Legion Meets New Hope at Legion Field in Baseball Action
Legion hosts New Hope at Legion Field Saturday at 3 00 PM with Decatur American Legion nine led by Manager Shorty Ogle. Starting lineup includes Ger vis Moore Bud Lee Avery Roberts Claude McMurtrie Red Caudill Bill Freeman Chick Sparkman Dan Crane and Curtis.
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Legion Field
Decatur American Lion Baseball
Shorty Ogle
Howard Curtis
Ben Teal
Legion
Ogle
Gervis Moore
Bud Lee
Avery Roberts
Claude McMurtrie
Red Caudill
Bill Freeman
Chick Sparkman
Dan Crane
Curtis
Memphis American Legion
Ingalls
Ingalls Triumphs Over Hillsboro 4 3 In Baseball
Ingalls defeats Hillsboro 4 to 3 in Hillsboro. Coy Halbrooks pitched until the seventh inning without a hit or run. Chalmers Riley hit a home run that produced the decisive margin for Ingalls.
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Hillsboro Baseball
Hillsboro
Coy Halbrooks
Chalmers Riley
East-West High School Game Set Tonight in Birmingham
Alabama high school baseball fans expect over 12 000 at the annual East West game split into two seven inning contests. East and West rosters include players from Jefferson and other counties with Major League scouts selecting three top stars.
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Birmingham
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Jefferson County
Charlie Hurth
Southern Association
Frank Lane
American Association
Alabama Lions Clubs
Birmingham News-Age Herald
Alabama Light Conservation Association
Matt Reynolds
Ramsay
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Shades-Cahaba
Mackey McCoy
Mortimer Jordan
Rufus Shelton
Hewitt
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West End
Lou Vaughan
Fairfield
Allen Baker
Shades Cahaba
Jimmy Nation
John
Haleyville
Arthur Bailey
West Jefferson
Bill Hinton
Earl Lockhart
Cordova
Roger Sisson
Billy Wyatt
Anniston
Russell Moss
Easley
Robert Goodner
J. W. Burgess
Sipsey
Utility
Elmer Pruitt
Demopolis
Segal Drummond
Dan Crane
Decatur
Pittsburgh and Major Cities Rail Lines Listed
Fragmentary OCR shows multiple city names including Pittsburgh St Louis New York Philadelphia Brooklyn Cincinnati Chicago and a string of numbers 569 549 529 91 3t likely part of a transit or schedule listing.
Valley Breaks 1st Place Tie With 2-1 Win
The Valley Rebels defeated the Newnan Browns 2-1 to take sole possession of first in the Georgia Alabama League. Gustafson allowed two hits in a complete game for Valley, with Lewis delivering a bases loaded pinch single in the ninth. Griffin led Griffin with 13 hits in an 8-2 win over Opelika as LaGrange and Tallassee also won.
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Millers
Owls
Diffy
Ball
Kane
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Nazzaro
Multiple Baseball Scores From Regional Leagues Reported
Scores from the Pacific Coast League to the Georgia State League show a mix of wins and losses. Notable results include San Francisco 6 Seattle 3 and Dallas 8 San Antonio 3 with several late or extended games cited.
Thomasville 3-1 Winners Over Cordele In League Clash
Thomasville beat Cordele 3-1 on six hits led by Cruze as Valdosta won 11-6 at Americus with Fogg allowing 15 hits. Moultrie routed Waycross 16-14 while rain idle tied Tallahassee Pirates stand. Series open in Valdosta tonight for second place in the Georgia Florida League.
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Three New Teams Join Southern Professional Basketball League
In Birmingham the Southern Professional Basketball League added New Orleans Knox ville and Laurel Miss to its lineup, bringing total members to eight alongside Birmingham Montgomery Nashville Mobile and Jackson. Commissioner Raymond J announced November 26 as the opening date with a 42 game schedule running until February 24.
