Giants and Bees Duel for Pennant as Cards Falter
Boston Bees rout Cardinals in a doubleheader to seize second place while the Giants, ahead by a sizable margin, slip in the pennant race. Cincinnati Reds fall to the Cubs in a hard fought opener as injuries plague St Louis. Yankee bats pace a 13-1 blowout of the Browns, with Gomez winning his first win since July.
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Associated Press
Bill Terry
Giants
Cardinals
Chase
Jack Doyle
Bees
Boston Bees
Cubs
Cincinnati Reds
Frankie Frisch
Frisch
Pepper Martin
Terry Moore
Paul Dean
Dean
Yankees
St. Louis Browns
Lefty Gomez
Joe DiMaggio
Dayton Ducks Edge Ahead In Tight Mid Atlantic Race
Dayton Ducks gained in the race for runner up as rain soaked several Mid Atlantic games last night. They beat league leaders Zanesville Greys 9 to 5 and moved within two and a half games of the leaders while Charleston Senators also closed in. Portsmouth officials chose to play remaining games away from home.
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Byithe Associated
Dayton
Ducks
Rai
Charleston Senators
Charleston
Zanesville
Greys
Portsmouth
Apprentice Jockey Dies After Accident at Dade Park Track
Oma han apprentice jockey Steve Pappio, 20, died in Evansville hospital after a fall at Dade Park race track. He rode Delma Dunn when the horse stumbled in the fourth race yesterday and was struck in the chest by flying hooves from another horse.
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Evansvile
Ind
Steve Pappio
Omaha
Neb
Dade Park
Pappio
Delma Dunn
Par Walloped in Open Trial for Amateur Crown
The national amateur title chase shows depth as Johnny Fischer of Cincinnati leads in the sectional rounds, with about 160 advancing after tough par and course record slams. Rain disrupts Chicago and other districts as Walker Cup stars vie for spots, while notable names miss the cut.
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New York
Lawson Little
Johnny Fischer
Cincinnati
Chicago
Philadelphia
Fischer
Boston
Country Club
Brookline
Frank Strafaci
Winged Foot
Washington
Roger Peacock
Portland
Ore
Seattle
Given
Albert
Scotty) Campbell
Strafaer
Reynolds Smith
Dallas
George Voigt
Johnny Goodman
Omaha
Walter Emery
Oklahoma City
Jay Cole
Tulsa
Charlie Yates
Atlanta
Ed White
Austin
Tex
Francis Quimet
George Dunlap
California
Chuck. Kocsis
Detroit
Billy Howell
Wrestling Last Night in Ton New Jersey
Ali Baba 208 and Alex Kasaboski 190 led a wrestling match in Ton New Jersey with series results noted. Canada was represented by Kasaboski, while Ali Baba competed in the evening event.
Grafton High grid squad grows with daily practice
Grafton High's football squad expanded to 35 candidates after two practice sessions on the athletic field with many veterans returning to bolster the team. Captain Doggy Cross and others lead a strong group for a tough schedule starting September 11 against Terra Alta. Newcomers vie for end tackle guard and backfield posts as Coach McKinney eyes four backfield spots.
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Robert Bunner
Grafton High School
Grafton
Terra Alta
Brennis Hebb
Captain
Doggy" Cross
Fred Peters
John, Dougher
Raymond Smith
Burl Jones
Charlie
Ed Robinson
Johnny Lobis
Bob Denzie
Buddy” Bryan
Mathews
Richwood
Cohen
Andy Nestor
Grafton High
Sam Newcome
Ron McKinney
Jennings
John Dougher
Bob Densie
Coach McKinney
Bill Smyth
Junior Bolyard
Marshall
Charleston High opens with record 111 in first practice
Charleston Aug 26 Coach Irish Garrity begins year with the Mountain Lions football program as 111 candidates report for the first day of practice, the largest squad in school history, while 15 more are expected soon. Garrity cautions that prediction is premature and the road ahead is long and full of ambushes.
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Charleston
Irish Garrity
Charleston High School
Mountain Lions
Garrity
Jong
North Carolina Outfit Eliminated at Tourney
Hollywood defeated Elkin North Carolina 13 to 8 in the National Semi Pro Baseball Tournament last night. It was Elkin’s second loss and eliminated the North Carolina outfit from the tournament.
