Dodgers and Cardinals Face Big Series as Leaders Stay Close
Dodgers and Cardinals edged by losses as they prepare for a four game series in Brooklyn Sunday. Durocher rested Wyatt and started Hamlin causing a Cubs upset 6-2. Cardinals missed chance to cut gap with a 5-4 loss to Philadelphia while Reds and Pirates won. Feller notches his 21st victory as Cleveland shuts out New York 2-0. White Sox drop an eight to five decision at Boston. Senators sweep behind Leonard giving them sixth place as Athletics split with St. Louis Browns.
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Brooklyn Dodgers
St. Louis Cardinals
Brooklyn
Dodgers
Redbirds
Leo Durocher
Kirby Higbe
Pittsburgh
Higbe
Durocher
Whitlow Wyatt
Luke Hamlin
Chicago Cubs
Cubs
Cincinnati
Cardinals
Phillies
Philadelphia
Reds
Boston Braves
Pittsburgh Pirates
New York Giants
Big Max Butcher
Giants
Feller
Bob Feller
Theaine
New York Yankees
Scattres
Cleveland
New York
Chicago White Sox
Boston
Washington Senators
Washington Senators Swept Z Doen Tech Aes
Petrol Om
Dute Leonard
Sid Ipo Ty Pace
Philadelphia Athletics
St. Louis Browns
Browns
Tom Ferrick
Athletics
Mirror Sports Highlights and Historic Baseball Wins
Mirror sports recalls two-year-old and three-year-old events. Frahan Guernsey and Russell Bobbitt defeated Bobby Riggs and Welby Van Horn in the national doubles quarters at Brookline 6 2 7 5 8 6 8 6. Pirates beat Cubs 4 2 behind Jim Tobin five hitter. Wes Ferrell fined and suspended after dispute with Cronin.
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Frahan
Guernsey
Russell Bobbitt
Bobby Riggs
Welby van Horn
Brookline
Pittsburgh Pirates
Chicago Cubs
Jim Tobin
Wes Ferrell
Red Sox
Joe Cronin
Yankees
Cronin
Two Teachers Injured In Emporia Highway Crash
Two Emporia teachers Miss Nell Bougin and Miss Helen Boughton were injured when their car overturned on P.S. 50S east of Emporia on Thursday. Bougin suffered two rib fractures and Boughton a shoulder fracture as the vehicle landed in Badger creek on drift wood.
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Emporia
Kan
Kansas City
P.S. 50S
Nell Bougin
Helen Boughton
Badger Creek
Mako Considers Retirement and Baseball Notes
New York reports Gene Mako nears retirement after this season. Chicago Bears move Jack Manders to guard, questioned for risk to his toe. Ted Williams hopes to hit over .400 this summer to boast later. Monte Pearson won a game for the Reds before being sent away, finishing with 100 career wins. Birthday wishes to Lonnie Frey and Nelson Potter, both 29. Alf Vanderbilt settles his marital dispute for two million. Jimmy Roosevelt sends order for Nova-Louis party. Leo Wells stirs Cub scouts in St Paul. Jimmy Gleason cameo in Here Comes Mr Jordan linked to Yussel Jacobs. Jacobs Beach votes film top fight of the year. Dodgers top NL in runs per game. three AL clubs reach five-plus. Pro football players favor buttermilk as a drink.
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New York
Special News Service
Gene Mako
Chicago Bears
Jack Manders
Ted Williams
Boston
Fred Knight
Monte
Pearson
Reds
Lonnie Frey
Cincinnati
Nelson Potter
Saratoga
Alf Vanderbilt
W.k
Jimmy Roosevelt
Mike Jacobs
Leo Wells
Jimmy Gleason
Jordan
Yussel Jacobs
Jacobs Beach
Dodgers
Red Sox
Browns
Ex-Joe College grid practice and sports notes
Thirty six ex Joe College players join Mof fett Field air corps team for practice. Notables include Tony Calvelli Bud Catchers Lynn Lunt Ned Conner and Herman Berg Jr with sister Patty Berg mentioned in golf qualifiers. Also Charley Ruffing linked to a big league club and Babe Ritchie booked for Atlantic City. Iowa State coach Hon Nordly lamenting lost veterans. Clyde McCullough and homers across parks teased in Cubs Dodgers series.
