Eastern Clubs Win But One Game in Opening Inter sectional Tilts
The opening day of interleague play saw the East take six wins to the West’s one. Cubs pace set by Blair Grimm Bush. Herrman and Wright power Giants and Robins. Braves’ Berger homered once. Athletics sweep Sox in a two game win streak keyed by Grove. Yankees, Senators, and Red Sox also win while Cleveland and St Louis drop games.
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Orlo Robertson
Associated Press
Chicago Cubs
Boston Braves
Clarence Blair
Charley Grimm
Guy Bush
Boston
Walter Berger
St Louis Youth Wins Golf Title From Chicago
Charles Collins of St Louis defeated Bill Chambers of Chicago 5 and 4 in the 36 hole Western Union golf final at Flossmoor to claim the title and move the championship from Chicago. Collins built a lead after nine holes of the morning round and held off a Chicago rally thanks to steady play and timely putting.
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Chicago
St. Louis
Charles
Chuck) Collins
Collins
Bill Chambers
Floesmoor
Kittenball Schedule Highlights Next Week
The proposed lineup features Roach and Musser facing the Post Office on Monday and De Molays meeting Heinz. Other matches include Rotary Club against Clearing House on Tuesday and Heinz versus Orange Squeeze, with Freights versus Iowa Metal and Lions versus Baptists on Wednesday. Thursday brings Kautz against Elks and Pennant versus Iowa Pearl, while Friday caps with Automatic versus Journal and Barry versus M. W. Co.
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Roach & Musser
Postoffice
de Molays
Heinz
Rotary Club
Clearing House
Orange Squeeze
Freights
Iowa Metal
Lions
Baptists
Kautz
Elks
Pennant
Iowa Pearl
Automatic
Journal
Barry
Elks American League
de Molays Eesenes
Heinz Ssa Weeat
Clearing House Nepneeesese
Baptists Serene
National
Eesees
W. Co
Roach & Meer
Journal Wins M and W Baseball Narrow Victory Over Barry Club
In Weed Park on Friday night the Journal knocked off Barry 7 to 5 after Fritz Diercks drove in a four base hit with Ellis and Lange aboard. Barry led 5 to 0 after four, but the Journal answered with three runs in the third and three more in the fourth to surge ahead. Jefferson Field saw M and W Chevrolet beat Iowa Pearl 9 to 1, aided by eight hits and seven Pearl errors as six runs came in the first inning.
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Fritz Diercks
Ellis
Lange
Journal Kittenball
Barry Club
Weed Park
Barry’s
Journal
Jefferson Field
M. & W. Chevrolet Company
Iowa Pearl
Iowa
Major Heroes of The Day
Lefty Grove and Bill Shores of the Athletics held the White Sox to 12 hits across two games for a double victory. George Pipgras of the Yankees allowed Browns five hits for his thirteenth win. Joe Cronin of the Senators collected four hits and drove in the winning run. Babe Herman of the Robins hit two homers a double and a single with four RBIs against the Cardinals. Bill Walker and Carl Hubbell of the Giants pitched well as they won both games of a doubleheader.
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Robins
Cubs
Babe Herman
Glenn Wright
Jack Flowers
St. Louis Cardinals
Ray Phelps
Giants
Pirates
Bill Walker
Carl Hubbell
Corsairs
Freddie Brickell
Phillies
Reds
Durocher
Athletics
Chicago
White Sox
Bob Grove
Washington Senators
Cleveland Indians
George Pipgras
Harry Rice
Yankees
Browns
Pipgras
Rice
Red Sox
Detroit
Tigers
R.H. E. Eer Bee
Boston
Seibold
Cunningham
Cronin
Bush
Hartnett
St. Louis
R.H. E. Brooklyn
Sevon
Nee
Brooklyn
Phelps
Lopez
Haines
Lindsey
Mancuso
Pittsburgh
R.H.E. New York
Meee Evestinaad
New York
Walker and
Hogan
Meine
Chagnon
Bool
Hubbell
Brame
Cincinnati
R. H. E. Philadelphia
Philadelphia
Collard
Benge
Bensa
Benton
Johnson and Sukeforth
Bengough
Washington
R.H. E. Cleveland
Cleveland
Shoffner
Jablonowski
L. Sewell
R. H.E
Lyons
Tate
Shores
Cochrane
Schang
R. H. E. Eee
Stewart
Kim
Sey and
Hungling
Pipgras Fischer, Brown and Spencer
R. H. E. Wogtgee Can Nee
Woste
Hoyt
Hogsett
Sullivan
Cantrell
Wyatt
Hyworth
Russell
Durham
Gaston
Connolly
Berry
R. H. E. Chieabo
Braxton
Berg
Jove
Associated Press
Lefty Grove
Bill Shores
Baseball Leaderboard Highlights From Historic Season
League Leaders Batting Terry Giants 409 runs Klein Phillies 110 RBI 121 hits 177 doubles 37 triples Comorosky Pirates 15 home runs Wilson Cubs 36 stolen bases Cuyler Cubs 27 batting Simmons Athletics 381 Ruth Yankees 126 RBI Gehrig Yankees Hodapp Indians 157 doubles Hodapp Indians 32 triples Reynolds White Sox Gehringer Tigers 15 home runs Ruth 41 stolen bases McManus Geh ringer Tigers 16.
