Yankees End Leonard Jinx With 4-0 Win Over Senators
Leonard Allowed six hits and five hitless innings as the Yankees down the Washington Senators 4-0. DiMaggio hit a first inning double and a seventh inning homer, Red Rolfe added an eighth inning homer off Leonard. Joe Medwick sat out with a sore back and other games featured strong pitching and key homers across the league.
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Judson Bailey
Associated Press
Washington Senators
Leonard
Bucky Harris
Nats
New York Yankees
Yanks
Joe DiMaggio
DiMag
Red Rolfe
Marius Russo
Southpaw
Cleveland Indians
McHarder
al Milnar
Pither
Bill McGee
St. Louis Cardinals
Pittsburgh Pirates
Redbirds
Cincinnati
Jeaders
Terry Moore
Joe Medwick
Bucky Walters
Reds
Se Ciease Cubs
Augie Galan
Bill Posede
Boston Bees
Philadelphia Phillies
Pilt
Hugh Mulcahy
Stingers
Bees
York Giants
al Hollingsworth
Brooklyn Dodger
Tot Presswells
Cliff Melton
Giants
Burgess Whitehead
Charley Gehringer
Detroit Tigers
Chicago White Sox
Boston Red Sox
Philadelphia Athletics
Softball Schedule Delayed By Rain At Benson Field
Weather again ruins games forcing postponements and a one week extension. Goodyear vs Cooper Wells and Vaughns vs Cisco will resume tonight at Benson Field with a 7 30 start after last night’s rainout.
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Goodyear
Cooper- Wells
Vaughn
Baseball Scores From Around The Leagues
The National League results include New York 7 Brooklyn 3 and Boston 9 Philadelphia 2 as Chicago defeats Detroit 7 6 and St Louis 4-3 over Pittsburgh 3-0. American League games see New York 4 Washington 0 and Cleveland 5-7 St Louis 0-1. Southern League Nashville 7 Birmingham 6 with Little Rock Chattanooga rain. Southeastern League Jackson 7 Anniston 6 with others rained out.
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New York
Washington
Chicago
Detroit
Cleveland
St. Louis
Southeastern League
Jackson
Anniston
Weekend baseball schedule features multiple city matchups
Today games include Washington at New York and Boston at Philadelphia. Detroit visits Chicago while Cleveland plays St. Louis. New York goes to Brooklyn and St. Louis hosts Pittsburgh. Chicago faces Cincinnati. Additional games include Little Rock at Atlanta and Birmingham at Knoxville. Memphis at Chattanooga and New Orleans at Nashville. Anniston at Jackson. Gadsden at Meridian. Montgomery hosts Pensacola. Two games involve Pensacola.
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Sy Edeas
Rev. L. Pet
Memphis
Nashville
Chattanooga
Knoxville
Birmingham
New Orleans
Little Rock
New York
Boston
Chicago
Cleveland
Detroit
Washington
Philadelphia
Louis
Cincinnati
St. Louis
New
Montgomery
Mobile As
Meridian
Ewes
Memphis Skipper Chants War Tunes In Rough Night
Skipper Prank Brazil led the Memphis Chicks in battlefield chants to lift morale as they dropped three straight to the Atlanta Crackers, narrowing their Southern Association lead to five games. Nashville beat Birmingham 7 to 6, while Little Rock and Chattanooga were rained out and Knoxville and New Orleans rested.
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Associated Press
Brazil
Memphis Chicks
Chattanooga
Atlanta Crackers
Chicks
Nashville Volunteers
Birmingham
Little Rock
Knoxville
New Orleans
Daily Cross Word Puzzle R-17
Town in Nor folk county Mass nine snake like fish ten relative eleven masculine name thirteen sacred choral composition fifteen religious ceremonial seventeen poetic foot eighteen a brother of Odin and Will am nineteen sea eagle twenty second note of the scale twenty one South American country twenty two southeast abbr twenty three a youth twenty four symbol for calcium twenty five soil fertilizer twenty seven adroit thirty to stir thirty two Greek god of love thirty three mythical monster three M to study thirty five airplane with one pair of wings Down Endure five flow two to live six whole again seven masculine three Winged name four Dutch as eight Fall sud spoken by deadly and South violently Africans twelve Greek letter as twenty three implement fourteen type measur sixteen full of ashes nineteen site of Napoleon first exile abbr twenty casual twenty seven valorous statement person twenty one the flying twenty eight exist lemur twenty nine a serf twenty two main cabin thirty one Japanese of a ship coin used or sweeping twenty four about used with dates twenty six Arabic
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Norfolk County
Mass
Odin
Will
Southeast
Napole
Tulane schedules nine football games this fall
Atlanta Aug 17 notes Tulane plays eight home games amid a trip to New York to meet Columbia. The piece mentions University of Georgia hosting writers Aug 31, Alabama rivals Howard prospects, LSU publicity for a season opener, and a post season plan involving the South Atlantic and Southeastern leagues.
