Yankees Rich in Experience for Big Games
New York aug 30 the Cubs and Yankees look toward a fall world series with the Yankees led by Babe Ruth carrying about 27 years of world series play. Ruth Sewell Pennock Combs Lazzeri and Gehrig bring veteran titles while the Cubs total 15 years with Grimes Koenig Cuyler Hartnett Grimm Stephenson and others.
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Baseball standings and results from multiple leagues
National League yesterday showed Boston at Pittsburgh as the only game. Today schedule includes Boston at Pittsburgh, Brooklyn at St Louis, New York at Chicago. American League results feature New York Chicago games and others with Washington beating St Louis in 13 innings. Mid Atlantic and American Association schedules list several matchups with Beckley, Charleston, Toledo, Milwaukee, and Indianapolis performances.
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Baseball batting leaders of the era listed by team and player
The data shows leading batters with hits and games played for teams including the Athletics Yankees Senators Pirates and Phillies. Notable names include Ruth Dorgon Foxx Gehrig and Waner with high performance figures.
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Walker Cup Team Ready In Brookline Practice
Brookline Massachusetts August 30 every member of the American Walker cup golf team reported at the country club for practice ahead of the international matches with the British Thursday and Friday. Captain Francis Ouimet, sick with a heavy cold last week, felt strong enough to follow a foursome for a few holes after physicians cleared him for outdoor play late in the afternoon.
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Perfect field record broken by dropped ball in Detroit
Detroit August 30 The Tigers catcher Ray Hayworth dropped a third strike in the fifth of the second Philadelphia game, breaking a perfect fielding record dating to September 2, 1931. He had 439 chances in 100 games without an error, including five games after September 2 and 95 this season.
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MACKS SPLIT WITH TIGERS
New York Aug 30 Lefty Gomez and Charlie Ruffing won 22nd and 16th as the Yankees split two with Chicago 10 3 and 4 3. Fourteen hits backed Gomez as a six run sixth clinched the opener. In Washington Aug 30 a 13 inning 7 6 win over St Louis featured 33 hits including six triples. Cleveland beat Boston 6 3 as wild pitching aided the Indians. Detroit A’s split a doubleheader in Philadelphia with scores 8 3 and 10 7. Cincinnati routed Huntington 11 8 in an exhibition game with late rallies.
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Eclipse details and solar event observations described
The article outlines the solar eclipse with the moon covering the sun and unusual darkness despite the moon’s position. It notes slanted rays and peculiar shadows on landscape, explains the dim light as reflections of the sun, and mentions scientists and astrologists preparing cameras for photographs of the phenomenon.
Total Solar Eclipse Promises a Day of Skywatching
Local residents plan to view the eclipse with telescopes and instruments. Autoists may use headlights if driving during darkness and locomotives will prepare for the dimming as the moon covers the sun. The event will bring a brief period of night followed by a return of daylight if skies clear.
Car Plunges Over Bank Near Holcomb Bridge
Seven college boys in a Parkersburg owned car plunged from a 25 foot bank into the Cherry river bottom at Holcomb, five miles from Richwood. B I Means suffered serious head and chest bruises and remained hospitalized at McClung. others escaped with minor injuries.
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Eclipse Observation Planned by Mt Wilson Astronomers
Lancaster New Hampshire August 30 observers from Mt Wilson Carnegie Institution will use a water breaker and window glass to image the total solar eclipse. The effort aims to measure three heat types from the sun’s corona as part of a major international observational effort from Montreal to the Maine coast.
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Max Meets Mickey by Pap Max Schmeling
The article discusses Pap Max Schmeling as the former heavyweight champion who faces a challenge from Mickey and promises no loss for any opponent. It portrays Schmeling as eager and confident about future battles while underscoring his past title reign and readiness for upcoming opponents.
Democrats Poised to Increase House Majority
New York August 30 Representative Josn W Byrns of Tennessee, chairman of the house appropriations committee, predicted the Democrats would raise their house majority to about 75 or 80 in the next congress. He cited optimistic letters from 150 candidates and noted gains from eastern to western states. He blamed Hoover administration policies for dissatisfaction. Byrns forecast Tennessee would vote Democratic in November.
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Astronomers Seek Hidden Corona Energies in Splitting Heat
The article describes experiments where scientists aim to identify how much heat in the solar corona arises from visible light, ultraviolet and infrared rays. Using a glass filter and water, readings through a thermocouple will separate radiant energy into three components, advancing understanding of solar heat sources.
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Driver charged with involuntary manslaughter in Pa crash
New Castle Pennsylvania August 30 Ellis C Boyd 21 driver of a car wrecked on the Harlansburg road was charged today with involuntary manslaughter Gerald Hattenbaugh 20 was killed in the accident Boyd is hospitalized at Jameson Hospital
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River traffic at low ebb in Monongahela and Ohio
Pittsburgh reports July tonnage on the Monongahela at 562,028, the lowest this year, while the Ohio carried 366,607 tons. Lieut. L. D. Clay will speak on the Ohio river as a commerce carrier at a Wheeling Panhandle Kiwanis luncheon. The War Department will seek bids within 100 days to remove over 500,000 cubic yards of material to improve channel conditions, with about four miles of Ohio river dredging planned. Federal Huntington District engineers will open bids Sept 6 for 500,000 cubic yards of material below locks 22 and 24.
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Football season at Kingwood nears with meetings and schedule
Kingwood high school announces a meeting for all football candidates Tuesday night and a Thursday morning practice as the season looms within a month. Cramer Gibson, coach of athletics, confirms the schedule release pending.
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Young Dallas golfer among youngest in national amateur tour
Jack Munger of Brook Hollow Country Club Dallas will be among the youngest players in the upcoming National Amateur Golf Tour event starting September 12 in Baltimore. The 17 year old easily qualified with a 148 and is noted as strong on the greens though his par at Brook Hole 35-35-70 reflects steady iron play.
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Bolivian Cabinet Resigns Sparks Nonpartisan Rule Talk
La Paz August 30 report that Minister of Government Torique Hertzog announced the Boas livian cabinet has resigned, with widespread belief a nonpartisan ministry will be formed.
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Storm halts Channel swimmer near goal
Dover England August 30 A C Kaanar English seminary student 20 was forced to abandon his attempt to swim the English Channel. He had swum 14 hours after leaving Cape Gris Nez France but a storm drove him back within a mile and a quarter of Dover.
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Schmeling Begins Saratoga Training For Walker Bout
Former heavyweight champion Max Schmeling started for Speculator New York to train for his 16 round bout with Mickey Walker set for September 19. The move starts ahead of the Saratoga training camp with plans for a full regimen and conditioning over the coming weeks.
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