Still Waiting For Brooklyn To Weaken
The Brooklyn Robins lead the league by three and one half games as Giants Cubs pressure rises. Cubs overcome Giants with a late homer by Charlie Grimm as Phillies slug past Pirates 18 to 14. Reds topple Braves 11 to 0 while Athletics cling to lead with 9 to 8 loss to Tigers. Ted Lyons winless as Red Sox beat White Sox 6 to 3. Senators beat Browns 9 to 7. Yankees rained out at Cleveland.
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Orlo Robertson
Associated Press
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Giants
Cubs
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Charlie Grimm
Chicago
New York
Terry
Jackson
Allen
Leach
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Pirates
Phillies
Chuck Klein
Cincinnati Reds
Burleigh Grimes
Bruce Cunningham
Braves
Ray
Ted Lyons
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Browns
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Major League Leaders by the Associated Press
National League leaders include Klein of the Phillies in batting at .427 and 88 hits with 19 home runs, English of the Cubs with 57 runs, Frisch of the Cardinals at 21 doubles, Cuyler of the Cubs with 9 triples and 15 stolen bases, and Klein also topping in RBIs. American League leaders feature Cochrane of the Athletics at .397, Ruth of the Yankees with 68 runs and 21 home runs, Gehrig with 65 RBIs, Hodapp of the Indians with 36 hits, GCronin, Geh ringer, McManus tied at 19 doubles, Contbs of the Yankees with 9 triples, and Ric Senators with 32 stolen bases.
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Associated Press
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English
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Cardinals
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Hodapp
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McManus
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Contbs
Gehringer
Reynolds
White Sox
Ric Senators
Honor First U S Man Killed in War in Paris
In Paris on June 16 AP report notes Kenneth Weeks, one of the first to enlist for World War service and the first American writer killed in the conflict, honored by French comrades before the monument to American volunteers in Place des Etats Unis, with his mother present on the fifteenth anniversary of Weeks death.
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Paris
Kenneth Weeks
Trench and Air Association
Five Standish Weeks
France
Place Des Etats Unis
Weeks
Life Story of Schmeling Heavyweight Champ
Max Schmeling, born in Klein Lucken near Berlin in 1905, rises from peasant roots to win the world heavyweight title. The article traces his early life in Hamburg, family background, schooling, athletic interests, and the impact of World War I on his family, highlighting his fierce discipline and early fights, leading to his later boxing success.
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Schmieling
Klein- Lucken
Berlin
Mex Schmeling
Amanda Fuchs
Maxie
York
Max
Hamburg
America
Gene 'Tunney
Jack London
Jack Sharkey
Max Schmeling
Edmund Loescher
Herr Arpe
Loescher
Schmeling
Mex
North Sea
Deave
Rudolph
Edith
Kiel
Wilhelmshafen
Fights Last Night In New York Chicago And More
A string of boxing results from major cities shows New York and Chicago bouts with Miller and Leonard winning by points or knockouts. Other noted matches include Wolgast over Bauman in New Jersey and Dontinguez stopping Fred Billers in Miami, plus Brown defeating Koher in Tulsa.
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New York
Ray Miller
Chicago
Sammy White
Henry Leonard
Tony Leone
Cleveland
Billy Tompkins
Milwaukee
Billy de Foe
Canada
Jersey City
Wolgast
Philadelphia
Frankie Bauman
Paterson
N. J
Indianapolis
Roy Wallace
Johnny Mason
Cincinnati
Miami
Tony Dontinguez
Haelvana
Fred
Bill~ 'Ers
Louisville
Tulsa
Okla
Curtiss Brown
Kid Koher
Dallas
Baseball trades shake leagues as teams bolster lineups
New York, June 17. Two major trades shuffled rosters as clubs chase early advantage. Burleigh Grimes from Boston to St. Louis for Wee Willie Sherdel and Fred Frank house, a pitcher swap. In the AL Chicago White Sox traded Art Shires for Garland Braxton.
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New York
Burleigh Grimes
Boston Braves
St. Louis Cardinals
Wee Willie" Sherdel
Fred Frankhouse
Chicago White Sox
Lave
Art Shires
Garland Braxton
Fatherless Family Endured Hard Times in Wartime Germany
In 1918 under Allied blows in the war and amid German chaos and breadlines, a temporary fatherless family faced tough sledding. The father could not leave the navy promptly, leaving the household strained during the upheaval and confusion of the era.
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Man
Germany
Shires Traded Not For Untoward Reasons
Benny Tat of the Washington Senators is mentioned alongside manager Doyie Bush who states Shires is being released not for misconduct but to strengthen the White Sox through a trade. The note frames the move as strategic, not punitive.
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Benny Tat
Washington Senators
Doyie Bush
Shires
White Sox
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