Rousing Race for Major League Batting Honors
In Chicago and across the leagues the chase for batting and run scoring crowns tightens. Eddie Roush of Cincinnati trails Zack Wheat of Brooklyn by a small margin as the National League leader. Hollacher of Chicago climbs to third. Groh and Merkle feature among top averages. In the American League Ty Cobb tops batting, with Chapman of Cleveland and Sisler of St Louis pushing for runs and steals as pace setters. Ruth and Walker pace home runs with eleven apiece as Wood, Pipp, and other stars post notable averages.
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Chicago
Eddie Rousch
Cincinnati
Zack
Brooklyn
Rousch
Charles Hollacher
Jake Day
Vert
Eames
Burns
New Yorker
Wheat
Hollacher
Groh
J. C. Smith
Boston
Merkle
Daubert
Young
New York
Magee
Sisler
Chapman
Cobb
Shean
Swatsman
Philadelphia
Speaker
Cleveland
Smink
Joe
Wood
Babe” Ruth
Walker
Paliadelphia
Detroit
St. Louis
Pipp
Murphy
Baker
Ruth
Bosae
Navy Enlisted Sailor Joe Manner Under Naval Service Detentions
Report describes Joe Manner swabbing decks and cleaning pots in his barracks as he serves in detention. It notes two brothers of the famous wrestler are in the navy, including Lieut. Lewis J. Stecher, an Annapolis graduate of 1914, with Anton also in mural service. Manner is serious about a proposal to Lew, recalling a past five hour grappling match with the Strangler.
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Joe
Navy
Lewis J. Stecher
Annapolis
Anton
Lew
Baseball Player Shows Old Skill
Paris August 22 Gordon Sarre American member of the foreign legion set a new world record at Fontainebleau by throwing a hand grenade 7 meters 54 centimeters nearly 215 feet Sarre was formerly a top preparatory school baseball player in the United States The previous grenade throw record of 65 meters 67 centimeters was set by another American baseball player named Shockers on the Fourth of July.
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Paris
Gordon Sarre
Foreign Legion
Fontainebleau
Sarre
United States
Foy Ai Furter
Shockers
Seaman Stecher Proposes Wrestling Match With Strangler
Joe Stecher, former world wrestling champion, serving as a rookie seaman at the Great Lakes naval training station, plans an armag-nars wrestling bout with Ed Lewis known as Strangler Lewis, an instructor at Camp Grant. The outfitting room needed time to provide suitably large gear for the match.
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Great Lakes
Ill
Joe Stecher
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Ed “Strangler” Lewis
Camp Grant
Stecher
Lampkin Breaks World Records in Hawkeye Sweepstakes
Des Moines reports Ray Lampkin, famed dirt track racer, wins the Hawkeye Sweepstakes at the State Fair by breaking the 25 mile world record in 28 59. He also lowers records for 10 15 and 20 miles, leading the Sun Ray Roamer Briscoe against rivals. Lampkin also posts a state and world pace in prior time trials.
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Des Moines
Ray “Burr” Lampkin
Lampkin
Areve
Deusenberg
Hollingboe
Briscoe
Clark
Delage
Davison
Allen
Craft
Boyd
Wild bin
Endicott
J. Raimey
F. Horey
Worey
Edinglove
Hawkeye
Haughdahl
Fiat
Ellingbos
Young
Bord
Packard
Dashback
Maxwell
Ford
Giants Tumble Berone Cubs in Pennant Climb
Chicago Gains lead in pennant race with a 3 to 2 comeback win over New York after Causey faltered in the ninth. O Farroll delivered the deciding double and a two run rally. Merkle was hit to load the bases, Deal’s single scored two, creating late drama in the final frame.
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Giants
Berone Cubs
Chicago
New York
Causey
Marsden
Douglas
Maron
O' Parrell
Boston gains win as Strunk and Ruth spark late rally
In Boston on Aug 24 Strunk and Ruth reached on base in the ninth with two out, Seaverel’s errant throw allowed the go ahead run for Boston in a 6 5 victory over St Louis. Chicago beat Philadelphia 14 9 in a 14 inning game, with Eddie Murphy driving in the decisive runs.
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Boston
St. Louls
Strunk
Ruth
Severeld
St. Louis
Jones
Chicago
Philadelphia
Philadelphian
Edldie Murphy
Innigggs
Shellenback
Danforth
Jacobs
jJohnson
Perry
McAvoy
Elegy in a country wheat field and farm life glimpses
A collage of rural verse and notes on farm life includes references to threshing wheat, hay, and the farmer ideal, with lines about choosing a useful occupation on a farm and enjoying an annual Vacation Day. The clipping also jokes about war bread, a one armed hatter, and a wedding unrelated note from a different paper.
