Cubs Reds Lose Key Men In Stretch Run Blues
Cubs and Reds lose first-string stars as the pennant race tightens. Hartnett foot injury and Myers season-ending setback weaken Grimm and Dressen for crucial games. Pirates sweep Reds. Indians top White Sox. Senators edge Red Sox in ten.
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W. VA
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Cubs
Reds
Associated Press
Charley Grimm
Charley Dressen
Grimm
Dressen
Gabby Hartnett
Billy Myers
Myers
Hartnett
George Earnshaw
Cardinals
Sparkplug
Pirates
Red Lucas
Cy Blanton
Cleveland Indians
White Sox
Denny Gatehouse
Senators
Red Sox
Jimmy Foxx
Yanks
Layden Holds Lead In Poll For Star Mentor
CHICAGO August 8 A stirring stretch duel marked the race to name a staff of football coaches for the college all stars who will meet the Detroit Lions at Soldier Field on September 1 The contest ends at midnight tonight Layden Notre Dame leads with 1977147 points Bierman Minnesota 1766701 McMillin Indiana 1717870 in the latest tabulation Brown s Tigers and Athletics idle while the Dodgers and Bees had a day off in the American and National Leagues respectively
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College All Stars
Detroit Lions
Soldier Field
Elmer Layden
Notre Dame
Bernie Bierman
Minnesota
Bo McMillin
Indiana
Cubs End Jinx With 14-5 Win Over Cardinals at Wrigley
Chicago Cubs manager Charlie Grimm said the club shook off the 1936 jinx after a 14 to 5 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals at Wrigley Field. The Cubs piled 17 hits and Grimm noted the surge could lift them on the pennant chase. Gabby Hartnett, hurt by a foul tip, is expected back in 2 to 3 days as X rays show a bruise, not a fracture.
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Chicago Cubs
Charlie Grimm
Cubs
St. Louis Cardinals
Charlie
Cardinals
Wrigley Field
Hartnett
Grimm
Gabby Hartnett
Helen Pederson Faces Gracya Wheeler In Maiden Title
EAST HAMPTON New York August 8 Helen Pederson the Stamford Conn teen tennis star who has upset top players at the Maidstone club invitation tournament meets Gracya Wheeler of Santa Monica in the singles final Pederson who says she feels she has been playing over her head won her previous match 6 3 6 4 over the nation s fifth ranked racquet John Van Ryn after eliminating Theodosia Smith California en route to the final
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East Hampton
N. Y
Helen Pederson
Maidstone
Stamford
Miss Pederson
Mary Greer Harris
Kansas City
John van Ryn
Micheler
Theodosia Smith
Calif
Two Drop Outs From Local Loop
With Fetterman and the South Side teams in the WPA twilight league dropping out, local play ends abruptly leaving organizers scrambling for replacements and a revised schedule.
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Fetterman
South Side
Dayton Ducks Open Lead In Mid Atlantic Race
The rejuvenated Dayton Ducks beat Johnstown 7-4 for a seventh win in eight as Greys beat Akron 4-2 to stay atop the standings. Charleston edged Canton 2-1 and Portsmouth beat Akron 4-2 to climb from last. Today Canton hosts Charleston, Johnstown visits Dayton, Zanesville goes to Huntington, Akron at Portsmouth. In tennis, Spring Lake hopeful from N J and Milwaukee enters final rounds for another grand slam. sacker seeks fourth straight singles title against Gregory Mangin.
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N. J
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Newark
Mangin
Bobby Rig
Wayne Sabin
Los Angeles
Frankie Parker Faces Mangin in Final Round
Fights last night featured Frankie Parker from Baltimore and Mangin in the final round. In Tampa Red Burman of Baltimore knocked out Heinz Kohlhass of Germany. In Bridgeport Louis ye Cocoa from New Haven outpointed Jack Portnoy near Southampton on Aug. 8.
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New Haven
Southampton
N. Y
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War Departments Polo Team Loses to Fort Hoyle
Captain Charles H Reed scored seven goals for the War Department polo team, but Fort Hoyle Md squad won 11 to 9 at White Sulphur Springs on August 8.
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Ft. Hoyle
White Sulphur Springs
Charles H Reed
Fort Hoyle
Daily Crossword Puzzle Clue Fragments Pack
Puzzle clues mixed with fragments include charity river local name yellowish brown and many stray terms. The readable items mention Michigan rules river in root canal digits in northern grass at sea and Jewish guided diminutive territorial.
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Switzerland
Russia
Michigan
Pirates Dominate Reds With Two Wins
National League recap shows Pittsburgh beating Cincinnati 5 to 1 and again 1 to 0 yesterday. Pirates offense surged in the first game while the second featured tight pitching and timely hits by Pittsburgh hitters.
