Locals Fall 5-2 to Virginia Bridge Company at Alabama Park
Virginia Bridge Company of Birmingham defeated the Blue Devils 5 to 2 Sunday afternoon at Alabama Park. Motherway drove in two with a second inning double, Quinn and McCoy contributed run-scoring hits, and Bailey and Oglesby added runs. Hudson allowed 11 hits as Pugh pitched well for the visitors, with two base hits by Motherway and multiple RBI drives shaping the score.
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Virginia Bridge Company
Birm
Blue Devils
Alabama Park
Waas
Decatur
David Motherway
Virginia Bridge
Mene
Quinn
Pugh
McCoy
Motherway
Hudson
Bailey
Hargrove
Knoblock
Caudill
Oglesby
Bynum
Satans
Byranh
Pranklin
Cece
Blue Devils Abrhpoae
W. Killbrell
Kimbrell
Flynn
Viene OO
McMurtrie
Brazelton
Caudill, Ss
Hudson, P. Oc
W. Kimbrell
Bsaé McCoy
G. Kimbrell
Burleson and
Looney
Briez Chats About Sports and Boxing Gossip
A jumble of sports chatter includes Brooks’ potential sale by the pound and Patty’s 50 000 mile travels with golf clinics across 98 states Mexico and the District of Columbia. It notes boxing odds for Zivic versus Bummy Davis in Flint Michigan and mentions foul balls in summer leagues and a rib incident involving Bob Peller in Van Meter Iowa.
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Eddie Britz York
The
Daily News Service
Brooks
Turking
Patty
Colin
States
Mexico
Gentry
Zivic
Bummy Davis
Boston Fans Pivot From Team of Tomorrow to Team of Last September
Boston fans who praised the Braves as the Team of Tomorrow last September now call them the Team of Last September reflecting a shift in sentiment and expectations.
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Victor O. Jones
Boston Evening Globe
Boston
Braves
Lou Gehrig memorial game tickets go on sale
Bob Madry Jr plans a Havana route for a Louis-Lew Nova fight tour. Henry Cabo of Mobile prints tickets to distribute nationwide as souvenirs. Proceeds aid the United Service Organization. Gene Venzke timed 42 minutes 49 seconds in a Reading golf course round. Polly Ann, Fort Worth golfer, nicknamed PAR, appears in the notes.
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Bob Madry, Jr
Rubb R
North Carolina
Slip Madigan
Havana
Charlie Backman
Michigan State
Landing Club
Henry Cabo
Mobile
Ala
Left handed Russian slugger joins American Association
Dick Cullum of the Minneapolis Times welcomed Lou Novikoff into the American Association, stating the league needed a left handed Russian who hits home runs and sings baritone.
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Dick Cullum
The
Minneapolis Times
Lou Novikoff
American Association
Camouflage claim on Bummy Davis sparks Army debate
Wry remark questions whether the army has transformed Bummy Davis, implying skepticism about a supposed new man in uniform and hinting at broader doubt about military changes.
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Army
Bummy Davis
National League Game Cards Share Afternoon Schedule
New York visits Boston and Philadelphia plays Brooklyn in NL action. St Louis travels to Pittsburgh while Chicago faces Cincinnati in a busy game slate.
DiMaggio Breaks Mark In Hit Streak Record
Joe DiMaggio ties and then breaks George Sisler record with 41 straight games hitting in a doubleheader against the Senators in Washington. DiMaggio boosts the Yankees while the league sees another surge of hitting as multiple teams play through a busy schedule.
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Gayle Talbot
Associated Press
Joe DiMaggio
George Sister
St. Louis Browns
New York Yankee
Johnng Joe
Khig
Senators
Sisler
DiMaggio
Yankees
Cleveland Indians
Ted Lyons
Chicago White Sox
Boston Red Sx
Athletics
Joe Cronin
Jack Knott
Detroit
Hal Newhouser
Fight Time Change Brings Night Boxing at Armory
Birmingham Boys Club plans a sell-out boxing card Monday night July 7 at 8 pm offset to nights. Four champions are slated to fight and top scrappers fill the rest of the lineup as July and August are billed as peak fighting months with South region teams booked for engagements.
