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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1950
Page
5
Baseball highlights dazzle as Ted Beard belts a homer in Pittsburgh and Walt Dropo blasts three in a doubleheader. Duke Snider goes 5 for 5 for the Dodgers while the Giants and Reds swap blows in a hitting spree. Teams chase records amid late-season pivots as Dubiel and Kluszewski pace mound and plate for Cubs and Reds.
Gardnar Mulloy defeats Art Larsen in Spring Lake final 4-6 7-5 6-0 6-4. Herb Flam wins Western Tennis at Beverly Hills defeating Tony Trabert. Mrs Pat Todd captures Irish Open Ladies title over Joe Scofield. Sam Snead and Jim Ferrier win Inverness four ball with 4000 prize. Escapade wins Port Huron Mackinac yacht race. Greek wins Arlington classic at Arlington Park. Loser Weeper declared Butler Handicap winner after Three Ss disqualified. Miche wins Inglewood Handicap at Hollywood Park.
The schedule lists Jr. American Legion tournament games across Huntsville Moulton Cullman Courtland Decatur New Hope and Legion field matchups from Monday through Friday including finals on Thursday. Softball features Civitan Lions Rotary Kiwanis with evening games at West Town and Moose venues.
Noor the Irish challenger and Miche the Argentine race for the $50 000 American Handicap at Hollywood Park as part of the 20 day summer meeting. Noor skips Inglewood to pursue richer stakes, while Miche seeks another strong showing after a January sprint win at Santa Anita.
Baseball results from the American League and National League show wins and losses for multiple teams. Notable scores include Boston 13-4 over Cleveland and Cincinnati 16-11, with New York and Chicago posting varied results in both leagues.
Tomorrow's schedule lists Brooklyn at St Louis 8 30 P M Philadelphia at Chicago Boston at Pittsburgh New York at Cincinnati St Louis at New York Detroit at Boston Chicago at Washington and Cleveland at Philadelphia with games noted in local time slots
Non playing captain watched the U S cup team member Mulloy defeat Art Larsen of San Leandro Calif 4 6 7 5 6 0 6 4 in a rain delayed match Larsen and Moylan of Trenton face Savitt of Orange and Shields of New York in the doubles final in Santa Monica California today Also notes on the Nostalgic 100 mile Vanderbilt Cup reenactment won by Louis Mahoney in a 1914 Ford and records set at the 1950 SEAAU swimming meet in Decatur Ga
Walt Dropo slugged three homers and two doubles as Boston swept the doubleheader with Cleveland, 13 to 10, before falling 8 to 4. Chris Van Cuyk debuted for the Dodgers with a seven struck seven hitter in a 10 to 2 win over St. Louis.
Baseball leaders include Kell of Detroit at .359 and Doby of Cleveland at .351 in batting. Stephens of Boston tops runs with 77, while Dropo also drives 90 RBIs with Boston. Kell leads hits with 116. Dillinger of Philadelphia 109. Williams of Boston and Rosen of Cleveland tie with 25 home runs. DiMaggio of Boston stars 9 stolen bases. McDermott of Boston posts 51 wins and .833 ERA. Gray of Detroit 103 strikeouts and .769.
Stolen bases show Jethroe from Boston and Sniders and Reese from Brooklyn with seven total. Strikeouts feature Spahn of Boston and Simmons of Philadelphia with high counts. Pitching notes list Miller of Philadelphia and Lanier of St Louis, though figures are incomplete.
Scores from American Association International League Pacific Coast League and Southeastern League show wins and losses for teams like Jersey City Milwaukee Kansas City St Paul Toledo Toronto Baltimore Montreal and Pensacola plus notes on rain interruptions and games postponed. The item ends with unrelated agricultural ad copy about pecan trees and insecticides.
Atlanta Crackers extended their lead over the Birmingham Barons in the Southern Association with a 7-2 and 7-1 doubleheader sweep at Chattanooga, while Nashville rallied past the Barons 6-4 and 6-3. Hank Ertman and Ebba St. Claire led Atlanta’s long-ball barrage, with Ed Matthews and Ralph Brown adding key homers in the fifth. Norman Zauchin hit his 22nd homer for Birmingham in a loss that featured Buster Boguskie’s hospital visit after being hit by a pitch.
The 40th United States Clay Courts meet starts at River Forest Tennis Club with 64 men and 32 women. Ted Schroeder leads the men as top seed amid rivals like Tony Trabert and Herb Flam. Doris Hart tops the women as Magda Burac’s heir apparent while Althea Gibson seeks a Forest Hills invite.
Baseball schedule lists Chicago at New York and St Louis at Washington among night games. Detroit visits Philadelphia and Cleveland plays Boston with two games. New York hosts Cincinnati, Boston visits Pittsburgh, Philadelphia plays Chicago, and Brooklyn splits with St Louis at 1:30 and 8:30. Southern Association games Memphis at New Orleans, Little Rock at Mobile, Nashville at Birmingham scheduled. The Shino Indians of Bolivia are known as the nomads of the long bow.
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