Giants Act May Signal Babe Young As Future First Baseman
Old Pop Knickerbocker has a knack for producing big league first basemen and now pitches Babe Young for the Giants. Born in New York, Fordham alum, he rose from Richmond and Knoxville to MVP honors in the Southern Association before Bill Terry moved him toward first base in San Francisco.
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Pop Knickerbocker
Lou Gehrig
Yankees
Columbia University
Hank Greenberg
Bronx
Detroit
Hank
Buddy Hassett
Boston Bees
Manhattan College
Dodgers
Frank McCormick
New York City
Cincinnati Reds
Babe Young
Giants
Young
Lou
New York
Fordham
Bill Terry
Youshy
Terry
Richmond
Nashville
New Orleans
Knoxville
Southern Association
Fistic Battles Make a Big Hit at Row's Park
A large crowd watched three excellent bouts at Row's Park last night. In the highlight, Sissy Kelley edged Vivian Fair in a close three round duel between two girl glove pugilists. The program opened with a four man draw as four colored boxers, blindfolded, fought to a standstill. Kid Johnson of Martinsburg defeated Young Gowman of West Virginia in a three round decision.
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Row's Park
Sissy” Kelley
Vivian Fair
Kid Johnson
Martinsburg
Young Gowman
West Virginia
Buck Newsom Rides Again as Tigers Regain Lead
Buck Newsom returned from a thumb injury to pitch seven hit innings and steer the Detroit Tigers to a 6-2 win over the St. Louis Browns with Archie McKain delivering the decisive strikeout. The Tigers and Indians led the pennant chase as other pennant contenders faltered. Sid Hudson tossed a one hit shutout for Washington in an 11-0 rout of Philadelphia, while Boston and Chicago divisions saw heavy scores and slumps for New York and Philadelphia.
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Judson Bailey
Associated Press
Detroit Tigers
Big Buck Newsom
Archie McKain
Newsom
St. Louis Browns
McKain
Walt Judnich
Tigers
Cleveland Indians
Chicago White Sox
Lefty Thornton Lee
Sox
Tribe
Cleveland
Bob Feller
Johnny Allen
Sid Hudson
Wash
Timing Is Key To Good Ball Player Declares Professor
Dr W M Patterson of San Antonio University studies pacing across humans and animals. He clocks George Case at seven in motion while he bats at five, noting Case hit a left field triple. Patterson claims Case is five seven and approves Connie Mack as a ten due to lingering youth.
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W .M. Patterson
San Antonio University
Bronx
Dr. Patterson
Case
Lord Lothian
Connie Mack
Athletics
Van Horn Elimniated by Surface in Eastern Grass Court
Welby Van Horn of Los Angeles falls in the second round at the Eastern Grass Court championship in Van Horn is eliminated by Hal Surface of Kansas City in straight sets 6-0 6-3. Surface ranked twelfth nationally, required 30 minutes to finish. Bobby Riggs defeated Ronal Lubin, while Don McNeill beat Larry Dee. In doubles Hank Prusoff and George Toley split 5-7 9-7 6-4. In women’s play Dodo Bundy defeated Virginia Adler 6-1 6-0 and Sarah Palfrey beat Barbara Bradley 6-2 6-1. Virginia Wolfenden blanked Elizabeth Haas, Pauline Betz beat Joy Harlan, and Gracyn Wheeler beat Mary Arnold to reach third round.
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N. Y
Welby van Horn
Los Angeles
Hal Surface
Kansas City
Surface
van Horn
Hal
Bobby Riggs
Chicago
Chapion
Ronal Lubin
Don McNeill
Oklahoma City
Larry Dee
Los Angeleno
Hank Prusoff
Seattle
George Toley
California
Dodo Bundy
Maidstone Club
Virgina Adler
New York
Sarah Palfrey
Reno
Nev
Barbara Bradley
Virginia Wolfenden
San Fran
Reds And Indians Rated Favorites in pennant race
New York reports Broadway odds on the major league pennant fight list the Cleveland Indians and Cincinnati Reds as favorites. Indians 6 to 5 in the American League with Tigers 8 to 5. Red Sox 4 to 1. Yankees 5 to 1. White Sox 7 to 1. In the National League Reds 1 to 3 standout. Dodgers 2^1/2 to 1. Giants Cubs and Cardinals 6 to 1. IT'S TRUE economy to spend a little time each day in reading the Classified Ads.
