Cards Take Pirates Again To Move Into Top Place
The St. Louis Cardinals moved into first place in the National League pennant race with Howie Pollet Harry Bracheen and Alpha Brazle delivering strong relief in a comeback win over the Pirates. Ralph Sainte drove in the winning run in the 10th as Lapointe sprinted home from first for a walk-off. Cincinnati and Chicago split in a 13-11 Cubs win, while the Indians split a doubleheader with Chicago. Rain postponed games at New York and Philadelphia and left the Indians one game behind the A's in the American League standings.
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Minor League Baseball Scores Across Circuits
A roundup of results from multiple leagues including International League Newark 10 Toronto 3 and rain delays. Notable finishes: Jersey City 10-2 Rochester 12-0 and St Paul 9, Minneapolis 7 with various Texas and Southern Association games.
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Legion Batters Scottsboro in 9th for Winning Run
Red Caudill's Texas Leaguer and Herb McElroy's long fly in the ninth lifted Decatur to 4-3 over Scottsboro in the Tennessee Alabama League. Ross Graham earned the win, Scottabankers were held to 3 runs.
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Blum Wins The Peach Tourney In Macon Georgia
Arnold Blum of Macon captured the second Peach Blossom Golf tournament with a 287 for 72 holes at the Municipal Course. Gene Dahlbender Jr of Atlanta placed second at 292. Jack Morgan of Macon and Aaron Jackson of Atlanta followed with 301 and 302. Lucius Smith of Rome and Walter Niel of Brunswick withdrew after 36 holes.
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Brunswick
Barrett Throws No-Hitter For Seattle In PCL
Tracy Souder Barrett pitched seven perfect innings as Seattle blanked Sacramento 3 to 0 in the Pacific Coast League. The veteran righty, nicknamed Kewpie Dick, retired all batters except one who reached on a line drive to second.
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Cordele Rout Waycross in High-Scoring Georgia-Florida Tilt
Cordele seized a 20 to 7 triumph over Waycross while Americus toppled Tallahassee 10 to 5 and Albany beat Valdosta 14 to 8 in a day of double-digit scoring. Cordele pounded 23 hits as Miskovich limited the visitors to seven.
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Freeman's Decatur Beats Scottsboro On Air Tight Defense
Freeman Decatur led with two hits including a season first against Athens College at Ingalls diamond. Scottsboro rallied for a 3 2 lead on Burkhalter's homer and strong catches by Bud Lee, while Ward Proctor tripled and scored to tie the game. Decatur countered with late runs. Freeman earned 15 dollars for the day including a homer and most runs, while Caudill also drew a prize. Attendance neared 1500 with a target of 3000. next home date is May 30 a doubleheader with Montiano.
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Ralph Hepburn Killed in Practice Run at Indianapolis
Ralph Hepburn, 51, of Van Nuys California, died during a practice for the 500 mile Memorial Day Race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. His Novi Special hit the wall after veering from the infield dirt. Luigi Cinetti noted the car wavered before crossing the track. Hepburn had long been a top rider and racer with a near 1937 runner up finish to Wilbur Shaw by 2.16 seconds, the closest margin at the time.
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Lookouts Top Vols In Doubleheader In Southern Association
Chattanooga edged Nashville 9-4 and 9-3 as the Lookouts swept the Vols in a twin bill. Memphis won both ends against Little Rock 4-1 and 8-4 while Birmingham split with New Orleans 2-1 and 6-2. Mobile dropped a first game to Atlanta 5-2 then won the nightcap 3-2. Nashville’s Leo Twardy lost for the first time this season. Dick Weik and Alexis Zukowski limited Nashville and the Vols to six and seven hits respectively. Bob Schultz homered in the opener for Memphis. Joe Stephenson fueled the Chickasaws with five RBIs in the second. Jim Atkins hurled a strong game for New Orleans, while Hugh Mulcahy earned the win in relief.
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Moore Tops Legion Batters with .400 Average
Decatur's Gervis Moore leads the Legion after ten games with a .400 batting average while catcher Claude McMurtrie and first baseman Bill Freeman follow. Other top hitters include Dan Crane .304, Bud Lee .296, Red Caudill, and Herb McElroy. Pitching notes show Robert Hudson at .727 and Howard Curtis at .636.
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Alexander City Millers hold two straight league wins over Newnan
Alexander City Millers won 5 to 2 over Newnan, maintaining a lead in the Georgia Alabama League. Davis led Alexander City with three hits and three RBIs, while Ortiz and Turner each had four hits for Newnan. Valley clipped Opelika 14 to 2, and Tallassee beat Carrollton 8 to 4 as LaGrange and Griffin sat idle.
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Rain Ends Ingalls Falkville Baseball Game
A Sunday game between Ingalls and Falkville was rained out after five innings with the score tied 2 2 in Decatur. Halbrooks pitched for Decatur and Bernice Clark caught. The game will be replayed later in the season.
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Summarized baseball notes from high school games
Cichon went 3 for 4 with a homer for Carrollton. Sutton hit a sixth inning homer with three on to power Tallassee. Zich and Edwards each had two hits. Lewis and Chambers contributed multiple hits and RBIs, with Chambers driving in four runs and Ball adding two for four for the Owls.
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Fig Imports Highlight 1946 47 Trade Figures
In the 1946-47 period Uncle Sam imported 1663 tons of dried figs with 921 tons sourced from Turkey. The data underscores Turkey as a major supplier in the fig trade for the year.
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Cubs Slammed as Pafko Drives Four The Reds Triumph 13-11
Andy Pafko collected five hits in five at bats and scored four runs with four RBIs but the Reds still outscored the Cubs 13 to 11. Ray Sox stopped the Senators after two hits and no runs in 5 2/3 innings, as Boston rallied from a 5-1 deficit to win 14-5. Johnson relieved starter Jack Kramer after Senators pounded the righty for all their runs.
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