Finishers Lift Senators Browns In Tight Finish
Senators and Browns win tight games thanks to strong finishers. Washington’s rotation and late relief helped seal a 4 run win while St Louis used Kimsey Coffman Stiles and Braxton to cover late innings. Yankees win behind Ruth Gehrig Piplras and Herring in extra innings. Browns and Senators hold second in league standings.
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Hugh S. Fullerton, JR
Associated Press
Washington Senators
St. Louis Browns
Browns
Stewart
Gray
Dlaehelder
Hebert
Collins
Chad Kimsey
Dick Coffman
Stiles
Braxton
Washington
Kimsey
Bump Hadley
Nationals
Sam Jones
Yankees
New York Yankees
Duroll Tiserg
George Pipgras
Yankee
Herb Pennock
Art Herring
Early Whitehil
Yanks
Abe Ruth
Lou Gehrigs
Philadelphia
Athletics
Sargin
Ze Ehaw
Cleveland Suns
Jack Russell
Bastoxt
Ted Sox
Chicago
Carl Hubbell
Giants
Bilas Johnson
Hubbell
Fred Leach
Johnsons
Cubs
Boston Braves
Eé¢ Brandt
Boston
Pittsburgh
Pirates
Brooklyn
St Louis Cardinals
Phillies
Cardinals Lead NL On Pitching Power Andbatting Slump
ST LOUIS July 24 The Cardinals rely on pitching to stay ahead as Serceys staff and a strong mound corps keep the team in front. Only three regulars hit .300 or better this season with several key regulars under .200. batting struggles contrast with a mostly high quality pitching staff, including Derringer Grimes Hallahan and Rhem with several reaching double figures in victories.
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ST. Louis
Gabby Street
Cardinals
Sercey
Red Birds
Frankie Frisch
Jimmy Wilson
George Watkins
Gus Mancuso
Chicl Hafey
Pepper Martin
Jimmy Colling
Wally Rotiger
Collins
Martin
Rochester
Roetiger
Cincinnati
Taylor Douthit
Ave O
Paul Derringer
Burleigh Grimes
Bill Hallahan
Dese Haines
Syl Johnson
Flint Rhem
Des Moines Threat Nipped By Saints in Western League
Saints snap Des Moines threat to stay near pace setters after a 2 to 1 win in game two. Carroll homered in the seventh with Riley aboard to give Pueblo a 7 to 5 victory over Topeka while Oklahoma City climbs to fourth behind pitcher Thomas who held Omaha to four hits as his team defeated Carleen and Branegen in a 9 to 1 nightcap.
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Frank Haley
St Joseph
Des Moines
Bees
Saints
Deanons
Carroll
Riley
Thomas
Omaha
Carleen
Branegen
Denver
Wich
Sharkey and Walker Poised for Rematch Decide Supremacy
New York July 24 Sharkey and Walker likely to mix again soon to settle who is superior after their 15 round draw. Receipts totaled 223,256 with Sharkey earning 63,623 and Walker 42,418. Talks of a return bout span August through next June with potential rivals named Carnera Loughran Baer and Schmeling.
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New York
Mickey Walker
Rumson
Walker
Hearst Milk Fund
Sharkey
Ebbetsfield
Johnny Buckley
Mickey
Jack Kearns
Big Jack
Tommy Loughran
Primo Camera
Max Baer
Pacific Coast
Los Angeles
Carnera
Max Schmeling
Battalino Keeps Featherweight Title With Victory
In Cincinnati on July 24 Battalino of Hartford defeated Freddie Miller over 10 rounds to retain the featherweight crown. Battalino floored Miller twice, the second time ending when Miller rose at the bell, as the champion pressed from Round two onward. Miller started strong in the opening round but faded, with Battalino dominating from the fifth round through the finish.
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Cincinnati
Bat Battalino
Hartford
Conn
Freddie Miller
Battalino
Miller
Badalino
Lefit
Capt Hawks Regains Havana Speed Record
Capt Hawks set a fresh speed record for a New York to Havana flight returning to Floyd Bennett Airport Brooklyn at 7:03 pm after 17 hours 3 minutes airborne. The record beat his own prior time, though details in the report are garbled and partially unreadable.
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Hawks
Havana
New York
Havens
Floyd Bennet
Brooklyn
Ome Howe
France Favored To Annex Davis Cup Clash
Paris opening round of the Davis Cup challenge features France on home soil at Roland Garros. Henry Cochet faces Henry Austin in the first singles with Borotra vs Perry looming, while Cochet and Brugnone may team for doubles against Perry and Hughes. France seeks a fourth consecutive title after winning in 1837.
