Armour Leads Western Open After Strong First Half
Tommy Armour of Orchard Lake Mich led the Western Open after thirty-six holes with four under par and 136. Gene Sarazen two strokes back, Horton Smith 139, and the Hutchisons 141s drew attention. Several Hoosiers and others qualified for the final 36 holes as contenders emerged among 16 with 143 or better.
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Milwaukee
Tommy Armour
Orchard Lake
Mich
Gene Sarazen
Armour
Horton Smith
Joplin
Hutchisons
Jock
Willard
Lake Shore County Club
Chicago
Bill Mehlhorn
Bob McDonald
Henry Ciuci
Abe Espinosa
Frank Walsh
Orville Schell
Leonard Schmutte
Espinosa
Dick Nelson
Indianapolis
Nelson
Neal McIntyre
Lima, O
Hawthorne Race Entries for Saturday Meet
A crowded Hawthorne program lists six furlong claiming races for 3yo+ with entrants such as Suit Yourself and Governor Seth. two year olds feature Thistle Ann and Timour. Good Luck stakes cover 3yo+ at one mile seventeen. Ft Dearborn Handicap offers 3yo+ at one and one-sixteenth miles. additional claiming races include Herodines Congo and Alabama Bound with fields led by Fayion and Alabama Bound.
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Earl Eltel
Blackwood
Marty Flynn
Calioper
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Herodines
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Airbore
Broad Axe
Prince
Magic Wand
Fayion
Patfield
Tom Byrne
Wedchester
Billy Basil
Alabama
Hesitation
Ham
Blind Hills
Will Bank
Jean Desaible
Tea Tray
Helen E
the Cossack
Cartoon
Semi-Pro and Amateur Baseball Notes From Indiana
Weekend games feature Dady A. C. and Indianapolis at Rhodius Park with Nubolt on the mound for A C S. Cubs pitcher options Eaton or McCurdy. A C C aim for six games against a state team for Labor Day. Monograms vs Riverside on Sunday with manager contact. Hoosier A B C adds McReynolds and Thomas to strengthen lineup for rest of season. seeks state games for Labor Day and Sept 8. Oriole Juniors seek 17-20 year olds. Frankfort shut out at Ladoga 4 0. Maccabees vs Riley Sexon Brothers at Brookside No 2 Sunday 3 p m.
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Indianapolis
Rhodius Park
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A. C.s
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Cubs
Labor
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Oliver Aveue
Hoosier A. B. C.s
McReynolds
Thomas
Marion Thietics
Rtin Moore
Northwestern Avenue
Polo finals Sunday match Ft. Leavenworth vs Pacific Coast
The Midwick Polo Club of Pasadena champions will face Ft. Leavenworth in Chicago Sunday for the United States polo tournament title after defeating Oak Park-Du Page. Army team from Ft. Leavenworth are Rocky Mountain circuit champions.
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United Press
Chicago
Oak Park- du Page
Midwick
Pasadena
Cal
Kan
United States
Army
Rocky Mountain
Triple Homer Tie: Ruth and Klein Caught by Hack
Babe Ruth of the Yankees Chuck Klein of the Phillies and Hack Wilson of the Cubs each had 33 homers for the leading major league pace. Wilson hit his 33rd off Ray Benge in Philadelphia, two on base. Ruth’s 33rd came eight days earlier in Detroit. Klein last homered July 1 in Pittsburgh. illness slowed him.
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Babe Ruth
Yankees
Chuck Klein
Phillies
Hack Wilson
Cubs
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Ray Benge
Philadelphia
Ruth
Detroit
Klein
Pittsburgh
Phils
Hornsby
Zach Taylor
Baseball Schedule and Results in the League Roundup
Today’s schedule shows AMERICAN ASSOCIATION games Indianapolis at Columbus Minneapolis at Kansas City Toledo at Louisville St Paul at Milwaukee Two NATIONAL LEAGUE doubleheaders Cincinnati at Brooklyn Chicago at Philadelphia St Louis at Boston Pittsburgh at New York Also AMERICAN LEAGUE Philadelphia at Chicago New York at St Louis Washington at Detroit Boston at Cleveland Two games indicated
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Minneapolis
Kansas City
Toledo
Louisville
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National League
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Brooklyn
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Boston
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Cleveland
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Releue
Tyne
Rudolph
Engieking
Stroit
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Bauman
Noffke
Fink
Casey
Toledo and Louisville clash in pitchers duel and errors
Results show Toledo 11 1 1 n and Louisville 6 8 1 with key players Pfeffer Wright Wingard McCurdy Creson and Thompson listed. Multiple scores and innings indicate a slate of college and city leagues with a Bloomington Bloomington Bloomington matchup and other regional results.
