Indians Lead by Three and a Half Games in Standings
The American League wild pennant chase featured the Indians and Tigers in front as the Yankees split with the Athletics. Lefty Grove and Sid Lim tied up in a pitching duel, Lefty Marius Russo led a 6-3 win for New York, and Vernon Kennedy sparked a Browns upset over Cleveland 2-1. Cincinnati Reds dominated the National League, while other early autumn games saw Pirates, Phillies, and Dodgers split results and a tight, high-scoring day across clubs.
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Danny Libshiler
Bob Bragan
Texas League Standings and Odd Results Report
Standings show San Antonio 8 0, Dallas 55, Houston 26, Fort Worth 2 1, Oklahoma City 0 2, Philadelphia 33 9, Boston 7 2, New York 60, Cleveland 1 Chico 24, Detroit 1 0, Washington 1 5. Report notes a game called after 7th due to darkness and a second long top innings, with scattered oddities and misprints across team scores.
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Scorebox Jumble From A L Game Confuses Record
Scrambled box score text lists players Treuls Kure Appling Wrinity and others with unclear actions and positions. Mentions Chicago and Rivnev, Trout, Walter Teun, Traut, and Meddavan with odd numbers and attendance figures, creating a garbled game record.
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Bollere
Wrights
Annhie
Dorke Miter
Traut
Walter Teun
Meddavan Tals
Biniend
Must Wait 2 Weeks Before Playing State Final
The San Antonio Merchants, South Texas T A A FL baseball champions, beat the Model Laundrymen of Galveston 14-6 in the docking game Monday and plan a Wednesday game with an army league club. They expect to reach the state finals September 14-15 in Dallas or Fort Worth, depending on North Texas finals results. Johnny Burkholder held Galveston in check, while Merchants hitters powered three hurlers. They won Sunday’s opener 4-3 and a second game 8-0 in five innings despite the series already decided.
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Calveston Club
Ese Monisy
Bunday
Monslay
Merchants Winnhing
Amateur Ball Maying Falls to Seguin All-Stars in Bowie
Amateur Ball Maying lost 4-3 to Seguin All-Stars at Bowie Sunday as Cervantes Groctra prepares to host the same club September 20. Fred'n Mace won 4-1 over Henry's Cofe at Polofield Monday with Cannon Vier of the Tasers striking 14 batters. The New Braunfels Tikera beat Rewtsna 7-4 Monday at Ganda Park in Inland Maryland. The North Side Brénes beat Russeldtmlar Cl erie 6-5 as Anderaun and Fus tune led the offense and Storie pitched.
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Fred’n Mace
Henry
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Box Score Summary From Astonishing Baseball Tilt
Mangled box score fragment shows Kune and Morris players with hits and errors. Mentions Galveston and San Antonio merchants, Burkholder and Kirschner as pitchers, multiple innings, losses, and umpire notes. Contains many garbled names and numbers but records a rough game narrative and scorers.
Where They Play PAY THE DAY Tetan
League schedule fragment shows multiple matchups across cities including Fort Worth, Cincinnati, Oklahoma City, Philadelphia, New York and Chicago. It lists teams such as American Vesene Heirert and Leacuy Sh Dnela with unclear exact venues and dates due to OCR errors.
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Amateur Fight Card Reveals Confused Scribble Conquest
Fragmented OCR text hints at amateur bout listings with Emanuel facing an opponent with garbled names and weights. It mentions a Leasure event and a McMolen meet with ambiguous start times and weight class notes.
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Babe Hunt Wins Three Round KO In Double Title Bout
The Babe Hunt defeated George Vallas in three rounds to claim the Missingipytle and Als trophy cage in Nehedung I round. Hunt used slashing tactics that previously felled Bebe Ritchie, dropping Vallas for two counts in both the second and third rounds. Vallah was listed at 208 pounds while Hunt weighed 180 pounds.
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Clift’s Father Found After Missing Return to Mountain Cabin
YAXIMA Wash Sept 5 Clifts father Harland Clift baseball star was found today by searchers in a mountain cabin after being reported missing since Wednesday He told investigators he had remained near the cabin throughout the period and was located by posses.
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Mays Wins 100-Mile National Auto Championship Race
Rex Maps of Glendale wins lead as Mays secures 1940 AAA national title with 4 hour 10 minute 22.68 second 100 mile run at New York state fair grounds race. Webb dies in crash, Petilla damaged, Shaw trails in standings as 50,000 view the nine day fair finale.
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