Americans Sweep Olympics With Five Golds In Track And Swim
The United States surged to a dominant Olympic showing at Wembley and the poolhouse, winning five golds in track and swimming. Harrison Dillard Roy Cochran Willie Steele Wally Ris Bruce Harlan led the way with record times and U.S. records, while foreign rivals set two marks. A dramatic U.S. one two three in springboard diving paced the day as Ris clocked 57.3 in the 100 meter free and Cochran won the 400 meter hurdles in 51.1.
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London
America
Uncle Sam
Harrison Dillard
Roy Cochran
Willie Steele
Wally Ris
Bruce Harlan
Harlan
Ohio State
U. S
Wembley Stadium
Erie Exposition
Ais
Iowa
Alan Ford
Yale
Keith Carter
Purdue
Alex Jang
Ris
Cochran
Los Angeles Athletic Club
Indiana University
Rune Larsson
Sweden
Indians Rally Past Red Sox 10-9 in 11 Innings
Cleveland tops Boston 10-9 after an 11 inning slugfest. Joe Gordon delivered the decisive run in the 11th scoring Joe Tipton as the Indians overcome three deficits to trim Boston's lead to a half game in the pennant race. Bob Feller started for Cleveland with Gromek earning the win in relief and Ed Klieman, Russ Christopher, and Steve Gromek pitching in support.
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Indians
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Joe Gordon
Joe Tipton
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Bob Feller
Ed Klieman
Russ Christopher
Steve Gromek
Gromek
Joe Dobson
Earl Johnson
Earl Caldwell
Mel Parnell
Junior Stephens
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Klieman
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Steven Jones
Was Saar
Temdance
Giants Sweep Cubs to Stretch Streak to Seven
The New York Giants defeated the Chicago Cubs 14-9 and 6-3 to move into second place in the National League. Larry Jansen earned his 14th win in game one amid a 19-hit effort while Eddie Waitkus Al Walker and Whitey Lockman homered for New York. In game two Lockman belted a homer in the sixth to break a 3-3 tie as the Giants swept the twin bill.
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Brooklyn Dodgers
Chicago Cubs
Larry Jansen
Cubs
Eddie Waitkus
al Walker
Johnny Mize
Giants
Whitey Lockman
Will Marshall
Lockman
Bob McCall
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Standings and Results From The National League
National League standings with W L Pet and games back. Saturday results include New York 14 Chicago 9 and Pittsburgh 5 Cincinnati 3. Sunday pitchers matchups listed for St Louis Boston Brooklyn New York Philadelphia Cincinnati and others.
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Chicago
Pittsburgh
Stocklyn
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Boston
Pullet
Potter
Brooklyn
Bonham
Grese
Hatten
Ersk
Meyer
Demir
Poat
Bansen
Hartung
Philadelphia
Wehmeiler
Peterson
Leonard
Dubiel
Probable MLB Pitchers From Sunday Schedule
The article lists probable pitchers for Sunday games including New York at Chicago with Raschi Byrne versus Wight. Other matchups feature Philadelphia at Detroit Marchildon vs Trout, Boston at Cleveland Kramer Harris and Zoldak, and St Louis Wynn and Mer vs Fannin Garver.
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Cleveland
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Raschi O— Byrne
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Phia
Marchildon
Trout
Kramer
Harris
Zoldak
St. Louis
Wynn
Mer
Fannin
Garver
Olympic Data and Schedule Patchy Across Disciplines
A fragmented listing shows unofficial Olympic scoring notes and mixed event times for track and field basketball fencing football hockey modern pentathlon shooting swimming water polo and wrestling. It includes disjointed country codes and event timelines with early morning and afternoon sessions.
Ris Named Greatest of All Time by Olympic Win
London dispatch reports Wally Ris of the University of Iowa winning the 100 meter freestyle to become an Olympic champion. Coach Bob Kiphuth of Yale lauded Ris as the greatest swimmer of all time as the athlete shared relief and joy after victory.
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Wally Ris
Ris
London
America
University of Iowa
Bob Kiphuth
Yale
Sisti's Triple Edges Braves In Ninth To Beat Cardinals
Libby Sisti delivered a bases loaded triple in the bottom of the ninth as the Boston Braves rallied past the St. Louis Cardinals 7 6. Manager Billy Southworth shuffled lineups while Ken Johnson, Hearn and others pitched for the Cardinals, with Musial driving in two for St Louis.
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Boston
Boston Braves
St. Louis Cardinals
Libby Sisti
Buffalo
Billy Southworth
Cardinal
Eddie Dyer
Ken Johnson
St. Louis
Bob Elliott
Hearn
al Lyons
Geoff Heath
Lyons
Johnson
Clint Conatser
Phil Masi
Bob Sturgeon
McAllister and Fletcher Reach Cedar Rapids Quarterfinals
Fletcher edged Harold Lien in a three set battle 13 11 6 4 to reach the Cedar Rapids men's singles quarterfinals. McAllister defeated Dick Ballou 6 1 6 1 to join the round, with Knapp Ball Nye and another entrant advancing toward the quarterfinals. Ball shocked defending champion Jim Netolicky as officials expect all preliminaries completed before next Saturday finals planned.
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Jack Fletcher
Les McAllister
Cedar Rapids
Fletcher
Harold Lien
Lien
Russell Knapp
Bill Ball
Frank Nye
McAllister
Ball
Jim Netolicky
Former Bums Help Pirates Tip Dodgers
The Pittsburgh Pirates rallied for four runs in the ninth to beat the Brooklyn Dodgers 5 to 2 before 15 633 fans. Hank Behrman’s wild pitching helped cost Brooklyn as Eddie Stevens and Stan Rojek produced key hits and walks.
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Dodgers
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Pittsburgh Pirates
Brooklyn Dodgers
Hank Behrman
Eddie Stevens
Stan Rojek
National Negro Champs Meet Wilson Tonight
Cedar Rapids fans watch the national Negro champions the Hottentots of Chicago play the Wilson Packers in a doubleheader at Ellis Park. The first game starts at 7 30 p.m. Wilson leads the Cedar Rapids Major Open Softball league.
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Ellis Park
Hottentots
Chicago
Wilson Packers
Wilson
Red Peppers Rivalry Over Kohawk and Herky Names Iowa Hawk
The Cedar Rapids Gazette notes readers compare Coe College Kohawk to University of Iowa Herky after a naming contest. It recalls Kohawk origin in 1923 from Cosmos editor C W Perkins suggestion and Cedar Rapids Gazette adoption. Red Peppers column editor takes a vacation for two weeks.
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University of Iowa
Herky
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Cosmos
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Kohawks
Cedar Rapids Gazette
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Red Peppers
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