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Paris
Great Britain
United States
France
Shandy Warriors
Roeland Garros Stadion
Pittes
Henri Cochet
Henry W
Unry) Austin
Open Air Boxing Card Planned for Groton
A free open air amateur boxing evening is planned in Groton for Tuesday night July 2. Six bouts feature skilled amateurs with a four round comedy bout at intermission. Referee A E Red Selby of Aberdeen, known as Tommy Davis in the past, will officiate and John Hall will be the announcer.
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Groton Groton
Tumday
A. E
Red" Selby
Aberdeen
Tommy Davis
John Hall
Arnold Wilson to Meet Pat Burshelm in Watertown
Watertown local event brings Jimory Wiles to Watertown for a meeting with Pat Are Burshelm in July. Community interest centers on the proposed discussion and local involvement.
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Wilson
Arnold
Watertown
Jimory Wiles
Pat
Burshelm
Comic Skit Ends In No Decision In City League Game
Armour Packers meet Foreign War Veterans in a humor filled seven inning clash halted by darkness with the score 12 all. Both sides borrowed players causing an improvised lineup. Tonight the Packers face Huron Derry Products in a playoff after last week rain stopped play in the sixth inning.
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Armour Packers
Packers
Armour
Huron Derry Products
Packers Star Campbell Shines In See-Saw Baseball Tilt
The Armour Packers edged the War Veterans 12 to 12 after a late seventh inning rally. Campbell pitched well for the Packers as Gascoigne fanned ten Veterans hitters. J Johnson and Simpson led hitters with key hits while Brown and Bostic homered for the Veterans. A Sunday doubleheader is planned at the Fair Grounds diamond with Knights of Pythians vs Sheffield and Armour Packers vs Lake Preston.
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Packers
Armour
Vets
Roy Gascoigne
Gascoigne
Zeller
Funck
Johnson
Simpson
Brown
Bostic
Knights of Pythians
Sheffield
Armour Packers
Foltow
Lake Preston
Fair Grounds
War Veterans
Campbell and
Omaha Netsters Face Tourney in South Dakota Open
In Sioux Falls, two former finalists, titleholder Charles Hunt of San Francisco and 1929 champion Horace Barton of South Dakota, seek another singles final as Omaha's John Tatum and Paul Balpine advance. Hunt beat Tone Runker 6-2 6-4. Barton routed Jerry Sass 6-0 6-0. Doubles feature Hunt and Barton vs Tatum and Ralph Thompson, Oklahoma City duo Davis and Runkel vs Frederickson and Upshur.
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Sioux Falls
Omaha
Charles Hunt
San Francisco
Tone Runker
Oklahoma City
Horace Barton
Jerrry Sass
John Tatum
Paul Balpine
North Dakota
Phil Woolidge
Warner
Ralph Thompson
Oklahoma
Hunt
Barton
Sess
Hob McFarlane
Winmers
Halpine
We Ringwall
Gua
del Pierre
Tatem
Thompson
George Frederickson
Albert Upshur
League Leaders National League batting and home runs
League leaders list partial shows Sating Ekds Phill 58 Davis Phillies 34 Ron Klein Phillies 5 English Cubs 36. Bashy cum Waser Pireten WZ. Home runs Klein Phillies 25 Ort Giants 17.
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Phill
Davis
Phillies
Ron Klein
English
Cubs
Arty Cube Oepus
Bashy Cum Waser
Pireten
Klein
Giants
Nelson Stars In Brewers Starting Pitcher Role
Milwaukee manager Marty Berghammer moved Merton Nelson into a starting role to stabilize the rotation as veterans slumped. Nelson delivered a standout pitching performance allowing only three singles, while the Brewers supplied enough offense to win 9 to 0, pulling into a tie for third place. The day also featured St Paul and Minneapolis trading blows in a 8 0 decision, with Dutch Henry’s late rally from St Paul.
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Chicago
Jay
Marty Berghammer
Milwaukee
Brewers
Young Merton Nelson
Berghammer
Nelson
Kansas City
Blues
Fete Monahan
Ffar
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Saints
Millers
Dutch Henry
St Paul
Day
Coumbus
Toledo
Louisville
Indianapolis
Two Freshman Football Games Set For Creighton Yearlings
Creighton University announces two 1931 freshman football dates. Norfolk Junior College will visit Creighton stadium October 17 for Homecoming and Drake's freshmen will play November 26 on Thanksgiving Day. The varsity faces Marquette in Milwaukee November 21.
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Bluejay Fresh
Omaha
Neb
Creighton University
A. A. Schebinger
Norfolk Junior College
Norfolk
Bluejay
Creighton
Wahington University of St. Louis
Draka University
Milwaukee
Marquette
Golden Avalanche
Missouri Valley Conference
Schabinger
Bluejays
Trinity College
Drake
Kansas Aggie Frethmen
Yale D Ball Team Sets Strong Season Pace
Yale D Ball team has posted a solid record this season beating Iroquois twice Sheffield twice and Martha Sheffield once. They head into a Sunday home game at five against Sheffield and have a forthcoming match with Huron Dey Product, 100 by champions.