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New York
Jack Doyle
Cleveland Indians
Cincinnati Reds
Indians
Detroit Tigers
Boston
Red Sox
New York Yankees
Chicago White Sox
Reds
Dodgers
New York Giants
Chicago Cubs
St. Louis Cardinals
Al Smith Grateful To Champs After Yanks Helped Comeback
Al Smith, Cleveland left hander, credits the New York Yankees with aiding his return to the majors. After a 16-2 season in Buffalo and relief work with Cleveland, Smith beat the Yankees twice, boosting his 1931 record to 10-3 by July. He praises control, a screwball, and teammates Boudreau and Mack, and notes luck and cooperation as key factors in his rebound. He is 31, married, with a young daughter, living in Webster Groves near St. Louis.
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Cleveland
al Smith
New York Yankees
New York
Yanks
Buffalo
Indians
Oscar Vitt
New Yorkers
Boston
Sox
Webster Grove
St. Louis
Anderson Is Named Coach For All Star Game
Iowa's Ed die Anderson wins the coaches poll as he is named to lead the college boys against the Green Bay Packers in the annual All-Star Game at Soldier Field on August 29. He headlines a staff with Faurot Shaw Wieman and Dawson and will coach 67 players including Nile Kinnick.
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Iowa
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Peepul
Green Bay Packers
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Hawkeye
Don Faurot
Missouri
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Santa Clara
E. B
Tad) Wieman
Princeton
Lowell
Red) Dawson
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Wie Man
Shaw
Dawson
Northwestern University
E. L. (Curley) Lambeau
Packers
Collegians
Chicago Tribune
All Square
All- Stars
New York Giants
Nile Kinnick
Paramount Tops Leitersburg in Weekend Softball Sweep
Paramount won both games of a doubleheader against Leitersburg to extend its lead in the Washington County softball league by a game and a half over Smithsburg. Leitersburg fell 18 to 3 and 14 to 4, while Smithsburg split with Greensburg 14 to 3 and 9 to 0. Ringgold and Beaver Creek split. Beaver Creek won 10 to 0 then lost 8 to 5. Standings show Paramount 15-7, Smithsburg 15-10, Ringgold 15-11, Beaver Creek 13-12, Greensburg 11-15, Leitersburg 7-19.
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Paramount
Leittsburg
Washington County
Smithsburg
Leittrsburg
Greensburg
Ringgold
Beaver Creek
Pet
Leitersburg
Ann Webber wins National Women's Archery title in Amherst
Ann Webber of Bloomfield New Jersey won the National Women's Singles Archery championship in Amherst with 71 466 edges by a strong field. Former titleholder Jean Tenney from Clearspring Maryland finished fifth with 72 422 as Amherst hosted the event on August 6.
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Amherst
Mass
Ann Webber
Bloomfield
N. J
Jean Tenney
Clearspring
Metropolitan ball parks drive for triples in charity round up
New York sports sketch notes that triples aid underprivileged children via the Children's Welfare Federation. Dodgers hit 11 in July, Giants and Yanks seven each. trots cost 960 dollars to start a Hambletonian. Dutch Clark praises Rams replacements, and Trudy Ederle reflects on her 14th channel swim anniversary. Billy Conn praised for power. Tony Pelleteri linked to Andy K.
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New York
Children's Welfare Federation
Dodgers
Giants
Yanks
Dutch Clark
Cleveland Rams
Clarence Gherke
Utah Uace
Gertrude
Trudy) Ederle
Ringsiders
Billy Conn
National League Batting and Pitching Leaders Summary
Danning of New York leads batting with 337, Leiber of Chicago 328. Frey of Cincinnati 76 runs, Mize of St. Louis 74. F McCormick of Cincinnati 85 RBIs, Mize 79. Herman of Chicago 130 hits, F McCormick 127. McCormick 31 doubles, Hack 39. Ross of Boston 11 triples, Mize 10. Mize 31 homers, Nicholson 17. Reese of Brooklyn 14 steals, Hack Werber and Frey 11. Fitzsimmons of Brooklyn 10-2, Sewell of Pittsburgh 9-2.
