All Star Game Shapes Up As Baseball nears Second Half
Post All Star break notes show NL leading past AL in batting and hits while pitchers rotate in new strategies. Cavarretta achieves a perfect day at the plate with three walks and a triple. Cronin Ferrell Ott Medwick among veterans who played in the 1934 era game recap.
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Associated Press
Cardinals
Browns
St. Louis
New York Yankees
Interborough
Giants
Chicago Cubs
Cincinnati Reds
Frickmen
Bucky Walters
Reds
Phil Cavarretta
Joe Cronin
Boston Red Sox
Rick Ferrell
Washington Senators
Mel Ott
Behrens Faces Mouledous In Cotton States Final
Fourteen year old Buddy Behrens of Fort Lauderdale and Richard Mouledous of New Orleans meet in the boys final of the Cotton States tennis tournament. Behrens, the Southern boys champion, is the top seed. Mouledous is his first tourney. Behrens defeated Jimmy Grossnickle 6-2 6-0 in yesterday’s semifinal. Mouledous beat Robert Wickerham 6-3 6-1.
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Sylacauga
Ala
Buddy Behrens
Fort Lauderdale
Richard Mouledous
New Orleans
Behrens
Mouledous
Jimmy Grossnickle
Columbus
Miss
Robert Wickersham
Wade ‘Herren
Birmingham
Donald Lyle
Griffin
Tom Molloy
Panama City
Fla
Doris Taggart Hits Three Home Runs in Softball Victory
Doris Taggart came to bat three times in a girls' industrial league softball game. Each at bat she hit a home run with the bases loaded. Her team won 21 to 6 in Philadelphia on July 13.
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Philadelphia
Doris Taggart
Ruling: Watermelon and cantaloupe stands not liable for licenses
Montgomery July 13. In a ruling requested by State Revenue Commissioner H G Dowling, Attorney General William Mc Queen held that dealers who sell only watermelons or cantaloupes are not liable for state fruit stand licenses. Dowling cited watermelon stands in the Birmingham area.
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Montgomery
H.g.dowling
William McQueen
Marine officers and ex pros help in Saipan defense
Marine Lieut Joe Sabasteanski former Fordham center recalls first combat on Saipan after coastal duties. He compared shelling to six 60 minute football games. Nearby were Corp Calvin Dorsett ex Indians pitcher and Pfc Jim Bivin ex Pirates Phillies hurler, who had pitched Marine teams to divisional titles before the landing.
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Joe Sabasteanski
Fordam
Saipan
Corp
Calvin
Preacher) Dorsett
Pfc
Jim
Bivin
Pirates
Phillies
Soldier writes home about golf in India
Sgt John Derr, Greensboro, describes playing after 6 PM on a 14 hole course in India. He notes hot weather dampening his golf and tennis but says he just shot an 80 on a par 74 course, a significant improvement from Greensboro where he never broke 90 and cursed about 100.
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John Derr
Greensboro
N. C
India
Climate Memo From Station Ale and Quail Officers
Lieut Dave Zinkoff notes Ensign Larry Howell 440 flash from Ohio State was promoted to Lt jg and returned to the states. Red Cross opened two bowling alleys built by engineers. Major General William and Brig Gen Early Duncan are pictured rolling. Key started with a strike but refused a second roll after knocking down seven pins, while Duncan added a two pin toss.
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Dave
Zinkoff
Iceland
Larry Howell
Ohio State
Red Cross
William
Duncan
Woodely to Speak at Moulton Baptist July 17
Robert Woodely the Alabama Royal ambassador field worker will visit Moulton Baptist Church on July 17 at 8 30 p m. The event urges attendance by RA boys their fathers and pastors of the association.
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Robert Woodely
Alabama
Moulton Baptist Church
R. A
Association
NBA rating list upholds boxing rankings across military service
The National Boxing Association released quarterly rankings on July 7, naming Joe Baksi of Wilkes-Barre as an outstanding boxer in the heavyweight class and Ike Williams of Trenton as a logical contender in lightweight. Champions include Joe Louis and Freddie Ray Robinson, with many positions split among Army Navy Coast Guard and other services reflecting wartime mobilization.
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Washington
Joe Baksi
Wilkes-Barre
Ike Williams
Trenton
N. J
National Boxing Association
Baksi
Lee Savold
Maritime Service
Joe Louis
Billy Conn
Jimmy Bivins
Williams
Army
Melio Bettina
Tami Mauriello
New York
Lee O. Murray
Connecticut
Joe Maxim
Gus Lesnevich
Coast Guard
Lloyd Marshall
Cleveland
Freddie Mills
England
Anton Christoforidis
Navy
Eddie Booker
California
Tony Zale
George Abrams
Holman Williams
Detroit
Jake la Motta
Tony Martin
Coastal Guard
Joe Carter
Jose Basora
Puerto Rico
Steve Beloise
Freddie Apostoli
Coley Wash
Marine
Tommy Yarosz
Freddie Ray Robinson
Jackie Wilson
Henry Armstrong
Los Angeles
Tommy Bell
Ohio
Marty Servo
Marcel Cerdan
France
Sammy Angott
Louisville
Juan Zurita
Mexico
Bob Montgomery
Philadelphia
Beau Jack
Bobby Ruffin
Newark
Slugger White
Baltimore
John Thomas
Willie Joyce
Illinois
Tippy Larkin
New Jersey
Sal Bartola
Willie Pep
Chalky Wright
Phil Terranova
Harry Jeffra
Charles Lewis
Cuba
Larry Bolvin
Rhode Island
Mike Raffa
Manuel Ortiz
Rush Dalma
Philippines
Tony Olivera
Jackie Patterson
Peter Kane
Alex Murphy
Norman Lewis
George Parks
Sammy Reynolds
Joe Curran
Bob Walker Named Howard College Coach and AD
Erskine Ramsay Bob Walker former Alabama backfield star and Wake Forest aide is named athletic director and football coach at Howard College. Snitz Snider moves to Bessemer high school. Howard schedules two games this fall with Alabama and Auburn and plans two more.
