Yankees Hope to Overhaul Mackmen in Key Drive
New York Yankees aim to erase an eleven and a half game deficit to the Philadelphia Athletics with a double header against the Washington Senators at home. Babe Ruth leads the attack as Waite Hoyt returns, while Ruth pursues a $100000 salary for 1930 and trails Chuck Klein by eight homers in the race for the season’s home run title.
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Frank Getty
United Press
New York
New York Yankees
Philadelphia Athletics
Miller Huggins
Yankees
Washington Senators
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Athletics
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Chuck” Klein
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Ruth
Public Links Championship Opens in Rain at St Louis
Heavy rain delays the national public links tournament with 146 entries at Forest Park. Togo Hamamoto leads with a 74 while Red Barr matched the score. qualifiers begin, then two rounds, with the 36 hole final on Saturday. Hitchhiking players seek fame for their cities.
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Red Barr
Pittsburgh
Bob Held
St. Louis
Charles V. McKowne Jr
Buffalo
Warren G. Harding
36 Rounds of Battling at Ft Harrison Tonight
Thirty six rounds of boxing are billed at the Ft Harrison arena tonight with two ten rounders two sixes and a four. Jimmy Reynolds meets Jack Kelly in the curtain bout while Johnny DeMarco faces Benny Burns in a top ten bout and Ted Smith clashes with Frankie Palmo in another ten rounder. Rosy Baker fights Matt Marshh and Eddie Hammond meets Carl Emrich in six round scraps.
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Ft. Harrison
Jimmy Reynolds
Jack Kelly
Indianapolis
Johnny DeMarco
al Lippe Stable
Philadelphia
Benny Burns
Cleveland Welter
Burns
Tommy Freeman
Cleveland
de Marco
al Lippe
Ted Smith
Frankie Palmo
Rosy
Kid) Baker
Anderson Lad
Matt Marshh
Cincy
Eddie Hammond
Louisville
Carl Emrich
Terre Haute
Cuban Boxer Kid Chocolate to Meet Al Singer in Big Bout
Kid Chocolate the Cuban boxer will train at Saratoga Springs for a scheduled bout with Al Singer of the Bronx. Representatives of Chocolate and Singer agreed on 128 1/2 pounds as the weight in what is described as the best natural match between little men in these parts in a long time.
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New York
Kid Chocolate
Saratoga Springs
al Singer
Bronx
Chocolate
Singer
Arlington starter remits fines for 26 riders at meet
Chicago Aug 6 Roy Dicker son Arlington race track starter remitted all fines he had assessed during the meeting. Twenty six riders were fined 25 dollars each and Floyd Halbert was assessed 50 dollars.
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Rll United Vess
Chicago
Roy Dickerson
Arlington Race Track
Floyd Halbert
Baldock Defeats Pottau in Eleven Rounds in Blackpool
Teddy Baldock British bantam champion stopped by referee in the eleventh round defeating G Pottau of Belgium in Blackpool Monday night.
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United Press
Blackpool
England
Teddy Baldock
G. Pottau
Belgium
Golf Fashion Sparks Change as Knickers Fall Out
The note reports that several prominent golfers including Walter Hagen abandoned knickers for long gray or white flannel trousers, a style once favored by Jim Barnes.
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Walter Hagen
Jim Barnes
With the Sandlotters by Babe Ruth
Babe Ruth argues the lively ball is not the sole cause of hitting trends. He blames pitching quality and player development, noting pitchers of the past were smarter and better. He contends youth bias toward fielding over pitching harms future pro pitchers and the game’s balance.
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Quinn
Grove
Pennock
Hoyt
Sam Gray
Mathewsons
Browns
the Times
Doubles Clashes on Tennis Card
Ten second round matches in men's doubles were on the Brookside tourney program today. Lang reached the semifinals in singles with two straight set wins over Meunier and West, and will meet Rhodehamel then Christopher in the title path. Christopher defeated Lowery 6-2 6-4 6-1 in the semi. In doubles Wilson and Lowery beat Grenz and Fournace 6-2 6-1, Johnson and Hinchman beat E Martin and A Noone by default.
