davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-26
BEAVER SHOTGUN CHAMP OF l933
 AFTER SHOOT-OFF
Quaker State Electrician Copped Grand American Event at Vandalia

vandalia, Ohio, Aug 26.-UP) The thirty-fourth grand Ameri- can tournament had it's climax yes- terday when the Grand" itself was fired. A field of 597 gunners took part in the event. the smallest list since 1924.
 Walter Beaver, s6 year old elec- trician from Berwyn, Pa, was vic- tor following a shoot-off with Ned Lilly, 17-year-old stanton. Mich. youngster. They were tied at the end of the regulation 100 targets with 98 breaks each. In the shoot off Beaver went 25 straight, while Lilly dropped two birds.
 Six marksmen tied for third place, with scores of 97, in the shoot-off, Joe Heistand, Hillsboros Ohio, won third place.
 Mrs c. Tremain Jackson, Storm . vile, N. Y.. was the high woman gunner. She tied with Mrs Don McClain, Atlanta, Ga. and Mrs H. E. Grigsby, Oklahoma City, Okla. at the end of the regular 100 tar- gets, each breaking 90. In the shoot-off Mrs Jackson went straight, Mrs Grigsby lost one tar- get and Mrs McClain three.
 The Grand American tourna" ment will dose to-day with the fir- ing of the. Vandalia open and championship. Both events are open to amateurs and profession als ,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-26
Meriden, Hartford
 Teams in Series

Meriden, August 2s IA num- Der of Hartford and Waterbury
 semi-pro stars are due to be seen in action. at Insilco field this after noon when the InsilcOs and the Endees, leaders of the city Twilight League, open a scheduled three- game series. Johnny Miller former Eastern
 leaguers who also pitched several games for the Savitt Gems or Hartford, is, due to hurl forthe En- dees, who are managed by Tommy Sipples, former Gems manager.
 digger Farrell and Red Putnam of the Gems are also reported to be signed for today's engagement to i'll roles on the Endee. team. | Woody Wallet, Bert Meisner, and Art St John are, other well-known
 Hartford players in the Endee line up. .i
 The InsIicos, with Big Bob Walsh
 on the mound, are importing for the occasion Joe DeVito, Earl
 Seicnsly and Paul Doran, stars or
 the Waterbury City League. for the game. lStstisS ' ..f z. Y .Gs
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-26
BY HENRY McLEMoRE

BY HENRY McLEMORE
 United Press Stan COrrespondent)
 New York, Aug. 26-(UP) = How would you feel about stepping into the ring with a fellow, who, on seven previous occasions, had knocked you silly before Q house. full of customers who applauded with much vigor every time you bounced off the canvas?
 Would you go in there with your dukes doubled up, and a song in your heart because fate had given you a chance to sorta square mat ters? Or would you go in there shaking like the presidents hand !?
 Your answer probably is the same as mine. So what? So noth- ing, except that I have now reach cd the meat of my essay which is the meeting of Helen Jacobs and Mrs Helen Wills Moody in the final round of the Women's Ma ton Tennis championships at Forest Hills today. The two Helens have met seven times before and Miss Jacobs has yet to win even so much as set, so much as six games in one match. Yet-and we got this from Miss Jacobs yester- day-she is going to answer the eighth bell with her dukes doubl- cd up and confident this time 1t will be different story.
 Doesn't Figure
 Which, if you ask me, is the sign of champion. Jake" to give her
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-26

