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Al Brancato This Article Was Written by David E
Al Brancato This article was written by David E. Skelton The fractured skull Philadelphia Athletics shortstop Skeeter Newsome suffered on April 9, 1938 left a gaping hole in the club’s defense. Ten players, including Newsome after he recovered, attempted to fill the void through the 1939 season. One was Al Brancato, a 20- year-old September call-up from Class-A ball who had never played shortstop professionally. Enticed by the youngster’s cannon right arm, Athletics manager Connie Mack moved him from third base to short in 1940. On June 21, after watching Brancato retire Chicago White Sox great Luke Appling on a hard-hit grounder, Mack exclaimed, “There’s no telling how good that boy is going to be.”1 Though no one in the organization expected the diminutive (5-feet-nine and 188 pounds) Philadelphia native’s offense to cause fans to forget former Athletics infield greats Home Run Baker or Eddie Collins, the club was satisfied that Brancato could fill in defensively. “You keep on fielding the way you are and I’ll do the worrying about your hitting,” Mack told Brancato in May 1941.2 Ironically, the youngster’s defensive skills would fail him before the season ended. In September, as the club spiraled to its eighth straight losing season, “baseball’s grand old gentleman” lashed out. “The infielders—[Benny] McCoy, Brancato and [Pete] Suder—are terrible,” Mack grumbled. “They have hit bottom. Suder is so slow it is painful to watch him; Brancato is erratic and McCoy is—oh, he’s just McCoy, that’s all.” 3 After the season ended Brancato enlisted in the US Navy following the country’s entry into the Second World War. -
PDF of August 1976 Issue
~CityWatch' is CTA System Bonus By Jeff Stern Chicago has an extra public service asset that reaches beyond transit, although transit is the reason it exists. You might call it a "round-the-clock com- munity alarm system" extending to every street and right-of-way that a CTA bus or train travels. "Alerts" are frequent as CTA bus operators and motormen get on the radiophone to report incidents on their routes which may warrant an emergency re- sponse from other city agencies. While "lookout" duty is not prescribed in the oper- ating rulebook, it is exercised continuously, demon- strating the outstanding sense of community responsi- bility that the CTA "volunteers" possess. The CTA Control Center in the Merchandise Mart has direct flip-a-switch contact with police and fire de- partments, city and state highway authorities and other service agencies. Alerts can be relayed to them almost instantaneously, giving extra assurance to citizens that help will come quickly when they need it. Recently, an operator on Lake Shore Drive called the Control Center to report that a plane approaching Meigs Field had fallen into Lake Michigan. It turned out that this was the first call to be relayed to the fire department about this accident. In another demonstration of concern, the operator of a 67th Street bus saw a woman who was trying to cross the street get hit by a truck. He immediately called the Control Center to send a fire ambulance to the scene. (Continued Page 2) Here's how C'TA's additional community service works. -
1939-07-14 [P B-6]
