Sewell Still Toughest Bat in League After 135 Games
Joe Sewell of the New York Yankees posted four strikeouts in 135 games to lead the American League for the tenth time. The veteran third baseman maintained a remarkable rarity by staying off the punchouts, with several seasons near single‑digit strikeouts.
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William Weeks
Preas
Euron
Joe Sewell
New York Yankees
Sewell
Cleveland
Herb Pennock
Yankees
New York
Omy Foxx
Lou Gehrig
al Simmons
Chicago White Sox
Foxx
Gehrig
Simmons
Jon Gronin
Washington
Joe Kuhel
Bruce Campbell
St. Louis
Charley Gehringer
Detroit
Tony Lazzeri
Babe Ruth
Ruth
Micky Cochrane
Max Bishop
Athletics
Gachrane
Bishop
Campbell
Washington Senators
Senators
Boxing Results From Across The Nation Last Night
In Toledo George Nichols drew with Harry English after ten rounds. In Grand Rapids Wesley Ramey outpointed Johnny Stroppa over ten. In New Orleans Eddie Wolfe outpointed Ray Kizer over ten. In Salt Lake City Tiger Jack Fox knocked out Meyer Christner and Leroy Gibson drew with Tommy Logan over six. In Miami Tommy Freeman stopped Roy Bailey in four and a half rounds. Wild Cat Monte defeated Tarzan Leggett in eight rounds.
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Associated Press
Toledo
George Nichols
Buffalo
Harry English
Drew
Grand Rapids
Mich
Wesley Ramey
Johnny Stroppa
Winnipeg
New Orleans
Eddie
Kid) Wolfe
Memphis
Ray Kizer
Tulsa
Okla
Salt Lake City
Tiger Jack Fox
Terre Haute
Ind
Meyer
Kako Christner
Akron
Leroy Gibson
Tommy Logan
Philadelphia
Miami
Fla
Tommy Freeman
Hot Springs
Ark
Roy Bailey
Atlanta
Wild Cat Monte
It Worth
Texas
Tarzn Leggett
Jackson
Tenn
Do You Remember Ir One Year Ago Today Babe Didrikson Honored
One year ago today Babe Didrikson Zaharias was named America’s outstanding girl athlete of 1932 by national sports experts. The item notes the honor as a highlight in sports history.
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Babe Didrikson
Texas
America
Columbia Warriors Start for Coast
Columbia football team of 54 players including 30 starters heads to Pasadena and the Rose Bowl clash with Stanford. Officials and alumni accompany the trip as water jugs are loaded for the journey with planned workouts at St Louis Dallas El Paso and Tucson before arrival in Pasadena.
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New York
Columbia
Pasadena
Stanford
St. Louis
St. Louis University
Dallas
el Paso
Tucson
Ariz
Notre Dame Army Game Signals and Bench Coaching Questions
An observer from the Notre Dame bench recounts watching the bench more than the game. He notes misinterpreted signals and questionable plays, including a kick signaling after a bench coaching penalty. The tale questions who was quarterbacking Notre Dame in losses that year.
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Notre Dame
Army
Hank
Hunk
Oklahoma City sees impeached officials seek offices in crowded political arena
Oklahoma City's political scene heats up as ex governors Wal and Johnston plot runs. State Treasurer Ray Weems withdraws from governor race to seek lieutenant governor, aiding Speaker Tom Anglin and Ed McDonald. Other early Democrats include E. W. Marland and Hugh Jones as potential contenders.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Hank Anderson
J. C
Jack) Walthese Mittens
Dem
Connie Mack
Anderson
Mack
Hank Ander- Henry
B. Johnstin
Sitte
Hay
Pei
Walter Games Marshall
Will Rogers
Moore School
Eckersall
California
Claremore
Johnston
Ray O. Weems
Weems
Tom Anglin
House of Representatives
William H. Murray
Anglin
Ed McDonald
Highway Department
E. W. Marland
Hugh Jones
Murray
State Board of Affairs
Diva Lily Pons to retire after 10 years and breed pets
Lily Pons says she will continue singing for ten years then retire to a farm in the south of France. She plans to build a zoo for her pet jaguar Ita and may end with an elephant, after making at least one film in the interim.
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Philadelphia
Der
Petite Lily Pons
France
Ita
Jacobs Named Outstanding Woman Athlete of 1933
Helen Hull Jacobs wins AP poll as the outstanding woman performer of 1933 for saving the Wightman Cup and dethroning Helen Wills Moody in the American tennis final. Virginia Van Wie and Lenore Kight trail in voting.
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Alan Gould
Associated Press
New York
APF
United States
Helen Wills Moody
Helen Hull Jacobs
Miss Jacobs
Virginia van Wie
Chicago
Lenore Kight
Homestead
Anna Townsend
Philadelphia
Mildred
Babe) Didrikson
Texas
Miss Didrikson
Mrs. Moody
Forest Hills
Helen J
Helen Hicks
Enid Wilson
Miss Kignt
Helen Madison
Seattle
Pennsylvania
Frisch Leads Cardinal Camp aims for united team
St Louis manager Frank Frisch launches a goodwill tour among Cardinals players to build a unified squad for the 1930 National League race. He visits Rochester North Carolina to meet James Collins and plans further talks with key players to foster common purpose and pennant pursuit.
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ST. Louis
Frank Francis Frisch
St. Louis Cardinals
Frisch
Charles HE
Gabby
Rochester
N.C
James “Ripper
Collins
Redbirds
Rise and Fall of Waxie Gordon Intrigues Gotham
The article profiles Waxey Gordon once the top bootleg lord, detailing his rise from Dopey Benny Fein’s gang to leadership of a nationwide liquor syndicate. It notes his conviction for income tax evasion, ties to rival mobs, and eventual downfall with associates killed as federal agents pursued him.
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Waxie Gordon
Gotham
Paul Harrison
New York
Waxey Gordon
All Broadway
Waxey
Gordon
al Capone
L Waxey
Capone J
Irvin Wexler
Dopey Benny" Fein
Benny
Guck Trigger
Joseph J. Manning
Rothstein
Hie
West End Avenue
Bradley Beach
N. J
Hassel
New Jersey
Max Greenberg
Patterson Hotel
Greenberg
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Ruby Mae Stidham
Nashville, Tenn
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Owney Madden
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Notre Dame Glee Club
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