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	World Series
		In baseball, the World Series is the championship series of Major League Baseball in North America, played in October after the end of the regular season between the pennant winner of the American League and the pennant winner of the National League.
		In baseball, the Wolrd Series is the chaosiphnmip seires of Maojr League Babsaell in Nroth America, played in Ocboter atefr the end of the regluar season beewten the pennant winner of the Amiecran Legaue and the peannnt winner of the Naitonal League.
		The Series winner is determined through a best-of-seven playoff (except in 1903, 1919, 1920 and 1921 when the winner was determined through a best-of-nine playoff) and is awarded the World Series Trophy.
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	World Series Information
		The World Series is held in October and concludes the major league baseball season.
		The first contests resembling the World Series were held during the 1880s, when the leading baseball clubs of the two major leagues—the National League and the American Association—agreed to play in exhibition games following their regular seasons.
		But in 1969, they shocked the baseball world by winning 100 regular-season games.
	www.baseballstadiums.net /world_series.htm

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	World Series
		In baseball, the World Series is the championship series of the North American Major League Baseball, played between the American League and National League champions, after the end of the regular season in October.
		The Cleveland Indians ruined a possible all-Boston World Series by defeating the Boston Red Sox in a playoff after the two top American League teams were tied at the end of the season.
		This dramatic Series involved great pitching from Christy Mathewson and from Boston fireballer Smoky Joe Wood, who won two of his three starts and pitched in relief in the final game, won when Boston rallied for two runs in the ninth inning thanks to two costly Giant fielding misplays.
	www.fastload.org /wo/World_Series.html (704 words)

	1989 World Series [Definition]
		[click for more] World Series In baseball, the World Series is the championship series of Major League Baseball in North America, played in October after the end of the regular season between the pennant winner of the American League and the pennant winner of the National League.
		The Series winner is determined through a best-of-seven playoff (except in 1903, 1919, 1920 and 1921 when the winner was determined through a best-of-nine playoff) and is awarded the World Series Trophy.
		The series was, in some respects, similar to the 1987 World Series also played by the Minnesota Twins (against the St. Louis Cardinals), most notably in that the home team won all seven games.
	www.wikimirror.com /1989_World_Series (704 words)

	Harry Davis Baseball Stats by Baseball Almanac
		Davis was 24 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 13, 1932, with the Detroit Tigers, and his Major League Baseball stats for every season he played, along with his career totals are on this page.
		H arry Davis's biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable) career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this Harry Davis baseball statistics page.
		Did you know that you can compare Harry Davis to other rookies who also had their Major League debut during the 1932 American League season ?
	www.baseball-almanac.com /players/player.php?p=davisha02 (704 words)

	Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
		Polly of the Circus (1932) (as Guinn Williams)....
		Heritage of the Desert (1932) (as Guinn Williams)....
		The son of a rancher-turned-politician, Guinn Williams was given the nickname...
	www.imdb.com /name/nm0930711 (460 words)

	African Americans in Sports
		Beginning in 1932, African-American baseball players tried to reestablish a league.
		With Foster's mental illness and death in 1930, the NNL folded shortly afterwards, in 1932.
		The Negro National League (1933-1948) founded by W. "Gus" Greenlee and the Negro American League founded by H. Hall (1937-1960) emerged as the most important leagues in the last years of segregated baseball.
	www.jimcrowhistory.org /scripts/jimcrow/sports.cgi?sport=Baseball (743 words)

	The Negro Leagues BaseballLibrary.com
		The first successful attempt to establish a major Negro baseball league came in 1920, with the founding of the Negro National League.
		The East-West League folded in the season it was founded, 1932; that year, the Negro Southern League was the only major circuit to complete its schedule.
		The NSL was a minor league before and after the 1932 season.
	www.baseballlibrary.com /baseballlibrary/ballplayers/L/Leagues_The_Negro.stm (1642 words)

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	Catcher Error Records by Baseball Almanac
		On April 22, 1932, Frankie Pytlak of the Cleveland Indians caught his first Major League game and did not commit an error until his ninety-fourth game setting a record for most consecutive errorless games caught from the start of a Major League career.
		Consecutive chances accepted by a catcher without an error have also been researched and Charles Johnson of the Florida Marlins holds the Major League record for most consecutive chances without an error in a season with nine-hundred seventy-three in 1997 and Mike Matheny of the St.
		Louis Cardinals holds the Major League record for most consecutive chances without an error over the course of a career with one-thousand six-hundred thirty one ( August 2, 2002 through September 23, 2003).
	baseball-almanac.com /recbooks/catcher_errors_records.shtml (704 words)