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New York
Leiber
Chicago
Frey
Cincinnati
Mize
St. Louis
F. McCormick
Herman
Hack
Ross
Boston
Nicholson
Reese
Brooklyn
Werber
Fitzsimmons
Sewell
Pittsburgh
Baseball Leaders As Detroit, Boston Spark Odd Season
Batting tops Radcliffe of St Louis at .357 while McCosky of Detroit hits .349. Williams of Boston leads runs with 90. McCosky 86 for Detroit. Greenberg drives in 96. York 82. Cramer and McCosky collect 139 nfits. Greenberg and Boudreau lead doubles. McCosky 13 triples. Foxx 25 homers. Greenberg and DiMaggio 21. Case 23 steals. Walker 17. Newsom 14-2 and Rowe 10-2 lead Detroit pitching.
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Radcliffe
St. Louis
McCosky
Detroit
Williams
Boston
McCoskey
Greenberg
York
Cramer
Boudreau
Cleveland
Finney
Keller
New York
Foxx
DiMaggio
Case
Washington
Walker
Newsom
Rowe
St Mark's Softball Steals Ninth Inning Win
St Mark's softball team edged First Christian 10 to 6 for their fifteenth straight win as all the runs came in the ninth inning. H Showe earned his 17th victory with ten hits allowed while BH Carpenter yielded 15 hits to St Mark's. Millett went 3 for 4 for First Christian and A Schlotterbeck led St Mark's with three hits.
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H. Showe
BH. Carpenter
C. Nigh
G. Hoppengardner
Millett
A. Schlotterbeck
Pete Breitweiser Leads Big Bass Contest Win
Pete Breitweiser of WWagerstown Route 2 leads the Semler McFaddin Co big fish contest with a four pound bass, surpassing rival William Nave of Williamsport.
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Pete Breitweiser
Wwagerstown
Route 2
Semler- McFaddin Co
William Nave
Williamsport
Feature Race to Irish Moon Wins at Cumberland Meet
Irish Moon owned by W. Roberts captured the Col. W. H. Robertson trophy and a $400 purse in the mile and sixteenth feature, nose ahead of Statement in a photo finish as the Cumberland air race meet opened at Fairgo. Bets paid backers $9.20, $4.80 and $3.40. Statement paid $8.00 and $4.10. Kens Pop earned $2.80 to show. The daily double paid $26.20. Tom O'Shunter won the Allegheny steeplechase with a strong stretch rush, paying $5.40, $3.30 and $2.60. Crowd reached 6,500 with total bets of $69,482, $6,631 above last year.
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W. W. Roberts
Fairgo
Irish Moon
Statement
A. Brown
Kens
Pops Sister
Blue Prelude
Tom O'Shunter
Creighton Coach Seeks 1941 Thanksgiving Date
Omaha Aug (P) Head Coach Maurice Skip Palrang of Creighton University sent a telegram to presidential candidate Wendell Wilkie asking for the 1941 Thanksgiving date for the football schedule. Palrang indicated he would not cover any Wilkie money at the moment.
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Omaha
Neb
Maurice
Skip” Palrang
Creighton University
Wendell L. Wilkle
Colorado Springs
Galo
Palrang
Willkle
Correction to Angler Standings Mentioned in August
The second place finisher weighed three pounds eight ounces. Raymond Beard of Hagerstown held a bass weighing three pounds three ounces in third place. It was wrongly published that Nave was third for August with two pounds eight ounces. the correct weight is three pounds eight ounces.
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Raymond Beard
Hagerstown
Nave
Official permits required to build campfires in forests
Officials remind visitors that official permits are necessary to build campfires on national forests. Violations may lead to penalties and fire restrictions.
Cornell Tops Rating As East’s Leading Football Team
Morgantown W Va Aug 7 Fordham coach Jimmy Crowley declined nomination of his Rams as the East’s top team in 1940 and praised Cornell as far ahead. WVU coach Bill Kern ranked Fordham No 1 and himself 30th in a coaching school discussion.
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W. Va
Jimmy Crowley
Fordham
Rams
Cornell
West Virginia University
Crowley
Bill Kern
WVU
Kern
Mountaineers
West Virginia
Corneil
Our Horsemen of Notre Dame
Boston
Collera
Princeton
Sali Fordham
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