Athens College Opens First Home Baseball Field
Athens College begins site work for a new baseball field on Elkton St to upgrade its program. Head coach Oba Belcher calls it a first class facility and plans to host all home games there this spring, marking the college's first home games on its own field. Morgan County players and coaches are highlighted for the upcoming All-Star Game in Tuscaloosa.
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Athens College
Oba Belcher
Lynn Holladay
Elkton St
Morgan County
Cullmarr-Times
Canor
Bill Shelton
Bill
Tuscaloosa
Morgan County High
Hartselle
Lothiam Smallwood
Charlie Russell
Decatur High
Austin High
Ricky Hardin
Pat Stanley
West Morgan
Ricky Bowling
Houston Oilers Versus Rams in Hall of Fame Game Debut
The Oilers and Rams meet in Canton in the Hall of Fame game, a ninth edition featuring new head coaches Tommy Prothro for Los Angeles and a revamped Houston squad. It starts a 13 year series where all 26 pro teams will play in the annual contest. Prothro succeeds George Allen as Rams coach.
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Canton
Ohio
Houston Oilers
Los Angeles Rams
Oilers
Rams
Tommy Prothro
Goolagong Reaches Dutch Open Final in Beverwijk
Evonne Goolagong the Wimbledon champion from Australia advances to the women's singles final at the Dutch Open Tennis in Hilversum Netherlands beating her opponent in straight sets.
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Hilversum
Netherlands
Evonne Goolagong
Australia
Cleveland Rocks Vida Cleveland
Two run singles by Jack Heidemann and Ted Uhlaender hindered Vida Blue's bid for win No. 20. Johnny Lipon debut as Indians manager marked a 9-4 victory over Oakland with Cleveland scoring seven runs on six hits in six innings. Alan Foster earned his first win since June 9.
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Cleveland
Jack Heidemann
Ted Uhlaender
Vida
Dick Green
Chuck Hinton
Ray Fosse
Ken Sua
Philadelphia
Bob Gibson
St. Louis Cardinals
Mote and Toss Push Dixie Stars Toward Finals
Decatur’s Dixie Senior League All Stars beat Tri-City 5 1 to create a three way tie for advancement to the World Series. Larry Mote homered and collected three RBI while making a key throw from right field in the fifth inning. Spiceland pitched seven strong innings for Decatur as Fillingim took the loss.
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DAILY
Hueytown
Larry Mote
Tri-City
Jim Spiceland
Decatur
Mobile
Kimbrell
Mote
Port City All-Stars
Blackwell
Mitchell
Decatur Americans Reach District Final After Loss
In Florence on Friday night the Decatur Americans fell 5 to 2 to Underwood but advanced to tonight’s District DYB Tournament final. With a double elimination format, Decatur earned a bye and will face the winner of Central vs Underwood at 7 p.m. for the championship. the District 1 champion advances to Hoover.
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Florence
Underwood
Decatur
Central
Indians Fire Dark Name Lipon to Replace Him
The Cleveland Indians dismissed manager Alvin Dark and promoted coach John Lipon to take over. Lipon vows few changes while teammates Cot Deal Kerby Farrell and Bob Hofman stay on, with Joe Lutz added to the staff.
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Charles R. Hornick
Cleveland
Ohio
Cleveland Indians
Alvin Dark Friday
John Lipon
Vernon Stouffer
Indians
Stouffer
Paul
Dark
The
Lipon
Cot Deal
Kerby Farrell
Bob Hofman
Joe Lutz
Lutz
Joe Adcock
Charleston
W. Va
Portland
Lipons
Boston Braves
New York Giants
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Hardin
Stanley
Mississippi State
Russell
Alabama Christian
St. Bernard
Alabama
C. M. Newton
John Bostick
Tide
Kenny Hogue
Marion
Tommy Suits
C. M
John
Earl Morris
Don Kincaid
Burningtree
Point Mallard
Morris
Austin
Joe Jones
Alex Karras
Detroit Lions
Musso
Johnny Musso
Johnny
Joe Frazier
Muhammad Ali
Los Angeles
Kathy Farrer
Kathy
Houston, L.A
UCLA
George Allen
Washington Redskins
Decatur Shopping Center
Decatur Daily
Cleveland Rocks
Blue
Kurt Bevacqua
Hiedemann
Foster
Uhlaender
Phils
Alabama Parks & Recreations Society
Susan Miller
Auburn
Patti Shanes
Cullman
Lisa Bennett
Talladega
Kathy Garing
Karen Portuguese
Gary Wilhite
Dixie Stars
Selma
Scotty Wagner
Bucky Brown
Wagner
Steve Barnett
Burt Parks
Mark McClanahan
Spiceland
Danny Fillingim
Winnor Renee
Renee Paulson
Renee
Parks & Recreations Society
Decatur Americans
Russ Lindsey
Florence All-Stars
Lindsey
Irons
Tim Moore
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Tribe
Gabe Paul
Alvin Dark
Coach’s Inn
Robby
Coach's Inn
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