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...fifth inning was another story. The first batter led off with a single. The next two men walked, filling the bases. Harrison then forced the next two batters to pop up, but walked another man. Cliff Crosby then tripled down the first base line clearing the bases and making the score 5 to 4. In their half, the Crimson made it five all with two singles and two walks. The score remained tied until the last of the eight...
...talk of the Southern Association. In an afternoon's double-header with New Orleans, in ten times at bat he hit a home run, three triples, two doubles and two singles. His day's work put him far out in front as the league's best batter, boosted his average to .412 which is 55 points ahead of his nearest rival...
...Manchuria, the Government had 150,000 of its best regular troops, many of them trained and equipped by the U.S. for fighting Japs. They were strong enough to batter the Reds away from the rail lines at Szepingkai this month in a major engagement. But the Government was not getting much out of what it held of Manchuria. The big coal mines were shut down; the harvest could not be moved over transport lines broken by Communists...
...were Gilman, who doubled in the first but was picked off by pitcher Harrison, and Farmer in the seventh, who also reached second by means of a steal but died there as Harrison got a strike out, tossed a grounder to third for a force, and compelled a third batter to pop up to end the game...
Though he leads the National League in strikeouts, Righthander Blackwell did not really bear down on fanning an opponent until the last batter stepped up to face him. Blackwell steamed in a high fast ball, and Bama Rowell struck...