Briez Chats About Sports
Eddie Briez reports from New York on a bogus weight tale involving Henry Armstrong that backfired, costing 56000 dollars in gates. Eleven Yankee pitchers face reassignment next winter amid trade rumors. Boston presses Ted Williams as a potential asset if the Red Sox miss the pennant.
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Eddie Brietz
New York
Eddie Mead
Henry Armstrong
Armstrong-Jenkins
Boston
Ted Williams
Red Sox
Blue Devils Triumph In Rain Shortened Diamond clash
Decatur Blue Devils defeated Anderson 4 to 1 in a game halted by rain. Jerson opened with a run on three hits and a walk. Hudson held Anderson to eight hits while Ramsey struck out twelve in a strong pitching duel. Smith homered for the Blue Devils as Graham Cobb and Knoblock added key hits.
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Jupiter Pluvius
Decatur Blue Devils
Anderson
Jerson
B. Johnson
Blue Devils
Smith
Andersonites
Blue Satans
Robert Hudson
Ramsey
Graham
Mc Cobb
Hudson
Knoblock
Lawrenceburg Team Fights Here Tonight
The Lawrenceburg Tennessee boxing team travels to face Decatur s Club at the Civic Center tonight replacing Dalton Georgia as the opponent. Pairings include Paul Gillman versus George Boston, Malcolm Patterson against Bobby, Jack Sherman versus Dewitt Wooten, Worley againstlexei at 142, Tom Stocks vs Dewey Clayton, and Glenn Hollis versus 152-pound Decatur.
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Decaturs Club
Civic Center
Dalton
Georgia
Paul Gillman
Decatur
George Boston
Malcolm Patterson
Bobby
Jack Sherman
Dewitt Wooten
Worley
Lexei
Tom Stocks
Dewey Clayton
Glenn Hollis
Crossword Clue List Across and Down
A mixed crossword of clues and partial words including destroyer crowns ablaze marine skeleton shoe cor extreme anger young bei at although galloped slowly support wind instrument simpletons forehead floor covering speak veneration enough poet queer old fellow slang nape of sheep s neck English city broil measure pother weaken up as long as small egg river in Mississippi feminine title stitched Dutch island at a distance agreeable before mountain pass showily imitative of art peel lath debtor in servitude insect owns
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Dutch Island
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Fitzsimmons 200th win joins elite baseball club
Freddy Fitzsimmons, aged ace of the knuckleball, notches his 200th MLB victory after hurling the Dodgers to a 4-0 shutout over the Pirates. Lefty Grove Ruffing Lyons Hubbell amid active peers, Red Ruffing 222nd win, Yankees rack 11 hits in a split doubleheader.
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Associated Press
Freddy Fitzsimmons
Cy Young
Walter Johnson
Grover Alexander
Christy Mathewson
Fitzsimmons
Lefty Grove
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Carl Hubbell
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Soil Saving Urged in 1941 Farm Program
State AAA committeemen urge greater emphasis on soil conservation in the 1941 farm program. Officials say their proposals will shape drafting of a specific plan without altering the overall outlines of the current agriculture adjustment program.
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Washington
AAA
Agriculture Department
World figures in a wild back-and-forth era
Read about Marshall Petain returning to power in France while Churchill resumes leadership in Britain. Jack Dempsey fights again and Bobby Jones dominates golf headlines, signaling a turbulent, celebrity-filled postwar landscape.
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Marshall Petain
France
Churchill
England
Jack Dempsey
Bobby Jones
Notable Sports Figures and Figures in Transit
Monk Meyer coaches gridiron at Scho field in Honolulu while Frank Demaree prowls the West in a Red White and Blue coat with fans singing God Bless America. Col Kilpatrick travels from Madison Square Garden to promote Gene Autry’s rodeo. Mike Jacobs weakens under hostile Chicago press as Joe Louis Baer clash looms. Burke Davis, Charlotte sports editor, out of hospital and courting.
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Monk Meyer
Schofield Barracks
Honolulu
Frank Demaree
God Bless America
John Reed Kilpatrick
Madison Square Garden
Gene Autrey
Garden
Mike Jacobs
Joe Louis
Max Baer
Chicago
Windy City
Burke Davis
Charlotte
N. C
Hopkins son finds long lost gold football at Columbia
John Root Hopkins of Atlanta long claimed a gold football from Virginia Military Institute was given for cheerleading not playing. He could not prove it until his 10-year-old son located the item in an ash heap at Columbia after many years.
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John Root Hopkins
Atlanta
Virginia Military Institute
John
Columbia
D. C
News in Ragtime Night Sports and Fights See Bobby Jones and Foxx
Portly Bobby Jones drags through the tee as golf fans rally in 1928. Fitzsimmons wins 200th game signaling Hall of Fame reach. A bump knocks Jimmy Foxx, while experts predict Armstrong versus Jenkins is set for Wednesday night boxing.
