Pirates Take Two From Brooklyn To Lead In NL Race
Brooklyn Dodgers wobble near the edge as Pittsburgh Pirates take both ends of a doubleheader 4-3 and 8-0 to fall two games behind the St. Louis Cardinals in the NL pennant chase. Van Robays drives in decisive runs, Sewell’s five hitter shines in nightcap. Cardinals split with Braves, Cubs topple Giants, Yanks drop a twin bill, DiMaggio shines with power and hits in 66 of 67. A’s sweep Tigers to near fourth place, Washington climbs from cellar with wins over Browns.
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Associated Press
Brooklyn Dodgers
Pittsburgh Pirates
St. Louis Cardinals
Fred Fitzsimmons
Brooklyn
Pittsburghers
Maurice van Robays
Curt Davis
Truett
Rip) Sewell
Buccaneers
van Robays
Vince DiMaggio
Cardinals
Boston Braves
Cincinnati
Phillies
Paul Derringer
Derringer
John Podgajny
Reds
Buckley
Chicago Cubs
New York Giants
Vern Olsen
Jake Mooty
Terrymen
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New York Yankees
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Thornton Lee
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Philadelphia
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Washington
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Senators
B F Fields Wins 2 Club Tournament At City Golf Course
B F Fields Jr used a brassie and approach putter to shoot 41 at the city golf course and win the nine hole 2 club tournament. Jim Rallis and Miss Marion Joe Cowan tied for second with 42s while par for nine holes is 37.
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B. F. Fields, Jr
Jim Rallis
Marion Joe Cowan
Western Backfield For All Star Game
An all midwestern backfield with power to burn headlines the lineup for the all star football game at Soldier Field on August 28. Poll leaders include Forest Evashevski and Tom Harmon of Michigan George Franck of Minnesota and George Paskvan of Wisconsin as starters against the Chicago Bears in the title game. Rest of the leaders list shows top players by position with big vote totals from Purdue Indiana Cornell Texas Aggies Georgetown Tulane Washington Boston College Minnesota and Notre Dame among others.
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Chicago
Soldier Field
Forest Evasheviski
Tom Harmon
Michigan
George Franck
Minnesota
George Paskvan
Wisconsin
Chicago Bears
Rankin
Purdue
Rucinski
Indiana
Drakos
Cornell
Parnell
Texas Aggies
Lio
Georgetown
O’boyle
Tulane
Mucha
Washington
Gladchuk
Boston College
Evashevski
Paffrath
Harmon
Franck
Reichs
Suakvas
Piepul
Notre Dame
Yesterday's Baseball Scores Recap Across Leagues
Yesterday's scores show the American League matchups with Detroit 1 Philadelphia 8 7 Chicago 5 7 New York 9 3 St Louis 3 3 Washington 4 5 Cleveland 4 Boston 0. National League results include Philadelphia 0 8 Cincinnati 2 1 Boston 12 6 St Louis 10 8 New York 2 Chicago 0 Brooklyn 3 0 Pittsburgh 4 8. Arizona Texas League Tucson 2 8 El Paso 0 1 Bisbee 2 Albuquerque 6 International League Rochester 7 Baltimore 2 Newark 3 1 Montreal 1 0 Jersey City 4 4 Toronto 3 0 Buffalo 7 7 Syracuse 0 5.
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Detroit
Philadelphia
Chicago
New York
St. Louis
Washington
Cleveland
Boston
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
Tucson
el Paso
Bisbee
Albuquerque
Rochester
Baltimore
Newark
Montreal
Jersey City
Toronto
Buffalo
Syracuse
American Association standings update key results
The Columbus team won 4-5 against Kansas City, while Minneapolis led 10-1 over Indianapolis. St. Paul stood 8-6, Louisville 3-2, Milwaukee 11-3, and Toledo 3-2 as part of the latest league rundown.
