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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
THURSDAY, SEPT. 25, 1941
Fans Are Tense As Dodgers Race Toward Pennant
Boston, Sept. 25 — (UP)— Many a heart will skip a beat today while the Brooklyn Dodgers—those glorious bums from Flatbush—try to get across the finish line in the tempestuous National League pennant race.
The butcher, the baker and the candlestick maker from the Gowanus canal to Frisco's golden gate were one with the Dodgers in their struggle to clutch the elusive pot of gold at the end of baseball's rainbow, a prize that has eluded them for 21 years.
With a little help from the Pittsburgh Pirates, the Dodgers can make it today by beating the Boston Braves in their final game here. If the Dodgers win and the Priates upset the Cardinals it's all over and Brooklyn will meet the Yankees in the World Series. If the Cardinals win in Pittsburgh, then the actual mathematical clinching will have to be postponed until Saturday. Both the Dodgers and the Cardinals are idle tomorrow.
Whitlow Wyatt of Georgia—affectionately known among Brooklyn fans as "Whitelaw of Chickernau-ger"—will go after what Manager Leo Durocher hopes will be the pennant-clinching victory. Wyatt, famed for his insidious sinker ball, has won 21 games and beaten the Braves five times without a setback. In his last appearance here he had a no-hit game until the ninth inning. His pitching rival will be Tom Earley, a right-hander who has beaten the Dodgers one of the four games the Braves have won all season from the Brooklyn entry
Most of the pressure on the Dodgers has been released by events of the past ten days. The Dodgers can win by themselves, regardless of what St. Louis does, by taking two of its three remaining games. Some of Brooklyn's official family actually hope that the clinching don't take place until their Saturday game with the Phillies at Ebbets Field. It'll be more fun in Brooklyn.
The Dodgers showed their class by coming from behind to take the
braves yesterday in a hotly-contested game, 4-2. With a 2-0 lead leading into the seventh, Jim Tobin, a wily knuckle-ball pitcher, seemed to have the Dodgers on his hip. But Brooklyn filled the bases and, with two out, Dixie Walker, the player scorned by the Dodger front office but beloved by Dodger fans smacked a triple over Max West's head to drive in three runs.
It was Walker's 31st birthday and the tall Georgian played a perfect shot into the side pocket. He picked on an outside pitch and dropped it over Max West's head. West had sneaked up behind the shortstop, hoping to catch a short pop fly on the left-handed hitter. It was a disastrous mistake.
New Mail Stamps On Sale Today
Kansas City, Mo., Sept. 25.—(UP) The government's new 30-cent air mail stamp went on sale here today and the post office cancelled approximately 35,000 "covers" stamped envelopes-for collectors throughout the world.
Postoffice officials said at least one cover would go to a king who collects stamps. President Roosevelt will get a special cover—a stamped wooden heart, carrying out Kansas City's Heart of America theme.
Gov. Leon C. Phillips of Oklahoma, an ardent philatelist, sent a self-addressed cover for cancellation.
Sale of the new stamp coincided with opening of the annual convention of the Trans-Mississippi Philatelic society.
UNION TO HOLD---teams would be playing next year. The industrial teams will hold their annual tournament in Wichita, Kan., Aug. 14-27 and the state champion army teams will meet in an elimination series tentatively scheduled for Aug. 15-22 in Chicago.
(continued from page one) free pop will be served in the game room.
Provisions have been made for ping pong and bridge in the Kansas room.
At the open house the first K Union, a leaflet explaining the Union building and its activities will be distributed.
"Every student is invited to attend the open house and to see how the Union really operates for his added pleasure, entertainment, and convenience," Keith Spalding, president of Union board activities, said today.
Dr. Jeykle and Mr. Hyde at the JAYHAWKER — SUNDAY
Lovely Ingrid Bergman and equally luscious Lana Turner are the women who "do thinner" to Spencer Tracy in Robt'L Louis Stevenson's "Dr. Jeykle and Mr. Hyde" at the Jayhawker next Sunday!
New York, Sept. 25 —(UP)— Semi-pro baseball will stage its own world series next season—between an industrial champion and an army champion, President Ray Dumont of the national semi-pro congress announced today.
Dumont Plans Series for Semi-Pros in '42
He estimated that 10,000 army
The two surviving teams will then meet in a seven-game series for the world semi-pro championship.
Enter the Kansan Contest `now Only 9 days remain.
Jayhawk Co-op Has 12 New Members
Twelve students have recently become the new members of the Jayhawk Co-op. They are Paul Friesen, Lafe Bauer, Samuel Nash, Paul Adams, Rex Hunter, John Sheffield, Clair Sommers, George Rinker, Robert Wolf, Garry Graham, Clarence Rutherford, and Marion Walker, jr.
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