Owen Receives Appointment to See Baseball Commissioner
Mickey Owen, 30, former major leaguer now in Mexico, visited Cincinnati to seek return to MLB. He met with Herold Ruel, with A B Chandler possibly present, after detailing cash payments from Jorge Pasquel and life in Mexican baseball.
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Pasquel
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Coal Power Output Figures From 1945 Show Large Scale Energy
Bituminous coal produced about 110 million kilowatt hours of electricity in 1945 enough power to lift the 2 800 cubic feet on water in Lake Superior 11 feet.
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Roundup notes on sports from Sid Feder in Goshen
Open champ Lloyd Mangrum plans exhibitions only and no tournaments till winter. Chubby Grigg needed three pants sewn by a tailor at Buffalo camp. Jazz greats Calloway and Ellington work on a new Joe Louis punch song. Beau Jack and Willie Joyce clambake in Chicago planned for early September with Doc Kearns offering $20,000 or 35 percent gate option. Feller pitches eighth one hitter. Hambletonian Hanover's Earl Rowe fined $100 for beating gate. Walter Smith buys Hambletonian Chestertown for $40,000, pens a check with a borrowed fountain pen. Question for Today asks about a possible $5,600 prize for Spokane Open winner if pro status.
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Hugh Fullerton, Jr
Goshen
N. Y
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Chubby Grigg
Buffalo
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Cab Calloway
Duke Ellington
Willie Joyce
Chicago Cubs
Doc Kearns
Doc
Feller
Robertl
Earl Rowe
van Riddell
Walter Smith
Bill Cane
Major League Leaders Highlight Top Hitters and Pitchers
National League leaders include Walker of Brooklyn atop batting (.373) and runs (77) with Musial of St. Louis also leading in hits (143) and RBIs (81) along with Mize of New York for home runs (22). American League lists Vernon and Pesky among batting leaders and Williams dominating runs with 105 while Williams also leads in RBIs at 97. Pitching highlights include Dickson and Newhouser leading their leagues with strong records.
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St Louis
Rowe
Philadelphia
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Washington
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Pesky
Doerr
Spence
Edwards
Cleveland
Lewis
Greenberg
Detroit
Stirnweiss
Newhouser
Ferris
Bar Ren Ground Caribou Horns Differ By Sex
Unlike other deer, Bar Ren Ground caribou exhibit horns in both sexes with females having shorter horns than males.
Feller Tosses Eighth One Hit Game in 5-0 Win
Cleveland ace Bob Feller hurled his eighth one hit game by blanking the Chicago White Sox 5-0 in the opener of a doubleheader. He trails a potential Hall of Fame future with 133 wins and 1 543 strikeouts in 1 769 innings while adding two no hit efforts and a high strikeout total. The Indians split the twin bill as the Pale Hose won the nightcap 7-6.
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Bob Feller
Cleveland
Walter Johnson
Christy Mathewson
Cy Young
Grover Cleveland Alexander
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Pirates Sold for 2 Million as McKinney Leads Buyout
Pittsburgh observers report the Pirates were sold for about 2.225 million to a four man group led by Frank E. McKinney and Bing Crosby. The new owners aim to resolve labor talks with the American Baseball Guild while awaiting Aug 20 election under Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board. Manager Frankie Frisch expects no changes this season.
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Savannah First U.S. Steamer Tops Atlantic Crossing
The Savannah, the United States' first steamer to cross the Atlantic, weighed about 320 tons, a fraction of the 26 000 ton Seria which was the era's largest U.S. merchant ship.
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Ingalls Blue Devils to Host Shipbuilders in Weekend Rubber
About 1500 Decatur fans are expected as the Decatur Blue Devils and Ingalls Shipbuilders square off in a two game city series preview. Starting lineups were named with Ogle to pitch for the Blue Devils and Rice likely to start for Ingalls.
