Friday Night Upsets Highlight City Softball League
Southern Nut rallied for eight runs in the sixth to edge Chemstrand 9 8 in a major upset and grab its first league win. The Decatur Merchants defeated Hicks Chevrolet 12 4, ending the leaders’ streak as Sharp, M Long, R Long, Sims and Looney drove key hits.
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Southern Nut
Chemstrand
Decatur Merchants
Hicks Chevrolet
Merchants
Bazzel
Pressnell
Looney
Sims
Alfred
M. Long
Sharp
Hicks
Flack
Jones
T. Allen
Schedule of major league games and key matchups
The Associated Press presents today’s national and regional basketball schedule. In American action Washington visits New York and Philadelphia plays Boston while Cleveland and Detroit travel to Chicago and St Louis respectively. National games feature Boston at Brooklyn and New York at Philadelphia with St Louis visiting Pittsburgh and Chicago at Cincinnati. Southern games include Little Rock at Atlanta Memphis at Birmingham Nashville at New Orleans and Mobile at Chattanooga.
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Washington
New York
Philadelphia
Boston
Cleveland
Chicago
Detroit
St. Louis
Southern Little Rock
Atlanta
Memphis
Birmingham
Nashville
New Orleans
Mobile
Chattanooga
Fishing Good In Morgan And Nearby Areas
Alabama fishing report notes weekend action in Morgan county with clear streams and hits on Flint and Cotaco creeks. Tennessee River waters show excellent prospects for bass bream white lake bass and catfish with plugs flies worms and crayfish. Nearby counties show overall good to fair prospects across Coltbert Cullman Marshall Lauderdale Limestone Madison Lawrence and Lamar areas with multiple creeks and lakes reporting clear to stained conditions and varying bite activity.
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Alabama Department of Conservation
Morgan County
Morgan
Flint
Cotaco
Tennessee River
Colbert
Cain
Big Bear Creeks
Little Bear Creek
Pickwick Lake
Cullman
Cullman County
Guntersville
White Lake
Beech
Lauderdale
Wilson Lake
Shoals Creek
Second Creek
Bluff Creek
Sugar Creek
Beaver Dam
Elk River
Limestone Creek
Madison
Paint Rock River
Indian Creek
Bradford Creek
Flint River
Lawrence
Big Nance Creek
Wheeler Dam
Wheeler Lake
Town Creek
Spring Creek
Blue Water
Anderson’s Creeks
Lamar
Yellow Creek
Luxapalilla Canal
Beaver Creek
Probable MLB Pitchers for June 29 Games
New York dispatch lists probable pitchers for tomorrow's majors. In the American League Cleveland faces Chicago with Lemon and Wynn opposed by Grissom and Rogovin, Detroit visits St. Louis with Hutchinson or Hoeft pitching against Harris, and Philadelphia meets Boston with Byrd and Scheib lined up against Par.
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New York
Cleveland
Chicago
Lemon
Wynn
Grissom
Rogovin
Detroit
St. Louis
Hutchinson
Hoeft
Harris
Philadelphia
Boston
Byrd
Scheib
Jones Fleming Golf Finals Highlight Club Championship
At Decatur Country Club Al Jones and Dick Fleming contest the championship flight final at 2 PM with close scores in recent rounds. Wilson Burleson and Jim Wiley seek consolation, while Stone Parks Yaney and Feilds plus other flights determine winners and consolations through multiple rounds.
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al Jones
Dick Fleming
Deccatur Country Club
Jones
Fleming
Wilson Burleson
Jim Wiley
Frank Yaney
Scroggins
John Giles
Frank Stone
R. H. Parks
Gerald Feilds
Ed Rogers
Bill Schelbe
Chet Goodwin
W. P. Ford
Buck Livingston
John Pannel
James Wade
Harry Jones
Cecil Chandler
Roland Oliver
Bob McNelly
Wilmer Hall
John
P. D. Wilson
C. D. Cottingham
Ben Britnell
Robert Evans
Bill Boswell
W. W. Stewart
Claude Carter
Horace Levin
Hoot Loyd
Ed Pirie
Prentice Clark
Rutledge Thomas
Feids
Loyd
Goodwin
Thomas
Schelbe
Nell and Nixon Rally. Washington Faces Mets in Pairings
Nell 45 and Nixon 2 to 2-2 with Washington at New York as Porterfield 6-6 and Gumpert 2-1 oppose Reynolds 9-4 and Miller 1-3. The fragment suggests a matchup outline with pitcher or player stats and team references, indicating a baseball or similar sport pairing.
