Fights Mark Sunday Showdowns Across Major Leagues
A rough 15 game Sunday slate drew 195,338 fans across eight parks. Cincinnati Reds split a twin bill with the Chicago Cubs, winning 11-3 and losing 9-8, reshaping NL standings as the Cubs rose to third ahead of St Louis. In the American League, Boston and New York split. Detroit’s Tommy Bridges notching his 11th win. Umpire disputes and bench clears marred several games, including brawls involving Dykes, Lyons, Stengel, May, Durocher, and Bonura. Injuries were heavier at Boston with Doerr and Henrich sidelined. The Pirates, sweeping the St Louis series, moved into a fifth-place tie with the Dodgers.
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Cubs
Cincinnati Reds
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St. Louis Cardinals
Pittsburgh
Moses Grove
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New York Yankees
Washington Senators
Philadelphia Athletics
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Tommy Bridges
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Lyons
Joe Kuhel
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Eric McNair
Jimmy Dykes
Ted Lyons
Casey Stengel
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Merrill May
Phillies
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May
Ed Miller
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al Lopez
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Gene Deasutels
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Mel Harder
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Caddies Plan Month Long Tourney At White Sulphur
White Sulphur Springs officials announce a caddy golf tournament this month to determine the state champion. Winners of club contests meet July 24 for 18 hole qualifying and 36 hole final rounds. No age limit, no former professionals may compete.
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White Sulphur Springs
Americans Favored At British Open Despite Wind Woes
U S players Lawson Little Johnny Bulla and George Low Jr arrive in St Andrews as natives expect strong showings. Bulla, tall and friendly, praises the course yet struggles with putting while wind shifts complicate play. He believes four or five contenders including Cotton Bruen Locke and himself can win.
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ST. Andrews
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Hagen
Bobbie
Bulla
Babe Ruth
Lawson Little
Duke of Windsor
Henry Cotton
Jim Bruen
Bobby Locke
Huntington Closing In On Leading Bluegrays
Huntington’s Aces closed the gap on Mountain State league leader Bluefield after a doubleheader sweep at their park. Patterson and Lefty limited the Bluefield squad to six and seven hits as Huntington won 6-3 and 4-2. Eddie Guinther homered twice for the Loan Indians, who also beat Welch 5-4. Williamson beat Ashland 16-2. The Colonels play at Williamson today while at Logan.
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Lefty
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Patterson
Eddie Guinther
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Welch
Williamson
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Aiat
Logan
Holiday Doubleheader Planned Here Tuesday
A holiday doubleheader is booked at the Athletic field tomorrow afternoon with Beaumont vs Fetterman at 2.30 p.m. and Rosemont vs Lucretia at 5 p.m. Both are county league games and start the second half of the season. Wednesday's schedule adds Rosemont versus Grafton High at Fetterman and the Golden Bears against Carr China at Athletic field.
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Fetterman
Rosemont
Lucretia
Grafton High
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Boston Looms as Grid Top This Season
Boston college with Fordham Cornell and Brown named as teams to watch in the east next season. Mentions of Lew Gehrig day sold out, Dempsey in Schmeling room, Yanks aiming at fourth straight pennant, and various sports and boxing notes across the era.
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Boston College
Fordham
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Canada
Tony Galento
Lou Gehtig
Jack Dempsey
Man Schmeling
Polyclinics Hospital
Bobby Dunkelberger
North Carolina
Gabby Hartnett
Larry French
Cub
Herman Hickman
N. C. State
Tennessee
Maj
Bob Neyland
Messers
Hubbell
Gehrig
Gehringer
Wickwire Easy Beats Knottsville 9 to 3 on Foreign Soil
Wickwire won 9 to 3 over Knottsville as H Bailey hurled steadily limiting the visitors to three hits with four errors behind. Scoring overview shows Wickwire 5 runs in first, 1 in fifth, 2 in sixth with Knottsville each inning.
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Knottsville Club
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Knottavile
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Edwards
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Guradder
Schmeling Knocks Out Heuser To Regain European Crown
Max Schmeling stopped Adolf Heuser in 47 seconds at the Adolf Hitler arena to take the European heavyweight title as about 70,000 spectators cheered. Heuser retained the European light heavy crown and Schmeling expressed interest in more bouts, either in Germany or the United States, if offered.
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Germany
Max Schmeling
Joe Louis
America
Adolf Heuser
Louis
Schmeling
New York
Houser
Max
Heuser
Adolf Hitler
Maxie
Major League Standings and Yesterday Results Preview
Baseball standings and results across the National and American Leagues. Highlights include Pittsburgh and St Louis splits, Brooklyn and New York, Cincinnati and Chicago high scoring, and Boston and Philadelphia close in both leagues. Tomorrow’s schedule features key cross games and two games apiece in several series.
