Buffalo Bisons surge in International League under ONeil
Interest in the Buffalo Bisons reaches new peak as manager Steve ONeill rebuilds a weak pitching staff into a pennant contender. Clay Smith and pitching acquisitions Drake Cook Smith lead rotation while batters Carnegie Mack and Mack drive rally. team climbs from seventh to strong contention.
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Ray Mack
Lou Boudreau
Joe Marlin
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Hank Nowak
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Tom Drake
Earl Cook
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Wide open race in swimming meet Des Moines
Results from the July 28 meet show a wide open 1939 Women’s National AAU swimming meet with no clear favorites. Helen Chenkovich 18 of San Francisco won the three meter springboard from Marjorie Gestring 16 of Los Angeles, while Esther Williams 17 of LAAC dethroned Virginia Hopkins. Mary Ryan 14 of Lakeside Civic Club Louisville won the one mile free style. Katherine Rawls Thompson of Fort Lauderdale did not compete due to illness.
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Helen Chenkovich
San Francisco
Marjorie Gestring
Los Angeles
Esther Williams
Los Angeles Athletic Club
Virginia Hopkins
Mary Ryan
Lakeside Civic Club
Louisville
Katherine Rawls Thompson
Ft. Lauderdale
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American left mounts Bruno in Canadian amateur golf semis
Defending champion Ted Adams of Chile Heath, Mo., was the last United States entrant as semi final matches began for the Canadian amateur golf championship at Mount Bruno Quebec.
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Masked Bandits Hold Up Coal Dealer in Quiet Street
Three men assaulted William H. Garman Mull a Rockville coal dealer driving through a Harrisburg residential area and robbed him of 386 dollars. Police report the car forced him to the curb and two attackers dragged him from the car, then searched him and stole his pocketbook.
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McNeill Battles Grant in Sea Bright Cup Semifinal
Oklahoma City star Don McNeill faces Atlanta’s Bryan Grant in the Sea Bright Lawn Tennis Club invitation championships semifinal. Frankie Parker meets Gil Hunt in the other bracket while Dorothy Bundy and Helen Bernhard headline the women’s semis. Doubles feature Riggs Cooke and Mako Sabin with Parker McNeill pairing against Doeg Muloy.
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Seabright
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Don McNeill
Oklahoma City
Walter Pate
Bryan Grant
Atlanta
Sea Bright Lawn
Elwood Cooke
Gene Mako
Wayne Sabin
Parker
McNeil
John Doeg-Gardnar Muloy
Philly Teams Claim Record Marathon Softball Feat
In Philadelphia on July 28 two city teams set a new world marathon softball record by playing 521 innings in a single game that lasted 16 hours and 5 minutes, an endurance win with a 114 to 9 score for the Arrows over Sherwood. The dawn-to-dusk contest included no substitutions. A separate note reports R F Peterson catching two 16-inch bass at Lake Columbus weighing 3 to 4 pounds each.
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Clint Brown Excels in Relief as Reds Top Red Sox
Clint Brown, in relief during a tight late stretch, leads the Reds past the Red Sox 12-7 after 24 innings, with Dale Davis and McCormick driving decisive hits. Cincinnati extends its NL lead to 10 games as attendance surpasses 1,003,180 for the season.
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Peaches Davis
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Tebbetts
Standings and Results From Yesterday in American League
Standings show New York 64 25 and Boston at 64 25 with varying win loss records. Yesterday Chicago defeated Boston 12 to 7 while Detroit beat Washington 8 to 1. National League standings list Cincinnati, St Louis, Chicago, Brooklyn, New York, and Philadelphia with scattered game results and upcoming matchups.
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Anderson Posts New Low At Corry Course
Professional Leo Anderson of Corry Country Club posted a four under par total after a 32 86 68 round yesterday, marking the season’s lowest score at the local layout. The record suggests steady form across 18 holes with subpar results on several segments.
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Leo Anderson
Corry
Corry Golf Team to Host Chautauqua Roll
Corry Country Club's golf team travels to the local course to meet the Chautauqua Roll team tomorrow afternoon. The 25 man lineup is expected to participate in the match, aiming to avenge a prior defeat on a foreign course.
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Corry
Chautauqua Corry Country Club
Semifinal matches shape National Public Links golf event
July 28 saw Arthur Armstrong of Honolulu clashing with Pittsburgh worker Szwedka in the National Public Links semifinal at Mt Pleasant golf course. In the other bracket Jim Molinari of San Francisco met Phillip Gordon of Omidand California, after Gordon defeated Roy Dolce of Denver.
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Arthur Armstrong
Honolulu
Andrew Sewedko
Pittsburgh
Mt. Pleasant
Jim Molinari
San Francisco
Phillip Gordon
Omidand
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Montclair
N. J
Szwedka
Louis
Cye
Vancouver
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Land
California
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Utica
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Gordon
Roy Dolce
Denver
Rubber Company
Baseball results. American Association action listed
Kansas City defeated Toledo 10 to 3, Milwaukee 3, Columbus 1. Other games were postponed due to rain. Rochester defeated Baltimore 14 to 10 in International League play.
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Baltimore
Clint Brown Hero in Majors Yesterday
White Sox reliever Clint Brown saved the game with bases loaded and one out in the sixth, getting Joe Cronin to retire Joe Vosmik and finishing strong as Chicago scored six runs to beat the Red Sox.
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Cunt Brown
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Joe Cronin
Joe Vosmik
Red Sox
Jallopy Drivers Race On Novelty Event Card
Twenty five jallopy racers compete in eleven events at Satan's ae or Death Sugar Grove Big Tree road Sunday afternoon starting 2 p.m. EST. A 6,400 crowd watched last Sunday as Donald Okerlund 19-year-old Jamestown N Y won the fifteen mile feature. There will be nine elimination events plus a feature and a novelty event on the obstacle track with steen hills sharp turns and water hazards. Sunday includes a race where drivers counseled to a pie eating contest while driving using juicy berry pie.
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Big Tree Road
Donald Okerlund
Jamestown
N.Y
Couniselé
Two Teams Tie In 19 Inning Tourney Game
Two Pennsylvania state semi pro teams New Freedom and Revloc battled to a 4-4 tie after 10 innings in a doubleheader. Revloc led 4-0 before New Freedom rallied with four in the ninth. The game was called after the 10th inning and the teams scheduled a 3 p.m. rematch to decide who faces Ford City and, in turn, Vandergrift in the finals.
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Stars Nose Out Grays 7 to 6 in 10 Inning Game
In a National Colored League contest at Warren yesterday afternoon the Philadelphia Stars edged the Homestead Grays 7 to 6 in ten innings. Manager Dunn delivered a clutch pinch hit double after an intentional walk set up the base clearing moment, while Barris scored the winning run and Gibson homered for the Grays in a strong showing by the Stars.
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Special Shoot Set For Saturday At Cory Rod and Gun Club
Tomorrow afternoon a 50 yard small bore shoot will be held at the Skeet Field of Cory Rod and Gun Club. Guns and ammunition will be available at the field and several marksmen are expected to compete in the event.
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