Lively ball fuels home run boom in major league
Major league owners say the livelier ball, perhaps slightly rougher, boosts home runs but speeds games. NL chief Heydler cites new ball surface and better grip as reasons, noting hitters take bigger cuts with counts 2 0 and 3 0. Fans enjoy the higher scoring, while pitching remains strong.
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Amateur golfers lead opening in national open at Winged Foot
Amateurs outnumber pros by more than seven to one as the national open begins at Winged Foot Golf Club in Mamaroneck New York on June 27. The field includes Bobby Jones George Van Ellis and Harrison R Jimmy Johnston among the dozen and a half amateurs.
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Jimmy) Johnston
Pirates and Athletics Chase Major League Supremacy
Pirates defeat Giants 11 to 7 while A’s beat Indians 10 to 3 as pennant races tighten. McGraw lifts Giants past Pirates, Waner and Sheely deliver key hits. Cubs and Phillies play to 0 0 rain. Robins edge Reds 2 to 1. Gaston tops Browns 4 to 1. MID-Atlantic results drought across Fairmont Jeannette Johnstown Clarksburg Cumberland Wheeling Scottdale Charleroi.
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Joe Genewiek
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Johnstown
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Charleroi
Scottdale
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Wood- Charleroi
Eorrow Wilson
United States
Franela B. Sayre
Flashes of Life and Baseball Headlines Afield
A jumble of theatre and sports notes. Ethel Barrymore to play a negress in Scarlet Sister Mary with an all white cast. Baseball results show yesterday's scores and standings, including Pittsburgh, New York, Brooklyn, Chicago, and Philadelphia. Upcoming games include New York at Pittsburgh and Brooklyn at Cincinnati. Standings list Pitt, St. Louis, Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, Brooklyn, Boston, Cincinnati with varying win‑loss records. A tense baseball day ends with White Sox beating Senators 11 to 8 in ten innings as Johnson endures a rough afternoon for Washington.
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Pete Gavuz Holding Lead In Stacked Scores
Milwaukee 5 3 Louisville 3 Toledo Minneapolis Iain Columbus 9 St Paul 6 Boston 6 Ba 927 Rochester 9 Jersey City 1 Reading 7 Toronto 6 Buffalo 7 7 Newark 1 1 Montreal 17 Baltimore 5
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Major League Leaders and Events From Various Cities
A compilation of sports and world items notes leaders in baseball including Gavuzzi and Salo tied for second in a mountain lap results, boxing and golf updates with Johnny Dawson defeating A J Evens, and other city briefs on aviation fire chiefs and parrots for war department requests. Also mentions a tennis tourney in Merion and a left handedness study by Dr Ralph Haefner.
Milwaukee fighter stops Ma honey in Chicago bout
Milwaukee boxer Fights Last Night Minikel knocks out Jimmy Ma honey in Chicago. Chief Pik hart also stops John ny Sherod in another Chicago bout. Results show two decisive KOs with Minikel and Hart prevailing in separate matchups.
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Milwaukee
Mitt Minikel
Jimmy Mahoney
Chicago
Chief Pikhart
Johnny Sherod
Overnight News Totals from Multiple Cities
Domestic reports from New York Washington Chattanooga Moorestown Lexington New York Chicago London Mexico City Paris Dublin and more. Notes include a ship sighting, political tariff hearings, a murder trial, a death sentence, a coroner verdict, political candidacy, an arrest, a cancer lab plan, war moves in China, religious talks, debt ratifications, a body arrival and agricultural concerns about sorghum pests and loss reduction tips.
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Dublin
John Devay
Northfork dental mystery prompts investigation near Crumpler
In Crumpler near Northfork H C Phipps, a section foreman for the Norfolk and Western Railway, had three teeth extracted in a week and an X-ray revealed 27 baby teeth in one pocket from upper gum toward the eye. He took leave and traveled to Cincinnati for surgery while authorities review the odd finding.
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Yellow Bird Flight Heads Toward Paris Weather Hurdles Ahead
Reports from the Maine coast trace the Yellow Bird leaving Matinicus Rock as weather bosses predict near perfect conditions for trans Atlantic flight over the north Atlantic. Fuel for 32 to 36 hours, 1007 gallons for a 12 900 pound takeoff, and radio plans outlined. Lindbergh comparison noted with Mrs Lindbergh sighting off Maine. Public notices follow with local incidents and court actions in Morgantown Wheeling and Moundsville.
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Wabash Intervenes in I C C Case on Railroad Consolidation
The Interstate Commerce Commission authorized the Wabash railroad to intervene in opposition to Baltimore and Ohio plans to consolidate with other lines including Central Railroad of New Jersey Lehigh Valley Western Maryland and more. Marble gravestones from plantation cemeteries were used by migrants to rebuild.
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Railroader Fruit King Dies After An Illness
Babylon N Y June 14 Minor Cooper Keith 81 capitalist known as the Banana King died at his home after a weeklong illness. Founder of United Fruit Company he built railways in Central America and developed a banana plantation before organizing United Fruit in 1899. He served as first vice president of United Fruit and later resigned to pursue other interests. He was chairman of the board of directors of the water utility.
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Lightning Kills Groundskeeper on Florida Golf Course
Clarence Morris, 32, Rock County Club greenskeeper, was struck by lightning during a storm while working on the golf course. A Boy Scout Monestra Wine man and local firemen attempted resuscitation, but Morris died. His brother Donaly sought shelter under trees as the storm broke, amid reports of other wartime firefighting efforts and a separate note about railways in Florida.
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