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Southern Professional Basketball League
New Orleans
Knoxville
Tenn
Laurel
Miss
Montgomery
Nashville
Mobile
Jackson
Raymond J
John White Snap Losses, Darleen Routs in Softball Storm
John White broke an eight game drought by beating Firestone 10 4 in City Softball League action. Darleen topped W F W 9 8 as wild pitching and timely hitting fueled the scoreboard in Thursday night games at Firestone Home Supply.
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Darleen
John White
Firestone
Ford
Red Caudill
Phil Sandusky
Hugh Halbrooks
Ed Cassidy
Robert Evans
Frank, Gardner
Claude McMurtrie
Earl Payne
Firestone Firestone
Bud Lte
Jimmy Caundill
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Lee
Noel Teague
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Tommy Todd
Travis Callahan
Ben Teal
Liza Smith
Teal
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Loveless
Red Kimbrell
Travis Odom
Sonny Todd
Sparkman
Avery Roberts
Billy Sparkman
Todd
Charley Jones
Gene Ratliff
Chick Sparkman
Roberts
Vets
Callahan
Schedule of today’s National and American League games
National League Chicago at Brooklyn St. Louis at New York Cincinnati at Boston night Pittsburgh at Philadelphia night American League New York at St. Louis Washington at Chicago Boston at Detroit Philadelphia at Cleveland all night Atlanta at Chattanooga 2 Mobile at Little Rock New Orleans at Memphis Birmingham at Nashville all night
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Boston
Pittsburgh
American League
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Southern Association
Atlanta
Chattanooga
Mobile
Little Rock
New Orleans
Memphis
Birmingham
Nashville
Musial Drives In Three For Cardinals In 4 1 Win
Stan Musial of St. Louis drove in three runs and collected three hits in three at bats as the Cardinals defeated the Phillies 4 to 1. Bill Voiselle earned two victories in relief for the Braves in a doubleheader against Boston and Chicago, with Boston taking both games 7 6 and 8 7.
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Cardinals
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Bill Voiselle
Braves
Boston
Baseball Leaders and Top Team Stats for 1941 Season
Williams of Boston leads in multiple categories including batting average runs batted in hits and home runs with strong showings by Boudreau of Cleveland DiMaggio of New York and Coan of Washington Also notable pitching marks from Raschi Bearden Newhouser and Brissie with top win totals and ERA figures highlighted.
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Boston
Boudreau
Cleveland
DiMaggio
New York
Coan
Washington
Keltne
Dillinger
St. Louis
Brissie
Philadelphia
Newhouser
Detroit
Raschi
Bearden
Standings of stars in batting and pitching leaders
Musial of St. Louis leads with a .398 batting average and 46 runs batted in. Kiner of Pittsburgh follows with 45 RBIs and 44 runs, while Ashburn and Gustine pace with 69 hits each and 15 stolen bases for Philadelphia and Boston respectively. Sauer leads home runs with 19, and Branca tops strikeouts at 61 as Wehmeier and Poat share 51 wins and 0.833 ERA.
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St. Louis
Westlake
Pittsburgh
Sauer
Cincinnati
Kiner
Ashburn
Philadelphia
Gustine
Russell
Boston
Marshall
New York
Robinson Fight Postponed By Rain At Comiskey Park
Ray Sugar Robinson remains welterweight champion after rain delayed the 15 round title bout with Bernie Docusen at Comiskey Park Chicago. Both fighters must make weight again at noon Monday with Robinson seeking extra expense money for the postponement.
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Chicago
Ray “Sugar” Ee
Bernie Docusen
Swifty
New Orleans
Comiskey Park
Chicago White Sox
White Sox
Robinson
Docusen
S. E. Linescores: Vicksburg and opponents score rundown
Baseball scores show Vicksburg 1 with 5 hits and 2 errors, Gadsden 4 runs on 7 hits with 2 errors. Montgomery 4, Pensacola 3. Anniston 3, Fa Ckson cece 2 with 8 runs. Meridian 1, Brim viceeenew 2 with 7 runs.
