Rowe Dominates on Mound as Tigers Narrow Lead
Detroit Tigers tighten the pennant race as Rowe strengthens his status with a strong three hit game and shutout of the Yankees. Cochrane adapts after a late family update while Vernon Kennedy shines for the A's and Mel Ott fuels the Giants in a high scoring NL tilt.
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Hugh 8. Fullerton, JR
Detroit Tigers
Lynwood Rowe, Jr
Mickey Cochrane
Rowe
Tigers
Red Sox
Yankees
Yanks
Detroit
White Sox
Indians
Chicago
Athletics
Vernon Kennedy
Jimmie Foxx
A’s
Cleveland
Washington
Bob Grove
Carl Reynolds
Mel Almada
Giants
St. Louis
Pirates
Mel Ott
Red Lucas
Phillies
Johnson
Johnny Verger
Bucs
Cubs
Braves
Wally Berger
Frank Hogan
Tex Carleton
Don Brennan
Reds
Dodgers
Ernie Lombardi
Circuit Swat
Major League Leaders in Batting and Pitching
National League leaders include Vaughan of the Pirates with a .400 average and Medwick of the Cardinals at .356. Additional NL leaders: Berger, Braves with 82 RBIs. Medwick 83 hits. Waner 81 hits. Ott 13 home runs. Pitching leader Parmelee Giants 8-1. American League leaders list Greenberg Tigers 66 RBIs and Gehringer Tigers 81 hits.
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Vaughan
Pirates
Medwick
Cardinals
Joe Moore
Giants
Berger
Braves
Collins
Ott
L. Waner
Martin
Galan
Cubs
Goodman
Reds
Suhr
Gehringer
Tigers
Johna Ooo Fos
Vosmik
Indians
Greenberg
Senators
Stone
Vosand Cronin
Red Sox
Roman Soldier Favored In American Derby At Washington Park
Roman Soldier a 3 year old bargain horse and six time money winner this year opened as 7 to 5 favorite for the $25 000 added American Derby at Washington Park a mile and a quarter race. Black Helen Bloodroot Count Arthur Nellie Flag and Firethorn were among top supporters as the field of 13 eyed by Chicago and Kentucky interests prepared for a late track condition decision.
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Chicago
Washington Park
Miamba
Roman Soldier
Probaly
Col
Edward R. Bradley
Black Helen
Bloodroot
Southern Leaders Compiled for the Associated Press
A data list shows players and stats led by Browne and Weatherly with top totals in games at bats runs and hits. Pitching leaders include Greer and Durham with best win records. Home run leader Taitt and Mitchevon Duke Miles pace other run and base statistics across teams Little Rock Nashville Chat Atlanta and Chattanooga.
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G. AB. R. H. Pet
Browne
L. Rock
Weatherly
N. C
Taitt
Nash
Miles
Chatta
Regan
B’ham
Leiber
Nashville
G. W. L. Pet. Greer
Memphis
Durham
Touchstone
Chaplin
Moss
Knoxville
Sthanvilla
Mitchevon
Duke
Chattanooga
Milles
Little Rock
Atlanta
Yesterday's Scores Across Leagues
Southern League results include Nashville 9 Birmingham 5 and New Orleans 12 Chattanooga 7. American League notes Chicago 5 Philadelphia 3 and Chicago 11 Boston 3 with Cincinnati 5 Brooklyn 0. New York 11 Pittsburgh 4. Dixie Amateur League sees Dothan 14 Ozark 9 and Abbeville 7 Eufaula 4.
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Chicago
Boston
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
New York
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Abbeville
Eufaula
Dothan
Ozark
Union Springs
Troy
Schedule of Today’s Basketball Games Across Cities
Birmingham faces Nashville while Atlanta visits Little Rock and New Orleans plays Chattanooga. Knoxville hosts Memphis and Boston travels to Chicago. Philadelphia meets St. Louis as Washington plays Detroit. New York visits Cleveland and Pittsburgh hosts New York. Chicago travels to Boston with two games and St Louis visits Philadelphia for a pair of matchups.
