National League Batting and Pitching Leaders Highlights
Stat leaders across the National League and American League include Musial of St Louis batting .361 with 144 hits and 35 doubles while Ashburn and Jethroe share 12 triples with 29 stolen bases for Boston and Philadelphia. Pitchers Maglie and Miller top NL with 103 wins and 769 strikeouts. Spahn—Boston and Blackwell—Cincinnati lead strikeouts. Highlights also show Kell and Rizutto leading batting in the AL with 154 hits and 31 doubles.
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Musial
St. Louis
Robinson
Brooklyn
Torgeson
Boston
Jones
Philadelphia
Ennis
Kiner
Pittsburgh
Furillo
Ashburn
Jethroe
Pafko
Chicago
Reese
Snider
Maglie
New York
Miller
Spahn
Blackwell
Cincinnati
Kell
Detroit
Doby
Cleveland
Stephens
DiMaggio
Dropo
Rizzuto
Wertz
Doerr
Woodling
Rosen
Yale
Trout
Lemon
Raschi
Unclear sports standings and player data fragment
Fragmentary sports table shows team abbreviations and scores for Birmingham Nashville New Orleans Mobile Chattanooga and player Lattie Hock. Incomplete figures include win loss records like 75 45 625 and 70 52 .574 with scattered decimals and initials POON and bik ciconna.
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L Pet. Ee
Birmingham
Nashville
POON
New Orleans
Mobile
Chattanooga
Lattie Hock
Baseball Scores From Southern Association and Alabama Leagues
Atlanta defeated New Orleans 3 to 2 in ten innings while Memphis beat Chattanooga 6 to 4 and Birmingham won 6 to 1 over Mobile. Little Rock postponed at Nashville. In Alabama State League Dothan topped Ozark 5 to 0, Brewton 6 Hearland 2, Greenville 1 Geneva 0, Enterprise 6 Andalusia 4. Georgia Alabama League Alexander City 14 Griffin 6, Opelika 1 to 9 Rome 10 Newnan 12 Lagrange 11 in 11 innings Valley 6 Carrollton 4.
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American Association
Atlanta
New Orleans
Memphis
Chattanooga
Birmingham
Mobile
Little Rock
Nashville
Dothan
Ozark
Brewton
Hearland
Greenville
Geneva
Enterprise
Andalusia
Alexander City
Griffin
Opelika
Rome
Newnan
Lagrange
Valley
Carrollton
Morgan County Church News and Local Visits
Very good attendance at Forrest Chapel Sunday with talks on stewardship and a quarterly conference. Lunch served at noon. Speaksman family gatherings and National Guard training honors. Visitors from Birmingham and Macedonia noted. fishing trip to Wheeler Dam mentioned. various local families hosted and visited.
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McCullough
Nabors
Clarence Davis
J. T. Wallace
Wallace Sims
National Guard
W. E. Story
Lucy Roberts
Simon Speakman
Howard Speakman
T. L. Speakman Sr
T. L. Speakman Jr
Faye Bridges
Hendelene Rodgers
Andrew Taylor Jr
Bobby McCaughrn
Milton England
W. P. Roberts
Sarah Pearl Sparkman
Macedonia
Irene Bullard
Edgar Callahan
Charlie
E. A. Sparks
E. A. Jr
Birmingham
S. J. Curtis
J. P. Glasgow
James Wallace
Wheeler Dam
Lois Story
Martha
Faye
Charles
Jerry
W. A. Sims
Baptist Training Union Opens At Brown's Chapel
Sunday night opening services drew a good crowd with strong interest. Invitations extend to all to attend each Sunday night. The notice lists several local families visiting relatives, army draft changes, family visits, and plans to attend a zone meeting of the W S C S at Antioch on August 16.
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Baptist Training Union
Brown’s
Nell Turney
W. M. Morris
Sammie Bryant
Baxter
Coss Woodard
A. A. Williamson
Gadsden
Helen Frances Morris
Birmingham
Ellsworth Bates
U. S. Army
Camp Campbell
Kentucky
Lula Bates
Bert Bates
Gandy’s Cove
Helen Livingston
Mary Alice Morris
C. B. Neill
J. D. Hammond
J. J. Dinsmore
Antioch
W. F. Key
Keaton
DAILY CROSSWORD AND CRYPTOQUOTE PUZZLE SELECTIONS
A mixed page offers a daily crossword with clues across and down for many entries including French coin poke lure and many others plus a cryptogram puzzle. It includes presidential style hints and a quoted line for solving the cryptoquote, with a sample solved line shown yesterday.
