Vaughan Aims at Hitting Honors in Major League
Arky Vaughan, Pirates star, presses toward the National League batting title with a late surge that has raised his average near .300 after a slow start. He extended his hitting streak to 19 games with three singles in five at bats as Pittsburgh beat Philadelphia 6-2. The Cubs beat the Phillies 4-3 to widen their NL lead, while Dizzy Dean earned his 11th win for St. Louis. In the AL, the Yankees stretched their lead to 2 1/2 games with a 5-4 16 inning win over Cleveland as Boston lost to Chicago 13-3. Detroit moved into third place, and other results affected standings across both leagues.
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Sports Roundup by Eddie Briesz AP writer NY June 8
Newsround style column covers boxing cycling and baseball with notes on Manero Carnera Cooper and DiMaggio. Mentions Belmont Stakes Brevity and Brevity owner Widener, plus Braddock Gould and Schmeling training plans.
Eastman Nine Seizes Two Game Lead In Industrial League
Eastman maintains a two game margin atop the City Industrial League with eight wins in ten starts. The Kingsport Press has six victories and four defeats while Borden sits third with five wins six losses. Arcadia trails with two wins in eleven starts as Borden heads to Eastman for the week open. Neither manager named pitchers for the opening game.
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Major Leaguers In the Van Today
Associated Press summary of major league leaders across both leagues. American League leaders include Sullivan Indians 402 and Gehringer Tigers 75 hits and 21 doubles. Foxx Red Sox 12 homers. Gehringer and Gehtringer tied for several categories. National League leaders feature Terry Giants 400 and Medwick Cardinals 51 RBIs. Ott Giants 21 homers. J Martin Cardinals 45 runs and 10 steals.
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Red Sox
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Ott
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Jordan
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Herman
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Camilli
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Reds
J. Moore
J. Martin
S. Martin
J. Dean
Hollingsworth
Baseball Stars In Daily Review
Baseball Stars In Daily Review highlights several major league results with players from the Yankees Cardinals Browns White Sox Cubs and more. Key performances include George Selkirk homer for the Yankees, Dizzy Dean eight innings of three run ball for the Cardinals and Hal Lee driving in five with three extra base hits for the Rees team.
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Indians
Dizzy Dean
Cardinals
Giants
Harland Duft
Browne
Browns
Athletics
Hal Lee
Rees
Reds
Mike Kreevich
White Sox
Reds Sox
Curt Davison
Cubs
Dodgers
Barons Host Memphis To Strike For Third Place Lead
Barons welcomed Memphis aiming to climb back into third in the Southern Association after a weekend surge. Atlanta’s Win Secone Game dim Lindsey boosted the Crackers past Nashville 2-0 in the nightcap, while Birmingham and Memphis split a twin bill with heavy offense and pitching notes.
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Barons
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Biggs Stephenson
Iads
Little Rock
Knoxville
Chattanoogas
Secone
Dim Lindsey
Atlanta
Nashville
Champs
Memphs
New Orleans
Chicka
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Coombs
Sharpe
Tolbert the tieless 74 year old South Carolina loyalist arrives early
Tolbert, 74, a former South Carolina national committeeman who has attended every Republican National Convention since Benjamin Harrison, arrived early for the Cleveland GOP gathering. He is photographed tieless at the scene by Central Press.
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Tolbert
South Carolina
Benjamin Harrison
Cleveland
Central Press
Diversion of Highway Funds For General Uses
Diversion of highway funds from automotive taxes in 1934 totalled 3,141,974,000 according to the United States Bureau of Public Roads. Of this sum, 81,458,000 or 57.2 percent funded general governmental expenditures including state projects, buildings, fish hatcheries, sea walls, parks, docks, salaries, and other activities. Schools claimed 22.6 percent while debt service and other categories used portions for unlisted purposes and various public needs.
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United States Bureau of Public Roads
Funes
Southern League Results From Atlanta And Other Cities
Scores from Atlanta Nashville Birmingham Chattanooga Memphis New Orleans Knoxville and Birmingham with the latest standings and results. Nashville and Birmingham split, Memphis won 7-2, New Orleans 1-5 in a lopsided schedule. other leagues show Boston Chicago and New York winning, with details on yesterday’s results and today’s probable pitchers.
