Raiders Meet Union Hill Wednesday
The Morgan county basketball tournament will be held at Decatur junior high gym from February 5 to February 19. Officials include Charlie Stapp of Alabama and John Burleson of Hartselle. A Decatur Daily trophy voting will select top junior and senior players.
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Decatur
Charlie Stapp
University of Alabama
Stapp
John Burleson
Hartselle
Burleson
Hartsele-ih
Tcie
Decatur Daily
Bob Freeman
Aubrey Free
Union -Hill
Union Hill
Raiders
Ouf
Hanes
Riley
Red Raiders
Russell Brothers
Eva
Red Heads
Birmingham Steelers Face Firestone In Decatur Showdown
The Birmingham Steelers defend their Southern Professional league status against the Firestone Independent basketball team of Decatur at 8:00 PM in the Decatur Junior High School gym. Coach Walt Dropo, now with the Boston Red Sox, leads the Steelers, who trail the Montgomery Rebels by a half game.
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Decatur
Birmingham Steelers
Steelers
Firestone
JH Reba
Montgomery Rebels
Birmingham Barons
Walt Dropo
Walt
Boston Red Sox
Rebels
Murphy Boys
Loerence
Parker
Murphy's
B. Spitzer
J. Spitzer
B. Murphy
R. Murphy
Lorance
Decatur Junior High
Danville Sweeps Falkville In Twin Basketball Games
Danville defeated Falkville in both junior and senior contests Friday night. The juniors led wire to wire in a 27 to 11 victory led by Hogan and Ryker. The seniors trailed 9 8 at halftime but Danville surged in the third quarter to win 30 to 21 behind 11 points from White with Yates scoring 13 for Falkville. In other items, federal and state governments spent more than 17 million dollars to reduce forest fire losses last year.
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Falkville
Hogan
Ryker
Garner
Smith
Crow
Dunnaway
Turner
James
Legg
Copeland
Stinson
Burgess
Gvyker
W. Brown
Laney
H. Brown
Meadows
W. Johnson
Dumas
Wilhit B. Johinson
Landers
Aiicas
Puckett
Townsend
Penn
J. Henderson
Kirby * Yates
White
P. Henderson
Reid
H. Hogan
Looney
Teague
Long
Paine
Couch
Yales
Broven
é _Wilhite
Mt. Hope
Pepsi Cola Leads in Tuesday Ladies League Standings
Tuesday night in the Ladies League saw Pepsi Cola extend its lead by four games over Giants Gay Rollers while Garrisons took three from Raineys. Helen Todd posted a 189 high game and 490 high series. Garrisons also posted a 710 high game and 2068 team high series.
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Garrisons
Raineys
Pepsi Cola
Giants Gay Rollers
Helen Todd
Only Two In 2000 Club In Major League Hit Leaders
Ted Williams and Stan Musial may have led in last year’s power categories but Luke Appling and Fred Dixie Walker stand as the only current 2000 hit club members. Appling has 2571 hits and Walker 2073, with DiMaggio and Mize among other leaders in runs batted in and home runs.
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New York
Ted Williams
Stan Musial
Luke Appling
Fred
Dixie) Walker
Luke
Dixie
Des Cramer
Joe Medwick
Acky Vaughan
Appling
Walter
Pittsburgh
Oo Eee
Walker
Johnny Mize
New York Giants
Mize
DiMag
Joe DiMaggio
New York Yankees
Joe
DiMaggio
Wally Moses
Philadelphia Athletics
Moses
Williams
Feller
Bob Feller
Cleveland Indians
Hal S Newhouser
Detroit
Bob
Hal
Bucky Walters
Cincinnati Reds
Walters
Dutch Leonard
Schoolboy Rowe
Lea
National League leaders and strikeout figures highlight season
The text notes Walters and another pitcher close behind leaders with 165 and 155 wins. Johnny Vander Meer tops the national strikeout list with 1,266 whiffs, while Wals AUT is mentioned as the only other name.
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Guers
Walters
Johnny Vander “Meer
Walsaut
Pirates Acquire Card Hurler Murry Dickson
The Pittsburgh Pirates signed pitcher Murry Dickson from the St Louis Cardinals for an undisclosed sum. General manager A Roy Hamey announced the deal which also involved Fred M Saidh as Card principal stockholder. Dickson, a right hander, spent five years with St Louis and had a standout 1946 season with 15 wins and six losses.
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Pittsburgh Pirates
Murry Dickson
St Louis Cardinals
A. Roy Hamey
Fred M. Saidh
Dickson
Cards
Armed Services
Houston
Columbus
St.Louis
Rent Control Office Closed Temporarily
The rent control office for Mor se and Limestone counties located in the courthouse annex is closed while a clerk goes to a clinic.
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Morse
Limestone —Counties
Rent Office Hours and Contact Details United
The message lists revised office hours and contact routes for housing officials. It states the office will be open on specified days with morning and afternoon time windows and directs mail to the local office or area rent director in the Callaway building Florence.
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Senenberg
Beasley
E. R. Carter, Jr
Office of Housing
Callaway
Florence
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