Grimm Says Cubs Can Hold Lead In Pittsburgh Series
Manager Charley Grimm of the first place Cubs travels to Pittsburgh for a three game set to open a crucial stretch. The Cubs, 17 road games behind them, seek to preserve a margin atop the NL race as Giants Reds Pirates chase in tight standings amid recent battles and personnel shuffles.
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Cutters Tie as Tigers Beat Wildcats in Midget League
The Cutters softball team and Paper Mill opened at Woodlawn Park with a 10 to 6 score for the Cutters in a night game. In a second game Cutters fell 4 to 3 to an unnamed opponent, leaving the score unfinished.
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Strange As It Seems and Monroe Doctrine Note
A fragmentary column by John Hix discusses poison use by African tribes and beliefs around snakes, then shifts to a note that John Quincy Adams largely authored the Monroe Doctrine in 1823, outlining U S protection for the Americas and Adams shaping the policy.
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All-Star Gridsters Drill At Dyche Stadium In Chicago
Sixty five former college grid stars endured two more long drills at Dyche stadium with coaches revealing the squad will face the Green Bay Packers on September 1. The group plans to protest peat Sauer, a Packers fullback, eligibility for the pro lineup. An unrelated note states eighty three percent of Kansas land is used for agriculture.
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Today year ago star hit two homers to reach season total
Lou Genrig connected for two home runs against the Athletics, pushing his season total to 23. A retrospective note marks the feat as occurring today in a lookback.
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Carolin Babcock
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Kay Stammers
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U. S&s
Ralph B. Keeler
Sports Calendar Highlights A Busy Week of Park Games
A dense slate lists Rinkydinks against Caghawks and many cross town showdowns at South Park and Woodlawn parks. Matches include Coyotes versus Cardinals, Barbers versus Eagles, and Lone Star against Gas Company with multiple midget and junior divisions across Wednesday through Saturday.
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Gas Company
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Tough Grand American trapshoots loom in Vandalia start
Vandalia Ohio August 17 The Grand American trapshoot tourney opens Friday with hundreds of entrants. Five shooters posted perfect 200s in 42 events reported to the Amateur Trapshooting Association office. Favorites include Joe Hiestand Hillsboro Ohio J E Milne Hamilton Ontario C Hem ing Reading PA C O Free Indianapolis and G C Lindsey Marcellus New York. Observers recall the strong 1933 meet when six 200s occurred and 12 others missed only one day.
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Lovell
Elmer Torge
Wales Center
Pitcher Gosdzicki Blamed as Indians Dominate One-Hit Loss
Houston Texas league ace John Grodzicki pitched a one hit game but Oklahoma City Indians routed the Houston Astros 22 to 0. Jim Moore earned the win after a rough first inning, with two bases on balls and two infield outs setting up multiple scoring chances. Stoneham later drove in two on a single. Kansas reports more cultivated acres than any state except Texas, which is three times larger.
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Fry Has 13 Vets For Kansas State Wildcats 1937 Squad
A 54 man candidate group plus newcomers report Sept 10 for first practice under Coach Wes Fry and staff. The returning 13 lettermen include Beeler Cardarelli Cleveland Crawley Ellis Klimek Krueger Matney Nordstrom Rankin Sims. Sophomores show promise. schedule opens Oct 2 at Boston College, then Missouri, Marinette, Omaha, homecoming Oct 13 vs Kansas, Iowa State, Nebraska.
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Junior Speer
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Richard Magerkurth
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Britain doubtful on Tommy Farr fighting Louis
Britain watches with mixed nerves as Tommy Farr prepares for a potential bout with Joe Louis on August 26. London reporters favor Louis, questioning Farr's ability to endure 15 rounds, while British fans fear the expected shock if Louis wins. Special boats ferry fans to New York and London menus carry stories of Farr’s training.
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Cardinals hunt for another Ducky Medwick in New Jersey
Morristown New Jersey August 17 The St Louis Cardinals dispatch seven scouts in a bid to discover a new star like Ducky Medwick from Carteret. A tryout camp at Lidgerwood Memorial field runs August 23 to 28 drawing thousands of hopeful youths.
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Tall Fishing Tales Stir Old Art Of The Sport
Chicago reports tall fishing stories from the 1937 season as evidence the old art of storytelling survives after trips. Entries include a blue heron on a line, a wildcat on liver bait, a 12 pound sturgeon near Buffalo, and a hands caught 20%4 pound catfish with a can stuck on its head.
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Cards Open Free Camp With Come-One Come-All Invite
The report notes a former star described as a cracker-jack ball player and says the camp is free with the St. Louis Cardinals issuing an open invitation to all interested participants.
Roundup of sports news from New York and beyond
A compact digest notes an Athletics parlay profit from the Yankees series, Tommy Farr’s Hollywood reentry, and Cincinnati Reds and National League pennant chatter. It mentions Bobby Riggs’ bid for No 2 in tennis behind Don Budge, Marcel Thil’s bald look, Georgia Tech’s Bill Alexander loyalty doubts, Davidson’s Lawrence Spearman, and Warren Giles denying a winter shakeup rumor.
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Georgia Tech
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Boxing and baseball talk spills from early 20th century page
The note covers several sports figures and events. It mentions Jack Dempsey planning a white hope tournament, Rogers Hornsby nearing 3,000 hits, and comparisons to Ty Cobband Honus Wagner. Don Budge receives pro offers, while Mike Jacobs navigates a Madison Square Garden contract with Jimmy Braddock. Andrew Roy of Charleston West Virginia, nicknamed Tarzan, emerges as a precocious welterweight with a Louis style.
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Basques inhabit regions in Spain and France
The Basques inhabit the Spanish provinces of Biscaya Guipuzcoa and Alava and the Basses Pyrenees department in France extending into the southwest. No major league games were scheduled yesterday and the American Association had no games.
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Basses-Pyrenees Department
France
Burleigh Remembers Brooklyn Star Brown Becomes Shortstop
Burleigh recalls Brooklyn figure Burleigh Grimes in Bloomington’s Three-Eye league days. John Lind says Red Brown starred with Springfield HL in the same circuit, twice in 1935 collecting five hits in five at bats and once driving in seven runs in a game. Now Brown is Burleighs team shortstop.
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O Neill District News Highlights Local Activities
Edward Dotson recovers from knee infection and plans to return to Sante Fe yards in Kansas City. Ed Dotson, Bill Holey Jr and family host gatherings at Holey home. Mrs. Arthur Jones and baby daughter return from Baldwin visit. Horse stricken with sleeping sickness kept off its feet. Dimicks rent Dotson farm and plan fall move. Lloyd Plank injured hand while cranking a tractor, improving. Gill attends Reed Spalding sale in Oak Ridge. Haley family hosts dinner for Bill Holey Jr. and visitors. Various local trips to Tonganoxie and Baldwin noted. Holey Jr. loses a valuable heifer to suspected poison forage. Dimicks shop in Lawrence. Ethel Haley's family visits North Lawrence. Dimick baled prairie hay for Bill Rice.
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Lloyd Plank
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North Lawrence
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