Indians Beat Huntsville 12 6 Behind Cox and Graham
Decatur racked up an 11th win, routing the Huntsville Parkers 12 to 6 at Legion Field. Charlie Cox started, Ross Graham finished the eighth and ninth. Cox allowed six runs on seven hits and led Decatur with three hits in four plate appearances. The Indians totaled 12 runs off 11 hits, while Huntsville committed six errors. Decatur next faces Huntsville at Joe Bradley Park with Lefty Charlie Good or Pete Parahanick pitching.
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Hap Halbrooks
Decatur Indians
Huntsville Parkers
Legion Field
Charlie Cox
Ross Graham
Cox
Graham
Huntsville
Decatur
Parker
Parkers
Joe Bradley Park
Charlie Goodin
Pete Parahanick
Joe Mathas
Avery Roberts
Bill Freeman
Bill
Brother Bob
Indians
Sonny Todd
Todd
Gene Ratliff
Jimmy Caudill
Bob Freeman
Freeman
Marv Breeding
Caudill
Chick Sparkman
Roberts
Bishop
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Mathas
Gant
Church
LaMotta Murphy Showdown At Olympia In Detroit Tonight
Detroit fans anticipate a slam-bang bout between Jake LaMotta and Irish Bob Murphy at Olympia Stadium. The winner earns a chance at the light heavy title, while Murphy seeks revenge for their previous meeting. Murphy is a 7-5 favorite as LaMotta moves up to light heavyweight.
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Detroit
Olympia Stadium
Bob Murphy
Jake LaMotta
International Boxing Club
LaMotta
LeMotta
Murphy
Bob
Joey Maxim
Jake
San Diego
Indians Defeat Huntsville In High-Scoring League Tilt
Decatur and Huntsville clashed as Roberts and Sparkman led offense with multiple extra base hits. Bill Freeman drove in runs and Cox provided the mound relief as Cox earned the win and Priest took the loss in a game featuring two 3-run innings and a late surge by Decatur.
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Ey Snarkman
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Freeman
Bob Freeman
Breeding
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Myers
Boyette
Sehanche
Hill
Huntsville
E——Bishop
Priest
RBI
Mathas
Gaught
J. Caudill
Bill Freeman
Todd
Cox
Sparkman
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So—Cox
Ho—Cox
Graham
Bears Pels Deadlock For First In Southern Association
Wade Browning pitched seven innings for Mobile allowing seven hits as the Bears beat Nashville 6 to 2 to force a two team tie with New Orleans for the league lead. Chattanooga visits New Orleans for a key series while Atlanta opens against Memphis and Little Rock plays Birmingham.
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Associated Press
Southern Association
Wade Browning
Ed Head
Bears
New Orleans
Nashville
Bruins
Chattanooga Lookouts
Atlanta
Memphis
Little Rock
Birmingham
Mobile
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Mobile Eee Nee Nee
Chattanooga
Mobile Beats Nashville 6-2 In Sole Scheduled Game
Mobile defeated Nashville 6 to 2 in the lone game on yesterday's schedule. The match closed a compact slate with Mobile securing the win on its home field.
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Mobile
Nashville
Today’s Schedule Versus Memphis Atlanta Little Rock Birmingham
The schedule lists games including Memphis at Atlanta Little Rock at Birmingham Nashville at Mobile and Chattanooga at New Orleans with no results or times given.
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Memphis
Atlanta
Little Rock
Birmingham
Nashville
Mobile
Chattanooga
New Orleans
Scoresway: New York Cruises Past Detroit Four-zip
Baseball scores show New York defeating Detroit 4 to 0 while St. Louis tops Boston 7 to 4 Chicago beats Philadelphia 15 to 4 and Cleveland edges Washington 4 to 3.
Detroit at New York and other NBA matchups listed
A schedule listing several NBA games with pairings including Detroit at New York, St. Louis at Boston, Chicago at Philadelphia, Cleveland at Washington, and note of an additional New York game.
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Detroit
New York
St. Louis
Boston
Chicago
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Washington
Baseball Scores and Tonight's Schedule
Score highlights include Chicago 10 Philadelphia 6 and Cincinnati 6 Pittsburgh 7 Boston 5 St. Louis 1 Brooklyn 0 New Innings- Brooklyn at St Louis (N) New York at Cincinnati Boston at Pittsburgh (N) Philadelphia at Chicago today scheduled.
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Brooklyn New York
Chicago
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Boston
Pittsburgh
Brooklyn
New York
South Atlantic League Standings Snapshot
The table shows teams Montgomery Columbus Jacksonville Savannah and others with win loss records and percentages. The entries list wins losses games and winning percentages for each club.
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South Atlantic League
Lk Pet
SU Oo
Montgomery
Eee
Columbus
Jacksonville
Savannah
WAN Oie
Eithaitaiaii Niceei
Regional Scores and Pairings From Local Grid League
Columbia defeated Augusta 45 to 0 with Charleston 0 to 7 and Macon 2 to 1. Jacksonville won 4 to 3 over Columbus and Savannah 13 to 3 over Montgomery. Remaining matchups include Savannah at Montgomery, Jacksonville at Columbus, Columbia at Augusta, and Charleston at Macon. The note references redwoods on the West Coast native to California and Southern Oregon since the Glacial Age.
