Yanks Eye New Records As They Cinch Flag Likely
The Yankees dominate the pennant race after a doubleheader sweep over the Red Sox, widening their lead and threatening season home run records with Gehrig and DiMaggio delivering key blasts. Cubs surge in the NL behind Bryan, while the Indians and Senators win twin bills and single games.
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Buck Newsom
Cubs
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Giants
Clay Bryan
Cleveland Indians
Bob Fel+ter
St Louis Browns
Senators
Athletics
Si Johnson
Cardinals
Reds
Pan American boxing games open with 22 bouts expected
Boxers from Cuba Uruguay and five nations gather in DALIAS for a three day Pan American boxing event. U S hopes rest on two national champions Waltiam Spears and Joseph Fults as they face opponents Pedro Um pierres and Jack Rezende in opening bouts.
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Uruguay
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Joseph Fults
Nanticoke
Se Spears
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Kelly
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Brazil
Jack Rezende
Collins Stable Has Winners This Week
Saltins, owner of several race horses, saw two of his pacers win this week. Lady Goldie Jr took second money, and Betty Azoff won first money in three heats at Faribault Minnesota. They will race again next work at Rochester Owatonna and St Charles Minnesota.
Marion Miley Seeks Western Title With Golf Exhibition
Chicago August 12 One more sample of the golf Miley of Cincinnati has shot for days to win her third consecutive women s western medal play derby in record fashion. She enters the final round with a five stroke lead over Pat Berg of Minneapolis. Miley s total of 232 eight under par for the course at Onwentsia Club stands as her bid to retain the title won in 1933 and 1936. Bern and Jameson also contend with competitive scores as the chase tightens.
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Allation Miley
Cincinnati
Marion
Patty Berg
Minneapolis
Onnentsia Club
Miss Miley
Miss Bern
Betty Jameson
Austin
Tex
Armour Ten Nips Run Of Setbacks
Armour Ten Nips Run Of Setbacks ends in a 4 4 tie with Metz Baker as loose defense and pitching keep score close. Hobbs held Bakers to six hits while Armour yielded five. both teams faced few errors as Trenerry, McDonnell, and Keatz showcased catching and infield play. Tomorrow Armour travels to Woonsocket to meet Woonsocket Fast Club at 6 30 p m as part of the mid summer festival in San bomn County seat.
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Armour Packing Plant
Metz Baker
Armour
Woonsocket
Sanbomn
Bakers
Hobbs
Darlingss
Peterson
Trenerry
McDonnell
Keatz
Redfield to Host City Tennis Tournament
Redfield plans a weekend tennis series with men's singles beginning first. Pairings set Friday, play starts immediately. Previous finals saw MacDonald and Felton reach finals. last year winter halted action. Doubles to be completed in one day. Adrian and Felton hold doubles title. Dorothy Mae Morse is city tennis queen.
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Nazi decree places boxing and wrestling under state control
In Berlin on August 12 a government decree placed boxing and wrestling under direct Nazi control. The order bans bouts between women and amateur versus professional matches and prohibits swindling fans. It marks a tightening of state supervision over sports.
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Berlin
Redfield Eyes Northeast Gridiron Hopefuls
Redfield coach Haddorff lists about 40 football candidates for next fall with fourteen lettermen, including Heitman and Mannings. The unit features a strong line, a backfield with potential and plans to add more games on the schedule including Wessington Britton Faulkton Grotan Miller and Milbank dates.
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Reardon
Pinel
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Milbank
Clark James
Yale Ready For Playoff Contest
Yale faces Woonsocket in a deciding James Valley League playoff on Sunday at Yale diamond. The winner advances to the state tournament in Aberdeen next month. E Kildui will start for Yale as he seeks a strong season finish.
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James Valley
Aberdeen
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Suns
Abbott And Erickson Favored In National Links Tourney
In San Francisco on August 12 Pat Abbott defending champion and nine film extra remained in the running as the sixteenth annual national public links golf tournament entered the third and fourth rounds. Abbott led the upper bracket while Don Erickson of Alhambra, California sat in the lower bracket as a top pretournament favorite and strong challenge for Abbott or any opponent.
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Erickson
San Francisco
Pat Abbott
Movie
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Alhambra
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Public Links
Campbell sails to Italy to chase speed record
Sir Malcolm Campbell, the British speed king, left London aboard the motor boat Bluebird for Italy. He intends to attempt to surpass the 1249 1 miles per hour mark set by American O wood with a sea speed test.
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Italy
London
Malcolm Campbell
Ger Wood
Country Club Clinic Cup third round lineups announced
In a busy round of play the Country Club golfers moved into the third round of the Clinic Cup handicap golf tour. Murphy pitched a win over Wilson as Grove yielded a wild pitch. Grove tops the list of notable incidents. Attendance reached 436,127 across two games with a slate of second round matches winding down ahead of deadlines and several thrilling endings in extra holes as duels involving Wagner Murphy Plummer and others defined the field.
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Howard Shober
H.C. Whaley
Howard Saylor
J. R Hobart
H. H. Head
H.H. McClelland
C. V. Peabody
Phillies and Senators Split A Tight Baseball Showdown
Philadelphia 4 Washington 5 in a brisk 2 2 inning affair. Moses Finney Ibolaxsi Werber and Thomas produced the offense for Philly while Simmons Kuhel Thomas Newsome Moses provided key hits for Washington. Kuhel homered off Thomas in a game marked by two base hits by Thomas and Newsome. attendance 600, time 2 02.
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North Side Boys Pass East Again In Tight Lead
North Side tops East to keep sole possession of first place in Leo Bloomberg's kid baseball league. Webster led with five hits as North defeated West 25 to 2, while Jones Fuller and Harris held West to eight hits. If East wins tomorrow, a playoff ties North for the title and Bloomberg plans an all star series and road exhibitions.
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Slugging Reaches New Peak In A A Pennant Scramble
Chicago August 1947 A lively three day slugging spree lifts American Association hitters. Louisville Minneapolis Columbus Indianapolis St Paul Toledo Kansas City all stage major attacks as Red Kress homers for Minneapolis tying league lead while Lou Oporek Mel Simons, Murry Eisensay, Jack Tising and others collect big hits in multi game set.
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Louisville
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Toledo
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Roy Pueger
Louihville
Walter Tsuscher
Leo Oporek
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Murry Eisensiay
Jack Tising
St. Paul
Bill Cox
Sal Gliatto
Sainte
Red Phillips
Indians
Ted Kleinhans
Wiley Moore
Breuer
Blues
Ralph Birkofer
Nelson
Mitchell Jumps Back Into Lead In Nebraska League
Mitchell reclaimed first place in the Nebraska State Baseball League by edging Sioux Falls 3 to 2 in ten innings. Fairbury defeated Norfolk 4 to 1 in ten, tying 9th inning before surging in the extras. Grand Island and Beatrice did not play.
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Sioux Falls
Canaries
Fairbury
Norfolk
Grand Island
Beatrice
Waterloo Wins From Des Moines Again in Western League
Waterloo swept Des Moines in a three game series after a 22 to 1 win over the Imps at Des Moines. Davenport crushed Sioux City with 15 hits in a 14 to 7 victory in the other Western League game.
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