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Blue Devils
H. L. “Shorty” Ogle
Claude McMurtrie
Hudson Sheats
Sheats
Dennison Rice
Robert Hudson
Ed Johnson
Emory
Red” Caudill
Douglas Presnell
Cullman
Gervis Moore
Lee Watson
Caudill Or Presnell
Lamar Gurganus
James
Chick” Sparkman
Rice
Hudson
Johnson
Ogle
Warrior
Athens
Huntsville
Scottsboro
Columbia
Tenn
Reynolds Metals
Sheffield
Andalusia
Holt
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Leighton
Mobile and Atlanta tie after 21 innings for long night game
In a record long Southern Association night game, Atlanta Crackers and Mobile Bears battled 21 innings with a 4 to 4 score. Bill Ayers pitched all 21 innings for Atlanta while Ray McGlothin and Paul Minner relieved for Mobile in the later frames.
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Associated Press
Atlanta Crackers
Southern Association
Bears
Mobile
Bill Ayers
Atlanta
Crackers
Ray McGlothin
Paul Minner
Memphis
Lookouts
Chicks
Little Rock
Nashville
Jim Shea
New Jeans
Birmingam
New Orleans
Birmingham
Chattanooga
Indians blank Chicago in first game of doubleheader
Yesterday's Stars Bob Feller pitched his eighth one hit victory to lead Cleveland to a 5-0 win over Chicago in the first game of a doubleheader.
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Bob Feller
Indians
Cleveland
Chicago
Pete Reiser
Dodgers
Brooklyn
New York
Tommy Henrich
Washington
Chestertown Best Trotter Wins Hambletonian Stakes
Chesty Chestertown and Tom Berry captured two of three heats to win $28,047 in the Hambletonian at Gashen New York. A record crowd of 16,015 watched as bettors wagered over $300,000 across mutuels and the pre race pool, highlighting trotting’s growing prominence. The California owned horse also marked a milestone in the sport’s business stature.
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Sports
Baseball Scores From Yesterday In Major Leagues And Minor Circuits
Brooklyn beat New York 3 to 1 in ten innings, Chicago 2 Cincinnati 1 ten innings, Philadelphia 9 Boston 6, New York 9 Washington 3, Cleveland 5 Chicago 0. Atlanta and Mobile tied 4-4 in 21 innings, New Orleans 3 Birmingham 1, Memphis 8 Chattanooga 3, Little Rock 6 Nashville 5 in 12. Charleston 8 Savannah 2, Columbia 16 Macon 5, Augusta 16 Greenville 6, Columbus 6 Jacksonville 5 in 10, Georgia Florida North South game South 5 North 3.
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Air Scouts Meet in Alabama Multistate Encampment
Air scouts from Alabama Tennessee and Mississippi arrived in Montgomery for a nine day encampment at Maxwell Field to learn aviation fundamentals. The event aims to attract about 150 scouts and is sponsored by the Boy Scouts of America and the Army air forces.
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Ala
Alabama
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Mississippi
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Boy Scouts of America
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Transit wins 10 8 over Dots in City Softball playoff opener
Decatur Transit seized a 1-0 lead in the best of five series with a 10 8 victory over Dot s Thursday night. A wild seventh inning produced 12 runs as Transit and Dot s traded blows. Ray Love Avery Roberts and C Smith led Transit hits while Parks Flynn R Love Thornhill and Osborne each contributed for Dot s. Protests over base awards were filed by Dot s manager A B Markham and will be reviewed in writing.
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Transit
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Markham
Ray Love
Gervis Moore
James Sparkman
Travis Callahan
Avery Roberts
Sandlin Sams
Robert
Ed Smith
Noel Teague
Jones
Jimmy Osborne
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Troy to Resume Football This Fall Schedule Released
Troy State Teachers College will resume football this fall after a four year layoff. Coach A E Choate announced the schedule with games against Marion Institute Stetson Jacksonville State Teachers Livingston Teachers St Bernard Southwestern Louisiana Institute Middle Tennessee Teachers and an open date. Stetson and Southwestern Louisiana Institute are new additions to the Trojan slate.
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Morgan County Clay Courts Tennis Tournament Entry Notice
Morgan county players have only today Saturday and Sunday to enter the first annual clay courts tournament in Decatur starting Monday night. Deadline is Sunday midnight. Entry blanks from Coach H. L. Shorty Ogle at Delano Park or Arnold McClure at The Decatur Daily office. Open to both boys and girls. Matches at Delano Park courts.
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Delano Park
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Decatur Daily
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