Browns Win Opener 2-1 In All-St. Louis World Series
The St. Louis Browns beat the Cardinals 2-1 on two hits and a .069 team average. Denny Gatehouse shined with key strikeouts in clutch spots as Mort Cooper and Blix Donnelly held the Browns to limited offense. Marty Marion was the only Card to collect two hits as 33,242 fans watched at Sportsman's Park. The series opener left the Cards needing a win today to avoid an early deficit.
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Jack Hand
St. Louis
St. Louis Browns
Luke Sewell
Cardinals
Billy Southworth
Max Lanier
Lanier
Carolina
Potter
Sewall
Denny Gatehouse
Mort Cooper
Blix Donnelly
Gatehouse
Youngstown
Denny
Whitey Kurowski
Marty Marion
Red Bird
Ato
George
McQuinn
Yankees
Lou Geslrig
Moore
Browns
Cooper
Donnelly
Browns AB
Gutteridge
Kreevich
Christman
DO Hayworth
Ol Galehouse
Musial
W. Cooper
Kurowski
Lithwhiler
Fallon
Marion
Verban
Bergamo
M. Cooper
Germs
Dea
Ray O'Dea
MecQuinn
Stephens
Rans
Galehouse
Sanders
Bergame
Kréevich
Lasbs
Kurewski
Innnings
Sears
N.L
Yanks
Giants
Nelson shoots 67 as Nelson six under at Cleveland
Byron Nelson parred his way to a 67 six under at Acacia Country Club in Cleveland. Nelson and Craig Wood beat Bob Hamilton and Harold McSpaden 3 and 2 in an all star pro exhibition for the Ohio 37th Division canteen fund. Hamilton fired 69, McSpaden 70, Wood 75.
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Cleveland
Byron Nelson
Acacia Country Club
Craig Wood
Bob Hamilton
Harold
Jag) McSpaden
Ohio
Hamilton
McSpaden
Wood
Murray City News Notes from October
Murray City items include Clifford Darrel Jones on a 25 day furlough with his mother Mrs Joe Sabo. George Potts returned home after visiting relatives at Lancaster. Local residents and visitors from Nelsonville Athens Canton Canton area appear in school and social notes with multiple adult and family names.
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Murray City
Qct
Pfe
Clifford Darrel Jones
Joe Sabo
Jones
Alaska
Camp Shelby
George Potts
Lancaster
Eihe
Jonas
Ida Frazee
Edd Jonas
Nelsonville
Jean Jonas
New Allstar League
Straitsville Keynes
Emmett Short
Nelson
Salle
James Salyers
Earl
Canton
Ed Donson
Dick Meredith
London
Matt Kilpatrick
John. Keynes Collison
Wallsmith
Shine
Oscar Hellyer
Tannehi Baines
Paul Cupp
Newark
C. Schorr
Charles Vaneuren
Columbus
Logan
Clarence Cook
Brandt
John Wilson
Os Patton
Gordon _ VT
Claude Clendenen
Monge Roberts Ceeen
Marion Shelton
Barberton
John Shelton
Gerald Robinson
Martha Lee
Nancy Heve
Arizona
Phi Desol
Matt Thomas
Phoebe Bess
Jennie Robinson
Athens
Betty Comstock
Akron
Dean Rownson
Charles Ronson
Dora Wison
Cinda Lou
Almeda Moons
Glouster
Helen Wilson
Charles
John Shaffer
Gordon James
New Straitsville
Howard Craft
Harry Jonas
Neleon
Howard Byers
Wnrs
Clyde French
Jackson
Edward French
Grace Jamson
Harry Featherstone
Gladys
Ernest Anderson
Marie Willams
Smd
Edna Howard
R.N. of A
Gallipolis
Lenore Giles
Hidden Valley Ranch
Lawrence Bing
Waller Summers
Beech Hill
W. Va
C. L. Wilson
Greenfield
J. O. Leonard
Columbus Charles Davis
I Parkersburg Hospital
Walter Grege
Karen Sue
Holzer Hospital
Minnie Erlewine
T.M
Ray Will
Ronnnie
Parkersburg
Fullerton's Sports Roundup in Wartime Echoes
Ensign Neale Patrick defends against a college draft idea as Detroit’s Tigers rely on Wakefield and Newhouser. New Guinea reports past football games with Sgt. George A. Maye leading a 6-0 Engineers win. Larry Leonard shares Rebels base league success amid sandstorms and difficult golf ball access.
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Neale Patrick
French Riviera
Tigers
Sandlits
Detroit
Wakefeld
Newhouser
Dizzy Trout
Malyers
Bears
Redskins
Larry
Greensboro Gus) Leonard
Middle East
The
Rebels
Mort Cooper Still Struggles Against American Leaguers
Mort Cooper watched his first game hopes vanish as George McQuinn hit a two run homer to lift the Browns over the Cardinals in a series opener. Cooper’s winless run against American League hitters continues, with five such losses in key series and All-Star contests. He blamed lack of run support after the defeat.
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ST. Louis
Mort Cooper
Browns
George McQuinn
Cardinal
Cooper
New York Yankees
Bill Dickey
Bombers
Big Mort
Middleport Garden Club menu and social notes
Middleport Garden Club met October 1 with 22 members at 5 Third Ave. Plans were set for a salvage and bake sale October 26 hosted by Mrs. A W McKay. Flower judging awarded blue red purple ribbons to Dillard Miller and French. The issue also includes wedding notices, class meeting, births, local personals, and a note on the upcoming Athens game as the Yellow Jackets travel to face the Bulldogs.
