National League and American League season leaders listed
The record shows leaders in batting runs and hits for both leagues. Notables include Reiser, Slaughter, DiMaggio, Keller, and Ruffing among top performers in batting, runs batted in, hits, doubles, triples, home runs, stolen bases, and pitching.
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Reiser
Brooklyn
Hopp
St. Louis
Moore
Hack
Chicago
Mize
Nicholson
Slaughter
Dallessandro
Elliott
Pittsburgh
Cam
Williams
Boston
Travis
Washington
DiMaggio
New York
Rolfe
Keller
Treats
Judnich
Kellner
Cleveland
Heath
Case
Kubel
Ruffing
Feller
Friends Defeat Asby's Rascals 5-3 In Exhibition
The Friends softball team defeated Asby's Rascals 5 to 3 in a Southpark exhibition. Warren Hodges hit a seventh inning home run delivering the three decisive runs. Box score text is garbled but lists Niblo Stoland Hodges Harwood and Asby among players.
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Friends
Asby’s
Rascals
Southpark
Warren Hodges
Asby Rascals
Niblo
Stoland
Hodges
Harwood
Asby
Cooper Back On Top Form Shifts Cards to NL Lead
Mort Cooper stars as the St Louis Cardinals win 3-2 in 11 innings over the Cincinnati Reds to claim a half game lead in the National League. Cooper tossed scoreless ninth thru 11th while Johnny Mize Enos Slaughter Estel Crabtree and Cooper drive in the decisive runs. The Pirates beat the Cubs 8-4 in the other NL game as Hank Leiber and the visitors rally late. In the American League the Yankees fall to Boston 9-5 as Ted Williams drives the Red Sox attack and Detroit edges Cleveland in 13 innings.
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St. Louis Cardinals
Mort Cooper
Billy Southworth
Cooper
Boston Braves
Phillies
Cincinnati Reds
Cardinals
St. Louis
Brooklyn Dodgers
Cincinnati
Bucky Walters
Johnny Mize
Enos Slaughter
Estel Crabtree
Reds
Sam Nahem
Pirates
Pittsburgh Pirates
Chicago Cubs
al Lopez
Hank Leiber
Cubs
Ken Heintzelman
Lloyd Dietz
Pittsburgh
Jake Mooty
New York Yankees
Boston Red Sox
Heber
Dick) Newsome
Yanks
Ted Williams
Boston
New York
Yankees
Detroit
Bob Feller
Cleveland Indians
Feller
Washington Senators
Philadelphia Athletics
Sid Hudson
Walt Masterson
al Early
Chicago White Sox
St. Louis Browns
Buck Ross
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Ivory Looks Weak
Doc Prothro, back from an eight day safari through the baseball bushes, laments the lack of rugged natural players in the major leagues. He cites Southern association and Cotton States league view as proof that boys prefer cars and golf over baseball, making them soft.
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Philadelphia
Doc Prothro
Phillies
Doc
Phils
Prothro
Arund
Still Lead Tourney At Broadmoor Invitational
Colorado Springs, Aug 8. Bud Maytag and John Kraft remained the favorites behind the guns as Broadmoor Invitational continued. Maytag beat Gomas Green 2 up yesterday to reach quarter finals and faces Francis Fleming of Evansville, Indiana. Fleming eliminated H. F. Benson of Colorado Springs, who had upset Eddie Stokes of Denver in round one. Kraft advanced by default over Harvey Cowan to meet Joe Hartman of Denver. Other first round upsets included Pat Collins and Dan Walker, eliminated by John Olver of Amarillo and Will Price Jr. of Wichita, respectively. Price and Olver meet in today’s shootout, while Dee Replogle of Stanford and Neil Smith of Ardmore meet in an all Oklahoma final 18 holes.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Bud Maytag
John Kraft
Maytag
Francis
Mickey) Fleming
Evansville
Ind
Gomas Green
Fairfax
Okla
Fleming
H. F. Benson
Eddie Stokes
Denver
Kraft
Harvey Cowan
Beaumont
Tex
Joe Hartman
Hartman Broadmoor
Pat Collins
Dan Walker
Young Collins
John Olver
Amarillo
Walker
Will Price
Wichita
Kan
Price
Oliver
Dee Replogle
Stanford University
Oklahoma City
Neil Smith
Ardmore
Replogle
Norris Russell
Denton
Smith
L. P. Larkins
Beau
Birds Widen Lead In Eight-Game Week Start
The Red Birds opened their eight game home stretch with a 10 to 3 rout of Kansas City to expand their American Association lead to 3 1/2 games over Minneapolis. Columbus hitters exploded with a five run seventh and a four run eighth as Preacher Roe earned his eighth win. St Paul shut out Minneapolis 1 0 in a mound duel starring Bill Swift and Emerson Dickman. Toledo beat Milwaukee 5 3 as the Mud Hens push toward a first division in seven of nine.
