Hour Of Decision Faces Cincinnati In NL Chase
The Cincinnati Redlegs open a four game series at home against the world champion Milwaukee Braves as they chase the NL lead. Milwaukee holds first with a slim margin over the Giants as Cincinnati aims to rebound from a five game skid. Crowe fueled a 9-4 win over Pittsburgh while Giants and Dodgers also win to tighten the pennant race.
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Lindy McDaniel
Stan Musial
Two New Teams Join Church Softball League
Two new teams, Sixteenth Ave Baptist and First Baptist, entered the church softball league. Games move to Thursdays and Fridays with official scorekeeper L. A. Champion and secretary-treasurer Guy Lamon elected. Team rosters capped at 20. under 21 players require signed parental cards.
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Qualifying Speeds Hint at 500 Mile Classic Pole
Indianapolis May trials open with Sam Hanks predicting a fierce pole race as 32 cars exceed 140 mph and records loom. Juan Manuel Fangio appears unlikely to attempt qualifying this session, while speeds push toward the 145.596 mph mark set by Pat Flaherty two years earlier.
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Chicago
Austinville Hornets Capture Morgan County Baseball Crown
Austinville High School Hornets won the 1958 Morgan County baseball championship by defeating Priceville 8 to 4 in seven innings on the winners’ home diamond. Ray Mitchell pitched all seven for Austinville as George White tripled and scoring plays by Jimmy Motes and others fueled a three-run seventh inning. Priceville’s Tom Mitchell relieved in the third and Edwards and Edwards allowed seven hits. The win advances Austinville to face the Limestone County winner in Butler High School’s area as the district race continues.
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Jimmy Wallace
Ray Mitchell
Thomas Mitchell
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Maples
Edwans
Motes
Local Softball Games Saturday Night At Delano Park
Chemstrand meets White Motor Sales softball team of Athens Saturday night at 7 30 at Delano Park. Mutual Savings Life Insurance Co girls play a 7 o'clock double header tonight at Pop Oliver Field near Magnolia Street and 16th Avenue against a Huntsville team.
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Thorpe's Blast Lifts Barons Past Memphis in 15th
Bob Thorpe delivered a 15th inning home run to lift Birmingham over Memphis 6-5 and pull the Barons one game ahead of Atlanta in the Southern Association. Harry Byrd worked nine scoreless, while Memphis homered three times on Frazier Pagliaroni and Dickens. Chattanooga, Mobile also won as Abernathy and Ponce combined on the mound for the Pelicans.
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Howié Rodemeyer
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Jim Bailey
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Tony Ponce
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Baseball Scores and Standings From Thursday and Friday
Kansas City blanked Chicago 3 0 Cleveland beat Detroit 8 5 Baltimore edged New York in rain Chicago visits Cleveland New York travels to Washington Baltimore goes to Boston in this set of daily results. National League leaders Milwaukee 16 8 San Francisco 18 10 Pittsburgh 17 10 Chicago 15 15 St Louis 10 15 Philadelphia 10 16 Los Angeles 10 18. Friday schedules include San Francisco at Chicago Pittsburgh at Philadelphia Milwaukee at Cincinnati Los Angeles at St Louis. Southern Association Birmingham 9 12 Memphis 15 16 Chattanooga 15 19 New Orleans 8 4 Little Rock 15 ทั้ง Memphis at Atlanta Little Rock at Birmingham Mobile at Chattanooga New Orleans at Nashville. South Atlantic Jacksonville at Augusta Knoxville at Savannah Augusta 3 Jacksonville 2.
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Auburn Wins SEC Baseball Title With Ninth Inning Rally
Auburn edged Alabama 5 4 to claim the Southeastern Conference baseball championship for the first time since 1937. Allan Koch pitched a complete game with eight hits nine strikeouts and shut down Alabama’s threats as the Tigers overcame late trouble from Alabama reliever Clyde Eurick and Bill Causer to seal the win.
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Chemstrand and Mutual Dominate Opening Night Softball
Chemstrand crushed the Hotshots 17 0 and Mutual beat Pet Dairy 14 11 at Delano Park opening night. Mutal piled 17 hits to Pet 11 with J Miller A Hammond and N Edwards 3 for 5 for Mutual. Next games Monday at Pop Oliver Field feature Chemstrand vs Pet at 730 p.m. and Mutual vs Hotshots.
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Hotshots
Pet Dairy
Pet
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