176 Amateurs Start Quest for Southern Golf Title
A field of 176 began qualifying at Birmingham Country Club West course for the 40th Southern amateur championship. Capt. Cary Diddle Coff of Memphis is a co favorite after winning the Colonial Invitation, as 18-hole qualifying continues with matches set to start Thursday and finals Saturday.
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Birmingham Country Club
West
Cary Diddlecoff
Memphis
Chick Evans
Chicago
Sam Perry
Meadow Gold Tops Dot's In Openers As Raiders Duel Transit
Meadow Gold faces Dot's at 7:30 p m in the first of a doubleheader at De lano Park with the Raiders meeting Transit in the nightcap at 8:45 p m The winner of the second game would claim undisputed first place both teams entering with 3‑0 records Dot's aiming to draw even with Garrison's for third place after the opener.
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Transit
Raiders
Delano Park
Meadow Gold
Dot's
Dot
Garrison's
Line Scores From National American League and Southern Association
Mobile beats Birmingham 55 36 in a game with McGlothin Dapper Merki and Kerr credited. Nashville defeats Lathe Rock 69 0 with Raney New York 203 11 and 15.2 innings. Atlanta edges New York 3 0 behind Danna Carrola McGowan Lochbaum and Disney. Memphis narrowly falls to Chattanooga 2 10 in a late rally effort Ripple Lambert Chozen Wilson George.
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Birmingham
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Dapper
Merki
F. Kerr
New York
Atlanta
Danna
Carrola
McGowan
Lochbaum
Aisney
Memphis
Chattanooga
Ripple
Lambert
Chozen
Wilson
George
Selma Downs Loop Leaders In Southeast League Action
In a Southeastern League doubleheader, Selma beat Pensacola 5 to 1 as Ferrick limited the Fliers to six hits. Vicksburg toppled by Jackson Senators 11 to 3, Gadsden beat Selma 10 to 2, Meridian edged Montgomery 6 to 5, and Selma split with Anniston in the standings.
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Jackson
Montgomery Rebels
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Pensacola
Three More Players Join Auburn's Football Squad
Auburn announced three standout high school players joined the 1948 squad. Charlie Langner 180 pound end from Ensley and Bill Trussell 175 pound back who prepped at Tallassee have Navy and Army Air Forces service respectively. Trussell starred in football basketball and baseball at Maxwell Field during the past season. Russell and Langner worked out with Auburn in 1944 before entering service.
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Carl Voyles
Charlie Langner
Ensley
Bill Trussell
Tallassee
Russell
Langner
Navy
Trussell
Army Air Forces
Maxwell Field
Southeast League Eyes Attendance Record This Year
Montgomery reports July notes that Gadsden’s seventh place team draws more fans than rivals in the Southeast League first half. League President Stuart X. Stephenson forecasts a record 600000 paying customers this season, well above 425000 in 1940.
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Stephenson
Sports Roundup Highlights from the Week in Boxing and Golf
A nostalgic column by Hugh S. Fullerton Jr surveys light sports notes and quirks from the past week. Topics include proxies Abe Greene criticizing promoters for cagey box office focus, Jimmy Conzelman’s project to relax, Gizmo the racing dog at Multnomah track, yacht races near Bermuda, the Erie Sailors manager resigning mid game, Byron Nelson’s design for a 68 then 69 67 weekend score, and a Tony Galento anecdote about a drunken visitor claiming he could resemble the heavyweight.
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NBA
Abe Greene
Abe
Jimmy Conzelman
Gizmo
Multnonjah Track
Portland
Ore
Bermuda
Newport
Rv J
Erie
Sailors
Byron Nelson
Columbus
Ohio
Standings Snapshot from Regional Baseball and Football Scores
National League and Southern Atlantic standings listed with team records. Cities like Nashville Little Rock Mobile Birmingham New Orleans Atlanta Chattanooga Memphis appear with varied win loss marks. Georgia Florida matchups include LaGrange Tallassee and Carrollton Opelika Newnan with postponed games noted.
Mauriello and Paterson Headline Boxing Contender List
Promoters push high priced tickets and record gates leaving boxing with less championship timber. NBA president John J. Greene issues quarterly ratings recognizing no contenders for Joe Louis's heavyweight crown while naming several boxers as outstanding or honorable mentions across weight classes.
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N. J
John J. Greene
National Boxing Association
Greene
NBA
Joe Louis
Tami Mauricio
Bronx
Jersey Joe Walcott
Billy Conn
Ezzard Charles
Billy Fox
Gus Lesnevich
Rocky Graziano
Charlie Burley
Jake Lamotta
Tony Zale
Ray Robinson
Marty Servo
Bob Montgomery
Willie Joyce
Ike Williams
Phil Terranova
Jackie Graves
Willie Pep
Ku Kong Young
Bennie Goldberg
Manuel Ortiz
Dado Marino
Jackie Paterson
Mose Brown Fight In Cleveland Ends With Suspended Purse
Mose Brown of Pittsburgh left with a sizable head lump after 10 rounds against Tommy Yarosz of Monaca Pa in Cleveland. The boxing commission held up Brown's purse for an unsatisfactory performance and planned a hearing to decide on payment while noting Brown's past suspensions and lackluster showing.