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Associated Press
Columbus
Red Birds
American Association
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Blues
al Gerhauser
Ed Carnett
Preacher Roe
Flock
Millers
Indianapolis
Indians
Bob Logan
Louisville
Bill Swift
St. Paul
Emerson Dickman
Colonels
Toledo
Mud Hens
Milwaukee
Jacobs to Promote Louis Nova Fight at Yankee Stadium
Promoter Mike Jacobs announced the Joe Louis Lou Nova heavyweight championship will be staged at Yankee Stadium on Friday September 19. Also in boxing action Ben Johnson earned a result in Joplin Missouri. Baseball scores include Joplin 2 Independence 0 in 11 innings Beloit 13 Fairbury 7 Manhattan 2 Junction City 1 and Tola at Pittsburg postponed by rain.
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New York
Mike Jacobs
Yankee Stadium
Ben Johnson
Joplin
Independence
Beloit
Fairbury
Neh
Manhattan
Junction City
Tola
Pittsburg
Chi Galloway to Meet H P Jones in City Golf Finals
Chi Galloway former champion will face Dr H Penfield Jones in the 36 hole city golf championship final at Lawrence Country Club. Jones advanced by beating Earl Chapman while Galloway eliminated Joe Davis to reach the final. Finalists in other flights include Coy and Allen in A, Stowits and Van Noy in B, Carl and Barteldes in C, Pugh and Tusker in D, O Donnell and Eichhorn in F.
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Chi Galloway
H. Penfield Jones
Lawrence Country Club
Jones
Earl
Dutch) Chapman
Galloway
Joe Davis
George Wetzel
Don Wetzel
W. A. Moore
Glenn Stevenson
E. J
Bud) Coy
Milt Allen
Bill Stowits
Bob van Noy
C. C. Carl
Ben Barteldes
Robert Pugh
Herman Tusker
Art O’donnell
Grant Eichhorn
Blues Buckets Beat Bonner Skellys 13 to 2 at Woodlawn Park
The Blue's Bucket Shop softball team defeated the Bonner Springs Skelly team 13 to 2 at Woodlawn park last night. The win places the Lawrence colored team third in the sub district tournament. Lawrence Mer chants meet Mobilgas of Bonner Springs in the finals at Woodlawn tonight at 8 o'clock.
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Blue’s Bucket Shop
Bonner Springs Skelly
Woodlawn Park
Lawrence
Lawrence Merchants
Mobilgas
Bonner Springs
Woodlawn
Son Duplicates Perfect Hurling Feat for Father
In Scranton Pa at the Class A Eastern league Scranton Miners pitcher Joe Wood Jr. shut out the Albany Senators 5 to 0. The Yale graduate retired 11 of the first 12, struck out five and walked three as the father and son feat mirrored Smokey Joe Wood’s no hit win from 30 years ago.
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Scranton
Joe” Wood
St. Louis Browns
Boston Red Sox
Scranton Miners
Albany Senators
Joe Wood
Yale University
Senators
Albany
Baseball Crowds Shrink as Schedule Hurts Home Games
Western Association fans stay away as many remaining games favor losing clubs in home parks. Carthage and Hutchinson each host 20 more games at Salina, while Springfield leads with seven home appearances. Topeka and Muskogee clash for fourth place as Topeka edges Joplin 4 3.
