Tigers Defeat Senators After Lengthy Battle
Detroit wins 7 to 5 in a 16th inning marathon after Washington briefly tied the game in relief. Harper pitched into the ninth before faltering. Shaw relieved, allowing the tying run. Foster booted a grounder and threw wildly to plate in an error-filled extended finish.
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Reda 5 Giants 4 in Cincinnati thriller
Cincinnati rallies past New York 5 to 4 after trailing in the ninth. Ton pitched eight strong innings, Schneider wild early but settled. Rousch hits a decisive homer as Reds knock Steele out and Perritt finishes. Braves 8 Cards 0 in St Louis. Packard holds Boston to three hits as Robins top Pirates 5-1.
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Matty May Goes to France as Chemist
Former New York Giants star Christy Mathewson and Cincinnati Reds manager to serve in a chemical warfare unit in France after the National League season. Also named are Major Haughton, Bink Reynolds, Lathrop Worthington, and John Logan as athletes identified with the service. Earlier Mathewson declined a YMCA baseball director post for soldiers in France.
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Our Soldiers
Ty Cobb Enlists in U S Army Gas and Flame Division
Ty Cobb star of the Detroit Tigers and premier batsman of the American League has passed the examination for admittance to the gas and flame division and will soon be in active service. Cobb is described as physically perfect by examiners, joining Eddie Collins who enlisted in the Marines last week. Both are married with children and chose service over remaining at home to aid Uncle Sam.
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War Has Few Terrors for Bail Players in France
American league batters in France face few dangers per a letter from Eddie Kiepfer, ex Cleveland pitcher and now a sergeant with the AEF. He compares German snipers to Walter Johnson’s fastball, noting Johnson’s pitch may hop, and recalls a scouting stint over the top with the fear of being hit by a known foe.
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Golf Clubs urged to aid Red Cross medal awards
Golf clubs nationwide are asked to donate engraved medals and certificates for Red Cross prizes in Aquennaments nationwide. Secretary Howard F. Whitney sent an application card for clubs to declare needs and clubs may donate proceeds from competitions to the local Red Cross chapter with an official receipt to the United States.
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Big league players lose favor with soldiers say Giants veteran
New York reports Lieut. Harry Moose McCormick, ex Giants, says clubs and players would quit talking about a world series if they knew the views of the men in khaki. He cites Baker prieve expiry and players joining the Steel league as creating a bad impression.
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Moose) McCormick
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Ouimet Faces Rising Star Bobby Jones At Wannamoisset Links
Francis Ouimet, former national open champion, faced 16 year old Robby Jones in a July 28 match at Wannamoisset, Providence. Jones and Terry Adair defeated Ouimet and Jack Sullivan, with Ouimet praising Jones for shots worthy of greats like Vardon or Baird.
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Veterans Fight For Right Honors In Older League
Chicago Aug 17 Veterans of the Brooklyn Nationals compete with Zack Wheat and Jake Daubert for top National League batting honors Wheat 341 leads Daubert by 20 points Groh tied for third Burns Carey and Groh lead in runs Carey tops in steals Mollwitz tops sac hits Cravath leads homers Cincinnati heads club batting New York leads team fielding Leading batters Wheat Daubert Smith Groh Merkle Hollacher Roush Chase Magee American League Speaker edges Sisler in average Cobb leads batting and scoring with 384 Ruth and Walker tied for home runs Chapman leads sacrifice hitting Ruth lone .300 club member Red Sox seventh in team batting Cleveland tops fielding Leading batters Cobb Burns Speaker Lister Baker Pipp Milan Demmitt Ruth Wood
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Jock Hutchinson Plays Great Golf
Chicago Aug 17 Associated Press reports Jack Hutchinson a Glen View Country Club pro matched a 178 yard course in 4 10 strokes under par in a match with a club member The first nine holes 3162 yards were covered in 30 strokes eight under par and deemed by statisticians never to have been equalled in this country
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Glen View Country Club
Fragmented notes mix wartime humor and local scraps
A collage of quoted chatter from St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Peoria Star, and Hampton Chronicle skims war talk, domestic mishaps, a Ford crash in Arlington, barbering jokes, and a Hoquiam headline mishap. The piece threads disparate items about Germany, China, U.S. home front humor, and a brief wedding notice.
President Rickey to Enter Army
St Louis August 17 Fred Rickey president of the St Louis Nationals announces he will enlist in the army. He declines to specify branch. Rickey, 37, with a wife and four children, says the government has deemed his occupation essential and he will join the service.
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World marks fall as Cudgel and Flaherty shine
At Saratoga Springs four year old Cudgel set a mile and three sixteenths record in 1 56, surpassing the former 1 15 1 5. Catherine Flaherty swam five and a half miles in 2 26 3 5 World records. F B Alexander and B C Wright beat Hayes and Burdick in the national doubles tennis semi finals in Boston. boxing gala at Brooklyn drew 25 000 with Miske Levinsky bout a four round draw. trotting stallions set marks in Philadelphia Grand Circuit culminating with St Frisco time 2 01 2 04 2 04 2 03. Ty Cobb passes army physical in Detroit.
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Crack Auto Pilots to Race Today
International sweepstakes at Sheepshead Bay speedway features six top drivers from Belgium Italy England France and the United States racing over five distances totaling 112 miles for $27000 in prizes. Arthur Duray Ralph de Palma Dario Restre Louis Chevrolet Ralph Mulford and Ira Vail among entrants. Nine thousand Washington girls pledge to spend the summer cultivating and handling crops.
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Former Iowa grid star is over there
Iowa City Aug. 17 Lieut Stephen A Swisher of Iowa City has arrived safely overseas according to a cable to his parents He is a former quarterback of the Iowa football eleven He was sent ahead of the Eighty eighth division from Camp Dodge Des Moines Ir as a member of a group of officers that preceded that body to France Arthur Glen Pyies one of the Hawkeye defensive backs and of fensive end players last season has left the university to enter the officers training school at Camp Pike Little Rock Ark Pyies is one of the Union Iowa stars whom former Captain Hanson brought to the university
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Red Cross studies tuberculosis amid postwar strain
London reports England France and Italy aid America by sharing lessons on fighting tuberculosis. A cottage colony at Papworth Hall starts a subsidized work program for consumptives, blending treatment with employment to augment half their lost capacity. The aim is to curb transmission and ease future war returnees’ burden.
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