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Atlanta
Tulane
New York
Columbia
Herbert E. Newton
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Tennessee
Hosierymen to Meet Anderson in Sunday Game
The Alabama Park game Sunday begins at 2 30 P M. Anderson and the Hosierymen have not met this year but Lauderdale county has defeated strong opposition in the section. Line ups will be announced by Saturday, say managers.
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Alabama Park
Anderson
The
Hosierymen
Lauderdale County
Southeastern league game highlights in Alabama rains
In Montgomery on August 17 only one Southeastern League game was played as Jackson defeated Anniston 7 to 6 after a wild ninth inning. Postponed games included Montgomery Pensacola Selma Mobile and Gadsden Meridian.
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Southeastern League Anniston
Jackson
Gadsden
Meridian
Selma
Mobile
Montgomery
Pensacola
Ala
Southeastern
Anniston
Montgomery-Pensacola
Selma-Mobile
Gadsden-Meridian
Senators
Town Creek to Host Blue Devils at Goodyear Park
The Decatur Blue Devils meet Town Creek this afternoon at 4 15 at Goodyear Park. Town Creek handed Decatur one of its few defeats as Belue, on the mound, will oppose Grimes with Vernon behind the plate. Rain may cancel the game but organizers expect the match to proceed.
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Decatur Blue Devils
Town Creek
Goodyear Park
Belue
Devils
Creekers
Grimes
Invaders
B. Vernon
Mill
Satans
Prison Ump Is Boss of Game
Jesse Collyer known as Jesse James without a horse rules semifinal play in the National Semipro Baseball Congress amid prison duties at Sing Sing. He notes he has umpired eight years with only one ejection and cites prison games as similar to outside play. Alabama Pitts leads the prison team with a 22 homer record while other results include Ernie Cramer’s 16 strikeouts for Trenton in a 7-3 win over Slater. Today’s schedule lists four afternoon and evening games across regional teams.
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Harold J. Claassen
Wichita
Kas
Jesse Collyer
Jesse James
Sing Sing
New York
Jack Mealy
Enid
Okla
Alabama Pitts
Colyer
Trenton
N. J
Slater
S. C
Ernie Cramer
Branson
Mount Pleasant
Mich
Struthers
Ohio
Phoenix
Ariz
Rome
Sardis
Silverton
Ore
Los Angeles
Buford
Worcester
Mass
Vandergrift
Jackson Rally Seals Victory After Cooper Homers
Jackson overcame a four run ninth inning by Cooper’s homer to plate three in the bottom half and win. Prince Dana homered twice for Jackson as the dramatic rally closed the game with a 3 run edge.
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Cooper
Jackson
Prince Dana
Morgan County Florette Local Social Notices
Mrs. Bob Gordon and son Joe visit Florence. families in Birmingham host guests. Tom Crawford returns from Birmingham. multiple locals visit relatives in Camp Hill and south Alabama. Several attend church and ball games. 4-H camp at Cole Springs. travels cited among Quinns, Coveys, Cr yers, and others in Decatur, Hartselle, Valdemosa.
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Bob Gordon
Joe
Florence
Trey Freeman
Freeman
Charlie Stacks
Birmingham
James Lynn, Jr
Jim Gurley
Tom Crawford
Clyde Crawford
Holly and Son
J. M. Palmer
Floyd Quinn
Lynntown
William. Bartlett
James Gurley
James Palmer
Bud Hamilton
Rock Creek
Church Rock Creek
Christine Jones
Lawrence’s Cove
G. C. Vincent
J. E. Peck
Lila Ryan
Nashville
Tom Brown
Gadsden
Nancey Covey
Alex Dunn
Algie Covey
Liston Covey
Percy Cry
Valdermosa
Melvin Black
Hartselle
Harold Waugh
Decatur
J. Ebral Peck
Edithe Peck
Morgan County Rescue Contacts Family Visitors
Mrs. Dixie Helms spent several days last week with relatives and has returned home to Scottsboro. John Campbell of Wilson Mountain returned home after visiting his daughter Flora Helms. Lofton Edwards and family visit his parents while Lofton is ill. Leo Tyler and children visited Wilburn Whisenant. T. J. Campbell stayed with Harvey Helms. Roy Edwards family were Sunday guests of Claudie Edwards. Mildred Light with Erlyne Helms. Ed Thomas spent days with Marshall County relatives. Augie Whisenant called on Ella Pettit. Grady Black visited J D Hennessee with family.