	Radcliffe, Ted 'Double Duty' - Negro League Baseball Player
		In three consecutive years he played on three of the greatest teams in black baseball history, first with the St. Louis Stars of 1930, then with the Homestead Grays of 1931, and finally with the Pittsburgh Crawfords of 1932.
		"Nicknamed "Double Duty" because he would pitch the first game of a double header and catch the second game, Radcliffe was one of the most colorful players in black baseball.
		With the Stars he was the regular catcher for the first half of the season, but when the pitching staff wore thin, he stepped in and proved to be one of the top hurlers on their championship squad.
	www.nlbpa.com /radcliffe__ted_-_double_duty.html (704 words)

	Negro league baseball - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Negro Southern League was a minor league that played from 1920 into the 1940s; in 1932 it incorporated some teams from the first Negro National League and functioned for one year as a major league.
		Negro league baseball was a direct result of baseball's color line.
		When Judge Landis, Baseball Commissioner, commissioner of Major League Baseball, was informed of Veeck's plan, he had the National League buy the team and award it to William Cox.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Negro_league_baseball (5156 words)

	Paul Richards Baseball Stats by Baseball Almanac
		Richards was 23 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 17, 1932, with the Brooklyn Dodgers, and his Major League Baseball stats for every season he played, along with his career totals are on this page.
		Baseball Almanac had over 50 million hits in 2003.
		P aul Richards's biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable) career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this Paul Richards baseball statistics page.
	www.baseball-almanac.com /players/player.php?p=richapa01 (5156 words)

	Minor League Baseball: History: Top 100 Teams
		The Biographical Encyclopedia of Baseball states: “Paul Richards is generally credited as one of the smartest men in baseball history - a catcher with an exceptional gift for handling pitchers, a great teacher and a true innovator.
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		He pitched for the Dodgers in 1931 and the White Sox in 1932 and 1934.
	www.minorleaguebaseball.com /app/milb/history/top100.jsp?idx=26 (5156 words)

	Negro League Baseball
		It competed in the Negro Southern League in 1932, and in the Negro American League in 1938 and 1939.
		She left baseball in 1955 to care for her son and became a nurse.
		In the early years of the Negro League he was its biggest star.
	www2.indystar.com /library/factfiles/history/black_history/negroleagues.html (942 words)

	Joe McCarthy
		Perhaps his sweetest World Series win came in 1932, when Marse Joe's New York Yankees swept the Chicago Cubs just two years after the National League team let him go.
		McCarthy next landed in 1931 with the New York Yankees, where he would win eight pennants and seven world championships.
		McCarthy was 90 when he died of pneumonia in 1978 in suburban Buffalo.
	www.buffalosportshallfame.com /Class_of_1991/Joe_McCarthy/joe_mccarthy.html (942 words)

	Tommy Byrne BaseballLibrary.com
		Brownie Byrne walks 16 Sox batters, tying the American League walk record set by Bruno Haas in 1915 (Haas walked 16 in a loss to the Yanks, his only ML decision), and Boston strands 22 runners: the AL record for stranded runners is 24, set by the Indians in 18 innings on July 10, 1932.
		Byrne allows two hits in seven innings and drives in all the runs before retiring with back spasms.
		Byrne breaks his personal record of 13 walks in a game he set in 1949.
	www.baseballlibrary.com /baseballlibrary/ballplayers/B/Byrne_Tommy.stm (942 words)

	Maryland Room Gallery, UM Libraries
		Byrd rapidly climbed the administrative ranks at the university, becoming assistant to the president in 1918 and vice president in 1932.
		Harry Clifton Byrd was a strong and charismatic leader, determined to mold the University of Maryland into one of the finest public institutions of higher education.
		Harry Clifton Byrd died on October 2, 1970, and was buried in his hometown of Crisfield, Maryland.
	www.lib.umd.edu /mdrm/gallery/byrd/byrdlife.html (942 words)

	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Other sporting events held at the Coliseum over the years have included Major League Baseball, which was held at the Coliseum when the former Brooklyn Dodgers of the National League relocated to Los Angeles in 1958.
		Originally built in 1922, the Coliseum served as the primary track and field venue and site of the opening and closing ceremonies of both the 1932 and 1984 Olympic Games.
		The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum is a large outdoor sports stadium located in Exposition Park in Los Angeles, California, near the campus of the University of Southern California.
	www.eastcleveland.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Los_Angeles_Memorial_Coliseum (752 words)