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Patty Berg
Charley Ruffing
Eddie Walker
Babe Ritchie
Atlantic City
Hon Nordly
Iowa State
Williams duel ends with Williamss sharing trap honors
Dick Williams and son Skip divided honors at Vandalia Ohio Grand National trap shoot. Skip broke 85 of 100 in North American doubles, Dick hit 78. In prelim handicap Dick scored 93 from 21 yards while Skip shot 92 from 23 yards. Also reports three liquor fines in court including Pauline Anderson of Valley Falls for drunken driving.
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Dick Williams
Skip
Vandalia
Skip Williams
Pauline Anderson
Valley Falls
Harold Murry
Curtis Anderson
Mud Hens Aim for First Division as Playoff Race Tightens
In the final 17 AA games Toledo remains in the chase for a first division berth and playoff spot as Columbus and Louisville duel for the lead. Toledo beat Kansas City 7 4 last night and must rely on wins and rivals’ slips to climb. Louisville, Columbus and Milwaukee also win and lose, with Heath homering for Milwaukee and Novikoff stealing a base during a scoring chance in the eighth.
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Toledo
Columbus
Louisville
Mud Hens
Kansas City
Blues
Red Birds
Milwaukee
Colonels
Minneapolis
Boyd Sorelle
Heath
Flock
Lou Novikoff
Brewers
Millers
Hogsett
Indianapolis
St. Paul
Bill Swift
Tribe
Apostles
Heavy Hitters Lose in Western Association Doubleheader
Muskogee Reds hit four home runs and outhit Joplin 13 toll but fell 9 to 5 in the second game. Joplin also won 4 to 2 in seven innings. Hutchinson led with a home run and five more hits than Carthage, yet won, 5 to 3. Salina edged Topeka 5 to 4 in 10 innings to move into third. Fort Smith lost to Blix Donnelly, Springfield won 6 to 1, and standings shifted with Topeka and Muskogee near the cellar. Tonight's games include Springfield at Fort Smith and Joplin at Muskogee.
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Muskogee
Reds
Joplin
Hutchinson
Carthage
Kansans
Harvey Beaster
Moundsman
Artie Cucurullo
Salina
Topeka
Capital City
Fort Smith
Blix Donnelly
Springfield
Arkansas Club
League Leaders Summary from AP Baseball Rankings
The American League singles out batting leader Williams of Boston at .414 with DiMaggio of New York leading in hits at 171 and in doubles with 38. DiMaggio also paces batting averages and runs, while Keller of New York tops home runs with 30. In the National League, Etten of Philadelphia leads batting at .334, Hack of Chicago drives in 89 RBIs and 143 hits, with Reiser of Brooklyn at 88 runs. Camilli of Brooklyn hits 25 homers, while Hopp and Slaughter tie for triples.
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Williams
Boston
Travis
Washington
DiMaggio
New York
Sane
New Feng
Keller
Ete York
Boudreau
Cleveland
Heath
Case
Kubel
Chicago
Gomez
Etten
Philadelphia
Hopp
St. Louis
Hack
Reiser
Brooklyn
Mize
Camilli
Moore
Dallessandro
Slaughter
Elliott
Pittsburgh
Camill
Baty York
Nicholson
Beeen -Vaey
Bilows Confident Ahead of National Amateur Golf Title
Pi-Ray Billows of Poughkeepsie believes he can win the national amateur championship at the Field Club in Omaha next week. The 6 5 victory over Frank Stranahan secured the first annual Great Lakes championship for Billows, who arrives in Nebraska buoyed by recent form and past final appearances. He beat Marvin Stewart and Earl Stewart this week, and he notes a sudden improvement after earlier failed Omaha qualifications.
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Chicago
Ray Billows
Field Club
Omaha
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Nebraska
Great Lakes
Frank Stranahan
Toledo
Billows
Johnny Goodman
Marvin
Bud
Ward
Earl Stewart
Dallas
Tex
Chapman In Favor Of Golf In Army
Omaha Aug 22 Amateur Champion Dick Chapman backs golf for soldiers alongside rifles. He proposes Red Cross golf exhibitions intercamp matches and Army town matches to boost morale as 150 players begin qualifying Monday with favorites including Johnny Goodman Bruce McCormick and Ben Chapman.
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Omaha
Neb
Dick Chapman
Sam
Army
Soldier Boys
New York
Maxwell Field
Montgomery
Ala
Red Cross
Chapman
Red Crass
Porky) Oliver
Frank Strafaci
Charley Yates
Yates
Atlanta
Johnny Goodman
Bruce McCormick
Los Angeles
Johnny
Ben Chapman
Tariff Hikes on Imported Crab Meat At Roosevelt Proclamation
President Roosevelt ordered a 50 percent tariff increase on imported crab meat, rising duties from 15 to 22 percent ad valorem. The measure targets crab meat including paste and sauce, aimed at equalizing production costs between Japan and the United States per a tariff commission inquiry.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Japan
United States
Tariff Commission
Indo-China
Examiner Recommends Denying Essair Airline Route
Washington August 22 Examiner Thomas L Wrenn advised the civil aeronautics board to deny Essair Inc application for a Houston Texas to Garden City or Albuquerque New Mexico air route.
