Barons Triumph Over Chicks 13-8 in Rainy Night Showdown
Barons beat the Memphis Chicks 13-8 at Russwood Field as Birmingham rises among strong Southern Association contenders. Memphis totaled 12 hits but could not overcome six runs in the fifth and five in the sixth. The win pulls the Barons four games behind Atlanta, while rainouts affected the rest of the program.
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Atlanta Crackers
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Atlanta
Crackers
Little Rock
Nashville
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New Orleans Pelicans
Mobile
Chattanooga
Lookouts
New Orleans
This Week's Baseball and Softball Game Lineup
Schedules show baseball games: Wolverines at Barons 3:00, Braves at West Town 7:30, and more. Softball features Wolverine against Nursery at 7:30 and Guard versus E and W at 8:30.
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Braves
Austinville
West Town
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Nursery
VFW
Fairview
Red Sox
Thompson And Horn Picked For All Stars
Thompson and Horn named among five tackles on the North All-Star squad by Coach Hughes. They head the 1949 Red Raider line and may start against a South Alabama All-Star group in Denny Stadium on August 18. Other 200 pound plus tackles include Jessie Styres Don Rogers and Billy Smith.
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Phillips High
Birmingham
Billy Smith
Anniston High
Decatur
Thompson
Fred Horn
Carl Brown Star Hurler Of Quonset Flyers
Carl Brown a 21 year old Falkville native and seaman third class at Quonset Point stars for the Quonset Flyers. He has a 5 win 2 loss mound record with two shutout efforts and 14 strikeouts in one game, earning the nickname Rabbit for his speed.
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Rabbit) Brown
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Navy
Brown
Falkville High School
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Southern All-Star line completed for third annual game
Coach Mal Morgan's Southern All-Stars added one All American prep lineman and two All-State tackles. Jack Smalley of Tuscaloosa Jake Renfroe of Troy and Bobby Griffin of Union Springs named to face the Northern All-Stars. Smalley, 215 pounds, captained Tuscaloosa's undefeated team and earned national prep first team honors. Griffin also handled kicking duties for Union Springs.
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Mal Morgan
Jack Smalley
Tuscaloosa
Jake Renfroe
Troy
Bobby Griffin
Union Springs
Rain Stops Play In City Softball League Game
Rain halted action in the City Softball League as VFW led East End 7 to 0 in the second inning before the showers interrupted play.
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VFW
East End
Junior Legion continues in Central and Southern Alabama battles
The Associated Press reports the Junior American Legion Baseball Central and Southern Alabama championships proceed in Montgomery and Tuscaloosa. Tuscaloosa dominates central action with a double win over Gorgas and Sylacauga. Sylacauga defeats Gorgas and meets Tuscaloosa again. North Alabama notes Gadsden beat Anniston 7 0.
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Southern Alabama
American Legion
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Tuscaloosa
Central
Gorgas
Birmingham
Sylacauga
Jackson
Ashford Yesteray
North Alabama
Gadsden
Anniston
Central Alabama
South Alabama
Ashford
Billy the Stid Began Crime at Age 12 in Silver City
The frontier outlaw Billy the Stid is described as starting his crime career at age twelve after a lethal fight in Silver City New Mexico.
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Billy the Stid
Silver City
New Mexico
Indians Close in on A L lead with 7 6 win
Cleveland strengthens its bid in the American race after a 7 6 victory over Philadelphia as Detroit and New York falter. Bob Lemon and Bob Feller win pitching support from Early Wynn and power from Luke Easter.
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New York Yankees
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Yankees
Boston Red Sox
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Bob Feller
Early Wynn
al Rosen
Luke Easter
Tribe
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Easter
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Red Sox
Detroit
Hal White
Boston
Chuck Stubbs
White
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All-Star Tickets On Sale For Alabama High School Game
Tickets for the Third Annual Alabama High School All-Star football game in Denny Stadium are on sale at the University of Alabama Ticket Office. All seats are reserved at 1.25 dollars plus 0.25 dollar insurance and mailing fee per order. no ticket limit.
