Eager Phils Smell Blood After 35 Lean Years
The Flying Phillies as favorites to win their first flag in 35 years after Eddie Sawyer’s guidance. They hold a strong 6-5 win over Brooklyn, boosting their lead over Boston to five games. Other MLB results: Cardinals beat Pirates. Giants down Braves. Red Sox rally past Yankees. White Sox top Tigers. Reds sweep Cubs. Athletics blank Washington. Roberts improves to 15 wins. Konstanty saves.
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Joe Reichler
Associated Press
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Du Quoin State Fair Hosts Sept. 3 Motorcycle Race
Motorcycle riders from across the country will converge on Du Quoin Sunday September 3 for the Du Quoin State Fair race program sanctioned by the American Motorcycle Association. A new world record may be set on the fast Du Quoin track as Horace Travis of Nashville earlier posted 14 minutes 41 seconds for 20 miles at over 81 mph. More than 90 riders are expected, with only the fastest advancing to feature events after trials and eliminations.
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du Quoin State Fair
American Motorcycle Association
Horace Travis
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National League Standings and Schedule Highlights
National League table shows Philadelphia and Boston leading with strong records. Yesterday results included Cards 6 over Pittsburgh 4 and Philadelphia 6 Brooklyn 5. Today's slate covers matches across five venues with staggered start times, followed by tomorrow's schedule featuring Brooklyn Boston and others.
Colonels Face Keller Squad as League Race Heats Up
The Louisville Colonels, seeking to extend their American Association lead, meet last place Kansas City tonight after two idle days. Earlier, Indianapolis split a doubleheader with Milwaukee, winning 5 to 4 after losing 5 to 3. Toledo outslugged St Paul 11 to 9 and Columbus beat Minneapolis 2 to 0. Schedule includes Indianapolis at Milwaukee, Louisville at Kansas City, and two Toledo at St Paul games.
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Fights Last Night by AP Report
Detroit Harold Baby Face Jones, age 138, beat John L. Davis, 139, in Oakland California. Jacksonville Tony Masciarella, 160, defeated Billy Brown, 163, in New Haven Connecticut.
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John L. Davis
Oakland
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Jacksonville
Fla
Tony Masciarella
New York
Billy Brown
New Haven
Conn
Paducah Wins 12-Inning Thriller Over West Frankfort
Paducah defeated West Frankfort 4 to 3 in 12 innings in the only Mississippi-Ohio Valley league game last night. Lee West earned the win after taking over in the fourth. Other games were rained out with next contests including Springfield at Mattoon Vincennes at Paris Mt Vernon at Centralia and West Frankfort versus Paducah.
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All American Golf Tournament Lead Tightens Across Field
Chicago Bobby Locke and Lloyd Mangrum tied for first with 72 hole totals of 282. New York Mac Hunter and Gene Litler led qualifying for the national amateur with 136s. Frank Stranahan captured the All American amateur title as Wilford Wehrle disqualified on the final playoff hole.
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Chicago
Bobby Locke
Lloyd Mangrum
New York
Mac Hunter
Pacific Palisades
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Gene Litler
Seattle
Frank Stranahan
Wilford Wehrle
Desirable Heating Equipment Distributor Opening in Missouri
A major distributor opportunity offers a full line of space heaters conversion burners water heaters furnaces boilers stokers and more. Requires $3 000 to $5 000 floor stock investment. Apply by letter to Wholesale Heating Division 3400 Lindell Blvd St Louis Missouri.
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Probable baseball games scheduled for today across leagues
Matches include New York Hearn 3-1 at Boston Chipman 5-6. Philadelphia Meyer 6-10 at Brooklyn Palica 4-2. St Louis Staley 10-9 at Pittsburgh Law 1-4. Chicago Dabiel 4-5 at Cincinnati Fox 5-8. Detroit Gray 10-5 at Chicago Scarborough 9-12. Cleveland Wynn 12-5 and Feller 10-8 at St Louis Widmar 5-8 and Starr 3-3. Washington Marrero 5-7 at Philadelphia Hooper 10-7 night. Boston Stubbs 6-4 at New York Raschi 13-7.
