Five Home Runs Highlight Florence Victory Over Decatur Legion
Florence Raiders defeated the Decatur American Legion 15 to 11 in Florence after taking an early five run lead. Red Caudill hit the longest ball, Brink delivered a grand slam, and Florence tallied five homers total while Decatur outhit 16 to 12. Teal started for Decatur. Barclay and Ogle split mound duties for Florence.
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Florence Raiders
Decatur American Legion
Florence
Decatur
Red Caudill
Brink
Rebel Stiner
Raiders
Ben Teal
Ogle
Roy Barclay
Changler
Morrow
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Stiner
Rickard
Johnson
Caudill
Sparkman
Tanner
Legion
Roberts
Barclay
Freeman
Sobskyh
Todd
Kimbrell
Lee
Budd
Thorwn
Huntsville
Huntsville Manufacturing Co
Sar
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C Wee
Elledge
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Rf Lee
Ewe
Ee Roberts
Meee Nee Crow
Es Wai
Teal
GSE
Asaprisce Cenzonciee
Curtis Meee
Grundy
MecMurtrile
Weather Halts Georgia Alabama League Baseball Action
Rain stops play in the Georgia Alabama League. Tonight’s games feature Alexander City versus Tallassee, Opelika versus Valley, LaGrange versus Newnan, and Griffin versus Carrollton. LaGrange and Valley lead with five wins in seven games. others are at .500 or below with three wins and four losses.
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Associated Press
Alexander City
Tallassee
Opelika
Valley
LaGrange
Newnan
Griffimin-Carrollton
Alexander City Millers
Owls
Griffin Pimientoes
Tallahassee Indians
Carrollton Hornets
Newnan Browns
Decatur Stadium Nears Opening Date With Fanfare
Decatur proceeds toward the fateful opening of its new stadium near Delano Park. The steel structure will seat about 7 500, with 1 500 bleacher seats on the east, and 6 100 in the main section. Subscriptions reach 100 000 dollars, about 85 000 paid, 15 000 to follow. A press box tops the track as construction proceeds on dressing rooms and rest areas, with the Septembers Raiders game against Birmingham set to open on schedule.
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North Alabama
Delano Park
Greer
Raiders
Birmingham
National League Close As Braves Slip In Race
The National League features a tight title race as the New York Giants St. Louis Cardinals and Brooklyn Dodgers press Boston Braves. Cardinals beat Giants 21 5 marking Giants home loss under Leo Durocher. Reds beat Braves 3 1 as Vander Meer outdueled Bickford. Johnny Schmitz outpitched Brooklyn pitchers to aid Cubs 4 2 in 11 innings. In AL action, St. Louis Browns top Washington 7 5 after an early 7 0 lead.
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Joe Reichler
Associated “Press
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St. Louis Cardinals
Brooklyn Dodgers
Boston Braves
Braves
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Cardinals
New York
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Leo Durocher
Cincinnati Reds
Johnny Vander Meer
Vern Bickford
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Johnny Schmitz
Brooklyn
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Senators
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St Louis
National League Batting Leaders and Key Stats
National League leaders include Musial St Louis batting .390 and Dark Boston .328. Mize New Year 82 RBIs, Musial 87 runs, Ennis Philadelphia 29 doubles, Musial 27, Musial 11 triples, Kiner Pittsburgh 28 home runs. Ashburn Philadelphia 26 steals, Branca Brooklyn 97 strikeouts, Jansen New York 1459 pitching wins 5.737 era Brecheen St Louis 11 4 .733.
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Musial
St. Louis
Dark
Boston
Mize
New Year
Lockman
New York
Waitkus
Chicago
Ennis
Philadelphia
Hopp
Rotary Decatur Tennis Tournament Opens August 9 at Delano Park
The Rotary Club and City Park and Recreation sponsor a three age-group Decatur tennis tournament at Delano Park. Events run August 9 through 28 with boys 14 and under 15–18 and 19 plus men divisions plus a ladies open. Trophies awarded. men’s singles winner may keep engravable trophy after three straight wins. Entry blanks due by Friday August 6. Courts closed Friday Saturday Sunday of this week.
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Rotary Club
City Park and Recreation Board
Decatur
Delano Park
Carl Schwachow
Williams Holds To His Lead In AL Batting Race
Boston's Ted Williams still tops the American League batting parade despite a six game slump to .385. Lou Boudreau of Cleveland trails by 42 points. Al Zarilla moves to third with .336. George Kell drops to sixth with .317 as Ed Stewart and Ken Keltner share triples and homers crowns. DiMaggio leads RBIs with 90 while DiMaggio also tops runs scored with 75 and Boudreau leads in hits with 120. Bob Dillinger overtakes Gil Coan in steals with 20. Bob Feller leads with 100 strikeouts and Dick Fowler owns the best winning percentage at .833.