! r .
 Should the boys from the sixth district take 1t on the well known facial spinach. they will still be in the race, for either the North End Thomas club, or Brooklyns must beat them again to cause their elimination from Pennantyillc this season. If the 'Brooklyns drop the game, it's all over but the drive for the "On to Pittsburgh" fund. for the lads frdm over the bridge have lost five games this season, and are in a spot where another loss would be fatal to any championship hopes to which they might aspire. In other words, they are faced with the task of taking Waterville twice, to win the bunting, for the Tribes. having lost last Sunday are out of the title picture much to the chag- rin of John Francis Kerwin and the boys from lower Baldwin street.
 "Stroke" to Twirl
 On the mound, it looks like the Oilers will face Joe Strokalaitis, and if. Joseph is having one of his good days, which get more fre- quent as the seasons wears on. they will have their hands full winning. It will be up to George Blinn and Speed" Conway to hold the Bac- coites in check. All in all the game shapes up as classy con test, with misplays sure to be very important and every bit worth It's weight in gold.
 Sporting half dozen heavy stickers, the opposing clubs arc nicely warmed up for their attack on the rival moundsmen while the infielders will have to- be on their toes and straight with their throws from start to finish.
 Prelims
 In the o'clock encounters, those well known rivals the Hills and Hearts will go at 1t for the last time this season. while the Tribunes will battle for a consola- tion prize with the Thomas Club whose playoff with the Waterville club, due to a tie game will not be necessary, should the Brooklyns lose. The boys are batting as follows:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-26
CANADIAN WINS
 $3,OOO SWIM

Toronto, ont, Aug 26-(UP)- Mrs Ruth Tower Corsan. Toronto's s red-headed mermaid, to-day was $3,000 richer and was the first Canadian to capture the Domin- ions world championship profess sional women's 10-mile swim.
 Churning, through the choppy waters of Lake Ontario, she out distanced her .35 international. com petitors easily. She set the pace all the way. and was threatened at no time. She; was clocked in five hours, 2S minutes, 10.4 seconds, which is much slower than the rec ord. | x
 Mrs Margaret Ravior Young, of Philadelphia, now retired, set the record of t4:66:44.4. She won 1t last year for the third time.5 @.a. fts9
 Mrs Tower Corsan finished near ly three minutes ahead ss of Mrs Evelyn Armstrong of Detroit, who was<timed in 5:31. er
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-26
TWO FAMED UNIVERSITY
 LEGENDS SHATTERED

Columbia, Mo = (UP) - Two legends that have surrounded the University of Missouri for 40 years have been broken. An ivy vine shattered the myths.
 On the university campus are six columns, all that remains of the first state university adminis- traitor building. built in 1840 and destroyed by fire in 1892. Five of the columns have been covered for years by a heavy mantle of ivy. But the sixth always has been bare. 1s
 One legend had it that student was killed at the base of the col umn and ivy which had started to grow was killed. too. Another legend was that an atheistic pro- lessor had been buried beneath the concrete column in the early days of the university.
 But in the past few weeks this sixth column has had an ivy vine climbing 1t.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-26
PASTIMES GROW TOLEADERSHIP IN
 SPORT WORLD
Many Europeans Carry on
 Enterprises While Competing
By HARRY l.. PERCY

united Press Stan Correspondent
 London (UP)-Sports is only a pastime for many of its leading opponents.
 Quite a number of them are sue. cessful business men and women, who, having spent their early years ins assiduous practice, have now climbed to the top of the tree, only to find that the title of champion alone does not necessarily make for Q fat bank balance
 Here are some famous British and other stars, who have side lines"
 Directs Cinema Company
 Miss Cecil Leitch. four times winner of the British women's golf championship, has just be- come the director of cinema company. She is also interested in an. art and antique business, but she still plays golf every week.
 H. Wilfred Bunny" Austin, conqueror of Ellsworth Vines in the recent Davis Cup interZone final is on the stock exchange Fred Perry, Britain's No. 1 tennis player, is associated with an ad- vertising firm.
 Betty Nuthall one of Britain's s leading women tennis players, manages one of her mothers hotels.
 Borotra, Pump Builder
 Jean Borotra, the spectacular French tennis player, is just as en- erCetic off as on the courts. He is a gasoline pump constructor, and so busy that during the All England championships he flies back and forth between Paris and Lendon, looking after his business.
 Cricketers have many difficulties in attending to business affairs, owing to the system of three-day matches. Harold Larwood, ex- ponent of the much discussed leg theory bowling, was formerly a miner. w. M. Woodruff, the Aus &ralian captain, is a schoolmaster.
 c. E. Fry, one of the old-time ericketers, combined the sport with the onerous duties of com mander of training ship. l.. G. Crawley, in addition to playing cricket for Essex, won the English amateur golf championship in 1891. He is the proprietor of a school in Scotland.
 Hotel Keeping Favoritc
 Hotel-kepcing is a favorite oc- cupation of retired boxers as well as footballers, and among those associated with it are "Bombar- dier" Billy Wells. Jack Bloomfield, and Alex Jackson, the internation- al soccer forward. Jimmy Wilde, the flyweight champion of the world a few yeras ago, is now the proprietor of a cinema in south Wales. Feggie Meen, until re- gently British heavyweight cham pion, goes to market in the early mornings, and serves in his truck garden stores in Market Harbor- ough.
 1t is even possible to be mem Der of parliament and an athlete Lord Burghley, the famous hur- dler and holder of six British championships. and Commander Joseph M. Kenworthy, noted boxer in his day, are two examples among many.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-26

