Lone Star Grappler Promises Three Big Matches at Armory
Promoter Mike Miller schedules a Tuesday Decatur Armory card with three bouts. Newcomer Tom Bradley from Houston meets Nick Carter in 8:30 opener, ten minute one fall. Keene vs Wright follows, then a two out of three falls tag team headliner Carter and Wright vs Keene and Bradley with 90 minute limit. Ladies Night offers free admission for women with escort.
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Mike Miller
Decatur Armory
Tom Bradley
Houston
Texas
Nick Carter
Burley
Charlie Keene
Rube Wright
Keene
Miller
Oneonta
Carter
Wright
Bradley
Mike
Garza Lozano
Joe Corbett
Athens and Cullman Grid Schedules Show Tough 1950s Season
Athens high led by coach J F Elmore and George Heath meets a rugged schedule with dates across Decatur Fayetteville Moulton Sheffield Rogersville Coffee Florence Cullman Huntsville John Carroll Deshler and more. Cullman under Grady Elmore and John Meadows faces similar road and home tilts including Arab Scottsboro Coffee Moulton Albertville Hanceville and Hartselle.
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Athens
Decatur
Fayetteville
Moulton
Sheffield
Rogersville
Coffee
Florence
Cullman
Huntsville
John Carroll
Deshler
Tuscumbia
Arab
Scottsboro
Albertville
Hanceville
Hartselle
Meadows Named As Assistant Coach At Cullman High School
John Meadows longtime Decatur Indians pitcher is named assistant coach for Cullman High School. He will help Grady Elmore in football and basketball while serving as head baseball coach. Meadows starred at Jacksonville State Teachers College and is pursuing an MA at Peabody.
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Meadows
Cullman High School
John Meadows
Decatur Indians
Cullman
Cullman County
Jacksonville State Teachers’ College
Peabody
Grady Elmore
Indians
Woodward Iron Company
Birmingham
John
Leeds Cardinals
Colvin
Why popcorn pops from heated kernels
A kernel with a hard shell traps steam as it is heated. Pressure builds until the kernel bursts open, turning into fluffy popcorn.
City League Entry Barely Wins 5-4 In Charity Contest
City League All-Stars edge rivals 5 to 4 at Legion Field in a charity game for Decatur underprivileged children. Earl Payne pitched for the losers and Ed Wells earned the win after City League built a 4 0 lead, era tied late before a seventh inning run decided it. A prior rain delay featured Southern Nut topping Wolverine Tube 8-3.
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Legion Field
Earl Payne
Decatur Junior Chamber of Commerce
Decatur
Scott McClanahan
Ed Wells
Wells
Southern Nut
Wolverine Tube
Area Fishing Outlook Is Reported Fair
Lawrence area reports show clear waters and fair to good fishing for bass bream white lake bass and catfish across multiple spots including Mallard Creek Wheeler Dam Wheeler Lake Town Creek and Spring Creek with plugs flies worms minnows and occasional crabby bites. Limestone area lists good prospects for Elk River Sugar Creek Poplar Creek and Limestone Creek while Beaver Dam gives poor prospects and Indian Bradford Creeks note poor bream biting. Tennessee River sections in Madison and Morgan counties show good to fair prospects with bass bream catfish drum white lake bass and minnows biting while Flint River reports no bites and other creeks show mixed results.
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Lawrence— Mallard Creek
White Lake
Wheeler Dam
Wheeler Lake
Town Creek
Big Nance Creek
Spring Creek
Limestone
Elk River
Sugar Creek
Poplar Creek
Limestone Creek
Beaver Dam
Madison
Tennessee
Paint Rock
Indian
Bradford Creeks
Flint River
Morgan
Flint
Cotaco
Tennessee River
White Oak
Layne Storms To Decision Over Ezzard Charles
Rex Layne bore down in a bruising 10 round decision over former heavyweight champion Ezzard Charles in Ogden Utah. Layne fought with a lip cut that required five stitches as the two sparred in a tightly contested bout Friday night.
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Layne
Ezzard Charles
Ogden
Utah
Rex
Charles
Charles Camp
Jack Dempsey
Dempsey
Jake Mintz
Cincinnati Negro
Ogden Stadium
Mintz
Jake
Play Offs In Little Lads League Set For Thursday
Coca-Cola surprised by routing Wolver ine 16 to 4 in the top league game last week. Championship playoffs begin Thursday August 14 at West Side field with East End meeting Coca-Cola at 7 PM. Other games follow August 15 18 19 21 and 22 at West Side and Red Shield fields.
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Coca-Cola
Wolverine
Jimmy Sherrill
Robert Keenum
West Side
Pepsi Rallies In Tenth To Beat Ebenezer 3 To 1
Pepsi Cola won its sixth straight ball game Saturday afternoon, stopping Ebenezer 3 to 1 in ten innings on the losers home field. Pitcher Quattlebaum worked all ten and drove in the tying run with a tenth inning double, then scored the go ahead run on Earl Benefield's single. Pepsi has won twelve straight.
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Pepsi Cola
Ebenezer
Quattlebaum
Pepsi
Parker
Earl Benefield
Madison
Alabama Grill
Fred Betterton
Cola
West Limestone Beats Ardmore 12 0 in County League Game
West Limestone defeats Ardmore 12 to 0 at Athens High School as Hughes scores twice. Camp and Kelly star for the winners with a strong passing game and key returns. Ardmore’s Powers Webb and McGuire shine for the losers. West Limestone meets Rogersville next week. Ardmore faces Elkmont.
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Harry Richter
West Limestone
Ardmore
Athens High School
Hughes
Camp
Kelly
Smith
Powers
Webb
McGuire
Rogersville Tigers
Rogersville
Elkmont
Athens
Holland
Kimbrell
Thomas
Kirby
Laxson
Christopher
Casteel
Presswell
Robertson
Naves
A. Bottoms
Eubanks
Fowler
Young
Gates
Eaves
Haney
Miller
Barnett
Foster
Bottoms
Chandler
Huntsville Team Shines In Women's Softball Play
In Gadsden Alabama on August 9 Jacksonville State eliminated Southern Bell of Anniston 11 5 in the losers bracket. The Madison County All Stars of Huntsville won twice and remain unbeaten this season. They defeated Southern Bell 17 1 and Womacks of Gadsden 5 4 in a tight game that handed Womacks its first loss. Womacks had earlier beaten Jacksonville State 17 3.
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Gadsden
Ala
Alabama
Jacksonville State
Southern Bell
Anniston
Madison County All-Stars
Huntsville
Womacks
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Athens-Cullman
Cullman High
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J. F. Elmore
George Heath
Bearcats
Ohn Meadows
T. V
Radio Shack
Lafayette St
Ray Mitchell
Bank Street Cor. Bank and Wing St
Wiley’s
Church St
Baine Palmer
Wendell Allen
Waverly Loosier
Walter Blackwell
Don Mills
Jimmie Sherrill
John Randolph
Chester Higdon
Lloyd Blouin
Bobby Terry
Glyde Bridges
Little Lads League
East End
Red Shield Field
Austinville
West Side Field
Red Shield
Memphis Red Sox
Birmingham Black Barons
Black Barons
Bailey Leopard
Harrison
Kellum
LeMay
Davis
Cees Tires
Goodfyear
St. J. M. Jakovac
Mgr
Craig's
Legionnaires and Veterans
Morgan County
American Legion
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