Tigers Take Game One In Junior City Playoff
In Grafton on the Fetterman diamond the Tigers beat the Blackhawks 5 to 3 to open the junior city league playoff series. Eight Blackhawks errors aided the Tigers as Lobis earned the win despite 14 hits. H White led at bat with a double and a triple driving in two runs and scoring one.
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McKinney's Bearcats show vim in first day drills
In a windy afternoon practice at Athletic Field Coach McKinney led his Bearcats through closing drills and judged the squad ready for a season strong in passing offense and defense. The line remains unseasoned but already shows potential, while lack of beef is noted as a concern for the unit.
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Poll Names Hank Greenberg MVP Hope For 1936
AP poll of 46 experts crowns Hank Greenberg Tigers as top American League MVP candidate with 30 votes, while Arky Vaughn Pirates lead NL with 16 votes. Joe Medwick 10, Bill Terry 6, Gabby Hartnett 3, others 2 or 1. Diamond men Cochrane and Dizzy Dean each receive two votes from prior year winners.
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Johnnies Tie Ducks Again In Mid-Atlantic Lead
The Mid-Atlantic League pennant race sees Dayton and Johnstown level atop the standings after a tight draw. Akron error chaos and late Greys doubles fueled a Beickley-Charleston split, with Beckley taking game one 6-8 and Charleston winning 4-2. Zanesville beat Ducks 8-2 as Dayton and Dayton faced Zanesville for second place.
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Man Ordered To Move On Questions His Truck
A Charleston man, told by Municipal Judge Gyrus Hall to get on his truck and keep going, wrote from Clifton Forge Virginia that the truck tired him and asks what to do now. The note reflects the puzzling outcome of a court order.
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Wrestler Danno O’Ma Honey Defeats Billy Martush in Hartford
Hartford match last night featured Danno O’Ma Honey from Ireland, 218 pounds, defeating Billy Martush of Chicago, 230 pounds, by straight falls.
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Three killed rattlesnakes die in near Jetsville blast
Richwood West Virginia August 27 three men counted 28 dead rattlesnakes after dynamiting a nest near Jetsville. Spencer West Virginia August 21 Dr Charles O Staats 68 formerly of Charleston died at the home of a daughter Mrs Ruth Coe
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Racing boom reported as tracks see return to normal
Chicago August reports Colonel Matt Winn head of Churchill Downs LaTonca Lincoln Fields cites a racing boom first in five years. He predicts Lincoln Fields 25 day meeting ends with attendance and betting up over 1934 by more than 50 percent. He calls racing a key barometer of money, noting gains across baseball boxing and other sports. Arlington Park’s $400000 meeting shows a profit of 250000 to 300000 this year.
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World flyweight title fights crown New York victor
New York bouts saw Lou Saba of Brooklyn outpoint Sixto Esco of Puerto Rico to claim world flyweight recognition. In Pittsburgh Al Gainer defeated Bil ly Ketchell, and Red Brude stopped Buddy McArthur in a separate card. Chicago hosted Babe Marino outpoint Billy Celebron in a San Francisco–to–Rockford sequence.
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Philadelphia
Red Brude
Buddy McArthur
Fairmont
W. Va
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Babe Marino
San Francisco
Billy Celebron
Rockford
Golf Battle Grows Hot Between Hughes and Miles
Miami Beach report shows Frankie Hughes of Clinton Indiana and Rufus Miles of Charlotte North Carolina tied at 146 and 1 2 strokes after eight holes as the golf clash intensifies with a tight scorecard.
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National women's golf title chase narrows field
The Minneapolis Aug 27 report describes the National women's golf championship where Virginia Van Wie leads a field that includes Jean Bauer of Providence after a medal-79. The competition at Interlochen Country Club gathers 64 survivors as the event unfolds with contenders like Maureen Orcutt Crews and Marion Miley among the notable names in a tight, wide-open setup.
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Olympic Committee Plans Team Selection For 1936 Berlin Games
Chicago Aug 27 Four to six members of the American Olympic track committee met today to discuss plans for selecting the U S squad for the 1936 Berlin games. Amid calls for withdrawal over Nazi anti Jewish policies Avery Brundage president said the final tryouts site would be named and that between 40 and 60 stars would be chosen.