Washington has won 80 and lost 40, and has 34 games to play. The Senuators would wind up with 97 won and 57 lost If they won half of the 34. But, the Tanks, who have won % and lost 48, must win 27, of their remaining SC games to have the same average.
 The Senators increased their lead to nine full games yesterday by beating Detroit, to 4, in the final game of their series. This gave them the series three out of five. Joe Kuhcl led Washington g 10-hit attack on F'irpo Marberry with four hits including a homer. Bob Burke held the Tigers to eight. The Tigers made four
 Tanks Scalped
 A five-run uprising Tn the eighth gave Cleveland's Indians q 6-to-4 win over the Tanks, evening their four-game series. The Indians combined six hits and a walk for the rally. They found Devens, Pennock and Moore tor 10 safe tics, while Pearson and Harder a1- lowed the Tanks eight.
 Philadelphia replaced Detroit in fourth place by trouncing the St Louis Browns, II to 3, with Boo Johnson leading the As 12-hit at tack on Wells and Mcdonald. Johnson made two homers and two singles in four tries, accounting for seven runs. Barrett yielded nine hits to the Browns.
 Boston beat Chicago's White Sox, 8 to 1, in the seventh and final game of their long series, giving the Red Sox two games to ChicG- go's five. With only two days of rest, Dusty Rhodes held the Chisox to seven hits and collected two sin gles and a homer, himself. as part of Boston's 11-hit attack on Gaston and Haid.
 The Giants extended their Ma tional League lead to seven games over second-place Boston by beat ing Pittsburgh twice. dropping the Pirates to second division as St Louis replaced them at fourth po- sition.
 In the opener, Bill Terry drove out homer with two mates aboard in the 11th for an to victory, and his Giants took the nightcap, to 2, behind Leroy Parmelee's six-hit pitching. Fred die Lnidstrom made two Pirate homers in the opener; Mel Ott made one in each game, and his mate, Johnny Vergez, contributed one in the ightcap.
 Game Apiece
 The Phillies beat Chicago 3 to z, aided by homers of Don. Hurst and Chuck Klein. The Cubs took the second game, to 4, with Is hit attack on three Phillie pitch CTS. Klein's 24th homer gave him q tie for National League home run honors with Wally Berger of the Braves.
 Brooklyn beat Cincinnati twice by the identical score, to g.. A feature of the Dodgers scrambled lineup was Hack Wilson's at sec ond base. Sam Leslie's ninth inning single scored Danny Taylor with the winning tally in the opener. giving Walter Beck q mound triumph over Red Lucas. The nightcap was a freak affair in which Cy Johnson allowed the Dodgers only two hits, while the Reds colelcted 12 off owen Car roll. In addition the Dodgers made four errors. They were the only games scheduled.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-26
Pilgrims Lose Z.
 tO.St Ann Stars