■■■ Reds Bob Up With Bigger Lead Than Yankees as Start Second Half ■ Majors y Sports Mirror Lose or Draw Champions Drop Hartnett Draws Bv MM Auoclatod Preu. Win, Today a year ago—Lefty Grove, star Red Sox pitcher, forced out By FRANCIS E. STAN. 6th in Row as of game in sixth inning with First Blood in sudden arm ailment as he won An Authority Speaks on Joe Gordon 14th game of season. Three United If it did nothing else, baseball's latest all-star show exposed the ln- years ago—Full States team of 384 athletes as- flelding greatness of Joe Gordon for all to see. The young Yankee second Bosox Win sured for Berlin Olympics as baseman emerged sharing the heroics with Bob Feller, who is getting some Cub-Phil Feud women’s track team raised funds recognition of his own, and around the country now the critics are saying to send IS. that Gordon is the No. 1 man at his position. National Pacemakers Five years ago—Cavalcade won Bill Reinhart was talking about the youngster a few days before the Trounces Club Irked $30,000 Arlington Classic, beat- all-star game. Reinhart is George Washington's football and basket ball Blank Giants, Go ing Discovery by four lengths; Because Lou Gehrig, ill with coach and one of the two men who know Gordon best. The other is Arny Idled lumbago, kept record of in- Manager Joe McCarthy of the Yankees. 6V2 Games Up string games At 'Dream' Game tact by batting in first inning for • “He's the finest .young ballplayer I ever saw at the start of his career,” JUDSON BAILEY, Yanks. -
Hugginsscottauction Feb13.Pdf
elcome to Huggins and Scott Auctions, the Nation's fastest grow- W ing Sports & Americana Auction House. With this catalog, we are presenting another extensive list of sports cards and memo- rabilia, plus an array of historically significant Americana items. We hope you enjoy this. V E RY IMPORTA N T: DUE TO SIZE CONSTRAINTS AND T H E COST FAC TOR IN THE PRINT VERSION OF MOST CATA LOGS, WE ARE UNABLE TO INCLUDE ALL PICTURES AND ELA B O- R ATE DESCRIPTIONS ON EV E RY SINGLE LOT IN THE AUCTION. HOW EVER, OUR WEBSITE HAS NO LIMITATIONS, SO W E H AVE ADDED MANY MORE PH OTOS AND A MUCH MORE ELA B O R ATE DESCRIPTION ON V I RT UA L LY EV E RY ITEM ON OUR WEBSITE. WELL WO RTH CHECKING OUT IF YOU ARE SERIOUS ABOUT A LOT ! WEBSITE: W W W. H U G G I N S A N D S C OTT. C O M Here's how we are running our February 7, 2013 to STEP 2. A way to check if your bid was accepted is to go auction: to “My Bid List”. If the item you bid on is listed there, you are in. You can now sort your bid list by which lots you BIDDING BEGINS: hold the current high bid for, and which lots you have been Monday Ja n u a ry 28, 2013 at 12:00pm Eastern Ti m e outbid on. IF YOU HAVE NOT PLACED A BID ON AN ITEM BEFORE 10:00 pm EST (on the night the Our auction was designed years ago and still remains geared item ends), YOU CANNOT BID ON THAT ITEM toward affordable vintage items for the serious collector. -
28 September 1939 Greenbelt Cooperator
GREENBELT it) UOOPERATOR VCLUME 4, NO. 4 SEPmlBER 28, 19.39 GREENBELT, IWlYLAKD J'IU CENTS MAURER IS MAYOR "Three Cornered Moon" FOR NEW COUNCIL In their first meeting Monday night the new Town Council elected Henry H. Maurer mayorqr acclamation. George Wamer was named mayor pro te:m.. A tinanci.al statement for the Town was presented by Manager Roy Braden to show .that expenditures were within the budget as of September 15, although ad justment of several items will be needed. At the next Council meeting 'Which will be held Monday, October 2, at 6:30, there will be further discussion of Greenbelt finances. Bernheim Completes Institute Program Greenbelt1s Second Annual Cooperative Institute, scheduled far October 7 and 81 last week rounded out its roster of distinguished consultants 111th the iIP clusion of Dr. Bertram M. Bernheim, well known Johns Hopkins surgeon, it was announced by !Duis Bessemer, co-chairman of the Program Arrangements Committee. Dr. Bernheim will be Reference Consult ant for the nThree cornered Moonn, the three-act comedy-drama round table . ..discussicn on medical cooperatives. by Gert.ru.-le Tonkonogy, will be givm in the Oreen Dr. Bernheim is a graduate of Johns Hopkins Uni belt Theater this caning Tuesday and Wednesday even versity and of Johns Hopkins Medical School am did ~ at 8:15 by the local drama group. post-graduate work in Europe. During the last war Frank tort.us, Joe llaynard, H. Wendell Miller, he was one of the first to go across, doing service Dorothy Harris and Bert G. Dekena, Jr. -
