World War II Chronicle: October 6, 1943
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The St. Louis Cardinals lead the New York Yankees 4-1 in Game Two of the World Series. The paper went to press again in the sixth inning, and today’s paper discusses yesterday’s game… Lt. Gen. George S. Patton is pictured on page two talking to wounded soldiers as they await medical evacuation… Also on page two, Tech. Sgt. Arthur P. Benko has reportedly shot down seven Japanese fighters during one mission over Haiphong Harbor in French Indochina. Two other gunners on the same bomber each claimed to have splashed two on the mission…
George Fielding Eliot column on page 10… The sports section begins on page 16 and features a column by Grantland Rice on the World Series. Four B-17 bombers surprised fans by flying low over Yankee Stadium. The Forts were flying from Florida to Maine before headed to England and decided to give fans a real show. One pilot peeled off and did an encore performance, apparently barely missing the flagpoles over left field. The pilot of each plane — Second Lieutenants Jack W. Watson, Robert W. Sheets, John C. Lawlor and Joseph P. Wheeler — were each fined $75, but war is punishment enough so off to Europe they went…
Baseball is a game of inches, and the Cardinals nearly tied Game One up when Marty Marion took a Spud Chandler curveball for a ride to deep left field. The ball hooked foul at the last second, missing the foul pole by less than a foot. Instead of a two-run home run, Marion grounds to shortstop Joe Gordon for a double play that ends the top half of the seventh inning… See tomorrow’s Chronicle for the Game Two box score…
Meanwhile, Josh Gibson was 3-for-5 with a double in Game Seven of last night’s Negro League World Series, and his Homestead Grays are champions…
See also:
- New Flying Fortress With ‘Chin Turret’ Put in Production (page seven)
- U. S. Soldier, Told to Surrender, Dives at Nazi Officer, Kills Him (page 13)
- Virginian Tells of Naval Officer Who Slit 8 Nazi Sentries’ Throats (page 27)
Evening star. (Washington, D.C.), 6 October 1943. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
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