Miami Minnow Rawls Sets Swim World On Fire
Katherine Rawls of the Miami Beach Swimming Club dazzled in Chicago at the 1935 women's indoor championships winning the 100 yard freestyle 1 03 the 300 yard medley and the 100 yard breaststroke titles while finishing strong in the 220 yard freestyle and prompting calls to focus on one event for the 1936 Olympics. Despite her success experts note American prospects face stronger international competition next year.
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Miami Beach
Florida c Lass
Chicago
Empress
Loude B. Handley
Eleanor. .Holm
Jarrett
Berlin
Little Katie
Willy den Ouden
Holland
Wacos Rout U S Engineers In Polo Showdown
Washington County Polo Club defeated Fort Humphries 9 to 6 at Fenton Field Williamsport in front of about 1500 spectators. Bill Byron and J W Jamison led with three goals each while Ed Mason added a long seventy yard shot. Major McCallum supported the scoring as the Wacos improved to a second win of the season.
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Washington
Fenton Field
Williamsport
U. S. Engineers
Fort Humphries
Marylanders
Bill Byron
Byron
Johnny Jamison
Mallonee
Jamison
McCallum
Virginians
Ed Mason
Wacos
Humphries
McCallum Byton
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Wimner Mason
Starbird
Buckley
Humphries J
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Mason
Major Mallan
Major .McCallum
Stars shine in majors as several teams spark offense
11STARS by Associated Press reports WALLY BERGER of the Braves pounded Cincinnati with five hits including a homer in a double header. MEL HARDER and EARL AV ERILL of the Indians blanked the Red Sox with one hit in the opener, Averill homered and doubled twice in two games. TEX CARLETON of the Cubs limited the Dodgers to seven hits for their first win in a month. JOHNNY STONE of the Senators collected eight hits, five for extra bases, in a double header against the Browns. MICKEY HASLIN of the Phillies drove in four in a win over the Pirates, with a homer and a single. LINWOOD ROWE of the Tigers held the Athletics to six hits for a second straight low-hit victory. HANK LEIBER of the Giants hit two homers against the Cardinals.
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Associated Prem
Wally Berger
Braves
Cincinnati
Homer
Mel Harder
Earl Averill
Indians
Harder
Red Sox
Averill
Tex Carleton
Cubs
Dodgers
Johnny Stone
Senators
Browns
Mickey Haslin
Phillies
Pirates
Linwood Rowe
Tigers
Athletics
Hank Leiber
Giants
Cardinals
Longer Passenger Routes Become Normal in Rail Trials
A few years back railroading required locomotive changes every 100 to 150 miles. Now runs of 600 miles are not uncommon and even longer runs have occurred during test purposes.
Firemen Down Wildcat in Washington County League clash
Antietam defeated Williamsport Wildcats 10 to 8 at Conomac Park. Bryan led a seven hit Antietam attack while Snyder made a diving catch in center to seal the win as Antietam used three pitchers. Errors aided the Firemen and Crownapple earned the win with Lowman charged the loss.
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Andy Snyder
D. Miller
Williamsport’ Wildcats
Conomac Park
Aats
Cats
Ants
Young
Bryan
Antietam
R. H
A. E. Hammaker
Rivers
Snyder
Hickey
Iseminger
Trone
Rase
W.seesees
Tuizer
Ccecenes
Lapole
Crownapple
Wildcats
Ab. R. H
A. E. EB. Miller
Riffle
Anderson
Metz
Lowman
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St. Clair
Reigh
Miller
Kadde
Hammaker
Guessford
Lushbaugh
Everly
Timer
Washington County League Standings and Results
Yesterday's results show Sharpsburg 14 Blue Sox 8 and Antietams 10 Wildcats ? Woodmen 4 Cabbies 2. Boonsboro 11 Chevies 1. Matchups listed for Saturday and Sunday include Woodmen at Sharpsburg and Antietams against Cabbies with several remaining games involving Blue Box Chevies Wildcats Boonsboro Sharpsburg Hancock Eagies and Mt Briar.
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Sharpsburg
Blue Sox
Antietams
Wildcats
Woodmen
Cabbies
Boonsboro
Chevies
Blue Box
Hancock
Eagies
Mt. Briar
Wees
Hancock Va
Eagles
National League Scores and Today’s Pairings
National League results include Philadelphia 12 Pittsburgh 4 and New York 7 St. Louis 3. Chicago 6 Brooklyn 2 and Cincinnati 7 Boston 4. Games today feature Pittsburgh at Philadelphia Chicago at Brooklyn St Louis at New York and Cincinnati at Boston with two games.
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Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
New York
St. Louis
Chicago
Brooklyn
Incinnati
Boston
Cincinnati
Baseball scores and lineups from the day’s games
American League results show Detroit battering Philadelphia 13 to 3 while Cleveland embarrassed Boston 9 to 0 and Washington routed St. Louis 17 to 8. New York and Chicago games were rained out. Upcoming matchups feature Washington at St. Louis and Philadelphia at Detroit with Boston at Cleveland and New York at Chicago. Also noted: Japan operates 22 public schools for island natives in the mandated South Sea islands.
