Armstrong Faces Challenge To Keep World Titles
Henry Armstrong has won three world titles but now risks losing the lightweight crown. Excess weight from years of success, long lay-offs, and waning incentive threaten his pace. Manager Eddie Mead has hired Charles Brown to carefully reduce weight to protect Armstrong’s fast, powerful style.
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Philadelphia Naval Hospital
Baseball double header results and standout performances
Yesterday's XSTARS highlights Jim Brown and Johnny Mize spark a four run rally to win the opener. Jatter hits two homers and drives in six as the nightcap victory goes to Yankees and Hartnett and Butcher shine for Cubs. Pirates beat Chicago as their manager drives in four. Butcher earns first win. knuckleballer Buster in Boston shutout, Kennedy holds Tigers, Schumacher and Beach noted. White Sox edge Indians in 10th. Brack drives decisive hit in second game.
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Jim Brown
Johnny Mize
Dardinale
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Ron Rally
Jatter
Dick Siebert
Athletics
Red Rolfe
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Homer
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Gabby Hartnett
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Max Butcher
Pirates
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Butcher
Dutch Leonard
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Sox
Eric McNair
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Vernon Kennedy
Browns
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Jal Schumacher
Giants
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Bob Johnson
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Gas House Gang's Fire Drives Cubs, Reds In 1938 Rally
Judson Bailey reports the Gas House Gang powering past Cincinnati with 7-1 and 7-5 wins as Johnny Mize homers twice and Jimmy Brown clears the bases. The Cardinals cut the Reds NL lead to 3½ games while other league results shake up pennant races.
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St. Louis
Cardinals
Cincinnati Reds
Armstrong Favored To Retain Title Over Ambers
New York reports betting odds at 7 to 5 favor Henry Armstrong to defend his lightweight crown against Lou Ambers in Yankee Stadium. Promoters and fans expect a hard fought bout with Armstrong and Ambers both prepared to push for victory, as Ambers has shown relentless effort in prior fights.
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New York
Bash Boulevard
Henry Armstrong
Low Anders
Winnah
Yankee Stadium
Baseball Season Statistics Show Strong Bats Across Leagues
The data highlights standout performers in both the American and National Leagues. Joe DiMaggio leads batting in the AL with a .390 mark, Foxx of Boston drives in 99 runs, and Greenberg powers Detroit with 35 doubles. In the NL, Mize of St. Louis hits .359, McCormick of Cincinnati posts 158 hits, and Ott of New York leads with 24 home runs.
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Wildcats defeat Berkeley Springs in high school tilt
Williamsport Wildcats crushed Berkeley Springs 9 to 3 on the home field. Four doubles and Poffenberger's home run fueled a 16-hit attack as Williamsport took the lead in the fourth inning and held on. Pan Myers allowed nine hits for Berkeley Springs, while Tim Anderson and Junior Wine each had three hits for Williamsport. Ford debuted for Williamsport with a solid showing.
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Poffenberger
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Panl Myers
West Virginians
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Round-Up: Frisch Hints Cardinals Not to Be Overlooked
New York reports note Frankie Frisch urged patience with the Cardinals. The wire service mentions Chicago Bears trades and NYY plans to pursue Hank Greenberg if he becomes available. Ott Jurges Danning and Demarée are seen as Giants safe bets for next year. Max Ambrozich throws three no-hitters in ten days for Salida Motor. Roger Dobbins of Marteette provides more action.
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Hank Greenberg
Ott
Jurges
Danning
Demarée
Jack Ogden
Phillies
Max Ambrozich
Salida
Cal
Roger Dobbins
Marteette
Mich
Firemen Take Lead With Eight-Hit Win Over Exporters
Antietam Firemen seize first in Washington County League by beating Old Exporters 6 to 1 at Stadium. Lefty Murray pitched eight innings, six errors by Old Exporters aid the victory as Victors lose, widening the Firemen’s lead. Murray earned the win. Travinger took the loss. Scorer Nagy. Time 1.55.
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Chevrolets Halt Victor Blue Sox In County Baseball Clash
The Hoffman-Cheyies toppled the Victor Blue Sox 7 to 4 at the Stadium to seize top spot in Washington County League. Umpire Hickey ejected Blue Sox manager Brooks and catcher Hartle for arguing. Rhodes pitched for the Chevies with strong support from Ford Harbaugh and Barnhart, while Hartle and Hays produced the Blue Sox offense.
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Grain price notes and a stray sports line from Baltimore
Grain prices show No 2 red winter at 712 and No 2 yellow corn at 60 to 62 in Baltimore on August 19. A stray sports line mentions a striker entering a shot by whiffing nine consecutive batters on 28 pitched balls, with Brazil Haiti Puerto Rico and 18 Spanish speaking republics noted in Latin America.
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Washington County League Standing Report
Washington County League standings and upcoming games for August included Boonshoro at Victors Mt Briar at Old Export Chevies at Rupperts Antietams at Hancock with list of matchups and venues.
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Bluebirds Down Boonsboro Nine in County League Card
The Ruppert Bluebirds routed a crippled Boonsboro team 19 to 3 in Washington County League play. Boonsboro made 10 errors while the Ruppert squad tallied 12 hits and 10 earned runs, with strong hitting from Kaetzel Stockslager and others and Tolbert driving in five.
