Raiders Seek Another Football Win at Joe Bradley Field
Decatur's Raiders, coming off a 43-0 win over Hueytown, prepare for Friday night's game at Benson Field against Joe Bradley from Huntsville. Putnam and Terry will miss the game due to military service, while Sam repeats the same lineup aside from those two. The Raiders are favored on strength, Bradley known for fighting spirit, and a large home crowd is expected despite rain. Decatur high band to perform as in previous weeks.
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College football showings and boxing bouts listed in sports round up
Listings include Mike Jacobs signing for a 10 round boxing bout at St Nicholas Arena on Oct 13 Bartfield of New York and Monty Pignatore of Brooklyn joined the 20th century sporting club The St Louis Flyers train in Port Arthur for four hours daily at the Lakehead grain area The Southwest Conference draws 125967 fans in ten games this season versus 101699 last year Tex Hugh in Army Air Forces basic training at Sheppard Field Texas shows his pitching arm Cashion 17 year old son of Y M C A secretary shines for Texas A&M with 17 of 32 passes and two TDs A Wisconsin high school football safety study notes lower injuries with smaller college size and a shift in tack injury patterns
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Browns Win Opener in All-St. Louis World Series 2 1
St. Louis Browns beat Cardinals 2 1 in Game 1 as pitching and defense carry a hit starved effort. Nelson Potter started for the Browns facing Max Lanier while Denny Gatehouse impressed with seven hits allowed as George McQuinn homered and Mort Cooper absorbed the loss.
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Fielder Jones
Chicago White Sox
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Cubs
Mort Cooper
Blix Donnelly
Los
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Denny
Whitey Kurowski
Marty Marion
George
Lefty” McQuinn
Georgia Tech Faces North Carolina In High Scoring Clash
Georgia Tech and North Carolina prepare for a rapid scoring showdown in Atlanta. Tech scrubs carved through UNC in scrimmages using strong aerial play while UNC Coach Gene McExit of Tennessee fame stresses defense. The game features Navy V-12 personnel on both sides with a 3 pm kickoff and a large expected crowd.
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Georgia Tech
North Carolina
Yellowjacket Scrubs
Foxy Gene McExse
Tennessee
W.A. Alexander
Navy
Engineers
Louisville Faces Orioles in World Series Opener
The Baltimore Orioles, International League pennant winners, head to Louisville for the first World Series game since 1925. They won the league title on the final day and fought through a seven game playoff to clinch the championship, edging Newark after a come from behind run.
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Baltimore Orioles
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Orioles
Buffalo
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Bears
Six Southeastern AAU championships slated with sites named
Dixie AAU selects six championships to be held in coming months. Events include women's and men's basketball at the Atlanta Sports Arena, cross country at Georgia Tech, track and field at Auburn, indoor swimming at Emory, outdoor swimming at Cascade Plunge Birmingham, and boxing in Nashville under The Nashville Tennessean Athletic Association. Mildew remedy advice appears as a separate note.
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Nashville Tennessean Athletic Association
World Series Game Plan Set for Louisville Start
Last night at Municipal Stadium the score was 6 to 3. The first three games of the best of seven series will be played in Louisville, with the teams returning here Monday.
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Moulton Poised to Rebound Against Rison High
Moulton fans pack the stands as the eleven aim to resume their non conceding home streak. Key players Curtis Montgomery and Max McWhorter are sidelined by injuries, while Rison High presents a tough test after a 0-0 tie with Huntsville last week.
Browns win on two hits in early series with notable spectators
The Browns triumphed 1-0 over the Yankees last Friday on two safe hits, a single and a double. Notables in attendance include Hal Newhouser Dizzy Trout Dick Wakefield Bob Swift and former Cardinal leaders Frankie Frisch Gabby Street Rogers Hornsby and Jim Bottomley. Marty Marion led the Browns with two hits in the opener while umpires Ernie Stewart and Lou Jorda held premium seats and will umpire only if regulars are unavailable.
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Bob Swift
Detroit Tigers
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Billy Southworth
Frankie Frisch
Cardinal
Gabby Street
Rogers Hornsby
Jim Bottomley
Ernie Stewart
Lou Jorda
National
Baseball draft debate fuels overseas sports chatter
Ensign Neale Patrick, stationed around the French Riviera, argues against a college draft for baseball. He cites Detroit Tigers stars Wakefield and Newhouser as proof that drafts won’t balance the majors, likening the impact to football and mocking the notion with a provocative remark about a gun and serial number draft.
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Southern Breeze Ensign
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French Riviera
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Dizzy Trout
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Redskins
New Guinea Debut Football Game In 1944
Pvt Woodrow Boone recalls New Guinea’s first football game on September 10 1944 A crowd of over three thousand khaki fans watched Sgt George A Mayer of Greensboro NC lead the Engineers to a 6-0 win against the Quartermasters The two Negro teams feature prominently in this historic clash with ragged ball handling and limited practice due to GI duties
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Gadsden, Ala
New Guinea
George A. Mayer
Greensboro
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S. C. State
G. I. Joe
Land Without Spinach Rebels Triumph Reportedly
Larry Leonard reports from the Middle East that our unit the Rebels won a recent engagement. Details are sparse in the fragment but indicate a positive outcome for the Rebels.
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Greensboro Gus) Leonard
Middle East
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Rebels
Yankees Giants Playoff History Cited in Title Contention
The note recalls that a team must win today to stay alive in a best four of seven series. It also cites 1921 when the Yankees won twice in a five out of eight playoff but lost the title to the Giants five games to three.
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Giants
Bierman to Coach Again
Lt Col Bernie Bierman the Gophers famed coach returns to Minnesota as an advisor for the current season. Fans and Dr George Hauser greet the move as a boost despite reduced material after his 1942 Marine call to active duty.
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Minneapolis
University of Minnesota
Bernie Bierman
Gophers
Bierman
Minnesota
George Hauser
Hauser
Bernie
Pensacola, Fla
Sandstorm Baseball Championship Thriller at Air Base Final
The league final featured an air base team and the Sandstorm squad. Trailing 8 to 0 after five innings, Sandstorm surged to win 9 to 8 in a dramatic comeback.
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Camme
Illness outbreak reported at Georgia College for Women
An outbreak of food poisoning illness, attributed by the state health department to a foodborne source, was declared under control at the Georgia State College for Women in Milledgeville by state epidemiologist Dr. C D Bowdoin. About 100 people affected are mentioned in early reports.
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State Department of Health
Georgia State College For Women
Milledgeville
C. D. Bowdoin
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