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Mose Brown
Pittsburgh
Tommy Yarosz
Monaca
Boxing Commission
Mose
Brown
Jackie Davis
Battler
Decatur Alabama approves street paving ordinance
The city council enacts improvements for 5th Avenue East from 6th Street South to 11th Street South in Decatur Morgan County. The street will be paved with single bituminous surface treatment plant mixed seal with integral concrete curbs and gutters to be installed.
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Decatur
Alabama
5Th Avenue
6Th Street
11Th Street
Morgan County
Dixie Walker Tops Batters in All Star Contests
Dixie Walker of the Brooklyn Dodgers entered the majors All Star game at Fenway Park with a .368 batting average, the top mark in the National League. In the American League, Mickey Vernon of the Washington Senators led at .364 as the star studded game at Boston began.
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New York
Dixie Walker
Boston
Brooklyn Dodgers
Mickey Vernon
Washington Senators
Fenway Park
Decatur Alabama approves street improvements ordinance 1946
The Decatur City Council adopts an ordinance authorizing street improvements with estimated cost 33000 dollars. Public hearings will be held August 1946 at City Hall. Notices will be published in Decatur Daily and mailed to impacted property owners.
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State of
Alabama
Decatur
City of
H. R. Summer
Indians of Guatemala Allow Wives On Installment Plan
The article notes that Guatemala Indians may purchase wives on an installment plan and can return a wife for a refund if the husband decides not to keep her.
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Guatemala
Underdog American League faces favorites in postwar all star game
About 33,000 fans paid a record $105,000 for Fenway Park reserved seats as the inter league classic opened with the Americans favored 3 to 1. Bobby Feller would face Claude Passeau on the mound, with star lineups led by Williams, Pesky, Mize and Doerr for the AL and NL hopefuls assembling in Boston.
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Cleveland Indians
Chicago Cubs
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al Schoendienst
St. Louis
Des Ennis
Philadelphia
Johnny Hopp
Dixie Walker
Brooklyn
George Kurowski
Johnny Mize
New York
Walker Cooper
Marty Marion
Chicago
Augusta Goes To 2nd Place In Southern League Battle
The Augusta Tigers moved within a half game of the leaders by defeating Columbus 9 to 7 as Greenville split a doubleheader with Charleston to fall to third. Columbus beat Jacksonville 6 to 3, while Macon and Savannah were rained out. Lyman Linde and Leon Balser held Charleston to three hits in the nightcap. All-Star game at Columbia set for tonight.
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Columbia
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Columbus Cardinals
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Macon Peaches
Savannah Indians
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Leon Balser
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Dick Starr
Floyd Thierolf
Dick Klaus
Bob Erps
Hooper Triplett
Ingalls Meeting Andalusia in 1946 Alabama State Baseball Tourney
Ingalls baseball team faces Andalusia in the opening game of the 1946 Alabama State tournament at Bemiston on Tuesday at 4 PM. If Ingalls wins they play later. a loss forces a second game Wednesday. Prentis Crow returns as sole 1945 squad member.
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Sheffield
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Decatur
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Bethel-McCone
Gadsden
Germain Sets A New Record In Golf Tournament
Dorothy Germain, 22, of Philadelphia, and Beaver College teammate Dorothy Passon led Beaver College to the team title at the National Women's Collegiate Golf Tournament in Columbus Ohio. Germain fired a 74 in qualifying, setting a course record at Ohio State University. Northwestern finished five strokes back with 171.
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Dorothy Germain
Philadelphia
Beaver College
Mary Baumgartner
Michigan State
Dorothy
Ohio State University
Miss Germain
Dorothy Passon
Beaver
Rollins College
Winter Park
Fla
Miss Passon
Northwestern University
Nooga Hops to Second in Southern Association
The Chattanooga Lookouts defeated Memphis 10 to 2 to move into second place in the Southern Association behind Atlanta. Nashville topped Little Rock 6 to 1 behind four hit pitching by Dutch McCall with Thomassie, Block and Manning homering in sequence. Mobile beat Birmingham 5 to 3 for its third straight win. Tonight's slate features New Orleans at Atlanta, Mobile at Birmingham, Memphis at Chattanooga, and Little Rock at Nashville.
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Memphis
Chicks
Atlanta Crackers
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Little Rock Travelers
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Pete Thomassie
Cy Block
Bill Manning
Thomassie
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Block
Mobile Bears
Birmingham
Atlanta
Mobile
Chattanooga
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