The score was 7-6 in the ninth inning, with none out. Woody Jenson of the Newark Bears stood with one foot on third base rubbing a knee he had skinned sliding in. At bat was Third Baseman Marvin Owen, whose home run four days earlier had started the International League Bears on their victorious way for the Little World Series against the Minneapolis Millers, American Association pennant winners. Another home run now by Baseman Owen, in the Millers' home park, would put the Bears ahead, give them the series, four games to two. Owen...
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