Cullman Pulls Repeater In District Legion Tournament Win
Cullman Junior American Legion clinched the 2nd district title at Legion Field by defeating Huntsville twice after an opening loss to Madison County. standout pitcher Bob Anderton hurled 19 innings in three days, winning the final 11-inning game with 18 strikeouts and driving in two runs.
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Cullman
American Legion
Legion Field
Huntsville
Madison County
Tilron Morrison
Big Bob Anderton
Ewell Blackwell
Anderton
Brandon
Decatur
Albert Landers
Landers
Lincoln High
Cullman Pulls Off First Junior Legion Triple Play in Victory
Bobby Lane the Cullman shortstop sparked a 3-2 win over Huntsville. He snagged a liner, touched second and threw to first for the triple play, then drove in the winning run with a single in the eighth as Cullman claimed the ball game. The first such triple play witnessed in Junior Legion play.
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Cullman
Huntsville
Bobby Lane
Lane
Anderton
Perfect game leads Junior Legion tournament pitching
The moundmen dominated the Junior American Legion Tournament with Landers pitching a no hitter against Moulton in opening round. Curl of Cullman and John Smith of Huntsville each held opponents to three or four hits in their starts as Decatur, Courtland, and Huntsville faced tough pitching. A triple was the longest hit recorded in the meet.
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American Legion
L. V. Landers
Moulton
Landers
Curl
Cullman
Courtland
Billy R. Terry
John Smith
Huntsville
Decatur
Lefty Waldrip
New Hope
Wayne Sims
al Sanders
Anderton
Bull Terry
Coggins Quits Pro Football for Baseball Career
Cliff Coggins, from Monroe Louisiana, left to refit with the Rams but chose to return to baseball. He cites better future prospects and less injury risk. Coggins, a noted North Alabama multi sport athlete, has been bought by the Shreveport Sports for 1951 and is viewed as a top mound threat.
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Coggins
Cliff Coggins
Monroe
Los Angeles
Rams
Cliff
Shreveport Sports
North Alabama
Decatur group bids to bring Anniston Rams to Decatur 1951
A Decatur businessmen group led by Dave Mendelson plans to bid for the Anniston Rams franchise. They propose moving Anniston's remaining 1950 games to Decatur with proceeds to go to the Southeastern League. The decision rests on a Montgomery meeting with league officials.
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Montgomery
Dave Mendelson
Decatur
Anniston Rams
Mendelson
Stuart Stephenson
Commerce St. Montgomery
Ala
Anniston
Sparkman Tops Slugging Charts With .429 Batting Average
Sparkman leads the Decatur Chick Spa lineup with a .429 batting average and 50 RBIs while also pacing in home runs. Roberts is second with a .423 mark, Red sits third at .344, Stockton at .326, and Freeman at .325. Cau and Sonny follow as the next 300 hitters in a compact batting snapshot.
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Decatur
Sparkman
Rr Roberts
Red
Ray Stockton
Freeman
Jimmy Cau
Sonny
ER H ' Sman
Legg Pitches No-Hit Game As Guard Beats Wolverine 9-7
In a Friday softball league game Billy Joe Legg pitched a no hitter as Guard defeated Wolverine 9 to 7 in nine innings. East and West opened scoring later, with Legg driving in a run on a four bagger and Perry victim to a double play.
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Legg
Guard
Wolverine
Billy Joe Legg
East End
Perry
Noor Wins 50,000 American Handicap at Hollywood Park
Noor the Irish dark conqueror raced from 132 pounds to win by a half length over Dharan at Hollywood Park in the mile and a quarter American handicap. Jockey Johnny Longden steered the Calumet star to a 2 00 1 5 time as Frank Frankel’s Frankly held third and Miche and Old Rockport trailed.
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Bob Myers
Inglewood
Calif
Noor
Ireland
Citation
Hollywood Park
Virginia
Dharan
Charles S. Howard
Johnny Longden
Nick Wall
Frankly
Frank Frankel
Houston
Texas
Miche
Clifford Mooer
Old Rockport
C. F
Pete) Jackson
Santa Barbara
California
Guntersville Boat Races Set for August 6
Guntersville Alabama hosts its annual race day on August 6 featuring stock utility boats for four heats plus a Class C hydroplane and inboard race an exhibition of water ski jumps and stunt skiing. Officials anticipate a large field with prizes totaling about $1000 and attendance historically between 35000 and 65000.