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Wichita
Kas
Hollywood
Elkin
N.C
North Carolina
Eleven Stars In Every Day Eleven Stars In Every Day
Chicago Aug 26 The major league players who can stay in there and play daily will show an increase in membership over 1935 if 17 hard workers survive the season. Gehrig leads with 1773 consecutive games while Suhr, Medwick, and Camilli carry on. Other 1935 notables miss time due to injuries including Greenberg Appling Rolfe Herman Galan and Allen. Suhr heads a Pirates trio with Jensen and Vaughan.
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Chicago
Lou
Gehrig
Gus Suhr
Pittsburgh Pirates
Joe Medwick
St. Louis Cardinals
Dolph Camilli
Phillies
Roger Cramer
Athletics
Boston Gold Sox
Detroit Tigers
Hank Greenberg
Luke Appling
Chicago White Sox
Red Rolfe
Yankees
Billy Herman
Augie Galan
Cubs
Ethan Allen
Suhr
Association
Pirates
Woody Jensen
Ark Vaughan
Budge and Mako in quarterfinals at national doubles
Don Budge and Gene Mako, Davis Cup teammates, face Dave Jones and John Law in a men’s national doubles championship quarterfinal today. Likely to meet defending champions Wilmer Allison and Johnny Van Ryan in the final round, as college stars Burgess and Bickel upset Bryan Grant and Gil Hall to reach the round of eight.
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Brookline
Mass
Don Budge
Gene Mako
Dave Jones
New York
John Law
Pasadena
Calif
Jones-Law
Budge
Mako
Wilmer Allison
Johnny van Ryan
Allison
van. Ryan
Norbert Burgess
Norman Bickel
University of Chicago
Bryan
Bitsy) Grant
Atlanta
Gil Hall
Orange
N. J
Helen Jacobs
Sarah Palfrey Pabyan
Marjorie Morrill Painter
Mary Morrill
Bedham
Kay Stammers
England
Alice Marble
Palm Springs
Cal
Giants pennant bid prompts Terry to play first base
Bill Terry pledges Sambo Leslie will start at first if the Giants win the National League pennant and enter the World Series. The article also notes various baseball notes, including Dodgers invitations, and mixed sports gossip from Aug. 26.
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Eddie Briet
Associated Press
New York
Giants
Sambo Leslie
Bill Terry
Bill
Sam
Joe
Harry Lenny
Ray Impellittiere
Tony Manero
Jesse Owens
Marty Forkins
Bill Robinson
Yawkey
Cronin
Graham
Mike Jacobs
Red Bank
N. J
Tom Yawkey
Joe Cronin
Canzoneri
Dodgers
Ebbetsfield
Zach Wheat
Tommy Griffiths
Nap Rucker
John Hummel
Ivy Olson
Jacques Fournier
Dazzy Vance
Max Carey
Glenn Wright
Dave Bancroft
Trap records smashed at Grand American trapshoot event
In Valdalia Illinois? Aug 26 AR, the 200-target 16-yard race crowned class champions. Mrs. Lela Hall retained North American clay target title with 196 of 209, the best feminine mark. Joe Hiestand also kept his title as the talk of the town. Marie Grant of Fort Dodge posted a high female average of 195, surpassing previous records.
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Vandalia
Lela Hall
Joe Hiestand
Hall
Strasburg
Mirs
Maried. Kautzy Grant
Fort Dodge
Wile
Three State Amateurs Qualify For Open Meet
Huntington August 26 Three of the state's top amateurs earned spots in the national amateur golf championship at Garden City Next month They secured sectional qualifying at the Guyan Valley course finishing with 36 hole scores of 154 Hoblitzell Parkersburg tied with Taylor Huntington on an extra hole for medal honors Bannerot Charleston won a playoff over Mathewson Ashland Ky and Rhodes Huntington Late entrants Peck Logan posted 188 after 79 79 as alternates
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Huntington
Garden City
Guyan Valley
Jack Hoblitzell
Parkersburg
Itra
P.T. Taylor
Fred Bannerot
Charleston
J. H. Mathewson
Ashland
Frank Rhodes
J.N. Peck
Logan
Mathewson
Rhodes
Lyons Scores Easy Victory In National Amateur Qualifier
Pittsburgh August 26 Tony Lyons of Cambridge Springs won medalist honors in the 36 hole qualifying round for the national amateur tournament at Fox Chapel Golf Club. Lyons posted 73 71 for 144 while Knox Young Jr Pittsburgh and Barrett Melvin Frankfort were runners up with 151. James A Fownes was fourth with 156 and W Edwin Wells 158. Robert Lowe and Joe Oliver tied for places with 159 alongside alternates H C Cook and Durham McGraw Weppner.
