Trades That Shaped the Tigers and Reds in 1939 Season
The piece argues Detroit benefited from key December dealings sending Billy Rogell to the Cubs for Dick Bartell and May moves shipping Vernon Kennedy and others to the Browns for Buck Newsom and Red Kress. It notes Turner and Beggs combined for 26 wins and comments on the Yankees and Reds trading strategies impacting pennant chances.
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NEA Service
Detroit
Richard Bartell
Louis Norman Newsom
Billy Sullivan
Bruce Campbell
Ralph Kress
James Riley Turner
Joseph Beggs
Cincinnati
Tigers
Billy Rogell
Cubs
Dick Bartell
Bartell
del Baker
Vernon Kennedy
Bobby Harris
George Gill
Roxie Lawson
Chet Laabs
Mark Christman
Browns
Buck Newsom
Beau Bell
Red Kress
Jim Walkup
Newsom
Bo-Bo
White Sox
Cleveland
Bell
Indians
Campbell
Savage Tiger
Kress
Charley Gehringer
Sullivan
Slick Coffman
Detroit Brain Trust
St. Louis
Pinky Higgins
Jim Turner
Reds
Les Scarsella
Bees
Milkman
Yankee
Joe Beggs
Lee Grissom
Turner
Beggs
David Harum
Ontario Dominates Canadian Manufacturing Output
Ontario stands as the leading manufacturing province in Canada, contributing about half of the Dominion's total factory output by value.
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Ontario
Dominion of Canada
Dominion
Pleasant Valley Social and Personal News Summary
Mrs Faulkner and son of Middleport visited Mrs Faye Millican on Friday. Mr and Mrs Claude Westfall and son of Athens and Mr and Mrs Harold Jones of Chauncey visited the Wood house Wednesday. Pearl Brooks hosted Mike Charles Brooks at Mrs Cora Brooks’s Albany home. Cecil Gwynn of near Pleasanton and Arthur Goodin hosted visitors Sunday. Bernice Brooks of Parkersburg and Mrs Anna Powers of Athens spent weekend with Howe and Mrs Brooks. Fred Dixon and Ruth Downington visited E A Dixon Sunday. Pleasant Valley Church holds Sunday School and preaching at two with Rev Bond of Athens.
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Claude Westfall
Athens
Harold Jones
Chauncey
Pearl Wood
Pearl Howard Brooks
Mike Charles Brooks
Cora Brooks
Albany
Cecil Gwynn
Near Pleasanton
Arthur Goodin
Bernice Brooks
Parkersburg
Anna Powers
Howe Brooks
Fred Dixon
Ruth Downington
Dixon
E. A. Dixon
Pleasant Valley Church
Bond
Walters Backing Reds Fight To Avert Series Rout
Cincinnati Reds trail Detroit Tigers 7 2 at Crosley Field as Bucky Walters takes the mound to steady the club. Detroit’s bats fire in the second inning and York, Campbell power the lead while Reds struggle in fielding and hitting.
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Cincinnati
National League
Cincinnati Reds
Detroit Tigers
Crosley Field
Paul Derringer
Tigers
Detroit
Buck Newsom
Schoolboy Rowe
Tiger
Joe Cincinnati Expects Reds to rebound after defeat
Joe Cincinnati laments a rough game by the Reds and questions the team’s off form though he remains confident they are better than the performance against the Tigers. Manager Bill McKechnie and catcher Jimmy Wilson defend Paul Derringer’s pitches while Hank Greenberg and Rudy York power Detroit.
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Cincinnati
Reds
New York Yankees
Bucky Walters
Walters
Tigers
Detroit
Paul Derringer
Bill McKechnie
Bobo Newsom
Soilar
Yankees
Derringer
Bucky
Yanks
Monte Pearson
Rowe
Newsom
McKechnie
Bill
Cardinals
Ernie Lombardi
Lonnie Frey
Eddie Joost
Frey
Jimmy Wilson
Lombardi
Billy Myers
Hank Greenberg
Myers
Greenberg
Moore
York
Bruce Campbell
Ival Goodman
Jim Ripple
Bill Werber
Barney McCoskey
Frank McCormick
John Frye
Cincinnati Reds
Joe Cincinnati
Joe
Whitey Moore
Billy
Paul
Tiger
Elmer Riddle
Rudy York
Rudy
Many Named As Manager At Cleveland
A long list of candidates circulates for the Cleveland Indians manager post after a turbulent season. Names include Bucky Harris Mickey Cochrane Luke Sewell Rogers Hornsby Bill Terry Steve O Neill Rocker Peckinpaugh Hal Trosky and Oscar Vitt with Sewell favored by writers to land the job.
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Cleveland
Indians
Bucky Harris
Washington Pilot
Mickey Cochrane
Tiger
Luke Sewell
Rogers Hornsby
Oklahoma City
Bill Terry
New York Giants
Steve O'Neill
Buffalo
Rocker Peckinpaugh
Hal Trosky
Oscar Vi
Ohio State Faces Butler In Defense Focused Practice
Ohio State held a long defensive drill against Butler as Don Peden’s squad tests the Bulldogs’ heavy line. The Bobcats praised Butler’s 200 plus pound tackles Rabold and Dezlan and center Purkhiser, while Ramsey emerged as a wingback option and Hartman remained sidelined with an ankle injury ahead of the Saturday matchup.
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Purkhiser
Rabold
Butler
Ohio University
Don Peden
Bobcats
Bulldog
Peden
John Rabold
Joe Dezelan
Bob Purkhiser
Bobcat
Lowell Toelle
Rosie” Rosselli
Youngstown
Russ Crane
Harold Wise
Purdue
Toelle
John Fekete
Ramsey
Gerald Ramsey
Athens High
Ohio
Bill” Hartman
Colonels Fall In First World Series Game
Louisville Colonels lost 10 to 3 to Newark Bears in the Junior World Series opener. Newark hitters rapped 15 hits and 28 total bases while Louisville pitchers were hit hard, limiting the hosts to six safeties as the Bears showed powerful offense.
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Louisville
Louisville Colonels
Newark
Bears
George Washburn
Record Rubber Bowl opening draws Akron crowd
Advance ticket sales point to a record crowd for Akron University versus Western Reserve in the Rubber Bowl opener. More than 25 000 expected at the 35 622 seat stadium opening noted as the first athletic event there. The game follows a 44 0 loss to Colgate and marks Reserve's 1940 debut in its new home.
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AKRON
Akron University
Western Reserve
Cleveland
Zippers
Colgate
Reserve
John W. Bricker
Tech ends may miss Holy Cross game in Worcester
Carnegie Tech faces Holy Cross in Worcester as both regular ends Ted Fisher and Bob Church are sidelined by injuries. Fisher nurses a shoulder separation while Church has had limited practice due to a bad leg, leaving the Tech squad short-handed for the season opener.
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Pittsburgh
Carnegie Tech
Holy Cross
Worcester
Mass
Ted Fisher
Bob Church
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