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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1929
Page
5
Chicago crowds top 125000 over the holiday as the Cubs beat St Louis twice in a Labor Day doubleheader. Rogers Hornsby homered in both games and Hack Wilson added his 35th while the Cubs built a commanding lead in the pennant race.
The report lists top home run leaders Ruth Yankees 40 and Eleta Phillies 37 with others like Wilson Cubs Ott Giants and Bottomley Cardinals also noted. It cites yesterday's homers by Ott Cubs Hornsby Cubs Klein Hurst Bot tomley Gelbert and several others across leagues with mention of national and American league totals.
Georgia Tech looms again as a title contender with backs Mizell and Thomason. Duke Florida Tulane and Tennessee also project strong campaigns. Major East and Midwest programs lose key stars while Big Ten returns most stars including Wesley Fesler. Pacific Coast teams shed top players Carroll Hoffman Robeskey Phillips Hibbe and Franklin.
Cleveland defeats St Louis Browns in a Labor Day doubleheader 2 1 and 9 5 to move into third place. Walter Miller outpitched Sam Gray in the morning game and Willis Hudlin beat Alvin Crowder in the afternoon. Batteries Grey Manson Miller Bowell Crowder Coffman Behang Hudlin Myatt.
In 16 games yesterday a total of 24 home runs were hit, breaking the previous major league mark by one and matching the same date from last year. Charley Gehringer of Detroit hit the record breaking homer in the eighth inning of the second Tigers White Sox game in Detroit.
Philadelphia report notes Connie Mack’s Athletics sweeping both ends of a September 3 doubleheader to seal a 13 1 3 game lead in the 1929 American League race. First game saw Pipgras beaten. Walberg troubled, Branske pitched well as Philadelphia won 6 5. Second game featured Brmke of Philadelphia and pivotal hits by Foxx, Simmons, and Lazzeri in a 6 2 victory for the Athletics over New York.
Jack Murray, 15, son of Mr and Mrs E Murray of Manchester Indiana, broke par by one stroke at the Manchester Country Club course yesterday. He played the first eight holes in pars and finished with a 37, within one of the course record 38 held by W A Dutton.
Francis T. Hunter of New Rochelle at 35, ranked second in the United States, pursues the national singles crown. The former Cornell athlete credits stubborn resolve and improved backhand under Bill Tilden, despite limited stroke power.
In New York on September 3 the Phillies and Giants split a doubleheader. The Giants won the morning game 11 to 4 while the Phillies rallied to win the afternoon in 12 innings by 7 to 4. The Clarksville club defeated Mid-Continent Petroleum 11 to 6 in Clarksville, Indiana.
Forti Italy September 4 The Duce is a father for the fifth time A daughter named Anna Maria was born to Signora Mussolini and both mother and baby are reported to be doing well
H. L. Crowell captured high gun and won multiple trophies at the Central Gun Club trapshoot near Gates Park. Bim Castle of Charles City finished second, Nic Webber of Waterloo third, and R. L. Ingersoll of Waterloo took fourth.
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