Decatur Swimming Team Readies for AAU Three-Way Meet
Decatur's swim squad under Charlie Smith plans a Thursday meet at Blue Haven against Cullman and Florence. Open age events and multiple strokes featured. Smith calls for recruits and will hold a 7 PM Monday meeting at Blue Haven.
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Decatur
Charlie Smith
Blue Haven Pool
AAU
Cullman
Florence
Smith
Blue Haven
Russellville
W. F. W. Post
Russellville City Lake
Recreation funding crisis voiced by Decatur official
Russell Johnson, secretary of the City Park and Recreation Board, warned Kiwanis members that Decatur’s recreation program is losing ground. He cited low per capita funding of 60 cents for recreation and 35 cents outside pools, urging $1 for operation, 50 cents for maintenance, and 50 cents for capital improvements, noting the City Council cut the budget.
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Russell Johnson
City Park and Recreation Board
Decatur
Kiwanis Club
Johnson
Breeding shines for Cordele farm team in Georgia Florida league
Marvin Breeding signed with Baltimore and sent to Cordele in the Georgia Florida league. Through Thursday he collected seven hits in 19 at bats for a .369 average and two doubles. The shortstop also started five double plays in five games as Cordele, once at the bottom, has won six straight and sits 1.5 games from fifth place.
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Marvin Breeding
Baltimore
Cordele
Marv
Marvin
Breeding
Lunker Floyd Briscoe Lands 3lb 11oz Bream on Fly Rod
Floyd Briscoe caught a 3 pound 11 ounce large mouth bass while bream fishing with a fly rod and yellow popper. The 20 minute battle ended with the fish landed and his equipment unharmed before a mishap later when the rod tip snapped in a tree.
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Floyd Briscoe
Floyd
Lunker
Brooksville Hosts Southern Showdown With Allens Cross Roads
Brooksville baseball won twice on Saturday at home. A 3-0 shutout of East Limestone featured Shirley Quattlebaum a three hitter with 11 strikeouts. In the nightcap Brooksville edged Hartselle Legion 4-2 as Campbell and J. Davis shared pitching duties. J. C. Davis went 2 for 4. Fred Betterton was slated to pitch against Allens Cross Roads at 2 30 P M on Brooksville field.
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Brooksville
East Limestone
Brooks
Hartselle Legion
Campbell
J. ©. Davis
Conner
Hartselle
Shirley Quattlebaum
Limestonians
Baugher
Limestone
J. C. Davis
Allens Cross Roads
Fred Betterton
League Baseball Schedule Drafted For Tonight
The Associated Press page lists National League games including Pittsburgh at Brooklyn New York at Philadelphia Milwaukee at Cincinnati St Louis at Chicago Detroit at Kansas Chicago at Boston Washington at New York and Southern and South Atlantic league matchups with Little Rock at Atlanta Mobile at Nashville Jacksonville at Savannah plus additional regional pairings.
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Brooklyn
New York
Philadelphia
Milwaukee
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Chicago
Pannen
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Kansas
Fatness
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Ore
Washington
Southern Association
Little Rock
Atlanta
Chattanoog Mobile
Nashville
Jacksonville
Usta
Savannah
Cardinals rookie Bill Virdon was a high school track star
The Cardinals rookie outfielder Bill Virdon starred in high school track competing in the 100 and 200 yard dashes the pole vault the shot put and a relay.
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Bill Virdon
Cardinals
British Open Opens Monday At St Andrews With 285 Players
The British Open at St Andrews begins Monday with 285 golfers from 17 nations. Ed Furgol and Byron Nelson head 17 American entrants. Joe Conrad leads the amateurs. Qualifying Monday and Tuesday precedes 36 holes Friday for the final 36.
