Jest Mountaineer Golfers Begin State Title Play
White Sulphur Springs West Virginia July 8 Over three picturesque greens of the Greenbrier club the top golfers in the state today begin the annual championship tourney The opening round will be played today match play starts tomorrow and finals Saturday Pollock cannot participate and McNeil Round and Block Hewitt Round Baumgardner lead the field with other contenders from Fairmont Beckley and Charleston in the strong West Virginia title race
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White Sulphur Springs
Greenbrier
West Nia
Jules Pollock
Wheeling
Porest McNeil
Clarksburg
Round
R. M. Round
Brothers
Harold Block
George Hewitt
Jiner
Sylvanus Jataon
Fairmont
Angus MacDonald
Charleston
J. L. Baumgardner
Ot Beckley
Major League Leaders Including July 7 Update
National batting leader Herman Robins is .391, Ott of the Giants leads in runs batted in with 91, and Ott also tops the RBI chart at 91 as of July 7. The Giants player Ott holds multiple major category leads with solid counting stats.
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Herman
Robins
Ott
Giants
Baseball stats mix with wartime memory in West Virginia
Garbled tally of baseball leaders lists Hafey and Ott among Giants and Pirates with figures for batting, pitching, and fielding while interweaving World War I memorial notes. It mentions West Virginia honor roll, Levi Morgan monument at New Martinsville, and Reed Landis, son of a baseball aviator, reflecting a wartime commemoration alongside sports data.
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West Virginia
Levi Morgan
New Martinsville
National League Results and Upcoming Games Highlight NY and Chicago
Yesterday's NL results show Pittsburgh 17 Brooklyn 8 and New York 8 Cincinnati 0 in the first game. Chicago 15 Boston 4, with multiple later scores including Chicago 9 Philadelphia 3 and Detroit 9 Washington 1. Today features Pittsburgh at Brooklyn, Cincinnati at New York, St. Louis at Philadelphia, and Chicago at Boston with several other matchups noted.
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Pittsburgh
Brooklyn
New York
Cincinnati
Cincinnat
Chicago
Boston
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Detroit
Washington
Cleveland
Berlin
Emil Hirschfeld
Ciabe Pet
Pittsburgh Chicago
Cineinnati
Mid-Atlantic League Scores and Matchups
Cumberland defeated Fairmont 11 to 3 while Johnstown edged Chalerol 4 to 3 and Scottdale beat Clarksburg 4 to 2. Wheeling crushed Jeannette 8 to 0 with Fairmont at Cumberland and Scottdale at Clarksburg. Johnstown hosts Charelol, and Jeannette visits Wheeling. In American Association action Louisville won 6 to 3 over Indianapolis and 4 to 3 over Indianapolis in a later game. Columbus routed Toledo 13 to 4, then Toledo beat Columbus 7 to 5. Milwaukee edged Kansas City 3 to 2, with Milwaukee taking the second game 3 to 4 in 8 innings due to rain. St Paul outscored Minneapolis 12 to 11.
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Cumberland
Fairmont
Johnstown
Chasleroi
Scottdale
Clarksburg
Wheeling
Jeannette
Charelrol
American Association
Louisville
Indianapolis
Indianapol
Columbus
Toledo
Milwaukee
Kansas City
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Endurance Flier Plans Embrace Flight City of Opportunity
Houston based air mail pilot Yoo Glass unveils plan to fly the monoplane City of Opportunity in an endurance flight. The project aims to showcase long distance air mail capabilities from Houston, Texas, detailing routes, times, and sponsor organizations supporting the venture.
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Yoo Glass
Houston
Tex
City of Opportunity
Hamilton Oxford Cam bridge team opens American invasion in victory
In Hamilton Ontario a bridge team defeats the Hamilton Olympic Club as part of a broader American invasion. The event signals a notable upset in regional bridge competition with cross-border rivalry highlighted on the scene.
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Hamilton, Ont
Oxford-Cambridge
Hamilton Olympic Club
Brooklyn Ire Flagstead joins Pirates pennant bid
Brooklyn Ire Flagstead, recently released by the Washington result of the American League, worked out in a Pirate uniform yesterday and it is reported the veteran outfielder will become a member of Donie Bush's pennant contenders. Chicago Paul Neal sets track riding record at Arlington with 11 wins last week. Kansas City Western amateur title hopefuls begin 18-hole qualifying at Mission Hills. Chicago Chicago Women's Golf Championship opens at Butterfield with Virginia Van Wie not defending.
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Brooklyn
Ira Flagstead
Washington
Donie Bush
Chicago
Paul Neal
Arlington Race Track
Kansas City
Psn
Mission Hills Country Club
Butterfield
Virginia van Wie
Boxing cards lack titles and stacking no championship tilt
New York reports a boxing week without a championship fight. Andre Routis vs Jake Zeramby headlines a Boston card not for a title. Numerous 10 round bouts and semi finals are listed across cities including Brooklyn Detroit Cleveland and Los Angeles with names like Kid Chocolate Fernae dez Canzonet McGraw and Hess.
