Athens Beaten By Legion by 10 to 1
Decatur American Legion defeated Athens 10 to 1 at Legion field, the 13th straight Legion win. Robert Hudson pitched a two hit shutout through eight innings, with seven runs in the eighth inning sealing the win. Red Caudill led the Legion attack with three hits, while Jimmy Johns and others contributed key hits and extra bases. The teams meet again in Athens with Buck Ramsey slated to pitch for Limestone County.
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Freeman Again Tops Freeman For American Legion Batting
Freeman remains Decatur’s leading hitter after four games from Saturday to Thursday. Cau dill drops from .381 to .343, McMurtrie falls to .329, Jones rises to .300, Caudill to .305, Sparkman to .330 as Halbrooks Hudson Burns and Michael add wins to their records.
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Monarchs Beat Black Barons In Exhibition Game
The Kansas City Monarchs defeated the Birmingham Black Barons 7 to 1 in an exhibition before the year's largest crowd aside from opening night at Legion Memorial Field. The Monarchs tallied in two stanzas with a four-run surge and a three-run burst, aided by two home runs over the right field wall and sharp defense that snuffed many Barons knocks with three-deep plays.
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Auburn Opens as Tidwell Returns in Strong Fall Prep
Auburn football enters fall practice with Travis Tidwell fully recovered from a long leg injury and a wave of fast young players. Coach Johnny Murphy says Tidwell is ready and a large sophomore corps, led by Bill Tucker, Allen Parker, and Jim McGowen, strengthens the backfield as Earl Brown’s squad plans to run the T formation. Opening game is September 23 at Montgomery against Mississippi.
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Raiders Open Practice At 8 30 Thursday
Decatur Red Raider football opens practice Thursday at 8 30 under coach Shorty Ogle with two workouts daily for about a week. The season starts Friday night September 16 against Anniston high school, part of the toughest schedule yet with ten games including seven Valley teams and three from other sections. End Roy Freeman and tackle Fred Horn are co captains for the Raiders.
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Sidwell Bromwich Fight Back Win
Australian tennis stars John Bromwich and Billy Sidwell staged a dramatic comeback at Forest Hills to beat American champions Billy Talbert and Gardner Mulloy in five sets 3-6 4-6 10-8 9-7 9-7, keeping the 1949 Davis Cup challenge round alive before about 8,000 fans.
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South Association scoreline details from Nashville to Memphis
In a Southern Association set of baseball results Nashville faced Birmingham with a 0 to 0 tie in a late innings 15-? game, Atlanta lost to Chattanooga 7 to 3 aided by Felton and Chandler. New Orleans fell 3 to 6 to Little Rock with MacDonald and Ballinger contributing. Mobile scored 10 to 6 over Memphis with Klippstein and Kahn aiding Rotblatt and Pinciotti in the scoring sequence.
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Today's Games Featured Across Three Matchups
Atlanta faces Nashville, New Orleans clashes with Memphis, Mobile plays Little Rock, and Birmingham meets Chattanooga in a quartet of games highlighted for today.
Alabama Starts Work Thursday
Alabama’s 1949 football training opens Thursday with 62 candidates reporting including 23 lettermen from the 1948 squad. Coach Harold Drew expects stronger overall in the SEC, naming Tulane Vanderbilt and Tennessee as top early opponents while detailing line depth and key players at guard center and back positions.
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Chapman Seeks Date On Gadsden Sale By Decatur Talks
Decatur officials question terms of Ben Chapman’s possible exit from the Gadsden club in the Southeastern League. They aim to form a working big league affiliation to support a class B ball team in Decatur, noting better transportation and local support.
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Baseball scores from AP across leagues
In the National League, St. Louis 5 11, New York 2 2. Brooklyn 6 Chicago 1. Pittsburgh 8 Philadelphia 2. Boston 6 Cincinnati 5 in 10 innings. In the American League, New York 4 Cleveland 0. Boston 7 Chicago 2. Detroit 7 Washington 6. St Louis 5 Philadelphia 1.
