Mitch's Musings on Freddie Steele World Title Win
Freddie Steele won the world middleweight title from Ed die Risko in Seattle. The 23 year old, born Frederick Earl Burgett, built a 50 plus knockout career with 98 percent knockouts and near perfect ring record. He rose under promoter Nate Druxman with a $65 000 gate, and plans to retire in four years if challengers emerge.
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Eddie
Babe) Risko
Seattle
Steele
Mickey Walker
Tacoma Thunderbolt
Pacific Northwest
Leonard Bennett
Frederick Earl Burgett
Beattie
Tacoma
Ted Morgan
Concrete
Wash
Wildcat Carter
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Portland
Spokane
San Diego
Nate Druxman
Risko
Ceferino Garcia
Freddie
Gorilla Jones
Freddie Apostoli
Vince Dundee
Berglund
Young Stuhley
Grand Circuit Opens At Good Time Track In Goshen
The grand circuit trotting meet opens at the Good Time half mile track in Goshen New York today. Feature event is the E H Harriman trophy with six trotters facing the barrier.
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Goshen
N. Y
U.R
E. H. Harriman
Yanks Cubs Begin Third Road
Frank Murphy reports the 1936 interleague road swings for the Yankees and Cubs. The Yankees lead the American League by nine games and open against the Browns in St Louis while the Cubs start their eastern trip against the Dodgers as they contend with the Cardinals. Exhibition games followed, including the Pirates beating the Yankees 7 to 2 and the Giants routing the Tigers 16 to 7 in a 37 hit game.
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NEW York
New York Yankees
Chicago Cubs
Yankees
Cleveland Indians
Browns
St. Louis
Charley Grimm
Cubs
Brooklyn Dodgers
St. Louis Cardinals
Grimm
Frankie Frisch
Atlantic
Cardinals
Stu Martin
New York Giants
Pittsburgh
Pirates
Phillies
Baker Field
Cincinnati Reds
Bees
Boston
Red Sox
Indians
Cleveland
Washington Senators
White Sox
Chicago
Philadelphia Athletics
Tigers
Detroit
Wale Hoyt
Athens Merchants fall to QHE Club in 4-3 clash
The Athens Merchants lost 4-3 to the Gallipolis C H E Club as A Enlow Seiple and Pauley produced two hits. Kollister allowed five hits for Athens while Harrison yielded eight for Gallipolis. Next Saturday at 3 pm the Merchants host The Plains Clover Farmers, then travel to Rufus Putnam playground to face the Bradbury All Stars.
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Gallipolis C.H.E
A. Enlow
Seiple
Pauley
Athens
Gilkey
Gallipolis
Kollister
Harrison
Merchants
The
Plains Clover Farmers
the Plains
Rufus Putnam Playground
D. Enlow
Danney
Severson
Wesnchmens
Gallipi
O.H.B. AB. RE
Moore
Ciate
Guikey
Wilson
Holgimer
Linscott, Rf
Anthony, ii TS
Metemaen
Pairings Made for Tournament in Columbus Ohio
American Legion junior baseball tournament set for July 27 to 30 in Columbus features eleven district champions. The champion will face Pennsylvania in a three game series August 12 to 14. First round matchups include Lima vs Columbus and Logan vs Chillicothe.
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Columbus
U.A
American Legion
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Lima
Logan
Chillicothe
Lewisville
Coshocton
Pemberville
Warren
National Publinx Tournament Second Qualifying Round
Farmingdale N Y WP Americans leading pay s your enter golf players ranging from wine tasters to icemen and from welders to actor s started play today on the final 18 holes of the 36 hole qualifying test in the national public inks championship over the two Courses of the Bethpage State Park. Pacing the field of 222 players from 22 states Hawaii and the District of Columbia at the start of the second day s play were Mike Dolan age 23 Philadelphia gasoline station employee and Frank Connolly age Detroit city employment manager.