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Pirstarel Sobs Bseenneenrs
Parks
Pfeffer
Wright
Wingard
McCurdy
Ae Creson
Thompson
Louisville
Lucasander
Moss
Tesmer
SM. Pa
Cigeoccavas
Milwaukee
Polk and Hargrave
Strelecki
Temple and Young
Buffalo Legion Victor In Eastern Junior Baseball Tourney Final
Buffalo defeated Lisbon Falls Me 6 to 4 in the eastern division final of the American Legion junior baseball tourney. Pitcher Wojkowiak allowed five hits and Thurdsday featured two Buffalo triples. Buffalo advances to face the western winner in Louisville Ky in September for the junior world series.
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Pay Times
Washington
Buffalo
Lisbon Falls
American Legion
Wojkowiak
Louisville
Did You Know That ABE HERMAN Endurance Talker and Campolo Feats
Brooklyn clouter Abe Herman is described as an endurance talker. Uncle Robbie, while umpiring, told his pitcher not to throw to first to avoid disrupting a conversation. Victorio Campolo the Argentine hippo draws attention with his tall siblings Felipe and Valentin, and Campolo beat Heeney, then kissed spectators.
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Brooklyn
Herman
Bob Hart
Robbie
Babe
Bob
Broadway
Victorio Campolo
Victorio
Felipe
Valentine
Campolo
Heeney
Mitchell Takes Lead In 1925 Indiana Amateur Final
Dwight Mitchell, of French Lick, led George Lance, Terre Haute, 2 up after seven holes in a thirty six hole match to decide the Indiana Amateur Golf Association title at Hills Country Club. The week featured harsh weather with rain and wind, shaping scoring and play.
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French Lick
Ind
Dwight Mitchell
George Lance
Lance
Dick Miller
Terre Haute
Indiana Amateur Golf Association
Hills Country Club
Hoosterdam
Mitchell
Dr. E. W. Gant
Highland
Indianapolis
Bobby Resener
Kokomo
Resener-Mitchell
Resener
Rosener
Ring Fans See Mastro Next Feather Champion Bid
Earl Mastro dominated Eddie Shea at Chicago Stadium to loom as the next featherweight title holder. Routis of France is signed to fight the winner, promoter Harmon aiming for a November championship match. The card drew 15,239 fans paying $39,073 with De Vos edging Burns and Sullivan scoring a KO in the earlier bout.
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Eddie Shea
Earl
Routis
Rene de Vos
Bay United Press
Chicago
Earl Mastro
Andre Routis
France
West Side
Chicago Stadium
Harmon
Shea
Johnny Burns
San Francisco
My” Sullivan
St. Paul
Oxy Allen
Camden
N. J
Joe Medill
Henry Perlick
Kalamazoo
Mich
Boxing Commission
Five Games Open National Printer Tourney at Riverside Park
The nineteenth annual Union Printers' International Baseball League tourney opened with a reception in the Claypool hotel. Opening games at Riverside park begin at 2 PM with St Louis Chicago St Paul Pittsburgh New York among the entrants and a perpetual trophy prize for the champion over ten years.
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Union Printers
International Baseball League and Golf Association
Riley
Claypool
Smiley
W. Chambers
L. Ert Slack
French Lick
Baseball Commission of the League
Riverside Park
Garry Herrman
Cincinnati Reds
National League
American League
Mergenthaler Linotype Company
Texan Fires Way to Top Trap Honor
Mose Newman of Sweetwater Texas captured the Grand American Handicap in Vandalia Ohio after a dramatic run. He stood in a six corner tie and then broke 25 consecutive thirds to help finish with 98 of 100 targets, sharing the crown with several rivals at the final tally.
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Mose Newman
Sweetwater
Texas Panhandle
Newman
Earl F. Booker
Dayton
E. F. Lockwood
Ft. Wayne
Ind
George Slaughter
Benton Harbor
Mich
E. L. Axtell
Harvard, Ill
W. L. Englert
Willard
Bassett Jr. Champion Wins Indiana Junior Golf
Anderson Ind August 24 William Bassett of Fort Wayne captured the Indiana junior golf title finishing the seventy two hole event in 278 strokes 68 68 70 72 two under par He earned a two stroke margin over Andy Kucela of Elkhart who tied with Bill Heinlein of Indianapolis for second place after a playoff ensuring a 292 total.
