Gamecock Crawford Shines as Giants Pinch Hitter
The Giants rookie Pat Crawford from Sumter South Carolina earns fame as a pinch hitter in his first major league season. He has eight hits in 23 at bats with three home runs two tied records and several run producing hits. Gotham fans plot travel as the season nears and mix talk of flights and rail passes for trips to Philadelphia and perhaps Chicago.
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Clifford
Pat) Crawford
Pinch Ritter
New York Giants
Sumter
S.C
Crawford
Pat
Davidson College
Giants
Ham Hyatt
Pittsbrugh
Ray Caldwell
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Yankees
Athletics
Joe Hall Faces Jack Breeland In Legion Boxing Semi Final
Decatur boxer Joe Hall fights Birmingham’s Jack Breeland in the American Legion card at Malone Park on the Fourth of July. Hall, training under July sun to be ready, aims to give his all in his first local bout before the hometown crowd. Hall weighs about 160 pounds.
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Joe Hall
Decatur Battler
Joe
Jack Breeland
Birmingham
American Legion
Malone Park
Negro Teams Meet On Fourth At Athens High Diamond
The Athens All-Stars will play the Decatur Hornets on the local negro high school diamond on July Fourth with first pitch set for 3:00 p.m.
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Athens All-Stars
Decatur Hornets
Jays Leave For A Trip To Town Creek
The Jays of the Decatur Industrial League depart this afternoon for Town Creek for their first away game of the season. Manager Lester Corbitt had not chosen his pitcher for the match.
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Jays
Town Creek
Decatur
Lester Corbitt
Bennie Paschal Delivers Winning Punch in Yankee Win
Bennie Paschal, Alabama boy, entered in the seventh to hit for Herb Pennock and belted a home run as the New York Yankees beat Boston 3-2. The game featured a pitching duel with Pennock, who allowed six hits, improving to his best performance of the season.
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Bennie Paschal
Alabama
New York Yankees
Boston
Athletics
Browns
Yanks
Paschal
Herb Pennock
Koenig
Pennock
Bayne
Battling Kelly Set to Face Big Ben Spivey in Holiday Scrap
Ten round headliner on July Fourth at Malone Park pits Battling Kelly against Big Ben Spivey in a featured afternoon bout. The card, ending with a 4 PM start for the American Legion event, lists Joe Hall vs Jack Breeland and other4 and 6 round scraps including Tommy Baker vs Leo Woods Kid Izzy vs Young Whitey and Kid Luther vs Kid Underwood.
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Battling Kelly
Big Ben
Spivey
Malone Park
Kelly
Birmingham
Johnny Roberts
Mississippi
American Legion
Ben Spivey
Joe Hall
Jack Breeland
Tommy Baker
Leo Woods
Kid Izzy
Young Whitey
Kid Luther
Kid Underwood
Baseball Today Forecasts and Schedule Note
Southern League games include Chattanooga at Nashville, Little Rock at Memphis, Mobile at Atlanta. National League matchups list New York at Boston, Cincinnati at Chicago, St. Louis at Pittsburgh. American League features Chicago at Cleveland, Boston at New York, Washington at Philadelphia, Detroit at St. Louis. American Association shows Indianapolis at Columbus, Kansas City at Minneapolis, Milwaukee at St. Paul, Louisville at Toledo. A Chicago eleven to eleven tie with St. Louis noted as called to catch a train.
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Pittsburgh
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Washington
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Southern League
Chattanooga
Little Rock
Mobile
Atlanta
National League
New York
American Association
Indianapolis
Columbus
Kansas City
Minneapolis
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Louisville
Toledo
Ruth Shines in Major League Action as Rain Delays Hits
Rain and schedule kept half the big six idle while the other three produced activity and a standings shift. Babe Ruth went 1 for 1 with a sacrifice and walks, while Rogers Hornsby logged two hits in four plate appearances. The leaders include Foxx and Atherton with strong batting averages and several Yankees stars also posting solid numbers.