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American Association
Columbus
Kansas City
Minneapolis
Indianapolis
St. Paul
Louisville
Milwaukee
Toledo
Southern Association Standings Snapshot 2011
The Southern Association race lists Atlanta 2011 Knoxville 7 8 Little Rock 7 3 Birmingham Memphis 9 2 New Orleans 8 3 Nashville 8 4 Chattanooga 2 7. The standings reflect wins and losses across teams with Birmingham Memphis and New Orleans showing strong performances.
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Southern Association
Atlanta
Knoxville
Little Rock
Birmingham
Memphis
New Orleans
Nashville
Chattanooga
Baseball scores from Pacific Coast League rundown
Portland beat Seattle 2 to 1 as Oakland won 7 to 3 and San Francisco edged San Diego 1 to 0. Sacramento lost 2 to 5 while Hollywood trounced Los Angeles 10 to 0 and Los Angeles responded 6 to 2.
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Portland
Seattle
Oakland
San Francisco
San Diego
Sacramento
Hollywood
Los Angeles
Scores Snapshot From Evening Baseball Slates
Dallas topped Shreveport 10 to 4 while Houston tripped Oklahoma City 3 to 5 in a doubleheader misprint. Fort Worth won 5 against an unnamed foe, Beaumont and San Antonio tied 4 to 4 and Tulsa lost 0.
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Shreveport
Houston
Oklahoma City
Fort Worth
Beaumont
San Antonio
Tulsa
Texas-New Mexico League Scores Reach Wide Gaps
Big Spring beat Amarillo 4 to 8 while Lamesa won 2 to 0 and Clovis prevailed 9 to 2. Lubbock lost 2 to 6 as Borger moved ahead 12 to 3 and Go Falls defeated Pampa 34 to none.
Major League Leaders Batting and Pitching Highlights
Boston star Williams leads batting at .408 while DiMaggio of New York tops runs with 90 and hits at 145. Keller of New York drives in 9 but leads home runs with 18 tied by Ott. Slaughter and Nicholson post 120 hits and 18 homers respectively. Riddled pitching awards go to Riddle of Cincinnati with 1.1 ERA, and Frey steals 16.
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Willliams
Boston
DiMaggio
New York
Keller
Reiser
Eaaktgh
Moore
St. Louis
Nicholson
Chicago
Slaughter
Brooklyn
Dallessandro
Ott
Frey
Cincinnati
Tucson 13 Mesa 3 in AJAL finals. advances to regional play
Tucson defeated Mesa 13 to 3 in the Arizona Junior American League Baseball finals. The victors advance to the regional playoff to face California, Nevada and Utah titlists from August 15 to 17 in Tucson, Arizona.
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MESA
Ariz
Arizona
California
Nevada
Utah
Results Of The Week End Sports Roundup
SEA BRIGHT N J Bobby Riggs won Sea Bright Bowl defeating Ted Schroeder 6 4 6 4 6 0 in men s final Mrs Sarah Palfrey Cooke defeated Helen Bernhard 6 8 6 2 7 5 in women s final Horton Smith shot 63 nine under par one final round to win St Paul open total 276 Chicago Whirlaway placed second Attention in Arlington Classic Louis Mayer King Torch won Sunset Handicap photo finish over Midand Ted Dubois won singles sculling title at Royal Canadian Henley Regatta
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N. J
Bobby Riggs
Chicago
Ted Schroeder
Glendale
Calif
Sarah Palfrey Cooke
New York
Helen Bernhard
ST. Paul
Horton Smith
Whirlaway
Los Angeles
Louis B. Mayer
King Torch
Midand
Hollywood Park
Port Dalhousie
Ont
Westsides of Buffalo
Ted Dubois
Winnipeg
Bowling winners and inter-city match set at Berkey Alleys
Berkey Bowling Alleys posted last week's high scores. Men led by Haskell Standridge at 256 and Lloyd Taylor at 255 while Harriet Holley topped women with 222 and Pauline Crossen had 205. An inter-city match between Pier Rubber Co of Artesia and a Roswell team is planned with Roswell lineup to be announced. match scheduled for Friday at 8 00 p m August 1.
