Feats Of Heavy Hitting Becoming Common In Major Leagues
Indians defeat Red Sox 8 to 8 as strong hitting dominates the majors. Wesley Ferrell led Boston with three hits in seven innings but the Indians rallied for six runs in the final two frames. Joe Sewell misses his 1,102nd consecutive game due to fever. Giants, Reds win. Robins topple Cards as pennant race tightens.
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League leader lifts average as Whitesox top Yankees
The White Sox beat the Yankees as league leader Babe Ruth went hitless in three at bats. The box shows H R runs and averages for Cissell Simmons Ruth Hornsby and teams, with Whitesox at .447 and Athletics at .434. Ruth’s line reads .333 on the season.
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Local track stars enter Big Ten meet in Morgantown
Grafton High School sprinters led by Henry Rupp and Bud McKeen, along with Coach Arch Petersen and Lynn Faulkner, depart for Morgantown to compete in the Tig Ten track and field meet at West Virginia University Stadium. Elkins favored to win. Washington Irving and Morgantown loom as contenders. Fairmont also sending athletes. An ancient Hadrian aqueduct in Athens was recently repaired by an American firm.
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Baseball Results From Yesterday and Today Schedule
Yesterday Pittsburgh defeated Boston 4 to 2 and Chicago beat Philadelphia 11 to 8. Cincinnati led New York by an undecided margin while Brooklyn faced St. Louis 4 across. Today Boston plays Pittsburgh, Philadelphia vs Chicago, Brooklyn vs St. Louis, and New York vs Cincinnati.
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Baseball scores and matchups in the American League
In the latest American League results Philadelphia beat Detroit 9 to 4 Chicago defeated New York 10 to 1 Washington routed St Louis 13 to 5 Cleveland triumphed over Boston 8 to 3 Detroit visits Philadelphia St Louis visits Washington Chicago visits New York Cleveland visits Boston.
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Waner Leads Big Six Hitters with .500 Mark
With an even .500 average Paul Waner holds the lead among baseball Big Six hitters. He hit three times in four at bats for Pittsburgh against Boston yesterday as Bill Cissell of the American League also contributed for his league purposes.
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West Virginia nine rally tops Marshall 10 to 8 in eighth
West Virginia University rallied in the eighth inning to score five runs and defeat Marshall College 10 to 8. Marshall led 8 to 5 before WVU’s barrage, aided by five singles, a sacrifice fly, a stolen base and a fielder’s choice, plus two Wesleyan errors. Other area results include Wesleyan College’s loss to the Clarksburg Generals and Weston High’s 15 to 3 win over Jane Lew.
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Doings of Diamond Stars Yesterday
AP report notes Whitesox drove in ten runs with six, including two homers and a triple as they defeated the Rangers 10 to 1. Senators beat Browns 13 to 5 on solid pitching by Sam Jones. Reds beat Giants 9 to 8 behind Harry Heilmann's double and triple in a seven run rally.
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Fights Last Night in Cedar Rapids and Pittsburgh
In Cedar Rapids Johnny Fulton defeated Jock McCarthy by decision. In Pittsburgh Joe Cooper bested Harry Wallace in a points win.
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Des Moines Defeats Wichita Under Lights In Night Game
Des Moines club beat Wichita 13 to 6 before nearly 12 000 spectators in a Western League night game. Pitching was strong, fielding improved under artificial lighting, and E Lee Keyser urged night contests as junior league salvation, moving today's start to 5 p m.
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Earl of Derby arrives in U S for Kentucky derby
The Earl of Derby seventeenth holder of the title has arrived in the United States aboard the Aquitania to renew ties with American racing and attend his first Kentucky Derby. He will stay with Joseph D. Widener in Philadelphia. In Pittsburgh Lloyd Waner, Pirates outfielder and Waner brother, is not recovering well from appendicitis and may seek a specialist in Baltimore or Rochester, Minn.
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Students Arrested in Riot and Packed Doubleheaders Timeline
Readable fragments show a sequence of baseball or sports scheduling notes with multiple doubleheaders and single games. The entries reference teams such as Boston Philadelphia Brooklyn Pittsburgh Cincinnati Chicago and locations including New York and Philadelphia, with dates ranging from May to August and notes about games moved up from earlier dates.
Radio broadcast ban lifted for road games by Texas League clubs
Reson, a former Vanderbilt star, played last season with the Louisville Colonels. Dallas representatives voted to lift the ban on radio broadcasts of road games with the one restriction that games could not be broadcast within 100 miles of the broadcasting station without both clubs' consent. In Seattle Primo Carnera fought three lightweights in an exhibition, boxing one round each with Terry Hanson Sailor Filkens and Bob Frasier, delivering heavy punches to all.
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New York
Bob Frasier
Detroit Team Slips Into Fourth Place In Bowling Contest
Detroit bowling team from the Riviere recreation club slipped to fourth in the Dallas Purchase of Larry Cre women’s international bowling event after a late shift. The Detroit pinsters posted a total of 2479 for the five-woman team, as announced by Bob Tarleton, business manager of the Dallas Steers.
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Playing Dates For Postponed Games Decided
New York May 3 National League releases revised schedule causing extra work for most clubs except the Cubs who faced no weather delays. Cubs games include a doubleheader with the Giants on June 1 and September 3 and 6. Brooklyn moves a Pittsburgh game to May 11 and adds a May 1 doubleheader with Philadelphia, plus a June 22 single game and a September 22 game.
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Florida's oldest resident a 112 year old negro woman
Pensacola May 3. West Florida's oldest resident, census enumerator report, is a negro woman named Mariaana aged 112. Her principal concern is a son aged 70 whose recent divorce was finalized.
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All Spanish Language Program Broadcast Tomorrow
Hollywood California May 3 a national hook up will air an all Spanish language program from radio KNX at 10 p m Pacific Time tomorrow The program aims to foster goodwill between the United States and Mexico and will be broadcast to New York and rebroadcast to Mexico Rotary clubs in the United States and Mexico assist with the effort.
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Man crushed to death in loading accident at West Virginia yard
Sintersville reports M R Carpenter of Midlerbourne was killed yesterday when crushed between a truck and a freight car while loading pipe for shipment to Marietta Ohio. The accident occurred in a West Virginia yard and details note the worker died on site.
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Rum War At El Paso Draws Little Attention
In El Paso Texas on April 30 a curbside dispute over bootleg whiskey spills into a nightly clash between smugglers and US border officers. The Juarez Juicer market sees $2.50 pints while smuggling dens prosper near Cordova Island as gunfire and raids ripple along the Rio Grande.
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