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N. Y
America
Winetasters
Bethpage State Park
Hawaii
District of Columbia
Mike Dolan
Philadelphia
Frank Connolly
Detroit
Dolan
Connolly
Olympic athletes head to Berlin games with Plymouth stop
America's Olympic team readies in sea transit aboard the Manhattan for Berlin. Landfall at Plymouth England is planned for a two hour stop with Havre and Hamburg to follow. Brundage and coaches assign track field roles as selections and side trips unfold.
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Henry McLemore
Manhattan
Sea
U.P
America
Berlin
New York
Plymouth
Eng
Cobh
Ireland
Havre
Hamburg
Olympic Village
Avery Brundage
American Olympic Committee
Harry Manning
Brutus Hamilton
University of California
Glen Cunningham
Kansas
Archie Williams
California
Radcliff Bows To Zanesville
Zanesville Black Stars beat Radcliff 9 to 7 in a high hitting game. Collins pitched six innings of relief over four appearances, allowing two runs, while Benny Radcliff led the offense with two triples and a double. Next Sunday hosts Nelsonville Eagles at 3 p.m. with a 2 p.m. radio show.
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Zanesville
Black Stars
Loase
Collins
Benny Radcliff
Goberts
Rush
Gmceemmcoenes
Radcliff AB
R.H
B. Radcliff
Burroughs
Hudnel
McGhee
H. Radcliff
Redd
Norris
Reds Tackle Bees as NL Spark Stays Elusive
Cincinnati must win at least one of three games to avoid dropping to sixth in the National League standings as Boston Bees lead their series. Cincinnati earlier beat Albany 10 to 2 in an International League exhibition, with Hallahan and Nelson limiting the minor leaguers to six hits. A separate Virginia floating theater tour reports strong attendance, visiting Urbana Tappahannock Irvington and Fredericksburg, while Rome enforces presumption of innocence in arrests.
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U.P
Cincinnati Reds
Boston Bees
Reds
Cincinnati
Albany
N. Y
Richmond
U.R
Virginia
Motion Pictures
Urbana
Tappahannock
Irvington
Fredericksburg
Clover Farms Edge McArthur In Tight Pitchers Duel
The Plains Clover Farms defeated Mc Arthur 3 to 2 in a defensive battle. S Smith starred for Clover Farms with three of five at bats while H Swaim led Mc Arthur with two hits in four trips. Harrison pitched for The Plains and limited McArthur to six hits as his teammates totaled ten off Bates.
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Plains Clover Farms
McArthur
S. Smith
H. Swaim
Harrison
Plains
Bates
Five nations enter Olympic polo tournament in Berlin
Final entries list Argentina, Great Britain, Mexico, Hungary and Germany for the Berlin polo event. The United States will not participate, and Westchester Cup squad members failed to join the team, leaving five nations set to compete.
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Berlin
U.P
United States
Argentina
Great Britain
Mexico
Hungary
Germany
Levinsky Defeats Brackey in Buffalo Eight Round Teaser
Chicago heavyweight Kingfish Levinsky roughed up George Big Boy Brackey of Buffalo to win an easy decision after the third round in a ten round bout. Brackey had been aiming for pugilistic fame but was halted by Levinsky's rough tactics in Buffalo, New York.
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Buffalo
N. Y
U.P
George
Big Boy) Brackey
Chicago
Kingfish
Levinsky
Brackey
Notre Dame Fullback Don Elser Signs with Bears for 1936
Chicago Bears owner-manager George Halas announced Don Elser, Notre Dame fullback, has signed for the 1936 season. The move brings a veteran back into the Bears backfield as they prepare for the coming campaign.
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Chicago
U.P
Don Elser
Notre Dame
Chicago Bears
George Halas
Harder Aims Seventh Straight Win For Indians
Mel Harder of Cleveland sought his seventh consecutive victory and 14th win of the season as the Indians opened a three game series with the Boston Red Sox. Wes Ferrell was slated to pitch for Boston.
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Cleveland
U.P
Mel Harder
Indians
Boston Red Sox
Wes Ferrell
Red Sox
Determined Injured Man Becomes Expert Typist
Rochester man Vincent Wilbot, 25, who lost his right arm, rigs a string from his typewriter shift key to a foot pedal to speed capital letters. Business instructors note remarkable speed. A new German process converts coal into a highly effective fertilizer claimed to double yields on certain crops.