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Bob -Walker
Birmingham
Ala
Erskine Ramsay
Bob) Walker
Alabama
Wake Forest
Snitz Snider
Howard College
Snider
Bessemer High School
Howard
Walker
Peahead Walker
Auburn
Three men bound over on peace bonds in Baldwin County
In Baldwin County court Judge EB R. Hines ordered three men placed under $200 peace bonds after CIO organizer R E Starnes testified they knocked him down and kicked him while he handed out literature near the Reynolds naval ordnance plant.
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Milledgeville, Ga
EB. R. Hines
Baldwin County
R. E. Starnes
CIO
Reynolds Naval Ordnance Plant
Hicks Blows Beat Chicks in Southern Association All Star
Mel Hicks of the Nashville Vols starred in a 7th annual Southern Association All Star game at Russwood Park. He hit a triple and a 325-foot homer to power the Stars to a 3 2 win over Doc Prothro’s Chicks, with Kilner Kinder taking the loss for Memphis.
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Billy Southworth
Pittsburgh
Rip Sewell
Chicago
Phil Cavarretta
Connie Ryan
Boston Braves
Tex Hughson
Boston Red Sox
Ryan
New Orleans
Memphis
Tenn
Mel Hicks
Southern Association
Russwood Park
Hicks
Nashville Vols
Doc Prothro
Stars
Little Rock
Bill McGhee
Cecil, Dunn
Mobile
Vol
Atlanta
Bill Goodman
Chicks
Ossie McClure
Paul Martin
Johnnie Riddle
Frank Veverka
Nashville
Charlie Brewster
Chattanooga
Rene Monteagudo
Monteagudo
Goodman
Martin
Ralph McNair
McClure
Charlie Cozart
Litte Rock
Frankie Papish
Veverka
Ellis Kinder
Kinder
Dick Mauney
Sandletter
Montgomery Names New State Education Supervisor
Dr. R. H. Price of Bridgeport Alabama, a former Alabama school teacher, has been appointed supervisor of instruction with the state Department of Education. The post, vacant for years, comes after ten years as supervisor of elementary schools in Highland Park Illinois.
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Montgomery
R. H. Price
Bridgeport
Ala
Alabama
State Department of Education
Highland Park
Morgan County notes of family visits and wartime furloughs
Mrs. Prentice Wilhite and family visited Fairfield as Pvt. and Mrs. Millard Brown returned to Fort Bragg after furlough. A Fourth of July dinner honored Pvt. Mittard Brown and S1C Byron Brown with many relatives present. Buck Blair was killed in action June 6, and revival services begin on the fifth.
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Prentice Wilhite
Fairfield
Therry Knox
Millard Brown
Fort Bragg
N. C
J. F. Brown
Pvt
Mittard—Brown
Otto
Helen
Carolyn
Ruby Winsett
Barbara Nell
Sivilla Pearl
Scott McClanahan
Scott, Jr
Johnson Lee
Dorman
Harold Ray
Byron Brown
Mabel Wright
Burl Fortenberry
Eva
Myrrie Grace Singleton
Sic Byron Brown
Pasco
Washington
Jesse Wright
Annie Shaneyfelt
Harold and
Frances
Herman Collins
Clarence Winsett
Rubye'Winsett
Stella Lawrence
Cullman, Hospital
J. D. Lake
Marvin Parker
Rock Springs
Arthur Anders
Howard Bramlett
Southern Airways
Decatur
Buck Blair
Alabama farm workers attacked in Wilmington Ohio riot
A 62 man white Alabama farm laborer group faced an attack by a mixed crowd described as hood lums. Eleven returned home while others were sent to farms near Leesburg and Newark after a melee on a business street. One man received a minor knife injury. Authorities pledge a close investigation as similar laborers worked in Ohio without trouble last year.
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Wilmington
Corwin Nichols
Alabama
Ohio
Nichols
Don Simmons
Simmons
Leesburg
Newark
O. J. G. Fowler
Sunday Gathering Notice and Independence Day Visits
Sunday of this month replaces the 4th Sunday for a public gathering inviting all. Mr and Mrs Sterling Price and family and Miss Ruth Shaneytfelt visited Mr and Mrs C O Lackey of Hartselle for the 4th of July. A party at Mr and Mrs Hubert Lee’s Monday night drew a large crowd with many games and a pleasant time. Miss Ruth Shaneyfelt returned home Tuesday after a week with her cousin Miss Inez.
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Ruth Shaneytfelt
C. O. Lackey
Hartselle
Hubert Lee
Monnday
Ruth Shaneyfelt
Inez
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