Sox Split Doubleheader With Senators 8-6 and 2-1
Boston beats Washington 8-6 in the opener as Foxx hits his 31st homer and Williams drives a bases loaded shot for his 18th. In the nightcap Washington edges ahead 3-0 by the third, Wade allows four hits, and Auker allows six as the Senators win 2-1.
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Washington Senators
Jimmy Foxx
Ted Williams
Sox
Senators
Wade
Auker
Boston
Washington
Doerr
Sramer
Levis
Foxx
LiWelad
Willamsrf
West
Croninss
Estalellal
Vosmik
O Gelbertss
Tabor
Lefebvre
Heving
Sth
Vernon
Velas
Washington A
Vela
Bloodworth
Finney
Wright
Willams
Cronin
Gelbert
Finner Tatchia
Wight
Crena
Lloodworth
Oachington
Roser
Haynes
Dickman
Appleton
Othiz
Boston Washington
Hoa Doers
Case
Rf Cramer
Lewis
Weladet Williams
OlEstalelta
Lf Cronin
O'Travis
Yabor
El'worth
Berg
O'Grullant
Prichard
Chase
Aukersp
Estatella
Travis
Cramer
Washalls
Ington
McGowan
Dodgers Thump Bees 4 to 0 Behind Pressnell Shutout
Brooklyn righty Tot Pressnell baffled Boston with a knuckleball for his second shutout of the Bees this season. He held Boston to two hits through five innings as Brooklyn built a 4 0 lead and Turner finished the shutout. Moore doubled and Durocher, Camilli and Walker contributed RBI hits as Lanning took the loss.
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Boston
Tot Pressnell
Boston Bees
Brooklyn Dodgers
Bees
Nedgers
John Lancning
Gene Moore
Leo Durocher
Jim Turner
Brooklyn
Coscar't
Garms
Lavag'to
Simmons
Walker
Ol Hinssett
Parks
Camill
West
Phelps
OlMaseskl
Moorers
OlWnnstlerss
Durocher
Sl Lopez
Pressner
Ai Andrews
Lanning
Waalker
Duracher
Camilli
Moore
Hassett
Majeski
Warstler
Cucccinello
Cuccinello
Laminge
Presswell
Turner
Dunn
Ballanfant
Klem
Balazs Seen As Best Of Packer Sophs
Frank Balazs, University of Town full back, dislocated shoulder in a three hour All-Stars scrimmage. He will miss the Aug. 30 game. Balazs was moved to end and replaced by Pug Manders. Green Bay coach Curley Lambeau predicts a stronger 1939 Packers, listing several new and returning players as key prospects.
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Chicago
Frank Balazs
University of Town
College All-Stars
New York Giants
Balazs
Pug Manders
Green Bay
Wis
E. L
Curley” Lambeau
Green Bay Packers
Curley
Bob Monnett
Ookie" Miller
Purdue
Seibold
Butler
Scherer
P. Miller
Lambeau
Lane and Town
Charley Brock
Nebska
Paul Kell
Notre Dame
Charley Schultz
Minnesota
Tom Greenfield
Arizona
Packers
Pittsburgh
Cuba Beats United States 8 to 3 in World Series Game
In Havana Cuba defeated the United States 8 to 3 in a third round amateur baseball world series game played Saturday. The Cuban squad built leads with strong hitting and solid pitching to secure the win at home.
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Havana
Cuba
INS
United States
Shirley G Wins Shaker Handicap at Thistle Down
Shirley G captured the six furlong Shaker handicap for 2 year olds at Thistle Down on Saturday, finishing the route in 1 12.
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Cleveland
Shirley G
Forest and Field and Stream Echoes from the Great Outdoors
Conservation topics fill the All-Iowa Fair display as delegates answer questions on wildlife work. Reports include pheasant migration in the east counties, August trout from Backbone, and duck hunting rules for 1939. Local notes mention a timber wolf, a 40 inch alligator in Shenandoah, and anglers on Pitt Creek with a 17 1/4 inch bass.
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CHE Conservation Commission
Commission
Bill Barslow
Mississippi River
Illinois
Large Field Seeks Women Golf Crown
A record field of 206 women golfers contest the national championship at Wee Burn Noroton Conn starting Monday with Patty Berg unable to defend. England's Pam Barton is favored while Mrs Julius L Page Jr and others from Englewood, Columbia, Lexington, and Philadelphia aim to challenge in the 64 advancing to match play Tuesday.