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Tom Ochiltree
ST. Andrews
Scotland
Ed Furgol
Byron Nelson
Joe Conrad
San Antonio
Britain
Bobby Jones
Furgol
Peter Thomson
Australia
South Africa
Bobby Locke
Argentina
Antonio Cerda
Roberto Devicenzo
Mario Gonzales
Fidel de Luca
E. Bertolino
Arturo Soto
Romualdo Barbieri
Cerda
Italy
Ugo Grappascnni
France
Henri de Lamare
Angel Miguel
Egypt
Hassan Hassanein
Dai Rees
Fred Daly
Christy O'Connor
Eric Brown
Brown
John Panton
Highlands and
Glens
George Duncan
Three Baseball Games Set for Slipup July 4
Three baseball games are scheduled at Slipup during a July 4 all day picnic. Morning games pair Slipup with Austinville, then Antioch faces Union after dinner, and the finale features Slipup against Brooksville. Event hosted by the Slipup ball team at the Old Moulton Road field eight miles west of Decatur.
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Austinville
Antioch
Union
Brooksville
Moulton Road
Decatur
Fox Hunters Plan Bench Show and Field Trials
The Wheeler Lake Fox Hunters Association will hold its annual Bench Show and Field Trials on August 4 5 6 and 7. The Bench Show is on August 4 at the Coliseum with Field Trials on the following three days in a yet to be determined location near Decatur.
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Wheeler Lake Fox Hunters Association
Coliseum
Decatur
Giants Top Phillies 6-1 Behind Mays and Gordon
Willie Mays and Sid Gordon powered the New York Giants to a 6-1 win over the Philadelphia Phillies as Sal Maglie pitched into late jams for his ninth victory. Gordon hit a homer in the fourth to start the scoring burst, with Mays adding a 21st homer and Ray Katt contributing a ninth inning tally.
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Philadelphia
Willie Mays
Sid Gordon
New York Giants
Philadelphia Phillies
Sal Maglie
Gordon
Curt Simmons
Mays
Bobby Hofman
Davey Williams
Ray Katt
Thornton Kipper
Phillies
Maglie
Don Liddle
Sal
Cubs Beat Cardinals 4-3 in eighth inning surge
The Chicago Cubs defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 4-3 as Randy Jackson and Walker Cooper hit two-run homers in the eighth, lifting the Cubs to a seventh straight win over St Louis. Nelson Burbrink and Pete Whisenant provided late drama for the Cardinals.
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Chicago
Chicago Cubs
St. Louis
Randy Jackson
Walker Cooper
Cardinals
Nelson Burbrink
Gene Bakers
Pete Whisenant
Bob Stephenson
Harry Perkowski
Paul Minner
Wally Moon
Red Schoendienst
Ken Boyer
Cubs
Jim King
Banks
King
Fondy
Minner
Tommy Rogers Leaves For New York Camp
Tommy Rogers 16 of Decatur High School departs on the Tennesseean for a four week All-America Athletic Camp at the New York Military Academy Cornwall on Hudson New York. Camp staff includes Clair Bee Dudley Moore Ed Hickey Everett Case and Joe Lapchick.
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Tommy Rogers
6Th Ave. S.S
New York Military Academy
Cornwall - On - Hudson
N.Y
Tommy
Decatur
Clair Bee
Dudley Moore
Ed Hickey
Everett Case
Joe Lapchick
Chemstrand Triumphs In Ninth Inning Thriller
Chemstrand wins 5 4 in the ninth after a hard fought battle with V.F.W. and Wolver ine. The Vets shout back with a 14 13 Elks win in overtime against Wolverine. Claude McMurtrie and Frank Gardner key the Elks rally while Bobby Smith Sonny Todd and Leonard Hedrick push Chemstrand ahead. The protest over the Chemstrand V.F.W. game looms with late game scoring defining the outcome.
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Chemstrand
Elks
Wolverine
V.F.W
Vets
Billy Legg
George Murphree
Billy Sparkman
Poff
Legg
Leonard Hedrick
Bobby Smith
Sonny Todd
W.F.W
Claude McMurtrie
Frank Gardner
Russell Smith
Monk Allen
J. Adams
Ed Wells
Clay Hazel
Bobby Day
Hazel
Ben i
North Alabama Invitational Softball Tourney Planned
The annual North Alabama Invitational Softball Tournament will be held the week of July 18. Officials expect a wider field of entries from Huntsville Tri Cities Decatur and other points. Teams from Hartselle and Cullman are also hoped to enter. Contacts with the Park and Recreation Board are requested.