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Associated Press
Twins
Carthage
Hutchinson
Salina
Springfield Cardinals
Joplin
Fort Smith
Topeka
Muskogee
Kansans
Frank Tincup
Muskogee-Hutchinson
Springfield
Mike Jacobs set to announce non-title bout September 12
SID FEDER reports Lew Jenkins and Red Cochrane will headline a Jersey City non-title bout on September 12. Other sports notes mention Al Lopez for Pirates, Boston and Chicago talk, and various football and baseball updates with multiple players and officials named.
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New York
Mike Jacobs
Lew Jenkins
Red Cochrane
Jersey City
al Lopez
Saratoga
California
Claudio Villar
Tampa
Exams For State Workers In Kansas Merit Tests
About 5,800 Kansas state employees must take merit examinations under the new civil service law. Dr. Ernest F. Pihlblad said a director to run the merit system will be named after Oct 1. A three member committee headed by Frank Barr will handle applications, with three names forwarded to the board for final decision. The research department totals state employees at 10,967 excluding legislative and highway extra workers.
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Topeka
Kansas
Ernest F. Pihlblad
Lindsborg
Civil Service Board
Frank Barr
Wichita
Highway Department
Germany to reveal Roosevelt secret power politics expose
Berlin reports German newspapers and information agencies prepare what they call another expose of Roosevelt secret power politics. Authorized sources say material in German possessions shows the president aims to dominate South America and seek undisclosed bases, portraying him as a ruthless power politician.
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Berlin
Roosevelt
United States
South America
Russians Call For Uprisings In German Occupied Lands
A Moscow dispatch via Exchange Telegraph quotes Marshal Semeon Timoshenko urging peoples in German occupied territories to join, fight, starve, shoot, and blow up Germans to aid the Red Army. Similar calls are attributed to Marshals Voroshilov and Budyonny as part of the Russian command trio.
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London
Moscow
Semeon Timoshenko
Red Army
Hitler
Klementi Voroshilov
Semeon Budyonny
German U boat actions swell wartime shipping losses
Berlin reports 59 500 tons of British shipping destroyed and 46 500 tons sunk from a strongly protected convoy. Nine other ships damaged by U boats and three freighters totaling 13 000 tons destroyed by air raids off England's east coast. Five merchant ships damaged including a tanker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
High Command
England
DNB
Chippewa Private Combines Bow and Arrow with Field Artillery
Private John F. Smart, 22, of Odanah Wisconsin, serves in Battery E 127th Field Artillery at Camp Robinson Arkansas. He has eight years of archery experience and has taught the sport at Haskell Institute and other schools. This week he placed second to Charles Swenson of New Orleans in the Pine Bluff Archers Association American Rounds event.
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Camp Robinson
Ark
127Th Field Artillery
835Th Division
John F. Smart
Odanah
Wis
Haskell Institute
Lawrence
Kaniaa Dells
Muncie
Pine Bluff Archers Association
Charles Swenson
New Orleans
Georgic Passenger Liner Damaged. No Troops Aboard
The British report says the White Star liner Georgic, a 27,759 ton passenger ship, was damaged by enemy action. No troops were aboard at the time. all crew except the chief barkeeper are reported safe, with time and location of damage not disclosed.
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London
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Premier Flyer
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Ivory
Judson Bailey
Memphis
Tenn
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Tony Noevak
Louis-Nova
Bobby Riggs
Forest Hills
Seabright
Frank Kovacs
Southampton
H. P. Jones
Blue’s Buckets
Bonner Skellys
Skellys Kirby
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Downing
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Enloe
H. Coonfield
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Bell
Peterson
Silvers
Wilburn
Brown
Hawkins
Newmen
Spotsere
P O
Johnson
Western Association
Elizabeth Hicks
Wayne LaMaster
Cash
Max Butcher
Fred Haas, Jr
Bobby Reith
Winnipeg
Lions
Auto Service
South Park
By Sid Feder
B. M. Atkinson
Louisville Times
White Sox
Benny Friedman
Chicago Bears
C.C.N.Y
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Bill Klem
Larry Goetz
Bill
Jim Braddock
Ott
Terry
Hubbell
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Conquered
Journal-World
India
Department of Commerce
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Haskell
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J. R. Williams
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Dor Anas
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