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Newspaper

Austin American

Location

Austin, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jul 20, 1950

Page

19

Legion Buddies Defeat Schulenburg 27 to 4 for District 26 Title

Austin's Legion Buddies routed Schulenburg 27 4 in Schulenburg to clinch the District 26 championship. J L Smith pitched five hits allowed before relief. heavy hitting from Billy Alff Martin Wiginton and Tom Gueden fueled an 11 run eighth inning.

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Austin touted as top Texas basketball city for state meet

STAN LAMBERT, ex-Austin High coach and now publicity director for the Texas High School Association, proclaims Austin as the state’s best basketball city citing the state meet’s Austin location and strong teams from Austin High and the University of Texas. Officials for the Aug. 3 North South all star game are Carl Bredt Gordon Bailey and Tommy Birdwell, all SBCA officials. D X Bible will discuss Coaching Ethics with Howard Grubbs and Rhea Williams. ABB Curtis and Jack Gray also appear for rule talks.

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National League American League Baseball Box Score Fragment

In a sparse box score style entry Kolloway Trout Lipon share 2B duties. HRs by Wertz Doerr and a run by Evers. Lipon leads with 5, Groth 5, DP by Doerr Stephens and Rope. Pitchers Trout Hutchinson Nixon Mueller Littlefield. Loser Nixon. Time 2 53. Attendees 2.

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Cardinals Take NL Lead With 18-4 and 10-3 Wins Over Giants

The St. Louis Cardinals surged to first in the National League after two wins over the New York Giants, 18-4 in the afternoon and 10-3 at night, with Stan Musial collecting hits in both games and Enos Slaughter, Red Schoendienst, Eddie Miller, and Del Rice homering in the routs. The Philadelphia Phillies split a doubleheader in Pittsburgh, while Brooklyn, Boston, and Chicago also faced losses as Detroit and New York traded advances in the American League.

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Ask Your Jurors Bob Long DIS TRICT ATTORNEY

A political advertisement directed at voters declares support for Bob Long running as district attorney. The copy notes campaign messaging and urges residents to consider his candidacy in the upcoming election.

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Hutto Advances to Semifinals in Taylor Tourney

Hutto blanked Circleville 7-0 to reach the Taylor Outlaw tournament semifinals. Buddy Olstr and Sam Resues starred on the mound and at the plate as local action continued in Taylor.

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Pirates Install Galbreath as New Pittsburgh President

Pittsburgh broker John Galbreath and Columbus real estate magnate Tom Johnson purchase Frank McKinney’s stake in the Pirates. Galbreath becomes club president replacing McKinney while Indianapolis keeps its American Association affiliation. Bob Dillinger is acquired from Philadelphia as third baseman for about 100000 dollars. Bucky Walters joins Boston as pitcher on active list, with Murray Wail sent to Milwaukee farm club.

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Attendance Falls For Texas Baseball Clubs in 1950 Half

Texas professional baseball attendance dipped in the first half of the 1950 campaign. Forty-seven Texas clubs drew 1,942,050 this season versus 1,955,679 for 41 clubs last year, despite new Gulf Coast and Rio Grande Valley leagues. El Paso rose 3 per cent to 52,576.

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Pitchers Shine In Junior League Contests

In Junior League action on Wednesday Jerry Whitworth pitched a no hitter as the Lions beat Rotary 3 0 George Grobansky had two Lions hits and a RBI Whitworths battery mate contributed another hit Pan Am defeated Seven Up 5 1 with Tex Vansura collecting three hits Three Pan Am hurlers held Seven Up to one hit but walked twelve to lose the game

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