	Sam Barry - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Barry was also a valued part of the USC football teams which claimed national championships in 1931, 1932 and 1939, as well as seven PCC titles and five Rose Bowl victories.
		In addition, Hall of Fame manager Sparky Anderson got his real start in the sport while serving as a USC batboy in the 1940s; 14 of Barry's baseball players went on to appear in the major leagues.
		Tragically, it was while scouting a USC opponent that he died; attending a University of California football game on September 23, 1950, he suffered a heart attack while climbing the hill to Memorial Stadium in Berkeley, and died before reaching the hospital.
	www.kernersville.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Sam_Barry (2063 words)

	1932 in sports - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		See also: 1931 in sports, other events of 1932, 1933 in sports and the list of 'years in sports'.
		Brooklyn's major league baseball team, known informally until now as the "Superbas", the "Robins", or the "Trolley Dodgers", officially selects the name Brooklyn Dodgers.
		Chicago Bears win the National Football League title, defeating the Portsmouth Spartans, 9-0, in the 1932 NFL Playoff Game.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1932_in_sports (273 words)

	1932 World Series - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The 1932 World Series was the twenty-ninth edition of Major League Baseball 's annual championship.
		The series has been immortalized in many pictures and history books, especially the events of the top of the fifth inning in Game 3.
		It is widely regarded as one of the most exciting series ever played.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1932_World_Series (273 words)

	World Series : A Comprehensive History of the World Series by Baseball Almanac
		Every sport has their pinnacle trophy, but none is as coveted as baseball's World Series; a best of seven contest that celebrates our national pastime.
		Pittsburgh and Boston went head-to-head for eight games proving that great baseball between the two leagues was possible and that a merger would benefit the growth of the sport.
		The inaugural World Series of 1903 was a resounding success and represented the first step in healing the bruised egos of both the veteran National and fledgling American Leagues.
	baseball-almanac.com /ws/wsmenu.shtml (273 words)

	Major League Baseball : History : World Series History
		The 1932 Series was marked by animosity between the two clubs from the beginning, and when Ruth came up in the fifth with one out, he was greeted by derisive catcalls from the Chicago dugout.
		The World Series opened in New York, and the Cubs grabbed a 2-0 lead in the first inning, helped by Babe Ruth's error in right field.
		Ruth atoned for his miscue with an RBI single in the fourth, and Lou Gehrig followed with a two-run homer into the right-field bleachers which gave the Bombers a 3-2 lead.
	sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com /NASApp/mlb/mlb/history/postseason/mlb_ws_recaps.jsp?feature=1932 (273 words)

	Olympics - EnchantedLearning.com
		The events in the Summer Olympics include: archery, badminton, baseball, basketball, boxing, canoeing, cycling, diving, equestrian, fencing, football (soccer), gymnastics, handball, hockey, judo, kayaking, marathon, pentathlon, ping pong, rowing, sailing, shooting, swimming, taekwando, tennis, track and field (many running, jumping, and throwing events), triathlon, volleyball, water polo, weightlifting, wrestling (freestyle and Greco-Roman).
		For each Olympics, a new flame is started in the ancient Olympic stadium in Olympia, Elis, Greece, using a parabolic mirror to focus the rays of the Sun.
		The Greeks held the first Olympic games in the year 776 BC (over 2700 years ago), and had only one event, a sprint (a short run that was called the "stade").
	www.enchantedlearning.com /olympics (1311 words)

	Negro Leagues Baseball History
		As a result of his leadership role in the early years of the leagues, Foster is known as "the father of black baseball." This first league was known as the Negro National League with member teams in the South and Midwest.
		Americans began playing baseball in the early 1800s on informal teams and using local rules.
		The Negro Southern League was the only black professional league to survive the 1932 season.
	www.nlbpa.com /history.html (808 words)

	Negro Baseball
		The reappearance of leagues in 1932 came with the formation of the Negro Southern League and the East-West League.
		After the advent of the independent Negro baseball team, more and more extremely talented ball players played on the all-black teams.
		The Negro baseball leagues provided for African-Americans an opportunity to show the skill they possessed but were not allowed to take to the white major leagues.
	www.fcps.k12.va.us /westspringfieldhs/projects/im98/im981/spo.htm (963 words)

	Negro league baseball - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Negro Southern League was a minor league that played from 1920 into the 1940s; in 1932 it incorporated some teams from the first Negro National League and functioned for one year as a major league.
		The last of the Negro league teams the Indianapolis Clowns continued to play exhibition games into the 1980s as a curiosity and sideshow rather than a serious baseball team.
		Negro league baseball was a direct result of baseball's color line.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Negro_League (963 words)

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