1941-06-10 [P
GOOD MORNING VANDER MEER SPURS C1NCY REDS Swimming* BLOMME ACE MOUNDSMAN DODGERS By GLENWARD Conn’s Moved Right Along So Far, But Next-? DRoT AP Feature Service IS FINDING FORM a hitch in Conn’s waltz the trail to FROM on the lakes and eveiy been scarcely Billy along heavyweight NAT on the THERE’S It’s swimming time beaches, will LEU the when t ose date but the 180-pound (well, almost) challenger have to do some mighty foxy trot- shady creek hole. It is also the time of year about Old Grudges Forgotten As to his June 18 engagement with the head man of the heavies, Joe Louis. Red who love to hit the water are not cautious enough ting get by Cincinnati, Hot. noticeable increase Club Near- made his heavyweight debut, at scarcely more than 170 pounds, against Gus Do- Fast their health. Every summer there is a Johnny Clicks; Conn to Tumble which have been traced razio in 1939. He stopped Gus and since then has registered kayoes, technical or actual, Hap. in sinus, mastoid and ear infections ing Third Place less Brooklyns writers h over Bob Pastor, Danny Hassett, Gunnar Barlund, and Buddy Knox. He also has won to In swimming events sports swimming. ani are but are not. Fish have decisions over A1 McCoy, Henry Cooper Lee Savold. Here Conn and some of the called the contestants ‘fish,’ they By JUDSON BAILEY # BROOKLYN, June 9—ijl. use to c ® victims of his lead-up to Louis: red hot Cincinnati Reds which they _____ null./'1 protective covering f that^at BROOKLYN, June 9— UP)—John- ether They also posset extra fat victory out of the ?? trils before submerging. -
Cincinnati Reds' Pitching Staff Will Total Saves
Cincinnati Reds Press Clippings March 31, 2016 THIS DAY IN REDS HISTORY 2003-Cincinnati hosts the opening of Great American Ball Park. The Reds lose to the Pittsburgh Pirates, 10-1, before a sellout crowd of 42,343 MLB.COM Get the season started with 30 cool Statcast stats for 30 teams MLB.com analyst Mike Petriello looks back at the some of the best Statcast findings in the inaugural year of the new analysis tool By Mike Petriello / MLB.com | @mike_petriello | March 30th, 2016 + 0 COMMENTS This marks the second season of Statcast™, and that means we have an entire season of data about exit velocity, spin rate, extension, arm strength, lead distance, launch angle and just about anything else you can think of, for every team. Let's get the season started in style by running down an interesting Statcast™ stat for each team -- in many cases, something that never could have been measured prior to 2015. AMERICAN LEAGUE EAST Blue Jays: 1.07 seconds: Ryan Goins' baseball-leading exchange time, which is a way to measure the time that elapses between a fielder receiving the ball and releasing the throw. What that means is that no infielder in the game managed to get rid of the ball as quickly as Goins did, which makes sense given his stellar defensive reputation. Orioles: 82.2 mph: Darren O'Day's average exit velocity against on four-seam fastballs, the second lowest among 407 pitchers who threw at least 100 of them. Despite averaging just 88 mph on his otherwise unimposing fastball, O'Day's swing-and-miss rate of 36.8 percent was better than every pitcher other than Aroldis Chapman, and the hitters that did make contact against O'Day's funky sidearm delivery failed to make good contact, leading to a .097 average against it. -
High Flying Wings Headed for Boston
