Williams Leads Crackers Past New Orleans 5-0 in Openers
Almon Williams blanked New Orleans over five innings as Atlanta won 5-0, while Jennings Poindexter defeated Little Rock 5-8 in Nashville. Chattanooga edged Memphis 9-8 in a high scoring picnic. Ray Davis and Poindexter sparked a mound clash, and Sammy Holbrook delivered the tying and winning runs in the ninth for Nooga.
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Daily Defeated by Business Men in Close Game
The Daily lost to the Business Men 5 to 4 in a well played contest Monday. Joe Humphrey pitched a strong game for the Daily, but his defense faltered in the last inning. Del Corbitt debuted at first base for The Daily in this appearance.
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Alabama Mill No. 1 routs Goodyear softballers 16 to 1
Roy Poteet led Alabama Mill No. 1 to a lopsided 16 to 1 victory over Goodyear at Delano Park. Poteet hit several drives as the offense attacked all parts of the field and connected on multiple home runs.
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Louis Schmeling Fight Fails To Hit Million Gate Target
Over-confidence may not affect Joe Louis's ability to stop Max Schmeling in a 15 round bout at Yankee Stadium. Gate receipts likely fall short of one million despite half a million already sold, with estimations predicting 60,000 to 70,000 attendees and each star earning about 200,000. Promoter Mike Jacobs notes ticket apathy among 5 and 10 dollar buyers.
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Europe
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Golf and rowing roundups with past international results
The item surveys past sports results: Australia in the Davis Cup vs Germany 4 to 1 in the European zone semi finals a year ago, Revolta winning the Western Open with 290, Harvard beating Yale by 11.2 lengths in a classic crew race three years ago, and Navy defeating Cornell by 11 to 2 lengths in the Poughkeepsie regatta five years ago.
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Joe Louis to Fight Schmeling at Yankee Stadium
Joe Louis is slated to meet Max Schmeling at Yankee Stadium on Thursday night and then sign to challenge James J. Braddock for the world heavyweight title in September. The piece notes betting options, predicts Louis by knockout within five rounds, and mentions gate splits, media coverage, and international interest surrounding the bout.
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Baseball Results From Various Leagues Tonight
Southern League results include Atlanta 5 New Orleans 0, Chattanooga 9 Memphis 8, Little Rock 5 Nashville 3. Alabama Florida League games end Union Springs 0, Dothan 11 Abbeville 2, Andalusia 6 Panama City 5, Ozark 10 Troy 6. American Association Columbus 8 Kansas City 3 St Paul 4 Louisville 3. International League Montreal 10 Syracuse 4, Baltimore 18 Toronto 4, Newark 6 Buffalo 1.
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Major city teams collide in noted basketball slate
Birmingham visits Knoxville while New Orleans plays Atlanta. Memphis goes to Chattanooga and Little Rock to Nashville. Chicago faces Philadelphia and St. Louis hosts Boston. Cincinnati travels to New York with Pittsburgh at Brooklyn. Washington meets Detroit and New York visits Cleveland. Philadelphia battles St. Louis.
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Sarron Defeats Camarata in New Orleans Bout
Petey Sarron of Birmingham wins a 10 round decision over Nick Camarata of New Orleans in a non title featherweight bout in nine plus degree temperature. Sarron shows clever quality with stinging lefts and rights to the head and clear superiority despite overweight.
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Southern Amateur Golf Opens With Wide Open Field
Memphis TennesseeJune 16 Fast field and tough course set the stage for the 34th Southern Amateur at Memphis Country Club. A field of 158 from a dozen states vies for 31 remaining match play spots after defending champ Bobby Riegel passes on qualifiers. Favorites include Sam Perry John Morris Jack Munger and Preddie Haas Jr along with longshots and a 13 year old entrant Ben Downing.
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Houston
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Monroe
Shake-Up Looms for Indians as Teams Chase Tigers and Yankees
The Cleveland Indians sit in fourth place nine games behind the Yankees and a half game behind the World Series champion Tigers. President Alva Bradley hints at radical changes unless improvement comes, while manager Steve ONeill plans limited lineup shifts due to injuries and a pending series with the Yankees.
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Sacramento
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Bill Cox
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Lefty Grove
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Fritz Ostermueller
Yawkeymen
Southern Leaders Honor Player Stats and Pitching Leaders
The chart shows batting leaders Dwyer of Nash 389 with 66 games and 262 at bats, Triplett 376, Sington 368, Duke 354, Scott 353, plus home run leaders Webb 9 and Richards 8. Pitching leaders include Gwtu 18 games, Schmidt 18, Thomas 18, Shoun 10, Williams 18 with various win counts. Stolen bases led by Nonnenkamp 12 and others with 9. Nashville and Chattanooga show strong team defense with double plays 62 and 61. A note credits Jack Russell for dependable relief work.
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Major League Leaders Summary From The Season
Major league leaders list batting leaders Sullivan Radcliff Geh ringer Gehringer Foxx Goslin 14 home runs Ott Klein Moore Nieman, Jordan, Be ess. Pitching leaders include J Dean Carleton Hollingsworth.
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Return bout set tonight at Martin arena
The main event features Freddy Knichel the St Louis Express versus Otto Ludwig the German terror in a best two of three falls bout with a 90 minute limit. Promoter Chris Jordan pressured Ludwig after last week’s disqualification. Semi final pairs Eddie Wayland against Dynamite Joe Dillman in a two of three falls match with an hour limit.
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Tuczon
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Telephone teams split twin bill at Delano Park
The Southern Bell softball team and the A and T Birmingham squad split a double header on diamond No 1 at Delano Park. The visitors won 11 to 8 in the opener, while the home team claimed the nightcap 9 to 4 led by Connell who went five for five. A barbecue dinner followed at Woodall's that Saturday evening.
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Local boxing card opens with key match at 8:30 p.m.
The card features a main bout where a cap over the fast Greek is sought by two victories over Mickey McGuire. This bout opens the program and starts at 8:30 p.m. in the evening.
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