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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1954
Page
5
Crackers Ride 11-Game streak to top of league
Atlanta Crackers surge after an 8-0 win over New Orleans lifts them from fourth to first in the Southern Association. Leo Cristante powered a four hit shutout, while Chattanooga falls as Atlanta finishes 11 straight wins. Mobile also gains with an 8-2 victory over Little Rock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Atlanta Crackers
Whitlow Wyatt
Wyatt
Leo Cristante
New Orleans
Pels
Crackers
Birmingham
Atlanta
Chattanooga
Dick Donovan
Lookouts
Mobile
Little Rock
Bears
Travelers
Rudy Rufer
Vince Trakan
Southern Association
Atlanta Tow
Nashville
Memphis
Chuck Davey Faces Martinez in Chicago Rematch Bid
Chuck Davey, 28, a former Michigan State champion with a master’s in education, fights Vince Martinez 7-5 underdog in Chicago. Martinez, 25, of Paterson NJ, has 33 wins 20 by knockout in 36 pro bouts and is ranked sixth welterweight. Davey seeks a victory to fuel a June 25 rematch with Art Aragon and a potential $100,000 West Coast gate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chuck Davey
Kid Gavilan
Vince Martinez
Martinez
Paterson
N.J
Davey
Gavilan
al Andrews
Art Aragon
Los Angeles
Aragon
Kaye
Illinois Boxing Commision
California
Illinois
National Boxing Assn
Wayne and Red Scar Triumph in Local Wrestling Card
Popular wrestler Nick Carter signed for Tuesday night’s show. Don Wayne defeated Red Byrd after Byrd won the first fall with body slams. In the main event Red Scar defeated Chris Overoff after two falls with holds and body slams, with a key referee moment aiding the Scar. Matches sponsored by the DAV.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nick Carter
Alex Gulas
Don Wayne
Red Byrd
Byrd
Wayne
Red
Chris Overoff
Chick Garibaldi
Gulas
Overoff
The
DAV
Trophy Dash Opens Decatur Speedway Season Tonight
Six hand picked stock cars race in a trophy dash to start the Decatur Speedway season after a rainout. The program includes three 12 hp heats, a 15 lap consolation for non prize money winners, a 25 lap feature, and the dash. Johnny Garrison of Birmingham will supervise the dash with Harry Berry of Huntsville as pit steward. A note mentions a road may lay as many as 7,000 eggs at a time and the first diesel engines were built about 1895.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur Speedway
Johnny Garrison
Birmingham
Mooresville
Harry Berry
Huntsville
Tribe Opens With Monsanto Friday
The Decatur semi pro baseball season kicks off Friday night at Legion Field with the Tribe facing Monsanto in Columbia at 8 p.m. Manager Freeman plans an 18 man traveling squad after trimming from 24, listing players across catching infield and pitching roles. Umpire prospect Grafton Sharp, Cotaco coach, is contracted for home games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Attenshun Injunsi
Legion Field
Freeman
Indians
Columbia
Monsanto
Bill Freeman
Tribe
Max Kelley
Red Caudill
Harold Hill
Bobby Smith
Billy Howell
Sonny Berry
Marvin Breeding
Jimmy Johns
Bob Freeman
Chick Sparkman
Ervin Hampton
Pat Patterson
Howard Busby
Jim Gilmore
Norman Albright
John Meadows
Fred Davis
Bobby Jackson
Bob Anderton
Bob Waldrop
Tom Ferris
Willard Bombalow
Bill Terry
Grafton Sharp
Cotaco
Chisox Snap Tribe Win String With 4-2
The Chicago White Sox defeated the Cleveland Indians 4-2 snapping Cleveland’s 11 game winning streak. The Indians had a 37-34 series edge dating to 1951 as the White Sox gain on the AL standings while New York, Detroit and Boston also won to stay in the pennant race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland Indians
Villians
Chicago White Sox
Indians
Chicago
White Sox
Cleveland
Sox
New York Yankees
Yanks
Washington
Detroit
Baltimore
Boston
Philadelphia
Worthington And Nursery Win City Loop Game
Worthington piled up four first inning runs and beat Wolver ine 11 to 4 in City Softball. Nursery defeated Elks 4 to 2 as Ed Wells and Tommy Lee each allowed five hits, with Duggie Johnson driving in two on a two run double and Billy Mullins homering for insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worthington
Wolverine
Tubers
Ed Wells
Elks
Nursery
Monk Allen
Tommy Allen
Ralph Sharp
Bob Day
Sharp
Day
Billy Legg
Jimmy Broadway
Frank Gardner
Legg
Tuesday Results and Wednesday Schedule Highlight
Results show Atlanta 4 Chattanooga 3 and Mobile 8 Little Rock 2 among Tuesday games. Wednesday's slate lists Philadelphia at Brooklyn, Pittsburgh at New York, Milwaukee at Cincinnati, and Chicago at St. Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Chattanooga
Mobile
Little Rock
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
New York
Milwaukee
Cincinnati
Chicago
St. Louis
Baseball scores and postponement list
New York defeated Pittsburgh 21 to 4 while Milwaukee beat Cincinnati 3 to 1 and St. Louis topped Chicago 9 to 4. Philadelphia at Brooklyn was postponed.
Sports scores and aging note in New York state
Cleveland at Chicago Baltimore at Detroit New York at Washington Boston at Philadelphia Boston 3 Philadelphia 2 New York 9 Washington 3 Detroit 5 Baltimore 4 Chicago 4 Cleveland 2 An age statistic notes about one in three New York state residents are over 45 years old.
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Allstate
Sears
Cleveland
Chicago
New York Wee
Baltimore
Detroit
New York
Washington
Boston
Philadelphia
New York State
Giants Power Past Pirates In High Scoring Tilt
New York piled on in a 11 run eighth inning to overwhelm the Pirates as Whitey Lockman belted a grand slam in the seventh. St Louis beat the Cubs in a runaway with rookie Wally Moon stealing four bases and Stan Musial adding a single, double and triple while Harvey Haddix struck out nine for his sixth win.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Pirates
Chicago
St. Louis
Iants
Whitey Lockman
Cardinals
Cubs
Wally Moon
Stan Musial
Harvey Haddix
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JAALLSTAT'_ INSURANCE COMPANY
Finois
Sears, Roebuck and Co
Catinet
Crax
Vern Petty
Jim Pearce
Billy
Billy Brooks
L. E. Brooks
Richard Conte
Joan Bennett
Thunder Bay
James Stewart
Hatfield
Athens
Ballantrae
Errol Flynn
Houday Tae Planener
U.S. A
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Ryan
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Moulton St
Chuck
Red Scar
Chisox Snap Tribe
Milwaukee Braves
New York Giants
Chicago Cubs
Bob Lemon
Whitey Ford
Yankees
Bucky Harris
Tigers
Jim Delsing
Orioles
Johnny Pesky
al Kaline
Bill Tuttle
Sammy White
White
Yaukee
Joe Adcock
Iuth
Hank Aaron
Warren Spahn
Worthington and Nursery
City Loop
Wells
Chemstrand Mane Nursery
Emene Elkis
National League & Pet
Semen
Chicago Pittsburgh
Cp Cole
Evinrude Sess
Wyker’s
Mehul
J_ARTHUR
M-G-M
Marge and
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Reynolds
Paramount Presents
Chemstrand
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