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Detroit
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Boston
Washington
St. Louis
New York
Chicago
South Sea
Japan
Chica
Security Defeats Fairview in 8-3 Victory
Security Stars defeated Fairview A A 8 to 3 on the security field yesterday afternoon. Shindlebeck started for Pennsy lads and was relieved by Burger in the second after five runs were scored. Travinger pitched well for the winners with eight strikeouts and nine scattered hits. Bingaman had two hits for the losers while the Security team played solid defense. Final: Fairview 3, Security 8.
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Security
Fairview A. A
Shindlebeck
Pennsy Lads
Burger
Travinger
Bingaman
Fairview
Shindlebeck, Burger and Mann, Travinger and Manegan
Downsville Defeats Yarrowsburg In Low-Scoring Game
Downsville beat Yarrowsburg 6 to 4 in a game marked by strong pitching from Lefty Cline relieving Dutlow. R Flock led Downsville with three hits while Potts stood out for Yarrowsburg. Fielding was solid for both sides as the teams produced a tight contest. Calhoun Younkins Phillips Thompson Dutlow R Cline Barnes Baker noted in the box.
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Downsville
Yarrowsburg
Cline
Dutlow
R. Flock
Potts
Calhoun
Younkins
Phillips
Thompson
General Reckord Urges Adequate National Defense
Frederick Maryland June 17 General Milton A Reckord commander of the Maryland National Guard spoke on Flag Day Sunday urging a proper and adequate national defense in a speech delivered in the city.
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Frederick
Milton .A. Reckord
Maryland National Guard
Major league leaders in batting and pitching listed
The roundup names Vaughan and Medwick as top batters with high averages and runs, Ott and Moore leading home runs, Medwick and Martin keying in hits and doubles, and Parmelee and Tumulis noted for top pitching records along with other players from the Pirates Cardinals Giants Athletics and more.
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Associated Press
Vaughan
Pirates
Medwick
Cardinals
Martin
Moore
Giants
Ott
L. Waner
Galan
Cubs
Suhr
Goodman
Reds
J. Moore
Phillies
Camills
Myers
Bordagary
Dodgers
Parmeleé
Walker
Bluebirds Storm Hagerstown in 14 8 Victory
Sharpsburg Bluebirds surprised the Blue Sox 14 to 8 on the Stadium field. Hays led with three hits for Sharpsburg while Jacobs, relieving Kline, had three hits. Brashears earned the win for Sharpsburg as Kline struggled early.
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Sharpsburg
Hagerstown Blue Sox
Stadium
Sox
Kline
Jacobs
Hays
Sharpsburg Ab
Bender
Mumma
Kaetzel
Jo. Rinehart
Reed
Taylor
Brashears
Eeee
Ford
Seurehaee
Farra
Orcutt
Moats
Essere
Semler
Brandenburg
Brooks
Sacods
Aes Weaexete
Sharpse
Blue Sox Beng
Sperpeburg
Arpsburg
Meats
E. Mumma
Standout 25 year old Mel Harder limits hitters in doubleheaders
In ten major league games on opening Sunday, Melvin Harder of the Cleveland staff allowed only one hit off his pitching as hitters surged across the league. Harder earned his ninth win while Cleveland beat the Red Sox 4 0 and then 9 3, with Willis Hudlin going the distance in the second game. The Indians narrowed Detroit’s margin to half a game as Hank Greenberg and Bob Johnson tied for home runs with 16. The Yankees faltered as Boston’s Dill earned a shutout in the opener and the Senators and Browns posted big scores. The Giants widened their lead with Ott’s 12th homer and Hubbell’s 2nd win in a 2 0 triumph over St Louis, while Pittsburgh and the Phillies were outslugged in their respective games.
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Melvin Harder
Cleveland
Harder
Red Sox
Bing Miller
Bill Knickerbocker
Hale
Sox
Indiana
Lefty Grove
Willis Hudlin
Indians
Detroit
Tigers
Athletics
Schoolboy Rowe
Hank Greenberg
Bob Johnson
Giants
Phil
Ling
Mel Ott
Hank’ Leiber
Carl Hubbell
St. Louis
The
Pirates
Greatest wartime misstep cited in Japanese conflict remark
A fragmented wartime remark cites a key error in strategy amid Japan’s actions. The line hints at broader capture of morale and policy, implying strategic missteps and the idea of overreach within the theater of the war.
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Charlotte Epstein
New York Women’s Swimming Association
Crane
Omac
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Tors, Inc
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N. Potomac
Raybestos
O. P. Bohman, Inc
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Johnson
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Gehringer
Greenberg
Cramer
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Myer
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Tumulis
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