Baseball pennant chase and notable historic notes
Recap of major league standings during the All Star break highlights the Yankees and Pirates leading their leagues, with the Giants Indians Red Sox Cubs Reds and Bees in pursuit. Giants’ late surge and Pirates’ midseason stretch reshape the race as Chicago and Cincinnati stay dangerous and Boston eyes a rebound. The feature also recalls Salvation Army doughnut work in WWI and the Appleby twine knotter invention that helped automate tying grain. A trivia line hints at a classmate of Calvin Coolidge and school ballots.
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New York Giants
Cleveland Indians
Yanks
Chicago
Cincinnati
Boston
Boston Red Sox
Giants
Jack Doyle
Broadway
Altho
Cubs
Pittsburgh
Buccos
Reds
Bees
Yankees
Indians
Red Sox
Young Appleby
Appleby
William Deering
Kansas Electrics crush Nehi Softballers 20 to 0 in league game
The Kansas Electric Power team dominated Nehi with 18 hits and a five run fifth inning. Winnie Harwood pitched five strong innings, backed by solid infield work from All Amerine at short and risky catches by Richard Connor. Newcomer Harry Brookley from Northwestern contributed a double and a single in five appearances.
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Kansas Electric Power
Cominy “Power Boys
Nehi
K. E.P
Winnie Harwood
Amerine
Richard
Connor
Harry Brookley
Lawrence
Chicago
Northwestern University
Pittsburg Jockey Boots In Four At Delaware Park
Pittsburg Kansas jockey Johnny Gilbert, veteran rider at Delaware Park, pushed his meet total to 29 with four wins. He captured races with Prospectus Superstition and Jolly Duchess among others, paying outs of 8.40, 6.40, and 17.70 to win.
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Pittsburg
Boots
Delaware Park
New York
Johnny Gilbert
Kan
Prospectus Superstition
Jolly Duchess
Gilbert
Pinan Ana
Jolly Dutchess
Yesterday's Scores From the Associated Press
Major league schedule shows one game on tap with Arete facing Seapatsei'an. AP recap notes results and standout plays from the brief slate.
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Seapatsei'an Arete
Sports Calendar Highlights Local League Games
The schedule lists multiple junior league, senior softball, and girls league games across South Park Woodlawn and Lincoln parks. Matchups include Yankees versus Jayhawks and Bulldogs versus Brown Bombers with various 6 to 9 o'clock start times Wednesday through Friday.
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Yankees
Jayhawks
South Park
Odd Fellows
City
Barbers
North Lawrence
Cutters
Oters
Woodlawn Park
Lincoln Park
Bulldogs
Brown Bombers
Binky Dinks
Panthers
Auto Service
Eagiles
Tonganoxie
Bireley’s
Green Brothers
Paper Mill
Mohawks
CCC 1767
Tigers
Gas Company
Co-Ops
South End
Bartz
Union Cab
Tigers Whip Cubs in Junior League Tilt 12-3
Tigers tally four runs in each of the first three innings to defeat the Cubs 12 to 8 in a junior league game at Southpark. The Tigers collected nine hits while the Cubs had three safeties.
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Tigers
Cubs
Southpark
Kansas Father and Son Golf Tourney Planned at Topeka Club
The second annual Kansas Father and Son golf tournament will be held at Topeka Country Club on September 2 3 and 4. Flights of eight compete daily with no qualifying. the championship flight will include the eight lowest handicappers. Defending champions Dr Bert McDowell and son from Milburn Club, Bare City Kan, will defend.
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Topeka Country Club
Topeka
Bert McDowell and Son
Milburn Club
Bares City
Kan
Notable sports and society snippets from vintage notes
A collage of brief sports and public life items mentions Horton Smith leading British Open qualifiers, van derbilt's new sloop for America's Cup defense, Helen Wills Moody returning to Wimbledon to beat Helen Jacobs in a tight three setter, and a past American all stars win in league play. A Ruth home feature adds a domestic detail.
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Horton Smith
Ranger
Ha Harold
Vanderbilt
Prational Tacere
Ruth
Ate
Colgate shifts football game to Buffalo amid changing schedules
The Colgate Duke game slated for October 8 moves from Yankee Stadium to Buffalo as officials shuffle venues. The column notes conference prospects in the Southwest with Rice, TCU, SMU, Texas A and M and other teams, plus player movements and college staff updates.
