Yankees Favored Opponents Spark Reds Merchants Debate
Mitch’s Musings notes fellow sports writers blasting the Yankees for wanting Cubs or Giants as World Series opponents over the Reds. Critics called the stance asinine and disgusting as Cincinnati crowds could bring 25 000 cash customers per game at Crosley Field, with higher receipts possible if the Reds prevail.
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Night Baseball Goes International in 1980 Era
Night baseball grows as Chicago White Sox lighted Comiskey Park. Attendance climbs across leagues with 27 night games drawing 657,954 fans. Reds rally past Pirates and gain NL lead. Cubs blank Cardinals. Rigney and Rowe shine.
Sports Quiz Answers From Baseball History
The questions cover Gehrig homer totals in 1934 and 1936 both 49. McKechnie’s pennant clubs include Pirates 1925 and Cardinals 1928. The famed World Series seventh inning is 1929 Athletics vs Cubs in Philadelphia. Send questions to Sports Service Bureau in Washington D.C.
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Bill McKechnie
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St. Louis Cardinals
Philadelphia Athletics
Chicago Cubs
Philadelphia
Athletics
Yankee Fans Spar Over Pay For World Series Stars
In defense of players like Joe DiMaggio, writers argue that top Yankees deserve large salaries for World Series work and long careers. They dismiss claims of overpaid stars and defend boosters of big parks and extra payouts as natural in professional sports.
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New York Yankees
Paul Dean Is Redbird Again
Paul Dean, younger half of the famed Dean pitching brothers, is sent from the St. Louis Cardinals to Columbus of the American Association as the final payment for Nate Andrews. Dean, once a Columbus star in 1933, had limited success with St. Louis this season and previously spent time in Houston.
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Daffy) Dean
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All-Star Coaching Pick Faces Irish Losses and Worries
Notre Dame’s Thin Man Elmer Layden prepares the College All-Stars for the game against the New York Giants at Soldiers Field on Aug 30. He scouts a star-studded squad but laments losing six of seven first string linemen, eyeing 240-pound I. B. Hale and 6'4" Don Siegel as potential school assets.
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Elmer Layden
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Army
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Dyche Stadium
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Howie Weiss
Bob MacLeod
Bill Osmanski
I. B. Hale
Texas Christian
Don Siegel
Michigan
Earl Brown
Ed Beiner
Jim McGoldrick
Ed Longhi
Augie Bossu
Paul Kell
Johnny Kelly
Johnny O’brien
Beams Laydén
Bud _ Kerr
George Rassas
Tom Gallagher
Tad Harvey
Joe DeFranco
Johnny Gubanich
Pete Kelly
Chuck Biffle
Johnny McIntyre
Notre Dame Prep Prospects For 1940 Season
Layden Lillis Brutz Maddock Bereolis Sullivan Hargrave Begarus Crimmins Ford Brosey listed as sophomores. Notre Dame has 20 days to ready for Purdue with 25 lettermen and faces Georgia Tech SMU Navy Carnegie Tech Army and Iowa with coach Eddie Anderson. Layden weighs 160 at season start and 145 at finish likely to set a new low by November 25.
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Eddie Anderson
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Granny Lansdell
Elmer Layden
Baseball Standings and Results With Wednesday Schedule
Yesterday Chicago defeated St. Louis 4 0 Cincinnati beat Pittsburgh 9 8 Cleveland topped Detroit 8 4 Detroit won 10 3 over Cleveland Chicago edged St. Louis in a later game Louisville beat St Paul 3 0. Wednesday games listed include Chicago at St Louis Philadelphia at Boston Pittsburgh at Cincinnati and others.
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Poa Boudreau
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Trosky
Heath
Keltner
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Milnar
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Averi Tir
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Seven Bobcats Named to Ohio All Star Squad for Cleveland Rams
A bold Ohio All-Star team of 39 players, chosen by fans and coaches, will face the Cleveland Rams under Cleveland Stadium lights on Sept. 6. Ohio University Bobcats lead with seven selections including center Matt Ilvary and back Ali Litwak, with John Carroll and Reserve also well represented.
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Harry Shelby
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Cincinnati
Herb Trattner
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Kent
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Clarence Goldsmith
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Oxford
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Weirton
W.va
Dave Henderson
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Bedford
Walt Kominic
Akron Lu
Akron
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Frank Patrick
Indiana
Mineral Ridge
Andy Saxon
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al Schmerge
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Season batting leaders and home run list from the league
The table names top hitters with DiMaggio Foxx Johnson and Ott among leaders in batting averages and runs. Foxx tops home runs with 30 while Ott and Greenberg follow. Williams McCormick Foxx and McCosky lead RBIs and hits with multiple players showing high totals for the season.
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Ath
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Mize
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McCosky
Rolfe
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18 Pound Catfish Caught at Stockport
Fred O Neal and J A Lindley landed an 18 lb catfish Sunday morning while staying at the Lindley cottage in Stockport. They also caught several smaller catfish over the weekend.
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Lindley Cottage
Fred O'Neal
J. A. Lindley
Reds Rally in Ninth for 9 8 Win Over Pirates
Lew Riggs delivered a clutch pinch hit driving in the decisive run in the ninth after Dick West sparked a late rally. Cincinnati trailed 7 0 early and, despite starter Paul Derringer giving up six hits, Johnson and Vander Meer relief aided the comeback before Riggs’s single sealed a 9 8 victory before 23 044 fans at Crosley Field.
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Larry Goetz
Elbie Fletcher
Ray Davis
Henry Johnson
Johnny Vander Meer
Lee Grissom
Derringer
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Age of Man Reckoned At 2,000,000 Years
James Reid Moir delivering the 1939 Huxley Memorial Lecture argued early human presence in Miocene times, noting Aurillac in central France yields horn and bone tools and engravings as the oldest signs of intelligence, beyond ape capability.
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James Reid Moir
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