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Secret drills pit college all stars against Bears at Soldier Field
Chicago August 27 Training maneuvers for the college all stars to challenge the Chicago Bears and vice versa moved into the secret practice stage under lights at Soldier Field. The Bears break camp tomorrow at Delafield Wisconsin and will conduct secret workouts tomorrow night while the All Stars coach Frank Thomas and staff kept the starting lineup under wraps. Officials for the game include James Masker Northwestern John Schommer Chicago J J Lipp Chicago and Wilfred Smith De Pauw.
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Bronko Nagurski
James Masker
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J. J. Lipp
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de Pauw
Cardinals to Get New Stars in Tryout Camp
St Louis Cardinals launch annual tryout camps drawing about 400 hopeful youths from steel towns to ranch lands. Under scout Charlie Barrett they compete in batting, pitching and fielding drills for a shot at a major league contract with Cardinal farm clubs. Past camps began in 1922 and this year run by Bloomington Illinois Springfield Missouri and Columbus Ohio clubs.
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Inquest Not Held on Vienna Man's Ohio River Death
Acting Coroner Robert Hays said no inquest will be held into the death of J Weston Parsons age 64 who was found in the Ohio river after missing from his Vienna home for three days. The case remains under local inquiry and has been closed without an inquest.
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Vienna
Unidentified Man Claims Carnival Path to Show
A man identified himself to police officer Gier Christiansen as Les McGowan and said he was a carnival worker en route to join a show, though details diverge from the quarry case.
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Les McGowan
Salica Wins Bantam Title in Dubious Manner
New York August 27 AP reports Don Salica of New York is bantamweight world champion after a 15 round bout with Sixto Escobar of Puerto Rico. Ring officials left ringside as crowds jeered the verdict. AP scored Escobar eight rounds to Salica five with two even. About 5,949 paid $7,837 to view one of the season’s most successful small club fights.
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Tigers Excited by East Trip but Still Guarded on Pennant
Detroit fans and executives weigh the Tigers title chances as Frank Navin and Connie Mack offer cautious optimism. Navin vows to believe after a successful trip east, recalling 1905 Cleveland’s late collapse. Mack predicts not only a pennant but a world series bid if the team stays strong.
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Notable contestants in Ohio pageant district figures
Runner up to Miss Van Wie last year and Miss Glutting. Mr. Ware met Edith Begg of Columbus, noted as one of the better players in the Ohio district.
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Terry Angry Over Losses In Giants Camp
The Associated Press reports Sirled remarks from Terry after a 10-2 loss to the Pirates, with warning to players who failed to win. Giants also fell to the Cardinals 4-3 as Reds beat Dodgers 3-2 on Babe Herman’s ninth inning homer, while Athletics split with Detroit 13-7 and 3-2. Hal Trosky hit his 22nd homer as Indians moved to third, ahead of the Red Sox.
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Two Record Holders To Meet at Lincoln Fields
Two world record holders campaign Won Last Pot meet at Lincoln Fields Myrtlewood Detroit 16 43630 owned by Brownell Combs Lex New York 67 51 517 62 58 Bat ington Ky and John FP Clark will race for a $2500 purse Labor Day in Chicago race at six and a half furlongs with the world standard 1:16 1-5 set by Gallant Knight at Churchill Downs 1931.
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Sports and policing notes mix from mid Atlantic region
The item lists matchups Philadelphia at Detroit Washington at St Louis Boston at Cleveland New York at Chicago with two picks. It also reports A Me Rowe to be sworn US marshal in northern West Virginia on August 31 and Deputy Sheriff Felix Yanero of Fairmont named deputy marshal.
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Fairmont
Parks and five Others Eligible for PGA Tournament
Pittsburgh area golfers face national PGA championship after district qualifying. Sam Parks Jr. earned automatic entry by winning the national open. Accompanying him are five western Pennsylvania pros including F. D. Fromme of Morgantown and other upperclassmen listed among the qualifiers.
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