne
Youngstown
Comeback Bid by Riske Targets Schmeling Contender
Reports from New York say Madison Square Garden will sign the winners of the Riske Levinsky and Baer Sehaat bouts to an elimination match. The victor of that match would then meet Max Schmeling in Miami in February.
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Ric Johnny Riske
New York
Madison Square Garden
Riske- Levinsky
Baer-Sehaat
Max Schmeling
Schmeling
Miami
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