Mammoth Big League Night Sparks Talk Across City
Bill Boni reports a lively night of major league baseball with late inning drama. Medwick Rolfe Scarsella delivered key home runs and pitchers Red Ruffing Red Lucas dominated, powering Yankees Pirates Reds Cubs and Browns to wins in a pattern of tight finishes.
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Bill Boni
Associated Press
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Grover Cleveland Alexander
Joseph Michael Medwick
Cardinals
Robert “Red” Rolfe
Yankees
Leslie George Scarsella
Reds
Joseph Michael
Carteret
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Gac House Gang
Carl Hubbell
al Smith
Ducky Wucky
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Ival Goodman
Lefty Lee Grissom
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Standings and Game Schedule From Baseball News Brief
The report lists team standings and results with partial scores for National League West and other divisions. It notes yesterday results including Chicago and Cleveland games, today’s matchups Chicago at Washington Cleveland at Philadelphia Detroit at New York and St. Louis at Boston. It also previews Brooklyn at Chicago Philadelphia at Pittsburgh and other NL matchups.
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Marine Member Wounded During Clash In Peiping
Private Julius F. Fliszar of the mounted marine detachment at Peiping was wounded by un armed rifle fire from Chinese troops barricaded near the U S embassy. He suffered a non serious gunshot wound to the side and received treatment at the corps hospital. Fliszar, a Nazareth Pennsylvania native, enlisted in 1934 and had served in Peiping since 1935, and was shot while notifying American nationals to seek safety near the legation quarter.
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Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Ad
An old advertisement urges women to use Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to ease menstrual cramps and related discomforts. It cautions wives against nagging and promotes the product as a aid through girlhood, motherhood, and middle age.
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Lydia Lik. Pinkham
Ranger Defied by Vanderbilt in 13th Cup Race
Harold S. Vanderbilt steered Ranger in a 37 mile East Coast race from Mattapoisett to Vineyard Haven and back, matching speed with Rainbow Endeavour I and Yankee. The event, part of the Eastern Yacht Club annual cruise, tested Ranger ahead of the Newport match with Endeavour II.
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Gerald B. Lambert
Yankee
Chandler Hovey
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Columbus Knights Receive Papal Blessing in Italy
In Castle Gandolfo Italy on July 28 Pope Pius XII sent a special blessing to the Knights of Columbus in the United States calling them good fighters for the faith and for the church. The papal message was delivered to a 40 member American delegation led by Thomas Broderick, secretary of the New York Knights of Columbus.
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Budge Plans Amateur Tennis Career To Defend Davis Cup
American tennis star J Donald Budge vows to stay amateur and keep the Davis Cup in the United States. The 22 year old Californian leads a rising trio with Gene Mako and Frankie Parker, aiming to fend off Germany's von Cramm and Henkel while remaining eligible for the famed trophy.
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Wimbledon
Eng
Tilden
J. Donald Budge
United States
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Australia
Budge
Gene Mako
Frankie Parker
Milwaukee
Great Britain
Germany
Baron Gottfried von Cramm
Heinrich Henkel
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Henkel
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Bold claim on Budge’s doubles prowess sparks debate
The passage argues Budge could pair with any serviceable player and defeat any doubles team, noting Mako’s strong support in beating Germany and England while labeling Budge as capable of dominating world doubles.
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Germany
England
Budge
Vets Of Amateur Golf Wars Again On Firing Line
Veterans of the amateur golfing wars returned to the firing line in the national amateur championship at Alderwood Country Club in Portland Oregon. The first round produced many new hopefuls including Ed Kingsley of Magna Utah among the 153 players advancing to August 23 competition.
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Portland
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Magna
Utah
Goodman slips to tie for medal honors in Omaha event
Of 69 and 68 to tie Johnny Goodman of Omaha for the day’s medal honors with a total of 137. Goodman, who is better than a raw hand with his clubs, won the Open in 1933, reversed King’sley’s figures with 68 69. Each was seven under par for 36 holes. Low scoring was scattered over the golf map, promising sharp coin in the tournament proper.
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