Riggs Cooke Are Only U S Pair Left in Meet
Riggs and Cooke, the lone U S pair remaining, prepared to face Adrian Quist and Jack Bromwich in the final semi final of the National doubles tennis classic at Longwood Brookline Mass. Australian stars Craw ford Hopman defeated Park and McNeill 6 4 4 6 6 3 in a different match, while Lefty Ed Smith outdueled Feller in a pitching duel.
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Jack Bromwich
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Harry Hopman
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Escobar to Tour in West and Boxing Scraps
Sports roundup notes bantamweight champion Sixto Escobar preparing to move up to featherweight on the West Coast. Other items include Dempsey elk breeding plans, Jolson and Hollywood celebs visiting for Armstrong, Elks, and Beantown golf star Fay Crocker. A Wake Forest course may teach football tongue twisters, plus a joke about Dorothy Round Little and a clever quip about frog skins for Escobar’s defense.
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New York
Sixto Escobar
Big Ten
Southeastern
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Maryland
Maj
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Palisades Interstate Park
Jack
Jolson
al Jolson
Armstrong
Hollywood
Ambers
Mike O'Dowd
Bob Madry
U. of North Carolina
Jack Britton
Bobby
Wake Forest College
Gallovich
Duncavade
Polanski
Beantown
Fay Crocker
Escobar
Dorothy Round
Fans Wild as Cards Arrive for World Series Build-Up
Cincinnati crowd buzzes as the St Louis Cardinals arrive for a three game set. Manager Bill McKechnie expresses high confidence, Branch Rickey notes title hopes, and mayoral officials plan a chartered plane visit for the doubleheader. Derringer slated to start today, Cooper to pitch for the Reds aiming to extend a strong late-season surge.
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Cincinnati
Cardinals
Bill McKechnie
the Bells
Rick@y
First Pice
Reds
Berfiama F. Dickman
Pary
St. Louis
Derringer
Bill
Pas Derringer
Ray Blades
Morton Cooper
Water speed mark broken by Campbell at Coniston
Sir Malcolm Campbell shattered all water speed records at Lake Coniston with an average 141.74 mph over two measured miles aboard Bluebird II. He clocked 142.85 mph on a top run and 140.62 mph on the return, praising the 3 step hull as a safe, promising design for future high speed craft.
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Drew Middleton
Coniston
England
Sir Malcolm Campbell
Lake Coniston
Sir Henry Seagrave
Campbell
Malcolma
Peter du Cane
Racing Train to Run to Wheeling Downs Fall Meet
Monongah division of the Baltimore and Ohio announces a daily race train from Grafton to Wheeling for the fall meet at Wheeling Downs starting August 26. Special Fares offered for turf fans in central West Virginia with direct transport from Wheeling station. Train runs on racing days Tuesdays through Saturdays except Labor Day, departing Grafton daily during the meet.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Grafton
Wheeling
Wheeling Downs
E. A. Hoffman
West Virginia
West Virginia Fans Benefit From 116 Day Racing Season
At 10 a.m. stops include Fairmont Barracksville Seton Mannington Burton Littleton and Cameron. Fares include grounds admission and racing specials will transport fans to the track by streetcars, enabling hundreds of West Virginians to attend the season over 116 days.
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Barracksville
Seton
Mannington
Burton
Littleton
Cameron
West
Pastor aims to topple Louis in September title bout
Saratoga sprin g New York Aug 19 Bob Pastor a determined heavyweight contender plans to box Joe Louis on September 20 in Detroit. He vows to avoid Louis s fight plan and seeks a knockout. Pastor 187 pounds, ex New York University football player, believes his college education and moving strategy give him an edge. He trains at a local camp and studies Louis s tactics while acknowledging Louis power.
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N. Y
Bob Pastor
Joe Louis
Detroit
Joe
Mr. Galento
Pastor
Kai
New York University
Louis
Bob
Jack Blackburn
Betwen
Mud Turns Spaulding’s Travelers Race Into Muddy Scramble
Saratoga Springs Aug 19 The Travelers stakes race at Saratoga turned into a mud soaked scramble as heavy rain and thunder hit the track after morning forecasts. Five three year olds faced the wet conditions with Eight Thirty favored beside Big John, Sun Lover and Sir Marlboro. Johnstown appeared unlikely to start, with Eight Thirty seen as the likely winner in the soaked track conditions.