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Guntersville
South
Hustlers Stop Independents in 5-3 Victory at Liberty
The Decatur Hustlers defeated the Decatur Independents 5-3 on Saturday at Liberty. Junior Wallace allowed five hits for the losers while Bill Long hit the sole extra base, a home run off the fast balting right hander. Wes Thompson pitched for the Independents, giving up ten hits. McCluskey tallied a double for the winners. The Simono Indians of Bolivia have no domesticated animals, not even dogs.
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Decatur Hustlers
Decatur Independents
Liberty
Junior Wallace
Bill Long
Wes Thompson
Independents
McCluskey
Bolivia
Baseball doubleheader pits Wolverines against Guard crew
In the first game Wolverine battles back as Fields leads with a double and Ri ley and Walling key hits. Guard takes a larger lead with three runs in the third while Jones Praytor and McClanahan contribute, tying and pushing the game to extras before a late Wolverine rally. Second game ends 9 6 as Guard offense plates runs in key innings, McClanahan and Crim handling pitching duties.
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Fields
Bill Walling
Menefee
Praytor
Scott McClanahan
Chalmers Riley
Morgan
Bob Freeman
Walling
Guard
Jones
Charlie
Tommy Todd
Candler Crim
Wolverine
Mitchell
Fred Adams
Todd
Jimmy Adams
Thompson
McClanahan
Wence
Omex
Fields Way
Greenberg’s Indians question modern baseball tactics through stats
Hank Greenberg leads a 63 game study with the Cleveland Indians challenging sacrifice bunts and platoon myths. He finds most bunts do not pay off and lefty vs righty trends ease doubts about common player development practices. Early Wynn and pitch counts emerge as key topics. Davis Cup notes and other sports tidbits follow.
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New York
INS
Hank Greenberg
Cleveland Indians
Greenberg
Dale Mitchell
Indians
Cleveland
Mitchell
Hank
Early Wynn
Detroit
Ed Katz
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Branch Rickey
Rickey
Tigers
U. L
Three Guards Named to Northern All-Star Squads
University of Alabama reports G B Beasley of Etowah James Davis of Hamilton and Jack McMurray of Russellville named to the Northern All-Star squad set to meet the South Alabama All-Stars in Denny Stadium on August 18 Beasley a 1949 All-State first teamer starred on offense and defense and averaged 15 yards per carry while anchoring a defensive line that allowed only one score in 10 games Davis and McMurray bring four and five years of varsity experience respectively with Davis earning a Birmingham Age Herald All-State third team honor.
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Beasley
Etowah
Davis
Hamilton
McMurray
Russellville
Birmingham Age-Herald
Baseball Leagues Schedule Leads With Pairings and Matchups
National League games list at Boston St Louis Brazie Brooklyn Werle New York Chicago Jan sen Jones Min ner Schmitz Simmons Meyer Johnson versus ensberger Blackwell Wehmeier American League games Detroit New York Fogre Washington Le eve Lem on Lee Feller Kuzava St Louis Boston Johnson Kinder Scarborough Wight Wyse Hooper.
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St. Louis
Chipman
Brazie
Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
Palica
Werle
New York
Chicago
Jansen
Jones
Minner
Schmitz
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Simmons
Meyer
Johnson
Vsensberger
Blackwell
Wehmeier
Detroit
Rogovin Archa Fogre
Washington Leeve
Lemon Lee
Feller
Kuzava
Kinder
Chicago Atelphia
Scarborough
Wight
Wyse
Hooper
Cleveland
Washington
Sens
Louis Po
Chicago Senate
Pittsburgh Ores
Fatal collision in Selma mirrors earlier crash on same road
A Mobile woman died in a highway collision in Selma today, a crash noted to closely resemble a recent similar fatal accident on the same route.
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Selma
Ala
Mobile
Snead Banks Huge Season Nabs PGA Top Treasure
Slammin Sam Snead leads golf earnings with 23211 this season, well ahead of Jimmy Demaret and others as the PGA figures seed for upcoming St Paul open. Snead also tops the Vardon trophy list with a 69.29 scoring average and Ryder Cup points. In swimming, Robert Brawner set a new American meet record in the 220-yard breaststroke at the AAU championships. Clyde E McBride resigns sports editor post at Kansas City Star after 35 years. Ernest Mehl to succeed. In tennis, Ted Schroeder advances to the semi finals at the national clay courts, facing Tony Trabert. Doris Hart and Shirley Fry reach the women’s final.
