Browns and Tigers Locked In Tight AL Race With Two Left
The Detroit Tigers and St. Louis Browns are tied in the American League after a split doubleheader with New York. The Browns won 5-1 and 1-0 while the Tigers won 5-2 and 9-2, leaving the winner to be decided in a possible final day showdown or a Monday playoff at Briggs Stadium if tied after Sunday games.
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Joe Reichler
Associated Prexa
Detroit Tigers
St. Louis Browns
Fos
Browns
New York Yankees
Tigers
Washington Senators
Yankee
Briggs Stadium
Detroit
Brownies
Jack Kramer
Hank Borowy
Yankees
Joe McCarthy
Mike Kreevich
Johnny Lindell
Don Gutteridge
Pep Defeats Chalky Wright in Featherweight Defense
Willie Pep dominated veteran Chalky Wright over 15 rounds in New York to retain the featherweight title. Pep outpointed Wright widely and weighed 125 3/4 pounds to 125 1/2. The win marks Pep’s 79th victory in 80 starts. plans to face Juan Zurita are being arranged pending Zurita’s recovery from a hand injury.
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Albert
Chalky) Wright
Willie Pep
Juan Zurita
Mexico
NBA
Hartford
Conn
Wright
Pep
Chalky
Foy
Pefs
Sammy Angott
Lou Viscusi
Pen
Zurita
Tigers Rout Senators In Opener As Outlaw Drives In Wins
Yesterday's Stars By The Associated Press notes Jimmy Outlaw of the Tigers drove in two runs and scored once, leading a 5-2 opening victory over the Senators. Stan Spence of the Senators delivered a three run homer with two singles, scored three times, and drove in four in the nightcap 9-2. Jack Kramer and Nelson Potter split games, Browns win 4-1, then Potter beat Hank Borowy 1-0 in a six-hit duel to tie Browns with the Tigers for first.
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Paul Wazer
Nats
Tigers
Dizzy Trout
Stan Spence
Mickey Haeiner
Cincinnati
Pirates
Brooklyn Dodgers
Phillies
Pittsburgh
Ken Raffensberger
Ted Wilks
Giants
Cardinals
Boston
Cubs
Nate Andrews
Philadelphia
Athletics
Cleveland
Chicago White Sox
Thornton Lee
Boston Red Sox
Associated Preax
Jimmy Outlaw
Senators
Outlaw
Spence
Jack Kramer
Nelson Potter
Browns
Kramer
Yankees
Potter
Hank Borowy
Wilks of Cards Rookie of Year
Ted Wilks of the St. Louis Cardinals is named the National League rookie of the year. He joined the rotation in July, winning eleven straight decisions after George Munger left for military service. Manager Billy Southworth praises his control and speed, noting Wilks pitched 240 innings for Columbus in 1943 with 132 strikeouts and a 2.66 ERA.
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Gila. Mayo
ST. Louis
Ted Wilks
St Louis Cardinals
Wilks
George Munger
Munger
Billy Southworth
Cardinals
Columbus
American Association
Cavarretta Won't Crash Select Class
Chicago Cubs first baseman Phil Cavarretta led the National League in hits this week but will not reach the 200-hit mark after being called home to tend to his ill wife. With 195 hits in four games remaining his season total and .315 batting average stand as his best Cubs stretch in LL years.
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Chicago
Phil Cavarretta
Cubs
Boston
Cleveland Indians Lose Rained Doubleheader Split
Cleveland and Philadelphia played 18 innings with the first game going to the A’s 4 to 2. The second game ended tied 1-1 after nine innings and was called at darkness, to be replayed Sunday as part of a double bill. Don Black won, with relief by Jonas Berry, while Jeff Heath homered for Cleveland.
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Cleveland Indians
Philadelphia Athletics
Quaker City
A’s
Bill Bonness
Paul Calvert
Ray Poat
Laurel Stakes Attracts Six In Maryland Race Program
Six thoroughbreds aged three and up were named to race in the $10,000 added Laurel Stakes at Laurel Park. Notables include Some Chance, top impost 122, and Challamore at 111 pounds. Mrs Ames carries 108 as the only filly in the field, with Johnny Gilbert aboard Some Chance.