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Nell
Nixon
Washington
New York
Porterfield
Gumpert
Reynolds
Miller
National League Matchups Highlight Early Season Meetings
Boston at Brooklyn with Wilson 7-5 facing Roe 7-0, New York at Philadelphia where Lanier 2-4 faces Meyer 48, St. Louis at Pittsburgh with Staley 9-6 and Boyer 4-3 opposing Friend 3-10 and Pollet 2-8, Chicago at Cincinnati featuring Lown 3-4 and Klippstein 4-6 against Church 0-2 and Perkowski 5-5.
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Boston
Brooklyn
Wilson
Roe
New York
Philadelphia
Lanier
Meyer
St. Louis
Pittsburgh
Staley
Boyer
Friend
Pollet
Chicago
Cincinnati
Lown
Klippstein
Church
Perkowski
Reds Triumph 3-2 Over Cubs in Ninth Inning
Cincinnati Reds break a five-game slide by scoring two runs in the bottom of the ninth to beat the Chicago Cubs 3 to 2. Bob Rush allowed only scattered hits through eight innings before the late rally, aided by a costly error and a wild pitch.
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Cincinatti
Cincinnati Reds
Bob Rush
Chicago Cubs
Cincinnati
Rush
Reds
Garcia Bests Chisox 5 1 For Key Indian Win
Cleveland moved from a fourth place tie toward second with a 5 1 win over the Chicago White Sox. Mike Garcia limited Chicago to eight hits and received offensive support from Larry Doby and Mike Easter who homered. Garcia notched his 11th decision against five losses, lifting Cleveland into third place four points behind Washington.
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Chicago
Cleveland
Chicago White Sox
Mike Garcia
Larry Doby
Mike Easter
Garcia
Indians
White Sox
Washington
O'Neill Takes Phillies Job Amid Stadium-Joy
Steve O'Neill was named Phillies manager at Shibe Park, replacing Eddie Sawyer who moves to assistant to owner Bob Carpenter. O'Neill vows no lineup changes, keeps the coaching staff, and will wear Sawyer's uniform. He praises the pitching staff and notes the club’s hitting remains a weakness.
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Philadelphia
Steve O'Neill
Philadelphia Phillies
O'Neill
Eddie Sawyer
Phil
Bob Carpenter
Shibe Park
Sawyer
Robin Roberts
New York
Benny Bengough
Cy Perkins
Dusty Cooke
Phils
Carpenter
Gian
Elmer Davis To Appear Here In Decatur Armory
Promoter Mike Miller announces two top wrestling matches at the Decatur armory this week. Elmer Davis of St Louis meets Prince Omar from Arabia in a two out of three falls bout with a 60 minute limit. Nick Carter challenges The Skull in the feature, with unmasking on if Carter wins.
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Mike Miller
Decatur Armory
Arabia
Prince Omar
Omar
Elmer Davis
St. Louis
Missouri
Davis
Nick Carter
Skull
Carter
Women Fly in All-Woman Transcontinental Air Race
Fifty women pilots and copilots in eighty five aircraft converge on Southern California for the annual all-woman transcontinental air race. The route runs 2700 miles from Santa Ana to Teterboro with stops and a deadline of 5 p.m. on July 9.
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Washington
California
Capistrano
Santa Ana
Calif
Teterboro
N. J
Wrestling match outline and postfight brawl at event
A wrestling card featured a best two of three falls format with a 60 minute limit for the second bout. A sellout crowd watched the Baby Blimp clash and later the Blimp was defeated in the final match, prompting a near brawl that required Mike Miller and several spectators to intervene.
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Mike Miller
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