United States eyes strong Bi Cup bid in Paris
The U S Davis Cup team in Paris faces a tough schedule with Wilmer Allison double duty in singles and doubles as he competes against top French players including Henri Cochet. Allison and John Van Ryn join Ellsworth Vines and Mike Shields as the squad aims to rebound after disappointing performances in Europe.
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America
Fas
Wilmer Allison
Allison
John van Sm
Ellsworth Vines
Mk Shields
Eusoil
Germany
Shields
Aimer Allison
Henri Cochet
van Ryn
Botra
Brugnon
Borotra
Tey
Allison T
Nurmi barred from 1932 Olympic Games by LA.A.F.
Paavo Nurmi, famed Finnish distance runner, has been barred by the International Amateur Athletic Federation council from competing in the 1932 Olympic Games opening in Los Angeles. The unanimous ruling cites padded expenses as grounds. Finland may challenge later.
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U.P
Paavo Johannes Nurmi
International Amateur Athletic Federation
La.a.f
United Press
Bos
Nurmi
Olympic Village
Finnish Amateur Athletic Association
Erie Beats Fort Wayne In 12 Innings To Gain Central Lead
Erie narrowed Fort Wayne's lead to nine percentage points after a 6 to 4 twelve inning win. Youngstown and Dayton were rained out. Today Fort Wayne plays Youngstown and Erie visits Dayton.
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Dayton
A.r.-Erie
Fort Wayne
Erie
Youngstown
National Baseball Tourney Set for Dayton Start Sept. 17
Detroit reports the National Baseball Federation will stage its tournament in Dayton, Ohio, beginning September 17, per an official announcement by Federation President C. E. Brewer.
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Detroit
National Baseball Federation
Dayton
C. E. Brewer
Big Five Hitless Foiled As Ruth Muscles Five-Run Day
In a United Press recap of a baseball game Babe Ruth homered twice and doubled while driving in seven runs. Lou Gehrig gathered three singles and three RBIs, Jimmy Foxx went 0 for 4, Al Simmons had five singles, and Bill Terry went 1 for 9 with one RBI.
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United Press
Jimmy Foxx
Babe Ruth
Lou Gehrig
AL Simmons
Bill Terry
Cooking at home by Hotpoint range promises savings
An advertisement extols Hotpoint ranges for economical meals cooked at lower costs per person. It highlights precise timing and temperature control allowing a whole meal to be prepared away from home, with special demonstrations at display rooms and convenient deferred payments.
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General Electric
Old Timers To Watch Indians In Municipal Stadium Return
Cleveland hosts the Philadelphia Athletics as 20 former stars from eras of the club attend in the reserved box seats. Notables include George A. Strief Cy Young Tris Speaker Lee A. Fohl Larry Lajoi Chief Zimmer and others recalling early Temple Cup days and snowball games.
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Stars of
Yesteryear
Cleveland Baseball Club
Indians
Philadelphia Athletics
Municipal Stadium
George A. Strief
Old Forest City
Larry Lajoi
Lee A. Fohl
Bill Bradley
Tris Speaker
Roger Peckinpaugh
Cy Young
Charles L
Zimmer
Battery
Baltimore Orioles
William McKinley
Mark Fianna
Cherrington Juniors Win Opening Tilt
Logan July 29 Storm Special The first contest of the Hocking Baseball League saw the Cherrington Juniors defeat the Hilltop team 11 to 1 at the fairgrounds. St. Clair pitched well apart from one wild inning, while Jones collected multiple hits in the second and fifth innings accounting for four and seven runs.
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Hocking Baseball League
Fairgrounds
Cherrington
Hilltop
Hilltoppers
St. Clair
Jones
Robbery Investigation After Hitchhiking Couple
Police sought a man and woman following a robbery in Marion. The couple allegedly robbed Mr. and Mrs. F. H. H. Arbergast of West Liberty of 26 dollars after offering them a ride.
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F. H. H. Arbergast
West Liberty
Rauchs Suffer First Defeat By 4-2 Count
In one of the season’s fastest games the Rauchs fell to I O F by 4 to 2. Wolfe and Sharp pitched well for the I O F, while Burt led Baker Boys with four doubles and two singles. Gilmore and Wolfe had two hits each for Rauchs as Beckleys remain the only undefeated in the second round.
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Lodge
Wolfe
Sharp
Burt
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Gilmore
Gales
Brown
Leaves Beckleys
Battery
Co. L
Richeson
Reigle
Vu Morrison
C. Hardman
Gardner
Smith
Rauchs Abrhpoa Edwards
Weisenbach
Gilmore Burt
Kuthosnie
Hardman
Chute
Wes
Russell
Proper backswing wrist action in golf technique
The text explains how golfers often break the wrists too early at the start of the backswing. It advises delaying wrist cocking until the upper backswing is reached to aid a straight left arm and natural body turn. It recommends taking the club back low and near the ground, controlled by the left hand.
Diamonds Beat Clerks 6-3 in Pomero y Recreation League
Blue Diamond defeated the Clerks 6 to 3 in a slow paced game on Thursday. The Clerks remain winless in the second half of the Pomero y Recreation League schedule. The Diamonds did not play their best but secured the win with necessary plays.
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Blue Diamond
Clerks
Pomeroy Recreation
Diamonds
Ohio Official Rules Funding Ditch Cleaning Limited
In an opinion to Muskingum County Prosecuting Attorney Charles S Leasure Attorney General Gilbert Bettman held that township public funds may not be used to pay for cleaning a ditch as described in Section 6603 of the Ohio General Code.