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Pit
Anderson
Ind
Indiana
William Bassett
Ft. Wayne
Andy Kucela
Elkhart
Bill Heinlein
Indianapolis
Seven Indiana phone firms seek merger with United Corporation
A merger petition was filed with the public service commission by Max F. Hosea and John Powell of Indianapolis. It lists The Monti cello Telephone Company Flora Phone Company Moran Pepp's's Phone Company The Advance North Salem Rossville and Chalmer Phone Companies as parties. The petition argues lower operating costs from the merger and notes United Corporation is capitalized at 5 000 shares of preferred stock at 100 par value and 50 000 shares of common stock with no par value.
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United Corporation
Public Service Commission
Max F. Hosea
John Powell
Indianapolis
Monticello Telephone Compay
Flora Phone Company
Moran Pepp‘s’s Phone Company
The
Advance
North Salem
Rossville
Chalmer
Gant Keeps Pace as Lance Holds Par After Friday Round
Gant wins two of six holes while Lance posts a 72 to stay one down. Mitchell shows solid form at par as he challenges the champion. Dopesters expect Lance to win if he repeats or improves on Friday while Gant and Mitchell try to upset.
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Lance
Dr. Gant
Gant
Mitchell
New Phyllis Wheatley Y W C A Branch Dedication Planned
The Phyllis Wheatley YWCA branch at Walnut and West streets will be dedicated Sunday October 6 with Miss May B Belcher announcing the event. The new building costing about 200000 features a gymnasium swimming pool and rooms for thirty girls and will be open for the week. The branch moved from 601 North West Street and now has 1400 members.
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Phyllis Wheatley
Walnut and
West Streets
May B. Belcher
North West Street
Six Boys Held in Juvenile Arson Ring Sweep
The fire prevention department reports six youths aged 9 to 13, alleged members of a north side arson ring, with one more boy taken into custody. They allegedly confessed to setting twenty vacant houses in the past year. The case goes to juvenile court for September trial. Five of the arrests followed a fire at a vacant house at 824 North Delaware Street.
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Fire Prevention Department
North Side
Bernard Lynch
Prevention Department
North
Delaware Street
Wrestler Pat O'Brien Seeks Pin in Semi Windup at Broad Ripple
Pat O'Brien 185 pounds aims to pin Ralph Hancock 180 of Elwood in a Monday semi-windup at Broad Ripple. Hancock weighs 180. Cowboy Jones of Wyoming and George Baltzer of Salt Lake City headline the card in a finish match.
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Ralph Hancock
Elwood
Broad Ripple
Hancock
Cowboy Jones
Wyoming
George Baltzer
Salt Lake City
Pitchers Uhle and Lyons Regain Effectiveness
The article notes George Uhle's diminished form after twenty innings against the White Sox in late May. It adds that Ted Lyons, who pitched one more inning than Uhle, has recently recovered his effectiveness against a stronger-hitting team.
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George Uhle
White Sox
Ted Lyons
Uhle
Wills Poised For Seventh Shot At National Tennis Title
Helen Wills of California enters the West Side Tennis Club day seeking her seventh bid to win the national women's championship. She carries a near flawless record in this event, having defeated Lamme, Cruickshank, Harper, Cross, and Jacobs without a loss, while Watson advances after tough matches to reach today’s final.
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Forest Hills
L. I
Helen Wills
West Side Tennis Club
California
Charlotte Chapin
Springfield
Mass
L. R. C. Michell
Great Britain
Watson
Josephine Cruickshank
Santa Ana
Cal
A. J. Lamme
New
York
Lott Picked to Trip Bill In Newport Tennis Final
George M. Lott Jr. of Chicago, a Davis Cup star and No. 3 American, was slight favorite over No. 1 William T. Tilden of Philadelphia in the Newport Casino invitation singles final. Lott beat John Van Ryn 6-4 6-2 1-6 6-4 in the semi while Tilden defeated Wilbur F. Coen Jr. in straight sets 7-5 6-3 6-4.
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Wilbur F. Coen Jr
Kansas City
Lott
Johnny Doeg
Santa Monica
Cal
Fritz Mercur
Harrisburg
J. Gilbert Hall
Orange
N. J
Martha Norelius Wins Long Swim for $10000 in Toronto
Martha Norelius, a New York swimmer, won the ten mile Wilkinson marathon on Lake Ontario before nearly 100000 spectators along the Toronto breakwater. Ruth Tower finished second with Evelyn Armstrong third, followed by Leah Riley and Ethel Hertle.
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Martha Norelius
New York
Lake Ontario
Miss Norelius
Ruth Tower
Evelyn Armstrong
Leah Riley
Ethel Hertle
Miss Tower
Miss Riley
Miss Hertle
Sayers and Cayers clash in Fort Harrison ten rounder
Hoosier rivals Kid Woods from Indianapolis and Jimmy Cayers of Lafayette headline a Fort Harrison card with ten rounders and shorter bouts. Other matchups include Lon Lovelace versus Jimny Sansone and Cito Atterson versus Howard Mitchell in a forty round event starting at 8 30. In New York the Rosenbloom Payne bout shifts to tonight at Coney Island after weather delays.