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Cleveland
Washington
Agricul
Yeateiseys
O'Neil
Tonsils Farewell and Tiny Town News
A jumble of notices from Winthrop and Linden, including a humorous tonic about removing tonsils, brief updates on residents visiting relatives across states, marriages announced, and local social events. Names include Miss Beulah Taylor, Miss Minnie Penoyer, Lewis Adams, and Mrs. Lena Flickenger, with moves to California and Illinois, plus a Royal Neighbors picnic notice at Quasqueton and a hospital appendicitis update.
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Minnie Penoyer
Lewis Adams
Independence
Reinbeck
Beulah Taylor
Grundy Center
Fred Stevens
E. M. Glines
Dysart
Glines
Fred Thede
Waterloo
James Sell
N. M. Linder
Presbyterian Hospital
Mae Powderly
Marshalltown
Gertrude Mars
Carroll
George M. Saul
Eliott White
Gerald Mertens
Herbert Kehler
France
Carl Tschirgi
John Cummings
Earl Albright
Sherman Cooper
Ellicott Kohl
Clarence Porter
Ture
Albert Reed
Baby
Blockton
C. H. Bartruff
Ars
Joe Sibert
Jefferson Barracks
John Manlick
Open Football Sure to Prevail with Lighter Rosters Ahead
Town gridiron mentors predict a leaner player pool after expected draft age changes. The shift favors pass heavy, quick tactics as teams abandon beefened lines. Coaches plan new formations to exploit speed and misdirection, hoping to stay ahead as the season ends.
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Congress
Parkersburg social notes and local business reminder
Parkersburg Aug 24 Mrs Tha A Graham returned from Bristow where she visited her daughter A Mahanke arrived from Chicago for a vacation with relatives Mrs S A Foote left for Seattle to visit her daughter Harold Doty spent 48 hours with his grandparents before transfer from Washington to Camp Dodge Dr and Mrs Hobson went to Iowa City for a tonsil operation Benny Hurrichs sold his barber shop Katy Dids singing forecast frost in six weeks radiator service advertised by Auto Radiator Repair Co 24 West Park Ave phone 2838
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Parkersburg
Th.aa. Graham
Bristow
A. Mahanke
Chicago
S. A. Foote
Seattle
Wash
Harold Doty
Val Lohr
Washington
Camp Dodge
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Zack" Wheat
Coby
Sun Sister
Tre
Baston
Vaeaeary
York
Lapuis Pert Dereatt
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Nationel Teague
Seaman Stecher
Rassle" Strangler Lewis
Lows State Fir
Ellingboos
Glandbourne
Mooney-Ford
Lens
Bostox
White Sox
Pittsburgh
Boston Graves
Wittsburgh
Northrop
Moore Py
Wagner
Hill Ani Schmidt
Smith
I’hiladelphia
Prendergist
Acebs
Adams
Luque
Wingo
Archer
Et Felds
Fred
Uncle Sam
Gen. Crowder
Willits Armstrong
Palmer
Lawless
Andy
Dad
Winthrop
Mr. Jackson
Millwais
Jackson
Wayne Meffert
Mich
Hading
William Bishop
Great Lakes Training School
Bill
Hawaiian Islands
Alpha Hatfield
Arkansas City
Raw
Grace McFadden
Martha Norris
Madrid
Trines Postel
Lena Flickenger
Springfield
D. H. Flickenger
Abner Johnson
Rockford
Til
Joseph Johnson
James Johnson
Chillicathe
Mattie
Lily Pinney
Illinois
Delbert
Virgie Foster
John Overbaugh
Minnesota
August Felsberg
Harricks
California
Madge Templeton
Cleveland, Q
M. ¥. Edwards
Linden
C. F. Gorman
Waving
Lafayette Street
Jess Wi Feby
J. W. Chapman
Indiana Street
Robertson
Hanice Chapman
Evelyn
Gayle Willoby
L. B. Eightey
Charles Currier
Warner
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Prince OF Gold
BeauTe
Katy
Busch
the Tribune Association
New York Tribune
Auto Radiator Repair Co
West Park Ave
Velie-Continental Motor
Remy
Hotchkiss
Velie
Asto
Hileman Motor Co
West Fifth Street
Geo. McManus
International News Sermnice
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