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Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Gehrig Holds His Lead In American Loop Race
New York August 8. Lou Gehrig of the Yankees regained sole possession of the American League lead with a .384 average as the stretch drive began. Earl Averill and Luke Appling tied for second at .377 while Johnny Mize at .366 led the National League with Ducky Menkel moving to .364 in second.
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Thetart
Lou Gehrig
Yankees
Earl Averill
Indians
Luke Appling
White Sox
Johnny Mize
Cardinals
Ducky Menwick
Rosemont Cubs Meet Weston Merchants In West Virginia Showdown
In the West Virginia state baseball league Rosemont Cubs face Weston Merchants Sunday at the Weston fairgrounds. With Rosemont, Weston, and Clarksburg seen as pennant contenders the game promises a hard fought clash. Earlier the Cubs played Mononga h ah from Marion county league.
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Clarksburg
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Marion County League
Owens Chosen for American relay squad at Berlin Games
Berlin Aug 7 Owens earns a place on the U S sprint relay team with Ralph Metcalfe Sam Stoller and Frank Wykoff as a strong American quartet. Coach Lawson Robertson defends the selection saying Germany’s plan failed to fool the Americans. Archie Williams wins a dramatic 100 meters event as Britain’s Brown and Roberts fight hard.
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Calif
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Archie Williams
Oakland
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Great Stadium
Thompson Aims Illinois Governorship On Union Ticket
Thompson, former three time Chicago mayor, announces candidacy for Illinois governor on the Union party ticket. He will oppose Democratic incumbent Henry Horner and Republican nominee C Wayland Vooks next November. The move targets GOP faction leader Brooks seeking to oust Thompson from party affairs.
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Sig Sin
Thompson
Chicago
Illinois
Union Party
Henry Horner
C. Wayland Vooks
Brooks
Central Press
American freestyle team outlook at Olympics competition
Adolph Kiefer of Chicago is seen as the likely winner for the men’s backstroke events, holding nearly every record. With Mrs Eleanor Holm Jarriett absent, Dutch Smith, coach of the German team, predicts that American women may fail to place in any race.
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Adolph Kiefer
Chicago
Eleanor Holm Jarriett
Dutch Smith
Close Race For Wheeling Centennial Queenfront
Wheeling voters see Ann Wenzel, tobacco company employee, leading Lenore McKean of Tiltonsville by 207,157 to 195,516 in the Wheeling centennial festival queen vote. Balloting ends August 13 and the queen will be crowned August 17 by Governor Kump.
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Wheeling
Ann Wenzel
Attractive Tobacco Company
Lenore McKean
Tiltonsville
Kump
Girl Injured as Running Board Incident Occurs Near Elm Grove
Seven teen-year-old William Lyons reported two girls stood on the running board of his automobile in suburban Elm Grove. One girl, Dorothy Perkins, 17, fractured her skull and is hospitalized. The other girl was Mary Catherine Wayman. Lyons said the car had been started. Assistant Prosecutor Thomas H. Duval provided the account.
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William Lyons
Elm Grove
Thomas
Duval
Lyons
Dorothy Perkins
Mary
Catherine Wayman
Roosevelt to Inaugural Power at Boulder Dam
Roosevelt will press a button at 7 p.m. September 8 to start the generation of electrical power at Boulder Dam in Colorado. The event includes an hour long broadcast and follows a speech in Washington. In Fairmont Marion county Democrats plan action Tuesday night to boost the call for Friday’s county convention for the nominee to fill the late Isaac McIntire’s county court vacancy.
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Boulder Dam
New York
Washington
Colorado
Fairmont
Marion County Democratic Executive Committee
Acti
Cal
Frida
Cveat
Isaac McIntire
Nutter urged for Charleston planning board post
Walter Hallanan National Committeeman urged appointment of T G Nutter of Charleston to the planning board of the Republican National Committee's Negro division.
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Charleston
National
Walter 9. Hallanan
T.G. Nutter
Republican, National Committee
Sister of Actress Held on Insanity Charge
Margaret S Fillmore mother of actress Mary Miles Minter filed an insanity complaint. The 36 year old sister sobbed in the county hospital psychopathic ward saying she was shocked humiliated and dazed. The complaint cites three years of drinking and rambling speech.
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Los Angeles
Margaret S. Fillmore
Mary Miles Minter
Charlotte
River freight tonnage up 23928 in June 1936
United States district engineers office reports June river freight tonnage increased by 23 928 tons over June 1935, signaling a rise in inland shipping activity. The release notes June figures across the sector with no further context on causes or regional breakdown.
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Huntington
United States District Engineers Office
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