Barons Split With Nooga As All Star Bid Near
The Southern Association All Star host site decision nears in 17 days with Little Rock favored to meet the All-Stars after leading the circuit by six games. The Travs split a doubleheader with New Orleans as Birmingham and Atlanta-Nashville also split. Memphis swept Mobile. Kennedy limited New Orleans to four hits in game two while Scott allowed only four. Hal Keller homered for Chattanooga in the second game.
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Babe Favorite To Win In The Western Open
Philadelphia reports that Babe Didrickson Zaharias, leading a strong field including Patty Berg and the Bauer sisters, will aim to win the Western Open title and challenge men’s tees as nearly 100 golfers compete for the 32 spots. The event marks a rare top women’s field against male tees with past champions in attendance.
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Berg Edges Didrikson Zaharias For Weather vane Crown
Patty Berg shoots a three over par 75 to win the Weather vane women's cross country tourney playoff at Deepdale Golf Club, edging Babe Didrikson Zaharias by one stroke after a 71 in the first 18 holes. The event boosted the United Cerebral Palsy Fund by 23000 while prize money totals 5000 and 2500 for Berg and Zaharias respectively.
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Golf legends seek Western Cup prize money
Petittte Louise Suggs once crowned U S and British champion leads a field including Helen Sigel a twice national runner up Miss Berg Betty Jameson and Helen Dettweiler in a bid to win the prize and claim another Western cup for the trophy case.
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Jr League Schedule Is Announced for Decatur League
Ronnie Lee announces the remaining Decatur Junior baseball schedule with game dates and opponents listed in the forthcoming slate.
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Schedule of league games for White Way and peers
The listing outlines July to August matchups among teams White Way Meadow Gold Moose Homelike Gregg Elks VFW Pepsi Cola and FWW. It includes specific pairings dates and seed numbers for each game and field designations where provided.
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American League Batting and Pitching Leaders Summary
Mel Minoso of Chicago leads AL batting with .379 and 52 runs. Williams of Boston tops home runs with 13 and Robinson of Chicago drives in 56. Fain of Philadelphia and Fox of Chicago share doubles. Minoso and Fox share triples. Gumpert of Chicago goes 6-0 in AL pitching with 1.000 ERA. Raschi and McDermott lead strikeouts.
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National League Tonight Schedule Highlights
Philadelphia plays Pittsburgh at 7 30 PM Brooklyn visits Cincinnati at 8 PM New York tours St Louis at 8 30 PM Boston hosts Chicago at 1 30 PM
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Basketball Tonight: Chicago at New York and Four Night Games
Chicago visits New York in two matinee contests at 12:30 and 2:30 P M Detroit plays at Philadelphia in night action at 7:00 P M Cleveland travels to Boston for a 7:30 P M night game St Louis heads to Washington for a night contest
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Baseball Leaders Clock Broad 1948 Stat Victories
Batting leaders include Musial of St. Louis .382 and Robinson of Brooklyn .368. Runs by Dark of New York 48 and Hodges of Brooklyn 47. RBIs led by Westlake of St. Louis 48 and Snider of Brooklyn 46. Hits show Ashburn of Philadelphia 81 and Dark 77. Doubles include Robinson of Brooklyn and Dark of New York 17. Home runs crown Hodges 21 and Westlake 17. Stolen bases share Jethroe of Boston and Robinson of Brooklyn with 10. Pitching shows Roe of Brooklyn 90 1 000 and Branca with 51 833. Strikeouts led by Spahn of Boston and Newcombe of Brooklyn 57.
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Major League Baseball Scores From The Day
Brooklyn 3 Chicago 2. Pittsburgh 11 New York 5 6 in 8 innings. Cincinnati 2 Boston 1 5. St Louis 5 Philadelphia 4 in 10 innings.
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Sports score recap across major teams
New York defeated Detroit by five goals while Washington routed Cleveland five to one. Chicago posted a dominant forty nine to one victory over Philadelphia and Boston won five to three against St. Louis.
Yankees rally to beat Phillies 5-4 in 10th inning
Allie Reynolds and Yan tc combined for a four-hitter as the Yankees defeated the Tigers 5-4 in a late innings finish.
