Berger's 14th inning homer lifts Braves past Pirates
Boston Braves beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-4 in 14 innings led by Wally Berger's 22nd homer. Fred Frankhouse allowed 10 hits for the win as Waite Hoyt faltered in relief. Detroit Senators fall to 10-8 in a 10-8 win over Washington. Yankees edge Indians 4-3 as Vernon Gomez thrives on four hits and 10 strikeouts. White Sox sweep two from Boston 8-1 and 4-0.
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Mel Harder
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Riveters Beaten by Illinois City in Tuesday Clash
Illinois City A C defeated Skolniks Riveters of Muscatine 6 to 2 at Duf Field. Duf Field pitched for the winners while Nolan and Hayes teamed for the Riveters on the mound in the loss.
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Skolnik’s Riveters
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Hayes
Indees Seek 21st Win in Iowa City Showdown
The Muscatine Independent baseball club aims for its 21st victory as it faces the Iowa City Racines in a deciding series game in Iowa City. The Indees have six losses. Racines split the earlier games 9 to 8 and 5 to 4 in extra innings. Bud Fabrizius or Lefty Crompton will pitch for Muscatine.
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Muscatine Independent Baseball Club
Iowa City Racines
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Racines
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Crompton
Baseball and Basketball Standings Amid Rainy Open Dates
National League notes Boston leads with 5 wins while Pittsburgh sits at 4. Chicago at New York game postponed by rain. Cincinnati visiting Philadelphia and St Louis at Brooklyn also rained out. American League shows Chicago 8 4 and Detroit 10 with strong showings. American Association lists Milwaukee 6-6 and Columbus 8-9 with several games postponed by weather.
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Toledo
Minneapolis
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Harness Card Seen by 8000 at 71st Fair
The 71st West Liberty fair opened with more than 8,000 spectators for a 2:22 pace won by Dr. Tiberas owned by W. B. Schultz of Toledo Ohio. The 2:24 trot winner was St. Nicholas The Senator owned by Henry Knauf of Ladd Illinois.
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Indiana Champion Wins 34th Grand American Trap Title
H L Cheek of Clinton Indiana captured the grand American trap shooting championship, missing only three of 200 targets amid gusty winds to defeat 35 state champions. John R Taylor of Newark Ohio won the North American doubles title for professionals, then added 197 in singles. F J Lightner of Cedar Rapids Iowa took amateur doubles, Mrs Walter P Andrews of Atlanta Ga retained women doubles, and Eastern shooters edged Western in a tight 1927 to 1925 team tally.
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Newark
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Glassboro
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Cedar Rapids
Walter P. Andrews
Atlanta
Kilpatrick Sets Out Boxing Reorganization Plan
John Reed Kilpatrick, new Madison Square Garden president, unveils a plan to fix boxing by listing 29 tentative bouts across heavyweights light heavies and welterweights. He cites options with Baer Carnera Sharkey Schmeling Perroni and others, noting travel, contracts, and opponent availability as obstacles.
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New York
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Yale
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Garden
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Primo Carera
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Dan McCorkingdale
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Steve Hamas
Cleveland
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Maxey Rosenbloom
Tony Shucco
Boston
John Henry Lewis
San Francisco
Mickey Walker
Lou Brouillard
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Shucco
Tim Mara
Marcel Thil
France
Vince Dundee
Teddy Yarosz
Monaca
Dundee
Pennsylvania
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Jimmy McLarnin
Andy Cal
Moose Defeat County Club in Loop Tilt
The Moose team posted their tenth win in 14 starts by beating the County Club 13 to 1 in a playoff game delayed earlier. Forrest Beckman led Moose with a home run and three hits, while Nolan tossed four hit pitching to secure the rout.
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Freese
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Springborn
Nickelson
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Whittick
Parks
Lysle Mason Wins First Match in Genevea Golf Tourney
Lysle Mason defeated Tony Snyder 1 up in 19 holes to win the opening match at the Labor Day club championship at Geneva Golf and Country Club. Mason captured a par five on the first extra hole and advances to the championship flight semi final to face the Walter Molis-Homer Mueller winner.
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Lysle Mason
Tony Snyder
Geneva Golf and Country Club
Mason
Walter Molis
Homer Mueller
Terrible Swedes Forfeit to Leon Merchants in Semi Pro
The Terrible Swedes from Andover Illinois failed to appear for their semi pro tournament game against the Leon Merchants Tuesday afternoon, giving Leon a forfeit and advancing to the quarter finals. The schedule lists remaining games including Muscatine’s Palace Cafe vs Monmouth and Centerville vs Albia with several matchups set for Thursday to Saturday.
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Tama Indians
Galbraith Motors
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Muscatine
Palace Cafe
Monmouth
Moline
Centerville
Albia Miners
Bonaparte
Keokuk
Rock Island Galbraith Motors
Eichenauer's Meets City Club Boosters In Feature League Game
Eichenauer's team tangles with the City Club Boosters, Commercial league champions, in the feature game of the Oregon street diamond program at 7 45 tonight. Moose meets Buzz's Fair at 6 o'clock and Whiskey Hollow opposes Golden Glow after the Eichenauer Boosters game.
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City Club
Moose
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Whiskey Hollow
Davenport Wins Stockton Kittenball Tournament Final
Davenport defeated Blue Grass 4 to 1 to win the Stockton kittenball tournament final on Sunday. In the semifinals Davenport had previously beaten an opposing team.
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Stockton
Davenport
Blue Grass
U. B. and Mulford Clash in Loop Championship Showdown
U B and Mulford meet at Weed park diamond tonight for the YMCA Sunday School kittenball league title. Both teams are 12 2 with 12 victories and two defeats atop the standings. The winner advances to the city championship tournament next week.
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Malford
United Brethren
New Weed Park
Local Teams Post Scoring Wins and Upsets
Pleasant Prairie defeated Durant 4 to 1 while Blue Grass beat Durant 3 to 1. Pleasant Prairie also topped Hyink's Dairy 3 to 1, Davenport beat Ploom's Grocers 8 to 6, Blue Grass downed Wilton 3 to 2, and Durant eliminated Stockton 5 to 2.
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Durant
Hyink’s Dairy of
Muscatine
Davenport
Ploom’s Grocers
Wilton
Stockton
Muscatine Women Lead In YWCA Tennis Pairings
A dozen Muscatine female players are listed in the YWCA women s tennis tourney pairings with first round byes for several players. Matches must be played by August 26, second round by August 30, semifinals by September 2, and finals on September 6 with prizes for champion and consolation winner.
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Jean Lemkau
P. Kent
Ruth Shoemaker
Agnes Leu
Lucy Lester
Rita Oberhaus
Eleanor Zeidler
Katherine Fuller
Helen Bamford
F. L. Martin
Barbara Fuller
Iva de Camp
Reorganization of West Liberty Athletic Association
West Liberty reorganized its athletic body at a Tuesday night meeting of kittenball players and fans at the North Point diamond. Paul Angerer was chosen president with Harry Lewis as vice president Earl Eves as treasurer and Leslie Grigg as secretary. The association will sponsor a kittenball tournament Sunday with teams from Muscatine Iowa City Davenport Cedar Rapids Tipton and West Liberty and four more teams will join.
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West Liberty Athletic Association
North Point
Paul Angerer
Harry Lewis
Earl Eves
Leslie Grigg
Muscatine
Iowa City
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Cedar Rapids
Tipton
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