Louis Faces Walcott Questions Before Bout at Yankee Stadium
New York June 15 Joe Louis and Jersey Joe Walcott meet June 23 in Yankee Stadium for a heavyweight title defense. Public opinion questions Louis punch speed form and timing while Walcott’s courage and tactics remain under scrutiny. The bout marks Louis 25th title challenge with odds favoring Louis at 3 to 1 amid lingering doubt about his prime power.
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Barons Fall To Lookouts in Damp Southern Association Night
Chattanooga edged New Orleans 3-1 as Bob Williams hit a two run homer in the 12th. Mobile beat Nashville 3-1 while Little Rock trumped Birmingham 2-1. Memphis and Atlanta game postponed by rain amid a low scoring night with 14 total hits across three games. Ramon Garcia earned the win for Chattanooga as Glen Fletcher fanned 12.
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Williams Nears His Old .400 Mark
Boston slugger Ted Williams raised his batting average to .398 for the week, leading the American League in runs batted in and hits. He added seven hits in 15 at bats, chasing the .406 mark from 1941, while DiMaggio and Boudreau trailed in RBIs and hits as the season progressed. Raschi and Brissie topped pitching and strike-out lists with solid records.
Falling Barons Sign Pitcher Pete Modica
Birmingham gains 24 year old right hander Pete Modica from Louisville on option to the Barons. Modica played for New Orleans last season, posting a 13 win 10 loss record and 115 strikeouts.
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Five Decatur Men Named All Stars By AP
Five Decatur men were named to the all star selections by the Associated Press in Monday night voting at the American Legion home on Bank Street. Managers and players from the Tennessee Alabama league joined by additional votes chose sixteen players for the squad to face Monsanto at Columbia Sunday.
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Firestone and Tip-Top Lead City Softball Night
Firestone faces Tip-Top in the 7:30 opener with third place at stake. At 8:30 Home Supply meets John White as John White seeks to end a seven game skid with Lovell pitching for Home Supply and Payne for John White. Firestone pitcher Phil Sandusky is set to start and Braswell or Thompson will throw for Tip-Top.
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Southern Amateur Golf Tournament opens with 176 entrants
ATLANTA June 15 One hundred and seventy six southern golfers began qualifying at Capitol City Club Brookhaven on 6339 yards. After 18 holes the largest field in 46 years advances 96 low scorers to match play with finals Saturday. Col Lee S Read reported entrants by state noting Georgia 83 Tennessee 22 Florida 20 North Carolina 12 Mississippi 8 Alabama 7 South Carolina 6 Arkansas 1 Kentucky 1. Texas Louisiana Virginia Maryland Oklahoma absent.
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Musial Leads National Batting Race As Slugger Tops
New York June 15 Stan Musial of the St Louis Cardinals leaps to the lead in the national league batting race for the season his average rising from .366 to .376 through last Sunday He replaces Boston’s Tommy Holmes who drops to second Holmes stands at .373 as Wally Westlake moves up to third with .352 Richie Ashburn of Philadelphia is fourth at .344 Sid Gordon and Fred Gustine are tied for fifth while Johnny Blatnik Andy Pafko Hal Jeffcoat and Enos Slaughter fill the top ten with lower averages.
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Rain Halts Civic Softball League Games
Rain stopped the scheduled Civic Softball League games Monday night. Rotary and Kiwanig were set for the first tilt while Cich tan and Lions were slated for the second affair.
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S E Linescores Show Tight Games Across Regions
Gadsden vs Meridian 3 4 1. Brunke Valdes Jackson Long. Montgomery 6 8 1. Vicksburg 2 4 2 Ferguson Powers Sash Guise Jarmon. Anniston 1 2 1 Pensacola 5 9 0 Pipen Sierotko Koval McWhorter. Selma 11 12 0 Jackson 8 16 1 Woodward Zielenski Murphy Cash Logomarston Schuma cher Hewlitt Thiel Linden.
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Waycross Bears win ninth straight in Georgia Florida league
Waycross Bears beat Americus 9 to 3 to extend their winning streak to nine, Ingalls pitched all nine innings as Waycross surged with three runs in the second two in the seventh and three in the ninth. Thomasville lost 6 to 1 to Albany as Valdosta blanked Cordele 8 to 0 and a Tallahassee Moultrie game was rained out.
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Georgia Florida and Georgia Alabama League Scores Report
Mobile 3 Nashville 1. Chattanooga 3 New Orleans 12 innings. Albany 6 Thomasville 1. Waycross 9 Americus 3. Valdosta 8 Cordele 0. Griffin 14 LaGrange 11 in 10 innings. Valley 2 Carrollton 1. Postponed rain and only games scheduled.
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State Women's Golf Meet Kicks Off With Favorites Absent
Mobile opens the 16th Alabama Women's Golf Tournament with defending champ Mrs. Joy Culverhouse of Montgomery withdrawing and 1946 winner Miss Ann Samford of Birmingham also unable to compete. Three Birmingham players are listed among early favorites as qualifiers begin.
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Local Pageant Entrants Named for Mobile Course Match
Bea McWane Miss Chessie Randolph and Miss Joan McCoy join Mrs Frank Roos of Mobile and Mrs Gordon Miller of Tuscaloosa in the ladies event. McWane was runner up last year. Par for the 6347 yard Mobile Country Club course is 76. Play is set for Saturday.
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