Barons win fourth straight as Birmingham routs Nashville
In a twin bill at Atlanta, Birmingham beat Nashville 6-1 to extend their streak to four. Bill Ayers took the defeat for the Crackers as rain halted the opener after five innings. Chattanooga led 4-0 when play paused. Mobile beat Little Rock 5-1 in the first game. New Orleans swept Memphis 2-1 in both games.
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Selma Moves to 3rd Place in Southeastern League Race
Gadsden dropped a doubleheader to Selma 11 10 and 4 0 as Selma climbed to third place two games up. Pensacola crushed Vicksburg 22 hits in a 12 2 win while Jackson edged Meridian 9 8. Montgomery and Anniston split with Anniston taking 8 3 after a 6 30 opener.
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Shipbuilder Rally Falls Short Against Columbia Mules
Ingalls fell 4-3 as Colombia’s Carlos Buck Ramsey shut down the Shipbuilders through six innings with a blazing fastball. Gurganus drove in two late runs, but a sixth inning sequence and a late infield hit by Gassaway sealed the win for Columbia, while Hudson and Clark held Ingalls to seven hits.
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Braves Thump Reds in Twin Bill as Herman Debuts
Billy Herman arrives from Brooklyn to join the Boston Braves and drives in the tying run in the 5th inning of game one, then scores again on Phil Masi’s single. The Braves win 2-1 and 2-0 to pull within a game and a half of first. Kirby Higbe earns his sixth win for St Louis as Cardinals split with Giants.
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Moultrie Ties For Second After Clean Series Sweep
Moultrie sits in a second place tie with Waycross after yesterday’s 7-2 win over the Bears completed a two game sweep, boosting their past seven games to six wins. Albany and Tallahassee split twin bills with Tallahassee winning both, while Valdosta swept Thomasville in a 9-8 late rally and 10-2 second inning burst. Americas moved to 10-2 in 12 starts with a 5-1 victory over Cordelo.
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Coulter Chooses Tech For College Football
Fort Worth, June 17. Dewitt Coulter, Army All American tackle, declares he will play his remaining college football at Georgia Tech. Scouts question the certainty amid strong interest from pro teams and college coaches. Brooklyn's Glenn Dobbs claims Coulter wants to play end and Tech plans to use him there.
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Civitan to Meet Rotary in Civic Club Softball Doubleheader
The Decatur Civitan club aims to extend its perfect league record tonight at Delano Park as they face the Rotary club in the second game of a doubleheader. The Kiwanis vs Lions clash opens at 7:30 p.m. with the Civitan-Rotary game at 8:45 p.m.
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Major League Leaders In Batting And Pitching
National League leaders include Walker of Brooklyn batting .370 and Hopp of Boston .360 with 40 runs by Musial and 43 RBI by Slaughter. Ennis and Holmes lead doubles, and Mize tops home runs with 11. American League leaders feature Vernon hitting .372 and Williams with 56 runs, Pesky 75 hits, and Williams 15 homers. Southern Association stats show Layne, Bruno, Cieslak leading hitters and Stone and Willis atop pitching records.
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Southern Association
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Twardy
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Chat
Hader
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Atlanta
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Chattanooga
Pawelek
Nashville
Standings Snapshot From Baseball Night Scores
Standings show Boston 6 4 Chicago 1 7 Washington 6 Detroit 3 in seven innings darkness. Cleveland 2 3 Philadelphia 1 2 first game 11 innings. New York 9 7 St Louis 2 5 second game 10 innings. St Louis 4 1 New York 1 9 Boston 2 2 Cincinnati 1 0 Philadelphia 4 1 Pittsburgh 3 10 Brooklyn 4 Chicago 2.
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Unclear scoreboard report of multiple region games
A list of cricket or baseball style scores from several regional games shows teams in New Orleans Memphis Chattanooga Atlanta Mobile Little Rock Birmingham Nashville Augusta Macon Columbia Jacksonville Greenville Savannah Columbus Jacksonville rain Valdosta Thomasville Tallahassee Albany Americus Cordele Moultrie Waycross Opelika Valley Newnan. Only games scheduled.
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Louis Chosen to Knock Out Conn in Yankee Stadium Bout
June 17 report from New York notes Joe Louis set to fight Billy Conn at Yankee Stadium on Emancipation Day before 70,000 spectators. Both veterans are in shape after long training. odds favor Louis to win by knockout despite lingering doubts about Conn’s comeback.
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Mangrum Is Open Champion In Dramatic Open Playoff
Lloyd Mangrum of Los Angeles won the National Open in a high drama playoff at Canterbury, defeating Byron Nelson and Vic Ghezzi after a four under par 284. The final round featured a three-man playoff and a late charge by Mangrum, who held off the leaders amid lightning and glare of headlight scenes.
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Sports Roundup Reflects Pro Cage Boom and Big Arena Plans
New York column questions whether pro basketball surge aims at cashing in on a boom or insuring a future. Southern teams booked for Garden double headers hint at changing loyalties, educators fear commercialism, promoters hire top college talent for a new league. Jess Willard won’t attend Conn fight. Louis and Feller notes thread through. Rocky Mount tops Goldsboro 2-0 as Kennedy fans 2 in Coastal Plain League.
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Louis Conn
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Harry Soufas
Dave Fowler
Mangrum Holds Lead After Close Golf Finish
Mangrum, 31, who wears the purple heart for European shrapnel wounds, kept his edge with a solid closing five on the final hole. Ghezzi missed a four foot putt that would have forced a third overtime. Mangrum, once Ray Mangrum's kid brother, plans to skip the British Open to defend the American title and focus on U S events.
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Ray Mangrum
Ray
Little Isle
Augusta Tops Macon in Twin Bill
Augusta rallied to beat Macon 7-2 in the opener and 3-2 in the nightcap after dropping the series. Columbia moved to third after a 12-3 win over Jacksonville, while Greenville extended its consecutive win streak with a 9-4 victory over Savannah. Colloquially, Augusta led early, then added two runs in the sixth inning of the second game to seal the doubleheader sweep.
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