Eastwood Playground Tops City Playgrounds for Week
The city park and recreation department names Eastwood Playground the top facility for the week based on participation and registration. Eastwood, led by Geo Wood and Tommy Quallman, registered 278 of 1,462 total across 11 playgrounds as Nature Week activities and plans roll out.
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City Park and Recreation Department
Eastwood Playground
Geo” Wood
Tommy Quallman
Eastwood
Delano Park
Walter Jackson
Jess Lewis Smith Park
East Acres Housing Project
Cedar Lake
Cashin Homes
Pines Park
Austinville Park
West Decatur School
Riverside Park
Roden Keeps Up His Pace At Decatur Raceway
Earl Roden wins heat and feature in the modifieds open at Decatur International Raceway. He started both races at the rear and still led laps to sweep the night. Martis Brewer won the second modified heat. Gene Chapp finished second in the feature. A clutch plate failure injured three spectators in the pits area.
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Earl Roden
Decatur International Raceway
Roden
Dir
Martis Brewer
Gene Chapp
Moulton Speedway
Paul Crabtree
Bill King
J. C. Brown
Greer Cagle
Brown
Cagle
Jimmy Hodges
Jerry Flanagan
Joe Marino
Flanagan
Tommy Widner
Burningtree Club prepares for weekend men's golf tournament
The Burningtree Country Club hosts the three day BCC Men's Championship starting Saturday June 22 with 54 hole medal play for the top 22 handicappers in the Championship Flight and three round match play in other flights. About 120 golfers compete with favorites including Dr. O B Evans and Euel Livingston. An awards party closes the event on June 29.
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Burningtree Country Club
Dr. O. B. Evans
Euel Livingston
al Jones
Jimmy Mitchell
Frank ‘Troupe
Jack Crowe
Lynn ‘Fowler
J. V. Kelley
Leo Wenzler
Evans
Livingston
Burningtree
Tomboys top Ameri can General in softball play
The Tomboys beat Ameri can General Insurance 7 to 5 and then defeated Roy Guyse Service Station 10 to 6 Tuesday night. All three teams advance to Huntsville for the Women's Invitational Softball Tournament this weekend.
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American General Insurance
Roy Guyse
Huntsville
Braves and Cards Win In Little League Action
The Braves defeated the Cards 5 1 as the Indians surged past the Orioles 23 2 on Tuesday. Indians hitters Corky Hill Steve Phillips and Mike Stewart led a 19 hit attack while Steve Archer won and Mike Case took the loss.
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Braves
Cards
Indians
Orioles
Corky Hill
Steve Phillips
Mike Stewart
Quinton Tucker
Keith Spivey
Freddie Bounds
Steve Archer
Mike Case
Jeff Pittman
Mike Washburn
Robbie Tweedy
Jim Roberts
Andy Cole
Freddie Boddy
Cole
Graebner Upsets Stolle in London Grass Court Championship
Clark Graebner of New York, 24, defeated Australian Fred Stolle 6 4 11 9 in the London Grass Court Championship. Graebner’s powerful serve dominated 19 points in 25 service games as he eyes the Davis Cup challenge round.
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Geoffrey Miller
Associated Press Sports
London
Clark
Graebner
New York City
United States
Fred Stolle
Stolle
Spain
Cleveland
Ohio
Manuel Santana
Don Dell
Bethesda
Clark Graebner
Arthur Ashe
Santana
Italy
United Gates
Talians
Rome
Who'll Be Next To Go In Manager Shuffle
The baseball manager shuffle tightens as Grady Hatton and Gene Mauch exit. With four openings at Montreal Kansas City Seattle and San Diego the market heats up. The piece lists current NL and AL skippers and contract statuses aiming to gauge who may depart next.
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Jack Hand
Associated Press
NEW York
Grady Hatton
Gene Mauch
Montreal
Kansas City
Seattle
San Diego
Mauch
Joe Adcock
Cleveland
Kansas City Chief Star Bruce McLenna Killed in Crash
Kansas City Chiefs fullback Bruce McLenna, 26, died in a highway accident near Urbana Missouri while en route to training. McLenna had NFL ties with Detroit Baltimore and New Orleans before joining the Chiefs. He held military training leave from Fort Leonard Wood to Camp Clark.
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Urbana
Kansas City Chiefs
Missouri
McLenna
Detroit Lions
National Football League
Hillsdale
Mich
Baltimore Colts
New Orleans Ints
Chiefs
Ft. Leonard Wood
Camp Clark
Nevada
Baseball Standings and Scores From Tuesday
Standings show Atlanta leading with a .524 mark and 38 609. Results: Cincinnati 7 Atlanta 5 St Louis 1 Chicago 0. Pittsburgh 3 Los Angeles 2 in 10 innings. Houston 3 New York 6. Philadelphia 10 San Francisco 9 2-1. Tonight matchups include Houston at New York and Chicago at St Louis.
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Red Schoendienst
St. Louis
Red Birds
Lyman Harris
Atlanta
Billy Hitchcock
Paul Richards
Braves
Herman Frank
San Francisco
Walter Alston
Los Angeles
Walter
Dodger
Don Drysdale
Bob Skinner
Philadelphia
San Diego
Leo Durocher
Chicago
Leo
Cubs
Gil Hodges
New York
Mets
Dave Bristol
Cincinnati
Larry Shepard
Pittsburgh
Harry Walkier
Associated Press
National League
Tallis
Leed
SIS
Houston
Wilson
Koosman
McCool
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Eastwood School
Tommy Qualman
Richie van Ham
Lu An Wiggins
Goo” Wood
Bob Bates
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Billy Whitten
Lynn Fowler
Don Kincaid
Bobby Smith
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Lloyd Nix
Bill Sexton
M. Bullock
Wenzer
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A. A. Jones
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J. W. Kelley
Rex Rankin
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Tom Shaw
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J. O’hara
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Carl Knight
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Dale Hill
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Gene Wright
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