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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jun 13, 1952

Page

5

Indians Defeat Pulaski 10 To 4 Behind Goodin

The Decatur Indians defeated Pulaski 10 to 4 at Legion Field behind lefty Charlie Goodin who earned his third win of the season. Goodin allowed 10 hits and struck out seven as Decatur jumped on Pulaski early with five first inning runs and added three more in the second. Sparkman and Jones led the offense with multiple triples and RBIs, while Breeding and Freeman also contributed. The Indians face Florence Fairers at Fair Park in Florence Saturday night.

Decatur Indians Charlie Goodin Pulaski Legion Field Indians Goodin Clark Jimmy Caudill Roberts Bill Freeman Chick Sparkman Freeman Caudill Charlie Jones Sparkman Marv Breeding Joe Evans Jones Breeding Lester White White Decatur Bob Freeman Bobcats Red Caudill Florence

Barons Suffer Defeat Again By Travelers

In New Orleans Gair Allie homered off Al Sima to spark a 3-2 victory and stretch the Pelicans lead to 1.5 games over the Barons. Mobile romped Nashville 11-4. Atlanta lost eighth straight to Memphis 6-5. Little Rock beat Birmingham 3-2.

Associated Press New Orleans Gair Allie Pelican Pets Southern Association Allie Chattanooga al -Sima Ates Norm Morton Mobile Bears Nashville Twin Hill Vols Atlanta Memphis Little Rock Birmingham Barons al Worthington Mobile Bears Pete Mallory Jim Atchley Crackers Dixie Walker Memphis Chicks Don Nicholas Crax Birmingham Hal Simpson Tom O’brien Rocks Bill Kennedy John Weiss

Australians, Americans lead London Grass Courts entries

Ten Australians and seven Americans among 50 overseas players entered in the London Grass Courts Championships at Queen's Club. Frank Sedgman and Ken McGregor of Australia seeded to meet in the finals. Strongest American challengers include Tony Trabert and Vic Seixas, with Eric Sturgess from South Africa as another contender.

London Queen’s Club West Kensington Frank Sedgman Ken McGregor Australia Tony Trabert Cincinnati Vic Seixas Philadelphia Eric Sturgess

Yankees Stay In Front As Bosox Hang Close

Casey Stengel leads the Yankees to another first place position after a 12 of 15 stretch as they open a four game set with Cleveland. Tom Morgan pitched a three hit shutout of Detroit while Hank Bauer hit his seventh homer and Bob Cerv added three straight hits. Sid Hudson’s relief helped edge the Browns 7-5 as Cleveland holds a half game back with a 7-4 win over Washington. Chicago moves to fourth with a 10-4 win over Philadelphia as St Louis and Brooklyn clash with a high scoring 15-10 game.

Jack Hand Associated Press Casey Stengel New York Yankees Yanks Cleveland Indians Tom Morgan Yankee Stadium Detroit Hank Bauer Bob Cerv Sid Hudson Washington Boston Red Sox Hudson Ivan Delock St. Louis Browns Browns Marty Marion Bill McGowan Hoot Evers Billy Goodman Duane Pillette Cleveland Bobby Feller Pete Reiser Spec Shea Chicago Philadelphia St. Louis Brooklyn Dodgers Brooks New York Giants Cincinnati Preacher Roe Gerry Staley Bill Werle Clem Labine Roe Enos Slaughter Stan Musial Red Schoendienst Gil Hodges del Rice Phillies Cubs

Hicks Edges Merchants 11-10 in City Softball Thriller

Hicks Chevrolet topped the Decatur Merchants 11 10 as Southern Bell beat Chemstrand 5 4. Hoyt Alvis started the eighth inning rally for Southern Bell with a walk and Nolan Sanders delivered the go ahead run. Hicks moved into second place with the win while Southern Bell moved up to second with the late rally.

Sanders Gilbert Thrasher Howard Short Chemstrand Winston Ridgeway Jimmy Newlin Bobby Trimble Ridgeway Buck Landers Apperson Hugh Halbrooks Downing Newlin Alvis Pirtle Southern Bell Scott Mc 6Lanahan Junior Wallace Hicks Merchants

Baseball Leaders Highlight Sauer and Rosen in Early Season Stats

National batting leader Sauer of Chicago hits .345 with 70 hits and 59 runs batted in 18 home runs while pitcher Roe of Brooklyn is 5 0 with a 1 000 era. DiMaggio leads American batting with .337 and Rosen and Dropo tie for 36 RBIs. Shantz of Philadelphia sits at 10 1 with a .909 ERA.

Sauer Chicago Roe Brooklyn DiMaggio Boston Rosen Cleveland Dropo Detroit Simpson Shantz Philadelphia

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