Blue Devils Cruise to 17-4 Win Over Somerville in Home Game
Decatur Blue Devils thrashed Somerville 17-4 in a home afternoon at Delano Park before 350 to 400 fans. Jackson drove in six runs with four hits including a fourth inning triple, while Bolding and Todd added key hits as the Blue Devils completed their first four wins in a row.
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Delano Park
Somerville
Blue Devils
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Graf Hart
North Alabama
Blevins
Bill Jackson
Blue Devil
Johnson
Jackson
Lemons
Jones
Roberts
Jimmy Jonas
Joe Flynn
Charles
Smith
Sonny Todd
Gauntt
Bolding
Todd
Johns
Flynn
Wentworth and Carter Team for Benson Field Match
Jack Wentworth brings Nick Carter to Benson Field for a tag team bout against Sailor Watkins and Charlie Keene. Carter, a former Birmingham Southern athlete and Navy athletic instructor, teams with Wentworth to challenge for the tag title in a one fall match with a thirty minute limit starting at 8:30. Sponsored by the Decatur Post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
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Jack Wentworth
Nick Carter
Benson
Carter
Methodist School
U. S. Navy
Air Corps
Wentworth
Sailor Watkins
Charlie Keene
St. Louis
Florida
Nick
Navy
Watkins
Decatur Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
United States to Defend Wimbledon Titles
A strong U S tennis team begins defense of all five Wimbledon titles. They face risk from Australia’s Dennis Pails nicknamed Dinny, seen as the major challenge to an American repeat of the 1939 grand slam at the World Series of Tennis event in London.
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London
United States
Dennis Pails
Australia
Pails
Dinny
Blue Devils Overtake Somerville in Fiveteen Run Rally
In a high scoring game, Somerville used 11 players but it was the Blue Devils offense that clicked. Roberts and Todd led with four hits apiece, Todd adding five stolen bases as the team amassed 22 hits. Noel Teague was the lone light with no hit, while Dunaway Massey and Gauntt contributed. Final line score shows Somerville 9 5 0 and Blue Devils 17 22 0 with Dunaway Massey and Moahan handling pitching duties. Brazil rats are the seeds of a large tree which grows throughout tropical America.
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Dunaway
Joe Massey
Noel Teague
Roberts
Todd
Somerville
Massey
Mohahan
Jackson
Gauntt
Flynn
Brazil
Tropical America
Albany Loses in 13th Inning to Americus Phillies
In a Georgia-Florida League game, Albany battled league-leading Americus for 13 innings, falling 4-3. Americus built a 2-0 lead, Albany tied it in the seventh and eighth, then the Phillies pulled ahead and won in the 13th.
Hogan's Team Wins Inverness Invitational and $3000
Jim Demaret of Houston and Ben Hogan captured the Inverness Invitational golf championship at Inverness Country Club, Toledo, with a 20 hole victory margin over Byron Nelson and Harold McSpaden who earned the $3000 first prize. Nelson and McSpaden also downed Hogan Demaret, while Snead and Ghezzi defeated the Nelson McSpaden duo in the final rounds.
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Jimmy Demaret
Houston
Tex
Inverness Country Club
Ben Hogan
Demaret
Hogan
Byron Nelson
Harold
Jug) McSpaden
Sanford
Nelson
McSpaden
Bob Hamilton
Dick Metz
Chicago
Nelson-McSpaden
Sam Snead
Hot Springs
Vic Ghezzi
Knoxville
Standings and results across major leagues and associations
National League standings show St. Louis Chicago Boston Cincinnati in Philadelphia New York Pittsburgh Brooklyn 4 2 with New York 15-4 Chicago 10-9. American League leaders Boston 45 17 .726 New York Detroit Washington Cleveland Chicago Philadelphia and Boston games noted including 11 and 12 inning affairs. Southern Association and South Atlantic results list Atlanta Nashville Memphis New Orleans Birmingham Little Rock and several intercity scores with rain postponements.
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Chicago
Boston
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
New York
Pittsburgh
Brooklyn
Detroit Aciak Bapeatelliges
Washington
Cleveland
Detroit
Dodgers edge Cardinals 4-2 in nine inning win
Yesterday's Stars Dixie Walker and Coles restarted in a run with a triple and scored another as the Dodgers defeated the Cards 4-2. Jim Tabor homered in the 12th to give the Phils a 5-4 victory over the Reds. Tommy Henrich hit a two run homer in the 11th off Hal Newhouser to lift the Yankees 10-8. Bill Zuber limited the Indians to three hits in a 6-0 Red Sox shutout.
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Dixie Walker
Coles
Dodgers
Cards
Jim Tabor
Phils
Reds
Tommy Henrich
Yankees
Hal, Newhouser
Tigers
Yanks
Bill Zuber
Red Sox
Indians
Daily Crossword Across and Down Clues
Crossword clues list with multiple across and down items from Indian ee ye prince to culture medium. Entries include numbers, spellings, and themes across languages, myth, and science.
Saturday's Cryptoquote quotation source puzzle
Cryptoquote puzzle text with encoded message. Clues list 41 to 49 align with solution words. The quotation to decode reads MOST WRITERS STEAL A GOOD THING WHEN THEY AND PROCTER, distributed by King Features Syndicate.