Newburg Revival Starts Sunday at Mt Pleasant Church
A revival begins Sunday at Mt Pleasant Methodist with ice cream and a grove picnic. The meeting opens Sunday August 20 at Brown's Chapel. Notable moves include the Eubanks family to Falkville and Donnie Hugh Morgan welcomed by friends of Sidney Morgan. Loyd Wallace now Brown's Chapel Sunday school superintendent. members urged to participate actively.
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Brown’s Chapel
Simon Johnson
Ina Neill
Auby Eubanks
Falkville
Sidney Morgan
Donnie Hugh
Loyd Wallace
Brown's Chapel
Alan LeMay to Enter Lipscomb College in 1950
Alan Richard LeMay of Decatur has been accepted as a student at David Lipscomb College Nashville for the 1950 51 session. He is a Decatur High School graduate and will enroll as a freshman pre medical student. The college will begin its 60th anniversary session Sept 30 1950 with Rev J B Haskew Jr preaching at Newburg. Morning service 10 30 and evening service 7 00. The public is invited.
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Alan Richard LeMay
Decatur
David Lipscomb College
Nashville
J. P. Sanders
W. S. LeMay
Alan
Lipscomb
Newburg
J. B. Haskew Jr
Helena
Eight Thousand Idle as TCI Walkout Hits Steel Plant
Eight thousand union coal and ore mine workers stayed away from their jobs in a strike aimed at Tennessee Coal, Iron, and Railroad. TCI asked district officials of United Mine Workers and United Steelworkers to intervene to end the stoppage, claiming contract violations. U.S. Steel subsidiary continued operations using stockpiled coal and ore, with about a month of coal and six weeks of ore on hand.
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Birmingham
Ala
South
Tennessee Coal, Iron, and Railroad Company
United Mine Workers
Ind
United Steelworkers
CIO
TCI
U. S. Steel
Camp Rucker bids studied for reconditioning
Army engineers studied bids to recondition Camp Rucker as it is reactivated for training troops called up during the Korean crisis. Col. W. K. Wilson Jr. said the post’s 1,400 buildings are generally in excellent condition. The WWII camp had been on standby since 1946. Non division combat and service units will begin arriving next month. unit details were not released.
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Mobile
Ala
Army Engineers
Camp Rucker
W. K. Wilson Jr
Gulf States Meet In New Orleans On Shrimp Law
Representatives from gulf border states begin a two day conference in New Orleans to draft a uniform shrimp law. The Gulf states committee leads the meeting as they seek a cohesive regional regulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Ala
Gulf
New Orleans
Gulf States
Negro Policeman For Montgomery Urged By Group
A delegation of Negro residents petitioned the Montgomery city commission to hire Black officers for the police force. The move followed a shooting incident prompting the group’s spokesman to urge inclusion and equal opportunities for Black officers in Montgomery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
City Commission
Fisheries panel to vote on proposals in New Orleans
The commission will put its proposals to a full meeting in New Orleans on October 19 and 20. Commission Chairman Bert E. Thomas of Mobile announced this week’s session.
Downtown Montgomery Shooting Seen As Investigation Underway
In downtown Montgomery a 25 year old black man, Hilliard Brooks, was fatally wounded by a white policeman during an attempted arrest. Mayor John L. Goodwyn assured the crowd that a full investigation is being conducted into the shooting.
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Montgomery
Hilliard Brooks
John L. Goodwyn
Easter Week Sparks Fireworks in Latin America
Easter week proves a peak period for fireworks across Latin American communities with celebrations drawing crowds, vendors, and heightened safety measures observed by local authorities amid commonly held traditions.
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Latin America
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Mt. Pleasant-Methodist Church
Gene Aker
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Uncle Jumpy
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Decatur, Rt. 1
Austinville
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E. Moulton St
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Mister Ruggles
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