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Harrystown Defeats Middleburg in Big League tilt
Harrystown stayed in the Independent League title race by routing Middleburg 9 to 4 on the Harrystown diamond before a large crowd. Guessford limited the visitors to eight hits, Shearer led with three hits, Morrin and Guessford added two each, Klein earned the fielding honors for Middleburg, and the scoreline shows Harrystown tallied in each frame except the fourth.
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Mt Briar Triumph Over Hancock In Ten Inning Baseball
Mt Briar Try-Men edge Hancock 3 to 2 in ten innings as Wade singles in the tenth and Reynolds advances him with a sacrifice. M Ferguson earns the win with a fourth hit and scores Wade on the final tally. Hancock offense shows limited hits and the Mt Briar defense shines behind Ferguson.
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Colts Retain League Lead In 8-5 Victory
The Maugansville Colts beat the Antietam Redbirds 8 to 5 at City Park in a Independent League game. Jimmy Gossard had two hits in three at bats and Spigler starred behind the plate for the Colts. L. Mowen left with a sprained ankle after pitching, replaced by R. Mowen who finished. Hull and Deleney led Antietam’s offense.
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Security Victor Over Weverton Clinches Shutout Victory
The Security team remained among the top in the Independent League with a 1 to 0 shutout over Weverton. The game lasted 1 hour 15 minutes before a large crowd, featuring a pitching duel as Jacobs allowed four hits while Weverton’s pitcher yielded six. Strong defense highlighted both sides as Weverton 000 000 000 041, Security 001 000 00x 162. Rosen and Wyncoop. Jacobs and Monegan.
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Victors Lose Doubleheader To Cubs And Weverton
In Independent League action the Victor Eagles were defeated 6 to 5 by the Tate Cubs after outhitting 10 to 7. A three-run first inning gave the Cubs the edge, aided by Cubs fielding miscues. In the nightcap the Weverton team shut out the Victors 6 to 0 as Proctor allowed three hits.
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Independent League Standing Shifts After Yesterdays Results
Yesterday results left Harrystown losing 9 to Tate Cubs while Morgansville beat Weverton 6 0 and Antietam defeated Weverton 3 to 6. Remaining games include Funkstown at Tate Cubs Weverton at Middleburg Security at Antietam Yarrowsburg at Victor and Manaville at Harrystown.
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Baseball's Big Six Batting Leaders In Each League
Three leading batters in each league are listed with clubs games at bats runs hits and RBI. Notable names include Ruth Foxx Mize Johnson Bonita Gis Arnoch across Yankees Red Sox Cardinals Athletics Pirates.
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Champs Crown Archery Champions At Antietam Meet
Margaret Bohrer and Earl Widmyer were crowned champions of the Antietam Archers after a closed City Park shoot. Bohrer scored 536 points in the Columbia round. Widmyer totaled 1078 points with strong first and second American rounds. Second-place finishers were Katherine Tenney and OQ. A. Tenney, while field captain was Earl Widmyer and lady paramount Doris Baker.
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Pirates end 12 game skid with 5 0 win over Cubs
Pittsburgh defeated the Chicago Cubs 5 to 0 in the night game of a doubleheader, snapping a 12 game losing streak the longest in the National League this season. The game ended in the sixth inning due to Pennsylvania Sunday law. The Cubs won the first game 9 to 3. Earl Dutch Clark, newly named coach of the Cleveland Rams, has been chosen as all National League quarterback six times.
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Pittsburgh Pirates
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Ramsburg Clinches Sixth Cumberland Valley Singles Title
J Richard Ramsburg of Frederick defeated Fred Wright 6-8 6-3 6-4 to win the men’s singles at the Sixth Cumberland Valley Tennis tournament held at City Park courts. Ramsburg, unseeded and a dark horse, adds his first singles title to prior doubles success as Frederick hosts the doubles champions Malcolm McCardell and Atlee Radcliffe, who beat John Rowe and Jo Stevenson 6-3 6-3. trophies were presented by Stewart Paxton and Irve Rutledgs.
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Atlee Radcliffe
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Jo Stevenson
Waynesboro
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Irve Rutledgs
American League yesterday results and today games
Yesterday results show St Louis defeated Detroit 6 2 and Chicago beat Cleveland 6 5 while Philadelphia edged New York 5 4 and Washington lost 5 2 and Boston was shutout 10 0. Today Cleveland visits Chicago and Detroit visits St Louis with no other games scheduled. Tomorrow features New York at Chicago Washington at Cleveland Boston at St Louis and Philadelphia at Detroit.
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National League results and protests after recent games
The Independent League upheld a protest by the Security club against the Victor Eagles for an ineligible player. The board ordered adding a win to Security and removing a defeat for Victors, plus two losses for Victors and a loss removal for Security. Other NL scores include Cubs 3-0 over St Louis and Pirates 5-5 with Chicago. Pro games today list Chicago at New York and Cincinnati at Philadelphia among others. Pet listings fill space with miscellaneous items.
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Independent League Board
Security
Victors
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