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Charles 8S. Leasure
Muskingum County
Gilbert Bettman
Arkansas teen Virginia Lee Elder crowned five beauty titles
Virginia Lee Elder of Jonesboro at age 15 holds a regal record with five beauty crowns. Her latest title was Queen Elberta at the Crowley's Ridge Peach Festival in Arkansas, noted for dark hair and grey eyes.
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Virginia Lee Elder
Jonesboro
Elberta
Crowley's Ridge
Ark
Schedule chessboard of 1940s baseball and basketball dates
National League and American League matchups list several city pairs including St Louis Boston Chicago Brooklyn Cincinnati New York Pittsburgh Philadelphia and Detroit Cleveland with Boston St Louis Chicago Washington New York Philadelphia. Association games feature Columbia Indianapolis Toledo Louisville Milwaukee Minneapolis St Paul and Kansas City.
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Boston
Sas “ Philadelp
le Louis
Brooklyn
New York
Cmmeinnet
New Yorks
Ars New
Cleveland
Philadelpha
Washington
Detroit
Louis
American Association
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Indianapolis
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Kansas City
Toledo
Louleville
St Paul
National St. Louis
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
St Louis
Association
Columbia
Louisville
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Baseball scores compiled from unclear OCR snippets
Fragmented box score listings show teams including Pittsburgh New York St Louis Brooklyn Chicago Boston Detroit St Louis Cleveland Milwaukee and players such as Swetonic Hogan Walker Meehethan Krausse Cochrane Crowder Ferrell Sorrell Hayworth and others with scattered inning totals and partial results, reflecting an early baseball game recap of uncertain completeness.
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New York
Swetonic
Brame
French
Grace
Fitesimmons
Mooney
Schumacher
Hogan
Meine
Padden
Bell
Walker
O'Farrell
St. Louia
Eaedtineis
Brooklyn
Carleton
Stout
Johnson
Manquer Heimach
Shaute
Sukeorth
ANRES
Cleveland
Bars
Prissipa
Ferrell
Connally and Sewell
Boston
Chicago
Durham
Connally
Lyons and Grube
Philhernie Au
Detroit
McKeithan
Krausse
Grove
Cochrane
Bridges
Sorrell
Hayworth
Washington
St. Louis
Crowder
Burke
Stiely
Polli and
Young
Benton, Ryan and
Richards
Yanks Tackle Frenchmen in Singles Today
New York reports a Davis Cup singles showdown at Roland Garros with Jean Borotra facing Ellsworth and Wilmer Allison tasked to play three matches in 48 hours. The piece notes Frank Shields watching from the sidelines and recalls past runner-up finishes for Shields and Mangin, underscoring tension in the French-American ties.
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U.P
Roland Garros
Paris
Vines
Borotra
Jean Borotra
Jean
M. Jean
California
Elleworth
Wilmer Allison
Frank Shields
Wilmer
Cochet
van Ryn
Borotta
Frank
Doeg
Greg Mangin
Wood
Great Britain
Billiards Take Second Place With Victory
Recreation defeated McCoy’s Hoy bers 4 to 8 in a Twilight League game Thursday. Miller pitched for McCoy, allowed two hits but lost in the sixth as four runs came with three walks and an error. Garner had one hit in one at bat for Recreation. Hull had two bases in one at bat for the losers. Pfleger’s fourth inning triple produced two runs for McCoy. Duval’s seventh inning single and advancing plays brought two more runs. Slater’s run-scoring play helped. Four runs scored without a hit.
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Hoy Bers
Miller
McCoya
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Hull
Pfleger
Duval
Rodgers
Risley Duval
Bell
Slater
Wilt
Hulse
Pase Smith
la Croix
Rishyy
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Short
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Legen
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Russel
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McCoave
Hula
Innine Loaing
Hafey Set To Return To Reds After Illness
Cincinnati July 2 Chick Hafey star left fielder for the Reds is expected to arrive soon from Port McNicoll where he went two weeks ago to recuperate from influenza. He will not be able to play in the outfield for some time.
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Chick Hafey
Cincinnati Reda
Port McNicoll
Hafey
Ruth Returns to Lead Yankees in 18-4 Victory
Babe Ruth returns to the Yankee lineup and belts two home runs plus a double driving in seven as New York routs Cleveland 18 to 4. The win widens the AL lead to eight and a half games over Indiana. Other scores include Athletics over Tigers 6-4, Red Sox 3-1 over White Sox, Pirates 10-7 over Giants, Cubs 2-1 over Braves, Dodgers upset by Cardinals 6-4, and Phillies 7-4 loss to the Chachansatd Recs.
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Grantham
Hendrick
Herman
Lombardi
Crantres
Roettger
Durocher
Dunia
Johnson
Oo & Eos
Picdtsincananns
Philadelphia
Whitney
Lee
Sa. V. Davis
Aee Mallon
A. Rhem
J. Elliott
V. Davis
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Klein
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Esitcher
Moran Andeardon
York
Babe Ruth
Mastershowman
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Bambine
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New York
Crippte
Indians
Indiana
Boston Red Sox
White Sox
Biddle Durham
Ted Lyons
Pirates
Giantatches
Terrymen
Lonnie Warneke
Bie
Cubs
Braves
Brooklyn
Dodgers
Benny Leonard Defeats Townsend in New York Fight
United Press reports Benny Leonard won over Billy Townsend in New York. The card listed Weasley Ramey at South Bend, Jackie Pileington in New York, and Bat Battalino knocking out Wilte Hines in Chicago.
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Benny Leonard
Billy Townsend
Vancouver
Weasley Ramey
South Bend
Ind
Jackie Pileington
New i
Bat Battalino
Conn
Wilte Hines
Chicago
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