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Anniston
Fischer
Linden
Rich
Sierotko
Semi Final Set In Alabama Women’s Golf Tourney
Four women from Mobile and Birmingham reached the semi finals at the Alabama Women’s Golf tournament held in Mobile. Medalist Mrs Frank Roos faced Miss Joan McCoy as Miss Bea McWane met Mrs Gladys Morton. McCoy beat Miss Jewel Molpus 3 and 1. Roos beat Mrs Julus Hagerty 6 and 5. McWane ousted Minnie Ashley 5 and 4. Morton defeated Hal McCall 3 and 2.
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Mobile
Twoe
Birmingham
Frank Roos
Joan McCoy
Bea McWane
Gladys Morton
David Roberts, Jr
Hagerty
al Morton
Roos
Carl Hess
Roscoe Shamblin
Tuscaloosa
Thornton Clark
Montgomery
Hamer Fails to Retain Dixie Crown in Southern Amateur
George Hamer Jr of Columbus Ga exits in a Southern Amateur quarterfinal at Capitol City Club Atlanta while Lew Oehrig of Chattanooga and others advance. Dudley defeats Barnes to reach the semis as Yates falls to Buzick in an upset laden slate.
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George Hamer, Jr
Columbus
Capitol City Club
Lew Oehrig
Chattanooga
Tennessee
Charles B. Dudley
Greenville
Gene Dahlbender, Jr
Dudley
Tommy Barnes
South Carolina
Hamer
Bob Seyler
Miami University
Oehrig
Frank Ford
Charleston
S. C
Phil Harison
Augusta
John Buzick, Jr
Monette
Ark
Gummy Harison
Buzick
Dahlbender
Dan Yates
Yates
Sunderland Set for Cotton States Tennis Semi Finals in Alabama
In Sylacauga on June 18 AP reports Jack Sunderland, Kalamazoo College, advances to face No.1 Don Floyd of Atlanta in the Cotton States Tennis tournament semifinals. Tulane pair Wade Herren Birmingham and Harcourt Waters New Orleans reach the other bracket, with Sunderland and Jim Wesley Duke winning a quarter final. Paton and Hetzick reach doubles final after defeating Herren Garcia 6 2 6 3 3 6 6 1.
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Jack Sunderland
Atlanta
Don Floyd
Tulane
Wade Herren Birmingham
Harcourt Waters
New Orleans
Herren
Waters
Sunderland
Darkhorse
Kalamazoo
Mich
College
Les Longshore
Ann
Cal Dickson
Tampa City
Paton
Hetzick
Andy Garcia
Miami
Longshore Waters
Jim Wesley
Duke University
Wesley
Dickson
Bob Frick
Tampa
Junior Legion Meets Athens in Third Clash
The Decatur Junior American Legion baseball team prepares for a third meeting with the Athens Junior Legion squad. The series already features two tight contests with both teams showing strong pitching and timely hitting.
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Junior Legion
Athens
Decatur Junior American Legion
Athens Junior Legion
Decatur and Athens Face Off in Saturday Baseball Game
The upcoming game in Athens features Decatur seeking a third straight win after earlier victories. Decatur will start with pitcher Voehringer Bolding or Bob Freeman, while Athens has yet to name their starter. First pitch is at 2:00.
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Athens
Decatur
Voehringer
Bolding
Bob Freeman
Southern Teams Change Sites in Busy Week
Southern Association clubs return to action after a day idle with Atlanta and Chattanooga opening a twin bill at Chattanooga Park. Chattanooga trails Birmingham by one win for fifth. Birmingham visits Nashville while New Orleans goes to Memphis and Mobile to Little Rock. Past meetings show Birmingham leading the Vols 4 3 and Memphis split six with New Orleans.
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Atlanta
Chattanooga
Crackers
Birmingham
Nashville
New Orleans
Memphis
Mobile
Little Rock
Vols
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