Youth Serving Idea In Baseball Good As Far As It Goes
Boston gains with 38 year old Harris shining in first start to help end a skid. Yankees fall 4 2 in Washington as Chase drives in the winner. Cubs beat Cincinnati 3 0 while Giants rally to beat Boston 5 4 and Tigers top White Sox 4 1.
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Fullerton, JR
Associa’ Press
Bill
Buffalo
Boston Red Sox
Harris
Boston
Athletics
Sox
Jim Tabor
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
New York Yankees
Washington
Ken Chase
Cleveland
Indians
Browns
Howard Mills
Bob Feller
Bruce Campbell
New York
Chicago Cubs
Larry French
Paul Derringer
St. Louis Cardinals
Russ Bauers
Lee Handley
Lloyd Waner
New York Giants
Dick Coffman
Detroit Tigers
Jack Knott
Chicago White Sox
Rudy Tee Antes
Aieck
Mrocxiva
Deliehe
Quiet Cecil Travis Emerges as AL Batting Threat in 1938
Washington Senator president Clark Griffith touts Cecil Travis as a top AL batting contender. Travis sits just behind Foxx and Averill with a .349 average, recalling his breakthrough as a 20 year old when he joined the Washington lineup and proved doubters wrong with consistent high hitting.
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Washington
Jimmy Foxx
Earl Averill
Cecil Travis
Clark Griffith
Washington Senators
Georgia
Griffith
Averill
Foxx
Travis
Gasoline Customer Offers Wife as Security
Security, East Hampton Conn. A customer who bought five gallons of gasoline from Michael T. Wall, filling station manager, could not locate his wallet and offered to leave his wife as security. Wall took his name and address and sent the couple away.
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East Hampton
Conn
Michael T. Wall
Wall
Louis ironman fight chatter with a packed summer slate
Eddie Brietz surveys boxing and sports rumors noting Joe Louis eating fried chicken, Henry Armstrong facing a possible upset, Al Jolson backing Armstrong, and bets on tennis and baseball careers. The column hints at Baer vs Galento, Farr clashing, and Pepper Martin leading a Cardinal band tour amid other quick sport sketches.
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Eddie Brietz
New York
Joe Louis
Cochrane
Brooklyn
Henry Armstrong
Henry
al Jolson
Armstrong
Brown
Gunnar Barlund
Finland
Tommy Farr
Max Baer
Galento
Louis
Pepper Martin
Cardinal
Buddy Hassett
al Schacht
Jimmy Braddock
Timmins
Boxing Writer Hype Igoe Hospitalized With Typhoid Fever
Veteran boxing writer Hype Igoe has been moved to a hospital with typhoid fever causing concern among friends. Tony Baril, 50, pitches a no hitter in a Galveston semi pro game and the Boston Bees expect him back in two weeks. Prof. Paul Mickelson travels to Wichita to mingle with semi pro baseballers and speak, while Joe Louis jokingly names himself as the first baseman for his softball team.
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Hype Igoe
Tony Baril
Galveston
Boston Bees
Paul Mickelson
Wichita
Joe Louis
Remarkable Golf Feat Spurs 1927 Fayetteville Challenge
H G Willingham recalls J Smith Ferebee’s 144 hole golf marathon in 15 hours at Chicago. The Fayetteville country club record holder completed 160 holes in 13 hours 50 minutes in 1927. He started at 5 a m and finished at 6 50 p m, later attending a club dance. The feat covered 52 956 yards over 30 miles with only two sandwiches and a quart of cream.
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J. Smith Ferebee
Chicago
H. G. Willingham
Fayetteville
N. C
Willingham
Morgan's Clash With TVA Leader Spurs Congressional Look
Postmaster General Farley says Dr. Arthur E. Morgan's poor people skills and defiance of senator appointments led to his TVA ouster and a wider investigation. Farley portrays Roosevelt as lenient yet enjoys battle, cautioning against spoils and insider appointments.
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Arthur E. Morgan
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Farley
Morgan
White House
Muscle Shoals
Dr. Morgan
Roosevelt
Mr. Farley
Portland Man Rescued From Folding Bed Joke Backfire
In Portland Oregon A F Lockwood faced an embarrassing mishap when his folding bed collapsed trapping him until two officers freed him The incident drew late night laughter and a local police report confirms the unusual rescue drew attention to a failed furniture gag.
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Portland
Ore
A. F. Lockwood
Handley Library Notes Monthly Digest Highlights New Reads
The digest reviews Towers In the Mist by Elizabeth Goudge and Freeland by Rose W Lane, plus Television by F C Waldrop and House of All Nations by Christina Stead. It notes How To Live, Roosevelt by Emil Ludwig, Panny Kemble by Margaret Armstrong, Air Conditioning by James R Dalzell, and a second All Nations Prize Novel Competition with a 15000 prize. It covers Ellen Glasgow and Lin Yutang, Owen Wister death, and lists mid summer picks and borrowable titles from Handley Library.
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Elizabeth Goudge
Oxford
Hamor
F. C. Waldrop
House of All Nations
Christina Stead
Irving Fisher
Roosevelt
Emil Ludwig
Nile
Man
Panny Kemble
Margaret Armstrong
James R. Dalzell
United States
England
France
Germany
Sweden
Italy
Holland
Jolan Foldes
Handley Library
Felix Salten
Virginia
Ellen Glasgow
Europe
Miss Glasgow
Willa Cather
Lin Yuntang
Paris
Owen Wister
Zane Grey
E. Phillips Oppenheim
Sherwood King
Harold Sinclair
Nancy Barrett
Peter Freuchen
Owen Johnson
Earry Fields
Robert Nathan
Vincent Sheean
Grace Hill
Millham Coached Kramer In Golf Swing Incident
Rochester man George Millham 23 coached Eleanor Kramer 20 in golf. He stepped aside to the front and Kramer swung at the ball, striking him with pellets and causing a fractured nose required hospital care.
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Rochester
N. Y
George Millham
Eleanor Kramer
George
Green Spring Locals Report Visits and Socials
Green Spring area notes list a weekend visit by Mr and Mrs M Shirley and others from Summit Point and Middleway West Virginia. The Pangle family, Luther Winchena and William Dix are mentioned as guests. Dolly Wilson and Erine Nagley enjoyed a week with relatives at Middleway. A yard party hosted by the White Hall Church Society at Old Green Spring Mill capped the period with a large turnout.
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Green
M. Shirley
W. Va
Luther Winchena
Pangle
William Dix
Dolly Wilson
Erine Nagley
Middleway
Herbert Faircloth
Mildred
E. P. Nagley
White Hall
Old Green Spring Mill
Sleep All Night With RIS Kidney Tonic Test Offer
Advertises RIS as a remedy for backache and frequent night urination due to kidney issues. Promises relief within an eight day trial. if not satisfied, refund after returning the empty bottle. Lists Miller's Drug Store and other Winchester Virginia outlets as sellers.
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Miller's Drug Store
Winchester
Virginia
Alexander’s
Berlin’s
Berryville
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