Cubs Rally Past Dodgers 16 Innings For 9-8 Victory
Cubs outlast the Brooklyn Dodgers in sixteen innings 9-8 as Art Nehr and Hack Wilson drive the late rallies. Dazzy Vance and Guy Bush pitched long relief in a stamina filled win that keeps Chicago atop the National League.
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Wilson Breaks Slump Delivering Winning Hit Against Vance
Chicago Aug 6 Hack Wilson Cubs outfielder finally breaks eight straight strikeouts by Brooklyn ace Dazzy Vance. In the sixteenth inning Wilson singles to drive Engle home for a 9 8 victory.
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Irish Bobby Brady Stops Jore Martinez in Jersey City Bout
In Jersey City New Jersey Irish Bobby Brady of Jersey City outpointed Jore Martinez of Spain over ten rounds. Danes from England Jack Kidberg stopped Joe Trabon of Kansas City in a featured bout at the same show.
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Sammy Mandell Eyes Welter Title Challenger
Welterweight champion Sammy Mandell says he needs strong bouts and wants a fight with lightweight titleholder Jackie Fields in Chicago. He will not relinquish the lightweight title and aims to defend after facing tougher opponents. Mandell has asked promoter Paddy Harmon for a Fields bout, a fighter he already has a decision against.
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Barons Rampage Past Chattanooga in 15-6 Pearl
Birmingham Barons crushed Chattanooga 15 to 6 to close ground on the idle New Orleans Pelicans in the Southern Association. The attack featured early shelling of two pitchers and 20 base hits over three innings with two Lookouts homers accounting for a chunk of the runs.
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Robots Slug Until Foe is Knocked Out
In Pasadena on August 6 Associated Press reports a science exhibition of boxing robots. conceived by W. J. Veronda these mechanical fighters box without rounds using a mechanical brain and eight movements each. they wear steel tubing and aluminum frames and exchange hoarse robolike words as they fight until a knockout occurs.
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Hodge Kraftsmen Beat Sterlington 5-0 for Tenth Straight
Hodge Kraftsmen defeated the Louisiana Light and Power team of Sterlington 5-0 in Hodge Aug 6 for their tenth consecutive win. Weems pitched strongly. Beard filled in for injured manager Q Long and collected two hits with Sim mons. Batteries were Weems-Beard for Hodge and Turner-Sawyers for Sterlington. The game featured a sharp infield and solid defense. Umpire Avers officiated. Southern League note: Atlanta is highlighted as a key baseball point.
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British Invasion Heads to Wightman Cup and Pebble Beach
John Bull tennis stars travel to Forest Hills for the Wightman Cup against the United States with Helen Wills and Betty Nuthall leading England. Cyri James Hastings Tolley looms in the American amateur golf at Pebble Beach, while Bobby Jones and Helen Wills are tipped to dominate early rounds.
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King Features Syndicate, Inc
The Greatest Catcher Mickey Cochrane in Baseball History
The article hails Mickey Cochrane as the greatest catcher ever, praising his handling of pitchers, leadership, throwing arm, gameness, and hitting. It cites Connie Mack and others as calling him the supreme catcher, noting his 1928 MVP award and rising excellence beyond prior stars.
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Youth Emulates Dad as Successful Hurler
Bell Calif Aug 4 Jack Crandall 16 follows father Otis Doc Crandall former big league pitcher now in the Pacific Coast league. With Bell high school this season he won six decisions allowing 13 hits one walk and 27 strikeouts in a single game.
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Doc” Crandall
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Woman Sets Tarpon Catch Record In Florida Season
Mrs. Graham L. Wilson of Philadelphia is credited with the season record for tarpon in Florida. In three months starting last April she landed 76 tarpon totaling 414 pounds, including 26 fish over 100 pounds and a 145 pound giant that battled for nearly two hours before being brought to gaff.
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Miss Helen Wills Shines in Maidstone Doubles Triumph
In Easthampton New York the Maidstone club women’s tennis tournament helps shape the Wightman cup lineup. Helen Wills with Edith Cross defeated Betty Nuthall and Phoebe Watson 6 8 6 0 to claim the doubles crown, while Dorothy Shepard Barron beat Marjorie Gladman 6-2 7-5.
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Bagbys Hurling Feat of 1929 Still Stands
New York reports that no major league pitcher has reached 30 wins since Jim Bagby did so in 1920. Through midseason 1929 Lefty Grove and Burleigh Grimes each had 16 victories, chasing Bagby’s historic benchmark.
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Regional Junior Baseball Tourney Moves to Texarkana
Indianapolis Aug 6 Dan Sow ers commissioner of the American Legion junior baseball program changed the regional championship from Shreveport to Texarkana and shifted dates from August 10 10 to August 16 17 to save time. The winner advances to the Western sectional in Colorado Springs and then to the junior world series in Louisville September 4 5 6.
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Fitzsimmons Won't Advance Cash for Sharkey Bout
Detroit promoter Floyd Frons refused to pay Jack Sharkey a $20,000 advance for a September 5 bout with Pierre Charles after the state boxing commission banned prefight purses. Sharkey would not sign a new contract without the advance, and Frons said there will be no Sharkey Charles fight in Detroit. Henry Ekstrom of Dartmouth is new New Hampshire amateur golf champion.
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Dartmouth
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Thomason May Call Signals This Fall for Tech Tornado
Atlanta August gossip from Tech flats says Stumpy Thomason may call signals for Georgia Tech in the fall as the Jackets defend their national title. Coach Bill Alexander must replace gradated backs and centers while Vance Maree and Tom Jones anchor a rebuilt line amid a heavy schedule.
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Jones topples Koch in coliseum wrestling bout
Paul Jones of Houston won two falls over 219-pound German Herman Koch at the Coliseum in Shreveport. The bout featured a signature hook scissors and a crowded arena as fans voiced tactics. Promoter Sigel announced Grabmier vs Jones for next Monday with Rudy Dusek’s return against Jim Hessl.
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