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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1971
Page
9
Ken Harrelson, former Indians and Red Sox slugger, shot 76 in the Little American Golf Classic after quitting pro baseball for golf. He says hitting a moving baseball may be tougher than golf and cites striking nerves as the sport’s challenge.
Seasonal scoreboard item lists players and positions across multiple teams including Florence Sanitation HR J Skipworth W Wright G Smith B Rumbly S Mitchell M Skipworth J McCory and others. It covers King Store Harrison White Grant P.O. Boys Hibbetts Muscle Shoals Sound and District One results with HRs and 2B and 1B tallies and standings.
Chickasaw squares off with Decatur in a Dixie Youth state tournament game. Relieved in the fifth with two outs and one on, pitchers are listed along with home runs by Bill Burt Chuck Williams Chuck Thomas for Chickasaw and Steve Meek Joe Speakman for Decatur.
In the fourth inning Decatur tallied on a wild pitch after a leadoff single. Meek threw out a Chickasaw runner at home from right field with one out. Speakman followed with a two run homer after Deffenbaugh was hit by a pitch. Two more Decatur singles and a Chickasaw error added two more runs.
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