Jays rally past Ellenen in tight baseball showdown
The Jays overcame a 4-1 deficit to beat Louisville & Nashville Shopmen 6-4 on Malone Field. Bob Banks and Duby Bronough sparked the comeback with multiple hits and a timely double in the seventh, while Hance Nelson and Harold Kelton pitched well for their teams in a tense, error-prone game.
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Trinity Leaves 10 Play Twice
Somerville and Rescue ball clubs will meet Trinity next Thursday in Somerville for a doubleheader. Trinity will start Kimbrell and Tapscott on the mound, while Somerville and Rescue batteries are not announced. The Trinity squad is notably young with players aged 14 to 20, yet has produced strong diamond scraps.
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Mack Streater Home After Leg Fracture
Mack Streater a hard hitting Town Creek ball player, left hospital Sunday after treatment for a fracture near the left ankle. He was injured Saturday sliding into second base in a Cooper-Wells Hosierymen versus Connecticut Millmen game and will miss time, a keen loss to his team.
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Town Creek
Benevolent Hospital
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Hosierymen
Connecticut Millmen
Hosierymem
Giants Split Twin Bill With Cardinals In Extra Inning Thriller
New York Giants beat St Louis 7 6 in 11 innings in the opener as both teams slugged hits Giants tally 16 while the Cardinals have 11. Cardinals win the second game on a late rally. Reds overpower Dodgers 12 3 as Walker caps a bases loaded blast in the third.
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Brooklyn
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Baseball Scores and Today’s Matchups Across Cities
Yesterday's results feature Nashville blanking Little Rock 5 0 and Atlanta routing Chattanooga 6 1. New Orleans won 7-2 over Mobile and Birmingham fell 1-2 to Memphis with 11 innings noted.
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Courtland to Play Here Thursday In Big Valley Tilt
Courtland's basketball team, likely the best in the Tennessee Valley, comes to Malone Park next Thursday for a half-holiday scrap against the Gourmand stub. E. O. Tillie Walker manages the Gourmands and the game starts at 3 30 o'clock drawing a sizable crowd.
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Tennessee Valley
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Malone Park
E. O
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All-Stars Set for Somerville Trip After Last Week Defeat
Decatur All-Stars depart Tuesday for Somerville for a return game after Somerville’s 6-1 loss here last Thursday. The locals anticipate a tougher battle as they host the visitors.
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Decatur All-Stars
Somervile
Somerville
Sport Briefs And A Strikeout Bat
New York reports Collier's magazine recounts a rookie with a bat for every hitting type who soon gathered them and took them home. Buck Freeman hit 25 home runs in 1899 before Babe Ruth 27 in 1919. Big Ed Walsh is noted as a modern pitcher with a son following his career.
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al Demaree
Collier's Magazine
Rokie
Buck Freeman
Babe Ruth
Big Ed Walsh
No Hit Game By Weinert Highlights Chicks Win
Paul Weinert pitched a no hit game against the Barons as the Chicks won 2 to 1. The Barons scored on first inning errors while Morrell and Love limited the Chicks to seven hits and two runs in the third. Weinert faced 29 batters, struck out three and walked three.
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Poole
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Mobile
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Eddie Perie Suffers Narrow Defeat as Kowboys Edge Athens
Eddie Perie pitched a strong game for Athens in Columbia Tennessee but Nashville’s King's Kowboys won 4 to 3 after scoring a decisive run in the 15th frame. Athens outhit the visitors ten to seven as Perie and W Wilkinson teamed for the hometown batteries while Longburn and Dugger worked for Nashville.
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W. Wilkinson
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Dugger
Spivey and Kelly Fined After July 4 Scraps
Promoter W. E. Franks reports from Birmingham that lightweight Spivey was fined 100 dollars and Battling Kelly 75 dollars after a sparring exhibition. Both were barred from further ring participation in Alabama until fines are paid as ruled by Judge Horace C. Wilkinson of the Alabama Boxing Commission following Saturday’s hearing.
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Battling Kelly
W. E Franks
American Legion
Mr. Franks
Birmingham
Spivey
Kelly
Horace C. Wilkinson
Alabama Boxing Commission
Ruth and Gehrig Silent as Yankees Fall to Detroit
The Yankees were defeated by Detroit as Babe Ruth collected one hit in four at bats and Lou Gehrig went hitless in two appearances.
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Decatur Roofing Rep Heads to Gadsden on Business
R H Martin of Decatur Cornice and Roofing Co will travel to Gadsden Alabama on Tuesday for several days of business.
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Decatur Cornic: & Roofing Co
Gadsden, Ala
Alabama Power Attache Takes Two Week Vacation
Lawson Davidson, attache of the local offices of the Alabama Power Co., left Saturday on a two weeks vacation trip. He is visiting Shelbyville, Tennessee.
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Alabama Power Co
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Shelbyville
Tenn
Uhle Dominates Yankees as Tigers Edge Ahead
George Uhle blanked the Yankees through six hits and ten strikeouts in a 7-3 Detroit win. George Pipgrass opened with five hitless innings for the Tigers before Wilcey Moore faltered. The Mackmen ousted the Indians 5-3 in ten frames as Hudlin held Cleveland to six hits in nine. The Senators toppled the White Sox 7-1 with Ossie Bleuge homering in the seventh. Jack Russell contributed three Browns hits in a 5-2 Boston victory.
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Indians
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Hudlin
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Eleven straight for Athens club
King's Kowboys of Nashville defeated Athens Sunday afternoon in Columbia after 15 innings, ending Athens 11 game winning streak. Athens, a local Valley contender, had started slow but rallied into a strong unit, the tight contest showcasing its hard fighting Athens lads.
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Columbia
Hooks Stymies Sheffield as Athens Wins 2-0
Athens defeats Sheffield 2-0 in Athens on Saturday afternoon. Grisham doubled in the sixth to score Magill, while Wilkinson tripled in the seventh and Williams drove in the final run to seal the victory. Hooks allowed only three safeties.
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Grisham
Magill
W. Wilkinson
Williams
Wilkinson Delivers Late Home Run For Athens Victory
Athens defeated Cairo 13 to 12 after a ninth inning homer by W Wilkinson. Athens collected 18 hits while Cairo had 12, as the game stayed tight through the late innings in Cairo on Friday.
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W. Wilkinson
Hosierymen Rally For 4-3 Win Over Millmen In Final Frame
The Cooper-Wells Hosierymen edged the Connecticut Millmen 4-3 as two ninth inning runs broke a tie. Gipson held the Millmen to seven safeties while Morin started for the Hosierymen and Lanier closed. West Tapscott and Sanders notched three base hits amid the tense finish. Mack Streater left with an ankle fracture after sliding into second.
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Jackson Exits Game After Knee Hit By Ball
Giant shortstop Travis Jackson left yesterday's game after a batted ball struck his knee. Georgia Tech star Bob Parham, now with the Crackers, continued his strong day with a double and a triple in five plate appearances.
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