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Southerneam
Atlanta
Memphis
Nashville
Chigareres Viass
Chattanooga
New Orleans
Little Rockeres
Birmingham
Knoxville
New York
Chicago Seaee
Cleveland
Awnewerres
Detroit Sense
Washington Philadelphia
St. Louis
National Lea
Eigen
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Brooklyn Sene
Cincinnati
Boston
Little Rock
Philadelphia
Detroit
Washington
Southern League
VOLS BEAT BARONS TO TAKE THIRD PLACE
The Nashville Volunteers defeated Birmingham Barons 9 to 5 in game one and 8 to 2 in game two to climb to third in the Southern Association. Poco Taitt hit two homers, his twelfth and eleventh of the season, boosting a hot recent stretch.
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Associated Press
Nashville Volunteers
Southern Association
Birmingham
Poco Taitt
Vols
Barons
Taitt
Memp
Knoxville
Clay Touchstone
Smokies
Memphis
Touchstone
Atlanta Crackers
Little Rock
Harris
The
Crackers
Dickey
Atlanta
Schmidt
Chick Autry
New Orleans
Pelicans
Chattanooga
Autry
Pels
Lookouts
Thomas
Cohen
Nashville
Knoblock Skips State Tournament After Transport Gap
Boxing fans learn Henry Knoblock did not compete at the state tournament in Birmingham. Decatur’s only survivor from the district meet was held back by a transport misunderstanding and parental reluctance to allow the trip.
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Henry Knoblock
Birmingham
Knoblock
Decatur
Henry
Midnight Baseball Game Under Fairbanks Midnight Sun
In Fairbanks Alaska residents celebrate the year's longest day with a 24 hour daylight period. A baseball game began at midnight attracting many spectators as the sun barely dipped below the horizon before rising again.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Yale Beats Harvard In Regatta Resumption On Thames
Yale's varsity crew defeated Harvard by more than a length in the 73rd Harvard Yale boat race on the Thames at New London Conn. The race, postponed by rough water, resumed after a morning delay with the president aboard the referee's launch as wind gusts up to 20 mph turned the river into churning whitewater.
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Edward J. Neil
Associated Press
Regatta Course
New London
Conn
Yale
Harvard
Thames
Crimson
Blue
Placid
Hudson
Poughkeepsie
United States
Old Thames
A. W.putnam
Parker Experiments With a New Shot on Clay
Parker, 18, Milwaukee, is testing a new forehand with a delayed chop as he fights to regain the national clay court tennis championship. Coach Mercer Beasley asked the change to give him an edge, drawing cheers and jeers from the crowd and rivals alike.
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Chicago
Parker
Mercer Beasley
Milwagkee
Grayson on Carnera Louis Clash and boxing hype
Editorial writer laments boxing publicity stunts and race talk tied to the Primo Carnera vs Joe Louis bout. He recalls Tex Rickard’s flair and argues spectators no longer take boxing seriously, expecting the fight to be a fierce ring battle with Carnera seeking revenge and Louis aiming to land body blows.
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New York
Italy
Ethiopia
Primo Carnera
Joe Louis
Ballyhoo
Haile Selassie I
Tedge
Harlem
Richard Ien
Rickard
Jack Dempsey
Louis
Carnera
Leviathan
Max Baer
Parmesan Alp
Baer
Primo
Tex Rickard
Amateur boxing crowns won by Alabama fighters in state finals
In Birmingham on June 22, Tuscaloosa, Eufaula, Birmingham, Fairfield, Attalla and Opelika boxers claimed state titles. Whitley Lorenz and Ed Franning led in two divisions for Barbour and Tuscaloosa, with Ed Franklin, Jim Riddle, Bill Powell and others securing weight class crowns. The American Legion sponsored the event as part of a youth movement.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Tuscaloosa
Eufaula
Fairfield
Attalla
Opelika
Bill Irby
Southern Gloves
Whitley Lorenz
Barbour County
Gadsden
Paul Messina
Arthur Fowler
Fred Logsden
Homer Beauchamp
Montgomery
Jimmy Riddle
Carl LeRoy
Oneonta
Bill Powell
Selma
Alto Rhodes
Dothan
Willard McGee
Alabama Players Favorites In Golf
Impressive preliminaries at Macon Georgia show Ernie Ball of Mobile Manero of Sedgefield Eddie Miller of Gadsden as leading favorites in the Southeastern PGA tournament opening today. Ball shot 68 yesterday and Manero and Miller also performed well as experts predict a 293 winning score.
