Tight Race In National Is Possible Giants Call Up Third Base man
The National League title chances remain open with the Pirates poised for a near-certain run to the pennant barring luck. The Giants added George Myatt at third as Mel Ott shifts to right and Cubs manager Gabby Hartnett breaks a thumb, delaying catching duties. Pirates lose to Reds 6-2, shrinking their margin to four games.
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Pittsburgh Pirates
Buccaneers
Cincinnati Reds
Call Myatt
Jersey City
New York Giants
George Myatt
Melvin Ott
Chicago Cubs
Gabby Hartnett
Cubs
Cincinnati
Stagg Turns 76 and Begins 49th Coaching Year
Stockton California August 16 Amos Alonzo Stagg marks his 76th birthday and starts his 49th year coaching football saying the sport is finer than ever. The veteran coach led University of Chicago for 41 years before moving to College of the Pacific in 1933 where the Tigers rose to a Far Western Conference title in 1936.
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Stockton
Cal
Amos Alonzo Stagg
Rridirons
University of Chicago
Stagg
College of Pacific
Pacific
Tigers
Labor Saver for Golfers on Big Pittsburgh Course
The Pittsburgh field club will celebrate Labor Day by installing an elevator to ease golfers from the 17th green to the 18th tee. After finishing the 17th hole, players ride 64 feet up to a 274 foot runway leading to the new elevated 18th tee, replacing the former foot of the hill location.
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Pittsburgh
Steel City
Greens
Life in a Volcano at Kilauea and Dr Jaggar’s Fire Work
A profile of Dr. Thomas A. Jaggar director of the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory living in a wooden lab on the rim of Kilauea. He records eruptions and earthquakes and has bombed lava flows with TNT to protect Hilo and other towns. The piece notes his methods and a 1919 lava flow history. Tomorrow asks which American signed the four documents forming the U.S. government.
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Halemanau
Kilauea
Thomas A A. Jaggar
Hnawaiian
Dr. Jaggar
Hiln
Hawaiian
Hilo
Alika
Matina
Loa
Sports Calendar Roundup of Local Junior and Senior Leagues
Schedule lists Tuesday to Friday games across Junior and Senior leagues at parks including South park Woodlawn park and Lawrence gun club. Matchups include Cubs versus Panthers and McLouth Juniors against North Lawrence Juniors with varied kickoff times.
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Cubs
Panthers
South Park
Auto Service
Odd Fellows
North Lawrence
Green Brothers
Woodlawn Park
Jayhawks
Rinkydinks
Bireley's
Tonganoxie
K. IE. P
Eagles
Ris Lawrence
South End
Lone Star
Topeka
Ambers Armstron g Bout Awakens Fans at Last
Fans line up outside the box office as Henry Armstrong and Lou Ambers prepare to headline at Madison Square Garden for the lightweight title. Promoter Mike Jacobs predicts a sellout while odds tilt toward Armstrong, though public sentiment favors a competitive bout with Ambers.
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New York
Henry Armstrong
Lou Ambers
Lou
Madison Square Garden
Mike Jacobs
Henry
Major League Leaders Listed for National and American Leagues
The report lists top performers by batting average runs and RBIs with Lombard and Travis among leaders. It records stats for players from Cincinnati Pittsburgh New York and other clubs including home runs by Goodman Ott Greenberg Foxx and Ruffing among others. It also notes pitching leaders Blanton Warneke Ruffing Chandler with win loss records.
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Lombard
Cincinnati
Vaughan
Pittsburgh
Ott
New York
Goodman
Medwick
St. Louis
McCormick
Hack
Chicago
Martin
Philadelphia
Mize
Gutteridge
Kay
Brooklyn
Scharein
Blanton
Warneke
Travis
Washington
Foxx
Boston
Greenberg
Detroit
Gehringer
DiMaggio
Dickey
Lewis
Rolfe
Ana and
Chapman
Boson
Heath
Cleveland
Averill
Crosetti
Lary
Werber
Ruffing
Chandler
White Sox keep Jimmy Dykes as manager for 1938 39
A year ago Chicago White Sox signed Jimmy Dykes to continue as manager for 1938 and 1939. The note recalls Dykes leadership continuity in the club’s planned direction.