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Birmingham Boys Club
Cntur Boys Club
Boys’ Club
Smokies Rally Back Into First Division Race
Knoxville’s Smokies capitalized on Sunday's breaks to win a doubleheader from New Orleans 4-3 in 10 innings and 4-3 in eight to notch their fifth straight victory. They moved from seventh to fourth in a week. Atlanta and Memphis split. Cracker Ed Heusser beat Cracker Jim Veverka 4-1 and 0. Nashville’s Vols beat Birmingham 12-8, then Birmingham edged the Vols 7-4.
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Smokies
New Orleans
Atlanta
Memphis
Chicks
Ed Heusser
Crackers
Frank Veverka
Nashville
Vols
Barons
Soldiers Do Well During Maneuvers
In Birmingham Alabama Col J Lawton Collins praised about 17000 troops after maneuvers in Tennessee noting they stood up to field conditions. He referenced the seventh army corps and the 27th division from Fort McClellan with units returning to bases and expected maneuvers in Arkansas in August.
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Birmingham
Ala
Tennessee
J. Lawton Collins
Collins
Frederic H. Smith
Seventh Army Corps
National Guard
Alabama
Ft. McClellan
Seventh Corps
Arkansas
Baseball Scores From League Play
Brooklyn defeated Boston 5 to 2 while Boston edged Brooklyn in another game 6 to 2. Philadelphia beat New York 10 to 7 in the second game postponed. Cincinnati won 6 to 4 over St Louis 14 to 2. Pittsburgh and Chicago played to a 8 to 3 result.
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St. Louis
Brooklyn
Cardinals
Bucky Walters
Cincinnati
Leu Warneke
Boston Braves
Baseball Scores From Weekday Games
New York defeated Washington 9 to 4 while Boston crushed Philadelphia 13 to 1. Chicago beat Cleveland 9 to 3 and Detroit edged St. Louis 3 to 1.
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Detroit
Chicago
Cleveland
St. Louis
New York
Washington
Boston
Philadelphia
Southern League scores update
Atlanta 1 Memphis 4 Birmingham 8 Nashville 12 Chattanooga 6 Little Rock 3 New Orleans 3 Knoxville 4.
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Southern League
Birmingham
Atlanta
Memphis
Nashville
Chattanooga
Little Rock
New Orleans
Knoxville
Alabama steel mills skip July Fourth holiday
Birmingham June 30. Alabama steel mills will not observe the holiday, opting to run full schedules to meet defense orders. Mills in Fairfield Ensley Bessemer and Gadsden will operate for ingot production.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama Steel Mills
Fairfield
Ensley
Bessemer
Gadsden
Sad saga of Henry and pants in London
Six weeks after sending trousers to a cleaner the pants were lost. The cleaner reimbursed him but Harry Chambers cannot buy a new pair due to missing clothing coupons. He asked customs for emergency coupons and was asked to show how many pairs he still has on the reverse form.
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London
Harry Chambers
Harry
Power Gains Continue At Georgia Alabama Reservoirs
Hydro storage dams in Georgia and Alabama, drained to about one third normal by drought, edged up today after two weeks of power rationing. Georgia reports the highest reservoir level since June 13, with Alabama and Mississippi showing similar improvements while South Carolina faces no acute shortage. Federal conservation measures loom as Georgia officials expect actions to mirror programs not yet in effect locally. Light rains fell in several states, with Florida reporting heavy rain in Tampa and Miami.
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Associated Press
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
South Carolina
Federal Power Commission
Tennessee
North Carolina
Ohio Valley
New England
Florida
Tampa
Miami
Birmingham
LaGrange
Shifts Reported at Finishing Plants and Open-Harth Pits
Shifts in most finishing plants and in all open hearth pits. Daily steel output currently is estimated at 9,000 tons.
Labor Leader Charges Reds At Alabama CIO Convention
Delegates to the Alabama State Industrial Union Council convention hear William Mitch accuse communists of activity at meetings. Mitch, president of district 20 UMWA, is reelected to CIO council, as the body adopts measures against communists, Nazis, and Klan influencing council affairs. The assembly approves a Dies Committee protest and changes to the council’s leadership structure.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
State Industrial Union Council
CIC
William Mitch
Mitch
United Mine Workers of America
CIO
Congress
Dies
Communist Party
Ku Klux Klan
Southeast Weather Outlook Shows Light Rain in Several Areas
The report notes moderate summer temperatures nationwide with Jacksonville Florida reaching 96 and Meridian Mississippi 95. Forecasters expect little temperature change and continued light scattered showers across the Southeast over the coming days.
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Jacksonville
Fila
Meridian
Miss
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