Sports Round Up from New York and National News
News briefs cover Arthur Fletcher Yankee coach profits from World Series trips and player pay gaps in the NFL Eagles. Notes on Frank Frisch Pittsburgh talks, Fordham telecast, Pastor Louis bout remarks, and golf standout Byron Nelson. Football insights from Ray Flaherty and Armstrong Ambers fights, with Oscar Vitt party mixups and hotel room tips in Cincinnati.
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New York
Arthur Fletcher
Philadelphia Eagles
Hype Igoe
Journal-American
Frankie Frisch
Pittsburgh
Pie Traynor
Tele- Vo
National Golf Foundation
Byron Nelson
Sidney Franklin
Brooklyn
Ray Flaherty
Washington Redskins
Giants
Philadelphia
Henry Armstrong
Lou Ambers
Chicago
Sammy Angott
Davey Y
Sports and sports figures in a busy pre-1940s item
Rafftery and Raff erty play on the wage College team at St Paul. Bill Terry travels to Winter Haven after the World Series to inspect the Giant training camp layout. Architects draft blueprints for material on New York tracks in 1940. Tim Sullivan, Yankee bat boy, may join the front office next year, missing World Series duties. Tony Canzoneri is told his last ring year is upcoming. A pro basketball team may play in Richmond this winter. Joe Louis seconds Dave Clark against Buddy Knox in Dayton.
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Bill Terry
Winter Haven
Fla
Giant
New York
Tim Sullivan
Tony Canzoneri
Richmond
Joe Louis
Dave Clark
Buddy Knox
Dayton
Average Monthly Rainfall Data From 1913 38 Period
The report lists present and past rainfall totals: September to date 1.62 inches and year to date 35.13 inches. It provides average monthly rainfall based on 26 years 1913 38 inclusive with values for each month and the average annual rainfall of 35.09 inches.
Local grid notes players return to action and Hodges return
From Blacksburg Virginia Tech resumes prep for Marshall College as injured backs Dick Kern and Buddy Henderson return to full duty. In Morgantown Paul Moose Hodges back coaching Berkeley Springs high school after a strong first year lifting football and basketball records.
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Blacksburg
Dick Kern
Buddy Henderson
Virginia Tech
Gobblers
Marshall College of Huntington
W. Va
Kern
Henderson
Handley
Fort Hill
Carenderland
Morgantown
Paul “Moose” Hodges
Berkeley Springs
West Virginia
Hodges
Tony Constantine
Morgantown Post
Paul Hodges
Moses
Mountaineer
Moose
University of West Virginia
Reds Seek NL Pennant As Card Game Set To Decide
Cincinnati Reds and St. Louis Cardinals clash again with one game needed to clinch the National League title. Bucky Walters and Bill McGee will pitch for Cincinnati while Paul Derringer is ready for the Cards. The opener, a 3 to 1 Reds win, leaves a single decisive game to crown the pennant.
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John Frye
Cincinnati
Cincinnati Reds
St. Louis Cardinals
Pat Moran
Reds
Walters
Bucky Walters
Bill McGee
Bucky
Cardinals
Bill McKechnie
Deacon Bill
Bill
Gene Thompson
Gene
McKechnie
Lee Grisom
Paul Derringer
St. Louis
Hitler Propaganda Label Echoed by British Minister
Lord MacMillan told the House of Lords Hitler is Britain’s propagandist in the United States. He said there shall be no American propaganda and that facts should speak for themselves while the information ministry supplies the sought facts if the American public requests them.
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London
Britain
Lord MacMillan
House of Lords
Adolf Hitler
United States
Information Ministry
MacMillan
United States of America
Herr Hitler
Smokeless Powder Inventor C E Munroe Claimed
The text credits Charles E. Munroe of Forest Glen Maryland as the inventor of smokeless powder. Munroe was recognized as an explosives authority and author of over 100 books and papers on chemistry and explosives.
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Charles E. Munroe
Forest Glenn
Can Reds Stop Yanks in Crucial Pennant Push?
New York and Cincinnati face a pitching duel as Bucky Walters and Paul Derringer attempt to halt the powerhouse Yankees led by Red Ruffing Lefty Gomez and Monte Pearson. With New York already secure in the AL flag, Cincinnati must win one game to threaten a first-ever World Series bid.
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New York
Yankees
Reds
Bucky Walters
Paul Derringer
Joseph McCarthy
Bronx
Rhineland
Big Bucky
Paul
Red Ruffing
Monte Pearson
Lefty Gomez
Steve Sandra Atley Donald
Byama Hadley
Mabius Russo
Marie Joe
St. Louis Cardinals
Broadway
Bucky
Cincinnati
Ruffing Gomez
Pearson, & Co
Riley
Yanks
Red
Lefty
Monte
Cincinnai
Bill Lee
Cubs
District Store Sales Increase In Fifth District
In August department store sales in the fifth Federal Reserve District rose 6.4 percent from a year earlier. For January through August this year sales rose 3.1 percent compared with the same period in 1938. Washington led with 8.7 percent, followed by Richmond 2.2 percent and Baltimore 5.1 percent.
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Richmond
Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve Bank
Washington
Baltimore
UCLA May Surprise The TCU Squad
Los Angeles September 27. UCLA opens against Texas Christian with new head coach Babe Horrell. Backfield talent includes Kenny Washington and Jack Robinson while line help remains a question as the Bruins seek an upset against the Horned Frogs in the season opener.
