Six I. and Muskie baseball slate centers on Bettendorf
Six league games unfold Sunday across Muscatine Iowa City and Letts with the Muskies hosting Bettendorf and Iowa City meeting Durant Letts hosting Lone Tree. Letts leads at 3 1 with two teams tied for second and Muskies needing two wins to climb out of last place. First games start 1 30 p m with second games around 3 p m.
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Muscatine
Iowa City
Letts
Muskies
Bettendorf
Durant
Lone Tree
Loop
Moose
Stark
East Moline
Bartlett Enters Iowa Open Without Title Defense
Des Moines reports Art Bartlett of Ottumwa enters the Iowa open without a current title after losing in the Iowa amateur quarter finals to Johnny Lasche. Bartlett previously held the Trans Mississippi and Iowa open crowns and has won the Iowa open twice, last in 1928, with Wakonda club as the scene for that triumph.
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Des Moines
Art Bartlett
Otumwa
Iowa
Waterloo
Johnny Lasche
Bartlett
Wakonda
Bob McCrary
Denmar Miller
Miller
Ottumwan
Marshalltown Beaten by Salina in Junior Meet
Marshalltown Iowa was eliminated from the regional finals of the American Legion junior baseball tournament after a 10 to 9 loss to Salina Kansas. Salina advances to face Springfield Missouri, who beat Ziegler Illinois 4 to 3.
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Marshalltown
Salina
Quincy
Ill
American Legion
Salina, Kas
Springfield
Ziegler
Fair program of races at Davenport fair
Davenport Iowa August 14 The Mississippi Valley Fair and Exposition half mile track becomes a speedway for the eleventh annual auto races featuring seven events and the Mississippi Valley sweepstakes with heats for Iowa Illinois and foreign drivers. Notable entrants include Swan Peterson Arch Powell Joe Kinsey Gus Schrader Jack Johnson Benny De Paulo Irv Hoffman Leo Lyons Emory Collins Maynard Clark Byron Saulpagh Rex Reynolds Babe Adams. Powell Schrader and Kinsey cars are among the fastest dirt track machines with recent crash incidents shadowing the event.
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Mid-West
Great Lakes
Mississippi Valley
Swan Peterson
Arch Powell
Galesburg
Ill
Joe Kinsey
Sherrard
Gus Schrader
Cedar Rapids
Jack Johnson
Benny de Paulo
Irv Hoffman
Leo Young
George Lyons
Emory Collins
Maynard Clark
Byron Saulpagh
Rex Reynolds
Babe Adams
Powell
Schrader
Kirsey
Jack Sharkey Accepts Terms for Carnera Bout in Chicago
The New York American reports Jack Sharkey has agreed to terms with Chicago promoter Mique Malloy for a heavyweight bout with Primo Carnera in Chicago next month. Johnny Buckley, Sharkey's manager, will take a $100,000 guarantee plus 30 percent of receipts.
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New York
Pros Work Out for Big Meet in St. Paul
Top flight professionals arrived by plane, car and train in St. Paul Minnesota for the $10,000 open at Keiler course starting Friday. Johnny Farrell led with 67, Gene Sarazen 68, Harry Cooper 69, Johnny Dawson 69, with Walter Hagen and Tommy Armour arriving to test the layout as about 280 entrants prepare for four rounds.
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Minn
Keiler
Johnny Farrell
Mamaroneck
N. Y
Tommy Armour
Robins Blast 18 Hits to Crush Cubs 15-5
Brooklyn pitchers overwhelmed the Chicago Cubs as the Robins slugged 18 hits and scored 15 runs to hand the Cubs a 15 to 5 defeat. Hack Wilson homered for Chicago, but Brooklyn built a 5-0 lead by the third inning and kept the pressure with steady offense.
