Babe Ruth Praises Yankees Versus National League
Babe Ruth disputes the idea of a universal best of league saying the Yankees would lead any league if removed from the American lineup. He notes power and improved players like Hassett Gordon Hudson and others, while contrasting National and American games and joking about pinch hitting and the World Series.
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Yanks
YORK
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Gehrig
Bambino
Dodgers
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Hassett
Buddy Hassett
Gordon
Joe
Hudson
Hamlin
Posedel
Tamulis
Babe
Budge Reaches Final In Newport Tourney
Don Budge defeats Frank Parker 6-3 6-1 6-3 to reach the Newport Casino tournament final in Newport Rhode Island. Budge has won here twice and a third triumph would allow him to retire the tournament's historic bowl.
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Budge
Newport
R. I
Don Budge
Frank Parker
Beverly Hills
Calif
A Burman 110 Claims Simple Life Suits Longevity
A 110 year old Burman asserts that his long life comes from a simple routine and that he has not been hen pecked despite six marriages. He emphasizes simplicity over complexity as the key to longevity.
Henry Armstrong prime for rest after busy title run
New York AP reports Henry Armstrong, three time world champion in featherweight lightweight and welterweight, is exhausted after victory over Lou Ambers. He will rest at least three months to heal a lip cut, then plans a winter defense likely against Ceferino Garcia with Ambers awaiting a future shot. Armstront to Honolulu before next bout.
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New York
Henry Armstrong
St. Louis
Lou Ambers
Ambers
Lou
Henry
Armstrong
Eddie Mead
Ceferino Garcia
Mead
Ginger Foran
Cleveland
Honolulu
Cobb's Car Reaches 300 Miles An Hour
John J. Cobb, English racer, drove his turtle shaped Railton car over the Bonneville Salt Flats at 300 miles an hour. He raised his prior test speed by 25 mph and expected to surpass the 311.42 mph record when official tests begin next week, a mark set last year by Captain G. E. Eyston.
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Bonneville Salt Flats
Utah
Ins
John
J. Cobb
Salt Beds
Cobb
G. E. Eyston
Red Hot Baseball Uproar Highlights Me nomonee Falls Tilt
In a semi pro game at Menomonee Falls Wisconsin pitcher Louis Johnson rushed bat in hand toward the plate after being plunked, then hurled his bat and dented a car hood. The umpire let the incident stand as Johnson yelled his own car was the target. The tale recalls Mike Flanagan’s 20 year old overbooked outburst for Muscatine.
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Wis
Louis Johnson
Ump
Mike Flanagan
Muscatine
New York Giants
Flanagan
May suspend three from state assoc in Iowa
Des Moines Iowa May suspend three schools from the Iowa High School Athletic Association at the board of control meeting in September. John ston Grimes and Mondamin face charges under the superintendent responsibility by law. Center Point was dropped last spring for a sit down strike and may seek reinstatement later in 1937 38.
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INS
Johnston
Grimes
Mondamin
Iowa High School Athletic Association
Board of Control
George A. Brown
Center Point
Brown
O. C. Warner
Diagonal
Ohio
L. L. Peterson
Carl Scholz
Peterson
Association
Central District
Norway And Quakers In Game Saturday
The Quaker Oats baseball team will meet Norway on the Daniels park diamond Saturday afternoon at 2 30. Hibbens and Holland will form the Norway battery with Reed or Shafer pitching and White vearching for the Quakers.
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Reed
Shafer
Quakers
Real Estate Transfers of 1938 Involving Schrimper Machula and Others
A compilation of 1938 property transfers lists Katherine A Schrimper transferring to Edward and Mae Frances Machula with survivorship, Albert W Ink to Dwight P Ink, Maurice V Pew to Equitable Life Insurance Co of Iowa, Emily D Barlow and husband to DM Puth to correct a homestead conveyance, Nathan D Rosin to DM Puth, Donald Anderson to Frank L Buser, and W N Kennedy to Walter Ellison. Records show parcels, locations, and notes on liens, mortgages, and deed corrections.
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Katherine A Schrimper
Edward
Mae Frances Machula
Young
Albert W Ink
A W Ink
Dwight P
Valcon
Maurice
Pew
Ins of
Iowa
Ray Murphy
Equitable Life Ins Co of
Emily D Barlow
Nathan D Rosin
Well Place
Donald Anderson
Frank L Buser
Eastland Manor
W N Kennedy
Walter Ellison
Hambleton and
Gritman's
Springville
Walter
Pearl Ellison
Final Ellis course tournament set for Sunday final
Lee Smith and Glenn Darrow reach the Ellis course championship final after postponement due to Waterloo open participation. The earlier section notes the German schoolboy soccer program resumes at age ten after prior ban as rough stuff.
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Lee Smith
Glenn Darrow
Ellis
Partici
Golf Tournament Opens at Manchester Country Club
The Manchester Golf and Country Club opens its annual fall tournament on Sunday August 21, lasting two weeks. First rounds run August 21–27 with fifty six golfers selected. First flight pairings include J McKeag against Dr J I Jones and W A Dutton versus Bil Dyvert, among others.
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Manchester
Manchester Golf and Country Club
J. McKeag
J I Jones
W. A. Dutton
Bil Dyvert
D. Goen
M. Yoran
G H Mullan
Donald Deoinhia
Don Mullan
J Burbridge
Ned Richardson
Stanley Klaus
Hughes Glrdner
Walter Rossman
George Winters
Clyde Lawrence
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