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Saratoga Springs
N. Y
William
Woodward
Johnstown
George D. Widener
America
Phil
Big John
Con
Challedon
Aobut
Millsdale
Sun Lover
Challed
Arab Nine Hurls One Hit Ball To Beat Maple Avenue
Skaggs pitched a one hit ball for Arab Nine guiding a 35 to 13 win over Maple Avenue Mine at Athletic Lee yesterday. He allowed only two bases on balls as Temric and Jones opposed McProuty. The score by innings shows Arabs 0 1 0 1 1 0 and Avenue 0 0 0 0 0 0.
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Skaggs
Maple Avenue
Athletic Lee
Avenue
McProuty
Temric
Jones
Yesterday's Stars Shine in Baseball Battles
Red Ruffing of the Yankees shut out the Athletics on five hits for his fifth straight win and his 18th of the season. Kirby Higbe of the Phillies held the Giants to five hits as Philadelphia beat San Francisco for the third time this year.
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Athletics
Yances
Kirby Higbe
Phillies
Giants
Pastor Resigns After 34 Years at Cameron Christian Church
In Moundsville on August 19, Reverend W. E. Pierce, longtime pastor of the Cameron Christian church for 34 years, resigned to accept a call to the First Christian church in Parkersburg. The Bees-Held Dodgers game details note ten hits in 14 innings with five strikeouts and a late inning bunt to load the bases and set up the winning run.
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Joe Sullivan
Bees
Dodgers
Moundsville
W. E. Pierce
Cameron Christian Church
First Christian Church
Parkersburg
Hayes and Kreevich spark Cubs past Cleveland in 11th
Smith pitched 11 innings allowing seven hits and earned the win as Hayes and Kreevich combined for all of Chicago’s hits, driving in the decisive run in the 11th to defeat Cleveland. Elsewhere in Europe, Bratislava’s status and Slovak fate under German control stirred unrest as General Céarlos offered to resign rather than send forces to the Polish border.
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Hayes
Kreevich
Chicago
Cleveland
Zilina
Bratislava
Slovakia
Germany
Danube
Arava
Ferdinand Céarlos
National
Actor Hart reveals fake paternity allegations
Hart, a major motion picture star, recalls fearing ruin without proof to counter a false story. He notes Miss MacCauley later admitted obtaining the boy from his real mother Lucy Webb, and that Westover had named Miss MacCauley a correspondent in the divorce. The trust recovery had to wait until July 1938.
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Hart
Miss MacCauley
Winnetka, Ill
Lucy Webb
South Lincoln
Mass
Winifred Westover
Miss MacCaulley
German Army maneuver near Poland observed in force
Tens of thousands of German troops were seen moving toward Poland in a major maneuver. Report cites ED SMITH and MINTER HAYES among observers, with further notes on White Sox liaison MIKE REEVICH. Observers describe large formations in the vicinity, indicating substantial military activity in the border region.
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Poland
ED Smith
Minter Hayes
Mike Reevich
White Sox
Vicini
Slovak Defense Pact Under German Domination Noted
Reported defense agreement between Slovakia and Germany described as placing Bratislava under outright German control. Police squads patrolled the ghetto as German minority groups attacked Jews, destroying property. Grenzbote edited front editorial urged rapid punishment for Jewish provocation. Three arrests reported for anti government and anti German pamphlets.
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Slovakia
Germany
An & Tohharge
AFL suspends Santinien Lin amid ITU- CIO tensions
The 1937 AFL council, led by First Vice President C Barrett of New York, suspended Santinien Lin in a move tied to the fierce rivalry with the Coane committee over India organization. Barrett said the suspension did not imply ITU affiliation with CIO and criticized AFL efforts to influence the ITU convention vote.
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Ton
Coanemittee
Baker
Presidenit C. Barrett
New York City
ITU
CIO
Barrett
Sul
Classified Sentinel ad rates and details
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Major League Standings and Yesterday's Results
National League results show St Louis 3 Pittsburgh 0 and Philadelphia 5 New York 2 with Boston 4 Brooklyn 3. American League games list New York 5 Philadelphia 0 and Boston 6 Washington 2, but end with incomplete notes about schedules and extra innings.
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