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Los Angeles
University of California At
Uclans
Texas Christian
Horned Frogs
Texas
Bruin
Edwin C
Babe) Horrell
Bruins
Horrell
California
Bill Spaulding
Kenny Washington
Pasadena Junior College
Jack Robinson
Annapolis Farm Wins Championship At Virginia Fair
Wimbledon Farms of Annapolis Maryland won five of six champion awards at the Virginia State Fair including grand champion bull and grand champion female in Holstein-Friesian class. Herefords awards went to Morlunda Farm Lewisburg West Virginia. Ben-Mar Farms Washington Court House Ohio won champion female and B S Ole s Kingsville Maryland reserve champion bull. Pittaway Farms Midlothian swept Chester Swine and O I C Swine Judging. J P Neal Kings Creek South Carolina won Berkshire awards and Triangle Farms Cedarville Ohio led Duroc Jersey ribbons. Virginia prizes listed for Harrisonburg J D Myers in calf and cows, Audley Farms Berryville junior champion.
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Richmond
Wimbledon Farms
Annapolis
Morlunda Farm
Lewisburg
W. V
Ben- Mar Farms
Washington Courthouse
Ohio
Oles
Kingsville
Pittaway Farms
Midlothian
I. D. Myers
Harrisonburg
T. D. Myers
Audley Farms
Berryville
Stage Dancer To Grid Hero At St Marys
San Francisco Sept 27 Slip Madigan showcases Dante Magnani a former adagio dancer turned right halfback for St Marys Magnani famed for swift footwork and two way direction changes he even performs one handed flip flops with a football Madigan bans the flip flops ruling out the risky move and worries about his 167 pound varsity star getting hurt
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San Francisco
Madigan
St. Mary’s
Dante Magnani
Dante
Ups And Downs In Fifth Game
In White Plains AP reports boxing results with Vinnie Vines defeating Dennis Deegan in a close decision while Baby Yack stops Lou Transpeniti in Baltimore. Jack Wofford knocks out Monty Marks in Troy and Mazie Berger outpoints Leona Del Genio in New York Montreal bout.
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White Plains
N. Y
Vinnie Vines
Schemectady
Dennis Deegan
Brooklyn
New York
Baby Yack
Toronto
Lou Transparenti
Baltimore
Jack Wofford
Texas
Monty Marks
Troy
Mazie Berger
Montreal
Leona del Genio
Death Removes Noted Horseman
John Sanford an 88 year old Amsterdam New York car part maker and race horse owner died in his Saratoga Springs hotel room after a month of ill health He had come to attend the diamond jubilee meeting of the Saratoga Racing Association but could not return home.
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Saratoga Springs
N. Y
John Sanford
Amsterdam
Sanford
Saratoga Racing Association
Six Other Big League Games
Six other Major League games were played yesterday beyond the Cincinnati St Louis race. Billy Myers homered to spark the Reds 3-1 win as Morty Cooper shut out the Cardinals 6-0. Brooklyn beat New York 3-2 after taking the opener 9-5 with Carl Hubbell’s homer. Kirby Higbe shut down Boston to beat Philadelphia 5-3 as Marty and Letchas homered. Philadelphia crushed Washington 15-4 as the Athletics piled 16 hits. Detroit beat St Louis 5-4 and 7-5, deepening the Browns’ woes. Yankees and Red Sox were rained out, with a twin bill set for today, as Cubs and Pirates also could not play.
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Bill White
Associated Press
Cincinnati
Morty Cooper
Cardinals
Flatbush
Cincy
Brooklyn Dodgers
New York Giants
Giants
Carl Hubbell
Dodgers
Kirby Higbe
Boston Bees
Philadelphia
Marty and
Letchas
Washington
Philadelphia Athletics
Detroit Tigers
St. Louis Browns
St. Louis
Tigers
Joe Gallagher
New York Yankees
Boston Red Sox
Boston
Chicago Cubs
Pittsburgh Pirates
Pittsburgh
Examinations for U S Civil Service Open Applications
The United States Civil Service Commission invites open competitive examinations for several positions with deadlines by October 23. Roles include principal industry committee adviser and wage and hour division posts. Full details from Herman Lee at the local post office in this city.
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United States Civil Service Commission
Washington, D. C
Department of Labor
U. S. Public Health Service
Herman Lee
United States Civil Service Board of Examiners
Numerology spot highlights Grand Island coach
Grand Island High School coach Roy Mandery, famed for a long career, boasts a winning season record in 193% and another in 193 £. In 1939, Mandery marks his 13th year of coaching and his 13th car.
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Grand Island, Neb
Roy Mandery
Grand Island High School
Mandery
Wrong Way Corrigans in 260 Mile St Louis Pennant Quest
Kansas City report says John W. Norman and J. B. Ashcraft filling station owners drove 260 miles to see a pennant deciding National League game in Cincinnati after buying a newspaper to learn probable lineups.
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Kansas City
John W. Norman
J. B. Ashcraft
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Cow Theft Leads to Court Room Sentence
A suspect was arrested after visible tracks led a policeman to him as a cow theft case unfolded in Orangeburg. The man admitted placing shoes on the cow to mislead pursuers and was sentenced to 18 months of road work.
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Orangeburg
Daily moments refresh and inspire a fresh point of view
The text encourages taking a daily personal break to relax recharge and gain new perspective. It stresses time for family hobbies and conversation with understanding companions, arguing that daily moments add lustre to life and are owed to oneself.
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Isa Abd Witiate
Ais Cores Heave
Mik
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