Battling 19 Close In Two Big Leagues
In pennant races the top clubs in both major leagues show tight races. Pittsburgh beat St. Louis 4 2, New York and Chicago tie for NL lead after Cubs 11 1 win over Cincinnati, Dodgers end Boston streak 6 1, Yankees lead AL after 5 3 win over Philadelphia with Ruth Gehrig Foxx homers. Browns beat Indians 12 3 while Red Sox top Washington 7 2 as Greenberg Goslin and Cochrane spark Detroit 11 2 win over Chicago.
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Hugh S$. Pullerton, JR
Associated Press
Weslee
Pittsqursh
Pirates
St. Louis Cardinals
Heinie Meine
Wait Hoyt
Pepper Martin
New York
Chicago
Phillies
Irvin Jeffries
Giants
Cubs
Cincinnati
Jeffries
Curt Davis
Gabby Hartnett
Pittsburgh
Emil
Dutch) Laonerd
Brooklyn Dodgers
Boston Braves
Ralph Boyle
Brooklyn
New York Yankees
Philadelphia
Babe Ruth
Lou Gehrig
Yanks
Jimmie Foxx
A's
Gehrig
Growns
Boston Red Sox
Washington
Fritz Osten‘wueller
Boxing quotes and heavyweight odds toward Carnera Baer clash
A long-winded preview tracks boxers Primo Carnera and Max Baer as June 14 Garden bout looms. Mentions Fitzgerald sparring legends, past heavyweights, and veteran managers weighing Carnera against Baer while recalling earlier giants and the era's rough landscape.
Baer Camera title clash eyed as Baer youth drives grit
Max Baer, young heavyweight and former butcher, prepares for a June 14 title bout with Primo Camera. The article notes Baer's calm, quick wit, and unconventional approach to training, contrasting him with the methodical Carnera and reflecting on his rise, public scrutiny, and prior triumph over Schmeling. The piece interweaves boxing speculation with Grayson’s observations on Baer’s lifestyle and mental edge.
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Jack Debipsey
Harry Grayson
New York
Ead
Max Baer
Baer
Butcher Boy
Max Adelbert
Max Schmeling
Jack Demsey
Jack Dempsey
Schmeling
Tenton
Mittman
CaYnera
Carnera
Lille Coftage
Toledo
Brennan
Carpentier
Gibbons
Firpo
Tunney
NEVT
Do You Remember One Year Ago Yankees Sweep Athletics
A retrospective note recalls the Yankees sweeping the Athletics in a two doubleheader series, highlighting a perfect 2-2 and 2-2 outcome. It ties in with broader sports trivia and anniversary reflections.
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New York Yankees
Athletics
Iowa
Sansovino
Quick Trigger Police Killing Innocent Man in Phoenix
In Phoenix on June 4, federal agents and police trapped extortionist Louis Walsh after he demanded 3,500 from I. Diamond. Walsh was killed and an innocent sleeper, Robert Perkins, 22, was fatally shot in bed when bullets intended for Walsh struck him. The coroner's jury will hear how the money dropped near Perkins as the ambush unfolded. The letter threatening Diamond had lain unread for three days.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Robert Perkins
Louis Walsh
Walsh
I. Diamond
Perkins
Walsh Shot After Accepting Packet on Street Corner
Walsh accepts a packet from Diamond on a street corner and reassures, Everything will be all right. He then shouts Halt, drops the money, and is killed in full stride as he attempts to flee.
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Diamond
Boy Killed Riding With His Mother near Chanute
Alfred Stratton, 9, son of Mr and Mrs George Stratton, was fatally injured when a car driven by his mother left the road and struck a telephone pole near the Stratton home ten miles west of Chanute Kansas. His skull was fractured. Mrs Stratton and two other children were uninjured. Stratton was employed by the Santa Fe railroad at Caney.
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Chanute
Kas
Alfred Stratton
George Stratton
Former teacher convicted again in wife murder
Hubert Moor, 34, once a Robinson, Illinois schoolteacher, was found guilty a second time of murdering his wife. The jury imposed life imprisonment. Separately in Caruthersville, Missouri, a search continued for the bodies of William Tidwell, 18, and Clara McQuire, 23, who drowned in the Mississippi near the city after likely falling into a deep hole Saturday night.
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Caruthersville
William Tidwell
Clara McQuire
Bath
Mississippi River
Lightning Claims Two Boys Near St Louis Swimming Hole
Two youths Bernard G Kuenz 10 and Herman Taylor 16 were killed instantly when a bolt of lightning struck a barbed wire fence near a swimming hole during a severe electrical storm yesterday near St Louis. Five companions lagging behind escaped unhurt.
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ST. Louis
Bernard G. Kuenz
Herman Taylor
Here
Dionne Quintuplets Gripped by Jaundice in Ontario
Corbeil Ontario June 4 Jaundice gripped the Dionne quintuplets today but their physician Dr AR Dafoe said the condition was not alarming The week old infants will not be exhibited at Chicago World’s Fair this summer Dafoe who is to decide if the five sisters go to Chicago said a trip outside Ontario would be dangerous and he would not consent to Ovila Dionne father of the babies.
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New Y
York
Bob Fitzsimmons
Ruby Robert
Jeffries
Primo Cargara
Max Baer
Leviathan
Garden Howl
Baer
Warner
Carnera
Tommy Loughran
Primo
Steve Hamas
Charley Harvey
Miami
Stephen
Eyetalian
Harvey
Loughran
Key
Charles Freeman
Ed Dunkhorst
Gar
Herr Plancke
Eye White Hope Hunt
Walter McCarty
Jess Williard
Fred Fitton
McCarty
Jack Johnson
Willard
Fulton
Williard
Corbeil
A .R. Dafoe
Chicago
Contract Secures Family Income at the Fair
A family reportedly signed a contract guaranteeing them 250 dollars per week and 30 percent of gate receipts during the fair. The agreement outlines earnings and revenue share, indicating formal arrangement tied to attendance and performances at the event.
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