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Teros
Atlanta
Nashville
Birmingham
Chattanooga
Memphis
New Orleans
Koxvill
Knoxville
Chattanoapitois
Waders
Little Tuck
Tod
Unoas
Avile
Birmingdown
Morristown Play Delayed by Rains
Two Seams match between the Kingsport Country Club and the Morristown club, planned for Morristown yesterday afternoon, was postponed due to rain. The matches will be rescheduled for a later date.
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Morristown
Kingsport
Governor urged to call special election for Byrnes widow
Nashville report states Governor McAlister was asked by former Attorney General Richard M. Atkinson, one of 14 candidates for the seat, to appoint Mrs. Byrna Burns to fill the unexpired term of her late husband, the house speaker. Burns planned to seek a full term in November. Observers doubt a special for the current term will be held. if held, winner would serve only until 1936.
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Nashville
Tenn
Hui McAlister
Joseph W. Byrna
Richard M. Atkinson
Burns
Ssion
Teams Mark Time In Kitty League Weekend Battles
In the Kitty League, Paducah and two others split a doubleheader at Jackson’s park with Paducah winning 11-2 behind Hayes six-hitter and losing the second game 5 to Weslie. Fulton’s Eagles beat Union City 8 to 4 at Union City. Union City rallied in the seventh to tie the second game before it was halted by a no Sunday closing ordinance. the rubber game was scheduled for Union City today. Charley Kunickmeyer hurled two-hit ball as New Hopkinsville crushed Portageville 20-0, Hopkingville totaling 26 hits. Lexington defeated Mayfield in both ends of a double-header, 14-11 and 12-2, in free hitting games at Mayfield. They play at Mayfield tomorrow.
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Pontine
Paduenh Inens
Jaelon
Javier's Park
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Hayes
Weselie
Jackson
Fulton
Eagles
Union City
Charley Kunickmeyer
Hopkingville
Hoppers
Portageville
Hopkingille
Joe Engel Takes Lookouts Uniform For Four-Game Set
Joe Engel president of the Chattanooga club and Southern Association figure announced in Atlanta he will don a Lookouts uniform for a four game series with the Crackers. He plans to pinch hit for Clyde Milan if needed and joked about being ready to deliver a pinch homer in case his pitchers falter.
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Atlanta
Joe Engel
Chattanooga
Toomay
Duke Wins Skeet Shoot In Atlanta
The Duke of Atlanta won the Southern States Skeet championship with 8 targets over 190. Tom Cassels of Atlanta and J M Feagle of Athens tied for second with 97s. An Atlanta team of five shooters won the team title with 463x500. Archie Comer of Miami captured the ladies title after a shoot-off over Mrs Sumley Rhodes. Jack Tway of Atlanta had the high two day score with 241 of 250.
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J. M. Feagle
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Ars
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Miami
Sumley Rhodes
Jack Tway
Headline Makers In the South
Hank Harvey of the Barons held Little Rock to four outs after relaying Darrow to second while Birmingham beat them 7-5. Jim Lindsay of the Crackers shut out Nashville with five doubles and gave Atlanta a 2 0 win in the nightcap.
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Barons
Little Rock
Darrow
Birmingham
Jim Lindsay
Nashville
Atlanta
Double Eagle Stuns Golfer In Atlanta Match
In Atlanta on a Saturday round, a golfer hit a dramatic double eagle on the 471 yard hole. The commentator notes the shock of the shot as the ball rolled into the cup.
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Atlanta
Munlel- Palsautess
Tare
Faith Inspires Hope as Fire Disrupts Greendale Service
A fire last night at Greendale Go the Baylist carch interrupted a fellowship service in Kansas City Faithful carried the piano out as Iremen found the congregation massed on the corner opposite the Gaming building singing Count Your Many Blessings The scene drew a crowd and prompted safety checks by local officials
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