Baseball Scores From Sunday, Three Games Played
In New York the Sunday results show BFG3 ST at 10 to 8, St Louis 5 to 12, and Washington 2 to 1 over Detroit. Boston 7 and Cleveland 5 went 12 innings. Only three games were on the slate.
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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1931
Page
2
In New York the Sunday results show BFG3 ST at 10 to 8, St Louis 5 to 12, and Washington 2 to 1 over Detroit. Boston 7 and Cleveland 5 went 12 innings. Only three games were on the slate.
The St Louis Cardinals swept the New York Giants in a double header to boost their lead toward the 1931 World Series, with Johnson and Derringer each winning 2 1 in a 2 1 pair. The Yankees defeated St Louis Browns 16 9 in a twin bill as Lou Gehrig hit his 21st and 22nd home runs, and the Red Sox edged Cleveland 6 5 in 12 innings. Bermuda onions from Florida matched Island growth in quality, and a Florida grower showed a 25 pound yellow squash.
Washington report shows drought reducing wild duck numbers and forecasts the smallest hatch on record. The U S Biological Survey warns of the gravest waterfowl situation in history, prompting shorter shooting seasons and stricter limits. Potato production note from W Dr Sapp in De Funing Springs Florida.
An advertisement touts MELLO GLO face powder as non drying and pore minimizing. It claims smooth spread, natural blending with any complexion, and government approval of coloring matter, marketed by 0 GEQ, John F. Cox Drug Co, and Geo. W. Robison Department Store.
John Skinyon, 28, a reputed gang leader who extorted from the aged, was stabbed by 74 year old John Kasray. Skinyon died hours later at Belleven hospital. Detectives tracked to a shabby East Side tenement where Kasray’s daughter in law Nora Kassay recounted the act as retribution.
Washington reports unemployment may ease somewhat this coming winter, says Fred C. Croxton acting chairman of Hoover's Emergency Committee on Employment. He stressed the opinion as personal, not official, while noting a serious problem will persist through the cold months. Croxton urged broad cooperation with 200 trade associations to spread work among employees and avoid wage cuts. Officials cited 1.5 to 2 million unemployed as the norm, many physically or mentally unfit for work, with consumer stocks low signaling possible restocking soon.
In Shreveport Louisiana on Sunday after 1 30 a m a raid at a Midway club ends with a fatality Cross 48 a local patron is shot and killed by a bandit during the attack two guards held Ward and Cochran prisoners as five masked men entered through a back door and escaped after collecting cash whose amount was not determined a rifle was found near the victim's body
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