Giants Defeat Reds 12 2 Move to Fifth in NL
Giants rally to a 12 to 2 victory over the Cincinnati Reds as Bill Lehrman fans bright hope, spacing six hits and driving in four runs. Buck McCormick homered and doubled for Cincinnati, while Joe Bowman shut out the Pirates 6 to 0 with a five hit performance.
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Arky Vaughan
Budge Receives Sullivan Memorial Trap Award
AP notes anniversaries noting Don Budge received the Sullivan Memorial Trap for 1937 as outstanding amateur athlete. It recalls Jesse Owens in Olympic track three years earlier and other historical sports highlights including John Woodruff and Glenn Hardin.
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United States
Jesse Owens
John Woodruff
Glenn Hardin
el Lagarto
George Reis
Golem
Owls Beat Giants In Western Association Thriller
Springfield nears top of the Western Association after a 10th inning win over Fort Smith. Claude Wright hit an eighth inning homer for Springfield, with Oh Wyrostek also homering. Joplin moved within three games of first with an 8 to 6 victory over Salina.
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Standings Update From Major Leagues and Associations
Standings list for National League shows New York leading with 12, Cincinnati 2, Pittsburgh 6, Brooklyn and Philadelphia at Chicago games postponed. American League reports Cleveland at 4, Boston 2 4, Philadelphia 13 1, Chicago 4 2, Western Association notes Springfield 7, Hutchinson 6 with various results. American Association and other leagues include Toledo 2, Tulsa 5, Kansas City 4, St Paul 3, Muskogee 10.
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Stars and Slugging Help Key Slates Across Leagues
Yesterday's box notes highlight Lohrman driving in four with five hits for the Giants in a Reds matchup, Dutch Leonard hurling four hitters for the Senators against the Browns, Rawe and Klein contributing for their clubs, and the A's Rigney with clutch hits. The Sox toppled Philadelphia as two homers paced the win, while Toronto leads in early Open golf talk with American pros dominating since 1914.
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Templeton to Quit Stanford Track Coaching
Stanford track coach R L Templeton will not coach next season. After 18 years at Stanford he is granted a year's leave of absence due to ill health. Templeton, 42, has developed many national and world champions and is regarded as a top figure in U S track.
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Stanford University
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Stanford Physical Education Department
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New York
Detroit
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Dink Templeton
Stanford
George Gould
Bernie Bierman
Pick-up teams stun in Meadow club invitational doubles
In Southampton on August 3, 49th Meadow club invitation highlights surprise doubles as Gene Mako with Gardner Mulloy and Norman Bickel with Marvin Wachman win two matches each. Bickel Wachman upset top team Hunt Wood 3-6 6-3 6-2 then beat Hecht and Hall, while Mako Mulloy gain momentum toward national doubles at Brookline. Bobby Riggs and Joe Hunt meet in a quarter-final singles clash.
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Meadow Club
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Don Budge
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Miami
Norman Bickel
Chicago University
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Northwestern
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Bickel-Wachman
Joe Hunt
Sidney Wood
Ladislav Heeht
Czechoslovakia
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New Orleans Plans Streets Named for Sports Immortals
Sports figures and future leaders feature in a wide range of notes. The piece mentions Ace quarterback George Gould and others while New Orleans prepares a lakefront project valued at 7 million dollars naming streets after national champions and sports immortals.
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Joe
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Three Teams Certified For National Semipro Play In Wichita
Three state champions the Chicago Palmer House stars of Illinois the Phoenix Thunderbirds and Payette Idaho were certified to the national semipro baseball tournament by Raymond Dumont semipro congress president Dumont also certified Antigo Wisconsin titlist to meet Mt Pleasant Michigan and the Woonsocket R J Marquettes to meet the Connecticut state winner in regional playoffs for the national meet August 11 23 at Wichita. Phoenix defeated Brigham City Utah champion and Payette downed Bonner Montana winner to qualify for the tournament. The Chicagoans qualified directly from the Illinois tournament. The Lawrence Semipro team will practice Friday at Holcom's grove at 6 o'clock and play in Brunswick Missouri Sunday.
