Top Texas schoolboy grid clash opens weekend
Breckenridge Buckaroos host undefeated Tyler Lions as 12 districts schedule 52 games this week including interdistrict battles and a big Conroe at Austin showdown. Odessa, Wichita Falls and Amarillo Brackenridge also feature in title chases.
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Yankees Clinch World Series In Ninth Inning Guillotine Moment
Postmaster General James A. Farley and Dorothy Arnold join a crowd of fans as Babe Ruth Joe EB Brown and Clark Griffith look on. The Yankees seal the win in the ninth inning while the Reds head to the showers, Derringer applauded as he closes out. The scene features Bill Terry Joe DiMaggio mocked in the stands and fans cheering in a tense, celebratory atmosphere.
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Bill McKechnie Returns for Another Yanks World Series try
Grantland Rice profiles Bill McKechnie as a veteran pennant winner facing his second World Series with the Yankees arc. He recalls McKechnie's earlier 1928 flameout and his rise from dismissal in St Louis to managerial triumphs with Cincinnati and Boston, noting his stubborn resolve and deep baseball roots.
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Cats Get Big Pennant Fund
Fort Worths Texas League base ball team the Cats divided a 5000 dollar pennant fund subscribed by local fans and 7218.62 for their share of the Dixie Series gate today as officials discussed plans for the 1940 season. Seventeen players received full shares with Bill Black getting a half share and Claude Horton a quarter share plus an extra months salary from the Shaughnessy playoff.
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Reds World Series win and Brackenridge Eagles prep preview
The article notes the Reds could repeat as World Series winners and predicts Yankee defeat by Derringer and Walters. It mentions the Golden Sandies scheduling a long trip to San Antonio to face the Brackenridge Eagles, with Coach Howard Lynch commenting on distance. It also cites a wartime boxing note and a postponed bout with Walter Neusel pending peace.
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Max Schmeling Returns to Berlin on Visit
Former heavyweight boxing champion Max Schmeling arrives in Berlin today for a visit, marking a notable return to the German capital.
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Yankees Clinch Opening World Series Game In Dramatic Fashion
Henry McLemore writes of the Yankees beating the Reds in Game One with flawless double plays by Gordon and Crosetti and a dramatic ninth inning gamble by Deacon McKechnie. The piece lauds the infield, highlights superb defense, and ponders the coming game and series outcome.
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Pitching comes to fore as Yankees Reds debate series pace
New York reports a sharp pitching showcase from Derringer and Ruffing in yesterday's game. The piece notes Villanova's Clipper Smith possibly leaving after this season and mentions Sammy Snead's golf comeback. Gehrig intends radio work after the series, Morris Arnovich trade talks loom, and O'Brien set to near a $400,000 year.
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Cubs Win First in Series With Sox
In Chicago the Cubs beat the White Sox 10 to 9 in 10 innings to take an opening city series game at Sox Park. Bill Nicholson homered in the ninth to force extra, as Stan Hack, Bill Herman and Augie Galan provided the decisive 10th inning singles off Clint Brown. Earl Whitehill pitched three hitless innings for the win. Also noted is a reunion of sisters Mrs. A. W. Moore and Mrs. Amanda Davis after 70 years.
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Grid Predictions for Week by Harry Ferguson
Week end college football picks by Harry Ferguson note decisive bets for Wisconsin over Ohio State a tie would be fair for Ohio State Missouri Indiana Iowa and other matchups. Readable predictions include Alabama over Fordham and Columbia over Yale with close margins and several upsets teased across the nation.
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Negro Grid Teams Duel Here Friday
Two heralded negro football teams meet at Butler Field Friday night with 50 cent admission. Lubbock Black Lions defend the silver cup against Patton High Black Tigers as Golden Sandies travel to Brackenridge in San Antonio. Gate receipts support the Children's Preventorium and Patton High athletic fund.
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Little World Series Tied at Three Games
Rochester Red Wings and Louisville Colonels were tied 3 3 in the minor league World Series after game seven. Manager Billy Southworth turned to rookie Johnny Grodzicki while Bill Burwell trusted Woody Rich. Rochester won 9 to 5 to force a final game.
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Buddy Baer Seeks Comeback Bout In Lubbock
Buddy Baer weighs 248 pounds for a 10 round comeback fight in Lubbock against Dallas’s Sandy McDonald, aiming to rebound after nearly a year idle. McDonald weighs 215 pounds.
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