Robins Invade Cardinal Park For Crucial Series
The Brooklyn Robins travel to St Louis for a pivotal series against the league leading Cardinals. Brooklyn sits fifth, 8 1 2 games back, but boasts a strong pitching staff led by Dazzy Vance and Bill Doak. The Cardinals, riding a 12 game lead over the Reds, are seen as the balanced team with solid depth while the Giants sag in form and the Pirates seek a late surge.
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Jess Petty
Dazzy Vance
Buzz McWeeny
Bill Doak
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Cincinnati Reds
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Red Lucas
Genewich
Aldridge
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Donie Bush
Brame
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Baseball Home Run Leaders by League and Players
Yesterday's homers feature Cummings of the Giants and Harper of the Cardinals. The list highlights Ruth and Gehrig of the Yankees amid top NL hitters like Wilson of the Cubs and Bottomley of the Cardinals. Totals reference the National League season totals.
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Borst
Phillies
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Cards
What They Did Yesterday by United Press
Outstanding stars were idle including Babe Ruth Gehrig Speaker and Hornsby. Archie Compston won the Grantern Open Golf Championship at Delaware Water Gap Pax Pa defeating a strong field in 72 holes with a total score of 287.
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Babe Ruth
Lou Gehrig
Ty Gobb
Tris Speaker
Frankie Finch
Harry Heilmann
Paul Waner
Rogers Hornsby
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Archie Compston
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Amateur Athletic Union to hold 40th annual convention
New York July 14. The Amateur Athletic Union will hold its fortieth annual convention here on September 18 19 and 20. The announcement came from the national headquarters. Delegates from affiliated clubs are expected to attend.
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U.P
The
Amateur Athletic Union
Open Seasons and Bag Limits for 1928 Game Regulations
Harrisburg announces 1928 game rules. Deer season allows only doe kills. bucks protected. Antlerless deer 50+ lbs may be hunted Dec 1–15. one deer per hunter. Camps may shoot a doe. last year camps were limited to six deer. Bear season Nov 1–Dec 15, Thurs–Sat in November, then six days weekly. one bear per hunter, camp limit four. Elk Dec 1–15. one elk per hunter. party limit one. Other species: many birds closed. shore birds seasonal, Sora/Gallinules limited, Woodcock and Snipe limits given. Fox, squirrels, rabbits, raccoon limits stated. furbearers dates noted.
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Forest Fire Hits Southern Sierras Near Fraser Peak
A blaze thought to be sparked by a camper stove exploded and swept through the Fraser mountain peak district about 80 miles north of Los Angeles. Officials reported as many as 880 cabins destroyed and Lebec Lodge receiving refugees as flames raged through the southern Sierra forest area.
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Heeney Tunney Ninth World Title Bout Set for July Showdown
New Zealander Tom Heeney faces Gene Tunney in a heavyweight title bout as Britain seeks to reclaim boxing glory. The piece traces British challengers and champions since 1894, noting eight American-British clashes and Britain's long title drought until this possible Heeney era.
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Gene Tunney
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John Bull
Charley Mitchell
Jim Corbett
Jacksonville
Fyn
Helston
Corrail
Australia
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Corbett
Carson City
Nev
Burns
Jack O'Brien
Los Angeles
Jack Johnson
Sydney
New South Wales
Sarwon
Tunney Heeney Title Bout to Be Broadcast From Yankee Stadium
The heavyweight championship between Gene Tunney and Tom Heeney will be aired direct from Yankee Stadium on July 26 with Graham McNamee and Philips Carlin providing blow by blow commentary. A network of 19 stations will carry the fight and preliminaries. Warren, a former UNC football star, resigned as sparring partner after the New York athletic commission barred sparring partners from boxing the preliminaries. The fight will also be heard by Heeney’s parents via wireless as they in New Zealand 12,000 miles away. it will be 3.30 p m there.
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Gene Tunney
Tom Heeney
Yankee Stadium
National Broadcasting Company
Graham McNamee
Philips Carlin
Add Warren
University of North Carlina
New York State Athletic Commission
Tunney- Heeney
Warren
New Zealand
US Olympic team trains aboard Roosevelt amid rear sniping
At sea off July 14 the United States Olympic squad trained under hot calm conditions aboard the U S Roosevelt. General Douglas MacArthur said the team faced criticism from home but remained morale strong and serene as it sails toward Amsterdam and the Games. He noted a New York Athletic Club runner jumper team arrival suggesting controversy over official selections.
