Cubs Rout Braves to Extend National League Lead
Scores show Cubs beat Braves 6-4 to stay atop the National League. Other results include St Louis 6 Washington 4 and Phil 3 Detroit 0 with multiple games scheduled: Chicago at Boston New York at Cleveland and Boston at Chicago.
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Washington
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Detroit
New York
Cleveland
Boston
Chicago
Ww. L. Pet
Phia
St Louis
Senators Drop Pair in St Louis and Cleveland Aces Hit
Baseball notes from June 13 record two National League games in St Louis where Carl Fischer beat Dick Coffman 6 to 3 and Walter Stewart shut out the Nationals 4 to 0. In Detroit, Jimmy Foxx hit 22nd homer as the Tigers beat the Athletics 8 to 6. Chicago White Sox beat the Red Sox 4 to 1 behind timely errors and Babe Ruth blasted his 19th and 20th homers as the Yankees routed the Indians 13 to 5 in Cleveland.
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Walter Johnson
Nats
Browns
Carl Fischer
Dick Coffman
Fischer
Walter Stewart
Detroit
Jimmy Foxx
McNair
Detroit Tigers
Philadelphia Athletics
Chicago
Chicago White Sox
Boston
Vicer
Pete Jablonowski
Babe
Ruth Cleveland
Babe Ruth
New York Yankees
Cleveland Indians
National League scores and schedule roundup
Philadelphia defeated Cincinnati 6 to 1 and Chicago beat Boston 5 to 3 in 13 innings. Rain affected games Pittsburgh vs New York and St Louis vs Brooklyn. Cincinnati at Philadelphia and other matchups listed with rain postponements.
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Cincinnati
Chicago
Boston
Pittsburgh
New York
St. Louis
Brooklyn
Pot
Cubs Rally Beats Braves in Thirteenth Inning Duel
Chicago scored two runs in the thirteenth inning to break a pitchers duel between Ben Cantwell and Guy Bush and win 5 to 3 in Boston. The victory put the Cubs one and a half games ahead of the Braves in the National League race. In Cincinnati, the Phillies beat the Reds 6 to 1 after a late-night game from Philadelphia.
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Guy Bush
Chicago
Braves
Cincinnati
Phillies
Cincinnati Reds
Philadelphia
Reds
Newsboys Win Another Game
The Winchester Club of the Washington Herald and Times carrier boys defeated Martinsburg W Va 18 to 17 in a closely contested fifth game of the series. Martinsburg leads 3 winchester 2 in the series. standout players included Trenary Stephens and Funk with batteries Washington King and Marshall for Martinsburg Win Dunn Adams and Bradaw for Winchester.
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Washington Herald and Times Carrier Boys
Martinsburg
W. Va
Trenary
Stephens
Funk
Washington
King and
Marshall
Dunn
Adams
Bradaw
Delaplane Man Wins $270 GE Refrigerator Prize
Dick Butler of Delaplane Va wins a $270 all steel General Electric refrigerator at Hables Palace Theatre through a GE Co Miller Co and Palace Theatre drive. Mayor Shryock presents with judges A Ellafritz Karl Icher and others noting Butler had no prior electric fridge and farm power limits.
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Delaplane
General Electric
Hable
Palace Theatre
General Electric Company
John S. Miller & Co
F. A. Shryock
A. Ellafritz
Washington
General Electric Co
Karl Icher
Miller
Butler
Ellafritz
G. E.” Company
Rotary and Kiwanis teams clash in baseball showdown
A Centennial era note recalls Rotary and Kiwanis base ball teams battling 142 hours to a 23 9 victory for Rotary at Rouss Spring Park. Other items include West Point diploma for Leon W Cather and a portrait unveiling in Frederick County Circuit Court.