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Blues Open Series in Kansas City Duel for Pennant Lead
In a key American Association clash, Minneapolis and Kansas City, leaders by a slim margin, begin a two game set in Kansas City. rain at Milwaukee altered the standings as Minneapolis slipped toward a tie with Kansas City closing the gap with a 4 3 win over St Paul. Tommy Reis earned the victory and Al Picchota closed the eighth with two strikeouts. Shy errors aided Indianapolis over Columbus 5 3. Monte Weaver scattered eight hits as Louisville beat Toledo 8 2 for the Mud Hens second straight loss.
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Broadmoor Feature Matches Headline Strasburger-Todd Clash
The 19th Broadmoor Invitational golf tournament in Colorado Springs features a in round two with Harry Strasburger of Coffeyville Kans facing Harry Todd of Dallas a 22 year old western amateur champion in an 18 hole match on the mountain shaded course Rufus King of Wichita Falls Texas meets Renae Seeligson of San Antonio in another pairing John Zermatten of Colorado Springs faces Harry Missildine of Cofferville Kan after Missildine upset by Ray Lowell Jr of Colorado Springs in yesterday's first round
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Broadmoor
Renae Seeligson
San Antonio
Harry Missildine
Cofferville
John Zermatten
Missildine
Ray Lowell, Jr
Major League Leaders List from 1940s Baseball Almanac Style
Standout performers include Foxx Boston with 26 homers and Bonura New York hitting .547. Rbi leader McCormick Cincinnati with 81, while Slaughter St. Louis and Herman Chicago lead in triples and Herman Chicago has 14. Walters Cincinnati 18 6 wins leading pitchers.
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Tonight's Ball Games At Topeka And South Park
At 8:00 Harshbergers of Topeka face Fritzels at Woodlawn park. At 7:30 Ottawa girls meet Singer girls followed by South End versus Lions at South park.
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Ark City Tennis Match Sees Semi Finalists Set
Ark City Aug 3 seeded players held form as the Arkansas City invitational moved to quarterfinals and semifinals. Remaining in men s singles are Patterson Tulsa Smith Tahlequah MecSpadden Tulsa Granville Lawton Williams Guthrie Counts Oklahoma City. Junior survivors include Tucker Winfield Martin Coffeyville Douglas Kemp Mitchell and Hampton Miami.
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Blackwell
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Miami
Kansas All Stars Defeat Kansas City in Exhibition
Nine runs in two innings pace the Central division Ban Johnson all-stars to a 12 to 5 victory over Kansas City in an exhibition game. Red Herriott guides Concordia line. four KC hurlers allow 12 hits as five Central pitchers limit the visitors to six.
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Hutchinson Poised to Spark Tigers Pitching Revival
Detroit manager Del Baker praises Freddie Hutchinson as he returns from Toledo to bolster a Tigers club beset by injuries. Baker notes Hutchinson’s improving control and velocity, Hank Greenberg regaining power, and optimism to move ahead of Cleveland and Chicago as the team chases postseason.
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New York
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Bengals
Pirates Plan McCullough Hire For White’s Spot
Pittsburgh coach John Blood intends to fill the vacant left halfback position after Whizzer White's Rhodes scholarship by selecting Hugh McCullough of Oklahoma, a versatile triple-threat star.
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Ban Johnson Results and Marquette Pair Injured
Kansas City All-Stars 5 Central Division All-Stars 12. Coffeyville 10 Emporia 6 Independence 12 Pittsburg 3 Parsons 4. Cager breaks leg Milwaukee Erwin Graf of Marquette in hospital with a compound fracture of his left leg suffered while working in a local brewery.
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Burgess Whitehead Praised as Shakespeare Quoter
Prof G G C Taylor of UNC says Giants second baseman Burgess Whitehead was the best Shakespeare quoter in school days. In Lafayette Indiana Red Mackey, Purdue assistant football coach, sets a course record of 80 for the par 35 at Lafayette Country Club. Max Baer credits boxing for giving him two real friends, manager Ancil Hoffman and Jack Dempsey.
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