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New York
Giants
Yanks
Colgate
Yankee Stadium
Buffalo
Nevada State Journal
Reno
Ty Cobb
Reno Evening Gazette
Joe Jackson
P.S
Joe
Larry Gilbert
New Orleans Pelicans
Cleveland Indians
Russell
Red) Evans
New Orleans
Legion Gun Club to Host Lela Hall Trapshoot
Tonight at the Legion gun club south of Lawrence on highway 59 the North American women's trapshooting champion Mrs. Lela Hall of Strasburg Missouri will appear. Gates open 6:30 with shoots before 8 pm. admission is free and parking ample.
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Lela Hall
U.S
Legion Gun Club
Lawrence
Highway 59
Strasburg
Hall
Vandalia
Ohio
Adamick and Trammell Suspended in Illinois
Illinois suspends Jimmy Adamick of Detroit for five years and Jack Trammell of Youngstown for one year after a June 8 bout in Chicago was ruled no contest by the state athletic commission. The commission will ask New York California and Missouri to follow suit.
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Chicago
Illinois
Jimmy Adamick
Detroit
Jack Trammell
Youngstown
State Athletic Commission
New York
California
Missouri
Arm Strong Beats Ross In Welterweight Championship
Ringside statistician estimates Henry Arm strong landed about 1200 punches in 15 rounds against Barney Ross averaging two punches per second for 45 minutes in the world welterweight title fight.
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New York
Henry Armstrong
Barney Ross
Johnsons win in tough clash as Junction City tops Concordia
Junction City defeats Concordia 14 to 13 in a close game. Marysville at Beloit postponed due to rain. Reports say England debates landing foreign planes at sanitary airdromes for disinfection under proposed public health rules.
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Junction City
Concordia
Marysville
Beloit
England
Naval medic delivers punch drunkness warned in new treatise
Washington July 6 Lieut J A Millspaugh of the naval medical corps writes in the Naval Medical Bulletin on dementia pugilistica detailing symptoms such as scowling snorting and crouching. He notes metacarpophalangeal joint hypertrophy and explains post knockout analysis with insistence on medical factors over boxing bravado.
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Washington
J. A. Millspaugh
Naval Medical Corps
Naval Medical Bulletin
Millspaugh
Lindsey in Checkup at Lawrence Summer Session
Coach Ad Lindsey surveys Kansas football players in Lawrence during summer. Several spring semester holdovers face scholastic deficits, with only one or two projected to depart the squad. The team opens fall practice two weeks before a Sept 24 home date with Texas followed by a trip to Notre Dame.
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Ad Lindsey
Lawrence
Kansas
University of Texas
Jayhawkers
South Bend
Notre Dame
Four Kansas Basketball Games Set in Texas Christmas Tour
Kansas coach Dr F C Allen announced a Christmas trip featuring four games in Texas. The Jayhawks will face Texas at Austin on December 16 and 17 and meet Southern Methodist in Dallas on December 19 and 20. The schedule follows a December 9 game earlier in the month.
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Southern Methodist
F. C Allen
Gwinn Henry
Austin
Methodists
Dallas
Texas
Kansas
Kansas Schedule Nears Completion With Field House Dedication
The article notes a dedication event for the 9,000 capacity Oklahoma A and M field house with Kansas and Nebraska involvement. It mentions a return game at Oklahoma A and M on February 9 and possible games with Washburn, plus ten conference games, shaping Kansas' season schedule.
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Oklahoma A. & M
Nebraska
Kansas
Washburn
Bears Lose Ray Buivid for Next Season
Chicago announces that halfback Ray Buivid, last year’s standout for the Bears and the cornerstone of next season’s offense, has resigned to pursue a business career.
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Chicago
Chicago Bears
Ray Buivid
Marquette
Bears
Biologists Aid Game Farmers Across North Carolina
Nine trained biologists are available to North Carolina landowners to improve wildlife conditions. The service is part of a cooperative game farming program run by the North Carolina Department of Conservation and Development.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
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Helen Purviance
Salvation Army
Monte - Sur - Loux
France
John F. Appleby
Wisconsin
Calvin Coolidge
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John Hix
Reg. U. & Pat
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Kansas Electrics
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Penny
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Duke University
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Ace Parker
Wayne Ambler
Chubby Dean
Deluxe
Dave Smith
Rice
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Baylor
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Dodgers
Ernie Quigley
City College
Tony Galento
Tris Speaker
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Boston Bees
Paul Goetowski
College Infirmary
Adamick
Trammell
Ban Johnson
Lieut. J. A. Millspaugh
Socko
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Angelo
Joe Louis
National Boxing Association
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Orange
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Galento
University of Kansas
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Palm Beach
Wade
Prince Albert
Coorright
Raynolds Tobacco Co
Winston-Salem
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Ana
Tatasters
JOY Smoke
Lyl Abner
AI Cap
Daisy Mae
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