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Pittsburgh
Tony Lyons
Cambridge Springs
Fox Chapel Golf Club
Lyons
Knox Young, Jr
Barrett Melvin
Frank UN
James A. Fownes
W. Edwin Wells
East Liverpool
Robert A. Lowe
Clarksburg
W. Va
Joe Oliver
Lowe
West Virginia University
Oliver
H. C. Cook
Weirton
Durham ‘McGraw
Freddie’ Weppner
Pittsburgh, Wi
Iilw
Baseball scores and schedules from the day
Result Brooklyn 4 Pittsburgh 1 eight innings rain. Boston 20 St Louis 3. Boston 5 St Louis 4. New York 6 Cincinnati 5. Chicago Philadelphia rain. Games today Brooklyn at Pittsburgh. Philadelphia at Chicago 2. New York at Cincinnati. Boston at St Louis. Yesterday New York 13 St Louis 1. Detroit 5 Boston 0. Philadelphia 13 Chicago 11. Washington 5 Cleveland 3. Standings show New York 67 54 15541 etc. Red Stone performs Farmer in the Dell.
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Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
Boston
St. Louis
New York
Cincinnati
Chicago-Philadelphia
Philadelphia
Chicago
Detroit
Washington
Cleveland
W. L Pet
New Yorker
ATL
Mary Boland Debuts Dramatic Lead at Strand Theatre
Mary Boland appears in her first dramatic screen role in Paramount's A Son Comes Home at the Strand Theatre. She rises from comedies to play the mother whose sacrifice outplays a son's betrayal to save a youth. The film, paired with another feature, screens tonight and tomorrow as part of a double bill with Jed Robert Sisk producing.
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Mary Boland
Miss Boland
Strand Theatre
Paramount
E. A. Dupont
John Drew
Empire Theatre
New York
Robert Edeson
Mary
Jed
Robert Sisk
Hot Money at Dixie Theatre Promises Luxurious Office Set
Art director Esdras Hartley provided three sets for Warner Bros comedy romance Hot Money at the Dixie Theatre. He built a nearly full-stage office suite, a shack workshop for Dr. David, played by Paul Graetz, and a penitentiary gate motif as the lighter centerpiece. The film centers on a gasoline substitute scam by promoter Ross Alexander, secretary Beverly Roberts, and their board of directors.
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Esdras Hartley
Warner Bros
Dixie Theatre
Studio Art Department
Ross
Alexander
Beverly Roberts
Joe Cawthorn
Hartley
Shack
Dr. David
Paul Graetz
Four New Cowboy Songs In Western Gutsy Film
Gene Autry and Smiley Burnette star in Guns and Guitars a Republic western at the Opera House for a two day engagement. The film features four cowboy songs including Ridin All Day and The Cowboy Medicine Show both co written by the stars. Oliver Drake composed the theme Guns and Guitars with Harry Grey on Dreamy Valley. Set in early Texas cattle days the plot centers on fever struck herds quarantines battles with corrupt buyers murder attempts and a sheriff election won by Gene with Dorothy Dix as the sheriff's daughter in the climactic showdown.
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Republic
Gene Autry
Smiley Burnette
Opera House
Burnette
Oliver Drake
Drake
Harry Grey
Texas
Dorothy Dix
Gene
Steel workers press wage demand and dividend doubt
Reports indicate possible dividend resumption at United States Steel and a wage hike push. An informant notes divergence on a $5 daily minimum and cites current pay from $3.12 to about $3.00, with skilled workers earning above automotive and canning rates. Several Carnegie-Illinois workers and others bypassed normal channels to present demands to U S Steel's president, seeking a national wage committee, 25 percent raise, 40 hour week, weekly pay, and seniority rights.
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Steel
Carnegie-Ilinois
Chicago-Gary
Pittsburgh-Youngstown
U. S. Steel
L. H. Burnett
B. F. Fairless
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
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Buck) Ross
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