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Brooklyn's once overwhelming lead in the National League pennant race dwindled to nothing last night as the Philadelphia Phillies trimmed the Brooklyn Dodgers, 4 to 3, in the last of the ninth. The defeat dropped the Dodgers into a tie with the idle New York Giants, with two games left to play today and tomorrow for each team...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dodgers Bounced Into 1st-Place Tie | 9/29/1951 | See Source »

Washington erased the Boston Red Sox from American League pennant contention today, blasting Chuck Stobbs, Harry Taylor, and Willard Nixon for 11 hits and an 8-6 victory...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: National Sports | 9/28/1951 | See Source »

...score of real live Pittsburgh Pirates, is a man fashioned after the great Leo Durocher. His boisterousness seems to be responsible for the position of the Pirates, eighth in the National League. Then one day an Angel makes a deal with him whereby the Pirates get a pennant if Douglas calms down...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Angels in the Outfield | 9/25/1951 | See Source »

General MacArthur's visit to Boston this July was well-timed. Tension from the tight American League pennant race had reached the breaking point, and MacArthur provided relief in the form of a different emotional outlet. The week after his visit Bostonians turned back to the pennant race with renewed enthusiasm for the Red Sox during the trying stretch drive ahead...

Author: By Frank B. Gilbert, | Title: The General Captures the Hub | 9/21/1951 | See Source »

General MacArthur's visit to Boston this July was well-timed. Tension from the tight American League pennant race had reached the breaking point, and MacArthur provided relief in the form of a different emotional outlet. The week after his visit Bostonians turned back to the pennant race with renewed enthusiasm for the Red Sox during the trying stretch drive ahead...

Author: By Frank B. Gilbert, | Title: The General Captures the Hub | 9/20/1951 | See Source »

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