In a very exciting game played at Fulton Park Nesterday after noon, Rev Ubald's French combin- ation St. sAnn's parish wdn 6 to { decision over the Pilgrims, wiht Philiberti and Perigard as the game standouts. Fournier pitched six hit ball, being very strong in the pinches, while, the hitting oi Philibert and Perigard accounted for five -of the winning teanfs six runs. The St. Ann's All-Stars want.to play the Oakviiie Bulldogs Town Plot Deuces or St., Mary's oi the Fulton. Park Junior league. For games write Sal Gervase, s.75 pleas ant St. The score: f3%
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-26
FORK, KLEIN ARE
 BEST BATSMEN

New York, Aug 26-(UP)- Chuck Klein of the Phillies and Jimmy Foxx of the Athletics con- tinue to top the batsmen of the Ma tional and American Leagues, re- spectively, according to. figures re- leased to-day, including games played Thursday.
 In addition to having a battina mark of 1858. Foxx also leads the American circuit in home runs, S6. Klein's top National League aver- age is .37S, but Wally Berger of the Braves wrested home run hon. ors with him. Berger had "A to Klein's 23.
 Ben Cantwell of Boston is the National circuits leading pitcher. with IT victories ande seven de- feats. Earl Whitehill Of Washing ton heads the American fingers with 17 wins and six losses.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-26
Trenton Eastern
 Legion Champs

Springfield, Or. Aug 26-U.Po -The Junior baseball team from Trenton, N. J., will represent the 25 states east of the Mississippi river in the American Legion Ma tional championships at New or leans next month, having won that right yesterday by beating Spring field, 12 to, 5, in the eastern sec tional final.
 Although "Mincy' MancZak. Trenton's ace pitcher, allowed Springfield 15 hits, lhe was effec- tive in the pinches and was backed by god support. He held Spring field scoreless until the seventh.
 Ray Payne and Mutt Deyhle, Springfield pitchers. yielded IA hits to the Trenton boys, who stole five bases and made the most Of five Springfield errors.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-26
Naugy Amateur
 Baseball To-day

In the feature game at o'clock the Falcons will try to stop the winning streak of the first place Pastimes Whitey Peasaitis will pitch and Zegdryn will catch. For the Pastime Gallagher will pitch and Marinello will catch.
 The Orioles with the newly &C., quired pitcher. Joe Wargo, and Danny Walsh catching. will try to put the Indian sign on the Cres- cents. Hennessey will oppose Wargo in this contest at o'clock
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-26
PETROSKE, GRANT EXPECTED TO BE
 GOLF FINALISTS
Meriden Players 5 and 4 Win Over State Cham= piOn Makes Him FavOr= ite at Waterbury Club

Survivors in a day of upscts, Sherry Munson, Fairfield, Pete Pe- troske, Mcridcn. Bruno Pardee, New Haven, and Bobby Grant, Wethersfield. will face off today in the semi-final round of the Water- bury invitation golf tournament.
 Young Munson, who yesterday conquered Jesse Sweetser and George Davidson. of Avan, both on the nineteenth hole, will play Pe- troske, who won his, second round match from Charley Clare, whom he soundly beat, 5 and 4, thus evening the series between them. Earlier this summer Clare beat Petroske. in the state amateur fin- als.
 Bruno Pardee, New Haven pub lie links player, defeated Bert Res nix, New Haven star, for his right to semi-final place, while Grant was dispesing of J. k. Lavigne, Waterbury.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-26
BRISTOL EAGLES AND
 CLOCKERS MEET TODAY

Johnny Jablonowski, another member of the famous Terryville baseball family will face the Wa terbury Clock team this afternoon at 3 D m when the locals meet the Bristol Eagles in a game. expected to be plenty exciting. Andy Palau. famous Bristol high athlete will catch for the visitors, while a couple of college boys, Allaire of Cornell and Truscousl1if of New Hampshire. State will also show with the visiting infield, Trepan- fer and Zanawitzu Twill pitch for Waterbury with Hollis receiving.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-26
De MOlays to Play Ansonia