Shamrock V prep underway for America's Cup challenge
New London Conn Aug 14 AP the Shamrock V Sir Thomas Liptons newest challenger for the Americas cup begins fitting out at Electric Boat Works She has sailed across the Atlantic in 26 days and now the 162 foot mast top will be installed Officials expect the yacht ready to test in 7 to 10 days with Lipton due in New York next Saturday and Erin to meet him there
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Conn
Thomas Lipton
Electric Boat Works Yards
Doughty
Sir Tom
Atlantic
Sir Thomas
England
United States
New York
Erin
Boat Yard
League Leaders and top batting and pitching stats
National League leaders include Terry of the Giants hitting .409 with Klein of the Phillies leading in runs 116, RBIs 124, and hits 182. Comorosky of the Pirates has 18 triples, Wilson of the Cubs 40 homers, and Cuyler of the Cubs 27 steals. American League leaders list Simmons batting .384, Ruth of the Yankees with 129 runs and 43 homers, Gehrig with 140 RBIs and 166 hits, Hodapp 36 doubles, and McManus-Gehringer tied with 16 steals. In an amateur exhibition, Des Moines players O Hara and Mays defeated Newark’s Arthurs, Wiseman edged De Rosse in Chicago.
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Terry
Giants
Klein
Phillies
Comorosky
Pirates
Wilson
Cubs
Cuyler
Simmons
Athletics
Ruth
Yankees
Gehrig
Hodapp
Indians
Combs
McManus
Gehringer
Tigers
Tennis doubles dispute at local YMCA tournament
The YMCA doubles final remains unresolved as Huber and Weis did not play after outputs of a forfeit claim by H G Shaw and Bernard Harper. Officials ruled the match must be played, with Shaw seeking a fair hearing and noting Weis injury and travel plans affecting the schedule. Ben Gallaher warned no champion would be crowned if the match isn’t completed.
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H. G. Shaw
Bernard Harper
Kenneth Huber
Francis Weis
Harper
Shaw
Huber
Weis
New Mexico
Ben Gallaher
Four Days Cup Members Vie in Nil Honors Search
Four Davis Cup squad members led by Big Bill Tilden, two southerners, and two New York contenders reach the quarterfinals of the eastern goss courts championships. Surviving players in the men’s singles include Tilden and John Van Ryn.
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N. Y
Bill Tilden
New York State
Tilde
John van Ryn
Postponed League Games Due to Rain At Two Parks
Rain caused the postponement of the Freights Iowa Metal National League game at Weed Park and the Lions Baptists American League game at Jefferson Field Wednesday night.
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Weed Park
Lions-Baptists
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Passing to be Central's Hope on Gridiron
Central College in Pella Iowa prepares for a fall season led by Wilkins to Tyselling with Grunder Ver Dught and Sprague Lammer as linemen. Schedule includes five Iowa conference games and three non league contests with Aug 14 Aug 27 Aug 31 through Nov 21 dates against Augustana Culver-Stockton Iowa Wesleyan St Ambrose Penn Graceland and Dubuque.
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Graceland
Davis Cup Team Concludes Pairings for Matches
East Orange Gregory Mangin Newark Berkeley Bell of Austin Davis Cup players join Clif ford Sutter New Orleans intercollegiate champ Ted Burwell Charlotte Francis Hunter New Rochelle and Richard Murphy Harvard freshman from Utica New York. Today Til den teams with Sutter Van Ryn with Hunter Mangin with Burwell and Bell with Murphy.
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Grove Earnshaw in Close Race for Strikeout Leadership
Grove and Earnshaw led Connie Mack era left and right handed pitchers in a heated strikeout race. Grove had 144 strikeouts in 36 games, Earnshaw 108 in 26 games as the NL featured Wild Bill Hallahan with 125 in 27 games and Dazzy Vance at 108 in 26 games. Charlie Root stood out with 105 strikeouts in 29 games.
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George Earnshaw
Connie Mack
Grove
Earnshaw
Wild Bill Hallahan
St. Louis Cardinals
Dazzy Vance
Brooklyn
Charlie Root
Cubs
Major Heroes of The Day in Major League Baseball
Goose Goslin drove in four runs with a homer and a single as St. Louis beat Boston 7 to 2. George Earnshaw earned his eighteenth win for the Athletics, holding Cleveland to eight hits. Freddy Lindstrom hit a tenth inning homer to lift the Giants past Cincinnati 7 to 6. Al Lopez had four hits and five runs for Brooklyn in their 15 to 5 win over the Cubs. Ray Kremer pitched the Pirates to their fifteenth victory by keeping the Phillies down. Waterloo’s Louie Gordon knocked out Jack Lewis in Tulsa Oklahoma game marked (4).
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