Cox Fires Harris To Aid Phillies In 1930s Drama
Philadelphia July 31. William D. Cox publicly defended his ouster of manager Bucky Harris as move to lift the team from the cellar. Harris claimed Cox promised no change and described the plan as a deliberate lie. Harris alleged prior salary talks and silent directors, while Cox promised a formal reply Monday.
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Bucky Harris
Philadelphia Phillies
Phillies
Harris
William D. Cox
Cox
Phillies Board of Directors
St. Louis
Fred Fitzsimmons
Board of Directors
Pittsburgh
Earl Whitehill
Whitehill
Youth Awakening to Golf by Jerry Travers and Travis Rivalry
NEA Sports Editor Harry Grayson profiles Jerome Dunstan Travers and Walter J. Travis, detailing Travers’s rise as a short game master, four US Amateur titles, a 1915 US Open win, and his later decline after the 1929 crash, while noting their intertwined careers and lasting impact on American golf glory.
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Jerry Travers
Travis
Harry Grayson
NEA
Travers
Jerome Dunstan Travers
Walter J. Travis
America
United States
Robert Tyre Jones, Jr
Bobby Jones
Merion
Walter Hagen
Baltusrol
Woods
Glen
Have Good Chance In NL Battle
The Cubs move into NL contention with a strong run, challenging Brooklyn and Cincinnati for second. Nicholson leads in RBIs and homers as he powered a 12-3 win over Brooklyn with Blanton earning his 12th victory. The Cardinals stumble in a three-game series with the Dodgers as Mort Cooper loses his 15th. In the AL, the Yankees win their 21st game in 31, while Early Wynn and Siebert deliver wins for Washington and Philadelphia respectively. Elmer Riddle notches his 14th win in a doubleheader split with Boston, and Ace Adams finishes relief duty for New York as Giants rally late against Pittsburgh.
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Pittsburgh
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Bruins
Pirates
CUBS
Cardinals
Bucky Harris
Phillies
Bay
Hi Blthorn
Bill Nicholson
Nicholson
RBI
Sli Dodgers
Jimmy Wasdell
Buster Adams
Big Mort Cooper
New York Yankees
Cleveland
Beltad
Jeff Heath
Ernie Bonham
Nick Ellen
Yanks
Early Wynn
Washington
Chicago White Sox
Dick Siebert
Johnny Welas
Philalphia Athletics
St. Louis Browns
Bobo Newsom
Browns
Riddle
Elmer Riddle
Boston Braves
Red Barrett
Boston
New York Giants
Ace Adams Adams
Adams
Bill Baker
Detroit
Boston Red Sox
Hank Dana
Tiger
Major League Leaders End Season Highlights
A compact tally of top players by league with batting averages, runs, runs batted in, doubles, triples, home runs, stolen bases, and pitching won loss records. Notable names include Musial Vaughan Nicholson Herman Ott Wakefield Keltner Lindell Grove and Chandler across National and American leagues with team affiliations Chicago St. Louis Brooklyn New York Detroit Cleveland Pittsburgh and more.
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Harmon
Brooklyn
Vaughan
Nicholson
Chicago
Herman
Goroda
New York
Russell
Pittsburgh
Ott
Lowrey
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Sewell
Riddle
Cincinnati
Appling
Wakefield
Detroit
Vernon
Washington
Etten
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Tucker
Case
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Keltner
Cleveland
Lindell
York Detroit
Kelter
Stephens
Moses
Grove
Chandler
Bridges
Fights Last Night Roundup From AP Reports
In Mobile Alabama Jackie Callura from Hamilton Ontario KOed Frankie Ryan of Portland Oregon in the fourth. In Wilmington Delaware Gus Dorazio stopped Ray Scully of Reading Pennsylvania in the third.
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Jackie Callura
Mamilton
Frankie Ryan
Portland
Ore
Wilmington
Gus Dorazio
Philadelphia
Ray Scully
Reading
Army Navy Game Opens Football Season at West Point
New York July 31 The army navy game will open the football season at West Point in September and likely close it there as well Col Biff Jones and Lieut Com Max Stevens are negotiating for a late September game at Sampson N Y while bids for a Blenheim colt sale at Lexington Ky heat up Noodles Hahn still throws batting practice as he nears a Reds no hitter from 1900. A major eastern university grid coach faces a leave of absence salary cut or release with contract adjustments.
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West Point
Army
Biff Jones
Max Stevens
Sampson
N.Y
Naval Training Station
Lexington
A. B. Hancock’s
Sky Lark
California Boxing Commission
Joe Lynch
Hank Armstrong
White
Jackie Wilson
Jake Amotta
Los Angeles
Service Sports, Inc
Noodles Hahn
Reds
Big Eastern University Army
Appling Homers as Wade Pitches To Standouts
Luke Appling hit his first homer of the season against the Yankees after hammering three of Jake Wade's practice tosses into the stands. In the clubhouse Appling offered to buy Wade a drink, and Wade replied that if Appling can hit the ball out of the park he will switch from left to right handed pitching.