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Procter
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Greenville in Feature Tilt Struggles for league lead
Greenville and Columbia, separated by two percentage points, clash in a feature game after both won yesterday. Greenville topped Columbus 7-4 with all runs in the second inning, while Columbia beat Macon 7-3 with four seventh-inning runs. Savannah beat Augusta 3-2 in 12 innings at home, Jacksonville shut out Charleston 4-0 as Blair allowed four hits, and Savannah moved into sixth place ahead of Macon.
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Associated Press
Greenville
Columbia
Columbus
Macon
Savannah
Augusta
Jacksonville
Tars
Charleston
Blair
Indians
Baseball Leaders Show St. Louis and Brooklyn Duo Dominant Play
Stat lines highlight Musial of St. Louis with top batting average and runs, Mize leading New York in home runs alongside Blattner and Kiner. Doerr and Williams among run producers, Vernon and Berardino top batting for Washington and St. Louis, with Southern League figures for Layne Neill and Bruno.
Escaped convict trapped by quick taxi driver in Mobile
An escaped convict from Atmore prison, Terry Nelson, 24, was recaptured in Mobile after a taxi driver named Stokes picked him up in the downtown area and drove him toward his home, aiding police in recapturing him. Nelson had escaped in civilian clothes after serving 20 years for robbing a taxi driver in June 1943.
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Ala
Terry Nelson
Atmore
Yesteray
Nelson
Moile
Stokes
Practice Run Near Perfect For Bikini Atomic Test
June 24 report from Bikini Atoll describes a near perfect practice run for the atomic test. A B 29 crew dropped a practice bomb as clouds shifted, with Maj Woodrow Swancutt piloting Dave's Dream and Harold H Wood delivering the practice bomb within seconds of the schedule. An Army Air Forces captain died earlier when struck by a propeller. The Nevada battleship, renamed the Chameleon, will be the main target in the actual test, and observers praised the rehearsal for its air operations performance.
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Associated Press
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Woodrow Swancutt
Wisconsin Rapids
Wis
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Bordentown
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Swancutt
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Nevada
Convict Apprehended After Car Stop Near Crichton
A driver learning an escaped convict was nearby telephoned police after dropping him at Crichton with Nelson and arranged a meeting point. Police sprung the trap and arrested the fugitive.
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Crichton
Nelson
Phils surge to sixth as 33,949 fill Shibe Park
Phillies fans roar at Shibe Park as Philadelphia climbs to sixth in the National League after a split doubleheader with Cincinnati. Jim Tabor belts a 12th inning homer in the opener 5-4, while the nightcap ends 3-3 after 11 innings due to curfew. The crowd reaches 33,949, surpassing last year’s total by over 125,000 as the team gains momentum from eight wins and 24 losses just weeks earlier. Meanwhile Red Sox and Cubs also win in a day of league action.
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Philadelphia Athletics
Pensacola and Vicksburg Split in Southeastern League Doubleheader
Pensacola and Vicksburg split a day night doubleheader with the Flie rs winning the nightcap 3-1 after Mississippi hitters collected 18 hits to take the opener 6-1. Anniston fell to sixth after a 6-1 loss to Montgomery. Selma moved ahead of the Rams 11-1 over Gadsden, while Jackson swept Meridian 9-5 and 4-0.
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National Amateur golf fields at Princeton and Jersey
The roundup notes 40 schools entered 160 golfers for the National Amateur qualifier at Springdale and mentions college players capable of scoring in the 70s while Open eligibility remains uncertain. It also covers Tex Coulter’s scholastic constraints, Steve Owen’s claim on football greatness, and Wilder Idaho hosting a large nonpro baseball tournament drawing about 10,000 fans from a 507 resident city.
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Princeton
N. J
Springdale
Tex Coulter
West Point
Giants
Steve Owen
Coulter
Tex
Georgia Tech
Wilder
Idaho
Ether
National Baseball Congress
Fliers Edge Meridian Led by Bickford In Nightcap
Meridian stays within a half game of Selma after a tough nightcap loss. Jackson enters a challenging series against Pensacola. Last week the Fliers swept a three game set from the Senators. The note mentions ancient watermelon cultivation.
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Jackson
Selma
Pensacola
Fliers
Senators
Barons Drop Two To Vols In Southern Association Doubleheader
Nashville swept Birmingham in a doubleheader 10-4 and 5-1 to solidify the Vols hold on second place. The Lookouts split with Atlanta, winning 5-1 before losing 8-4, while New Orleans edged Memphis in the nightcap after an 11-3 defeat. Mobile won game one over Little Rock 5-4, and Mobile then beat Little Rock’s Travelers 4-1 in game two. Tonight’s schedule features Atlanta at Chattanooga, Mobile at Little Rock, Birmingham at Nashville, and New Orleans at Memphis.
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Nashville Aeas
Chattanooga
New Orleans
Memphis
Birmingham
Little Rock
Southern Association Chattanooga
Atlanta
Mobile
Nashville
Associated Press
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Atlanta Crackers
Lookouts
Crackers
Memphis Chicks
Travelers
Bears
Shipbuilder's game with Hanceville called off
Ingalls' clash with Hanceville scheduled for 3 p m Sunday on the Ingalls' diamond was cancelled when Hanceville notified Manager Herman Evans they would not travel to Decatur. Evans learned of the cancellation about an hour before game time. Next games: Scottsboro here Saturday and Price Electric of Birmingham on Sunday.
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Hanceville
Herman Evans
Decatur
Evans
Scottsboro
Price Electric
Birmingham
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