Dodgers Fall To Reds In Gritty pennant race showdown
Brooklyn sputtered as Bucky Walters shut down the Dodgers with a five hit performance. The Reds moved one and a half games ahead, while the Giants edged the Cardinals in 11 innings. Red Rolfe sparked the Yankees with two triples and a homer in a 6-4 win over the Browns. Cleveland took the lead in the standings behind home runs by Chapman Boudreau and Keltner, and Washington’s Sid Hudson held Detroit to three runs. Bobby Doerr provided late offense for Boston in an 8-2 win over Chicago.
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St. Louis Browns
Cleveland Indians
Ben Chapman
Lou Boudreau
Ken Keltner
Athletics
Sid Hudson
Washington Senators
Detroit Tigers
Bobby Doerr
Boston
Red Sox
Chicago White Sox
Second Round Set in City Golf Championship Flight
Today’s schedule fixed second round matches after the final first round concluded. Ray Nichols beat Bob Bullock 2 and 1 in round one, with pairings including Nichols vs Galloway and Baskett vs Stawite among others. Hillview’s Herb Johnson expects remaining first round matches to finish by Saturday evening and several second round games to be played Sunday.
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Ray Nichols
Hillview
Bob Bullock
Chi Galloway
Dick Baskett
Billy Stawite
Earl Farris
Bob LaGree
George Wetzel
Don Wezel
Herb Johnson
Everal
Muscle injury shelves Missouri passer Paul Christman this fall
New York reports Paul Christman likely out with a muscle injury affecting Missouri's football season. The sports wrap also notes boxing talk with Jack Dempsey commenting on Luttrell and Louis, and football coaching moves involving Gary Davison and Carl Snavely.
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New York
Paul Christman
Missouri
Jack Dempsey
Cowboy Luttrell
Godoy
Louis
Galento
Baer
Gary Davison
Army
Honolulu
Cornell
Carl
Just Another Jones Bobby Returns To New York
Sensa tion from 1914 resurfaces as Bobby Jones plans his first competitive match in New York in ten years a Red Cross event at the Lido club. Boston fans recall Joe Cronin and Pee Wee Reese sales moves. Coach Stidham’s Oklahoma A line weighs 218 pounds per man. Joe Louis has knocked out four of the NBA top ten heavies. Ed Danforth hosts a radio station update from Atlanta Journal. Records show Joe has been heard in Java Australia Stockholm and Philadelphia.
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Joe Cronin
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Philadelphia
Max In Good Voice Halts Film Sound Effects
Report notes that sound effects were cut during parts of the Baer Galen fight films due to Max In Good Voice. Lip readers said some remarks directed at Tony were too hot for the screen. Band leader Sammy Kay warned while swing and sway impressed in empire city.
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Detroit Tigers Pay War Bonus to Rice Player Wood
The Detroit Tigers gave J. P. Wood of Rice a $4,000 signing bonus to join their Beaumont farm club. Texas papers urge Judge Landis to address reports of melee leagues taking players from school. Wood led the ball team as captain and was a key figure in football plans.
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Missouri star Paul Christman shoots for fall football return
Paul Christman ace passer and back at the University of Missouri expects to recover from a pulled right leg muscle in time for the 1930s football season. He has quit baseball for the summer and undergoes heat and massage therapy to be ready for his senior year.
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Kansas’ City
Paul Christman
University of Maouri
Ban Johnson
M:u
Baldwin Baseball Hosts Kansas City Team at Baker Field
Baldwin team welcomes Les Sweeney's squad from Kansas City for a 2:30 afternoon game at Baker Field. Local fans expect a competitive outing as both sides vie for momentum.
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Les Sweeney
Kansas City
Paper Mill Defeats Lawrence Sanitary 9 to 6 in Ten Innings
The Lawrence Paper Mill opened the state sub district softball tourney with a 9 to 6 win over Lawrence Sanitary at Woodlawn park. M Harwood of Lawrence Sanitary hit two homers and one double to tie the game in the seventh. The Millers scored five runs in the tenth as Lawrence Sanitary answered with two. Tonight's games include Blues Bucket Shop versus Fritz Company, Obers versus Fritzels, and Haskell versus McLouth at Woodlawn park with semi finals Saturday and finals Monday.