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Rochester
N. Y
U.P
Vincent Wilbot
Wedding at Wolfpen for Earl Russell and Ruth Doderidge
Mr and Mrs George Warner attended the wedding of Earl Russell and Ruth Doderidge at Wolfpen Saturday night. The couple will make their home in Columbus after their honeymoon.
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Middleport
George Warner
Wolfpen
Earl Russell
Ruth Doderidge
Tax Budget Hearing Dates for Rural Schools and Lodi Township
Notice that the proposed tax budgets for Waterloo Consolidated Rural Schools for 1932 and Lodi Township for 1937 are on file in the respective clerks offices. A hearing is set for August 4, 1936 at 7 PM in the High School and July 1, 1936 at 7 PM, as announced by clerks J Marshall Barron and T R Phillips in Guysville Ohio.
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Chooagers
J. Marshall Barron
Budget Notice For Lee Township Hearing Date
The 1937 budget is on file at the clerk's residence Athens Route 1. A public hearing will be held there on July 23, 1936 at 7 30 p m Marguerite W Moore Clerk
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Lee Township
Athens
Marguerite W. Moore
Louis to fight Sharkey in New York August 18
Joe Louis will meet ex-champion Jack Sharkey in a 10 round bout at the 20th Century Club in New York on August 18. Sharkey has returned to boxing after retirement and is aiming to regain the title. both fighters to receive about 25 percent of a reported $300000 gate. Louis resumes training in Michigan before heading east while Sharkey plans Boston conditioning with a possible short stay in Orangeburg New York.
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Joe Louis
Detroit
Brown Bomber
Jack Sharkey
Yankee Stadium
Max Schmeling
Louis
Sharkey
Boston
Schmeling
Primo Carnera
Max Baer
20Th Century Club
Carnera
Barney Ross
Tony Canzoneri
Mike Jacobs
Winston
Jack
Tony Shucco
Phil Brubaker
California
Stevensville
Mich
Julian Black
Orangeburg
N. Y
Record Suffolk Downs double pays $3,289.40 each
At Suffolk Downs Boston four holders of $2 daily double tickets shared a record payoff of $3,289.40 after Dilwin won the first and Petard the third races. Dilwin paid $90.80 and Petard paid $87.80 in straight bets, with the pool noted as a New England track record.
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Boston
U.P
Dilwin
Petard
Suffolks Downs
New England
Creavy Wins P G A Championship With Remarkable Short Game
In 1931 at Wannamoisette CC Tom Creavy defeated Denny Shute 2-1 to claim the PGA title. He repeatedly saved shots near the greens with chips and putts hitting key birdies and pars to maintain the lead from the third hole onward.
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Tommy Armour
Tom Creavy
Wannamoisette Country Club
Denny Shute
Creavy
Tom
Lighthorse Harry Cooper Wins St Paul Open Title
Lighthorse Harry Cooper defeated Dick Metz of Chicago in a playoff to win the $5,000 St Paul Open. Cooper earned $1,287 for the victory, bringing his St Paul total to $8,133.33, while Metz received $875 for second. Cooper posted a 36 hole playoff total of 135 to Metz 139 after 72 regulation holes.
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ST. Paul
Harry Cooper
Dick Metz
Chicago
Cooper
Metz
Navy recruit shells fall short ricochet onto raft
Navy recruiting officer Herbert E B Trusier recalls a target practice incident near Lima Ohio where a shell fell short of the raft 16 miles away ricocheted across the water and balanced on its butt end on the raft.
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Navy
Herbert EB. Trusier
Alma College Nominates Two Former Students for High Posts
Alma College in Alma Michigan highlights two alumni. Col Frank Knox seeks the Vice Presidency while Claude A Watson is nominated for Vice President on the Prohibition ticket.
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College
ALMA
Mich
U.P
Alma College
Col
Frank Knox
Claude A. Watson
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