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Haskell Standridge
Lloyd Taylor
List
Harriett Holley
Pauline Crossen
The
Pier Rubber Co
Artesia
Roswell
Pirates Spirit Rips Through Pittsburgh As Sports Roundup
A dense, colorful sports brief compiles wide-ranging notes. It mentions Frankie Frisch, Joe Louis, Lou Nova, Ted Williams, Dizzy Trout, Connie Mack, Joe McCarthy, and Syracuse headlines. Other items cover New Orleans box scores, Lew Jenkins, Red Cochrane, Fritzie Zivic, George Sternweiss, Dick Wakefield, Jack Marshall, Phil Rizutto, Charley Cutright, and Tom Harmon.
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New York
Special News Service
Pirates
Pittsburgh
Frankie Frisch
Jimmy Johnston
Joe Louis
Lou Nova
Ted Williams
Dizzy Trout
Detroit Tigers
Connie Mack
Joe McCarthy
Joe
Saratoga
Lew Jenkins
Chris Dundee
Ken Overlin
Red Cochrane
Fritzie Zivic
George Sternweiss
Newark
U. of N. C
Buffalo
Detroit
Dick Wakefield
Jack Marshall
Texas
Dever
Jerry Priddy
Mount Carmel
Ill
Charley Cutright
P. S
Joe Turnesa
Jack Dempsey
Ted Mann
Duke
Add Penfield
Raleigh
Stanley Frank
N. Y
Dodgers
Zivic Faces Cochrane In Welter Title Showdown
Freddie Cochrane of Elizabeth challenges Fritzie Zivic for the welterweight crown at Ruppert Stadium Newark. Zivic, 4 to 1 favorite, seeks a second title defense after beating Henry Armstrong in winter. Promoters expect a 20,000 crowd with $18,000 in advance sales.
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N. J
Freddie
Red) Cochrane
Elizabeth Block
Mickey Walker
Fritzie Zivic
Pittsburgh
Zivic
Cochrane
Henry Armstrong
Hammering Henry
Mike Kaplan
Boston
Mr. Kaplan
Mike Jacobs
Thomas J
Babe) Culnan
Ruppert Stadium
Roswell Country Club Tournament Finalists Named
In Roswell, championship flight sees Pickle Nickson set to meet Eddie Ammonett Hawkins winner for the title. First flight finalist Hinton Wilmot advances after a 2up win over Joyce and will face the Nickson-Lanning semifinal winner. Second flight finals looming as Quinton Marshall meets Claude Matthews after Matthews won 3 and 2 over Butler. Third flight finalists are Dr. E. W. Lander and Floyd Ogles following Lander’s 2up semifinal victory over Ginsberg.
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Pickle Nickson
Edd Amonett
J. T. Hawkins
Hinton Wilmot
H. P. Joyce
G. N. Nickson
Steve Lanning
Lanning
T. L. Gardner
Quinton Marshall
Claude Matthews
Matthews
Charles Butler
Dr. E. W. Lander
Floyd Ogles
Dr. Lander
Bernard Ginsberg
Japan asserts resources for greater East Asia order amid Western pressure
Japan's new finance minister Matasune Ogura says Tokyo has sufficient human and material resources to push a greater East Asia order despite U S and Britain pressure. He warns reciprocal measures by Britain and the United States will hurt them while stressing the need to perfect the wartime economic system. Indicates asset freezing may be elastic in light of American enforcement, as Japan extends freezing to Canada and northern Ireland. Far eastern updates note troop movements toward Indo China and Siberia with Manchukuo and Korea at 17 divisions prepared for transfer. Vichy reports Japan will occupy two coastal points and interior sites in French Indo China under an accord.
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Siberia
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France
Grid Coach Jones Dies In Los Angeles
Football coach Howard Jones, 55, founder of USC’s modern grid machine, died of a heart attack in Los Angeles. He led USC from 1925, compiling 121 wins, 36 losses, and 13 ties, with five Rose Bowl wins and 20 All-Americans. Surviving are his widow Jane, son Clark, daughter Carolyn, brothers Tad Tom and Clarence, and sister Mrs. Gerald Sawyer. Funeral plans awaited word from relatives.