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New York
Andre Routis Kink
Jake Zeramby
Lynn
Mass
Boston
Kid Chocolate
Ignacio Fernandez
Ebbets Field
Brooklyn
Tony Canzonert
Phil McGraw
Detroit
Queensboro
Los Angeles
Ted Morgan
Goldie Hess
Johnny Dundee
Cannonball
Eddie ‘Martin
Dexter Park
George Courtney
Oklahoma
Matt Adgie
Philadelphia
Ted Sandwina
Sioux City
K. C. Clemens
Starlight Park
al Singer
Duane
Arcola Park
N. J
Mike Sankowitch
Harold
Mays
al Ridgeway
Jersey City
Armando Santiago
Cuba
Black Bilt
Phil Tobias
Dayton
Eddie Kid Wagner
Joe Chaney
Baltimore
Long Beach Stadium
Dave Shade
Leo Mitchell
New York Rockaway Playland Stadium
Ruby Goldstein
Billy Drake
Wolgast
Routtler Parra
Chile
Those Golden Shoes Display Sparks Museum Prospect
George Simpson, Ohio State sprint star, once wore the shoes that set a sprint record. The gilded running footwear are now on display at a Columbus club while a dispute over their ultimate fate lingers. They appear headed for a museum.
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George Simpson
Ohio State
Columbus
Philadelphia Defeats Bad Setbacks in Stadium Sprint
In a week of rough sports, Philadelphia shows no worry despite two setbacks. Eddie Tolan wins the light-weight sprint. Grey Coat upsets Brie Larkspur in the Se year-old crown. Trigo conquers the English derby. Cochrane out with a fractured rib. Athletics and Yankees struggle. Browns beat Yankees. Giants, Pirates, and Cubs win to press NL tension. Fire erupts at Detroit semi pro ball park injuring 103, mostly Black spectators.
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Brie Larkspur
Trigo
Cornelius McGillicuddy
Mickey Cochrane
Athletics
Yankees
St. Louis
Mackmen
Cochrane
Washington
Mickey
White Sox
Browns
Earl Whitehill
Detroit
Indians
Red Sox
Cleveland
Ed Morris
Bostonese
Giants
Reds
Pirates
Cubs
Cards
Phillies
Glades
Grantham
Fussell
Brame
Comorosky
Brooklyn i
Ball Park
Collision and air mail talks mark overnight news
A ship collision near Boston sent 249 passengers ashore after transfers while coastguard crews handled the incident. Senate debates repeal of flexible tariff with farmer burdens top of mind. Lloyd Culver and R Reinhart pursue high altitude flight records. Lindbergh and bride complete a cross country flight and signal opening of an airmail route.
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Washington
Senate
Farmer
Seattle-Hody of Forrest Great house missing on glacier
Forrest Great house fell into a Glacier Crevasse on Mt Renter last Tuesday while clearing a block. Naperville Illinois 21 year old Laura Weaver confesses to strangling Wilbur Kitzleman aged 52 and burning him. Associated Press reports sports gossip from New York to London with multiple unrelated items and brief notes on endurance and aviation mishaps.
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Seattle
Hody
Forrest Greathouse
Mt. Renter
Naperville
Laura Weaver
Wilbur Kitzleman
Ibony
Peppersauce Locomotive Leaves Old Mountain Collection
The Peppersauce, a logwheel powered mountain climbing engine built in 1863 by Sylvester Marsh, exits the Baltimore and Ohio collection in Baltimore for its final ascent of Mount Washington New Hampshire. It will be presented to the Boston and Maine Railroad on July 20 by Daniel Willard and installed at Bretton Woods station for viewing by White Mountains visitors. The device has appeared at the 1893 Chicago Worlds Fair and the 1904 St. Louis Fair.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Baltimore
New Hampshire
Mount Washington
N. H
Boston and Maine Railroad
Daniel Willard
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Co
Charles W. Tobey
Armateur
Bretton, Woods
Boston
Maine
White Mountains
Sylvester Marsh
Littleton
Chicago
St. Louis Fair
Field Columbian Museum
Grant
Hayes
Cleveland
New England
Mirage Bridges Lake Seen From Chicago
Office workers along the lakefront can glimpse St Joseph Michigan City and dunes 42 to 62 miles away on rare days when mirages form. The vision requires an altitude of about 1860 feet and results from refraction by unusual air currents. A separate note mentions Nobel laureate Gustaf Dalén improving coke stove heat storage and controlled cooking device.
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Chicago
Nature
St. Joseph
Michigan City
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