Dodgers Fight Pirates In Bizarre Brooklyn Showdown
In a wild Ebbets Field game Dodgers catcher Bebe Phelps and Pirates shortstop Arky Vaughan battled after Phelps was thrown out at first and Vaughan allegedly confronted Fletcher. Curt Davis kept Pittsburgh at bay until a ninth inning burst, as Cincinnati Reds lost 4-3 to the Giants. Athletics beat the Tigers 9-7 while Cardinals Bees Cubs Phillies results followed.
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Mulcahy Looks Like 20-Game Winner For Phillies
Philadelphia July 30 Hugh Mulcahy, not superstitious, appears headed for a 20 game winning season as he claimed his 11th win against Cincinnati. Team officials credit his improved control and the solid infield behind him while noting the Phillies last had a 20-game winner in 24 years.
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Grafton High Bearcats Face Tough 1940 Schedule
Grafton High's 1940 football Bearcats unveil a ten game slate opened by St Marys Stripers and capped by Morgantown High. Coach Randall H McKinney reports August 24 equipment issue and August 26 practice as players prepare for tough tests at home against Washington Irving and Buckhannon Upshur, plus trips to East Fairmont and Fairmont West.
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Dizzy Dean Shuts Out Dallas In Two-Hit Victory
Dizzy Dean pitched Tulsa to a 1-0 win over Dallas, lasting all nine innings with two hits allowed. He faced 28 batters, did not issue a walk, and struck out none as the Gas House Gang veteran blended fastballs and curves to resemble his prime form. Clay Touchstone provided the lone opposing hit in the sixth.
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Jeffra Keeps Fight Crown In Featherweight Title Defense
Baltimore July 30 It is reported that Harry Jeffra of Pimlico defended his featherweight crown against Spider Armstrong of Toronto in a 16 round bout. Armstrong pressed early with incisive lefts and body blows but Jeffra endured and surged late to retain the title. Armstrong weighed 125 Jeffra 124 1-2.
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Fights Last Night Summary in Multiple Cities
In Chicago Buddy Knox defeated Chuck Crowell by outpoint in a 10 round bout. In Charlotte Jack Dempsey KO'd Ellis Bashara in a 2nd round stoppage. In Baltimore featherweight champion Harry Jeffra outpointed Spider Armstrong in 15 rounds. In Washington Holman Williams outpointed Wild Bill McDowell over 10 rounds.
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Dayton
Chuck Crowell
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Dallas
National League results and today’s matchups
Yesterday the National League scores were New York 4 Cincinnati 3 Brooklyn 7 Pittsburgh 6 St Louis 8 Boston 3 and Chicago 7 Philadelphia 3. Today Cincinnati visits New York with Derring er vs Schumacher. Pittsburgh at Brooklyn Sewell vs Head. Chicago at Philadelphia Lee vs Higbe. St Louis at Boston Warneke vs Posedel.
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Yesterday's American League Results and Tonight's Probables
Yesterday Philadelphia defeated Detroit 9 to 7 in the only game on the schedule. Tonight's AL slate features Boston at Cleveland with Gatehouse versus Feller, Washington at St Louis with Leonard facing Kennedy, New York at Detroit highlighting Ruffing against Newhouser, and Philadelphia at Chicago with Ross opposing Knott.
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Magazine Explosion Fatal for Four British Soldiers
Four British soldiers were killed when a magazine exploded at the BrHaby fortress in Gibraltar. La Linea, just across the border from the fortress, was the nearby area noted in reports from July 29.
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Burk Seeks Fame as Peach Man in New Jersey
Bridgeboro, N J July 20 Joe Burk world s single sculling champion also pursues postery in peaches He is a peach grower with an 80 acre farm near Rancocas Creek He rows under the Pennsylvania Athletic Club and hopes to boost New Jersey peach growing while developing a new fat juicy white meat peach His goals include grafting techniques and irrigation to improve yields with competition from Georgia and the Carolinas and from pests and weather.
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Federal Building Contract Awarded for Fairmont Project
The Public Buildings administration awarded a 333000 dollar contract for the new federal building at Fairmont West Virginia to Ross Engineering company.
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Cottle Named Roane County High School Coach
Beckley July 30 report states Hills Cottle of Marsh Fork High school resigned from Raleigh county board of education to take a similar post at Walton High school in Roane county, marking a major coaching shift.
Bil Urges Terry Choice In Giants Front OfficeMove
Columnist Bill White surveys baseball rumors noting bil Terry could join the Giants front office with Billy Jurges as manager. Mentions Ducky Medwick batting order, Buck Newsom losing 13 straight, and golf grudge match challenges. Also cites UCLA USC TCU attendance, Dodgers broadcaster Larry MacPhail, and LSU athletic budget details with Bengal mascot Mike.
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Williamson Puts Stop To Ashland Win Streak
Williamson broke Ashland's nine game Mountain State league winning streak in 12 innings, winning 7-3. Redbirds rallied for two in the eighth, then a four run burst in the 12th, as Harrison Wickers blanked Ashland until the late offense. Rain delayed Huntington and Bluefield after a 10 inning tie.
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Swisher’s six scoreless innings power Fetterman win
Swisher pitched six and one third scoreless frames for Fetterman as Rutherford left after Brownton’s opening barrage. Vance took the loss for Brownton, while Fetterman built a late rally with runs in the third, sixth, and the final inning to edge Brownton 4-3 on the Brown tone diamond.
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James Dunn and Sally Bilers star in America’s boy friends series
James Dunn, famed for the love story films with Sally Bilers, headlines in Monogram’s Son of the Navy at the Opera House. Born in New York, Dunn rose from stage to Broadway and screen, later becoming independently wealthy through savings. He now makes few pictures each year and works with Harrow Aviation in Pasadena, which builds small training planes for military and commercial use.
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Pasadena
Yesterday's Stars Shine in Narrow Baseball Wins
Babe Young of the Giants hit a go ahead double in the ninth to beat the Reds. Pete Coscarart of the Dodgers singled with two on as the score remained tied in the ninth for a 7 6 win over the Pirates. Wally Moses of the Athletics drove in three runs with a double and a single in the victory over the Tigers.
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Pete Coscarart
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Pirates
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Classes Start At Jacksons Mill July 30
Classes in home making recreation crafts began today at Jacksons Mill for about 200 students. The program offers hands on projects and guidance in crafts, with instructors supervising sessions across several rooms.
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Farm women register for camp section in Sutton
Injuries from a falling tree proved fatal for Floyd Facemire, a Centria lumber worker, after an incident near Sutton on July 30. The report notes Facemire died from the injuries sustained while performing lumber work, detailing a fatal incident tied to a rural West Virginia setting.
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