Longhorns and Sooners Set for Dallas Showdown
Texas and Oklahoma meet in Dallas next Saturday in a pivotal Southwest Conference clash amid a busy slate of interleague games. Brumley’s heroics boosted Oklahoma past the Aggies while Texas fell to the Marine Reservists. TCU sat idle as Arkansas pounded Missouri Miners and LSU awaited the Aggies in Baton Rouge. Rice eyes a breakthrough against Tulane as SMU travels to Memphis to face the Naval Air Tech Training Center.
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Bears and Packers Gain Grid Victories
The Chicago Bears beat the Detroit Lions 27-21 to gain their first NFL win of the season as Sid Luckman threw three touchdown passes. Green Bay defeated the Chicago Cardinals 28-7 in Chicago, while the Phil-Pitt Steagles crushed the Brooklyn Dodgers 17-0 in a Saturday game. Carlton Petersen Jr., five, buys a $25 war bond with prune money, boosting civic pride.
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World Series Opens With Cardinals and Yankees
New York hosts the early games in a wartime Series with many stars missing. The schedule places the first three games at Yankee Stadium and four at St. Louis, starting Tuesday. Times are 1 30 P M in both cities, Mutual Network carries the radio broadcasts to service members overseas.
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Series of the Big Guess Yankees Cardinals face seven games
The 1943 World Series preview weighs the Yankees and Cardinals on form with both teams missing stars. McCarthy may start Chandler. Southworth leans Lanier. Musial returns from a strained ankle as the opener looms in New York. The race is tight, seven games likely, with stellar lineups and strong pitching from both sides.
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James J. Carroll
Louis
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Big Mort
Bill Dickey
Walker Cooper
Dickey
Spud Chandler
Walter Johnson
Chandler
Cornersville
Texas prep football favorites edge toward titles in varied districts
Texas high school football fans see Vernon Ysleta Waco and John Reagan rise as district title favorites while some pre-season picks falter. Reagan beats Austin 12-7 to claim Houston district lead as other districts show shifting contenders and top clashes loom.
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World Series Fever Hits Men Overseas
Allied dispatch from Algiers reports US troops overseas enjoying baseball lore as Lt. James A. Burchard pens a verse about battles and ball, with GI soldiers and airmen dreaming of home runs while fighting Axis forces. The poem recalls Yankee rivals and dugout bravado amid war.
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Odds Set by Carroll on World Series Matchup
St. Louis betting commissioner James J. Carroll posted final odds for the World Series listing 7 to 10 against the Yankees and 6 to 5 against the Cardinals. First game odds were 3 to 5 Yankees and 7 to 5 Cardinals with Yankees favored to win four straight.
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Beau Jack to Fight Bobby Ruffin at Madison Square Garden
World Series week opens in New York with a 10 round bout at Madison Square Garden pitting former lightweight champion Beau Jack against Bobby Ruffin. The bout draws thousands of visitors seeking a possible return title shot against Bob Montgomery in November.
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Finis Is Written to Baseball Season
The 1943 major league season ends with final standings across both leagues. In the National League the Cardinals lead, Reds second, Dodgers third, Pirates fourth, Cubs fifth, Braves sixth, Phillies seventh, Giants eighth. In the American League the Yankees lead, Senators second, Indians third, White Sox fourth, Tigers fifth, Browns sixth, Red Sox seventh, Athletics eighth. World Series preparation sees Yankees 5 Browns 2, Cardinals 5 Giants 4, Trout 20th win for Detroit 4 1 over Washington, Cleveland 8 4 in 11 innings over Athletics, Chicago 4 2 and 3 1 over Boston.
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Lew Jenkins Has Role in Global Fight
Lew Jenkins, the Texas boxer now in the Coast Guard, returns from a major operation and reflects on past bouts with service men. He dismisses critics,-to be judged after his current assignment, and jokes about facing native fighters if time allowed.
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Pigeon named 23-0 wins first multi million derby
A pigeon named 23-0 won the first multi million dollar pigeon derby, racing 150 miles from Mexia to Houston in 3 hours 25 minutes and one second. Sponsored by ex-students of the University of Texas, the bird saluted Texas political sport in a wartime era. Uncle Sam held approximately 3 million in war bond sales as the event unfolded.
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Columbus Red Birds Seek Sixth Straight Over Syracuse Chiefs
In Syracuse on October 4 1943 the Columbus Red Birds lead the series by one game and plan a seven inning game tonight with Erwin Roe to extend their win streak to six over the Syracuse Chiefs. Ted Wilks held International Leaguers to six singles in a 2 0 victory while facing Millard Howell. Howell limited Columbus to five hits and fanned seven with three doubles allowed.
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Preacher) Roe
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