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Sam) Barry
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Trojap
Pacific Coast
Thundering Herd
Excelle
Ohio
Phillips- Exeter Academy
Yale
Tad
Jane
Clark
Carolyn
New Haven
Conn
Tom
Clarence
Middletown
Gerald Sawyer
Lima
McLean Behind Fall Bribe Case Ties To White House Parties
Edward B. McLean connected to Albert Fall in a bribery charge while Harding's Interior Secretary faced scrutiny over a New Mexico ranch loan. The court ruled the loan came from Edward Doheny. Evalyn Walsh McLean recalled Ned's role, with parties held at the White House and McLean homes. McLean died after a lengthy estate battle with guardians appointed in Baltimore and Washington.
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Fall
McLean
New Mexico
Edward Doheny
A. McLean
Evalyn Walsh McLean
Ned
Albert Fall
White House
Little Green House
Eye Street
John Roll McLean
Baltimore
Washington
Aluminum Show At Yucca Thursday
The Yucca Theatre hosts an aluminum show on Thursday July 31 to boost Roswell aluminum collection for national defense. Ladies and children admitted free for one piece of aluminum, with a 3 cent federal tax on ladies pots and pans, children free. Proceeds assist Mayor Hall and the aluminum campaign. attendees urged to donate any amount of aluminum.
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Yucca
Yucca Management
Hall
Clyde Fulton Returns From Elks Convention Trip
City manager Clyde Fulton returned to Roswell on Continental Airlines yesterday afternoon after a trip to Philadelphia where he served as Roswell Elks Club delegate at the national Elks convention.
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Clyde Fulton
Roswell
Continental Airlines
Philadelphia
Elks Club
Elks
Japan to Use Indo China Roads for Southward Advance
Annam and Cochin China areas will see Japanese troop movements southward using Indo-Chinese roads and possibly railways to new bases. Japanese forces already base in northern Indo-China. The agreement between Vice Premier Admiral Darlan and Japanese Ambassador Sotomatsu Kato includes larger rice deliveries to Japan.
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Annam
Cochin- China
Gulf of Siam
Malaya
Indo- China
Japan
Jean Darlan
Sotomatsu Kato
Proffit's 9th inning homer lifts Roswell past Carlsbad 5-4
Proffit hit a decisive ninth inning home run to power Roswell to a 5-4 victory over Carlsbad. An umpire ruling on a Carlsbad runner out after signaling the batter drew questions as the series stands 2-2.
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Roswell
Carlsbad
Doyle Proffit
Yellowjackets
Carlsbad _ All- Stars
Pickle
Peterson
Wright
Johnnie Schrimsher
Wagoner
Schrimsher
Miller
Greene
Artesia
Kenzora
Lewis
Keith
Far East tensions surge as World War jitters rise
War jitters rise in the Philippines as Japanese gains in French Indochina deepen U S and Philippine readiness under General MacArthur. Quezon cedes Casiana for minefield patrols while 16 officers are ordered to duty in the islands. Shanghai trade fears and rumors of clashes rattle markets as tensions mount in the Pacific.
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French Indo-China
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Douglas A. MacArthur
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Fort Santiago
Commonwealth
Manuel Quezon
Quezon
United States Navy
America
San Francisco
Washington
Shanghai
Forrester to Defend His Golf Title at Ruidoso
Everett Forrester Roswell Country Club pro said he would defend his Ruidoso open championship in the annual tournament August 15 16 17. He won the 1940 Ruidoso event which drew leading pros and amateurs from New Mexico and West Texas. Wilbur McKnight Roswell municipal pro also plans to enter the Ruidoso tournament, with several Roswell amateurs likely to play.
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Roswell Country Club
Forrester
New Mexico
West Texas
Wilbur McKnight
Roswell Municipal
Roswell
Championship Self Tourney For Women At City Course
Feminine golfers of Roswell will play for the women's city championship in a tournament August 7 8 9 10 at the municipal course. Qualifying rounds may be played at any time before the start of the tourney. Phone your classified o No 11.
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Roswell
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