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New York
INS
Wee Burn
Noroton
Conn
Patty Berg
Minneapolis
Pam Barton
England
U.S
Barton
United States
Miss Barton
Julius L. Page, Jrn
Chapel Hill
N. C
Berg
Maureen Orcutt
Englewood
N. J
Charlotte Glutting
S. Orange
Kathryn Hemphill
Columbia
S. C
Marion Miley
Lexington
Dorothy Kirby
Atlantic
Betty Jameson
San Antonio
Dorothy Traung
San Francisco
Bea Barrett
Vare Back
Glenna Collett Vare
Philadelphia
Bobby Jones
Tvrdik to Leave Roosevelt Hotel Team After Season
Frank Tvrdik, long time Roosevelt Hotel American Legion manager, will not coach next season. A plumber by trade with baseball as a hobby, he cites the heavy load of managing and close games as the reason for stepping away. He notes his best era was the 1937 state title and praises Wilson area talent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Tvrdik
Roosevelt Hotel
American Legion
Tvrdik
Rockwell City
Sibley
Indianola
Wilson High School
Tordik
Red Pepper Sports Chatter and Boxing Trajectories
A free-wheeling column mixes boxing ethics in Iowa with pinkie George notes on Savold and Heaton as an amateur and pro status debate. It recounts Des Moines fights, New York delays, and a wary view of a boxing build up amid cash gates and publicity. The piece also spotlights Raiders baseball from the Three-Eye league and Marleau’s turbulent path to the majors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cunningham
Heaton
Iowa
Pinkie George
Tait
Savold
New York
Mr. George
Lee Savold
Des Moines
Ballyhoo Mills
Palookas
New York City
Pinkie
Cincinnati Reds Acquire Pitcher Milt Shoffner
Boston Bees President Bob Quinn announced that pitcher Milt Shoffner has been sold to the Cincinnati Reds for the waiver price of 6000 dollars. Reds manager Bill McKechnie welcomed the addition as the transaction reshapes the NL pitching staff.
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Boston
INS
Bob Quinn
Boston Bees
Milt Shoffner
Cincinnati Reds
Bill McKechnie
Reds
Bees Veteran Hurler Seeks Claim After Mixed Season
A veteran Bees pitcher with three wins and four losses this season seeks a claim opportunity. Separately a new rubber spring with smoother ride and maintenance free design hits the market, reducing rattles and road noise.
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Bees
Iowa Open Golf Starts Tuesday At Des Moines
Des Moines hosts the 13th annual Iowa open golf meet at Des Moines Golf and Country Club beginning Tuesday with 250 entries expected. Defending driving champion Merle Lint faces Pat and Don Willcox, Billy Cordingley, Joe Brown and others in a strong field on the 72 hole layout.
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Des Moines
Des Moines Golf and Country Club
Merle Lint
Willcox Brothers
Pat
Don
Billy Cordingley
Joe Brown
Big Pat
Brown
Kansas City
Missouri
Leonard Dodson
Springfield
Clarence Yockey
Bunny Torpey
Leland Gibson
Jack Welsh
Charley Mokin Stars In Harness Races At Winneshiek Fair
Charley Mokin driven by J. F. McMillan won the 2:17 pace and trot at Winneshiek county fair with times shown for multiple heats. The card also lists a 2:14.53 2:12.25 2:15.25 sequence and other race details including Air King’s 55 second half mile and a five entry mule race won by Lawrence Christopher. A disputed twelfth inning ended Nordness vs Ossian 6 to 3 game in an argument.
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Rochester
Prince Lamoure
Arenold
la Crosse
Air King
W. L. Knox
Canton
Minn
Lawrence Christopher
Nordness
Ossian
Prepare Cobb Car For Record Try
In Wendover Utah a British crew tested John Cobb’s Railton Red Lion with 2600 horsepower engines while awaiting a London fur broker to resume talks. Cobb praised the car’s trial performance and predicted a new world land speed record near 360 mph with hopes for 400 mph in time.
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Wendover, Utah
John Cobb
London
Cobb
Softball Meet Set for Labor Day at Ellis Park
Plans for the eastern Iowa softball tourney to be held on Labor Day at Ellis Park are complete Invitations have been sent to Des Moines Waterloo Davenport Dubuque Marshalltown and Monticello teams Cedar Rapids fans anticipate a top quality tournament Games follow national softball rules First prize 40 second 20 third 10 fourth 5 Entry fee 3 per team Teams to bring one new N B Goldsmith ball.