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Kid Woods
Indianapolis
Jimmy Cayers
Lafayettte
United Press
New York
Maxey Rosenbloom
Tiger Payne
Coney Island
Babe Ruth Names League Jockeys Shires and Durocher
ST LOUIS Aug 24 The clubhouse talk spots Art Shires of the White Sox and Leo Durocher of the Yankees as leading league jockeys. The piece recounts witty exchanges between Shires and Durocher in Chicago and notes other vocal figures like Billings Walter French Ben Paschall and Bennie Meyers. It also recalls Ty Cobb and pitcher Arb Shocker trading taunts during batting practice.
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ST. Louis
Art Shires
White Sox
Leo Durocher
Yankees
Chicago
Leo
Shires
Detroit
Durocher
Judge Landis
Smith Brothers
Santa Claus
Young Billings
Walter French
Athletics
Ben Paschall
Ben
Bennie Meyers
Tigers
Benny
Cobb
Arb
Shocker
the Times
Five hit games highlight Friday major league action
Big Leagues saw AL's McKain Blaeholder and Malone each collect five hits. McKain blanked the Athletics until the ninth as Chicago White Sox topped Philadelphia 3 1. Browns shutout Yankees 5 0 behind solid pen work. Cubs beat Phillies 6 1 as Wilson ties home run lead. White Sox, Browns and Cubs gain on rivals. Yankees and Athletics drop.
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AL M’kain
Chicago White Sox
George Blaeholder
St. Louis Browns
Pat Malone
Chicago Cubs
Young McKain
White Sox
Athletics
Sox
Philadelphia
Pirates
Cubs
Pittsburgh
Yankees
Endurance Swim Draws Entries Over State
Twenty nine swimmers from across the state entered the amateur championship endurance swim to be held at Broad Ripple pool Sunday at 4 PM. Saturday qualifiers will be held for local paddlers. The first entrant was Sam Tiny Keith who weighs over 300 pounds. Norris Kellam known as the human cork leads the event and will also perform exhibition swims.
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Broad Ripple
Indianapolis
Sam
Tiny) Keith
Keith
Norris Kellam
Indiana
Kaplan Defeats Trabon In Ten Rounds In Waterbury Bout
Joe Trabon of Buffalo N Y was defeated by Louis Kid Kaplan of Meriden in a ten round boxing match held in Waterbury Conn on Thursday night.
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Conn
Joe Trabon
Buffalo N. Y
Louis
Kid) Kaplan
Meriden
Indians edge Senators to snap eight game run in tight 6 5 win
Bruno Betzel's Indians defeated the Senators 6 to 5 in Columbus to end a eight game streak. Monahan and Callaghan each had three hits for the winners and Gin ger Shinault hit a fourth inning homer with McCann on base. Attendance was about 1 500 as the teams set for four games in two days.
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Senators
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Bettelites
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Carl Boone
Byron Speece
Wykoff
Boone
Monahan
Callaghan
Ginger Shinault
McCann
Jonahan
Indianapolis
Matthews
Crates
Layne
Barnhart
Sprinz
Dene Arstier
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Stroner
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Neis
If Crabtree
Cf Vache
Shinault
Miller Wykom
Tee Leibold Jablonowski
Leibold
L. Boone
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Vache
M Cann
Yanks Play for Canadian Title in Alberta Final
Eddie Held and Gardiner White, both from New York, reach the final of the Canadian amateur golf tournament at Jasper Park Alberta. Held defeated Freddy Wood of Vancouver while White sidelined D Clarke Corkran of Noble Pa to decide the first American champion since 1895.
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Jasper Park
Alberta
Eddie Héld
Gardiner White
New York
Held
Freddy Wood
Vancouver
White
D. Clarke Corkran
Noble, Pa
Dempsey Receives Chicago Promoter License
Jack Dempsey, former heavyweight champion, is set to debut as a Chicago promoter at the Coliseum this fall. The state treasurer's approval of the boxing commission license is expected, with dates Oct 2, 16, and 30 under review by the commission next Tuesday.
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United Press Chicago
Jack Dempsey
Chicago
State Boxing Commission
Dempsey
Jack
Baseball Leaders Named by Major Leagues In 1936
A scrambled list names top players from the Phillies Yankees Cubs Giants Athletics and other clubs. The fragment mentions Harmon Killebrew style stars but reads like a roster of leaders across positions. It notes players such as Klein Ruth Wilson Ott Foxx Hornsby Gehrig and Hurst with team affiliations.
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