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Bob Lang
P. Meunier
Ray West
Rhodehamel
Christopher
Emmett Lowery
Lang
West
Lowery
Wilson
Grenz
Fournace
Johnson
Hinchman
E. Martin
A. Noone
Qualifying Scores in City Women Meet
List of qualifying scores and names from Avalon Riverside Meridian Hills and other districts. Notable scores include Mrs H J Buchanan 98 Mrs Gibbs 102 and Miss Alten Miller 110. Ad shows pet foods and bird and livestock remedies from Everitt's Seed Stores with addresses in Indianapolis.
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Avalon
Elizabeth Abbott
M. J. Abbott
Charles A. Kelley Jr
Ze & Stevenson
Meridian Hill
H. J. Buchanan
Riverside
Sa Gibbs
E. Lukenbill
Coffin
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Pa Grove
Ruth White
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Jean Mazur
Frances Kotteman
Edgar Gorrell
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Bernie Lehman
Broadmoor
R. B. Denham
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Hal Holmes
Coffin Ten Howe
Frank Mills
George Weeks
EO. Marquette
Alenn Awane
Miller’s
Old Trusty
Sergeant’s
Miller's
Everitt’s
Alabama St
S. Llinots St
Marriner Breaks Hand Forfeit Bout With Friedman
Chicago on August 6 reports Les Marriner former Illinois football star broke his hand in training for a Monday boxing bout with Al Friedman of Boston. This is Marriner’s second hand injury, forcing another setback in his campaign.
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Les Marriner
University of Illinois
Marriner
al Friedman
Boston
Al Goldberg Beats Neighbor in Eight at Starlight Park
In New York on Monday night August 6 Al Goldberg of the Bronx defeated his neighbor Herman Singer in eight rounds at Starlight Park.
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United Press
New York
al Goldberg
The
Bronx
Herman Singer
Starlight Park
Eastern Trip of 17 Games to Test Cubs
The Cubs face a three week stretch beginning after a home game with Brooklyn as they embark on seventeen straight road games. After twenty wins in twenty two recent contests observers see the trip as pivotal to the pennant race with Pirates and Giants both looming as potential threats if a slump or illness strikes Chicago.
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United Press
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William Wrigley
Chicago Cubs
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Giants
Cubs Hope to Maintain Edge as Team Keeps Pace
Major Homer Leaders suggest the race will stay tight into the final week. Cubs face little risk of a losing streak as Hornsby Wilson Stephenson Grimm and Cuyler show form and the pitching staff strengthens. Wrigley’s team has overcome the Phillies jinx this season after last year’s seven straight defeats.
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Legion Junior Teams in Title Tilt Wednesday
St. Philip's of Indianapolis and South Bend prepared in their cities ahead of Wednesday's American Legion junior baseball final in Muncie Indiana. The winner advances to the district tournament at Ft Wayne Aug 13 and 14 with teams from Ohio Kentucky and Michigan. St. Philip's reached the final after Jeffersonville was disqualified. South Bend beat Ft Wayne in the semi finals.
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United Press
The Iron Man Reggie Mc Namara Sets Endurance Record
Reggie Mc Namara tops bike racers by enduring seven six day events in a single year. He sets a demanding record for stamina among competitors in multiday grinds.
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Reggie McNamara
Reggie
Konjola Promises Relief After Five Years of Suffering
An advertisement touts Konjola as a blend of 32 medicines that cure stomach trouble and nervousness. It claims a five week cure for a West Indianapolis man and promotes the Konjola Man at Hook Dependable Drug Store in Indianapolis to provide testimonials and more details.
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Illinois
Washington Streets
Indianapolis
John F. Henderson
West Inianapolis
Konjola
Konejola
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India
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