Indians coast past Florence Raiders 7 4 in Legion Field win
Decatur Indians beat Florence Raiders 7 to 4 at Legion Field as Mahlon Wagner allowed nine hits but limited damage with strong control. The Raiders struck first with a first inning run, while Decatur answered with two in the second and added singles in the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh to secure the victory.
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Luke Appling Helps Memphis Climb in Southern League Action
Luke Appling guides Memphis as the Chicks win 8-1 over Chattanooga while New Orleans edges Atlanta in 12 innings to hold the league lead. Birmingham’s John McCall homered and flashed a key fielding play as Nashville routed Little Rock 16-9.
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New Orleans
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Windy) McCall
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Wrestling Bouts End With Spectator Scuffle at Decatur Armory
The Baby Blimp lost in the finale, then fought a spectator after the last match as promoter Nick Carter and Mike Miller intervened. Earlier bouts featured Butch Boyette Novak Tarzan White and roughhouse tactics drawing crowds for an event deemed the night's most exciting.
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Decatur Armory
Baby Blimp
Raiders Rally as Indians Fall to Rival in Night Baseball
Roberts and Brewer led a scoring burst for the Indians with two for two and a double as Lindsey, Sessler, and others plated runs. The Raiders tallied two in the seventh on hits and errors, then scored again in the eighth. Tonight the Indians meet Russellville Travelers in Russellville, with Woodward Iron of Birmingham at Legion Field Saturday and the Boosters Sunday.
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New Orleans Beats Atlanta In 12 Inning Nailbiter
In a 12 inning thriller New Orleans nips Atlanta 9 to 8. Birmingham tops Mobile 7 with Memphis defeating Chattanooga 8 to 1 and Nashville cruising over Little Rock 16 to 9.
Schedule of Today’s Southern Football Games
New Orleans visits Atlanta. Mobile travels to Birmingham. Memphis hosts Chattanooga. Little Rock plays Nashville with two games.
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Mobile
Birmingham
Memphis
Chattanooga
Little Rock
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Yesterday's Results From The National League
New York defeated Brooklyn 3 to 0 in the lone completed game. Remaining scheduled games include Boston at Brooklyn New York at Philadelphia St Louis at Pittsburgh Chicago at Cincinnati with no further results reported.
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All Star Starters Named In Poll Voting
Philadelphia hosts the July 8 All Star game as 22 days of nationwide voting narrow the starting lineups. AL lead candidates include Eddie Robinson at first Dale Mitchell in left Dom DiMaggio in center Hank Bauer in right and Yogi Berra catching. NL set to feature Whitey Ford at first Jackie Robinson Bobby Thomson Hank Sauer Stan Musial Enos Slaughter and Roy Campanella at catcher.
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Dale Mitchell
Cleveland
Dom DiMaggio
Boston
Hank Bauer
New York
Yogi Berra
Whitey
Jackie Robinson
Brooklyn
Bobby Thomson
Hank Sauer
Stan Musial
St. Louis
Enos Slaughter
Roy Brooklyn
Madison Horse Show Eight Classes at Huntsville Club
The Madison County Riding Club hosts a July 2 horse show at the club arena three miles west of Huntsville. Eight classes include ponies 40 inches and under for children, pleasure horses, ponies 40 to 58 inches, walking stallions or geldings, walking mares, and walking horses of various ages. No entry fee or admission. officials Neeley Archer as judge, Kyle Elliott as announcer, Walter Eigenbrod as ringmaster. Refreshments on grounds.
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Huntsville
Neeley Archer
Kyle Elliott
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Zimmerman Leads as Favorite in SE Amateur Golf Tourney
Medalist Bill Zimmerman shot a sizzling 67 to hold the medal by three strokes at the 17th Southeastern Amateur. He leads a field that includes Jack Key Jr and Doug Sanders, with Columbus Country Club dominating team scoring despite extreme heat around 100 degrees.
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Bill Rambo
George Hamer
Arnold Blum
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Cecil Calhoun
Walter K. Johnson
Elliott Waddell
Fred Mitchell
Zeke Carter
Bill Heirs
Joe Flournoy
Benny Castlee
Harvie Ward
Atlanta
Tarboro
N. C
King
Giants Post 3-0 Shutout Of Dodgers As Maglie Dominates
Sal Maglie pitched a three hitter and 27 straight shutout innings against Brooklyn, as the Giants beat the Dodgers 3-0 at the Polo Grounds. Jackie Robinson broke the spell with a seventh inning single, but no Dodger rally materialized. Maglie won his seventh in a row over Brooklyn, pushing New York within three games of first. The Tigers routed the Browns 6-0 behind Vic Wertz’s first inning homer and Bill Wight’s six hit shutout.
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Major League National Batting and Pitching Leaders
Musial of St Louis led with a .338 batting average while Robinson of Brooklyn produced the same mark. Sauer of Chicago had 60 RBIs and 19 home runs. Reese of Brooklyn stole 14 bases. Roe of Brooklyn posted 70 games pitched with a perfect 1.000 win percentage. Rosen of Cleveland hit .333 and led with 47 RBIs. Fox of Chicago and Simpson of Cleveland tied for 79 hits. Berra of New York and Wertz of Detroit each hit 14 home runs. Rizzuto of New York swiped 12 bases. Shantz of Philadelphia went 12 2 with a .857 ERA.
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Lost Atlantis link in Azores myth described
The Azores in the Atlantic Ocean are poetically tied to the legendary lost continent of Atlantis, a notion traced to medieval Arabian geographers and writings.
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Chemstrand Wins To Move Up In Friday Schedule
In a baseball card crowded with matchups, Southern Bell beat Wolverine Tube 8 2 as Hoyt Alvis held Wolverine to three hits after the third inning. Chemstrand exploded for eight runs in the first three frames, with Winston Ridgeway pitching a one hitter until the fifth and Ray Love producing a triple and a double for Chemstrand.
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Chemstrand Clinches Third With Lopsided Win Over Merchants
Chemstrand defeated the Merchants 19 to 1 to climb to third place in the City Softball league, pushing the Merchants into fourth. Southern Bell beat Wolverine 12 to 4 to stay in second as Hicks, idle, led the league.
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Hillsboro Defeats Pepsi Cola 10 6 in Saturday Tilt
Hillsboro toppled Pepsi Cola 10 to 6 Saturday as nine fielding errors aided the locals. Pepsi outhit Hillsboro Thursday but was undone by miscues. Hillsboro used the errors and six safeties to gain the win before Decatur’s lineup hints for tomorrow’s tilt include Benefield Burns Nash Dobbs Flack Parker Betterton Patterson and Patterson on the mound.
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Berg Leads After First Round in Women’s Open
Patty Berg, 34, from St Andrews Illinois, shot 69 to lead the seenth annual Women’s Open at Bala Country Club. Louise Suggs of Carrollton Ga carded 70, Marlene Bauer 83, amateurs up to 93. Berg’s 36 33 69 ties the National Open one round record set by Suggs in 1949.
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Carrollton
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