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Associated Press
Rogers Hornsby
Babe Ruth
Foxx
O’doul
Phils
Ruth
Yanks
P. Waner
Popular Latin American boxers rise in Mexico City scene
The piece surveys Latin American boxing as a growing national pastime south of the Rio Grande. It profiles Aurelio Herrera Lito Ibarra Epifanio Ramirez Blas Rodriguez and hints at a planned bout in Mexico City bull ring, highlighting fighters from Colima and a developing boxing slang.
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Lamberto Alvarez-Gayou
Associated Press
Mexico City
Rio Grande
Beisbol
Latin America
Aurelio Herrera
Mexico
California
Rancho
Senor Lito Ibarra
Joe Rivers
Joe
Epifanio Ramirez
Colima
el Pugilisimo
Bert
Blas Rodriguez
al Brown
Herrera
Rivers
Rodriguez
Barons Suffer Fourth Straight Defeat to Pelicans
The Barons drop a 14 1 decision to the Pelicans as New Orleans bashes 17 hits and 13 safeties. Blakesley and Pickering homer as Van Alstyne faces defeat again while Bennie Karr sails through nine innings. Mobile edges Atlanta 7 6 on Mackey sacrifice fly. Memphis routs Little Rock 11 3 lifting the Tribe to third place.
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New Orleans
van Alstyne
Bennie Karr
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Pickering
Mobile
Atlanta
Mackey
Crackers
Memphis
Little Rock
Tribe
Vols
Ruth belts three homers in two days for Red Sox
Babe Ruth hit three home runs over two days and scored for the Red Sox. He had one at bat yesterday, singled in that appearance, and did not bat again in that game.
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Babe Ruth
Red Sox
Memphis Golfer Sets New Marks in Amateur Play
Nashville Tenn Chas teen Harris rose to fame in Memphis for a Southern Amateur Championship record. He cut five strokes on two consecutive holes a par five 14th and a par four 15th achieving a world mark by eagle and hole in one. Harris surpassed Jock Hutchison 1922 Open feat.
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Joe Connolly
Cy Williams
Virginia Wilson
Chicago
Allegheny Country Club
Pittsburgh
Glenna Collett
Joyce Wethered
Miss Collett
Florida
Maureen Orcutt
Allegheny
Miss Wilson
Gotham
Nashville
Tenn
Chasteen Harris
Memphis
Harris
Bing
Jock Hutchison
No plans yet for Pilots on diamond
Pleading a lack of time to develop a baseball club the Decatur Pilot club has not yet placed a team on the field to vie with other Pilot clubs in the Valley area already scoring victories. The team may still be formed as the club arranged two games with Sheffield and Russellville pilots.
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Decatur Pilot Club
Sheffield
Russellville
Joe Turnesa Wins Thousand Guineas In Dramatic 37th Hole Finish
Joe Turnesa defeated Herbert Jolly 37th hole in a dramatic match to win the Thousand Guineas tournament at Moortown. The American rallied from 3 down with three to play, sinking a 35 foot birdie putt on 35 to force a back-and-forth finish before an eagle on the final extra hole sealed the victory.
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O. B. Keeler
Turnesa Brothers
Brother Joe
Britain
Yorkshire Evening News
Moortown
Joe
Herbert Jolly
Jolly
Golfers Begin Rahm Trophy Fourth of July Tournament
Local players tee off at Valley Country Club Thursday at nine in pursuit of the Rahm trophy. George Curtis, club pro, notes growing interest as golfers practice and prepare for the annual event.
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the Valley Country Club
George Curtis
Still Hitting Bob Parham Keeps Crackers Active
Still hitting Bob Parham of Georgia Tech, now patrolling the garden for the Crackers, continued his strong form yesterday with two hits in five at bats. The day before he had a pair of triples in the same context.
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Bob Parham
Georgia Tech
Cubs Tie Cards In Shortened National League Contest
In Charlotte, the Chicago Cubs and St Louis Cardinals battled to an 11 run, six inning draw as a rain delay ended play with both teams tied. Riggs Stephenson homered twice for the Cubs while Blair had a circuit shot. The Cardinals departed for Pittsburgh after the game leaving the Cubs one half game behind the Pirates.
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St. Louis Cardinals
Pittsburgh
Riggs Stephenson
Blairlub
Cardinals
Cubs
Pirates
Giants
New York
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