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Middleport
R. A. Miller
Middleport Garden Club
Third Ave
A. W. McKay
C. M. Ervin
R. C. Lansbury
BR. W Harris
Rodney Downing
Lewis Sauer
C. O. Fisher
A. A. Dillard
Dillard
Edward French
Dea G. Hayes
Athens Middleport
Middleport Yellow Jackets
Athans Bulldogs
Jackets
Sam Walters
Jim Hawley
Athens
Bierman Returns as Adviser to Minnesota Football
The University of Minnesota football program welcomes Lt. Col. Berne Bierman back in an advisory role for the season. Bierman, creator of the Gophers golden decade, had served on active duty since January 11, 1942, and his return arouses relief and cautious optimism among fans and Big Ten peers.
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Minneapolis
University of Minnesota
Berne Bierman
Gophers
Bierman
Minnesota
Ins
Orioles Triumph in International Playoffs to Newark
Baltimore Orioles, International League pennant winners and playoff champions, head to Lawsville for their first Little World Series since 1925. They forced seven games to beat Buffalo and then edged Newark 6 3 at Municipal Stadium to clinch the series.
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Baltimore
Baltimore Oroles
Lawsville
Buffalo
Orioles
Newark
Gears
Municipal Stadium
Hartford Church Group Plans Work and Social Notices
Hartford church circle met Monday with Mrs A Keith McClung presiding and Rev Heidenwaitz among attendees. The column records numerous local visits illnesses surgeries and social events including a rummage sale proceeds and a farewell for Rev and Mrs Stearnes to Kanawha City.
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Hartford ‘Church Group
Southside
George Lemer
Ligners
Maas Erma Bowell
Hartford
Athens
Girl Scouts
W. C. Stearnes
Methodist Church
Stearnes
Niew
Kanawha City
Purdue and Notre Dame Picks Spark Big Weekend Gridiron
Scribe projects Purdue to edge Illinois 19 13 and Notre Dame to wallop Tulane 34 12. Minnesota over Michigan 13 7 and Ohio State to rout Iowa 30 6 headline a packed slate with Great Lakes 33 Northwestern 7 and Wisconsin 12 Marquette forecasts shaping regional joy.
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Scribe
Purdue
Illinois
Notre Dame
Tulane
Chicago
Ilinois
Indiana
Wisconsin
Wice
Boilermakers
Bob Kelly
Pitt
Kelly
Ous
Frank Dancewicz
Joe Gasparella
Bennesota
Michigan
Gophers
Hoosiers
Wolverines
Minnesota
Ohio State
IOWA
Buckeyes
Missouri
Madigan
Iowans
Hawks
Sep Wisconsi Goui
Paul Brown
Johnny Yanzwirth
Northwestern
Great Lakes
Jim Youel
Jim Mello
Chuck Avery
Bob Hanlon
Marquette
Earl
Jug) Girard
Hilltoppers
Second Air Force
Seahawks
Glenn Dobbs
Dobbs
Fossine
Speedsters To Clash As Big Ten Gridiron Rivalry Renewed
Illinois backs led by Claude Young and Ed Bray prepare for Purdue in Champaign as the 29th meeting in the series unfolds. Purdue counters with Boris Dinvan and Bump Elliott era talent in a clash marking early-season Midwest college football action.
Janiro Beats Williams in New York Bout
Tony Janiro from Youngstown defeats Johnny Williams in a boxing match held in New York. Janiro scores 137 3 4 to Williams 139, in a noted but close contest.
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Janiro
Elizabeth
N. J
Tony Janiro
Youngstown
Ohio
Johnny Williams
New York
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Harman
L. Casto
TAS
Howe
Arnold
Stadlamith
Anny Ie
Russell Ky
Marshall
Burley
Leonard Funeral
Brandt Bren
Smith
Harris
Wan
Fullerton’s Sports Roundup
Hugh Fullerton, JR
IUM
New Guinea
Woodrow Boone
Gadsden, Als
George A. Maye
Greensboro
N. C
N. C. State
Jinx
Redbirds
Brownies
Mort
Middleport Social Notes
Beele
Ethel Clark
Mr. Coble
Ro‘ella Coble
Clark
Middleport High School
Ford
Heath
M L French
Owen Cantrell
June Harties
Willam Owen
Homer Hospital
Cantrells
Middlepgay
Fred Whitlock
Della Mae Vanes
Kent
C. E. Vance
Vivian
Whitlocks
Jimmy
Aenar
Willie Feather
Metropolitan Opera
Lee Baum
Max Good
First Baptist Church
Wes Horvath
Limi
Ray Eliot
Claude
Buddy) Young
Ed Bray
Champaign
Ahnoss
Tuin
Buddy Young
Paul Patterson
Michigan State
Kentucky
Lexington
Imarquette
Tom Shdaham
Madison
Emil Girrard
Badger
Brillant
Harry Stubtdreher
Worthwestern
Wolveries
Ed McKeever
Pittsburgh
Nebraska
Great Lakes Bluejackets
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Evanston
Carroll Widdoes
Slip Manigan
Buckeye
Shylepath
Siylpork
Beckley
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