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Alaska Adopts First U S Old Age Pension Plan 1915
Encyclopedia Americana notes that the first old age pension plan in the United States or territories was adopted by the Alaska legislature in 1915.
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Sewanee to Open Practice With 15 Incoming Alabama Players
Bill White, Sewanee head coach, announced 15 Alabama boys expected to report for practice September 4. About sixty players overall are anticipated, with Sewanee opening the season October 1 at home against Southwestern from Memphis in a Decatur Civitan Club sponsored game.
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Cardinals Sweep Giants in Doubleheader to Extend NL Lead
The St. Louis Cardinals widened their National League lead to two games over the Dodgers by taking both ends of a doubleheader from the New York Giants, 5-2 and 11-2, as Stan Musial homered twice in the opener and Ron Northey and Rocky Nelson drove three-run shots in the nightcap. Enos Slaughter and Chuck Diering also homered, while Whitey Ford Brecheen retired 15 straight Giants after a no-hit bid was broken in the seventh. The Giants avoided a no-hitter with Bill Rigney’s two-out single in the seventh and added runs late in the eighth and ninth.
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Bucs Edge Pirates 8 2 as Kiner homers in win
Ralph Kiner hit his 37th homer of the season to power the Pittsburgh Pirates past the Philadelphia Phillies 8 to 2. Ernie Onham pitched effectively, limiting the Phillies to eight hits for his seventh victory.
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Dodgers blast Cubs to win as Furillo Cox homer
Brooklyn defeats Chicago 6-1 in a six run sixth inning highlighted by consecutive homers from Carl Furillo and Billy Cox. Preacher Roe worked nine hits allowed over the route, Furillo's blast marking the Dodgers 123rd homer of the season. The Cubs tally came on Roy Smalley’s double and Herm Reich’s single in the ninth.
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Braves Tie Reds With Late Homers in Boston
Jeff Heath hit a ninth inning homer to tie the game and a second homer in the tenth to lift Boston over Cincinnati, 6-5. Both shots came off Ewell Blackwell who pitched the final three and two thirds innings.
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Sugar Derivatives Used Across More Than 80 Industries
Sugar and its about 10,000 known derivations are utilized in over eighty different industries, reflecting the broad scope of sweetness in modern manufacturing and consumer goods.
Byrne Hurls l-Hitter at Cleveland
Tommy Byrne of the New York Yankees pitched a two hit shutout, beating the Cleveland Indians 4 to 0 before a record crowd of 82,747. Early Wynn pitched well until the seventh, DiMaggio started the rally, and Bobby Brown delivered a line triple driving in the final runs.
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Williams, Williams and Stephens power 7 2 Sox win
In Chicago Aug 27 the Red Sox beat the White Sox 7 2. Ted Williams hit two homers his 33rd and 34th tying Vern Stephens for the team lead as Chuck Stobbs earned his ninth victory. The 20 year old lefty allowed six hits. The win keeps Boston within a game and a half of the Yankees.
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Browns Whip Athletics In Lopsided A’s Loss
Dick Kokos hit a second inning homer with two aboard to spark the St. Louis Browns to a 14 to 5 victory over the Philadelphia Athletics. Ned Garver yielded five hits, including Sam Chapman’s homer in the fourth, as the A’s were unable to slow the Browns in the afternoon tilt.
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Newhouser Spart Washington Senators In Detroit Win
The Detroit Tigers defeated the Washington Senators 7 to 6 to sweep the three game series. Hal Newhouser earned the win before being lifted in the eighth inning as Freddie Hutchinson finished the game.
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Athens Starts Football Monday With New Coach Elmore
Athens High School begins football practice Monday under new head coach Furman Elmore. He succeeds Hal Self and will field a team with several 1948 returnees, though nine of the starting eleven will not be back. The Golden Bears open the season against Town Creek on September.
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White firm lumber production up over sixfold since 17
A White firm reports lumber production rising more than six times its level in 17 years ago. The announcement notes continued strong demand, with gains attributed to new forest management, expanded sawmills, and improved shipping efficiency across markets.
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