Nashville Defeats Memphis in Tight Southern League Clash
Nashville edged Memphis 5-4 after a ninth inning rally that snapped a 4-4 tie. Jim Marshall hit a two on homer for Memphis but an error by George Moskovich opened the door for Nashville. Mobile beat Birmingham 7-5 to take the four game set three games to one.
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Nashville
Chicks
Memphis
Jack Cassini
Tribesmen
Cassini
Mobile
Birmingham Barons
Bruins
Atlanta
New Orleans
Chattanooga
Little Rock Travelers
Jim Marshall
Chick
George Moskovich
Birmingham
Wilson Parsons
Gordon Coleman
Bears
Gerry McKay
Frank Wehner
Bobby Lee Brown
Little Rock
County League Action Sparks Saturday Schedule
County League baseball hits the field Saturday with Caddo at Cotaco and Austinville at Bates Trade School. L and M replaces Brooksville late, led by manager Clayton Thom as of Austinville. Last week Bates beat Trade School, Caddo beat Flint, Slipup beat L and M. Cotaco vs Austinville postponed due to wet grounds.
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Caddo
Cotaco
Austinville
Bates Trade School
L and M
Decatur Merchants Schedule Tonight Practice
The Decatur Merchants of the City Softball League will practice tonight at 8 30 at Delano Field.
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Decatur Merchants of the City Softball League
Delano Field
Major League Leaders Summary from Associated Press
The Associated Press lists American and National League leaders by batting runs batted in hits home runs stolen bases and pitching. Mantle of New York leads in batting and home runs while Ford and Pascual top pitching lists. Mays and Post appear in other NL leaders with Freeman Lawrence and Podolsky noted for pitching.
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Mantle
New York
Philley
Baltimore
Detroit
Jacobs
Kansas City
Bauer
Runnels
Iemon Washington
Ford
Pascual
Washington
Bruton
Milwaukee
Musial
Boyer
St. Louis
Post
Cincinnati
Mays
Freeman
Lawrence
Podolsky
Friend
Pittsburgh
White Sox Rip Mutual 33 to 12 in Delano Softball
The Girls Softball League opened at Delano with Austinville defeating Chemstrand by forfeit. Chemstrand then beat Austinville 6-3 in a practice game. White Sox crushed Mutual 33-12 in the second game with a 15-run rally after Mutual led 6-0.
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White Sox
Delano
Austinville
Chemstrand
Mutual
Jets
Bill Curtis Sinks Hole-In-One Here
Bill Curtis sank a hole in one at DeKalb Country Club on the 4th hole. The 166 yard shot was his first in about 30 years and came during a round with A C Bailey Dr O B Evans John Power and Bob McNelly.
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Decatur Country Club
Bill Curtis
Curtis
A. C. Bailey
Dr. O. B. Evans
John Power
Bob McNelly
1955 U.S. steel payroll and debt figures
In 1955 the U S steel industry payroll totaled 3 597 556 000 dollars. Of 54 million U S families 30 million have no installment debt.
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U.S. Steel Industry
U.S
Indians Top Yankees 7–2 to Move Past Red Sox
Cleveland defeated New York 7 to 2 at Yankee Stadium to leap into second place two games behind the Yankees. Bob Lemon pitched eight innings, allowing two runs on a pair of Mantle and Berra homers, while George Kell and Minnie Minoso homered for the Tribe.
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Cleveland Indians
New York
Cleveland
Jim Busby
Tom Morgan
Bill Skowron
Busby
Chico Carrasquel
Indians
Hank Soar
Iriday
New York Yankees
Boston Red Sox
Chicago White Sox
Ol’ Casey Stengel
Tribe
Yankee Stadium
Boston
al Lopez
Casey Stengel
Stengel
The
Yanks
Bob Lemon
Mickey Mantle
Yogi Berra
Mantle
Berra
Maury McDermott
George Keli
Minnie Minoso
White Sox
Bob Keegan
Connie Johnson
Keegan
Bosox
Jim Piersall
Dahlbender and Blum Meet In LA Golf Tournament
Former Southern Amateur champions Gene Dahlbender Jr. of Atlanta and Arnold Blum of Macon survived to reach the quarterfinals in Los Angeles. Other matches featured Doug Sanders Ed Gravely Buddy Debardeleben Lew Oehrig and Jack Penrose Art Butler. Semifinals set for afternoon with 36 holes to decide Saturday.
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Atlanta
Gene Dahlbender Jr
Arnold Blua
Southern Kings
Dahlbender
Blum
Macon
Doug Sanders
Ed Gravely
Buddy Debardeleben
Lew Oehrig
Jack Penrose
Art Butler
George Hamer
Columbus
Charles Harrison
Birmingham
Debardeleben
Charles Dudley
Greenville
S.C
Penrose
Miami
Tommy Barnes
Oehmig
Chattanooga
Hillman Robbins
Memphis
Sanders
Cedartown
E. R. Collins
Harry Webb
Huntsville
Ala
Southern Merrins
Meridian
Miss
Jack Lumpkin
Athens
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Associated Press
Memphis Chicks
Southern Assa
Vil Morris
John Agar
Triley
Nefe-Wolet Morgan
Rory Calhoun
Colleen Miller
George Nader
Walter Brennan
Nina Foch
John McIntire
Decatur
Regent
Peggie Castle
Fred Clark
Warner Bros
County League In Action
Keenan Wynn
Lee Marvin
Gene Autry
Chicago
Dahlibender
Luke
Lucas
Shell Service
Industrial Bankers
Bank St. Greand Floor Mutual Side Corner Bank & Vine &T
Robert Taylor
Billy “ the Kid
Billy the Kid
Victor Mature
Jeanne Crain
Vicki
Columbia
Coe Technicolor
Dennis Morgan
Paula Raymond
Richard Denning
James 8
Sam Katzman
William Castle
Pro Dunast
ToMane
Cinemascope
Rita Moreno
Bowline Drive
William Holden
Kim Novak
Rosalind Russell
Technicolor
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Ty Theatre Guild
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