Decatur Downs Muscle Shoals 7-3 In Third Straight Win
Decatur Legion post a 7-3 victory over Muscle Shoals Raiders as Teal pitches eight strong innings allowing five hits. McMurtrie and Johns drive in key runs in the big sixth inning while Granger's early work sets pace for Decatur. Muscle Shoals plates three in the eighth before Hudson finishes. Next up, Decatur hosts Florence then Stockham Pipe of Birmingham visits for a 3 p.m. Sunday game.
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Yankees Lose Three Straight to Tigers
Detroit Tigers halted the New York Yankees four straight losses with a 9-5 win as Art Houtteman spun six hits and hot batters led by Red Rolfe, while Howie Pollet wowed the New York Giants in a 4-1 Cardinal victory and Mike Salkeld paced Boston to a 10-2 win over Cincinnati.
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LaGrange Troopers tie for third in Georgia Alabama League
LaGrange Troopers beat Griffin Pimento 5 to 1 to pull into a three team tie for third with Opelika in the Georgia Alabama League flag chase. Owls lose 6 to 2 to Newnan. Carrollton edged Valley 8 to 7 in 10 innings. Tallassee shutout Alexander City 4 to 0. Flaherty homered for LaGrange. Billy Ball homered for Owls.
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All-Star Baseball Voting Opens in Chicago
Balloting began today to pick starting lineups for the American and National League teams for the All-Star Game to be held in Brooklyn on July 12. Polls close at midnight on June 29 with last year’s total of 4,107,893 votes. The Chicago Tribune serves as a clearing house with 491 associates nationwide including DC and Hawaii.
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Jackson Leader Tops Weekly Skeet Shoot at Local Club
C. J. Jackson of Huntsville and Decatur led the Gold Fish Gun Club skeet event on Thursday afternoon at Clark's Fishery Austinville. In windy conditions he hit 24 of 25 targets to win, with Prentiss Clark and W. E. Siviey tying for runners up at 23. The club welcomed several new shooters and invited more gun enthusiasts to attend next Thursday's session.
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Evans Faces John White In Tonight's 7 30 Showdown
Two boxing or wrestling card matchups highlight tonight's slate with Evans vs John White at 7:30 and State meeting VFW at 8:30. The report notes the Great Barrier Reef off Australia spans about 1 260 miles as a geographic fact.
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National League Batting Leaders and Pitching Standouts
Key NL leaders include Robinson of Brooklyn with a .348 batting average and 69 hits, Reese also from Brooklyn with 35 RBIs and 10 stolen bases, and Branca of Brooklyn 8-1 with a .889 ERA. Other top marks feature Kiner and Musial in home runs, Zernial and Joost leading batting averages, and Raschi and Lopat pacing pitchers with strong win totals.
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Schedule of today’s NBA games across cities
Pittsburgh plays New York while Cincinnati visits Brooklyn in the regular schedule. St. Louis travels to Philadelphia and Chicago heads to Boston with four northeastern matchups listed.
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Baseball Schedule for New York Boston Philadelphia Games
American League games listed include New York at Cleveland Boston at Chicago and Philadelphia at St Louis. Only matchups are provided with no results or dates.
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Southern Association Schedule Heads to Week
Chattanooga plays Atlanta while Nashville faces Birmingham Memphis visits Mobile twice and Little Rock meets New Orleans in upcoming round of Southern Association games.
Unemployed Recalled as Ship Repairs Boost Mobile Jobs
Unemployment has dropped sharply in the Mobile area as about 1500 workers are recalled at Alabama Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Co. in the past two weeks. The temporary surge in ship repair activity nearly doubles the company payroll, according to the Mobile office of the Alabama state employment service.
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Cardinals Stable Lineup Faces Lefty Pitches, Musial Leads
New York reports Eddie Dyer keeps the St Louis lineup stable as teams mix left and right handed pitching. Dyer cites Stan Musial Enos Slaughter and Howie Pollett as the trio fueling the club’s pennant push. Musial’s power against lefties has improved this season.
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Belmont surge awaits as Arcardo aims for fifth win
Hf Palestinian and Eddie Arcardo return to Belmont hoping to equal Earl Sande by riding five Belmont winners. Duke A golf team, dominant in the Southern Conference, withdraws from NCAA due to ROTC cruises for two players. Art Wall, with 26 holes in one, eyes the national amateur title but misses it for a pulled muscle. Coffey notes Fordham football could improve but won’t reach New York City’s big-time status.
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Pro from Pawtucket leads National Open first round
Yesterday's sports brief notes R L, an old pro from Pawtucket, shot a two under par to grab the first round lead in the National Open. Also mentioned are Oklahoma Aggies winning a district five NCAA title, a Phillies Pirates marathon game, and Davis Cup play in Budapest with Hungary leading 2-0 over Switzerland. Louise Brough wins women's singles at a priory lawn tennis event in Birmingham, defeating Mrs. Margaret Osborne DuPont.
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Ten NCAA schools cited over Sanity Code violations
Chicago June 14 The National Collegiate Athletic Association names 16 member schools not acting in compliance with the sanity code and gives until July 1 to indicate intent to comply by Sept 1. Offenders face possible expulsion at the January meeting. 11 more on a doubtful list face further investigation. Violations involve aiding athletes beyond code limits enacted Jan 10 1948. A two thirds vote among 270 members would suspend. Suspension could be one year or longer and remaining members would drop cited schools from schedules.
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Behrens To Face Molloy In Gray Tennis Quarterfinals
In Montgomery Alabama Behrens of Fort Lauderdale meets Tom Molloy of New Orleans in the Gray Tennis Tournament quarterfinals as seedings unfold. Other quarterfinal pairings include Tuero vs Longshore and Potts vs Hippenstiel with several second and third seeds advancing. The women's side sees McAlester vs Carr and Dumas vs Shaw in the semifinals.
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Georgia Alabama League Scores Reported in Two Contests
Tallassee defeated Alexander City 4 to 6 while Newnan topped Opelika 2 to 6. LaGrange beat Griffin 11 to 5 in a set of reported games across Alabama and Georgia leagues with notable Ohio Valley rivals not listed.
Wake Forest Meets Mississippi State In Third District Clash
Wake Forest Deacons and Mississippi State Bulldogs, Southern and Southeastern champs, won openers to reach tonight’s second round in Charlotte. Wake Forest rallied for 5 3 win over Kentucky, while Mississippi State scored four ninth inning runs to beat Richmond 6 2. The winner tonight advances toward Wichita finals.
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Tigers beat Yankees 9 5 as Hoot Evers collects five hits
Hoot Evers of Detroit tallied five hits including a double and a triple in a 9 5 victory over New York. Dick Starr of Cleveland shut out Boston 11 0 for his first win and the Browns fourth straight win.
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Barons Lose Two Straight in Southern Association
Lindquist of Atlanta shut out the Barons 3 0 on four hits as the Crackers topped them in Birmingham. Lindquist and Tony Lorenzo a Cuban southpaw dueled through seven innings with Lorenzo yielding six safeties and three walks. A wild throw by Jay Filani in the eighth helped Cracker defense. Also: Nashville Vols beat Barons 11 4 at Birmingham. Scheduled games Little Rock at New Orleans and Memphis at Mobile were rained out.
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