Evenly Matched Dodgers and Cardinals Split Twin Bill
Brooklyn and St. Louis battled to a split in a doubleheader set as Mort Cooper shined in the nightcap while Peewee Reese made a fielding error. The Dodgers hold a 1 1/2 game edge with a grueling schedule ahead including nine games with last-place Philadelphia. The crowd soared past park capacity as rain forced multiple doubleheaders across the league.
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Major League Leaders Include Williams and DiMaggio
American League batting title goes to Williams of Boston at .404. DiMaggio of New York leads in runs with 113 and RBIs at 112. Travis of Washington tops hits with 178 and also triples with 15. Keller of New York leads in home runs, while Case of Washington and Kubel of Chicago share 19 stolen bases. Gomez of New York posts a 12-4 pitching record.
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National League Batting and RBI Leaders Brief
Etten of Philadelphia leads NL batting notes with high stands. Hack of Chicago totals 93 runs. Mize of St Louis 93 RBIs. Litwhiler and a Phillies pair contribute. Reiser of Brooklyn tops doubles with 35. Six players tie for triples in a near finish.
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Yesterday's Baseball Scores From The Associated Press
St Louis tied Brooklyn eight to one and another game ended three to three. Cincinnati defeated New York seventeen to four while Pittsburgh lost to Boston four to one. Chicago beat Philadelphia five to four in a high scoring day for the league.
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Baseball scores from a slate of games listed
The record notes Boston defeated Cleveland 9 to 4 while Washington shut out St Louis 3–0. Philadelphia crushed Detroit 9 to 2 and 1 to 1 on another line. New York played Chicago on the prior date.
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Arizona Texas League Opens With Tucson 4 Bisbee 3
The lone scheduled game ends in a 4 to 3 win for Tucson over Bisbee in the Arizona Texas League opener. Players and exact scoring details are not provided. The result sets the initial standings for the season.
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International League scores recap
Newark beat Syracuse 3 to 1 while Rochester defeated Toronto 10 to 1 Montreal won 2 to 1 against Buffalo Baltimore Jersey City game postponed by rain, leaving several matches to be rescheduled.
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Baseball scores from American Association games
Milwaukee defeated Louisville 9 to 3 while St. Paul went 4 to 2, Toledo fell 0 to 4, Columbus won 8 to 3 and Minneapolis was blanked 0 to 6.
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Coast League Scores Set Narrow San Francisco Win
In a slate of Pacific Coast League games, San Francisco defeated Los Angeles 4 to 3, Hollywood topped Oakland 6 to 3, San Diego beat Sacramento 5 to 3, and Seattle routed Portland 7 to 2.
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Texas League Scores Report
Beaumont blanked Oklahoma City 4 0 while Shreveport shut out Tulsa 6 0 and Fort Worth edged San Antonio 3 2. Dallas fell to Houston 7 5 4 8 in a double score line showing results across league play.
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Southern Association standings snippet
Knoxville leads with 13 wins and 5 losses while Memphis holds 7 and 8. Atlanta 6 with New Orleans 5, Birmingham 13 10, Chattanooga 1 2, Little Rock 6 7, Nashville 5 3.
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Dodgers Rally Stalled By Rain At Ebbets Field
Aug 27 195? Dodgers falter as heavy rain interrupts game at Ebbets Field. Fans climb beams to see, press box crowded, NL president Ford Frick declines box move, secretary John McDonald tries to create space.
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Home Run Leaders Tie Brooklyn To Big Win
Camilli hits a homer for Brooklyn while Frey steals for Cincinnati as Riddle earns the win. A 15 to 6 scoring margin concluded the game with dominant offense and decisive pitching.
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Hobbs Coach Sees Slim Prospects for 1941 Eagles Football
Hobbs New Mexico August 27 coach H E West said the 1941 Hobbs high school football squad is light and small and he does not expect much. He cited speed and deception as the only hope. Only regular back Jack Stoltz returns. Socorro is set as the opener on September 12.
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Dodgers Mail Mix Up Highlights World Series Rush
A baseball fan sat through both games with a box lunch, while Bob Brumby of Pa. had his ticket to the Lesnevich Mauriello fight lost in the crowd and recovered by Dick McCann of the News three blocks away. So many fans awaited the crooshial se ries outcome that the Dodgers appointed a special clerk to handle world series mail, returning over twenty thousand dollars received too early.
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Standlee Plans Bold On-field Blocking After Color Blind Anecdote
Minnesota’s George Franck relays a tale about Stanford full back Norm Standlee who is color blind and has a habit of blocking teammates when coaches shuffle players in practice. An opposing tackle yelled, Kay Norm, don’t block me I’m on your side, but Standlee ignored him and the play fizzled, prompting Standlee to vow he will block everyone in sight.
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National inflation of pigskin looming in football season
Portland Maine's Evening Express notes humorously that inflation will affect footballs more than currency with Irv Kupcinet from Chicago Times agreeing the season is near as even F D R is getting involved. The piece highlights growing anticipation as players and fans sharpen readiness.
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Whirl to be Sold as Seabiscuit Gains Value at Stud
Sports figures discuss potential retirements and career moves. Warren Wright plans to send Whirl away after Seabiscuit sets money records, boosting the colt's value for stud duties. Bill DeCorrevant hints at Northwestern return and naval air corps prospects. Henry Levy promotes a money-back guarantee for a wrestling show amid shifting ad spend by oil firms.
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Skip Alexander Medalist In National Amateur Meet
OMABA reports 64 qualifiers for match play in the 45th national amateur golf championship. Johnny Goodman, 1937 champion, counsels playing for pars to survive Field Club’s tough 72. Stewart Skip Alexander led with 144 after a 77 and 67, while many top players faced a brutal 159 playoff for seven spots. Chick Evans failed to qualify with 166.
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Competition Shrinks to Sixteen in Match Play
The troubled area sees the field reduced as match play begins, leaving 16 contestants still vying for the title by tonight.
New Grid Coach for Albuquerque Indians
Albuquerque New Mexico August reports a new football coach and athletic director to greet the Albuquerque Indians on September 8. Jesse Cab Rennick is named, a former All American basketball player for the Oklahoma Aggies who coached the Redskins basketball team last season. Dr Sophie D Aberle United Pueblos superintendent will succeed James A Choate, who has been transferred elsewhere in the Indian service.
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State Softball Tournament Upset in Albuquerque
In Albuquerque New Mexico on August 27 the Belen Merchants defending champions fell from top honors as Classons of Santa Fe defeated them 5 3. Albuquerque Gas and Electric won 6 3 knocking out the 38th Reconnaissance Squad in last night action at the state tournament.
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Whitney Entries Dominate Saratoga Springs Event
Saratoga Springs N Y August 27 The 42000 hopeful stakes for two year olds this Saturday shapes up as a rainbow ending for the Whitney family. They should provide at least five of the ten or more starters led by Shut Out Devil Diver and Amphitheatre as prohibitive favorites in the six and a half furlong dash. Only Mrs Ethel V Marsaj Black Raider and Walter Chrysler Ramillies stand out against the hopefuls in the prospective field.
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Moore's of Santa Fe Eliminates Broome Furniture
Moore's of Santa Fe defeated Broome Furniture of Albuquerque 11 to 1, while Epco Zeon of Albuquerque beat the 30th Bombardment Squadron 10 to 5 in a pair of baseball or softball style matchups.
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