Tip-Top rally nets 2-1 win over Green and Stein
Tip-Top edged Green and Stein 2-1 in a tight late battle as Roberts protest looms over a potential ruling on the winning run. The V. F. W. overcame Meadow Gold 8-3 after a six-run sixth inning, pulling to one game behind Dot's in the City league standings.
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Spider Jorgensen Sparks Brooklyn Fans With Fast Rise
John Jorgensen, nicknamed The Spider, emerged as a 27 year old rookie from Folsom California who revived Brooklyn fans' faith in third base after Vaughan. Rickey sees ice water in his veins as Jorgensen delivers power hitting and clutch drives, including a six RBI game against the Braves and a key double off Brecheen to end a scoreless streak.
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Athens Pool Opens for Summer Season in City Run Enterprise
Athens pool opens for the three month season. The non profit city run facility offers season tickets at 2.50 for adults and 1.50 for children plus tax, covering operation expenses.
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Decatur Legion defeats Cullman 10 to 7 for second win
Decatur Legion posts its second win of the season by beating Cullman American Legion 10 to 7. Halbrooks earns his second win, with Coy Halbrooks and J. Brewer among the standout hitters and Joe Motherway delivering a key home run in the fifth inning.
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Sunday Schedule for American and affiliates baseball games
Sunday slate lists American League pairings New York at Cleveland and Washington at Detroit with a 2 marking, plus Boston at Chicago, Philadelphia at St. Louis, and National League matchups Cincinnati at New York and St Louis at Brooklyn. American Association features Kansas City at Toledo and Milwaukee at Columbus with two, along with St Paul at Indianapolis and Minneapolis at Louisville. Southern Association schedules Birmingham at Atlanta and Little Rock at Memphis as well as Chattanooga at Nashville, Mobile at New Orleans, and Southeastern Pensacola at Selma with Jackson at Gadsden, Meridian at Anniston, and Vicksburg at Montgomery.
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Montgomery
Probable Pitchers Guide for Major Leagues
In this listing from the schedule a slate of AL and NL matchups shows expected starters. Notable duels include Johnson and Reynolds for New York at Cleveland, White and Benton for Washington at Detroit, Ferriss and Zuber for Boston at Chicago, and Flores and Marchildon for Philadelphia at St. Louis with various opposing aces.
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Zuber
Gillespie
Rigney
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St. Louis
Flores
Marchildon
Kramer
Fanning
Grant Supports X ray Research At Auburn
The Polytechnic Institute Research Foundation in Auburn announced a two year grant of 97000 from the Office of Naval Research in Washington. Dean Russell S. Poor said the funding is one of the largest ever awarded to a Southern institution for X ray research.
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Ala
Polytechnic Institute Research Foundation
Russell S. Poor
Office of Naval Research
Washington
Turnesa Wins British Open
Turnesa defeats Dick Chapman 3 to 2 in the British Amateur final at Carnoustie using his mother-in-law’s putter. The all American final drew 4000 spectators as Turnesa, borrowing the club due to a legal issue with his own, finished with a confident closing stretch to claim the title.
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Willie Turnesa
Turnesa
Dick Chapman
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Chapman
Beatrice O'Connor
White Plains
N. Y
Britain
Walter J. Travis
Oil crop price undercuts tung oil industry
President Ed C. Gay of the American Tung Oil Association criticized Secretary of Agriculture Anderson's 25 cents per pound support price for the 1947 tung oil crop as entirely unsatisfactory to the industry.
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Gulfport
Miss
Anderson
Ed C. Gay
American Tung Oil Association
Strike Averted as Mobile City Lines Signs New Pact
Mobile City Lines ends the threatened citywide bus strike after signing a contract boosting about 250 drivers and mechanics by 15 cents an hour. The agreement averts widespread service disruptions.
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Ala
Mobile City Lines
Confidence Back Mullin Stages Comeback in Tigers Spring
Detroit manager Steve ONeill reshuffles the lineup to boost Pat Mullin's confidence. Mullin begins by facing right handed pitchers, then hits a string of extra base hits to secure a move to the fifth spot between Dick Wakefield and Hoot Evers as Detroit opens the season with strong pitching from Hal Newhouser.
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New York
Patrick Joseph Mullin
Detroit
Lakeland
Fla
Steve O'Neill
Tigers
Hank Greenberg
Mullin
Steve Wasina
Dick Wakefield
Hoot Evers
Anse Moore
Earl Rapp
Vic Wertz
O’neill
Doc Cramer
Jimmy Outlaw
O'Neill
Tiger
Pat
Wakefield
Evers
Hal Newhouser
Lexington Defeats Decatur Cubs 10-8 in tight clash
Decatur led 8-5 going into the eighth as Pettus started for the Cubs before Shorty Justice came in. Lexington surged with multiple runs in the eighth and ninth to seize control, with Justice taking the loss and Mwiks earning the win.
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Decatur Cubs
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Pettus
Decatur
Shorty Justice
Justice
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King
Patterson
Thompson
Ratliff
McClanahan
Smith
Pettus’ E
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French
Azoie
Johnson
Kellen
Porter
Mwiks
Mullin Emerges as Detroit's Surprise Baseball Return
Dizzy Trout Virgil Trucks and Fred Hutchinson loom large as Mullin heats up in spring, hitting six homers in 24 games this year after a slow start. A puzzled but hopeful O Neill backs Mullin whose early success outshines Hank Greenberg in Detroit fans' eyes.
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Army
O'Neill
Dizzy Trout
Virgil Trucks
Fred Hutchinson
Newhouser
Boo Ferriss
Tex Hughson
Red Sox
Pat
Detroit
Hank Greenberg
Synthetic rubber origins span a century of chemists
The development of synthetic rubber emerged from extended chemical work by scientists across Britain France Germany Russia and the United States over more than 100 years.
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France
Germany
Russia
United States
Shooting stars are mainly the size of beans
Astronomers note that most meteoroids burning up in the atmosphere are small, typically the size of beans, producing brief streaks known as shooting stars. They rarely survive to reach Earth's surface as meteorites.
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