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Chicago White Sox
Jimmy Dykes
Kay Stammers
U.S
Helen Jacobs
England
Mary Reynolds
W.N. Reynolds
Saints Hold Lead in American Association Standings
Saint Pauls remain 5 1 2 games ahead as Indianapolis beats Kansas City twice to tighten the chase. In Toledo, Saint Pauls edged Toledo 2 to 1 in 11 innings as Art Herring outdueled Julio Bonetti. Indianapolis crushed Kansas City 12 3 in game one, with Glen Chapman and Milt Galatzer each collecting four hits.
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Associated Press
Boston
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Chicago
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
American Association
Columbus
Minneapolis
Indianapolis
Kansas City
St. Paul
Toledo
Louisville
Milwaukee
Indians
Blues
Saints
Art Herring
Julio Bonetti
Herring
Mal McCullough
Chet Laabs
Glen Chapman
Milt Galatzer
Jack Tising
Bill Zuber
Allan Johnson
Colonels
Brewers
Sam Snead Gloats Over His Tourney Prize Money
White Sulphur Springs West Virginia August 16 pro Sammy Snead the top money winner in golf added up his earnings and gloated over second place money in the Cleveland open 1500 bringing his year total to 10912. He notes a busy month with weekly purses exceeding a thousand dollars including 600 second at the PGA 1500 first at Chicago 800 third at St Paul and 1500 second at Cleveland for a 4400 subtotal.
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White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Sammy Snead
PGA
Chicago
St. Paul
Cleveland
Bench For Two Pirates Shake Up Pirates Lineup
Pittsburgh August 16 Manager Pie Traynor benched two regulars Gus Suhr and Al Todd to spark the first place Pirates. Bill Brubaker and Ray Berres will replace them. The Pirates fell 6-2 to Cincinnati, their fourth loss in five games.
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Pittsburgh
Pie Traynor
Pirates
Gus Suhr
al Todd
Traynor
Bill Brubaker
Ray Berres
Cincinnati
Roundup of sports gossip and upcoming matchups across leagues
A scattershot column touches on Wes Ferrell’s big day, Bernie Bierman’s admission, jitters over Jake Powell’s major league future, Kovacs dropped from the Davis Cup squad, and Armstrong over Ambers. It notes semi pro tourneys in Wichita, Dodgers vs Giants trends, Joe Louis bets, Jesse Collyer’s travel plans, Cincinnati golfers, and a Reds hotel confusion anecdote.
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New York
Wes Ferrell
Bernie Bierman
Baseball Barons
Jake Powell
George Hudson
Frankie Kovacs
Armstrong
Ambers
Wichita
Dodgers
Cannel
Crude Oil Production Up in United States
Oil and Gas Journal reports a weekly rise of 36 469 barrels daily to 3 350 970 for the week ending August 13. Oklahoma up 16 675 to 439 575. East Texas 440 000. Texas down 3 749 to 1 588 044. Louisiana down 4 695 to 256 025. California up 21 350 to 67 250. Kansas up 13 475 to 165 200. Eastern states down 4 832 to 199 333. Rocky Mountain region down 1 330 to 67 270.
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Tulsa
Oklo
United States
The
Oil and Gas Journal
Oklahoma
East Texas
Texas
Louisiana
California
Kansas
Rocky Mountain
Madrid blast shocks city amid insurgent fighting
Madrid reports an explosion blamed on a mine under an insurgent built area in the University City sector. Government sources say insurgents were driven back after a half hour of fighting. shock reached a mile away as residents felt bed tremors.
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Madrid
First spinal anesthesia suggested by Dr Leonard Corning
Spinal anesthesia was first proposed by Dr Leonard Corning of New York in 1885 marking an early advance in regional anesthesia.
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Leonard Corning
New York
Greens to Tangle With Railroaders Tonight
Lawrence Green Brothers, eastern Kansas Ban Johnson champions, face Topeka Santa Fe Railroaders at Ripley park in Topeka at 8 15 p m in a night game. Harold Viell vs Lefty Holmes as Greens seek revenge for a 10 6 earlier loss.