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Maryland
Laurel Park
Ames
Longchamps Farms
Henry Lustig
A. S. Hewitt
Pimlico
Greentree
Challamore
Mrs. Ames
Navy And Army Irish And Penn In Limelight
Four top college intersectional games highlight the opening of the 1944 season. Navy meets North Carolina pre-flight at Annapolis under new coach Oscar Hagberg, Army plays North Carolina at West Point, Notre Dame faces Pitt at Pittsburgh, and Duke battles Pennsylvania in Philadelphia under George Munger. Temple and Wake Forest won Friday night, while Auburn, Oklahoma A&M, and Kansas also posted victories or comebacks.
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Navy
Army
Notre Dame
Duke
Oscar E. Hagberg
Annapolis
North Carolina
West Point
Associated Press
Ed McKeever
Pitt
Panthers
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Franklin Field
Philadelphia
George Munger
Penn
Cornell-Bucknell
Yale-Coast Guard Academy
Muhlenders-Penn State
Colgate- Rochester
Missouri
Swarthmore
Wake Forest
Georgia
Auburn
Howard
Oklahoma Aggies
Arkansas
Kansas
Denver
Baseball yields and matchups across leagues today
In the American League today NY at St Louis Washington at Detroit Philadelphia at Cleveland Boston at Chicago Tomorrow Philadelphia at Cleveland and Boston at Chicago. In the National League yesterday New York beat St Louis 3 2 Cincinnati 10 Brooklyn 2 Philadelphia 3 Pittsburgh 3 Boston 5 Chicago 1. Remaining schedules include St Louis at New York Cincinnati at Brooklyn Pittsburgh at Philadelphia Chicago at Boston Pittsburgh at Philadelphia.
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Detroit
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Boston
Chicago
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Brooklyn
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Philadelphi
Wees
Bowton
Jakucki Beats Japs For Brownies Rise From Semi-Pro
Sigmund Jakucki a 32 year old rookie pitcher for the St Louis Browns rose from a Houston Texas semi pro team to a regular starter after enlisting in 1959 and serving in the Pacific. He pitched in Tokyo and earned a medical discharge in 1942. He joined a Houston shipyard outfit for 1943 and won a spot in 1944. Known for a blazing fastball and a low sinker, his curve was labeled fair to middlin. He is six feet two inches tall and weighs 20 pounds.
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Phlegar AP
ST. Louis
Tokyo
Sigmund
Jack) Jakucki
Houston
Tex
St Louis Browns
Sig
Pacific
Japan
Texas
Jakucki
Bowling Scores and Standings in Moose and Kiwanis Leagues
Moose League tallies list high scores by Zentmyer and G Showe with Antlers leading at 4 9 2. Zentmyer 346 high three game total and 380 high single game. Kiwanis notes Army Navy Marines and Air Corps split wins. Poffenberger 355 high set, Wittmer 341 pins, Wittmer 122 high single. TAR League shows King 102 high single and Pearson 31 high total with JOR-301, noting damp weather impacts play at Neptune venue. Venus earns ratline honors with 506 and high total.
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Igh
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G. Norris
M. Hess
M. Pitcock
P. Jennings
V. Pearson
Hass
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X. Bryans
Neptune
Inven
MAES
Venus
Ratline Messinele
Baseball's Big Six batting leaders listed by league
The article lists top batters in both leagues with games played, at bats, runs, hits and batting averages for Walker Dyers Musial Medwick Boudreau Johnson Doerr Run Batted In leaders Nicholson Elliott Sanders McCormick Stephens Lindell Johnson Caen. It also oddly notes Caen France's founding and a walk estimate of 18 098 steps daily.
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W'lker
Dyers
Musial
Cards
Medw'k
G'nts
B'dreau
Inds
Johnson
R. S
Doerr
Red S
Nicholson
Gules
Elliott
Pirates
Sanders
McCormick
Reds
Stephens
Browns
Lindell
Yanks
Boston
Pavot Seeks Eighth Straight Win in Belmont Futurity
New York September 30 Walter M deford's Pavot remains unbeaten and targets an eighth consecutive victory in the 644 furlong Belmont Park Futurity, a $77,310 top race for two year olds. The Jockey Club Gold Cup feature offers $25,000 as Devil Diver Bolingbroke Bounding Home and Strategic contest the two mile race. The era's surface area is noted as 12,000 times that of the earth.