Harry Grayson's High Flying Wings Headed for Boston Scoreboard ... THEY PLAYED THE GAME NO. 3 Big 1,400 Navy Pre-Flight Cadets Softball Mibs Detroit Seeks in Track Meet Requiring Ruth Drew SBO,OOO a Year Meeting Tourney Field Victory Only 105 Minutes Date Set is Expected Third By HARRY GRAYSON Grossly for the 1943 softball Sports di«or Underpaid Plans \| A I and Was Judging by the number of offers the season in Mount Clemens will boys playing days Wednesday NEW YORK, April 6 Lieut. Charles Werner marbles these on be discussed formally for the North Carolina Navy Pre-Flight School's track meet as something at school and at vacant play- first time when team sponsors game remains Fourth Gam# in the way of evidence that military regimentation is the way to fields, the one of and managers of junior and sen- most popular pastimes get things accomplished. the Will bt Ployed ior men’s teams get together on among youths. fewer than 1400 cadets participated yet the actual running No Friday, April 16. Consequently, a large field is Thursday Night of the three-dav program was only one hour and 45 minutes. time Ballantine, city re- expected to compete this month Fifty-five minutes were taken the first day, 20 the second and Bernard creation director, said today the in the annual city marbles tour- BOSTON, April 8 (/P> 30 the third. nament being sponsored by the Detroit’s high-flying Red Wings the were four high first softball meeting would be were run on same field. -
Kit Young's Sale #140
Page 1 KIT YOUNG’S SALE #140 TOPPS CONNIE MACK ALL STARS 1951 TOPPS CONNIE MACK ALL STARS 1951 TOPPS CONNIE MACK ALL STARS LOU GEHRIG SGC 50 VG-EX $1395.00 BABE RUTH PSA 5 EX $2195.00 Not sure why this is just a “4” – great color, good centering – we see no creas- An absolute beauty! From Topps’ first set. Great centering, beautiful color, ing, just a little corner wear. no creasing, just a touch of corner wear. Looks almost EX-MT to us. 1933 GOUDEY #149 1948-49 LEAF #1 1933 GOUDEY #191 BABE RUTH GD-VG $1995.00 JOE DIMAGGIO VG-EX $895.00 BABE RUTH LOW/MID GRADE $1995.00 “Red” version with nice centering, good coloring, Solid VG-EX card of “The Yankee Clipper”. Some Low/mid-grade – good color with some surface clean back. We grade GD-VG due to some corner wear, a bit of surface wear, a surface crease wear, a couple of creases (but not on face). A surface wear (by his name). Ruth card prices are on upper left corner on back. VG-EX overall. chance to buy a Ruth at a reasonable price. going through the roof! KIT YOUNG CARDS . 4876 SANTA MONICA AVE, #137. DEPT. S-140. SAN DIEGO,CA 92107. (888) 548-9686. KITYOUNG.COM Page 2 PREMIUM VINTAGE CARDS 1986-87 Fleer #57 Michael Jordan Rookie 1910 E91-C American Caramel 1922 E121-120 AMERICAN CARAMEL TY A super sharp card of the incredible Honus Wagner COBB VG $1295.00 Michael Jordan! Grades MINT 9! Near perfect cen- Rookie VG-EX $1995.00 Very scarce card. -
Wings Win Scoring 3 Goals in 49 Seconds
PAGE 22 DETROIT EVE NI N G TIMES (PHOSH CHERRY SBOOJ February 1943 Sports Wings Win Scoring 3 Goals in 49 Seconds HEIGHT MAKECTHEM PREP FAVORITES Irish to Follow A COMPETITIVE LESSON Rangers Fail to Book Reveals Baseball's Big Big 10 in Frosh Win 18th Time Service List Change r VJPS M- .. In Row, 5-4 By LEO MACDONELL Rule '¦w, - NEW YORK. Feb. 18 -The De- CHICAGO, Feb. 19 (INS).— W| ** 56 outstanding big lr igur troit Red Wings, who stopped the With ' Notre Dame was expected today f'"j S, Qi,}- * players listed for service. Cliff i r i'«S ffr' 'si* J ! Rangers last New Year Eve after | to join in whatever action Western going without being shut out latest edition Bloodgood’s Conference officials take Sunday through 128 games, and have been Who .n Baseba Just “Who* on the freshmen residence rule for intsrumental in several Ranger 7 rrVflvp,’ strikingly re\<al* t varsity sports competition during setbacks since, hurdled them into their eighteenth game * contribution to I'nde wartime. consecutive con- test without victory last night at fighting forces The South Bend. Ind., university Sam