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Lincoln Park
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Fritzels
Haskell
McLouth
Reds and Cards duel in opener after long slump
Springfield and Muskogee played a high scoring night as Muskogee's Reds lost to Springfield 10-8. St Joseph beat Salina 3-2 narrowing the Reds' lead while Topeka increased its margin after a 16-10 win over Hutchinson. Fort Smith beat Hutchinson 16-10 as Pete Monahan hit a 13th homer for the Owls.
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Owls
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Hutchinson
Ed Yarmul
Cott Deal
Pirates
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Hack Wilson
Joplin
Last Year's Finalists Meet in Third Round at Minneapolis
In the 1939 western amateur golf tournament at Minneapolis Golf Club Harry Todd of Dallas faces Larry Miller of Quincy in a third round match. The finalists from Oklahoma City last year, Todd won 2 and 1, in 36 holes, today play 18 holes in the upper championship bracket. Bud Ward of Spokane meets Warren Berl of Stanford, and Johnny Goodman battles Bert McDowell in the upper bracket as sixteen players remain after two rounds.
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Chamionship
Baseball Highlights From A Thursday Night Card
The report lists multiple late games with standouts including Libby Sisti Bees, Bill Nicholson Cubs, and Ken Keltner. Indians win 8-5 on a seventh inning homer with two on as Bobby Doerr helps Red Sox edge Chicago in thirteenth. Sid Hudson limits Detroit to nine hits in a 7-3 Senators victory. Marius Russo blanks the Browns in three-hitter for the Yankees. Bucky Walters collects his 12th win as Reds defeat Brooklyn. Giants pound three hits, Cards fall in 11-inning nightcap.
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Fragments of Sports Milestones From Past Records
A jumble notes past sports feats and figures. Mentions William Wood ward’s Fighting Fox winning 49250 in a Massachusetts handicap. References Dizzy Dean missing years with toe injury and an all star game. Mentions Tack Lovelock mile champion beaten by Stanley Wooderson in 4 17 4. Notes Keith Brown setting a British pole vault record of 13 feet 10 inches.
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United States
Cunningham Still Sprints and Knights Optimism in 1940 Notes
The column notes Glenn Cunningham’s continued presence at the top level with a 3 48 3 4 clocking, Hoosier optimism about 1940 football, and Kansas University figures like Brutus Hamilton and Pete Bausch eyeing strong showings. It mentions Lexington and Kickapoo links, and legacy figures from Nebraska to Indiana.
Major League Baseball Individual Batting and Pitching Leaders
The summaries list leaders in both leagues: American League batters Wright and Appling. runs Williams. RBIs Greenberg and Foxx. hits Finney and Case. doubles Greenberg. tripos McCosky Finney. home runs Foxx and Trosky. stolen bases Case Walker. Pitching Newsom Rowe lead AL. NL leaders include Danning Walker Hack Frey Fletcher Herman Whitehead. doubles Hack. triples Ross. home runs Mize Fletcher. stolen bases Frey Reese. pitching Fitzsimmons Mooty Tamulis Sewell.
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Yesterday's Results In Baseball Leagues
Scores from American Association and leagues show Kansas City beat Indianapolis 14 0 while Milwaukee played Louisville. Columbus 3 Minneapolis 0, Toledo 6 St Paul 4, Chicago 8 Boston 1 2 in ten innings. Cincinnati 6 Brooklyn 5 New York 8 St Louis 6 eleven innings night game. Philadelphia at Pittsburgh rained out. American League results include Washington 7 Detroit 3 Cleveland 8 Philadelphia 5 New York 6 St Louis 4 Boston 3 Chicago 2 in thirteen innings. Western Association notes St Joseph 3 Topeka 16 Hutchinson 10 Springfield 10 Muskogee 8. Southern Association Knoxville 4 4 Chattanooga 3 5 Birmingham 5 Memphis 4 Atlanta 9 0 Nashville 8 1 Little Rock 8 New Orleans 2. Texas League All star game North 7 South 6 eleven innings.
