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October 10, 1926

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ALEX MET OCCASION, DECLARES ROBINSON; Finds His Pitching Not Up to Last Sunday, but Equal to Demands. ALL CARDS SHOWED FIGHT Asserts That Performances in Series Prove the St. Louis Players to Be Better. ALEX MET OCCASION, DECLARES ROBINSON

By Wilbert Robinson. President and Manager of the Brooklyn Robins.written For the New York Times.by Wilbert Robinson

Old Grover Alexander put the Cardinals back again into a place where they have a good chance to win the world's series. He pitched almost as good a game against the Yanks at the stadium yesterday as he did in the second game last Sunday, and the Cardinals supported him and hit for him like the game boys they are to tie up the series three to three.

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LABOR DEMANDS GRADUAL TIME CUT; OMITS 5-DAY LIMIT; Federation Declares for the Shorter Work Period to Obtain More Efficiency. PLANS EDUCATION CAMPAIGN Arguments Advanced Point to Production Outstripping Markets and Real Wages. FATIGUE REMEDY SOUGHT Ford Is Conceded to Be a Pioneer in Lessening Strain of Toil -Gary's Opposition Assailed. LABOR DEMANDS GRADUAL TIME CUT

By Special to The New York Times

Attitude on shorter working day discussed by speakers at A F of L convention

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Notable Births

Oscar Brown

1926Oscar Brown, American singer-songwriter, playwright, and actor (died 2005)[†]

Oscar Brown Jr. was an American singer, songwriter, playwright, poet, actor, and civil rights activist. Brown discovered The Jackson 5. Aside from his career, Brown ran unsuccessfully for office in both the Illinois state legislature and the U.S. Congress. Brown wrote many songs, 12 albums, and more than a dozen musical plays.

Richard Jaeckel

1926Richard Jaeckel, American actor (died 1997)[†]

Richard Jaeckel was an American character actor of film and television whose career spanned six decades. He received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor with his role in the 1971 adaptation of Ken Kesey's Sometimes a Great Notion.