Giants Halt Bums Rush In Tight NL Race
Brooklyn’s push for the pennant faltered as Koslo earned his 12th win in a 5-2 Dodgers defeat. Chicago outpitched Cincinnati 3-0, Passeau allowing four hits. Boston’s Braves beat Philadelphia 3-1 after 12 innings. In AL, Boston Red Sox beat Philadelphia 5-0 behind Hughson’s five-hitter. Detroit beat St Louis 3-1 as three unearned runs helped overcome Kramer’s four hits. White Sox blasted Cleveland 11-1 with 16 hits.
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Cincinnati
Don Claude Passeau
Boston Braves
Phillies
Johnny Sain
Boston Red Sox
Philadelphia
Tex Hughson
Bobby Doerr
Wally Moses
Hugson
St. Louis
Detroit
Browns
Jack Kramer
White Sox
Cleveland
Hambletonian Race Draws Canadian Interest and Stallion Fame
Sid Feder reports from Goshen as Earl Rowe of Canada plans to start Van Riddell in the Hambletonian with Rowe steering the colt. The piece highlights Velomite as the top sire and notes Chestertown Victory Song and Westfield Girl as top contenders.
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N. Y
Earl Rowe
House of Commons
van Riddell
van Riddle
Harry Riddell
Rowe
Hambletonian
Volomite
Chestertown
Victory Song
Westfield Girl
Hambletonian at Goshen Sees 11 Horses for Big Purse
The 21st Hambletonian at Good Time track Goshen N Y features 11 trotters racing for 28047 prize with Chestertown Victory Song and Deanna among favorites. An expected 25000 crowd will watch the first mile heat at 3 PM EST with heats every hour until a horse wins two heats.
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N. Y
Ane Davies
Chestertown
California
Walter Smith
Los Angeles
Victory Song
James B. Johnson, Jr
Rochester
Mich
Deanna
Westfield Girl
E. J. Baker
St. Charles
Ill
Bill Cane
Somerville WSCS Concludes India Mission Study
The W S C S of the Somerville Methodist church enjoyed a day of fellowship and study Monday with Mrs C P Johnston. They completed the fall mission study on India after morning devotional led by Mrs J A Garrison and prayer by Mrs Grace Mikell. A buffet luncheon marked the noon hour.
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Somerville Methodist Church
C. P. Johnston
India
J. A. Garrison
Grace Mikell
Lynn Matlock to be Heard Sunday at Piney Grove Church
Lynn Matlock of Penn will preach at the Piney Grove Christians church Sunday night August 11 at 8 oclock. The public is invited to attend.
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Lynn Matlock
Penn
Piney Grove Christians Church
Owen on way to Cincinnati seeks reinstatement to majors
Ex Dodger Mickey Owen, who quit the Mexican League, heads to Cincinnati after admitting interest in returning to organized baseball. Chandler's office has no appointment yet. Owen says he was never on a suspended list in the states and may seek reinstatement.
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Brownsville
Tex
Mickey Owen
Brooklyn Dodger
Cincinnati
Springfield
Missouri-Pacific
Owen
A. B
Happy) Chandler
Ohio City
Commissioner's Office
Chandler
Murray Franklin
Roit Tigers
Lou Klein
Max Lanier
Fred Martin
St. Louis Cardinals
Mexico City
Gerardo Pasquel
Jorge Pasquel
Weekend visits link Morgan County residents
Morgan County residents hosted and visited family members over the weekend. Several congregations and friends traveled from Oxford Dut ton Dallas and Decatur to see relatives in Mt Olive Olive and at Pettit and Helms households.
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Dallas
Tex
Vickery
Evelyn Rohde
Jean Oliver
Joyce Buckmaster
Joy Hamilton
James Brittain
Clifford
Oxford
John Campbell
Ruth Tatum
Kermit
Bonnie Faye
Dutton
Calvin Lay
Texas
Warren Tidwell Helms
Mt. Olive
Olive
Winford Pettit
Imogene Taylor
T. J. Campbell
H. M. Helms
Bonnie Faye ‘Farum
Grace Helms
Roy Edwards
Claudie Edwards
Audry Brown
Lewis Johnson
Decatur
Fred Ransom
Baugh Infirmary
Irad Hornbuckle
F. E
Lee Hornbuckle
J. C. Hornbuckle
Raymond Warren
M.’W. Pettit
Guthrie Pettit
Plainview
Line Scores from Baseball Games Across Leagues
Detroit loses 3 16 to 3 St Louis as runs end early. Other AL results Philadelphia five Boston five. Cleveland tops Chicago 11. New York Washington rain postpone. In NL Brooklyn 5 New York 3 Boston 1 Philadelphia 1 Chicago 3 Cincinnati 0 St Louis 3 Pittsburgh rain. SA first Atlanta Mobile 4 5. Birmingham New Orleans 13 4. Chattanooga Memphis 4 7. Nashville Little Rock 7 8.
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Boston
New York
Detroit
Washington
Cleveland
St. Louis
Chicago
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Chicago Os
Cincinnati
New York Acres
Pittsburgh
Ene Coccensceccoenvesse
Southern Mice
Atlanta
Chattanooga
Memphis
Nashville
New Orleans
Mobile
Birmingham
Little Rock
Stars Shine as Pitchers Dominate Sunday Scores
Yesterday's games feature TEX HUGHSON limiting Philadelphia to five hits in a 5-0 Boston win. CLAUDE PASSEAU three hits helped the Cubs blank Cincinnati 3-0 ending a three-game skid. TAFT WRIGHT fueled a 16-hit White Sox attack with two triples in an 11-1 rout of Cleveland.
