Brooklyn Bums On Threshold Of Clinching It
Dodgers edge Braves 4-2 in Boston while Cardinals lose 4-0 at Pittsburgh as Brooklyn nears its first pennant in 21 years. Dixie Walker drives in a bases loaded triple in the seventh to spark a late surge. Cardinals, Giants and others settle league standings as Yankees, White Sox and Red Sox win.
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Dodgers May Clinch Pennant Friday Night
The Dodgers face a potential clinch today but may delay until Saturday amid a fan-planned victory party. Other notes cover Joe Louis delaying his army physical, Bob Wakefield joining the University of Illinois as a freshman, and various sports anecdotes from boxing to college football and baseball.
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Redsox Schedule doubleheader with Park and Front Royal
Winchester Red Sox host Park Nine at 1 30 and Front Royal at 3 30 in a key Tri County league doubleheader to decide the title. Warren County visitors seek a clinching win after previous playoff victories on Front Royal’s diamond.
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Berryville Poised For Clarke County Showdown With Strasburg
Berryville High Bobcats tune up after a 6 0 season opener loss to Warrenton and prepare for tomorrow's 3 PM EST clash with Strasburg. Lickey and Pitta may miss action, Livengood handles punting, Lee and Rhoden direct the backfield, with key line shifts expected in a strengthened offense.
Navy’s No 2 team needs leadership to click this season
Annapolis Md Sept 25 Its team No 2 not No 1 worries Swede Larson as he prepares Navy for a curtain raiser against William and Mary The coach says the second unit has potential but requires a spirited pace setter to trigger success He plans to rely on Bob Zoeller to spark the reserves and stresses a two team system with equal strength The first unit will be heavier faster while the second contends for playing time Navy’s defense is to be st ing as in 1940 with Plathmann Chewing anchoring the tackles The schedule opens Sept 27 vs William and Mary at home with subsequent games at West Virginia Lafayette Cornell Harvard Pennsylvania Notre Dame Princeton Army and more
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Fights Last Night Scores From Chicago Cleveland Portland
Tony Cianciola from Milwaukee outpointed Coley Welch of Portland Maine in a welterweight contest. Lem Franklin defeated Tony Musto in Cleveland by stoppage.
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Man saves $600 from pecan tree for defense bonds
P J H Googe of Savannah dug up six hundred dollars in small coins from his yard beneath a pecan tree. He took the coins to a bank and bought eight defense bonds. The family began the dime bank saving twenty years ago.
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Weekly Football Schedule and Miscellany for Sept 97 1041
The fragment outlines a weekly football schedule for a Saturday in 1941 and includes an unrelated Q A about chinchilla fur color. It notes variation in chinchilla skin colors from ash shades to yellow, silver, light brown.
Gearing And Yates Retire From League A Posts
At Winchester's duckpin league meeting on Oct 2 the opening match for 1941 42 was set. Frank Gearing and Jimmy Yates retired from their officer roles after years of service. Paul Carper was chosen to succeed Yates. the president's post remains open and no applications have yet been received.
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Emmett's Error and Mooney Pardoned in 1939
Emmett Brennan, 34, claimed innocence after being jailed with nine drunks in Minneapolis. A patrol wagon incident revealed he was merely tapped out of the way and Brennan was acquitted. The question recalls Thomas J. Mooney’s California pardon on January 7, 1939.
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