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Kiwanis
Rouss Spring Park
Leon W. Cather
United States Military Academy
West Point
Holmes Conrad
Frederick County
Stewart Bell, Jr
Hampden-Sidney College
M. H. Rosenberger
Hayfield
Washington
Charles A. Lindbergh
Winchester Public
National Educational Association
W. L. Dudley
Handley High School
Richard E. Byrd
Europe
Ruth Jones
Marcus Ritter
Hodgson & Brown
Handley High
United States
Winchester High School
First Liberty Loan
Boyd R. Richards
Virginia House of Delegates
Fairfax
Capitol Theatre Opens in Summer Garb
The Capitol Theatre shows summer decor with green and blue colors in lobby and foyer. New blue usher uniforms enhance the staff look while the ventilating system, designed by American Heating and Ventilating Co of Richmond, brings in 175 000 cubic feet of fresh air per hour, circulating and exhausting it to ensure comfort from morning until night.
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Capitol Theatre
Capitol
American Heating and Ventilating Co
Richmond
Winchester
Degeneration of Skulls and Defis in Politics
Archeologists say ancient men had thicker skulls than modern humans and needed their heads for withstanding political defi remarks as granite-like 15 pound objects. Detroit News notes this crude comparison as a commentary on declining political rhetoric.
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Detroit News
Internal Pile Remedy HEM-ROID Promises Quick Relief
Dr J S Leonhardt claims a real internal remedy for piles after 1000 patients with 960 successes. He names it HEM-ROID Tablets and Baker's Drug Store offers money back if misery persists.
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J. S Leonhardt
Baker's Drug Store
Size of the Southern Finback Whale
The southern finback whale is described as the largest mammal, with lengths exceeding 100 feet and weights around 70 tons, according to the source.
Slugfest Ends With Locals On The Little End
Winchester falls 17 to 8 as Hagerstown Eagles explode for nine runs after taking an early lead. Crowl and Keller each collect three hits in five at bats. Whetzel Keller hit four bases during the slug fest. Legge logs first appearance of the season with one hit in five. Yesterday’s Washington White Sox game was rained out.
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Legge
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White Sox
Alwington Stud Sale to Close Nesbit Era at Warrenton
The dispersal sale of the Alwington Stud heirs of the late Harrison Nesbit will be held June 18 at the Warrenton farm starting 2 o'clock. Auctions led by C. J. FitzGerald and George A. Bain follow the Upperville colt show near Middleburg. Catalan, a $26 000 sire by Fair Play, headlines a strong catalogue including offspring of Superman and other famed bloodlines.
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Catalan Heads Stud
Irish Lad
France
King James
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Bridge
Danny
Royal Canopy
Maggie B. B
Iroquois
Jaconet
Mr. Nesbit
Catalan
Fair Play
Catalpn
August Belmont
Don Amore
Pimlico
Belmont Park
Pelican
Joseph E. Widener
Busybody
Petrarch
Meddler
Canada
Sound
Continental
Southampton
Bayview
Great Neck
Whitestone
Statler Hotel
Windsor
Detroit
Centerport
Africander
Hyde Park
Tournament II
Gay Crusader
Tournament
Finalist
Lord Tournament
Fox diet study downplays quail loss in Virginia
The U S Department of Agriculture reports 50 Virginia foxes fed mostly on rabbits. Quail remains appeared in one stomach, and small birds in six. Rabbits made up about 44 percent of the diet. mice and rats 17 percent. poultry and sheep about 8 percent each. The study, to resolve the fox vs quail dispute, seeks more data across seasons with Virginia Commission support offering one dollar per stomach.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
Virginia
Bureau
Virginia Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries
W. L. McAtee
Virginia Commission
State Game Department
Richmond
Weather myths on equinoctial storms debunked
The weather bureau dismisses the idea that storms are more frequent or severe around September or March equinoxes. It notes no proven pattern and questions the origin of the equinoctial storm notion, which appears to date back to at least 1748. The statement emphasizes uncertainty about when who started the idea.
Bounty Jumpers in the Civil War
A bounty jumper enlisted after payment and deserted later. Such men often repeated the act to amass money until caught or stopped.
Hawaiian Princess Weds Chicago Heiress in Detroit
A romance from Hawaii reaches a Detroit wedding as Beatrice Campbell Beckley and George Dallas McCauley wed. Beatrice, 20, is a Hawaiian princess and descendant of Queen Kawananakoa. McCauley is from a prominent Chicago family. They met in Honolulu last October.
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George T. Brokaw
Social
New York
Atlantic Beach Club
Atlantic Beach
L. L
Kawananakoa
Pacific Islands
Chicago
Honolulu
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