Barons Grab Double Bill In Southern Association Action
Atlanta rookie Dick Mauney earned his sixth win as Birmingham and Barons split a twin bill with Knoxville 4 to 1 and 7 to 1. Little Rock beat Chattanooga 11 to 8 as Ben Cantrell hit a three run homer. New Orleans defeated Nashville 13 to 5 with Garth Mann driving out the Vols. Francisco Quicutis had four hits for Chattanooga. Jake Daniel hit a three run homer for Birmingham. Lindsay Deal added five hits in the doubleheader. Howard Fox won his fifth for Birmingham in the nightcap.
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North Carolina
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Memphis
Francisco Quicutis
Bill
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Absenteeism Hurts Birmingham Industry
James A Downey Jr War Man power Commission said Birmingham district absenteeism averaged about 12 percent, nearly double the national rate of just over 6 percent. Some plants reported six percent while others hit twenty percent. This was identified as the district's top manpower problem.
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Funeral services for Crate Wear held in Mt Hope
Many friends and relatives in the Mt Hope section of Lawrence attended funeral services for Crate Wear at Haleyville on Tuesday. He was killed in a train wreck, according to word received at Mt Hope.
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Haleyville
Roster Trim Date Extended In Southern Association
Active player rosters in the Southern Association will not be trimmed until June 15, extending the date from May 9. Rosters must be trimmed to 18 to be carried on the injured player suspended list, announced by league president Billy Evans.
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Memphis
Southern Association
Billy Evans
Michigan city hosts unique baseball coaching session
Jackson Michigan hosted a cooperative baseball coaching program for area youths involving the Detroit Tigers Jackon Booster Club and Recreation Director Cliff Weatherwax. Lew Fonseca Jud Haymes and Ray Fisher led sessions for hitting infield play and pitching while Wish Egan and Billy Rogell led the Detroit delegation.
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Tigers
Detroit
Jackson
Cliff Weatherwax
Michigan
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Kalamazoo
Lew Fonseca
Jud Haymes
Western Michigan
Ray Fisher
University of Michigan
Wish Egan
Billy Rogell
Brick Fleming
Jackson, Citizen Patriot
Danny Gardella Makes Impression With Giants Debut
A rookie outfielder Danny Gardella shined for the Giants during his first big league stint at the Polo Grounds. Manager Mel Ott was shaken after an injury scare but Gardella's bat carried weight as he hit .375 on the club’s Western tour, earning praise for his power and speed.
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Former Olympian De Bruyn trains at Bainbridge naval station
Paul De Bruyn the 1932 Boston marathon winner reports for boat training in a ship repair unit at the Bainbridge Maryland naval station. Lieut Ted Whereatt recalls Major Richard Bong as a Superior Wisconsin Teachers College student and intramural basketball player. Pvt Jimmy Bivins notes he weighed 201 pounds on entering basic training at Keesler Field Mississippi and 187 on leave.
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AAU Contest Draws National Entries and Military Participants
AAU Vice Chairman Leon Green of Chattanooga announced the event drew about 40 entries from across the nation with many competitors in one or both contests. Roughly half of the entrants are service members ranging from private to captain.
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Daily Crossword Puzzle Clues and Answers
A dense list of across and down clues with partial fills and notes including a Cryptoquote puzzle and references to yesterday's solution. It includes definitions for yeast, nouns, verbs, and various oblique hints, plus a banner of the Cryptoquote quotation by Plato and a King Features distribution note.
Billy Likes Night Games in War Year Baseball
AP report on Billy Southworth praising night games for morale and attendance, noting league rules on night play, and the Cardinals’ prospects as St. Louis leads but avoids pennant predictions. Mentions Giants manager Mel Ott, Rucker miscue, and players Sanders Verban Musial Litwhiler Gumbert Lanier Jurich.
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LIMESTON COUNTY CAPSHAW REPORT
LIMESTON COUNTY CAPSHAW by MISS BALCH reports social visits. Mr and Mrs Spurgeon Balch and children of Madison spent Sunday with Wesley Balch family. Raymond Cole of Decatur visits Mrs J B Cole and relatives. Mrs Tollie Smith spent days with Hester Smith family. Mrs Lynn Christopher and children visited. Hester transported his mother home. Bessie Pike, Lillie Schaffert, and George Vasser visited Diane McAlister.
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Decatur
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Hester
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Lillie Schaffert
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Diane McAlister
A.G. Rogers
Pike family and friends take Nashville business trip
Tuscaloosa spent several days with her sister and family, Mr. and Mrs. Homer Pike. Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Vasser, Mrs Oscar Pitts, Miss Flossie Balch and James made a business trip to Nashville, Tenn. Claude William Pike. Sh¢ has landed safely in England. Mr. and Mrs. Orville Smith. Mr. and Mrs. Coleman Smith and son and John F. Smith visited Mrs.W. E. Smith Sunday afternoon. Mrs. C. L. Sanderson and daugh ter and grandson of Decatur spent the weekend with Mr and. Mrs. Russell Throneberry and family.
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Flossie Balch
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Nashville
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England
Orville Smith
Coleman Smith
John F. Smith
W. E. Smith
C. L. Sanderson
Decatur
Russell Throneberry
Laughs Still Mark Sports by Ted Meier
New York story notes a string of odd sports happenings from 1924 including red haired George Bugbee chasing kids for a scavenger hunt and a high school player from Durham scoring alone against five. It mentions a Buffalo burglar, a boxing dispute with a censor, a Seattle youth job question, and a Maryland coach stealing second on his own runner.
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Frankie Rogers
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Cheyenne
Ohio
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Idaho
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