Sports from the Wings Preview a Busy Baseball and Golf Season
Leo Durocher belts two homers as the St Louis Cardinals win their 11th straight. Cubs weigh Dizzy Dean amid talk of a 15 win season. Reds start a winning streak while Giants and Pirates also push in the NL race. Golf sees Lucile Robinson fall to Mrs Kennard in Davenport, with the former Western champion setting a course record earlier. Joe McCarthy signs for two more Yankees years as they duel for the championship.
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Leo Durocher
St. Louis Cardinals
Lippy
Charlie Gelbert
Charlie Grimm
Cubs
Dizzy Dean
Dizzy
Cincinnati Reds
Giants
Cardinals
Pittsburgh
Lucile Robinson
Kennard
Des Moines
Davenport
Iowa
Pearl
Mulford
Elks
Moose
Joe McCarthy
New York Yankees
Marie Joe
Yanks
Cardinals Pressing Giants as Pennant Race Narrows
The St. Louis Cardinals tighten the race by winning streaks and slashing New York Giants lead to four games. Key players Dizzy Dean Willie Hallahan and Jess Hines spark a surge while Giants suffer injuries and poor form. Major league results include Phillies over Cubs 7 5 Dodgers over Pirates 9 3 Yankees top White Sox 2 0 and Athletics beat Tigers 8 2.
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Andy Clarke
Associated Press
Red Birds
St. Louis
Giants
Cardinals
New York
Portsider
Carl Hubbel
Hal Schumacher
Cincinnati Reds
Deans
Dizzy
Willie Hallahan
Jess Hines
Braves
Cincinnati
Cantwell
Byrd
Sammy Hurd
Yankee
Reds
Riggs
Stout
Parmalee
Phillies
Roy Henshaw
Chicago Cubs
Chicagoans
Tom Zachary
Satchel
Brooklyn Dodgers
Pittsburgh Pirates
Chicago
Csck
Boca
R. H. E. Philadelphia
Philadelphia
Bowman
Pezzulo
Bivin
Todd
Henshaw
Kowalik
Casey
Root
O'Dea
Boston
Spohrer
Haines
Delancey
R. H. EB
Parmelee
Stout and
Danning
Derringer
Detroit
Crowder
Hogsett and
Cochrane
Braeholder and
Richards
Washington
Coffman, Cain, Thomas
Vath Atta
Hemsley
Hadley, Pettit, Newsom, McClean and Holbrook
R. H. E. Chicago
Whitehead and Sewell
Allen and Jorgens
Meerdink to Meet MicKee in Geneva Club Golf Match
Charles Meerdink and Byron L. McKee are set to pair in the Geneva Golf and Country Club lower bracket finals as the annual club championship continues for three weeks. The winner advances to face Homer Mueller in the upper bracket final, with the final round scheduled later this week.
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Charles Meerdink
Byron L. McKee
Geneva Golf and Country Club
Homer Mueller
E. L. Emerson
Rock Island Club Sets Night Meet with Muscatine Horseshoe Experts
The Rock Island Long View Horseshoe Club will send a four man team to Muscatine tonight to meet Muscatine court experts at Riverview courts by Orange street. The program of play will be set on arrival and the public is invited to watch.
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Rock Island Long View
Pennant Stuns Iowa Pearl in Close League Bout
In a Tuesday night city league doubleheader Pennant held Commercial leader Iowa Pearl 2 to 1 at Weed Diamond while Zion Lutheran crushed Grace Lutheran 18 to 3 and the Eagles blanked Legion 8 to 0 at Jefferson field. Kautz opened with a homer as Pennant took a brief lead before Iowa Pearl tightened late, and Summitt pitched well for Pennant. Zion Lutheran exploded in the first two innings and coasted to the lopsided win.
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Eagles
Legion
Iowa Pearl
Pennant
Zion Lutheran
Grace Lutheran
Kautz
Charlie Kautz
Pearlmen
O’leary
Lefty
Sixteen Women Begin Iowa Golf Championship Scramble
In the 1934 state meet first round, sixteen women competed with Lucile Robinson watching as Mrs. Nell Kennard of Des Moines upset the defending champion on the 18th green. Kennard moved to face Miss Eleanor Stevens in the second round while Edith Estabrooks of Dubuque routed Mrs. Norman Wilchinski and Charlotte Ames of Clear Lake advanced past Mrs. Henry Nollen. The field includes Miss Day Waterman of Davenport and Mrs. Dave Bonella of Ottumwa in a featured matchup, with many favorites advancing to the 18 hole second round.