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Washington
Thomas L. Wrenn
Civil Aeronautics Board
Essair, Inc
Houston
Tex
Garden City
Albuquérque
N.M
Ban Johnson Results Across Cities
Johnson tournament results list shows scores for Marysville Fairbury Joplin Independence Parsons Pittsburg Junction City Manhattan Tola Coffeyville Concordia Beloit with varying outcomes from a 0 win to several close margins. Specific city versus score pairs are provided without further context.
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Ban Johnson
Marysville
Fairbury
Joplin
Independence
Parsons
Pittsburg
Junction City
Manhattan
Tola
Coffeyville
Concordia
Beloit
Funeral services for Samuel Allen held in Valley Falls
Samuel Allen 71 died August 8 1941 at his Tonganoxie Kansas home after a heart attack at his blacksmith shop. He was born August 6 1870 in Washington County Kansas and survived by his wife two daughters and three sons plus a step daughter. Interment was in Valley Falls. Other local notices include visits from Kansas City and Topeka residents, and upcoming weddings and relocations.
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Valley Falls
Samuel Allen
Allen
Washington County
Kan
N1.c.c.f. Lodge
Christian Church
Myrtle Allen
Beth Allen
Springfield
Margie Jean Allen
Tonganoxie
Donald C. Allen
Oskaloosa
Samuel Clyde Allen
Fort Riley
Raymond Allen
Berene Clemmons
Mountain View
Lucy Jones
Kansas City
Eleanor Ratliff
Ethel Collins
la Vena Highfill
Suburban Telephone Company
Mary Katharine Bernhardt
Topeka
Elizabeth Wright
Fred Bernhardt
E. E. Jackson
Joe Foley
Jacksons
David Parker
Gloria
David
Colorado
Leonard Turner
Marlyn
Paul Kennedy
Blue Rapids
Ed Schillings
Beloit
F. M. Leimkuhler
Country Club
Tonzanoxie
Marie Elizabeth Poulsoit
C. Poulson
Delbert O. Wendt
Frank Wendt
Bonner Springs
Methodist Church
Evel Poulsen
Clarke Collins
Wendt
Doris Kenton
Basehor
Nadine Kenton
Asehor
J. A. Pratt
Indianapolis
Kansas State College
Bonner ‘Springs
Arthur Twiner
Norman
Wayne
Vidden Lee
Wichita
Arthur Young
Archie Knox
West Coast
Risa Needham
Fret Needham
Tom Gallagher
Elmer Jackson
Jackson
H. A. Wiliamson
Manhattan
Betty Lou ,Wiley
Norman Wiley
Bartenders May Cut Size If Spirit Tax Increases
Timothy P. Guiney, president of the National Tavern Association, told the Senate Finance Committee that a proposed $1 per gallon tax on distilled spirits could force bartenders to pour drinks in one-ounce portions instead of the current one and a half ounces, shrinking drink sizes.
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Washington
Timothy P. Guiney
New York City
National Tavern Association
Senate Finance Committee
Auto Service and Haskell Play Friday Rounds
Friday schedule lists Auto Service facing Lone Star at South Park and Haskell meeting Lawrence Merchants at Woodlawn Park.
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Lawrence
South Park
Lone Star
Haskell
Lawrence Merchants
Woodlawn Park
Anne Nagel Postpones Wedding to Navy Flier in Java
Universal star Anne Nagel's wedding to Ensign John Robertson is postponed until January 1948 as he remains stationed in Java. Nagel had planned to travel for the ceremony but new U. S. rules bar American women from the Dutch East Indies, delaying the union.
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Hollywood
Anne Nagel
Universal Studios
John Robertson
Ensign Robertson
Navy
Java
Miss Nagel
Dutch East Indies
Ratners Celebrate 21st Wedding Anniversary in Kansas City
Gov. and Mrs. Payne Ratner of Kansas marked their twenty first anniversary by attending a Kansas City Toledo baseball game. They traveled from Topeka in the afternoon and received a motorcycle escort in the city.
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Ratners
Kansas City
Payne Ratner
Kansas
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