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Luke Appling
White Sox
Yanks
Jake Wade
Luke
Wade
Jake
Navy athletic director urges college athletics inclusion
Capt. John Billick Wheichel, at a Cc. O. E. L. A. meeting, states he has 30 years experience with army athletics and questions why army officers have not advocated athletics in college training. Jerry Geisler, former chairman, contributes.
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John “Billick” Wheichel
Navy
Army
First hits and knots in baseball notes from multiple venues
Tim Cohane reports on Bills Cox instructing Freddie Fitzsimmons as manager and knuckleball technique. A five inning no hit game at Keesler Field is hailed by Pfc Otto Riddle of Charlotte, near relation to Elmer Riddle. Dave Zinkoff promotes a new APO address. Cornelius Warmerdam tops 15 feet in pole vault at a Del Monte event in San Francisco in an exhibition 15-3 mark.
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Otto Riddle
Charlotte
N. C
Reds
Elmer Riddle
Dave Zinkoff
Philadelphia
Spiras
APO
Cornelius Warmerdam
del Monte
San Francisco
Armed forces help return ready baseball hands to majors
The Scoreboard notes war service clubs will feed major league rosters with talent. Lieut Mickey Cochrane cites Frank Baumholtz Ed Pelagrini and Carl Fiore as players who may fit into the big leagues after the war. Pellagrini hits .357 Fiore .380 and both outpace many veterans in batting. Fiore saw White Sox and Senators at Komiskey Park. Pellagrini weighs 150 pounds and swings Mizes 39 ounce bat hard. The scene references Capt Billy Southworth Jr and England Flying Fortress imagery.
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New York
Mickey Cochrane
Great Lakes
Frank Baumholtz
Bill MecKechnie
Cincinnati
Reds
Baumholtz
Pioneer League
Bluejackets
Cochrane
Eddie Pelagrini
Navy
Louisville
Red Sox
Carl Fiore
Cedar Rapids
Three Eye
Scranton
Pellagrini
Fiore
Joe Grace
Browns
Johnny Mize
Barney McCoskey
The
Tigers
Johnny Pesky
Pesky
Ted Williams
Buddy Hassett
Lew Gremp
North Carolina Navy
Cloudbusters
Mize
White Sox
Senators
Comiskey Park
Billy Southworth, Jr
Cardinal
England
Cardinals
Tuero And Flam Bid For Net Championship
In Kalamazoo Michigan on July 31 Jack Tuero of New Orleans and Herbert Flam of Beverly Hills California reached the finals of the Western Junior and Boys tennis championships. Top seeds both favored to win and advance to the national junior and boys meet next week on Kalmazoo college courts.
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Mich
Jack Tuero
New Orleans
Herbert Flam
Beverly Hills
Calif
Kalamazoo College
Thumbs Up Favorite In Arlington Handicap Field
Arlington Park at Washington Park hosts the Arlington Handicap a mile and a quarter with Thumbs Up the favorite in a 13 horse field. He carries 118 pounds with Rounders and Aletern among main rivals, while Marriage and Anticlimax add depth and Santo comes in from the East to contest the $50,000 added money event.
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Louis B. Mayer
Arlington Park
Washington Park
Jamaica
Thumbs Up
Valdiia Farm
A. C. Ernst
Coward and Dupy
Marriage
H. P. Headley
Headley
Askmenow
King's Abbey
William Helis
Santo
Massachusetts
Major League Record Results From Yesterday
Chicago routed Brooklyn 12 to 3 while New York beat Pittsburgh 13 to 7 Cincinnati swept with 2 to 0 score Boston fell 0 to 3 Philadelphia vs St Louis played at night with results incomplete for other games.
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Brooklyn
New York
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Boston
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Baseball Tonight Schedule With Probable Starters
New York visits Cincinnati under the lights with pitcher Pischer at 3-5 facing Walters 5-11. Boston plays Pittsburgh with Javery 8-10 opposing Hebert 6-6. Brooklyn at St Louis features Wyatt 4-4 against Lanier 6-5. Philadelphia at Chicago showcases Conger 1-4 or Kraus 6-9 versus Hanyrewski 4-1.
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New York
Cincinnati
Pischer
Baseball score recap from league game night
New York 5 Cleveland 4 Boston 4-2 Detroit 2-5 Washington 4 Chicago 1 Philadelphia 3 St Louis 2. Eleven innings noted for the games summarized.
Prison Star's Pro Grid Bid Underway
Don MacGregor a Des Moines native and former Iowa State Penitentiary inmate begins NFL tryout with the Philadelphia Eagles Pittsburgh Steelers merger. After five years of a ten year auto theft term he reports for the first drill as a backfield candidate. He grew towering 6 feet 185 pounds in prison and excelled on the penitentiary team with five yard per play and 43 yard punting averages.
