Keene and Carter Lead Tag Team Bout in Decatur Ring
Charley Keene returns to Decatur to team with Nick Carter against Mike Chacoma and Ed Ramarez in a two out of three falls tag match with a ninety minute limit. Preliminary features Keene versus Ramarez as the opener at 8 30 Wednesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charley
Keene
Decatur
Nick Carter
Mike Chacoma
Ed Ramarez
Ramarez
Carter
Chaco
Herb Welch
Chacoma
Night Baseball Pioneer Wilkie Hones Lights And Legends
Frank Eck profiles J oe Wilkinson a Kan sas City Monarchs co owner and promoter of night baseball tracing early experiments with lanterns gas lights and portable power plants from 1904 through the 1980 opening in Des Moines with stars like Satchel Paige Babe Didrikson Zaharias and Dick Wilkinson noting big gate draws in Briggs Stadium Detroit and Fenway Park Boston while detailing Wilkie and Tom Baird’s Negro American League groundwork and promotional stunts for fans at odd hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Eckap
York
Yankee Stadium
Joe Wilkinson
Tm Satis Wilkinson
Kansas City Monarchs
Old Settlers
Davis City
Wilki
Monarchs
Blues
Kansas City
Chicago
Comiskey Park
Charles Comiskey
Comiskey
Wilkinson
Adams
N. D
Algona
Wilkie
Tom Baird
Drake University
Haskell Institute
Haskell
Judge Landis
Des Moines
Leroy
Satchel) Paige
Jackie If
Brooklyns
Eves
Great Northern
North Dakota
Bloomer Girls
Mildred
Babe
Fenway Park
Boston
Paige
Wilkingson
Europe
Rotary and Lions Set 8:00 Game in Civic Softball League
Monday schedule shows 7:00 Kiwanis vs Civitan then 8:00 Rotary vs Lions. First place Rotary would face last place Lions in the nightcap. Civitan could join Kiwanis in a second place tie with a Civitan win.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis
Civitan
Rotary
Lions
Stymie Wins at Jamaica Deepens Money Lead
Stymie, the Texas bred racer, won the questionnaire handicap at Jamaica, earning $18,225 and moving his career total to $574,660. Jockey Bobby Permane steered the six-year-old to a three length victory over Brown Mogul, with Concordian third. The win lifts Stymie within $2,010 of Assault for the sport’s all time earnings record.
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New
Ethel D. Jn Stymie
Jamaica
Joe W. Brown
New Orleans
Barney Murphy
Laddie Sanford
Round View
Stymie
Bobby Permane
Brown Mogul
Concordian
Natchez
Windfields
Whirlaway
Elks Huntsville game washed out by rain
The Decatur Elks had their game with the Huntsville Manufacturing Company canceled due to rain Friday afternoon. Business Manager Joe Curry confirmed the washout in Huntsville.
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Decatur Elks
Huntsville Manufacturing Company
Huntsville
Joe Curry
The
Elks
Green and Stein Lose to Hatfield in Athens Softball Thriller
Green and Stein softball team fell 4-3 to Hatfield Lake in Athens Friday night. Green and Stein led 3-2 until Hatfield scored two in the seventh to clinch. Scott McClanahan allowed six Hatfield hits while Green and Stein had eight off Benefield.
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Green and Stein
Hatfield Lake
Athens
Green
Stein
Hatfield
Scott McClanahan
Benefield
Wesley Cops Golf Match Chooses State Junior Champion
Gilbert Wesley of Greenville defeated Charlie Hall Jr of Birmingham 3 and 2 to win the second annual state junior golf tournament in Montgomery. Hall suffered a second final defeat. defending champion Wood could not compete due to an 18 year age limit.
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Montgomery
Ala
Gilbert Wesley
Greenville
Charlie Hall
Birmingham
Hall
Walterwood
Tuscaloosa
Wood
Tom Martin
Mobile
Sam Morgan
Selma
Jerry Longshore
Skippy Weatherby
Leon Frank
Richard Lester
Charles Adams
Floyd Snyder
Freddy Crawford
Billy Williamson, Jr
Billy Shamblin
Bill Brewbaker, Jr
Auburn Names Acting Sports Publicity Directors
Athletics Director Carl M. Voyles announced the appointment of Frank Sego and Jimmy Coleman as acting sports publicity directors at Alabama Polytechnic Institute. They replace Elmer Salter who resigns July 1 after over twenty years in the post. Both are Auburn students with Sego previously publicity chief for Troy State Teachers College and Coleman formerly with the Montgomery Advertiser sports department and editor of The Plainsman. Coleman will join the staff September 1.
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Auburn
Ala
Carl M. Voyles
Frank Sego
Jimmy Coleman
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Elmer Salter
Sego
Troy State Teachers College
Plainsman
Coleman
Montgomery Advertiser
The
Hurling Of Castoffs Sends Browns To Loss In Duel
Two ex Browns pitchers find success after waivers. Denny Galehouse, 35, led the Tigers to an 8-2 win after being claimed by Boston. Hooks Yott pitched a two-hit 11-0 shutout for the Giants over the Cubs, earning his first victory. The veteran righty Galehouse totals 89-100 in a 12-year span with Indians, Red Sox, and Browns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
UP News
NEW York
St. Louis Br
Browns
St. Louis
Denny Gal
Boston Red Sox
Galehouse
Detroit Tigers
Brownies
Clarence (Hooks) Yott
New York Giants
Washington
Tech
Cubs
Chicago
Americans
Cleveland
Red Sox
Eee
Tott
San Antonio
SGA
Ft. Meade
Fla
Giants
Mel Ott
Son
Monte Kennedy
Boston
Joe Cronin
Bosox
Ott
Donkey Game Schedules Fundraiser by Decatur Civitan Club
Decatur Civitan Club with the Darleen team in City Softball League unveils a "Donkey" game inspired by Boss Crump. The July night game begins at 7 30 with no advance tickets. all sales at the gate. Proceeds fund charity and donkey rental costs, said Sam Evans who leads Civitan sports efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur Civitans
Darleen
City Softball League
Phis
Crump
Benson
Sam Evans
Civitan
Evans
Early Tile Tablets Unearthed Show Ancient Engraved Writings
Tile tablets dating back 8,000 years reveal early writing methods created by engraving under intense heat, among the oldest surviving written records.
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Charley Keene
Ramerez
Rotary and
V. L Rotary Eee
Kiwanis Eem
Civitan Lions
Wyker’s
Highway 31
Legion Field
Tri-County Shrine Club
Morgan, Lawrence and
Limestone Counties
Roy B. Odom, Pres
Woodall
Decatur Bowling Center
Princess Theatre
Cecil Lawrence
Jimmy Aston
Mgrs
Philly
Sumaons
Egypt
Pallies Aho S&it
THER
Wilmington
Del
FARA
Wesley Cops
Sego, Coleman
API Sports News
Jack Lords
Curt
AIS
SY@KIAS
Philadelphia
BY Jim Becker
Martin Motors
H. P
John W. Sandlin & Son Co
Decatur Civitan Club
Benson Field
Gordon’s Athletic
Athlet
Perm
Aegele
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