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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1942
Page
15
The Dodgers beat the Pirates 10-3 on a 19 hit day including Dolph Camilli two homers and five runs driven in. Cardinals defeated the Braves 6-2 while remaining two games back in the pennant race with Dodgers.
Morgan Jones, long time football coach and science teacher from Harrisonville, will coach at Canton this year. A Gallia County product and former college football star, Jones has 15 years of upper Ohio Valley coaching success and earned a Casini position in recognition. He was chosen to train at the U S Naval Training School in Iowa City to prepare high school players for wartime service.
In Baltimore at Municipal Stadium the Army Emergency Relief All-Stars rallied in the fourth quarter to beat the Brooklyn Dodgers 13 to 7 before about 45 000 fans. They head to Boston to face the Chicago Bears on Sunday.
The fragmentary text references cities Pittsburgh Philadelphia New York Boston and Philadelphia with no clear event or outcome. It lacks coherent facts to form a proper news item or identify people organizations dates or scores.
League leaders list shows Williams of Boston with 354 runs and 32 home runs, Pesky high in hits for Boston with 200, Lombardi top batting at 332, Ott leading New York in runs and home runs, Reiser of Brooklyn stealing 17 bases, Kr st with 133 pitching. The piece ends with a stray line about ancient Mayans decorating teeth.
Fullerton readers note Dodgers showed unexpected punch in yesterday's pre game brawl as Dixie Walker tallied four hits though a fan struggled with a bunt. Phils benefit from close NL pennant race with 26 874 attendance for Cards series and five games at Ebbets Field including a Sunday doubleheader. Leo Durocher reportedly joins the Navy, while Wells High alum Stojack loses eligibility for paid sandlot play under Ohio High School Athletic Association ruling.
St Louis fans face a two to the customer limit for World Series reserved seats as mail applications for grandstand tickets begin. Tickets sold only in blocks of three for the three games, with all box seats already sold to season box holders.
Co captain Gerald Robinson of Denison University quits the team due to a lung injury. Robert Hannaway of Columbus will assume captain duties in his absence. The article also details a baseball score between Kansas City and Columbus with pitching and batting highlights.
The clipping lists several rail services with numbers and times such as Diplomat Daily No 4 and National Limited No 9 38 p.m. It mentions West Bound and North Bound schedules along with arrivals and departures from New York Central South No 3 and Chesapeake and Ohio No 30.
Cincinnati defeats New York 3 to 1 while Brooklyn tops Pittsburgh 10 to 3. St Louis wins 6 to 2 over Boston and Philadelphia 3 to 1 over Chicago. New York beats Detroit 5 to 1. St Louis edges Boston 3 to 0 and Cleveland bests Washington 5 to 1 with Philadelphia 4 to 2 over Chicago.
Columbus beat Kansas City 4 3 in 13 innings to reach the Governor's Cup final while Toledo edged Milwaukee 1 0 in nine innings. The winners meet Friday night at Columbus with two games there and three at Toledo to conclude the best-of-seven series.
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