The Archive · 1938

Everton Continue To Win Matches

Arsenal Make Amends For Mid-week Defeat Fall of Rotherham

Six games played, Six games won. "This is the proud record of Everton io'date and, although it may be too much to hope that this form can be continued throughout the football season at Home, it indicates that the Liveypool team are the strongest combination in the English League at the present time, - Football, however, contains many surprises and Everton are just as likely to collapse as the Arsenal have done recently, although they are now four points ahead of their nearest rivals in the championship table, Portsmouth, who have been doing fairly well this season, proved to be no match for the Everton XI. and were vanquished to the tune of five goals to one, Next Saturday Everton will visit Huddersfield Town, "who were defeated on their. own ground by Leeds United on Saturday by one goal to nil, They should have little difficulty in overcoming the (Yorkshire team's opposition and another win should place them in a stronger position, Don't forget the surprise element, however, which has made English football so uncertain during recent matches, Arsenal pulled up their socks on Saturday after losing their midweek home game against Derby County and travelled to Wolverhampion where they overcome the "Wanderer's defence and won the match, Next week Aston Villa, who defeated Brentford by five goals to One at Villa Park, visit Highbury "where the Arsenal should have no difficulty in registering a win, Derby Continue Form Derby County seem to have improved to a great extent recently and their visit to Grimsby provided them with one point, Sunderland are having a lean time at the moment Iíckpool surprising students of fi with an away in the northern cit; The seaside team have been doing little in the way of winning this season which makes their victory at Sunderland all the more incomprehensible, They need the two points however, if they are going to keep away from the foot of the table, Sunderland, too, had better watch out, Chelsea, who were tipped as a team to follow this column recently could only draw with Birmingham on the London. ground, but they still retain the second berth in the table, although they might lose the points next week when they vi Manchester United, who went to Stoke and came away with one point, Manchester City 1, Millwall 6! "What has happened to the former first division side? Congratulations to Millwall who deserve all credit for the way they have blasted their way into the highlights of Home football, One must feel sorry, however, for Manchester who "were relegated last season, This result must have been bitter to swallow, Bradford Trounced Hank Greenberg clouted out his 52nd and 58rd home runs today end led the Detroit Tigers to à 7-3 victory over the New York Yankees. The star Jewish slugger is now exactly even with Babe Ruth's 1927 pace, and needs only eight more home runs to establish a new world record of 61.

Greenberg Bchieved his herculean feats during the course of a spectacular afternoon in which he connected 10: four hits in four trips to the plate to lead the Detroit Tigers to victory over the New York Yankees, 7-3. He hit his 52nd homer in the third with one mate aboard and his 53rd in the eighth with two men on the sacks, to account for five of the seven Tiger runs.

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