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St. Louis
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New York
Cincinnati
Chicago
Boston
Philadelphia
More labs approved Charleston July 3 Leprosy facility plans advance
Fragmentary text indicates approval and movement of lab facilities in Charleston on July 3 relating to leprosy care and public health, with several garbled phrases about approvals, travel and a wellfield or testing site, suggesting a mid 20th century local health notice.
Yesterday's Stars Lead Doubleheader Wins and Splits
Buddy Lewis and Johnny Welch of the Senators-Former sparked a dramatic ninth inning rally with a bases loaded unassisted double play then followed with a homer with one on to win game one. Four hits and six RBIs by Welch propelled the day’s late victory as well as the nightcap. Jim Gleeson singled with bases loaded in the ninth to give the Cubs a split with the Reds. Al Lopez and Ed Miller supplied the offense for the Bess club, Lopez clearing the bases with a homer and Miller breaking a tie with a two on homer in game two. Harry Danning hit a eighth inning homer to lift the Giants past the Dodgers in the second game. Arky Vaughan and Ellie Fletcher of the Pirates combined for three RBIs in game one while Fletcher homered with the bases loaded in the sixth to clinch the second game's win.
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Buddy Lewis
Johnny Welah
Senators
Athletics
Jim Gleeson
Cubs
Reds
al Lopez
Ed Miller
Bess— Lopez
Miller
Harry Danning
Giants
Dodgers
Arky Vaughan
Ellie Fletccher
Pirates
Fletcher
Homer
Eleven Bouts On Mitt Show In Clarksburg
Grafton boxing fans trek to Clarksburg for a holiday mitt show at Charmichael auditorium featuring Clarksburg Fairmont and McKeesport fighters. Four three round early bouts lead to five rounders with 11 matches in total, under A A U sanction. Doors open 6 45 pm with Rusty and the Boys on air before the 8 30 pm first bell.
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Clarksburg
Fairmont
McKeesport
Charmichael
Tony Abruzzino
Fred Jacques
Dakota
Russ Arbruzzino
Russel Alberts
Barracksville
Emanuel Pratt
Junior
Charles Morgan
Jimmie Burgess
Paul Yoursivich
Farmington
Tommy Ronsch
Joe
Oliverio Rivesville
James Brown
Marion A. C
Carmichael
Rusty
Dempsey Recovers After Emergency Operation
New York July 3 Jack Dempsey shows marked improvement after an emergency appendectomy performed Thursday night His voice returns enough to joke about boxing and he thanks well wishers while his manager reports he felt strong in recovery and plans to call friends for a chat about the operation
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Jack
Dempsey
Tony Galenty
Pion
Amdeack
Ned. Brown
Connie Mack Wins Battle Against Illness in Philadelphia
Connie Mack, the 76 year old Athletics manager, showed marked improvement after returning home from Boston on a stretcher. Ray Mack reported his father’s recovery and that he asked about the Athletics games against Washington. Doctors diagnosed gall bladder trouble as the cause, similar to a 1937 near-fatal episode, but Connie aims to guide the team to another American League pennant.
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Connie Mack
Boston
Ray Mack
Philadelphia Athletics
Athletics
Washington
Mack
New York
Connie
Trivense Meaning Seen In Divorce Figures In 1938
A quirky entry notes the term trivense linked to 1938 divorce totals in Rerio Nevada at 3 376. It hints at Indian and Washington state customs adapting old convent style ones and mentions Indians using plates on horses. A separate tax note mentions Net Guinea villagers resisting taxation.
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Quality Wins Over Coalton in Close Grafton Victory
Grafton Quality Market beat Coalton 4 to 8 yesterday afternoon in a tight game. Key moments came in the seventh and eighth innings with tying and winning runs as Lefty Grimm shut down Coalton late. Joe Keener led Grafton with two hits, while Grafton catcher Olivia contributed the only extra-base hit.
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Coalton
Ross Gerard
Grimm
Joe Keener
Dtate
G. Silvester
Olivia
T. Lobis
H. E. Hamilton
Robinson
Grinnan
Oo Gerard
McMullen
J. Keener
Kappel
C. E. Keener
J. Lobis
Is. Ane
Miller
L. Silves
Smallridge
Phillips
Lambert
State Amateur Tourney Opens At White Sulphur
West Virginia's best amateur golfers begin the 26th annual State Amateur at White Sulphur with Frank Crum defending his title. Local favorite from Pigeon Creek faces a slow start as E. M. Tutwiler Jr. of Mount Hope shoots the day's low practice score of par 70, ten strokes better than Crum.
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West Virginia
Frank Crum
Pigeon Creek
Williamson
E. M. Tutwiler, Jr
Mount Hope
Greenwich
Conn
Crum
Appropriations detailed for Navy Army and relief funding
The report outlines 328 million dollars for agriculture parity payments and surplus disposal, 773.51 thousand for naval programs, 732,187,871 for Army expansion and modern weapons, and a total next year near 2 billion for military forces. It notes reduced current year appropriations to 1,755,600,000 due to separate funding for Public Works rural electrification and farmers payments.
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Air Corps
Public Works Administration
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