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Ban Johnson
Santa Fe Club
Topeka
Lawrence Green Brothers
Kansas Ban Johnson League
Topeka Santa Fe Railroaders
Ripley Park
Greens
Railroaders
Harold “Lefty” Viell
Lefty Holmes
Santa Fe
Concordia Blues
Concordia
Leavenworth Generals
Ban Johnson Park
Visiting French General Delights German Publics Amid War Maneuvers
General Joseph Vuillemin head of the French air force arrived in Berlin with five aides on a friendly mission to inspect German air facilities. Meanwhile thousands of army reserves train for main maneuvers set to begin September 1 as Germany emphasizes nonaggressive aims despite regional concerns.
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Berlin
Germany
Joseph Vuillemin
Vuillemin
Italo Balboa
Italy
The
Reich
Public Works Administration approves 89 more projects
Presidential approval of 89 additional PWA applications pushes the non federal projects total past 4 000. The day’s list shows $19 280 839 in construction costs with $8 676 368 in grants and $95 500 in loans. Total now 4 003 non federal and 953 federal projects for $1 225 488 505 in construction.
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Washington
Public
PWA
Courtland
Kan
Glasco
Gridley
Muncie
Phillipsburg
Salina Youth Held for Federal Grand Jury in Auto Theft
Julian Standard, 15, of Salina Kansas, awaiting federal grand jury on a charge of transporting a stolen automobile across the state line. He pleaded guilty to driving a stolen car from Kansas City to Topeka, failed to post a $3,500 bond, and is being treated for a back wound.
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Kansas City
Julian Standard
Salina
Kan
Federal Grand Jury
Standard
General Hospital
U. S
Charles H. Thompson
Here
Topeka
Will Sing at Friends Church in Lawrence
Prof William J Murphy newly appointed voice instructor at Friends Bible College Haviland Kansas will be presented in a sacred concert The Christ Triumphant at the Friends church in Lawrence tonight at 8 oclock The tenor will be assisted by his wife at the piano and their son and daughter as violinists
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Friends Church
William J. Murphy
Friends Bible College
Haviland
Kan
Lawrence
Eudora Social Roundup Hears Of Funerals Visits And Reunions
Eudora society notes include funeral services for Charles Boling of DeSoto at a Prairie Center church with burial there. Mrs Edna Zillner hosts a J L L bridge club with Mrs Nora Trefz high, Mrs Mary Neustifter low, and Mrs Anna Sommers traveling prize. Several visits and arrivals are recorded including Kansas City, Topeka, and Wichita trips, a 1936 rural high school reunion at Tonganoxie, and a Lawrence Business College opening adv.
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Bert Holmes
Pittsfield
C.L. Holmes
W. O. Watson
Ed Diedrich
Charles G. Boling
DeSoto
M. E
Prairie Center
Mr. Watson
Edna Zillner
Nora Trefz
Mary Neustifter
Anna Sommers
Nora
Fred Howard
Pleasant Grove
C. L. Holmes
Fred Papenhausen
John Miller
Verda Marie Ouderkirk
Pleasant Valley
John Hagen
Lavina Smoots
Eudora
Carl Durst
Walter Steiner
Dorothy
Dwight
Kan
Rockville
Harold Daugherty
Topeka
William _Bohnsack
Bohnsack
Gardner
Charles Brown
Olive Dailey
Jack
Venice
Calif
Dailey
Sarah Hausman
Salem Evangelical Church Assembly
John Wiel
Hausman
John B. Deay
Tonganoxie
Raymond Stroud
Bert Daugherty
J. N. Hearin
Turner
Harold Lowe
Patricia Alice
Lenexa
M. H. Cox
Berthold Durr
Garland Rhodes
Lawrence
Pearl
Jack Everley
Linwood
John Everley
Carl McGlade
Kansas City
Eudora Rural High School
State Lake
Lucille
Walker
Dorothy Warmker
Irene Mistele
Ramona Stanley
Allis Margaret Terrell
Josephine Ott
Ruth Miller Ouderkirk
Ray Warmker
Robert Eisele
Roy Richardson
Elmer Denham
Grant Freeman
Ethelbert Ott
Freddie Brecheisen
John Dunn
Elizabeth I
Chester Mazz
Chester
Marion
Gottlieb Nieder
John David
Leon Dunr and
Arthur Gabriel
Alvin Johnson
Valley Falls
Edythe Johnson
Ed Cosand
Imperial
Cox
Roger Stanley
Hesper
Cosand
Illinois
Indiana
Louie Bartz
Allen Cochran
West Eudora
Clifford Coffman
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Joe Louis
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James) Collyer
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Ray Napolitano
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