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Ellis Park
Des Moines
Waterloo
Davenport
Dubuque
Marshalltown
Monticello
Cedar Rapids
N. B. Goldsmith
Nevin Nichols
The
Playground Commission
Parks
Chevrolet
Honeymead
la Plant-Choate
Community House
First Evangelical
Howard Pyle
Chamber of Commerce
Post Office
Cedar Rapids Rout Hawks In Pitchers Duel Victory
Cedar Rapids powered to six straight wins as Wolff mounted a late surge, fanning Vavrek and throwing out Stine and Sellers to seal a victory over the Hawks. Walsh bashed seven doubles in seven nights and Blaze drove in runs as the Raiders built a four game lead over Evansville. Final prep notes listed upcoming games, venues, and tournament details at Ellis Park with open entries and a Howard Pyle fundraiser the following Thursday.
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Escobar
Raiders
Wolff
Vavrek
Stine
Sellers
Raider
Walsh
Bink
Pike
Marquardt
Blaze
Rogino
Jones
Talos
Cedar Rapids
Evansville
Orie Arntzen
Stan Gehrke
Crossley
Red Hawks
Waterloo
Phils Acquire Davis on Waiver for 6000 Dollars
Philadelphia adds Ray T. Davis to its roster from Cincinnati via waivers for six thousand dollars. Davis, nicknamed Peaches, spent three seasons in the Reds pitching staff before joining the Phillies on Saturday.
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Philadelphia
Ray T. “Peaches” Davis
Cincinnati
Phillies
Greenberg Reaches National Parks Tennis Final
Seymour Greenberg of Chicago advanced to the finals by defeating Dave Perchonock of Philadelphia in straight sets 6-3 6-2 6-2 at the national public parks championships in New York.
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New York
INS
Seymour Greenberg
Chicago
Dave Perchonock
Philadelphia
Bean-hole beans from a camp cooking guide
Instructions describe building a bean-hole oven in dry sandy loam, prepare a large iron kettle with bacon or salt pork, soak beans overnight, and bake for hours over a bed of hot coals with steady heat. Molasses and salt enhance flavor, yielding a true outdoor bean dish.
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Warelin Smitisou
Boston
Topeka Bowl To Omaha In First Legion Series Tilt
Mc Devitt post team of Omaha Neb defeated Topeka Kan 9 to 5 in the first game of the American Junior Legion western sectionals. Omaha rallied for five runs in the last half of the eighth inning to pull ahead.
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Omaha
Stockton
Calif
McDevitt Post
Neb
Topeka
Kan
American Junior Legion
Sumter boys win junior baseball sectional title on ninth inning rally
Ber Wyn, 111, led a dramatic three run ninth inning rally to beat Little Rock Arkansas 11 to 10 in Sumter South Carolina Saturday earning the American Legion Junior Southeastern sectional championship.
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Sumter
S. C
INS
Berwyn
American Legion
Livanec
Little Hock
Ark
Passaic Nine Wins Northeastern Sectional Title
The Passaic New Jersey nine defeated Bedford Massachusetts 15 to 11 Saturday to capture the American Legion Junior baseball northeastern sectional championship with 14 hits accounting for 15 runs.
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Charlotte
N. C
INS
Passaic
N. J
Bedford
Mass
American Legion
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Dodgers
Tot Presnell
Foe
Packer Sophs
Happy McEvers
Bill Lebkisher
Federal Biological Survey
Bob Becker
Dubuque County
Shenandoah
Nishnabotna
Mississippi
Louisiana
Francis Taylor
California
Ingram Bixler
Taylor
Conservation Commission
Mrs. Esslinger
Upper
British Columbia
Dr. Esslinger
Fish and Game Departments
W. H. Oakley
Fifteenth Street
Pitt Creek
Frank Turdik
Roy McHugh
Thompson Photo
Red Peppers
Pepper Hash
Eddie Marileau
Stan Goletz
C. C. Slapmicks
Cleveland Indians
Hill Park
Clinton
Marlean
Marleau
Tulsa
Shoffner
Charley Mokin
Winneshiek Fair
By Chuck McKim
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Seven Diamonds
Wilson's . Oil
Armstrong
Quaker Oats Oh
Penick É& Por A
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Deatalay Weneeeervees
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Church of Brethre
Evan
Trinity M. E
Westminster Pres
Sinclairenor al
Eicona Caristien
Phils
Davis
Berwyn Victor
Passiac
Fender & Body
Harold Ammons
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