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West Coast
California
Oregon
Yankees Take First Place Behind Lopata Four-Hitter
Yanks move atop the standings after Eddie Lopat’s four hitter beat Detroit. Satchel Paige stars for the Browns in a 7-4 win over Boston, debuting manager Marty Marion. Yogi Berra homers twice for New York as Cleveland and Chicago win their races in a busy American League day.
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Leroy
Satchel) Paige
Philadelphia
Bobby Shantz
New York
Allie Reynolds
Paige
Stengel
Casey
New York Yankees
Yankees
Eddie Lopat
Detroit
Boston Red Sox
Satchemo Paige
Long
Sean LeRoy
Ned Garver
Red Sox
Browns
Marty Marion
Rogers Hornsby
St. Louis
Bill Veeck
Hornsby
Bobby Young
Bob Nieman
Ivan Delock
Cleveland Indians
Washington
Chicago White Sox
Senators
Philadelphia Athletics
Chicago Cubs
Philadelphia Phillies
Brooklyn Dodgers
New York Giants
Joe Presko
St. Louis Cardinals
Dodgers
Chris van Cuyk
Cincinnati Reds
Giants
Pittsburgh
Boston Braves
Yogi Berra
Ted Gray
Tiger
Larry Doby
Cleveland
Early Wynn
Lou Brissie
Mike Garcia
Sauer Leads Chicago Batting and Home Run Pace
National batting leader Sauer of Chicago hits .344 with 55 runs and 67 hits and 15 home runs. Pitcher Roe of Brooklyn records 50 wins with a 1.000 ERA.
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Sauer
Chicago
Reese
Brook Ces
Roe
Brooklyn
Baseball season leaders tallied by league and team
DiMaggio led Boston with 345 runs batted in well ahead of others. Rosen of Cleveland and Dropo of Detroit tied for 11 home runs. Fox of Chicago and Simpson of Cleveland had 66 hits each. Rizzuto of New York stole 9 bases. Shantz of Philadelphia posted 101 wins with a .909 winning percentage.
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Boston
Rosen
Cleveland
Dropo
Detroit
Fox
Chicago
Simpson
Rizzuto
New York
Shantz
Philadelphia
Belief in Giant Ancestors Reconsidered Over Centuries
Scholars now reject the view that ancient humans were vastly larger than modern humans. Across recent centuries the idea of dwarfed descendants has been shown to lack solid evidence and has largely fallen out of favor.
DAILY CROSSWORD PUZZLE AND CRYPTOQUOTE CLUES
Crossword clues span across and down with references to land forms drinks burdens and speeds plus a long cryptogram quotation to decode. The page also notes a daily cryptogram by King Features Syndicate with a sample quotation and a solved example.
Macon Beats Augusta 2 1 In Sally Action
Macon Peaches edged Augusta 2-1 to extend to seven straight wins and 12 of 13, keeping them four in the Sally standings. Savannah topped Montgomery 13-3, Jacksonville beat Columbus 4-3, while Columbia split with Charleston as the league chased pace.
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Peaches
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Skein
Columbia
Savannah
Montgomery
Jacksonville
Columbus
Charleston
Rebels
Joe Coleman
Philadelphia Athletics
Augusta Tigers
Macon
Vince DiLorenzo
Ed Monahan
Monahan
Red Birds
Roger Bacon and Early Explosive Powder Claims
The record notes Roger Bacon is believed to have first produced an explosive gun powder, marking a detectable advance over earlier incendiaries with similar composition but impure ingredients.
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Roger Bacon
Open championship heats in Texas as Sam Snead Hogan Mangrum vie
In Dallas the 52nd National Open begins with Sam Snead Lloyd Mangrum and Ben Hogan as top contenders. Hogan seeks to extend his recent Open dominance while Snead matches a Northwood course record in practice and Mangrum hopes for a strong finish after a shaky end. In Chicago Granny Hamner leads Al Dark for NL shortstop in All Star polls as Hank Sauer Stan Musial top voting. Balloting continues until June 27 for the July 8 game in Philadelphia.
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Lloyd Mangrum
Ben Hogan
Hogan
Snead
Northwood
Mangrum
Chicago
Granny Hamner
Philadelphia Phillies
al Dark
New York Giants
Hamner
Dark
Hank Sauer
Chicago Cubs
Stan Musial
St. Louis Cardinals
Philadelphia
Wolverine Beats Telephoners and Chemstrand Wins
In a doubleheader Detroit area teams post varying results. Southern Bell tops Wolverine 5 4 after a fourth inning rally while Chemstrand edges Chemstrand 9 3 in seven innings. Subplots include Dunlaps triple and Murphy stealing bases. Bazzell homered for Southern Nut and Pirtle scored on a wild pitch.
Chemstrand Moves To Second In City League
Chemstrand beat Southern Nut 9-8 after a three run burst in the last inning to climb to second place. Wolverine defeated Southern Bell 4-2 with a four run fourth inning highlighted by a triple two doubles and a single. The Nut loss drops Southern Nut to last and Southern Bell to third.
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Southern Nut
Wolverine
Southern Bell
Telephoners
Marty Marion Takes Over Browns Helm
Marty Marion becomes manager of the St. Louis Browns after Bill Veeck fires Rogers Hornsby. Marion vows to use his nine best players with no two platoon system and hopes to play 100 games at shortstop this season before moving to bench managing. Players award Veeck a silver cup after a 7-4 win over the Red Sox.
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Bill Veeck
Marty Marion
Rogers Hornsby
St. Louis Browns
Marty
St. Louis Cardinals
Veeck
Hornsby
Marion
Browns
St. Louis
Red Sox
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