s ,yV.tLJB/V R H jf Madison Square Garden. the heron* was invited to send a representa- 1 ' The It likewise reveals score was 5 to 4. lonn task the Ame 1 tea n a?' d tive to the meeting of Big Ten ImF League- face il they directors of athletics which follow'* The Rangers have suffered more National than their share of injuries this ’ hope to provide the fan' hasrh.tl! the session of the conference fac- ' that approaches the brand of ulty committee at which abroga- season and the Wings have been* responsible greater ball to which Detroit and other tion of the freshmen rule will be for the part metropolitan centers arc accus- discussed. -
1941-06-18 [P 10]
both of Tarboro Youngster Greensboro, with 7,. POWER qualifying day. CARDS WIN OVER FIRST SAILFISH OF SEASON CHICAGO Wins Carolinas Medal Ward shot a two over .. Par , the nine hole fot 11 TO 3 f HITS YANKEES GREENSBORO, June 17.— (JP) — medal playott SPORTS PHILLIES, Taylor was next *** Harvey Ward, 15, Tarboro with ,, young- Beaver picked up on *"d NEW YORK, June 17 —W)—The ster, was awarded the medal of the th * Hit And Run when he was in ‘ecct111 Employ Age-Old Pell-Mell rush of the" New York trouble. 15th Annual Carolinas Junior Boys “By A Kayo"—Louis Play In First Inning To Yankees was interrupted today by NIGHT SOFTBALL Golf tournament after having tied Each human foot the Chicago White Sox with an 8 to contain,! * “I’m A Cinch”—Conn Score Four Runs with Ray Taylor and H. B. Beaver, separate bones. 26 7 victory after the Yankees had won eight straight games. PLAY RE-OPENS NEW YORK, June 17.—GR— ST. LOUIS, June 17.—MV-1The St. was a see-saw are the eve-of-battle state- It wild, struggle Here Louis Cardinals thumped the Phil- FINANCE HONE Godwin, ments of Joe Louis and Billy with each team using three pitch- LOANS Opticians Win Over adelphia Phillies 11 to 3 today in Conn for their heavyweight ers and the ordinarily light-hitting a of their drive to- Bakers Take Firemen continuation 20 hits. The only extra-base knock AT HONE title fight in the Polo Grounds but for all ward a pennant, prac- Sox 11 Robert Strange tomorrow night: White getting of the game’s At tical purposes the game could have For a sound, friendly, satisfactory source of home Louis—That Conn talks This the farewell finan Billy ended after the first inning. -
(Iowa City, Iowa), 1942-08-25
.. Cqrcts Jump Wanner Leque Lu4ln. Doqers IOWA: Warmer toda, euepl III 7 to 1 extreme west portion. wldel, 8 1'1: Siory on Pal'e ol THE DAILY IOWAN Ie t~tecl Ibowen.. Iowa Cit y I I M 0 r n i n g New spa per· ... fIVE CENTS TBI AIIO(llATID PIII.81 IOWA CITY, IOWA TUESDAY, AUGUST 25.1942 T .. ABIO<aATI D P • ••I VOLUME XLll NUMBER 286 e e 'r ress aln , Interpreting CALLED AS WITNESSES IN CHICAGO TREASON PROBE Arrival of U.S. Forty 'M'iI From City' War News-· Unit Forecasts ~-. -:---. -- Valiant La'st Ditch ' · 1'1 • t Senat~ Group Okays Reds FighfDesperately Against Stand May Prevent Aerla nvaslon Lowenng Income Tax Doom of Stalingrad Military Observers Credit·for Depend~nts Large Tan~ and Infantry Forces By EDWARD E. BOMAR Wide World War AnalySt Predid Giant Fall Nomen are. $220,000,000 Addition B, II£NllY CASSIDY ~ n for "lIIea But for the successful last ditch Bombing Offensive .MORCOW, 'I'UEHDA Y (AP)-German tanks and mechaniud stand of Moscow and Leningrad, To New Revenue Bill By WES GALLAGHER .infantry WCI' Ilcknowledged officiall y today to be only 40 miles the doom of Stnlingrad would ap· Anticipated by ' Move LONDON (AP)-A big Anglo flfJl'thwl'Rl or .'tnlingrad allel' ero ing th Don l'h'er bend, and in divencSs. pear almost inevitable on the face American "aerial push" aimed at WASHINGTON (AP)-The s n- n 50· mil 8ucasian advollc th Ilazis l' achpd 0 point only 85 perhaps a of discou raging reports from the miles ft'Om the rich oviet oil city of rozny.