CIff siatorss DeMolay baseball team will play Ansonia this after noon at 2,30 o'clock at Fulton park in state league game. Both teams are tied for second place with eight victories in II starts. ::.Ikiki" Klies will be with the Dor ics today along with Bill Ross. Wookey and Collins will form the Dorics' battery opposed to .Ander- son and Betts. West Haven Is tied for first with Il victories and only one defeat. that having been suf- fcred at the hands of the local nine.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-26
SHU eco VS GRIFFITHSj

s2 Boston, Aug 2e-(U.P.) - Tony shucco. Boston 7 light heavy. weight contender. will meet Tuffy Grifiiths of Chicago in the 10. round feature bout at the first show condpcted by Burke's Sport ing Club. Inc, newly licensed box ing enterprise. The dats has been set for September 6.
 The, new club, which will oper- ate ,n Mechanics building, Is con- trolied by BobbIe Burke, formel Miami. Fla, promoter. He will acl as promoter and matchnaker, and plans to- put on weekly shows.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-26
DRINKERS RESTRICTED

Boise, Ida. (UP)-Drinks in Idaho must be at intervals of at least 30 seconds. if state statutes are obeyed. Beer mugs must be sterilized 1. a disInfectant at least 30 seconds after each using. w. V. Leonard. state sanitary engineer said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-26
YESTERDAYS HEROES
(By The United Press)

Vby IHC Ke V Bob Johnson, Athletics = Ac- counted for seven runs with two homers and two singles. Bill Terry, Giants-His 11th in- ming homer with two abroad won from Pirates.
 Silas Johnson, Reds-Held Dod- gers to two hits but lost game.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-26
HOOKS .SL LIIO.S
"speed Magcc's" Book
I RZL 6R1UcAEe

 "Speed Magcc's" Book
 Harold Johnson. the man Kid Gleason used to call Speed Ma gee", has turned out what Is .un- doubtedly the greatest baseball volume ever compiled. And when you lcok over the ponderous pile of information in this newest .,Who's Who" 1t is not hard to un- derstand why the Kid called the veteran writer Speedy"
 In a few months Johnson, as- sisted by Harry Nelly. q number of sports writers and hdesk men, has rolled together g 4huge history of the game with pictures and sketches of the stars of oday and yesterday.
 In order to obtain accurate in- formation, Johnson and his staff, working in Chicago, issued and edited thousands of questionnaires. The result is a tome nearly a foot tall, of 545 pages, with 700 half tone Illustrations, to retail at $5. (Buxton Publishing co> Nights and Days
 In the publication, all the ia. nous players of the major leagues officials. coaches, sports writers, statisticians and others collabp- rated. Direction of this trenfen- dous work by Johnson in such 8 way as to bring 1t to the presses few months after the job was conceived must have kept Speed" on his toes through many of the wee morning hours of a hot sum- mer in Chicago.
 The parade is complete. Storied characters who marched through basebalrs early years-Radbourne, Rusie atnd ohers-are sketched to- gether with modern, heroes of the diamond. All the colorful old lads of whom the boys in the back room like to read, such as Bill Donovan, McGinnity, Waddell, Joss and Alexander, are there in the flesh.
 $50. 100000 Sport
 The story of baseball is traced in the new Who's Who" in an tnti- mate. human way. from it's inceps tion to the present day when the major league clubs have q book value of more than 50,00,000. Johnson has put his 29 years of hobnobbing with ball players to a splendid use in this valuable new reference and authority for the fans, q rsa. t.g s, s.y < U lts4.-fj.4e5
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-26
s5o.OOO.o 900 Sport
HAVE oRIGINAL INsIGNIA

Boston (UP)--St. Johns Lodge of Masons, which this year Is ceie- ,brating its bicentennial, possesses two of the original punches or grapes which comprised the sign Of the Bunch of Grapes Tavern, where It's meetings were held in Colonial days.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-26
Runs Battcd In
TEMPLE SHINE BOYS NOW

