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5 CENTS THE "TIMES"
Huge Fire In Oregon
"Tillamook Burn" Suspected Caused By Loggers
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B1 ENTERTAINMENT
"I'm No Angel" #1 At The Box Office
Mae West Movie Captures America's Heart
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C1 SCIENCE
Lots of Tropical Storms This Year
Is It the Water? Pace Set for Twenty-One Storms
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D1 SPORTS
AL Down To The Wire, NL Still Close
Both Pennant Races Are Too Close to Call[/b]
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American League Standings
Team W L PCT GB Home Away 1Run M# Streak
New York Yankees 78 49 0.614- 40-15 38-34 22-23 26 W3
Chicago White Sox 79 51 0.608 0.5 45-28 34-23 19-19 L2
Philadelphia Athletics 70 56 0.556 7.5 31-22 39-34 24-18 W1
Detroit Tigers 65 65 0.500 14.5 36-35 29-30 19-14 L3
Washington Senators 61 65 0.484 16.5 28-29 33-36 18-20 W1
Boston Red Sox 61 66 0.480 17 30-27 31-39 19-26 L1
Cleveland Indians 51 79 0.392 28.5 30-42 21-37 17-13 W1
St. Louis Browns 48 82 0.369 31.5 26-49 22-33 14-19 W1
National League Standings
Team W L PCT GB Home Away 1Run M# Streak
New York Giants 84 43 0.661- 49-22 35-21 24-13 25 W2
Cincinnati Reds 82 46 0.641 2.5 34-22 48-24 19-21 W1
Philadelphia Phillies 74 54 0.578 10.5 42-31 32-23 24-10 W1
Brooklyn Dodgers 57 70 0.449 27 27-42 30-28 16-17 L3
St Louis Cardinals 57 71 0.445 27.5 23-33 34-38 18-21 W1
Pittsburgh Pirates 56 71 0.441 28 22-36 34-35 13-21 L1
Chicago Cubs 55 74 0.426 30 26-30 29-44 18-22 W2
Boston Braves 46 82 0.359 38.5 24-48 22-34 16-23 L1
Are there four teams in it or are there five? Connie Mack says that his Philadelphia Athletics cannot be counted out, but 7 and one-half games is a lot to make up in a month of play. Whatever you may think, it's interesting to note how they got here. Here are last month's records for the clubs:
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Athletics 17-10 (0-3, 10-2, 0-3, 7-2)
White Sox 17-10 (10-2, 0-2, 6-1, 1-5)
Yankees 16-11 (7-0, 1-4, 4-4, 0-3, 3-0)
Reds 14-11 (3-5, 5-1, 0-3, 3-0, 2-2)
Giants 14-13 (3-1, 0-5, 2-1, 0-3, 10-3)
After a rollicking July, the Giants had to go on an extended winning streak just to finish over .500 for August. Fortunately for them, the Reds were only normal and they still have that short lead. On the American side of the ledger, the White Sox actually led the circuit for about a week before being displaced by the Yankees on the last day of the month. All the while, the A's have managed to sort of stay in it; they even played the spoiler role last week in taking 3 of 4 from Chicago.
Important Upcoming Dates
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Sept 3-4 Yankees at Athletics, 3 games (doubleheader on the 4th)
Sept 9-12 Giants at Reds, 4 games
Sept 11-13 White Sox at Athletics, 4 games (doubleheader on the 11th)
Sept 18-20 White Sox at Yankees, 3 games
Sept 27 Yankees at Athletics, 1 game
MVP Watch
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Bob Wolf, 1B, Chicago White Sox (.326, 12, 80). Wolf, a 10 year veteran of the White Sox, has been the backbone of this team in its attempt to knock the Yankees of its American League perch. Already the AL Batter of the Month for the months of June and July this year, a strong September might not just win him the MVP, it might win his team the pennant.
Dorsey Powell, RF, Washington Senators (.322, 10, 76). It's been a significantly rougher year for the Senators but Powell has done what he can. Pundits have been waiting for him to repeat the performance of his dominating 1930 campaign (.367, 19, 114), and while this year might not be all that, it's been quite a bit.
Gene Smyth, CF, Detroit Tigers (.299, 15, 60). The Tigers haven't been .500 or better since 1924 but this year they have a young team that appears to be turning the corner. Their man in center is 23-year-old Gene Smyth, who is turning the American League on its ear in his first full season in the bigs.
Carter Keeton, LF, New York Yankees (.313, 14, 61). The Yankees profess to have a ban on facial hair. As you can see, that is a fight they do not wish to have with their star left fielder. Keeton missed the first month of the season, which is really the only reason anybody is close to him in the MVP race. Right now, he's been called on to step up his game while the team finds a way to account for the loss of 2B Mike Kennedy as well as half of the starting rotation (Steve Krug and Elvin Gram).
Bill Eldridge, 1B, Cleveland Indians (.285, 16, 59). His numbers don't look too far removed from his injury-plagued 1932 season (.267, 14, 61) which was considered a disappointing year by many in and outside of the Forest City, but there's an important difference: the league is scoring more than a run less per game. That vaults these numbers from decent to outstanding. What they don't do is vault the Indians out of the cellar.
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Mason Taylor, CF, New York Giants (.345, 19, 69). Taylor was brought in from Washington last season to be the icing on the Giants' offense cake, hit near the top of the order against right handed pitching, and play a good, solid left field. Because of injuries and an overall offensive malaise by the Jints, he has instead turned into their #3 hitter and center fielder. Will it be enough for the Gothamites to repeat in '33? It seems to be working so far.
Jay Calvin, 3B, Cincinnati Reds (.363, 4, 79). Calvin flirted with .400 at the beginning of the year, carrying a .402 average as late as June 28th. Since then he has slumped a bit, hitting "only" .303 and .327 in the last 2 months, but that's still pretty good if you ask us. One thing that cannot be overlooked when talking about Calvin is his defense: he has won 4 Gold Gloves in his career, including one each of the last 2 years. Whether he plays shortstop or the "hot corner", Calvin is recognized as the best at what he does.
Charles Payne, CF, Philadelphia Phillies (.280, 22, 70). Like a fine wine, Payne just gets better with age. After having never hit more than 20 homeruns in a season prior to 1930, when he turned 33, Payne has hit 22 or more homers each of the last 4 years. He now has 211 for his career, the 4th highest total of all time.
Ken Lefebvre, RF, Brooklyn Dodgers (.321, 15, 76). The Dodgers are celebrating something similar to a Cinderella year this year as well, although it's hard to call the tidings truly good with a team that's still 13 games under .500. Lefebvre is not a true rookie since he got half a season to show his stuff last year but is as good a young player as you're going to find in the Senior Circuit.
Lester Archie, 3B, St. Louis Cardinals (.325, 15, 74). Archie thought he was finally going to play for a contender after he was traded from the cash-strapped Browns to their NL counterparts the Cardinals this offseason. As it turns out, this was not to be, but Archie continues to do what he does best, which is hit baseballs. The Cards moved him from short to third for defensive reasons, which should work out well for both the team and the player in the long run.