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Chicago
Sammy Snead
Snead
National Pga
Professional Golfers Association of America
Jimmy Demaret
Jim Ferrier
Cary Middlecoff
Lloyd Mangrum
Seattle
Robert Brawner
Princeton
Brawner
Bill Lucas
James Counsilman
Kansas City
Clyde E. McBride
Kansas City Star
C. G. Wellington
The
Star
Ernest Mehl
McBride
Bob Busby
Ted Schroeder
la Crescenta
Calif
Schroeder
Seymour Greenberg
Tony Trabert
Cincinnati
Ted
Indianapolis
Trabert
River Forest
Shirley Fry
Akron
Ohio
Legion Rally Falls Short in 8th Inning Defeat
Sumiton scored four runs in the eighth to beat the Decatur Legionnaires 5 4 at Legion field on a night of nine hits each. Decatur led 4 3 before Sumiton surged and Decatur faces Hart selle next with Robert Hudson likely on the mound.
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Sumston
Decatur Legionnaires
Legion Field
Decatur
Hartselle
Robert Hudson
Sumiton
Edgil
Goode
Presswell
Dutton
Landrit
Griffin
Reed
Roberts
Lary
Paytor
Landrin
Red Caudill
Caudill
Sams
Chick Sparkman
Todd
Jones
Avery
This Week's Game Lineup
Baseball and softball schedule shows Legion, Hartselle, Barons, Austinville, Rotary, Lions, Civitan, Kiwanis, Fairview Scouts, Red Sox, VFW, Gregg, Moose, White Way, Ellis, Sluggers, Wolverine, Braves, Nursery, and East End across Legion Field and West Town with times from 3:00 to 8:30 each day Sunday through Friday.
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VFW
East End
Wolverine
Nursery
Fairview Scouts
Red Sox
Gregg
Moose
White Way
Ellis
Sluggers
West Town
Wolverines
Barons
Braves
Austinville
Fairview
Cardinals Rally To Tie NL Lead With 11 7 Win Over Red Sox
In St Louis the Cardinals beat Boston 11-7 to pull into a first place tie with Philadelphia after taking the night game of a day night doubleheader following an 8-5 loss in the afternoon. Stan Musial and Red Schoendienst hit two run homers for the Redbirds and Howard Pollet earned his tenth victory becoming the team's first 10 win pitcher this season.
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ST. Louis
Outfit
St. Louis Cardinals
Philadelphia
Boston
Redbirds
Stan Musial
Red Scoendienst
Howard Pollet
Cardinal
Joe Louis to Return for Heavyweight Title Bout
Paterson reports Joe Louis will return to the ring in late September for a heavyweight title bout and has leased training quarters for a month at Ponpton Lakes New Jersey. Earlier Jim Norris said Louis might stay retired and oppose Evander Charles in September if tax issues are resolved.
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Paterson
Joe Louis
Paterson Evening News
Jim Norris
International Boxing
Louis
Eueard Charles
Cincinnati
Paterson News
Ponpton Lakes
N. J
Cooper fires 66 to lead Florida Open third round
Pete Cooper shot a five under par 66 in the Florida Open third round to seize a three stroke lead with a 54-hole total. Clyde Asinay of West Palm Beach sits second at 208, followed by Buddy Godwin of Miami and Roy Hastings of Lakeland. The 18 hole play resumes tomorrow.
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Gagnesville
Fla
Pete Cooper Belte
Ponte Vedra Beach
Clyde Asina Yy
West Palm Beach
Buddy Godwin
Miami
Roy Hastings
Lakeland
Lopez, Sr
Key West
Williams woman and son hurt in Browns crash
Mrs. Cora Williams, 57, of 165 S Broad St Mobile, and her son Joseph G. Williams, 38, of Mobile, were injured when their car collided at the intersection of U S highway 80 and state highway 5 in Browns community west of here.
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Cora Williams
S. Broad St
Mobile
Joseph G. Williams
Browns Community
Here
Volta Namesake of the Electric Unit
The volt unit in electricity is named after Italian scientist Alessandro Volta who died in 1827.
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Alessandro Volta
Scores and lineups in Southern Asia and nearby teams
Baseball game notes list scores for Southern Asia Atlanta Memphis Mobile Nashville Birmingham Little Rock with pitcher and fielder lineups. Key players include MacPherson Henenbeck Mulcahy St. Claire Goico Perkovich Hoppligeg Wheeler Wojey Romano Dabek Turner Barrett Atchley Sawatski Wallace Caldwell Mathis Williamson Speer Kapusinski Storie.
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Atlanta
Memphis
MacPherson
Henenbeck
Mulcahy
St. Claire
Goicoechea
Perkovich
Hoppligeg
Wheeler
Mobile
Nashville
Wojey
Romano
Dabek
Turner
Barrett
Atchley
Sawatski
Birmingham
Little Rock
Wallace
Caldwell
Mathis
Williamson
Speer
Kapusinski
Storie
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