Elks Rally For 14-12 Baseball Win Over Warrior
Decatur Elks Club overcame an 8-0 deficit with a 10-run burst across the late innings to defeat Warrior 14-12 in a high scoring game. Joe Flynn Henry Knoblock James Sparkman and others fueled the Elks offense with home runs triples and doubles as Whisenant versatile pitcher stranded Warrior rallies.
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Two Decatur Baseball Doubleheader Today
Ingalls and Elks face Lawrenceburg and Leighton at 3 00 at Legion Field while the Cubs cancel their Dallas game due to rain and Somerville conflicts. Red Caudill and Frank Knoblock name starting lineups and pitchers for today’s Decatur slate.
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Red Kimbrell
Aston Bolding
Avery Roberts
Joe Flynn
Sandlm Sams
Chick” Sparkman
Ingalls and Cubs Games Rained Out in Rainstorms
Ingalls and Decatur Cubs games were canceled by rain. Ingalls traveled to Scottsboro but a downpour washed out play at game time. The Cubs reached Somerville as a half hour rainstorm left the field a mud hole.
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Deserted Southern Palestine Home to Nomadic Moslems
Southern Palestine is described as a rocky desert region with about 60,000 nomadic Moslems living across the area.
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Phillies Top Dodgers In Ten Inning Rally At Brooklyn
Phillies trailed 3-0 after the first inning but came back to beat the Dodgers 4-3 in 10 innings. Sketter Newsome started the ninth inning rally with a single, Johnny Wyrostek delivered the deciding hit, and Carl Furillo later hit a three run homer for Brooklyn. Fred Schmidt earned the win with relief in the ninth.
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Alabama and Auburn to seek huge stadium expansions
A 1947 legislative plan would authorize self liquidating RFC loans of 1 330 000 at Alabama and Auburn to build stadiums of 50 000 seats each without state cost. Feasibility hinges on RFC backing, gate revenue to retire debt, and action by the state building commission.
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Baseball Scores From The American and National Leagues
Scores from American League games include New York 5 Boston 0 and Washington 5 Philadelphia 0. Detroit 5 Chicago 4. National League results show Philadelphia 4 Brooklyn 3 and Cincinnati 6 Chicago 0.
Junior Legion Falls 11-0 to Huntsville in Close Game
Decatur American Legion was routed by Huntsville 11 to 0 on Saturday in the second meeting of the two teams. Huntsville scored early then pulled away with a big fifth inning and six more in the sixth, while Decatur managed only five hits and eight errors. Rogers pitched for Huntsville with 14 strikeouts as Decatur used every player, while Bolding, Price, Woods, and Halbrooks worked for Decatur.
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Probable baseball pitchers and a Georgia founder note
The schedule lists probable pitchers for games including Philadelphia at Brooklyn Mauney Hatten New York at Boston Koslo Hartung Sain Barrett Cooper Cincinnati at Chicago Peterson Borony Pittsburgh at St Louis Berkman Bahr Dickson Hearn Boston at New York Hughson Bevens Chicago at Detroit Lee Lopat Newhouser White St Louis at Cleveland Kramer Fannin Black Embree Washington at Philadelphia Wynn Masterson Flores Coleman When Gen George E Oglethorpe urged Savannah residents to tidy up the city in 1739 he supplied bread and beer for encouragement
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Braves Rally Past Giants to Grab Third, Narrow Giants Lead
Boston beat New York 3-2 before 35 781 fans to move into sole third place and within a half game of the first place Giants. Lefty Warren Spahn allowed four hits in seven strong innings as the Braves won their seventh straight decision. France's Regent diamond was described as set in Louis XV's crown during Napoleon's coronation sword.
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