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Nell Kennard
Des Moines
Eleanor Stevens
Ottumwa
Edith Estabrooks
Dubuque
E. G. Don
Rock Island
Fern Wilson
Mason City
Jean French
Charlotte Ames
Clear Lake
Art Andrews
Davenport
Jennet Jones
Margaret Mordy
K. D. Stone
C. Glanville
Indy Morton
West Okoboji
Eugene Halligan
Dave Bonella
Day Waterman
Iowa
Lucile Robinson
Neil Kennard
Miss Robinson
Miss Stevens
Kennard
F. Fish
Waterloo
F. C. Byers
Cedar Rapids
Miss Waterman
Givin Chase
Norman Wilchinski
Miss Ames
Henry Nollen
McCarthy Signs On With Yankees Through 1937
Genial Joe McCarthy will manage the Yankees for two more seasons at the same $35,000 yearly salary Col. Jacob Ruppert announced Tuesday. The deal ends speculation that Babe Ruth might succeed McCarthy after his 1936 season.
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Marie Joe” McCarthy
New York Yankees
Babe Ruth
McCarthy
New York
Joe McCarthy
Jacob Ruppert
Yankees
Chicago Cubs
Louis Opens Drills For Aug 7 Title Bout At Comiskey Park
Detroit heavyweight Joe Louis began training to shed six pounds gained in three weeks as he starts preparations for the 10 round bout with King Levinsky on Aug 7 at Comiskey Park Chicago. Levinsky arrives from Tomahawk Wisconsin after conditioning and will move to an outdoor camp at Round Lake Illinois. Louis, who weighed 203 pounds after facing Carnera, will likely train at Fox Valley Raceway Aurora Illinois as plans shift from Grand Beach Michigan.
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Chicago
Joe Louis
King Levinsky
Comiskey Park
Chicago White Sox
Kingfish
Tomahawk
Wis
Levinsky
Round Lake
Grand Beach
Mich
Fox Valley
Aurora
Louis
Carnera
Muscatine Coach Leonard Hunn Resigns Roles
Leonard Hunn announced resignation as Muscatine high school track coach and Muscatine junior college basketball coach. He will move to Grand Junction Colorado to coach high school track and serve as playground supervisor. Hunn has served the Muscatine institutions for seven years.
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Leonard Hunn
Muscatine
Grand Junction
Colo
Hunn
Tigers Boss Na vin Sees Yankees Still Leader in AL Race
Detroit manager Frank Navin says New York holds a two and a half game lead but notes a season past halfway could still shift. He remains confident Detroit can chase the Yankees as the rivals enter a long late-season run.
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Detroi
Mickey Cochrane
Tigers
Boss Tigers
Ruppert Rifles
New York
Boss Tiger
Frank J. Navin
Detroit Baseball Co
New York Yankees
Bengal
Mulford Team Falls In Tight Tipton Battle
Tipton Drives in decisive run in seventh to edge Mulford church nine of Muscatine after Bartelt and Fulgrabe homers gave visitors early lead. Mulford hurler Wintermute held them hitless five frames before Tipton broke through with a triple and a single following two walks.
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Tipton
Mulford Church
Muscatine
Bartelt
Hans Fulgrabe
Cracke F
Wintermute
Mulford Moundsman
Two Night Kittenball Games at Oregon Field Tonight
Gobbie's Grocery faces Moose at 8 p m and Pres byterians meet Zion Luther an at 6 p m in two Y M C A league kittenball games at Oregon field announced today. Superstitious Southwest residents cut off a dog's tail and bury it to prevent straying, believing the dog stays near its tail.
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Gobbie’s
Moose
Presbyterians
Zion Lutheran
Oregon Field
Southwest
United States
Leonard Hunn Accepts Post in Colorado
Leonard Hunn longtime Muscatine high school track coach and Muscatine junior college basketball mentor resigns to take a Grand Junction Colorado position as high school track coach and playground activities supervisor. He will assume nine months a year duties with higher pay and oversee recreation in eight city parks and local schools.
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Leonard Hunn
Muscatine High School
Muscatine
Board of Education
Grand Junction
Colo
Hunn
Des Moines
St. John’s Camp
Wisconsin
Colorado
Musky Mentor
University of Iowa
United States
Little Six
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Conesville High School
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Jack Hruska
Kennedy
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Soldiers’ Field
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Halas
Little Musky
Jess Haines
South Enders
Junction
South End
A. C
Ding
Oilers
Columbus Junction
Marshall
Dieckman
Iree Ee
Tobias
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Jacobs
Goetzman
Freese
D. Swank
B. Swank
Ab.r.h.po
Manley
Soloman
Diller
Sescans Espueas
Heer
Gescciences
Taylor
Journal
Heinz
DeMolay
Jefferson Field
Palace
Ina Mae
Musserville
Old Diamond
Joe Palooka
Ham Fisher
Oqokat
Garcon
ZE Ozzaire Gentleman
M‘sieu
Iscrewy
L. E. Skelley
Mae
Red Paint Store
Iowa Ave
Ruppert Riflemen
Navin
ABRH
Poae Rogers
Werling
Linn
E. Linn
Mitchell
Thomas
Albaugh
Foote
Hamilton
Fulgrabe
Silberhorn Weweee
Wee
Hanson
Ruckles
Herwig
Schauland
Ditman
McDaniel
Meyers
Oregon
Texaco
Texaco Motor
Brower Oil Company
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