Temple. Tex. (UP)-Shine boys were among the first to adopt an MIRA code here. And. whether or not 1t exactly conformed to all the administrators recovery points the price of shoe shines went to 10 cents.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-26
PUGILIsT HAS SERENE TETS

Cambridge, Mass. .(UPJ-Three natural mortal enemies-a dog. a cat, and ( mouse--liye together here in perfect bliss at the home of Dave Deshler, retired pugilist, who once was matched with Batt- ling Nelson for the. worlds light weight title.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-26
EH Ne 
NATIONAL LEAGUE.

Games Yesterday. New York 8, Pittsburgh 5, G1 in nings. 1st game).
 New York 6, Pittsburgh s2 (2O. Brooklyn 4, Cincinnati GsD. Brooklyn 4, Cincinnati 3 (2dD. Philadelphia 8. Chicago z UsD. Chicago ', Philadelphia (2d.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-26
UTAH HUNTERS KILLED ei
 LIONS

Salt Lake City. Utah (UHl- Federal and state hunters killed 61 mountain lions in Utah during the past fiscal year, according to q report made to the D. s. biolog- |ical survey office.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-26

Remains of a Roman city found recently near Zamora, Spain. are believed to be those of Arbucala. which was captured by Hannibal after he had seized Salamanca about 22O B. e.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-26

Invented to speed up sfampoos. a new hair dryes in London has been named the Biuebird for Sir Malcolm CampbeiI's racing machine which broke world re- cords in Florida.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-26
st. Aims All Stars 2 II .011 000--s
 Pilgrims A.. C......01;2 1000 0-4
Three -base hlt-p'AmbrisI. IIIt.

Three-base h1f--UAmbfIsI HE -off Fouriner 6; or Salvio l2.s Sa- Stolen Bases - Phi1ibert g.; Lebel. Rompre. Double ~plays--Desc to Rompre to Geriase 2. Left on bases--st! Ann's Al1-stars 6; Pii- grirns A.5C. 9. Struck sout-by Four Ter 9; Salvio q, Bases on balls--by Fouriner 3; .Salvio Hit by pitched 1: Fournier 1. Passed baln-Lebei 2; Martinelli g. Time--2:16. eum- pire--Basile. r<.ls .s ~ .s.. s.s
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-26

Winning OF EDery Other Come WiH Assure The
 Senators OF Pennant
Washington Club as Good as "In" Right Now = CleUeland Stopped Tanks = Giants Beof Pirates Tuice.
By JACK CUDDY 'nlfafl lDrpss SfnfT (,OrrasnOnflenA

New York, Aug 26-(UP)--Joe Cronins Washngto, Senators to-day enjoyed that strategic position in the Amer ican league pennant which permits them to play 5O( baseball tn rest of the and still tie the second place New York Yankees should they win three out of every foul of their remaining games
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-26
Games Today.

New York at Detroit CD. Washington at Cleveland. Philadelphia at Chicago. Boston at St. Louis.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-26
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
StamaIltsR

Games Yesterday. Cleveland 6, New York 4. Boston 8, Chicago l. Washington 5, Detroit 4. Philadelphia II. St. Louis 5.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-26

A French colonial conference In Paris will c0zsider wnlrs Of con- solidating and improving the gen.
 eraI economic relations between
 the mother country and tta col-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-26
Victory For Oilers WiH Settle City League Flag;
 Defeat Means PlayoH
BrookIyns Ready for Big Opportunity Tribes Play Ton,n,ies- Hills and He0rts Tn Finale.

With the smoke of Pittsburgh in their nostris Water, burys brand new entry in the City Amateur baseDan win to take the city championship, that being win over the battling Brooklyn A. C. scheduled for P m tomorrow
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-26

Nearly one-fourth the petroleum imported into Europe last year was from America.