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Chicago
Boston
Ted Williams
Williams
Lou Boudreau
Cleveland
al Zarilla
St. Louis
George Kell
Detroit
Walt Evers
Dale Mitchell
Joe DiMaggio
New York
Ed Stewart
Washington
Ken Keltner
Dom di Maggio
Boudreau
Bob Dillinger
Gil Coan
Dick Fowler
Philadelphia
Bob Feller
Musial Extends Lead In NL Batting Race At .391
Stan Musial of the St. Louis Cardinals posted a .391 average through Aug 1 to widen his lead in the National League batting race. Alvin Dark moved to second, Tom Pafko dropped to third, with Richie Ashburn and Tommy Holmes among the top ten. Whitey Lockman surged to sixth as others, including Ed Waitkus Pee Wee Reese Sid Gordon and Wally Westlake, trailed.
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Stan Musial
St. Louis Cardinals
Musial
Alvin Dark
Boston
Dark
Braves
Chicago
Andy Pafko
Pafko
Richie Ashburn
Philadelphia
Tommy Holmes
Whitey Lockman
New York Giant
Lockman
Ed Waitikus
Cubs
Pee Wee Reese
Brooklyn
Sid Gordon
Giants
Wally Westlake
Pittsburgh
Baseball Scoring Leaders Highlight 1939 Figures
Evers of Detroit and Williams of Boston lead doubles with 26, DiMaggio of New York tops home runs at 24, and Stewart of Washington with DiMaggio combine for 10 triples. Feller of Cleveland and Brissie of Philadelphia lead strikeouts with 100 and 96 respectively. Fowler and Kramer tally 12-3 and 893 in pitching.
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Evers
Detroit
Williams
Boston
Henrich
New York
Stewart
Washington
DiMaggio
Keltner
Cleveland
Dillinger
St. Louis
Coan
Feller
Brissie
Philadelphia
Fowler
Kramer
John White Meets Darleen Tonight in City Softball League
Schedule shows 7:30 John White vs Darleen with Darleen trying to snap a two game skid Harpe likely on mound for Darleen and Earl Payne for John White. 8:30 V F W vs Tip Top Brasne to pitch for Tip Top Burke for V F W.
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Darleen
F. W
Tip-Top
Harpe
Earl Payne
Brasne
Burke
Mighty Mite Wins Western Open in Record Margin
Ben Hogan the mighty mite of Hershey Pa won the 1948 Western Open in a decisive playoff over Ed Porky Oliver Seattle by nine strokes after 72 holes at Brookfield Country Club Hogan swept the event and became the first to hold the National Open the Western and PGA simultaneously His first prize 2500 boosted his yearly earnings to 25297 50 the season high
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Mite
Hershey
Hogan
Porky) Oliver
Seattle
Brookfield Country Club
PGA
Bantam Ben
Cardinals explode for 21 hits in 21-5 rout of Giants
Del Wilber powered St Louis with a double and two singles driving in five as five pitchers yielded 21 hits in a 21-5 victory over the New York Giants. Johnny Schmitz pitched a nine-hitter through one inning to earn his fifth straight win as the Cubs edged the Dodgers 3-2.
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del Wilber
Cardinals
St. Louis
New York Giants
Johnny Schmitz
Cubs
Dodgers
Brooklyn
Baseball scores from Texas and regional leagues
Houston 4 Oklahoma City 3 and Fort Worth 2 Beaumont 0 lead Texas League notes. Georgia Alabama and Southeastern leagues show delays with rain postponements and several completed games including Dallas 13 Shreveport 3 and Macon 6 Charleston 5.
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Valdosta
Thomasville
Sports Schedule Tonight Across Cities
Philadelphia hosts Chicago New York welcomes St Louis Cleveland faces Washington Boston plays Cincinnati Chicago visits Brooklyn St Louis travels to New York Pittsburgh meets Philadelphia Little Rock plays Atlanta Chattanooga faces Mobile Nashville hosts New Orleans Memphis plays Birmingham.
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Cleveland
National League
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Whitfield Shatters Olympic 800m Record at London Games
Whitfield of the United States Army Air Forces set a new Olympic record of 1 49.2 in the 800 meters at the London site, surpassing the 1932 mark. The performance came as part of a busy day that also saw Guvin Smith win the pole vault and the US add to its track and field medal tally.
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Olympic Stadium
Wembley
England
Mal Whitfield
United States Army Air Forces
Herb McKenley
Harrison Dillar
Emil Zatopek
Whitfield
Guvin Smith
University of California
United States
Sweden
Belgium
Australia
Italy
Czechoslovakia
Tom Hampson
Great Britain
Smith
Alderson Chosen President of National Baseball Alumni
Jack Alderson of Lubbock Texas was elected president of the National Baseball Office alumni association. The board also named Billy Grant Newton C M Dale Reid and 10 rata Hattiesburg secretary to lead the non profit group that sponsors an annual state represented baseball series.
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Philadelphia
Jack Alderson
Lubbock
Texas
National Baseball Office
Billy Grant
Valdosta
Ga. C
Selma Meridian Anniston Gadsden Vicksburg Montgomery Pensacola score totals
In a baseball style box score style snippet Selma Meridian Anniston Jackson Sooter Theil Stevens Gadsden Vicksburg Stokes Ford Poole Midkiff Mormino Ferguson Sos Koval McWhorter are listed with run and error tallies. Final lines show Selma Meridian 3 14 to 8 0 etc.
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Vicksburg
Stokes
Ford
Poole
Midkiff
Mormino
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Sos
Koval
McWhorter
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