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Staley
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Washington
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Hooper
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Ruth Hit 60 Home Runs in 1927 Against 32 Pitchers
Babe Ruth’s 60 homers in 1927 came off 32 different pitchers. Rube Walberg and Milton Gaston each served up four pitches to Ruth for homers. Seven hurlers saw Ruth go deep three times, including Hollis Thurston Tom Zachary Joe Shaute W. B. Harriss Al Thomas Ken Holloway and Tony Welzer. The Red Sox rotation yielded major power against Ruth that season.
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al Thomas
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Big Ten Plans Theater TV Experiment This Fall
The Western conference approved an experimental plan to televise select Big Ten football games on theater screens this fall. Northwestern Illinois and Michigan will trial the system with Chicago and Detroit tests. Minnesota and Ohio State may join, with four theaters averaging about 4,000 seats.
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Danville Wins Three-I League Showdown Clinches Series
Danville swept the three game set with the Three-I leaders by beating Terre Haute 9 to 4 as Decatur topped Evansville 6 to 2 and Davenport edged Cedar Rapids 4 to 3. Waterloo’s game at Quincy was rained out. Hesse homered for Terre Haute in the fourth. Carr shut down Evansville after the first inning. Five Boston pitchers noted in closing line.
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Doak Walker and Tonnemaker Lead College All Stars
Doak Walker and Clayton Tonnemaker were elected co-captains of the College All-Stars to face the Philadelphia Eagles at Soldier Field on Friday night. The 90,000 crowd is expected as Walker leads the offense and Tonnemaker the defense in the 17th annual classic. The Eagles, two touchdown favorites, beat the All-Stars 38-0 last year.
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Grand Rapids
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Duluth
Royalton Pirates open season with 13 3 win over Coello
In their first game under new manager Danny Jones, the Royalton Pirates defeated Coello 13 3. Pitcher Benny Nix limited the visitors to four hits while Royalton improved to 8 1. Nix and Orlandini led the offense with three hits apiece and each scored three runs.
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Amateur Softball Finals Scheduled
Rock Island Illinois hosts the Illinois championship tournaments for men August 20 27 and women August 29 September 4. Winners advance to National Softball Congress events in Greeley Colorado and Phoenix Arizona. Entry deadlines August 16 for men and August 23 for women, $10 fee to Ray Anderson.
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Herrin Township Softball League Schedule Night Action
Herrin Township Softball League features Boys Minor League Jewelers vs Eagles at the lighted park 8:45 p.m. continued from Aug 3. Boys Midget League Bugs vs K of C at the lighted park 7:30 p.m. Non League Aces vs Lions Sunnyside 6 p.m. VFW vs Pirates ice plant Cards vs Braves North 27th 6 p.m Beetle Baums vs Rats North Side 6 p.m Indians vs Oilers Yanks vs Cards Egyptian Heights 6 p.m.
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Man-Eating Lion Named Asad Killed by Spear in Sudan
In Equatoria Province South Sudan villagers killed the man eater Asad after the lion had slain seven people. Natives had stalked the creature for weeks and three maulings left victims in serious condition at Sources Yuba hospital. The lion, large and old with missing teeth, earned his name from the Arabic word for lion.
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Locke Mangrum Deadlocked In All American Playoff
British Open champion Bobby Locke and 1946 U S Open titlist Lloyd Mangrum tied at six under par 282 for first in the All American pro tourney. An 18 hole playoff was ordered by promoter George S May as night fell.
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Winners In Coon Dog Trials Announced
Coon dog field trials were held Sunday Aug 6 at the Ed Westerman farm on route 150 near Chester. Winners in the Crab Orchard Sportsmen club meet include Rowdy owned by Mr. Clark East St. Louis in first line, Spider Bill owned by Mr. Rehling Waimexer in first tree, Queenie owned by Mr. Marsh Washington Park in second line, and Irishman owned by Mr. McCoy Belleville in second tree.
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Baseball leaders list by league and stats from era
The record lists batting leaders Kell of Detroit at .354 Doby of Cleveland at .350 and Musial of St. Louis at .361 Robinson of Brooklyn at .356. Triples go to Doerr of Boston and Woods ling of New York with nine Ashburn of Philadelphia twelve Jethroe of Boston seven. Home runs top Rosen of Cleveland with 29 Williams and Dropo of Boston with 25 Kiner of Pittsburgh at 30 Pafko of Chicago at 25.
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