Pirates Stride On In 1927 Season Start
The Pittsburgh Pirates run off ten straight wins lifting Forbes Field interest after a slow spring. They beat St Louis, then took three straight from Boston and swept New York in the next series. Cincinnati edged Boston in 12 innings as Gee Walker tied it late, Eddie Miller won it in the 12th. In National League action, Brooklyn lost to Chicago, and Philadelphia Saint Louis along with American League Chicago games were disrupted by rain and pregame suspensions. Tony Cuccinello went 4 for 4 in the Chicago day game.
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Baseball scoreboard shows mixed results and delays
National League standings list New York 2 25 975 and Brooklyn 18 15 545 with several postponed or completed games. Results include Brooklyn 3 Chicago 5 and Boston 2 Cincinnati 2 12 innings, plus New York 5 Pittsburgh 11 in an incomplete game due to wet grounds. American League notes Cincinnati and St Louis games postponed or altered by rain with several teams idle. Only games scheduled listed include Little Rock Orleans 0 Atlanta 17 Birmingham 23 Mobile 9.
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Edison Pioneered Electric Traction Use
Thomas Edison helped advance electric traction applying his innovations to power streetcars and public transport. His work influenced later developments in urban transit and electrical systems.
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Eastern League Roundup Highlights Surprises Across League
A napkin of quirky play unfolds in the Eastern League as Hartfords Pete Naktenis with a firearms job also pitches to a rare no hitter and a seven-walk shutout. Binghamton over Scranton 11 4 on 17 passes two hit batsmen and three errors. Elmira edges Hartford on a rolling ball misplay. Williamsport’s Frank Gallardo out weeks after a clubhouse heater incident.
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Three teams tied for second in city softball league
Courtland and Austinville moved into a second place tie with Cisco after strong wins last night. The Raiders lead after pouncing on opponents as Flyers, Liberators, and others chase in a tight standings race.
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Soldier Honored at Supper Party
A supper at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Bowling honored Pvt. Joe Henry Reid. Attendees included Riggle Alexander family and others, plus relatives such as Reba Self and Barbara Ann, Farish Glenn and Waymon, and many Reid and Bowling kin.
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General Hodges to Visit Birmingham in Alabama
General Courtney Hodges and Mrs. Hodges reprising ties to Birmingham visit scheduled for Saturday. Gov. Chauncey Sparks announced the trip from Perry Georgia and will meet the Hodges plane in Birmingham. Mrs. Hodges, born in Clayton, is daughter of the late Lawrence Lee and niece of Fitzhugh Lee, former state official.
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Auburn Sends 3 To Chicago In All Star Game
Auburn announces three Alabama Poly stars Tex Warrington Curtis Kuykendall and Bill Harris have accepted invitations to the All Star game in Chicago Warrington and Kuykendall were 1944 co captains and both played in the Blue Gray game Harris a 230 pound center formerly at Alabama who joined Auburn in January will face the Green Bay Packers in the showcase game Warrington has finished college eligibility while Kuykendall has one more year.
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CUT SOUGHT IN ARMY AGE CUT Sought in Army Age
Chairman May of the House Military Committee urged prompt discharge of all soldiers over 35 except key personnel. He argued the enemy’s emergence warrants a deeper force reduction as current operations and veteran releases rely on the present age limits. He noted 12.1 million in service as of April 1 with 2 to 2.4 million discharged or rendered ineffective.
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Pvt Sherrill Promoted to Military Police in MP Corps
Mrs Corrine Sherrill of 520 East Church Street reports that Pvt Dennis H Sherrill has been made military police and moved from France to Germany. He has served two years with one year overseas since January 13 and saw action in France Belgium and Germany. He is father to two year old James Dennis Sherrill whom he has not seen since he was three months old.
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Ingalls to Meet Cairo in 2 Games
Ingalls second shift baseball team will play a doubleheader with Cairo starting at 2 00 PM Sunday afternoon. Manager Herman Evans announced the schedule after Ingalls won last Sunday in a 3 2 pitchers battle featuring 23 strikeouts. Bob Box and Carlos Ramsey were the winning pitchers.
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Comets Seen as Harbingers in 16th Century Beliefs
The 16th century saw superstitious beliefs that comets signaled disasters such as floods famine earthquakes wars and pestilence.
Cab Hearings Extended for Southeast Airline Expansion
Civil Aeronautics Board hearings in Greensboro extend for five or more weeks as 28 carriers seek authority to establish new routes across Georgia Alabama and other Southeastern states. Examiners led by Ross I Newman and Curtis Henderson heard preliminaries with hundreds of city representatives awaiting decisions on postwar expansion and possible early grants. Local figures including A E Runnels Albany Ga and Frank K Shaw Atlanta Ga attended.
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Southern loop has a big night in Southern Association baseball
May 29 report highlights Memphis 23 Mobile 9 and Atlanta 17 Birmingham 1 as New Orleans blanked, Little Rock won 4-0. Pete Thomassie, Memphis, hit six of 23 for a 12 for 12 stretch. Chattanooga-Nashville game slated for tomorrow.
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Fort Worth Plans Rich Colonial National Open in 1946
Fort Worth announces a 1946 Colonial National Open at Colonial Country Club with 72 holes over four days. The event offers about 20,000 dollars prize money, no entry or clubhouse fees, attracts 36 players including 24 pros and 12 amateurs, and uses a committee selection rather than scores for invites.
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Ex- Mississippi State End Elrod Questions Football Return
Memphis report says Lt Erwin Buddy Elrod returned from 11 months in German prison camps and doubts he will play football again after serving as a B 24 pilot. Birmingham note adds Baseball Commissioner Hap Chandler backs education for youths before pro signing.
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Buddy) Elrod
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Holmes and Cuccinello Lead Batting Averages in Major Leagues
May 29 report shows Tommy Holmes of the Boston Braves atop the league with a .402 average after dropping 24 points while Tony Cuccinello of the Chicago White Sox sits at .333. Mel Ott of the Giants is next at .381 as Nap Reyes and Whitey Kurowski join a .368 tie, Vern Stephens at .323 second to Cuccinello, and Nick Etten at .322 trailing.
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Sailors Beat Great Lakes 5–2 Behind Fotedo Trio
In Great Lakes, ILL yesterday Fotedo tamned three of four hits off Bob Feller in the fifth inning and used two errors to drive in all Sailors runs for a 5 to 2 victory. Denny Gatehouse, ex Brownie, shut out the Hens for four innings in relief.
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Red Sox Sell Pitcher Rex Cecil to Louisville Farm Team
Boston optioned Rex Cecil right handed pitcher from the San Diego PCL club to the Louisville farm team after he suffered his fifth loss in seven starts as the Chicago White Sox defeated him in five innings.
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