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New York
Walter M. Defford
Pavot
Devil Diver
Bolingbroke
Bounding Home
Sewell Proud Of Ball Club
ST LOUIS September 30 Luke Sewell manager of the St Louis Browns says his team is proud after tying the Detroit Tigers for the American league pennant in the tightest race in 42 years. Two games remain against the New York Yankees as Sewell expects a final rally with Denny Galehouse to beat the Yankees while Mel Queen pitches for New York.
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Luke Sewell
St. Louis Browns
Detroit Tigers
Sewell
Tomor
New York Yankees
Washington Senators
Tigers
Denny Galeshouse
Yanks
Joe McCarthy
New Yorkers
Mel Queen
Newark
Queen
Browns
Tiger Surge
Detroit
Yankees
Normal Streams and Bass Season Notes and Historic Settlement
Streams in Washington county and nearby areas are in excellent condition with normal water levels and plentiful live bait. The bass season ends on November 20. In other news, Sept. 30 marked Senate ratification of a U S Mexico settlement over oil expropriation from 1938. It takes four tons of fresh grapes to yield one ton of dried raisins. The British dirigible R 34 made a transatlantic flight landing in New York on July 6, 1919, a first for its class.
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Newark Bears Shutout Orioles In Playoff Game Two
Newark Bears defeated Baltimore 4 0 to tie the playoff series at one game apiece. Elmer Singleton pitched five hits through eight innings, fanning seven and walking five. Singleton drove in two runs with a fourth inning two out triple, and Danny Reynolds added an rbi single in the second after a Moss muff.
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N. J
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Red Embree
Danny Reynolds
Moss
Martinsburg Routs Waynesboro 31–6 on Gridiron
Martinsburg High School defeated Waynesboro High 31 to 6 on the Waynesboro gridiron. The West Virginians used a deceptive passing game to score in the first half and added two more touchdowns in the third and two in the fourth, including a 4 yard TD by Thompson after an interception. Flick and Thornburg starred for Martinsburg as they outplayed the Tornado in every phase.
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Waynesboro High
Waynesboro
West Virginians
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Flick
Thornburg
West Virginia
Martinsburg
Radio program listings and football results excerpt
New York radio schedule highlights NBC and CBS clashes with Jack Benny, Kate Smith, Fred Allen, Helen Hayes guests, and Hall of Fame return with Ed Wynn. Saturday lineup includes Rudy Vallee Show, Truth or Consequences, Can You Top This, Barry Wood Party, Inner Sanctum, and Sinatra hits. Football results note Temple over Swarthmore, Wake Forest over Georgia, Hampden Sydney over Maryland, Martinsburg over Waynesboro.
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Jack Benny
NBC
Kate Smith
CBS
Jack
Fred Allen
Kate
Helen Hayes
Hall of Fame
Ed Wynn
Joe
Rudy Vallee
Barry Wood
Keenny Baker
Jessica Dragonette
Louis Prima
Guy Lombardo
Cab Callow Orchestra
Cisco Kid
Chimes
San Sebastian
Shady Valley
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Swarthmore
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Hampden-Sydney
Maryland
Martinsburg
Waynesboro
Maryland Loser of Opening Tilt
Hampden Sydney stunned Maryland 12 to 0 as the Tigers outplayed the Terrapins before about 2,500 fans in College Park. Nubby Gouldin, Tom Gorman connection produced two first half touchdowns and Gouldin also recovered a Maryland fumble on the Maryland 40.
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Tom Gorman
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Gorman
Ken Curles
Chuck Ryan
Major League Leaders In Batting and Pitching
The leaders include Walker of Brooklyn with a .361 average and Nicholson of Chicago with 117 RBIs and 116 runs. Cavarretta of Chicago has 195 hits, Nicholson leads home runs with 33, and Barrett of Pittsburgh has 127 steals. Wilks of St. Louis tops pitching with 174, Stirnweiss of New York leads hits with 204 and steals with 64.
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Stan Musial
St- Louis
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Associated Preas
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Brooklyn
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Musial
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Race At Glance Dodgers and Cardinals In Tight AL Tie
Detroit and St Louis both have 87 wins and 65 losses for a .572 percentage. Each team has two games left: Detroit at home vs Washington, and St Louis at home vs New York. The remaining schedule could decide the league pennant.
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St. Louis
Washington
New York
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