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Philadelphia
Don MacGregor
Iowa State Penitentiary
Des Moines
Philadelphia Eagles
Pittsburgh Steelers
Don
Philadelphia at New York Detroit at Cleveland Rivalry Probables
Starting pitchers listed include Detroit at New York with Houser and Wensloff, Cleveland at Boston with Reynolds and Ryba, Chicago at Philadelphia with Grove and Wade against Harris and Flores, and St Louis at Washington with Hollingsworth and Leonard in a night game.
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Ryba
Chicago
Philadelphia
Grove
Wade
Harria
Flores
St. Louis
Washington
Hollingsworth
Leonard
Consistent Hitter Brooks Dodgers Star Player Billy Herman
Billy Herman, amid one of his best MLB years, carried the Dodgers through the first half without suffering more than two straight hitless games, showcasing steady at bats and reliable hitting.
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Brooklyn
Billy Herman
Dodgers
Prospect Southworth Enlists in Army Air Force Farm System
Young Southworth, an outfielder like his father who played for Toronto, heads for bigger things. He enlisted after the 1940 season, becoming a captain in the Army Air Forces over the Ruhr. The armed forces provide the game a uniquely elaborate farm system with disciplined hours and peak fitness.
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Southworth
Toronto
Army Air Force
Pearl Harbor
Ruhr
Beck Leads City Golf Title Race At Blair Park
Avery Beck shot 75 to lead medalist contention in the city wide golf championship qualifiers at Blair Park. Three players tied for second at 78: Nelson Zachary Fred Sechrest and Lucian Williams. Other qualifiers include Dobbins 81 Hendrix 82 Charlie Hendrix 87 Cheek 88 Morehead 89 Russell 97 bringing 31 golfers into match play. Adams-Millis meet at Blair Park starts August with 15 firm members competing for the mill championship. entrants to register at the golf shop and play begins August 9.
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Avery Beck
Blair Park
Nelson Zachary
Fred Sechrest
Lucian Williams
Beck
George Dobbins
Francis Hendrix
Charlie Hendrix
Ralph Cheek
Bill Morehead
C. L. Russell
Fred E. Sappenfield
Blair Park Pro
Wright-Cline
Sears-Roebuck Company
Redwine Hardware
Beeson Hardware
Shackelford Clothing Company
Adams-Millis Meet
Minor League Baseball Scores From Several Circuits
Richmond 1 Durham 0 Roanoke 11 Lynchburg 4 Portsmouth 2 Norfolk 1 International League Jersey City 4 Buffalo 3 second called end 10th dimout Syracuse 1 Montreal 0-4 second game 10 innings Rochester 6 Baltimore 1 Toronto 5 Newark 4 American Association Kansas City 2 Indianapolis 1 Toledo 3 St Paul 1-6 Milwaukee 12 Louisville 4-4 Minneapolis 4-3 Columbus 2-2 Pacific Coast San Francisco 2 Sacramento 1 Los Angeles 7 San Diego 1 Seattle 2 Oakland 1 10 innings Hollywood 3 Portland 2 called ninth dimout
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Standings and scores from Eastern and Southern leagues
Eastern League results show Wilkes-Barre 5 Albany 4 and Springfield 6 Binghamton 4 with Scranton 3 Utica 1 and Hartford 10 Elmira 7 in a dense set of game tallies. Southern Association notes Nashville 12 4 Little Rock 1 9 and Knoxville 4 Memphis 3 Atlanta 2 New Orleans 1 Montgomery 5 Birmingham 8 among listed totals.
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Albany
Springfield
Binghamton
Scranton
Utica
Hartford
Elmira
Southern Association
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Little Rock
Knoxville
Memphis
Atlanta
New Orleans
Montgomery
Birmingham
McGraw’s Giants dominate NL leaders in 1940s rise
New York reports that Freddy Fitzsimmons now runs the Philadelphia Phillies while six of the National League’s eight leading players are products of John McGraw’s Giants. Only Leo Durocher of the Dodgers and Jimmy Wilson of the Cubs are not McGraw products.
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New York
Freddy Fitzsimmons
Philadelphia Phillies
National League
New York Giants
John McGraw
Leo Durocher
Brooklyn Dodgers
Jimmy Wilson
Chicago Cubs
Hewitt Ex-Columbia Backfield Star on Massachusetts Board
Boston reports Ralph Hewitt, former Columbia backfield star and Lowell resident, serves on the Massachusetts state athletic board. He still holds the world interscholastic record for 600 yards and did not compete in track during college.
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Boston
Ralph Hewitt
Columbia
Massachusetts State Athletic Board
Lowell
Prison Star Don MacGregor Pursues Football Return
Don MacGregor recalls brutal games with penitentiary teams and his two years as a welding instructor during his sentence. He seeks work in a defense plant as he eyes a football comeback with the Eagles. The piece notes Ra win Pitts of Sing Sing briefly pursued pro ball in 1935 but left after a salary dispute, later dying in 1941.
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MacGregor
Eagles
Rawin
Alabama
Pitt
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