Musial Makes Early Mark as Cardinals Top Cubs
Stan Musial opens with a .385 average in 11 games 18 hits including four doubles three triples and two homers drives in 14 runs as the Cardinals beat the Cubs 3 1 in the lone NL day game Jim Hearn struck out seven over eight innings for the win Del Rice Red Schoendienst and an outfield error delivered the final runs Dave Koslo pitched a four hit 5 0 shutout for the Giants over the Reds in Cincinnati Pittsburgh and New York lead the NL while rain washed out the Washington Philadelphia game.
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Minor League Nn UI IxC Upset Notes
International League Syracuse defeated Toronto 2 to 1 while Montreal at Jersey City saw postponed game due to rain. Only games scheduled.
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Milwaukee and Louisville Games Postponed by Cold Weather
The American Association reports the Milwaukee and Louisville matchups against Columbus at Kansas City were postponed due to cold conditions. Only scheduled games remain on the slate.
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Southern Association Update Postponements Across League
No games scheduled as several Southern Association matchups are postponed due to rain and wet grounds. New Orleans at Little Rock and Birmingham at Chattanooga are delayed, Mobile at Memphis is postponed, while Nashville beat Atlanta 8 to 5 on the tally.
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Texas and South Atlantic League score roundup
Texas League results include Dallas 2 over Beaumont 1 Fort Worth 7 over Shreveport 0 Houston 7 over Oklahoma City 2 San Antonio 3 over Tulsa 1. South Atlantic League scores Macon 5 over Columbia 3 Greenville 19 over Savannah 4 Jacksonville 13 over Augusta 11 Columbus at Charleston Hartford 3 over Wilkes Barre 6 Scranton 4 Albany 1 over Birmingham 7 Elmira 6 Utica at Williamsport postponed due to rain.
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Georgia Florida League Scores Roundup
Waycross 12, Americus 6. Valdosta 5, Cordele 2. Albany 5, Thomasville 4. Tallahassee 21, Moultrie 4. League standings and results brief.
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Georgia Alabama League Scores Card
Tallahassee defeated Carrollton 3 to 1 while Newnan beat Alexander City 1 to 0 Valley routed LaGrange 13 to 4 and Opelika defeated Griffin 17 to 14 in league action.
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Rain Stops 3 Southern Tilts as Vols Beat Atlanta 8 5
Rain washed out three games in the Southern Association. Tennessee Volunteers beat Atlanta 8 5 to extend their winning streak to eight and gain a game lead over Mobile. Bob Katz pitched shutout innings, Pete Mallory and Roy Easterwood led the rally, with Ted Cieslak adding three hits. The loss left Bill Kennedy 2 2 for Atlanta. A crowd of 4 559 watched in Nashville.
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Newman Victor Edges Alexander City 1-0 in Ninth
Newman Victor topped Alexander City Millers 1-0 as Devon Chapman pitched a one hit gem and scored the decisive run in the ninth on a walk and wild pitch. Linden, Hill, Brunson, and McBride contributed in a tight Georgia Alabama League contest with Opelika defeating Griffin 17-14 and Valley routing LaGrange 13-3.
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Giants overpower Reds to earn 5-0 win
Jack Lohrke collected three hits in four at bats to lead the Giants to a 5-0 victory over Cincinnati. Dave Koslo shut out the Reds on four hits, fanning five and walking one.
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City Softball League Opens Tonight Featuring Two Top Games
The City Softball League launches the season with two marquee affairs weather permitting. At 7:30 John White Motors faces V F W, then at 8:30 Darleen battles Firestone. Darleen fields top pitcher Gervis Moore, while Firestone is led by Red Caddill.
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Trippi Withdraws Protest Over Tennessee Game
Athens Ga May 4 AP Baseball Coach Charley Trippi says he is not protesting a forfeit verdict to Tennessee because no committee exists to receive objections. He alleges Umpire Leahy erred by awarding the win to the Vols when the score was tied 10-10 in the ninth.
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Tribe Signs Scout To Work on New Negro Ball Players
The Cleveland Indians announce an arrangement with Abe Saperstein to use his scouting organization for identifying promising negro ball players. Saperstein, promoter of the Harlem Globetrotters, scouts in the Philippines, Cuba, and Mexico. Tribe president Bill Veeck cites potential stars like Jackie Robinson and Larry Doby and expects the arrangement to yield players for the team.
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Thomasville Maintains Georgia-Florida Lead After Mixed Night
Thomasville still leads the Georgia-Florida league after a 5-4 loss to Albany while second place Tallahassee defeated Moultrie 21-4. Moultrie led 3-0 but Thomasville erupted with four runs in the fourth, nine in the fifth, one in the sixth, and seven in the eighth. Eleven errors, six by Moultrie, helped fuel the scoring.
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Rebels Stretch Southeastern Lead With Win
Montgomery beat Meridian 6-1 to widen the Southeastern League lead as Selma routed Pensacola 9-7 in eleven innings. The Rebels, winners of four straight, stand 17-4 atop the standings. Bob Ferguson pitched a three hitter with ten strikeouts for Montgomery. Ed Filo sparked Anniston’s 7-4 win over Jackson, while Vicksburg defeated Gadsden 10-4 in Jimmy Zinn’s managerial debut.
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Ray Guesses About His Age In Frying Forest Fire Tale
Chicago May 4. Elmer Violent Ray a Minneapolis fighter in Chicago for a 10 round bout with Ed ward Charles says he guesses he is 38 after a forest fire damaged his family in Hastings Florida. Ray's manager explains the story of nine children born to his father who kept records by notches in an oak tree outside their cabin.
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American League clash highlights regional baseball night
In the lone American League game Philadelphia faced Washington as Stocker led a Valdosta surge with six hits allowed. Cordele pitchers Sheffield and Hagie limited the Dodgers to seven. Waycross piled 15 hits and late runs, Americus committed six errors, and Waycross two. Multiple starters worked full games, with Judy Tallahassee and Cyrus Albany yielding seven and eight hits respectively. Young Waycross was hit hard but benefited from an early Bear margin.
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Forest fire marks ages on burned tree years after
A forest blaze scorched a tree leaving char and notches that historians use to estimate ages of children described in the fragment. The passage notes ongoing guesses about how old the youngsters were.
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