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Tex Hughson
Red Sox
Philadelphia
Boston
Claude Passeau
Cubs
Cincinnati
Taft Wright
White Sox
Cleveland
Rockets Halfback Faces Possible Amputation After Fracture
Suffering from a compound fracture and complications Bill McArthur, halfback for the Chicago Rockets, may have his left leg amputated near the ankle. The injury occurred during a training camp game in Santa Rosa Friday night.
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Santa Rosa
Calif
Bill McArthur
Chicago Rockets
Anniston Rams Win Two Close Games to Narrow Gap
The Anniston Rams defeated Vicksburg 3 to 2 and 5 to 3 to tighten their hold on second place in the Southeastern League. Rain washed out Pensacola versus Selma, while Montgomery split with Meridian 3 to 0 and 4 to 2. Gadsden beat Jackson 8 to 5 then lost 3 to 2.
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Vicksburg
Pensacola Fliers
Selma Cloverleafs
Montgomery
Meridian
Sloat
Gadsden
Jackson Senators
King
Rams
Trotter
Major League Leaders and Top Batters by Team
National League leaders list Walker of Brooklyn batting .375 with 137 hits and 81 RBIs for St Louis stars Musial and Slaughter. Pitching leaders include Dickson of St Louis 10 3 and Newhouser of Detroit 20 4. American League leaders note Williams of Boston with 103 runs and 97 RBIs, Pesky 140 hits, and Vernon 357 batting average.
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Walker
Brooklyn
Hopp
Boston
Musial
St. Louis
Mize
New York
Slaughter
St Louis
Kiner
Pittsburgh
Reiser
Haas
Cincinnati
Dickson
Rowe
Phillies
Vernon
Washington
Williams
Pesky
Doerr
Spence
Lewis
Edwards
Cleveland
Greenberg
Detroit
Case
Stirnweiss
Newhouser
Ferris
White Speaks to the Decatur Lions Club
Tarzan White former Alabama All American football star entertained the Decatur Lions Club at the Greystone cafe with a brief account of his football experiences. Charles Harvey led the program. guests included B. T. Gardner D. T. Ashley and Bill Lindsey. Reneau Carroll will host next week.
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University of Alabama
Decatur Lions Club
New York Giants
Greystone Cafe
Charles Harvey
B. T. Gardner
D. T. Ashley
Bill Lindsey
Reneau Carroll
Hamilton the Woman Destiny of Europe
A dramatic tale recalls Hamilton known as the woman of Destiny of Europe who was imprisoned for debt. She secured supplies for Lord Nelson whose fleet defeated Napoleon and saved Europe from further French ravages.
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Hamilton
Europe
Lord Nelson
Napoleon
Yesterday's baseball results from multiple leagues
A recap of U S baseball scores and schedules. Notable results include New York 5 Brooklyn 2 and Boston 3 Philadelphia 1 in 12 innings, Chicago 11 Cleveland 1, New Orleans 13 Birmingham 7, and Georgia league action with Tallassee and LaGrange each winning. Several games postponed or rain affected.
Fighter Del Zesiger Dies After Knockout in Salt Lake City
Army veteran and University of Utah student Del Zesiger a 21 year old from Bountiful Utah died after being knocked out in a Monday night bout with Romo Polidori of Tooele Utah The death followed his professional debut last spring He suffered a subdual hemorrhage doctors said The report lists other prize fighters who died in 195? bouts this year including Nat Hines Harvey Weiss Dixon Walker Mason Jackson and Cave Mason
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Salt Lake City
University of Utah
del Zesiger
Bountiful
Utah
Hardy
Romo Polidori
Tooele
City Playoff Game Now Re Scheduled
Rain Tuesday postponed the first game of the best three out of five city softball championship between Decatur Transit and Dot's. The game is rescheduled for 8 o clock Thursday night with games set for Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday next week. Decatur Transit won the first half and Dot's won the second half. Austinville previously claimed the crown by defeating Disco three games to two.
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Decatur Transit
Dot
Austinville
Disco
All American boys game infield practice units unveiled
Ty Cobb and Honus Wagner began assembling infield combinations at Comiskey Park in Chicago for the All American boys East and West squads. Wagner used Harold Gilbert New Orleans Bob Hall Miami Harry Aggenis Lynn and Don Ivol Pittsburgh at first base as all are .400 hitters.
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Ty Cobb
Honus Wagner
Comiskey Park
Wagner
Harold Gilbert
New Orleans
Bob Hall
Miami
Fla
Harry Aggenis
Lynn
Mass
Don Ivol
Pittsburgh
Barbecue Day in Somerville Planned With Baseball Games
A barbecue is scheduled in Somerville on Saturday August 10. Three baseball games are listed, one in the morning and two in the afternoon, sponsored by M. D. Johnson and the baseball club. The public is invited to attend.
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Somerville
M. D. Johnson
Cutter's Left Handed Bunt Sparks Printers Rally
Ery Cutter of the Cincinnati Union Printers stunned opponents by bunting for a hit from the left side after a pitch skimmed behind him. The third baseman executed the unorthodox move during a game with Indianapolis yesterday.
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Boston
Ery Cutter
Cincinnati Union Printers
Indianapolis
Cutter
Crackers Suffer Double Loss In Southern Association
In the Southern Association last night Atlanta Crackers were swept in two by Mobile 4-0 and 5-3 as Chattanooga beat Memphis 4-1 and Nashville fell to Little Rock 7-5. New Orleans pounded Birmingham 15 hits to win 7-0. Tonight's schedule features Atlanta at Mobile and other pairings.
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Southern Association
Mobile
Atlanta Crackers
Chattanooga
Tost
Memphis
Nashville
Little Rock
New Orleans
Birmingham
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