Pirates Drop Ninth Straight as Braves Sweep
Boston and New York sports pages report the Pirates’ ninth straight loss after a Braves doubleheader sweep, with Red Worthington injuring a leg in the second game. The day features Giants and Cubs pitchers Warneke and Hoyt and Indians, Dodgers, and Yankees wins in various doubleheaders across major leagues.
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Baseball results and schedules across leagues
Yesterday's results across National, American, and minor leagues show multiple games with scores for Boston Pittsburgh Brooklyn Cincinnati Chicago New York St Louis Philadelphia and others. Today schedules list Chicago at New York Cincinnati at Brooklyn St Louis at Philadelphia and more with standings and coming fixtures.
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Tolan Wins Olympic 100 Meter by Two Inches
Eddie Tolan edged Ralph Metcalfe in the closest Olympic 100 meter finish on record. Metcalfe appeared to cross first, but Tolan lunged across the tape for a two inch victory. Time was 10.3 seconds, matching the world record.
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Baseball All-Star Lineup Features Major Leagues Names
A compact listing names Hone Rin Foxx of Klein Athletics and Ruth of Philadelphia Phillies alongside Simmons Gehrig Averill Indians and others in a historic roster style recap. The fragment hints at prominent players and teams across the Yankees, Athletics, Indians and Phillies rosters.
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Foxx
Athletics
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Dodgers
Gehrig
Yankees
Manush
Senators
Bidding Opponents Suits in Bridge by Nugent Saint
Frank Nugent of the Brooklyn marine and field club rarely bids slams. Players with high social and tournament averages prefer rubber to risking a set with unlucky distribution. Nugent believes the safest slam approach is overcalling a suit bid when it signals no losses for the overcalling side. He sat north for a vulnerable slam that was contracted and made on the given cards.
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Bausch Triumphs in Decathlon Setting World Record
Bausch emerged as world champion after a two day decathlon that saw him shed 15 pounds yet post top marks in six events including pole vault javelin 1500 meter run shot put broad jump and 400 meter run. Coach Brutus Hamilton hinted at retirement for business reasons amid lingering questions about a few weaker events.
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Jarring
Jim” Bausch
Bausch
East West Football Game At Olympics Demonstration
East versus West football teams prepare for a demonstration game at the Olympic Stadium in Los Angeles. The East squad draws players from Harvard Yale and Princeton, while the West lineups include players from California Southern California and Stanford. The event aims to showcase American football to Olympic visitors, with over a thousand expected spectators watching the first U S football display at the Games.
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Olympic Stadium
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Yale
Princeton
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Southern California
Stanford
United States
Church Services on Deck of Old Vessel Washington
At the Washington navy yard the reconditioned frigate Constitution hosted church services for the first time since 1881. Navy chaplain 8. W. Salisbury officiated with Chaplain Edgar Cordell Powers delivering the sermon. Bibles were presented to ship officers by American and Maryland Bible Societies officials.
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Stimson to Outline Policy For Peace
Secretary of State Henry L. Stimson is set to outline U S policy for preserving peace under the Pact of Paris at a dinner of the Council on Foreign Relations in New York. The non partisan organization studies international relations with John W. Davis as president.
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Henry L. Stimson
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Ohio Governor Says Low Mood End Near at Legion Meet
Governor George White declared the low mood defeated and the end of economic stress in sight to a tri state American Legion convention of Ohio Pennsylvania and West Virginia. He cited Ohio's recent marked improvement and praised the people and Legion spirit in the fight.
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G O P Spotlight Shifts to Wheeling for State Meeting
Republican hosts converge on Wheeling to select a candidate for the Supreme Court of Appeals and craft a party platform. State leaders poised to run the convention with plans for a keynote by Walter Hallanan and a speech by Governor Edwin Morrow, followed by Hoover’s address. Anticipated record attendance as delegates gather at McLure and Waldo hotels with plans to adjourn Friday.
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New Hormone Prolactin Identified By Carnegie Scientists
Carnegie researchers led by Oscar Riddle Robert Bates and Simon Dykshorn report isolation of a new pituitary hormone from cattle and sheep glands. Injected into guinea pigs and rabbits it stimulates mammary milk secretion, marking a potential advance in understanding growth and lactation in mammals.
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Cold Spring Harbor, New York
Reynolds Prober Six Men in Building Fire Injury
Fire at the ay building caused damage estimated at $20,009 with six workers injured. Names and ages listed include Alex Gawkie 46 Felix Ciliandri 56 Marcurias 39 Albert Origin all linked to the incident. Authorities probe origin of the blaze and assess remaining risks.
Coolidge Decision Not Attending Notification Event
Washington August 8 7 via Coolidge is going to DESE President Hoover's formal not cantons Ueverone. The former president has been invited but he has decided he will be present. Republican leaders do not regard the decision as a setback for Hoover's renomination. The decision is seen as one many expect Mr. Coolidge to influence in his official life.
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Coolidge
Hoover
Zabala of Argentina Wins Olympic Marathon
Juan Carlos Zabala of Argentina won the Olympic Marathon at Los Angeles on August 8, defeating Britain's Sam Ferris by 200 yards with Aimo Toivonen of Finland finishing third.
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Argentina
Olympic Stadium
Los Angeles
Juan Carlos Zabala
Sam Ferris
Great Britain
A'Toivonen
Findland
Fire claims six lives in Maywood Hotel blaze
A blaze swept through the Maywood Hotel in Waukegan on August 8 causing the deaths of six people. Firefighters fought the flames as the timber hotel burned, with investigators seeking the cause of the deadly fire.
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Maywood Hotel
Flock of Wild Ducks Perish In Kalispell Lumber Fire
A large flock of wild ducks circled Kalispell Lumber Company during a fire that destroyed part of the mill. The blaze consumed about 5,000 feet of lumber and caused total losses estimated around 1,000 dollars. The birds were drawn to the light as flames raged at Kalispell, Montana.
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