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Pale Hose Sweep A's in doubleheader to reclaim lead
Chicago White Sox top the Athletics 4-1 and 9-0 as Luis Aloma and Orestes Minoso star in Philadelphia. Carrasquel shines in game one with two hits and five chances flawless. Minoso collects four hits in game two plus two RBIs. Aloma records first major league win in first start.
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Baseball Standings From Multiple Leagues
The results show American Association with Toledo 8-3 and Minneapolis 6-1, St. Paul 3-12, Columbus 2-9, Milwaukee 11-3, Indianapolis 7-5. International League lists Montreal 7-11 and Buffalo 2-4. Pacific Coast League notes Los Angeles 6-4 and San Diego 4-5, Seattle 5-2 and Hollywood 4-1, San Francisco 4-6 and Portland 3-1, Oakland 4-4 and Sacramento 2-0. Southern Association highlights Birmingham 3-1, Chattanooga 1-6, New Orleans 9-0 and Little Rock 35, Memphis 6-3 and Mobile 5-2, Atlanta 12-3 and Nashville 4-5.
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Regional Baseball Scores Across Cities Update
Oklahoma City leads with 13 runs while Shreveport 9 and San Antonio 3 show varied results. Fort Worth 1, Houston 7, Dallas 4, Tulsa 5, Beaumont 42 in nine innings. Columbus 12 over Savannah 3. Augusta 4 over Columbia 3. Montgomery 8 over Jacksonville 5. Charleston 9 over Macon 7. Tallahassee 7 Ozark 5. Enterprise 1 Dothan 0 rain shortened game. Headland 5 Panama City 0.
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Pepsi Cola Triumphs 17-6 Over Cotaco Sunday
Pepsi Cola beat Cotaco 17 to 6 Sunday afternoon at White Wayfield. Charlie Justice and Billy Woods starred for Pepsi Cola. Next game is a Pepsi Cola picnic at Johnson Chapel with Caddo scheduled first at 10:00, followed by Johnson Chapel vs Morgan City at noon, Hartselle vs Red Stone Rockets at 2:00, and Antioch vs Union at 4:00.
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ODAYS route Birmingham to Chattanooga and more
Birmingham plays Chattanooga while New Orleans faces Little Rock and Mobile meets Memphis with Atlanta visiting Nashville in the schedule.
Ben Hogan Wins Open Title For Third Time In Four Years
Ben Hogan, the Fort Worth legend known as a bulldog of golf, captured the U S Open at Oakland Hills with a three under par 67 final round. His 72 hole total of 287 placed him five strokes ahead of Bobby Locke and Roberto De Vicenzo as he triumphed despite late-round challenges.
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Boston at Cincinnati New York at St. Louis: Schedule
Two ball games listed for the day with Boston visiting Cincinnati and New York traveling to St. Louis. No results reported.
Cleveland at Boston. Only game scheduled.
A lone game on the schedule features Cleveland visiting Boston. The note about young spiders mentions their silk streams rising on warm currents to high altitudes.
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Georgia-Florida League scores briefed
Moultrie 8 defeated Cordeley, Albany 13 over Tifton 5, Americus 14 over Valdosta, and Waycross played Brunswick with pitcher drain noted.
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Georgia league scores and rain delayed games
In the Georgia Alabama League Griffin edged Opelika 13 to 12 in 10 innings. Valley defeated Rome 10 to 6 and LaGrange 6 to 0 over Alexander City. In the Georgia State League Douglas beat Dublin 5 to 4. Fitzgerald at Jesup postponed by rain. Eastman won 3 to 1 over Hazlehurst Baxley in 7 innings due to rain.
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Southeastern States High School Baseball Tournament Opens
Seven top prep combos including six state champions meet in Montgomery for the six annual Southeastern States tournament. Lanier High of Montgomery defends the title as host, Ensley High joins from Alabama, Jackson High of Jackson Mississippi a former champion, Richmond Academy drew a bye and was set to face Gastonia North Carolina in the curtain raiser. Virginia and South Carolina declined late entry.
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