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North Alabama
Huntsville
Tri- Cities
Decatur
Hartselle
Cullman
Park and Recreation Board
Line Scores and Pitchers for Chemstrand and VFW
Chemstrand beats VFW 9 4 with early six runs in first three innings. Wolverine and Elke contributed key hits but final line favors Chemstrand in a dense score summary from the game notes.
Semi Pro Baseball Meet Opens in Huntsville
Final entry date July 9 for state semi pro baseball tournament in Huntsville under Junior Chamber of Commerce. July 16 begins with a double header and daily double headers to the championship using a double elimination format. Ray Bennett is commissioner. teams include Flyers Camp Rucker Wolverines Redstone Rockets Rebels Mobile Arabian Knights Robbins Florence Huntsville Parkers.
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Junior Chamber of Commerce
Haleyville
Flyers
Camp Rucker
Fort McClellan Wolverines
Redstone Rockets
Rebels
Mobile
Alabama
South Alabama
Arabian Knights
Arab
Robbins
Florence
Huntsville Parkers
Huntsville Park Stadium
Ray Bennett
National Baseball Congress
Wichita
Kansas
White and Williams Lead SA Hitting Race
Memphis star Ed White and Nashville’s Charlie Williams remain first and second in the Southern Asia batting race. White widened his lead to .372 after a 12-for-26 week ending June 29, with 108 hits and 168 total bases tying him for the base-hit and total-base leads. Williams sits eight points back. Ben Downs and Bob Skinner trail, while Lemon, Honor, and Hazle pace others in RBIs and doubles.
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Associated Press
Memphis
Ed White
Nashville
Charlie Williams
Asia
White
Chick
Williams
Ben Downs
Bob Skinner
New Orleans
Frank Diprima
Atlanta
Bob Hazle
Downs
Jim Lemon
Chattanooga
Lemon
Bob Honor
Hazley
Pirates Rally To Beat Dodgers 7-6 In 10th Inning Thriller
Brooklyn opened with a 5-0 lead as Duke Snider and Don Hoak homered but Pittsburgh stormed back. Carl Furillo misplayed a fly to allow the winning run, Johnny O’Brien delivered the decisive hit, and Ronnie Kline earned the win in relief after Newcombe and Erskine faltered late.
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Brooklyn
Carl Furillo
Johnny O’brien
Pittsburgh
Carl Erskine
Don Newcombe
Dodgers
Don Zimmer
Dale Long
Pee Wee
Reese
Newcombe
Erskine
Jerry Lynch
Frank Thomas
Pirates
New York
Roberto Clemente
Tom Saffell
Dick Cole
Lynch
Pirate
Groat
Furillo
Duke Snider
Don Hoak
Thomas
Paul Martin
Clem Labine
Ronnie Kline
Junior Legion To Close Season Sunday at 2 P M
Decatur Junior Legion will close its season Sunday at Legion Field against Belle Mina. Manager Tracy Knight cites financial issues for disbanding after a 7-3 loss to Hartselle despite out hitting 8 to 2. The club also fell to Tuscumbia and Cullman. Cullman leads with 5-0, while Decatur stands 1-4 and Hartselle 24 slate.
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Legion Field
Decatur Junior Legion
Belle Mina
Tracy Knight
Decatur Legion
Hartselle Legion
Tommy Husted
Conner
Junior Legion
Tuscumbia
Cullman
Cullman Legion
Hartselle
American Legion
Decatur
Week Leads League As Griggs Tops Pitchers
In a standout week a player leads the league with 15 runs and raises his total to 65 after adding 10 runs. Chattanooga's Hal Griggs secures the top pitcher mark at 12-4.
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Chattanooga
Hal” Griggs
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