The Archive · 1941

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68,540 Fans See Yankees Play Brilliantly to Whip Dodgers In First Vorld Series Game

MeCartby's New York Yankees took a brilliant ear-splitting, New York, Oct. 1.

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before 68,540 delirious fans who jammed Yankee Stadium for the game.

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