Major League Players From A Reporter’s Impressions
New York AP profiles major league stars noting Lou Gehrig’s moods and unpredictability, Mickey Cochrane’s quiet charm, Dizzy Dean’s quotable bursts, Joe DiMaggio’s deadpan reserve, and Charlie Grimm’s candor Among others the piece paints a mosaic of personalities, approachability, and press relations across clubs.
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Lou Gehrig
Lou
Mickey Cochrane
Mickey
Frank Frisch
Gas House
Frank
Dizzy Dean
Dizzy
Joe DiMaggio
der Mag
Bancroft Nine Wins In Junior Tournament
Bancroft Ia junior baseball team defeated Council Bluffs American Legion 16 to 3 in Rockwell City. The Bancroft nine exploded for nineteen hits as errors aided their big rout. In the opener Muscatine beat Eldora 9 to 1 behind Lange’s four hit pitching.
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INS
Council Bluffs American Legion
American Legion
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Council Bluffs
Muscatine
Eldora
Lange
McMillin Leads in Coaching Staff Ballot Across Nation
In a close contest for four Notre Dame, Indiana, and other college coaches to direct the all stars against the Detroit Lions on September 1, Bo McMillin of Indiana leads with 1 451 130 points, ahead of Bernie Bierman, Elmer Layden, and Lou Little as voting nears midnight Saturday. Other candidates include Lynn Waldorf, H O Crisler, Francis Schmidt, Claude Thornhill, and Matty Bell.
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Detroit Lions
Soldier’s Field
Bo McMillin
Indiana
Bernie Bierman
Minnesota
Elmer Layden
Notre Dame
Lou Little
Columbia
Lynn Waldorf
Northwestern
H. O. Crisler
Princeton
Francis Schmidt
Ohio State
Claude “Tiny” Thornhill
Stanford
Matty Bell
Southern Methodist
Understanding the golf backswing for body winding
The article explains the backswing's purpose is body twisting, led by the hands, not merely lifting the club. Keeping the club low early increases required body twist, preventing jerky motion, with the top turning so far the ball is barely visible. Chester Horton offers golf booklets via a 3c stamp.
Hawaii scientists plan expedition to Mount Waialeale rain forest
A group from the Hawaiian Academy of Science prepares a several week study on Kauai’s Mount Waialeale slopes. They aim to map rainfall, study Alakai swamp flora fauna and search for remnants of the legendary menehume dwarfs while documenting the region’s extreme wetness and ecological diversity.
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Hawaiian Academy of Science
United States
Mount Waialeale
Kauai
United States Weather Service
Hawaii
Mana
Alakai
Major League Leaders by the United Press Leading Batters
The United Press top hitter list shows Gehrig of the Yankees leading with 103 runs and 391 at bats, .384, followed by Appling of the White Sox and Averill of the Indians with strong batting marks. Home run and RBI leaders are listed, with Gehrig prominent in several categories and other players like Foxx, Trosky, Medwick, and Goslin among the leaders.
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Averill
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Raccliff
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Red Sox
Trosky
Ott
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Camilli
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Klein
Trocky
Ingans Medwick
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Goslin
Tigers
Gehringer
Foxx
Crosetti
J. Martin
Eaea
Oewige
CARAS
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Styne Renee
CPORP
Gehringer, Tigers
Eaereas Eheuneee
Jesse Owens Declines Pro Offers After Olympic Work
Jesse Owens spent Thursday turning down offers from American pro promoters. He will not turn professional now and plans to finish at Ohio State before graduating. He expects to enter the insurance business after earning his degree.
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Berlin
Jesse Owens
Jesse
Ohio State
Missing cigaret case linked to Grand Duke’s murder
Burglars broke into Bernard Moszielski’s villa in Warsaw and stole a jeweled cigaret case that once belonged to Grand Duke Michael brother of the murdered Czar Nicholas. The theft suggests a collector may have taken the item while other valuables were ignored.
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Bernard Moszielski
Michael
Nicholas
Russia
Lost Atolls in Pacific Value in Airline Plans
Howland Baker and Jarvis Islands gain strategic importance for Pacific airline routes. U S plans include colonization to secure sovereignty amid competing claims with Britain, Japan, and others. Navy support notes these islands as key for future routes to Australia and New Zealand.
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Baker
Jarvis
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Christmas Island
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James Cook
Hawaii
Germany
Japan
Howland, Baker and
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Itasca
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James P. Buchanan
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Ray A. Kleindienst
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R. B. Black
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Kleindienst
Howland and Baker
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Priest-Scientist Honored As Second Ben Franklin
In Erenditz near Znojmo a museum opens honoring Father Procop Divisch, a priest scientist credited with independently inventing the lightning conductor in 1754, two years after Franklin. His first lightning rod was reportedly destroyed by villagers blaming a crop failure. One model is displayed.
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Znojmo
Czechoslovakis
Procopius Divisch
Benjamin Franklin
Erenditz
Father Divisch
Property transfer in Hulls Resurvey and May's Add plats
Charles Landergott and wife grant to An ton Pipal a fractional interest in Lot 1 and west 10 feet of Lot 2, Block 15, Hull's Resurvey blocks 15 and 16, and L. S. May's Add west C. R. and lots 5 6 7 8 plus Plat 188. Subj inc as of record. Consideration $1 and value of consideration noted, dated 7-13-36.
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