Moore Named Phillies Manager Reflects On Missed Managerial Entry
The Sports News notes Jerry Moore, newly named Phillies manager, once refused 1947 Reds and Cardinals offers after hearing from Sam Breadon and Warren Giles. Moore, famed as an elite outfielder, later coached 1949 to 1952 and joined Philadelphia as a scout.
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Jerry Moore
Philadelphia Phillies
J. G. Taylor Spink
Sporting News
Spink
Bill McKechnie
Cincinnati Reds
Moore
Warren Giles
The
Redlegs
Terry
Sam Breadon
Cardinal
Breadon
Cardinals
Phillies
Baseball Hall of Famer Moore Career Overview
The article outlines the life of Moore, a St Louis star born in Vernon Alabama. It covers 1298 games with a .280 batting average and .985 fielding, two world series appearances 1942 and 1948, four all star selections, and a 10 at bat scoreless in the classics. It notes service in the armed forces and a later scouting career. It also touches on August birthstones peridot and sardonyx with legends and uses in jewelry.
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Yankees
Red Sox
Moore
Vernon
Ala
St. Louis
Cardinals
Columbus
Ohio
Elmira
Redbirds
Panama
Terry
Mgr
Eddie Stanky
Fred Saigh
Bob Carpenter
Ethel Barrymore
Gene Kelly
Herbert Hoover
Edna Ferber
Ogders’Nash
Claude Debussy
Napoleon Bonaparte
Jewelry Industry Council
Serpent Isles
Red _ sea
St. John’s Island
Brazil
Uruguay
Will You Smile A Droll Exchange In A Busy Day
A string of short vignettes unfolds from a soap query to a teacher recounting Columbus. Reactions mix humor and irony as characters comment on wit, work, and memory in everyday scenes. The snippets showcase social quirks and light dialogue.
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America
Humorous snippets and social cues from a club scene
A string of vignettes features a guest of a women's club narrator Mr Grimm recalling a woods camp, a maid confessing she carries grapefruit hulls home to make garbage stylish, jokes about vanity and mirrors, a one arm driver joke, a drunken motorist arrest, a chew gum mishap in class, a waiter mix-up with a steak, and other light local humor.
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Superwomen’s Club
Mr. Grimm
Annie
Mae
Fragmentary ad copy and quotes on products and freebies
A garbled snippet shows a barber offering a hair product with a free pair of rubs gloves and a bottle included. The text includes odd punctuation and misquoted phrases, suggesting an old advertisement or shop sign with misread OCR. No clear dates, names, or locations are present.
What kind of watch have you got
A conversation snippet presents two people discussing a watch. One calls it a wonder watch prompting curiosity about the term. The brief exchange highlights a potentially unusual timepiece designation.
Closing Sale Sparks Scramble Over Wordy Ad
The fragment notes a closing sale and a garbled opening line about preventing hair growth on palms after applying a product. It reads as a jumbled advertisement or classified snippet with incomplete context and stray punctuation.
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