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Macon
Ernie Ball
Mobile
Ala
T Manero
Sedgefield
N. C
Eddie Miller
Gadsden
Ball
Manero
Miller
Lawrence Farm Struck By Storm Near Decatur
The Benson Bryant farm in Lawrence County about 12 miles from Decatur suffered considerable damage late Friday when struck by a storm. Neighboring fields and outbuildings reportedly sustained damage as crews assessed the scene and guarded property.
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Lawrence Farm
Benson Bryant
Lawrence County
Decatur
Youth and Age in Main Bout at Decatur Theatre
Gas Kallio the Fighting Finn faces Freddie Knichel in a two falls two hour main event promoted by Chris Jordan. The veteran grappler avoids young rivals yet agrees to meet the daring St. Louis Flyer in a youth versus age clash. Semi final features Kid Lott of Birmingham against Verne Clark of Seattle in a two falls one hour bout.
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Gas Kallio
Finn
Kallio
Freddie Knichel
St. Louis Flyer
Knichel
Chris Jordan
Decatur
Kallie
Pitts to Launch Baseball Career with Albany Senators
Edwin C. Pitts a 24 year old former Sing Sing inmate with athletic flair will debut Sunday as an outfielder for the Albany Senators of the International League. The controversy over ex prisoners playing minor league ball prompted intervention by Kenesaw Mountain Landis after the National Association of Minor Professional Baseball Leagues ruled he could not play.
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Albany
N. Y
Edwin C
Alabama
Pitts
Albany Senators
Kenesaw Mountain Landis
Storm strikes farm causing extensive damage
A storm damaged an orchard a house and a barn on the Mackson family farm. Family members of G. C. Mackson escaped injury by sheltering in a concrete storm cellar.
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G. C. Mackson
Haas of Sox Now in Second Place Amid Slump
New York June 22 AP. Haas of the Chicago White Sox slipped in batting as he hit seven safeties in 26 at bats, dropping from .382 to .370. Mule Haas, formerly of Philadelphia, regained a regular spot for Chicago and moved into second in the weekly leaders as Arky Vaughan kept a .400 pace amid busy play across the league.
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New. York
Cleveland
George
Mule) Haas
Chicago
Wally Moses
A’s
Arky Vaughan
Joe Medwick
Ian Martin
Vaughan
Pitt
Medwick
St. L
Martin
Whitehead
Terry
N. Y
P. Waner
Joe Moore
John Moore
Phil
Berger
Boat
Aman League Johnson
Phila
Haas
Chi
Myer
Wash
Gehringer
Det
Stone
Cramer, Phila
Vosmik, Cleve
Hale, Cleve
Moses, Phila
Campbell, Cleve
McClure and Riegel Lead Finalists in Southern Amateur
In Richmond Virginia on June 22, Ed McClure known as the Kingfish of Louisiana golf faces Bobby Riegel of Richmond in the 36 hole Southern Amateur final. McClure and Riegel advance by defeating Johnny Morris Sam Perry and Lanky Haas en route to Dixie’s top prize.
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Richmond
Ed McClure
Louisiana
Bobby Riegel
Dixie
Riegel
Johnny Morris
Birmingham
Sam Perry
McClure
Freddy Haas
New Orleans
Revolta Leads Field In Play At Medinah Open
John ny Revolta from Milwaukee shot 69 at Medinah Country Club to take the lead in the second 18 holes of the Medinah open. He held a two stroke edge over Ray Mangrum of Los Angeles and Frank Walsh of Chicago who posted 71s. Harry Cooper, Chicago pro, scored 78 after a putter mishap.
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Chicago
Johnny Revolta
Milwaukee
Medinah Country Club
Revolta
South Bend
Ind
Medinah
Milwaukee Star
Pat
Ray Mangrum
Los Angeles
Ndt
Frank Walsh
Harry Cooper
Hosierymen Defeat Business Men In Softball Duel
The Alabama Hosiery Mill team routed the Business Men's squad 11 to 1 at Delano Park diamond. The Hosierymen extend an undefeated streak with a strong local record while the Business Men led the TVA League in the first half.
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Alabama
Delano Park
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Major League
Cy LaTour
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Dorothea Smithson
Margaret Martinis
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Charles H. Miller
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Toledo
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Bill
Harr Grayson
Qhmer
Asbury Park Broadcasting
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Art Krenz
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Young
Cookie Lavagetio
Benny Leonard
SOX
Vaughn
Mark
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