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Yale
Dimemondyers
Iroquois
Hheffield
Marth Sheffield
Sheffield
Huron Dey
Carl Dann Shoots Seven Under Par in Asheville
Asheville N C Carl Dann, Orlando college student, shot seven under par 65 at Asheville Country Club while trialing new clubs gifted by Dana and with fellow players Alan Smith George Olas Jr and Houston Abrogast watching. Dann, Robins College Winter Park Fla, previously set Greensboro course record in 1929 Southern Amateur.
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Carl Dann
Asheville
N. C
Orlando
Fla
Atlanta
Thomas Shibe
Philadelphia Athletics
Florida
Dana
Asheville Country Club
Dann
Mr. Shibe
Alan Smith
George Olas
Houston Abrogast
Greensboro
NM. C
Carl
Young Dann
Robins College
Winter Park
Flo
Rail Road Tourney Advances to Semifinals in Open and Women’s Events
Four entrants reach the Chicago and North Western railroad men’s open handicap golf quarterfinals with two matches completed for a semifinalist. Sickler and Quele edged into semis after a 1 up result, while other third round clashes including Dantey vs Youngs and Weise vs Fuglsang loom tonight. Women’s opening round extends to next Monday due to vacations, with Mrs. Parsons edging Mrs Fuller on the final hole and Mrs Mycus taking a 2 up win in a tight earlier match.
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Chicago and North Western Railroad
Guy Dantey
Ed Youngs
Anl
Rey Weise
C. Fuglsang
W. E. Neilson
Ray Daum
Sullivan
D. Kennedy
Claude Thatcher
Bill Ebert
L. P. Sickler
Earl Bloehorn
George Quele
Claude Ebert
Sickler
Ard Quale
George Parsons
Imza
A. M. Fuller
Schuyler And Funck Win Court Matches In Huron Tennis
In the Huron senior tennis tournament Schuyler and Funck won court matches with scores showing Funck defeating Frank Brown while Schuyler claimed victories. Remaining score details are unclear from the fragment and may include 2 446 and 3 Funck in later rounds.
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Schuyler
Funck
Huron
Victor
Frank Brown
Rich Stake Draws Big Guns To 1931 Open Tournament
The St Paul Open golf championship drew top players for a three day event at Keller course with a $10 004 purse. Notables include Billy Burke George Von Elm Walter Hagen Gene Sarazen and Percy Alliss among 45 entrants in a field aiming for the title and prize money. The course was in fine condition as leaders battled through 18 holes today with a final 35 hole finish scheduled Sunday for the championship.
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Walter Hagen
Tommy Armour
George von Elm
Rich
Paul Mickelson
Paul
Keller Course
Billy Burke
Babeby Jones
George Vor Em
Kim
Wee
Harry” Cooper
Chicago
Keller
Detroit
Walter Ho~gen
Gene Sarazen
New York
Wilfy Cox
Broal
Left In Clinic Tourney Advances Face By Forfeits
Thirty two players remained in the Huron Cli tournament at Huron Country ten contestants advanced by forfeits as first round matches expired. Bert York defeated H A McCleland four and three with several survivors drawing byes into the second round including Gust Jacobson and Ted Schaefer. Second round pairings list Dr B H Kerr, G F McCannes, Ton Huesgen, Hedblom, Mike Moran, C R Morey, Bert York, Jay Spink, W M Griffith, W L Weir, H C Whaley, Porter, Clyde Smith, Ross Matson, John Hinman, Dr C R Stewart.
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Huron Country
Bert York
H. A. McCleland
B. H. Kerr
G. F. McCannon
Tom Huesgen
Mike Moran
W. M. Griffith
H.C. Whaley
Lawrence Zitske
G. F. McCannes
Ton Huesgen
HH. Hedblom
C. R. Morey
Jay Spink
W. L. Weir
Porter
Clyde Smith
Ross Matson
John Hinman
C. R Stewart
Bower Bracketon
B.A. Stratton
C.K
Featherweight Champion Battalino Tops Miller in Cincinnati
In Cincinnati Bat Battalino, world featherweight champion, outpointed Fiddie Miller in ten rounds. Boston saw Lou Brouillard from Worcester outpoint Young Jack Thompson in a welterweight bout with ten rounds. New York hosted Ben Jeby from New York and Owen Phelps of Arizona in a draw.
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Associated Press
Cincinnati
Bat Battalino
Fiddie Miller
Boston
Lou Brouillard
Worchester
Mass
Jack Thompson
New York
Ben Jéby
Canada
Owen Phelps
Arizona
Drew An
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