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Terry
Giants
Klein
Phillies
Comorosky
Pirates
Wilson
Cubs
Cuyler
Simmons
Athletics
Ruth
Yankees
Gehrig
Hodapp
Indians
Reynolds
White Sox
Gehringer
Tigers
McManus
Babe Ruth
Urban Hodapp
Marty McManus
Detroit
Earl Combs
Carl Reynolds
Charlie Gehringer
Washington
Lefty Grove
Wells
Grove
Scourick Wins Iowa State Trapshoot Singles Title
Will J. Scourick of Ackley captured the Iowa state singles championship, missing only one of 200 targets in the finals at Waterloo. Bim Castle and John Brookman tied for second, H. A. Peters took zone champion honors with 191, and Miss Mary Kautsky of Fort Dodge won the women's singles with 187.
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Waterloo
Will J. Scourick
Ackley
Iowa
Bim Castle
Charles City
John Brookman
Cedar Rapids
H. A. Peters
Alexander
Mary Kautsky
Fort Dodge
Favor My Dandy to Take Second Hawthorne Race
In Chicago on August 9 AP reports My Dandy a sturdy five year old from Reichert Brothers seeks a second Hawthorne handicap win alongside Brown Wisdom. Seventeen stake horses entered a mile and a sixteenth event with 25000 added. Misstep withdrew. top weights 117 pounds by Brown Wisdom and Misplay, while My Dandy and Pigeon Hole carry 116 pounds.
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Chicago
My Dandy
Reichert Brothers
Brown Wisdom
Reichert
Misplay
Walter J. Salmon
Pigeon Hole
Quarter Quest Brings Uncle Job Offer
Tommy asks his mother to borrow a quarter for five minutes. He explains Uncle Job will pay him a dollar for every quarter he can show this week.
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Tommy
Job
Allison Meets Sydney Wood in Tennis Finals
Sydney B Wood Jr of New York faces Davis Cup player Wilmer Allison of Fort Worth in the Southampton final. Wood upped his form after overcoming Frank Shields in the semi final with a five setter 1 6 1 6 10 8 7 5 6 4. Allison beat Frank Hunter in a five set thriller 6 4 9 11 4 6 7 5 6 2.
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Allison
Sydney Wood
Southampton
N. Y
Sydney B. Wood, Jr
New York
Wilmer Allison
Fort Worth
Tex
Frank Hunter
New Rochelle
Terry Takes Hitting Lead In National League Race
New York AP reports Bill Terry has surged to the NL batting lead at .407, ahead of Chuck Klein at .402, with Klein co-leading in RBIs and hits. Hazen Cuyler leads the bases theft, Hack Wilson tops homers, and Adam Comorosky leads triples as team hitters show Chicago, New York, and Philadelphia strong.
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New York
Bill Terry
Memphis
Bill
Chuck Klein
Phillies
Klein
Terry
Johnny Frederick
Brooklyn Robins
Lefty O'Doul
Babe Herman
Robins
Herman
O'Doul
Riggs Stephenson
Cuyler
Hazen Cuyler
Chicago Cubs
Kiki
Hack Wilson
Cubs
Wallie Berger
Braves
Gabby Hartnett
Adam Comorosky
Pittsburgh Pirates
Bob Osborn
Thurston
Brooklyn
Babe Phelps
Adolfo Luque
Freddy Fitzsimmons
Stephens New Football Coach Named for Muscatine Muskies
George Stephens former Parsons college star signs to coach the Muscatine Muskies football squad this fall. First practice announced for 9:30 Sunday August 31 at Weed Park with about 18 players invited to try out. Muskies open September 24 at Cedar Rapids seeking improvement after last year’s 6–0 loss. New equipment ordered and funding canvass planned by club leaders Werner Axel and Fred Bichenauer.