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Bobby Jones
Fitzsimmons
Jimmy Foxx
Baseball Results From The Associated Press Displays Wide Scores
In the National League New York defeated Chicago five to two while Chicago won six to zero. Pittsburgh and Brooklyn tied two to two. Cincinnati lost seven to three to Philadelphia and St Louis beat Boston eight to three. In the American League New York beat Chicago four to zero and Boston defeated St Louis seven to one. Philadelphia beat Detroit eight to five while Washington edged Cleveland six to five in eleven innings. Southern Association games included Chattanooga four eight Nashville and Atlanta eight seven Knoxville six two. New Orleans one one Memphis zero five and Little Rock Birmingham postponed by rain.
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Babe Dahlgren
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Birmingham
Knoxville
Tabor Weds Miss Mise Bryan In Boston Church
Jim Tabor third baseman for the Boston Red Sox and his bride Mise Bryan were married at St. Augustine's church in South Boston. Best man Joe Heving and maid of honor Anne Bryan attended the ceremony. Tabor began his honeymoon before reporting to duty at Fenway Park for a game against the St. Louis Browns.
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New Hope
Ala
Boston Red Sox
St. Browns
Fenway Park
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Mise
Bryan
St. Augustine’s Church
Joe Heving
Sox
Anne
Red Sox
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Pinky” Higgins
Detroit
Baseball Night Card Features City Matchups Across League
Tonight's schedule includes Philadelphia at Cincinnati Brooklyn at Pittsburgh New York at Chicago Boston at St Louis Chicago at New York Cleveland at Washington Detroit at Philadelphia St Louis at Boston Chattanooga at Nashville (night) Little Rock at Birmingham (night) with only games scheduled.
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Southern Association Chattanooga
Nashville
Little Rock
Birmingham
Loans Repaid By Farm Security Administration Borrowers
The Farm Security Administration announced that 112000 of its more than 800000 borrowers have paid off their loans in full as of today.
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Washington
Farm Security Administration
Rainbow vets press to revive famed division at war department
Rainbow veterans meeting in Montgomery ends with call for immediate study toward reconstituting the 42nd Rainbow Division as an army corps. William S. Nevins elected national president. Atlantic City chosen for 1941 convention.
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Ala
War Department
William S. Nevins
Arlington
N. J
Atlantic City
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France
Nevius
Garret Olds
Indianapolis
Kathryn Hoyt
Cleveland
Ohio
Charles Mesch
Cincinnati
Lloyd Wright
Lincoln, Neb
Edna Bliss
Minneapolis
A. E
Slattery
Red Bank
N.J
VOLS BEATEN IN TWIN BILL
The Nashville Vols lose both ends of a doubleheader to Chattanooga and fall further in the Southern Association race. Chattanooga tops Nashville 4-1 and 8-1, while Atlanta defeats Knoxville 8-6 and 7-2. Memphis drops two to New Orleans. Birmingham leads Little Rock 1-0 when rain postpones a doubleheader.
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Knoxville
Crackers
Memphis
Chicks
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Pelicans
al Sherer
Birmingham
Little Rock
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Cooper-Wells Edges Riverside For City League Softball Title
Cooper-Wells rallied from behind to beat Riverside 6 to 4, taking the City League Softball championship. Key seventh inning scoring came on Culver P Landers Vernon and Kimbrell hits, with Vernon thrown out at first on a Burleson grounder. Buck Vernon led Riverside with three singles, while Wade pitched four hits for Cooper-Wells.
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Riverside Schoolboys
Goodyear
Vaughan
Wade
Culver
P. Landers
Vernon
Kimbrell
Burleson
Markham
Riverside
Field
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Champs
Gilliam
Moore
Rally Wins Over Goodyear In Tight Baseball Contest
Goodyear trailed 3-0 early as Williamson shut them down before rallying with four singles and two walks in the third. Vaughan's defense produced a key double play in the sixth as Todie Parks and Mills led with three hits each in a 6 5 victory.
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Goodyear
Williamson
Vaughan
Francis
Todie Parks
Mills
Truman Halbrooks
Lloyd McAbee
Delayed Monday Night Matchups Highlight Postponed Games
A postponed game from last Wednesday due to the Celebration Pageant will be rescheduled for Monday night. Disco and Garri son are set to play while Goodyear aims to challenge the Cooper-Wells outfit in the closing fracas.
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Garrison’s
Goodyear
Cooper-Wells
Annenberg Pays Initial 800000 in Tax Settlement
Philadelphia publisher M L Annenberg paid 800000 to the government as the first installment on an 8000000 settlement of civil income tax claims. Carter H. Harrison announced the payment as federal court heard Annenberg's plea for probation. A further 200000 was due by November 1.
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M.L. Annenberg
Philadelphia
Carter H. Harrison
Internal Revenue
Annenberg
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