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Ala
Alabama
National and American League schedules headline night matchups
Cincinnati travels to New York for a National League clash while St. Louis visits Brooklyn. Pittsburgh and Chicago host night games against Boston and Philadelphia. In the American League New York plays St. Louis at night and Washington meets Chicago. Boston faces Detroit and Philadelphia confronts Cleveland at night. Southern Association builders Mobile visits Chattanooga and Atlanta goes to Little Rock with Birmingham at Memphis. New Orleans games in Nashville run all night.
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Birmingham
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Mobile
New Orleans
Chattanooga
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Pittsburgh
Detroit
Southern Association Mobile
Little Rock
Southern Association
Major League Leaders in Batting and Pitching Detroit and Boston Figures
Detroit star Kell leads batting with .348 and 126 hits while Evers of Detroit tops doubles and triples. Boston's Stephens collects 99 RBIs and 82 runs, Doerr and DiMaggio contribute 24 doubles and 10 stolen bases. Cleveland’s Lemon leads strikeouts and pitching with 15 wins and 4 losses.
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Detroit
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Stephens
Boston
DiMaggio
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Rizzuto
New York
Zarilla Boston
Doerr
Rosen
Cleeland
Williams
Doby
Cleveland
Lemon
Ynolds
McDermott
Baseball leaders and top players across leagues
Batting Robinson Brooklyn 367 Musial St Louis 363 Runs Jones Philadelphia and Kiner Pittsburgh 70 RBIs Kiner 78 Ennis 71 Hits Musial 117 Robinson 114 Doubles St Louis 30 Robinson 28 Triples Ashburn 11 four tied with 6 Home Runs Kiner 28 Jones 21 Stolen Bases Jethroe 24 four tied with 7 Strikeouts Spahn 125 Simmons 105 Pitching Miller 82 Lanier 9 3 .750
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Brooklyn
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St. Louis
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Philadelphia
Kiner
Pittsburgh
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Ashburn
Jethroe
Boston
Spahn
Simmons
Miller
Lanier
Tomorrow's Schedule for Major League Matches
Washington faces Chicago at 1 30 P M. New York plays St. Louis at 8 30 P M. Boston meets Detroit at 3 P M. Ohio geminnse visits Cleveland at 1 00 P M.
Night NBA slate with three city matchups
Three games on schedule: Pittsburgh at Boston at 7 30 P M St Louis at Brooklyn at 12 30 P M and Chicago at Philadelphia at 12 30 P M Only these games are listed for the day.
Local League Scores Across Southeastern and Alabama Circuits
The scores recap lists results from multiple leagues including Southeastern with Meridian 6 Vicksburg 4 and Jackson 12 Pensacola 5, Selma 9 Ramblers 8, Gadsden 8 Montgomery 9, Georgia Alabama with Alexander City 4 2 Griffin 1 5 LaGrange 10 Opelika 3 Valley 2 Rome, Carrollton 11 Newnan 4 and Alabama State LeagueBrewn 5 Greenville 1 Ozark 10 Enterprise 4 Geneva 6 Andalusia 5 Dothan 15 Headland 12.
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Southeastern Drops Rams From League
The Southeastern League voted unanimously to drop the Anniston Rams, ending their 1938– season status as a road club after poor attendance and financial losses. The remaining seven teams are Pensacola Meridian Montgomery Jackson Gadsden Vicksburg and Selma, with Meridian acquiring several Rams players.
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Ft. Lauderdale
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New York Yankees
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Eric Felton
Batting and pitching highlights in league games
Del Rice of the Cardinals hit a three run homer in the eighth to spark a 9-5 win over Brooklyn. Bubba Church and Robin Roberts each pitched shutouts for Philadelphia as they beat Chicago 7-0 and 1-0 to move back into first.
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New Orleans
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Vols
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Associated Press
Cardinals
Brooklyn
Player moves mix in regional baseball note
Pitcher Phil Angelski and utility Ged Cox with catcher Joe Langdon remain in play, while pitchers Lyle Garrison Bob Ferguson and outfielder Wally Rasmusser are released outright. Bevil Vicksburg bought catcher Newton Segrest and Joe Cleary joined Gadsden. Bob Chandler, second base, was sent back to Florence South Carolina.
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Ged Cox
Joe Langdon
Lyle Garrison
Bob Ferguson
Wally Rasmusser
Bevil Vicksburg
Newton Segrest
Gadsden
Joe Cleary
Bob Chandler
Florence
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