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George Stephens
Parsons
Muscatine Big Muskies
Stephens
George
Muscatine High School
Wellman High School
Muscatine
Muscatine Muskies
Weed Park
Muskies
Cedar Rapids
Werner Axel
Fred Bichenauer
German heavyweight champion knocked out in Hamburg
Hans Schoenrath stopped Dr Lud wig to win the German heavyweight title in Hamburg. In Chicago results Marshall Leach of Gary Indiana outpointed K O White. Eddie Ran from Poland outpointed Herb Peterson, both Chicago ring sides.
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Hamburg
Germany
Hans Schoenrath
Dr. Ludwig
Chicago
Marshall
Gary) Leach
Gary
Ind
K. O. White
Eddie Ran
Poland
Herb Peterson
First Round Results in Geneva Club Championship Golf
At the Geneva Golf and Country Club women golfers completed the first round with several defaults. Winners include Mrs Harold Umiandt over Mrs Margaret Leffler by default and Mrs Lee Richards over Mrs Sam Block by default. Other scores show Anita Sullivan 2 up over Edith Stocker, J L Giesler 4 up 3 over George Meer dink, and W L Mull 5 up over L C Lemon.
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Geneva
Lucy Milligan
Anita Sullivan
Edith Stocker
Roy Kautz
Marie Hahn
A. S. McKee
C. R. Musser
J. L. Giesler
George W. Meerdink
G. F. Barnard
J. F. Devitt
W. L. Mull
L. C. Lemon
W. F. Bishop
Robert Jackson
Roy Glass
Helen Heidel
Brody and Robins Ready for State Tennis Finals
Des Moines and Ames stars Frank Brody and Merle Robins reach the men’s singles final of the state tennis tournament after decisive wins. Robins defeated Joe Von Ginkel 7-5 6-3 6-8 8-6, while Brody beat Harry Dildine 6-0 6-0 6-1.
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Des Moines
Frank Brody
Merle Robins
Ames
Iowa State College
Drake University
Robins
Joe von Ginkel
Brody
Harry Dildine
Louise Hoffmeister
Chicago
Thelma Kenefick
Eagle Grove
Marjorie Mace
Waterloo
Margaret Chesterman
Sioux City
Young Stribling Heads Home After London Trip
American boxer Young Stribling left London for his Georgia home and a holiday. He praised the British public and said his father would handle his business affairs. He hoped to meet Max Schmeling in the ring someday.
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London
Young Stribling
Georgia
Max Schmeling
Whiskery Wins Hawthorne Race in Hawthorn Meet
The 1927 Kentucky Derby winner Whiskery, after a sparse record, won at Hawthorne yesterday as the favorite in a $6 return on a $2 stake, rewarding faithful supporters who bought into the horse.
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Chicago
Hawthorne
Judges announced for Iowa State Fair departments
Complete judging program and panel for cattle swine sheep and poultry at the coming Iowa State Fair released by expo officials. Open class judging starts Aug 25 after boys and girls judging Aug 22 and features Superintendents H L Pike E T Davis C J Knickerbocker and W G Warner with a roster of judges from Iowa Minnesota Kansas and Illinois.
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H. L. Pike
Whiting
H. H. Kildee
Ames
Harry Hopley
Atlantic
J. M. Tudor
Iowa City
R. S. Stephenson
Harry Foster
Earlham
R.S. Stephenson
J. P. Eves
Iowa
Swine
E. T. Davis
J. Carson Duncan
Columbus Junction
Oskaloosa
E. E. Ferrin
St. Paul
Minn
A. L. Anderson
Poland
Hampshires
Duroc
Chester
Tamworths
C. J. Knickerbocker
Fairfax
M. D. Helser Ames
Charles Sexton
Ferguson
Roy W. Snyder
Shropshires
South Downs
W. J. Hampton
Champaign
E. G. Uhl
John Swartzendrover
Pulaski
Oxford Downs
W. G. Warner
Bloomfield
D. E. Hale
Chicago
Harry Atkins
Davenport
Oscar Grow
Waterloo
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AVIAN
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Bill Tilden
al Simmons
Mickey Cochran
Lou Gehrig
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Dickey
Porter
Manush
E. Rice
Young
U. S
Whiskery
Muscatine Co. Farm Bureau
de Molay & Bellevue Hospital
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Use Journal
Uisite
Crystal
Hoot Gibson
Muscatine County Farm
Bureau Excursion
Angely Lange
Kindler
St.Louis
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