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Douglas MacArthur
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MacArthur
Olympic Committee
Watchman Dies After Wounding Self in Slender Suit Note
Grant Davis, 51, night watchman at American Steel Foundaries in Franklin, shot himself in the head last night in a possible act to escape a slander suit mentioned in a note. He died today at Franklin hospital after prior treatment for a head abscess. family unaware of any suit details.
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U. P
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American Steel Foundaries
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Flyweight Championship Bout Set for Monday in Rockaway
July 14 reports confirm Corporal Izzy Schwartz of New York will face Frisco Grande of Buffalo for the flyweight title next Friday night at Rockaway Stadium in L I. Rain caused a second postponement of the bout last night. An Izzy Grove-Nick Palmer lightweight bout at Coney Island Stadium was postponed until Monday night.
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Corporal Izzy Schwartz
Frisco Grande
Buffalo
Rockaway
L. I
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Nick Palmer
Coney Island Stadium
Cardinals Beat Giants Again to Tighten Lead
St Louis defeated New York 11 to 6 with Chick Hafey going four for five and hitting two doubles. George Harper hit his eleventh homer. Scherde started for the Birds but left in the fifth after Pinch-Hitter Cummings cleared the bases.
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Terry
Aoe
Jackson
Mann
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O'Farrell
Aldridge
Henry
Faulkner
Chaplin
P. Cummings
O'Deoui
Aeme
Wilson
Harper
Hafey
High
Bottomley
Jackson Frankhouse
Cohen
Sherdel
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Yesterday's Results And Today's Schedule In Baseball Notes
Rain affected all games yesterday. Today's schedule lists St Louis at Washington Cleveland at New York Detroit at Philadelphia Detroit at Philadelphia Chicago at Boston two games. Tomorrow's slate includes St Louis at Washington. Notable scores: Minneapolis 4 Louisville 3 St Paul 9 Indianapolis 3 Columbus 4 Kansas City 2 Toledo 12 Milwaukee 2.
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Industrial Weekends Schedule in Warren County Dairy Series
Industrial Week schedule lists events at Warren County Dairy and Russell field. Next week features Newell Prints versus Warren County Dairy on Monday at South Side and Tuesday Bankers meet Warren County Dairy at Russell field. Wednesday pairs East Side Fruit with Newell Prints at Russell field. Thursday State Hospital faces Newell Prints at South Side. Friday State Hospital competes with Nypenn Furniture at Russell field.
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Russell Field
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State Hospital Va
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BET State Hospital
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East Side Fruit
Standings update with rain affects games across leagues
St Louis leads New York 11 to 6 as rain pauses play. Brooklyn visits St Louis while Philadelphia heads to Chicago and New York travels to Cincinnati. Boston plays Pittsburgh. Tearrow's Schedule notes New York at Cincinnati with matchups shaping standings.
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Philadelphia
Chicago
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Cincinnati
Boston
Pittsburgh
Tearrow
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Montreal Defeats Newark in International League Play
In International League action Montreal crushed Newark 6 to 2 while Rochester edged Baltimore 7 to 6 and Reading beat Buffalo 3 to 1. Other games were played earlier.
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Tilden Names Davis Cup Team for Interzone Final
Captain William Tilden announces the United States Davis Cup squad to meet France in the inter-zone final set for July 20 to 22. The lineup includes Francis T. Hunter of New Rochelle, John Hennessey of Indianapolis, George Lott of Chicago, and William T. Tilden II of Philadelphia.
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United States
Francis T. Hunter
New Rochelle
John Hennessey
Indianapolis
George Lott
Chicago
Philadelphia
Loughran intensifies prep for Latzo title bout
Wilkesbarre reports Tommy Loughran speeding training for Pete Latzo in their world light heavyweight title fight set for next Monday night. Loughran sparred at Harvey's Lake camp and aims to seize early advantage, overcoming Latzo’s late edge in their Brooklyn clash. Latzo opened a training camp at Lake Aereal after arriving from Pompeii Lake by auto.
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Pompeii Lake
N.J
Autisms Bill WITT The fastest man Frank Wykoff races time
The article profiles Frank Wykoff known for extraordinary speed in sprinting. It notes his best 100 yard time of nine and a half seconds and compares his pace to a speeding express train. It suggests Wykoff’s speed would threaten air travel once he retires, and comments on his career as a life work of getting places quickly.
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Kater
Germany
Pennsylvania fruit crop to exceed 1927 totals
Harrisburg reports the 1928 Pennsylvania fruit season will surpass 1927 in all crops except cherries. Apple output tops 9.3 million bushels, peaches rise about 78 percent to 1.68 million, with strong gains for grapes and pears. The 1926 peak remains a record.
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