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Dixie Helms
Scottsboro
John Campbell
Wilson Mountain
Flora Helms
Lofton Edwards
Jim Edwards
Lofton
Leo Tyler
Wilburn Whisenant
T. J. Campbell
Harvey Helms
Roy Edwards
Claudie Edwards
Mildred Light
Erlyne Helms
Ed Thomas
Marshall Co
Augie Whisenant
Ella Pettit
J. D. Hennessee
Grady Black
Conn Barefoot Boy World Champion Father Boxers in Pittsburgh Home
Billy Conn the light heavy champion is described by his mother as a big kid who still plays sandlot baseball barefoot. The Conn family, led by their pipe fitter father, fights and trains together at home in a crowded brick house in Pittsburgh's industrial area with older brother Jackie and brothers Frank and sister Mary Jane joining in as needed.
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Franklin Banker
Pittsburgh
Billy Conn
William Conn
Billy
Philadelphia
Gus Dorazio
Conn
Avandlot
Peg
Conns
Jackie
Pop
Errol Flynn
Frank
Mary Jane
Local Social Roundup From Thursday and Weekend Visits
Names of residents gathering and visiting in the community are listed. Mrs Flora Helms hosted guests including Willie Brand and several couples. other calls and visits reference Mrs Alta Curry, Marshal Pettit, Winford Pettit, Ray WON Davidson, the Bramlets, and the Helms family across a series of Sunday and Saturday calls.
Revival At Corinth Church Of Christ Noted As Great
Earl Morgan attended the singing at Double Springs and a revival at Corinth Church of Christ was described as a great success. Local residents and visitors, including Mrs. Sarah Wilhite of Battle Ground and family, visited, called, or hosted others over the weekend.
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Earl Morgan
Double Springs
Corinth Church of Christ
J. D. Bonds
Texas
Sarah Wilhite
Battle Ground
Hubert and
Herschel
J. H. Rigby
Howard Evans
John Hogan
J. H
E. P. Luker
Waldermose Springs
Woodrow Guthrie
Dad Bonds
Marguerite Bonds
Drennon
Liddy Jean Cooper
Tennessee
Ora Woods
Lois George
Eva Morgan
Pasker Evans
Andrew
Dock Gunter
Leona McClellan
Briez Chats About Sports by Eddie Briez
Eddie Briez reports from New York on sports chatter surrounding Matt Winn at Saratoga and retirement rumors about the Kentucky Derby. Bob Pastor prepares to train Joe Louis in Brighton Michigan while Alabama visits the Polo Grounds. A Detroit paper notes New York defeat near obituary pages.
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Eddie Brietz
New York
Matt Winn
Saratoga
Bob Pastor
Joe Louis
Brighton
Mich
Mee Oaham Rams
Alabama
Polo Grounds
Giants
Detroit
Proclamation Could Save Giants As Roosevelt Buzz Grows
Today’s guest notes only a Roosevelt proclamation moving up the major league season’s close could rescue the Giants from further losses under manager Bill Terry. Dodgers reach 750000 in home attendance, while Tulane football jerseys sell for 98 cents at Biloxi store amid Southward chatter. Officials speculate FDR’s third term hint influences sports politics and football schedules.
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Will Wedge
New York
Sun
Roosevelt
Giants
Bill Terry
Dodgers
Local Social Notes From Morgan County Sips and Visits
Miss May Sue Pool visits Miss Estelle Doss this week. Miss Mary Quattlebaum of near Cullman stays with Miss Hazel Crowe. Mrs. Clyde Holloday and Mrs. Burl Holloday visit Muscle Shoals. Annie Laura Stovall returns home after a Decatur visit. Mrs. Minnie Bell of Austinville visits son W C Kirkpatrick. Edward Hunter visits Birmingham. Miss Ruth Gibson of Cullman visits Miss Lorena Penn. Mrs. Nannie Stovall spent Sunday night with sister Mrs. Dona Crowe.
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May Sue Pool
Estelle Doss
Mary, Quattlebaum
Near Cullman
Hazel Crowe
Clyde, Holloday
Burl Holloday
Muscle Shoals
Annie Laura Stovall
Decatur
Minnie Bell
Austinville
W. C. Kirkpatrick
Edward Hunter
Birmingham
Ruth Gibson
Cullman
Lorena Penn
Nannie Stovall
Dona Crowe
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West Moulton
Decatur, Ala
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al Smith
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A. Brasher
Dewey Moon
Earlyne
Virgie
Catherine Helms
Mesdames
T. Maples
W. W. Owens
Alta Curry
Marshal Pettit
Winford Pettit
Loyd Davidson
Bud Davidson
Guntersville
Ray- Won Davidson
Jocke Naylor
J. H. Curry
Bernard Bramlet
George Bramlet
Mesdames Ethel
Doris Steadham
Birdie Moon
Corrinnest
Earlyne Helms
Verlin
Verna Helms
Davidson
Junior Helms
M. W. Pettit
J. T. Taylor
Wallace Beauty & Barber Shop
Taylor
Cullman County
Corinth
Ouys
Brietz
Penn’s
Monroe
Alabama Business Institute
Silvertown
Goodrich
Goodrich Standard
Silvertown Stores
JE. McClary
Tee and
Oak Streets
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