New Britain herald., 1924-08-05
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 We'll, the Tanks are back again in first place,
 They bumped off Detroit in the llth inning yesterday and Babe Ruth, in, eidenlallS got his stlh homer.
 Washington lost to St, Louis. slips ping back a bit,
 Pittsburgh's spurt is beginning to alarm MeGraw, Yesterday the Pirates annexed Brooklyn's scalp, having taken the ninth game in ten starts,
 The Cubs and Giants split even.
 The Cardinals were in rare form yesterday and Pitcher Diekerman was in stil rarer form, He gave the Braves but three hits.
 some of the Mohawks already arc making little sporting bets tiat they will stop the Pirates City league win- ning streak netx Saturday.
 Maybe they will--it's not impossible, but the Pirates have been winning with monotonous regularity In the City league for almost two seasons now,
 Really. A defeat for the Pirates, while denting their prestige badly, would liven up interest In the league quite a bit.
 It Is out Of the ordinary to have ,wo brothers playing on the same team especially when they both are in- ,elders. This Is one of the interesting ;hings about Jim Lynch's Pioneers.
 Jim and John Mccormick, the two Kensington boys. both are infelders. linn holds down the dizzy corner when not pitching, while Brother lawn is at the keystone sack.
 Incidentally, with Jim at third, Fields at short and Jawn at second, the Pioneers have left iafield bull wark that is about as good as any in the league.
 Something is radically wrong with the Ranger outfit this season. 4 year ago they had a really snappy, CO., operating baseball team but this sea- son they seem unable to hit any sort of form.
 But they try hard just the same and a game in which they figure is bound 10 be interesting.
 A Cleveland girl jumped l4 feet and six inches the other day--and there wasn't a sign of a mouse about either.
 Among the Olympic events which will not be dropped is the plain and fancy throwing of the festive razz- berry.
 Young Stribing, now matched for bout with Berlenbach, started his athletic career as an acrobat. No wonder he has gone ahead with leaps and bounds.
 News dispatches say that Firpo has developed into fastidious dresser. No wonder he spends much time read ing What the Well Dressed Men Will Wear"
 Peggy Joyce, suing for divorce or being sued or something, says title means nothing anyway. She's wrong. Ask Jack Dempsey.
 Mt. Everest Mountain climbers should take heart and feel that noth- Ing is impossible. Walker and LNn- ard have been matched.
 Now If Dundee and kaplan should get together that would be proof ample.
 The Yanks famous live star" pitching staff, the way it has been go- ing, seems headed for the same ob- lNion as Mir. Hennessey's three star product. { knute Rochne has just signed 10 , year contract with Notre Dame. American bettors won three hun 1 dred thousand on Hagen in the Brit l ish open golf tourney and didn't col lect a dime. There's difference be- tween bunked and bunkered, it seems.
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 GOOD GOLFING WEATHER First Rounds of Western Title Play
 For Women On Today Chicago, Aug. 5.--The first match V rounds of the women's western golf i were played today at S Onventsia club with weather condi- v V ions considerably improved over the l almost unplayable situation produced g 1y yesterdays torrential rains. There S ire 32 contenders for the title now W 1ed by Miriam Burns of Kansas City. " Although the course was not flooded IS during the qualifying rounds, it ap- c ,eared doubtful whether any of the n players would excel the medal score N