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Third Place Ties Drive American Association Action
In the American Association the battle for third place dominates headlines as Kansas City leads by five games and Minnesota by eight and a half. Columbus won its fifth straight, beating the Miller, 3 to 0, narrowing Louisville’s gap to one game. Minneapolis dropped to six straight losses as St. Paul fell to Toledo 6 to 4. Indianapolis slumped to sixth straight defeat, 14 to 0 against Kansas City. Stan Bordagaray tied an Association record with six-for-six at the plate and five runs scored. Milwaukee Louisville game was rained out.
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Baker U hires Don Snyder as new athletic assistant
The Baker University athletic commission today hired Don Snyder of Rockford Illinois to replace C W Ridgway who resigned last spring Snyder a Morning Side College and University of Illinois graduate will focus on intramurals coach track and assist Coach Emil Liston in football Snyder is married and was a standout at Morning Side earning four letters in basketball and football and captained the basketball team in his senior year
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Leo Stascia
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Dempsey Divorce Agreement Sets Support for Daughters
The separation agreement for Jack Dempsey and his wife Hannah Williams states daughters Joan age six and Barbara age four will live with their mother. Dempsey will pay support for all three, per attorney Moses Polakoff.
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Barbara
Hannah Williams
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Moses Polakoff
Man Killed by Lightning in Havana Kansas Storm
George Hogan Jr., 21, was struck and killed while mending a fence on his father's farm during a shower in Havana Kansas. His younger brother, on a nearby horse, was shocked but unharmed by the bolt.
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Voting Poll Picks Packers Opener Team To Face Chicago Fans
The seventh annual all American football poll invites readers to choose eleven players to meet the Green Bay Packers at Soldiers Field Chicago The Journal World cooperates with Chicago Tribune and over 300 papers and stations for ballots due July 23 Final selections will form the starting lineup with a separate poll July 24 to August 4 for coaches Last year over 10 million voted for players and six million for coaches Readable lists include positions and eligible colleges
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Rob Nowaskey
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Duke
Chuck Kine
North Carolina
Jones wins sliding handicap trapshoot at Lawrence club
H T Jones took the sliding handicap event with a 46 of 50 at the Lawrence gun club last night. Matt Ench, er gropeka, scored 20 of 24 to earn the T J Leasure doubles trophy. Delong and Stephens of Topeka shared the 5 yard protection race with 25.
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Lawrence Gun’ Club
Matt Enoch
Er Gropeka
T. J. Leasure
John Delong
H. Stephens
Topeka
Rush on Birth Certificates Tied to Defense Jobs
Topeka July 12. The state board of health installed a photostatic machine due to a flood of birth certificate requests from states with defense industries. The department is about 10 days behind in filling requests. The machine can produce 300 copies daily. Helm said applicants for defense work must show birth certificates.
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State Board of Health
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Army reports peacetime enlistment records for June
The U S Army announces 22 947 enlistments in June 194? including 14 714 new and 8 233 re enlistments. Recruits sign for three years with 21 dollars monthly pay. A breakdown shows 61 7 percent with grammar school education or better and 38 3 percent with grammar school only.
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Army
Springfield Cardinals Swap Managers in Slump Break
Springfield Missouri July 12 Hoping to end their worst slump in ten seasons the Springfield Cardinals swapped managers with Johnson City Tennessee of the Appalachian league Skipper George Silvey and outfielder Tom Koval moved to the class D club in exchange for manager Ollie Vanek an outfielder and Harold Buck Bush Springfield sits in seventh in the Western Association with only three wins in its last 28 road games
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Buck) Bush
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